Author's Note: I will start to divert from the main anime story. To make it different, Ash will have different Pokemon than the ones in the story, but some I will keep the same. Also, I've decided that I will not include Brock, Misty, or the Team Rocket trio. Though Brock and Misty will stay as their respective gym leader position. Instead, I will include different partners and villains. Keep in mind that I will try to focus on Ash, as he is the main protagonist.
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon or its ideas.
Chapter 3: An Introduction
Ash, after being severely hit by a Spearow flock, managed to get to Viridian City. He went straight to the Pokemon Center, to heal his injured Pikachu, who saved him from all the Spearow, and is under extreme conditions. Suddenly, he was yanked by his shirt, and tugged back, almost choking him through the process.
"Stop! Who do you think you are doing with that Pokemon?" a familiar voice questioned.
Ash looked back to see Officer Jenny with a strict face looking at him.
"This is my Pokemon and I've got to go get it to the Pokemon Center!" replied Ash, thinking Officer Jenny thought he was stealing it.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I thought you were stealing it. There has been suspicions that during yesterday night some people were sneaking in the alleys, and one of them was carrying a small, mouse-like creatures with pointed ears. We suspect that it might of been a thief." Officer Jenny pointed out, looking at the alleys left and right with suspicious eyes.
After hearing that, Ash was curious to see what happened that night. He decided to investigate later, but his priorities were to get Thunder to Nurse Joy.
"Look, I really need to get my Pikachu to Nurse Joy for treatment." the boy explained, looking at his Pikachu, who looked beat up.
"Alright, well good luck." said Officer Jenny, and watched the trainer as he ran towards the Pokemon Center, just a few blocks ahead.
When Ash got there, he immediately went to the counter, where Nurse Joy was there.
"Please help my Pokemon Nurse Joy!" Ash pleaded, still panting from the running.
"Oh dear, looks like we got a Pokemon Emergency." Nurse Joy feared, and then called to the Chansey, who then took the bruised Pikachu, and carefully ambled towards the Emergency Room.
Nurse Joy then turned to the boy and said: "Now young man, you look like you really need a rest, you can go sit in the seat over there." and pointed to a red seat that was against the wall.
"Ok, thanks Nurse Joy." Ash expressed, and began trudging towards the seat, clearly tired of all the action that happened.
"Your Pokemon will be ready in no time," Nurse Joy assured the tired boy, "wait, are you the one kid everyone has been talking about?"
Ash didn't know what the rumor is, he just came to the city! Just then, he heard a boy telling it to what looks like one of his friends near the counter.
"Did you hear? A man was walking near the outskirts of town minding his own business, when he saw something near a waterfall. He said it seemed like a trainer with a cap running away from a huge flock of birds carrying a small Pokemon in his arms! Then you know what happened next?! That trainer jumped down the waterfall and disappeared underwater!" the boy claimed, making it sound like it was all dramatic and stuff.
Ash clearly knew who that was, but he sure didn't want the whole city to know who it was, or he'll be clearly embarrassed.
"I-I don't know what you are talking about." focusing back on Nurse Joy's question, and then hurried back to his seat.
The boy sighed. He haven't expect all this bad luck to happen during his journey. He put his backpack, that was all torn up, next to him. He forgot Mewy was in there.
"Hey Ashy, I'm getting restless, can I get out and play now?" Mewy complained, fidgeting in the enclosed bag, and frightened Ash for a moment.
"Oh Mewy, I forgot all about you! I'm sure we play very soon and introduce you to my new buddy." Ash promised.
They were so occupied with their conversation, they didn't notice someone walking up to them.
"Hello!" the person began, with a cheerful voice.
"Woah!" Ash shouted, and startled him for a moment, "Man, whats happening to me, I usually don't get scared, but I was startled twice in a row!" Ash scolded mentally slapped himself.
"Umm. Hey!" he replied, clearly a bit shy after living with Mewy and not exposed to human conversations during that time.
Then Ash looked at the person, and saw a boy with blond hair and a Pokedex and some Pokeballs attached on a strap near his waist. He noted that he was a trainer like him with a cheerful characteristics.
"I'm Mark." the boy introduced.
"I'm Ash." Ash exchanged.
It seemed like the conversation was going into an awkward situation, when Mark decided to push it.
"By the way, why were you looking at the yellow bag next to you, and it seemed the bag was slightly shaking a bit?" asked Mark, not really thinking it was suspicious or anything.
"I-I think your eyes were playing tricks on you." Ash defended, trying to push that question away.
"Anyways, have you seen a Pichu anywhere? I've been looking for it since it disappeared. I was sleeping in my camping bag near the outskirts of this city yesterday, and when I woke up, my Pichu was gone." Mark described, looking to the downright a bit, not wanting to make direct contact with Ash.
"I think I have heard that a group of people had a small mouse-like creature with pointy ears sneaking around yesterday at night from Officer Jenny." Ash told Mark, relating not long ago.
"Ash,"Nurse Joy called out, getting the attention of Ash, who told Mark to stay there and he walked up to the counter.
"Is Thunder alright?" Ash asked, eager to see his new buddy fresh and ready to go.
"Thunder, your Pikachu, is doing all right, and I hope you come again." Nurse Joy assured, went in another room to take care of a sick Pokemon in there, and left Thunder and Ash.
Thunder ran up to Ash, and gave him a big tackle. Ash fell to the ground, but that didn't matter to him.
"I missed you Ash!" the Pikachu exclaimed, ready to do anything at any moment for his trainer's sake.
"I miss you too buddy!" the boy laughed.
"Hey, Ash, it seems like you have a great bond with your Pikachu!" Mark observed, interrupting their small "reunion".
"Huh? Yeah, I enjoy playing with Pokemon!" Ash replied while standing back up from the tackle Pikachu gave him.
"Oh, well our Pokemon can play with each other, but I am really worried about my Pichu..." Mark whispered, looking down.
"Don't worry, I'll help! Then maybe you can share some of those cookies you got there." Ash grinned, and pointed at a small bakery bag Mark was holding in his hand the whole time.
"My relatives need me, and in times of this, I'll help too!" Pikachu agreed, but of course all Mark heard was: "Pika pika, chu!".
"Alright, well lets get-"
*BOOM!*
Suddenly, a huge explosion somewhere near cut off Mark's sentence. Its force pushed shrapnel from the left wall of the Pokemon Center everywhere, and smoke billowed from the center of the impact. The seat Ash was sitting on a while ago wasn't so lucky. Amidst the smoke, appeared two people. Ash could feel their evil aura, and saw their huge wide smirk.
"Looks like we got company." Ash thought, and turned to face the two figures.
Chapter 4: Trouble
"What *cough* just *cough* happened." Mark croaked, as he tried to take cover from the smoke.
"Hey, look at that, you finally made something useful." a mysterious voice spoke from the smoke, that sounded like it was a woman's voice.
"Well, I knew it was going to be worth it. Look, we made a glorious entrance." another voice spoke.
"We better hurry before the police arrives, last time it took a while before we finally evaded Officer Jenny in Cerulean City, and I'm not going back in the alleys again." the woman urged.
The two mysterious figures revealed themselves after the smoke cleared. Ash examined them. On the left, was a young woman with a short, blond, ponytail. On the right, was a young man that had dark hair and blue eyes. They both wore dark outfits, and had a huge letter "S" painted on their suit. It had a dark hue that stood out from the rest of the suit and had a evil and murky appearance. Just then, Nurse Joy came out to see what was going on.
"You, over there, hand us all the Pokemon and we won't cause any trouble and be on our way." the woman demanded, and pointed to the innocent looking Nurse Joy, who was behind the counter staring at the wreckage and then looking at the two thieves with furious eyes, knowing that they were up to no good.
"This is a place for injured and sick Pokemon! You have no right to take over!" Nurse Joy protested, and ran towards her office room, where there lied a telephone.
"Don't let her call the police! the woman gawked, and they pursued the nurse, when they were stopped by a boy.
"You won't get her until you pass me!" Ash challenged, who clearly wanted to protect the Pokemon and Nurse Joy from these two mischievous people.
"Yeah, and you'll be sorry you raided this peaceful hospital!" Pikachu growled.
"Oh look at this, a mere kid wants to challenge us, the infamous duo, Zara and Kai!" Zara announced, while Kai joined in on the fight.
"You don't wanna mess with us kid, so you better run." Kai added and got his Pokeball ready.
"I'm not moving, unless you defeat me." Ash stubbornly snapped, and Pikachu ran in front of him, electricity sparking from his cheeks.
"Alright, go, Purrloin!" Zara yelled, and threw her Pokeball.
"I'm too Purrfect for you!" Purloin taunted, licking her paws. It matches her master's personality.
"Go show 'em Cacturne" Kai commanded, and threw his Pokeball.
"I'll crush you with my thorns!" Cacturne bellowed.
Ash didn't use the Pokedex, because this battle was urgent, and Ash couldn't take the time for it. He noted that they were both Dark types.
"Try a Needle Arm Cacturne!"
"Use Fury Swipes Purrloin!"
"Thunder, counter with Tackle!"
Cacturne ran up to Pikachu and swung his thorny arms, and Pikachu countered it with a hit in the stomach, which prevented Cacturne from using Needle Arm, but the moment after, Purrloin came up from the side and slashed Pikachu multiple times before backing up.
"Pika" was all the poor Pokemon could manage. By this rate, Pikachu wouldn't end up well.
"Cacturne, finish him off with Poison Sting!"
"Purrloin, attack with Cacturne and use Scratch!"
It seems like the battle was over and victory for the evil duel, when suddenly, a spinning object came out of no where and headed towards Cacturne and Purrloin at high speed. It collided with the two unfortunate and unsuspecting Pokemon, blasting them, so that they couldn't finish off the injured Pikachu. A sandy, rodent like Pokemon appeared once it stopped spinning. Ash could tell it was a Sandshrew and not a wild one.
"I'm joining in the battle. Ash needs some help, and it isn't fair when two Pokemon team up against one." a voice interrupted.
A boy ran up next to Ash... it was Mark!
"I won't let you down Ash." Mark firmly said.
"Oh it's this kid, I bet he never knew who stole his little Pichu! It was an easy one to stea-"
"Shut it Kai, why does your mouth never stop blabbering sometimes! Atleast you didn't tell him we still have it in our bag..." Zara realized she exposed the little secret to Mark and Ash.
"Now look who's the one spilling all the information out!" Kai shot back.
"So you were the one who took my Pichu! You won't get any mercy from me!" Mark raged.
Ash gave Mark a nod, it was time to turn the tides.
"Go Thunder, use Thundershock on Cacturne!"
"Get Purrloin with Rapid Spin Sandshrew!"
Kai and Zara had no time to react. Cacturne was too slow, and a small lightning bolt hit Cacturne, paralyzing it, before falling to the ground and fainting. Sandshrew started spinning rapidly and aimed at Purrloin, who was faster than Cacturne, but not fast enough to evade the Sandshrew. Sandshrew sliced at Purrloin, and the cat fell down and fainted. The surprised duo returned their Pokemon, just as the Police arrived, and surrounded the Pokemon Center, providing no escape for the robbers.
"Kai, we are done for if we don't leave right now. Its better not be caught by the police than failing a mission." Zara told to her partner.
"Yes, that is true, but what about the Pichu in the bag behind the Pokemon Center?" Mark admitted, and then felt a bit worried that they were going to fail two missions.
"No time to get it, lets go." Zara confirmed.
She took a small, emergency smoke bomb from her pocket, and threw it between her feet.
"I'll remember you." She growled at Ash, before the smoke covered her along with Kai.
Everyone was blinded and started coughing. When the smoke cleared and the police busted the broken entrance doors, they were gone.
"Where'd they go?" Ash questioned.
"Maybe they escaped through the wall they busted. Anyways, I overheard them saying that my Pichu was in a bag behind the Pokemon Center, so lets go get it." Mark said to Ash, and hurried out of the hole in the wall and ran behind the Pokemon Center. Ash sprinted after him, along with his companion.
Mark untied the knot in the leather bag, and a battered Pichu was found it the deepest part of the bag.
"P... chu." was all it could manage, before falling out onto Mark's warm hands.
"I will never forgive what the two did to my Pichu." Mark declared.
"Me too!" Pikachu agreed, after seeing what they did to his relative.
A few minutes later, Ash ran up to Officer Jenny, who was busy inspecting the blast in the Pokemon Center.
"Hey Officer Jenny, I have an important question." Ash asked.
"Oh hello, your that trainer carrying the Pikachu I stopped. What's your question in mind young man?" Officer Jenny replied, now focusing on Ash.
"Umm, do you know what organization or group the two culprits were in?" Ash wondered, because he wanted to protect the Pokemon, and end the evil group/organization terrorizing the Pokemon.
"Indeed, I had a glimpse of them before they disappeared. It's a shady and large organization called Team Shadow. They have been terrorizing and stealing Pokemon with force. We are currently tracking and trying to locate their bases and members. We aren't clear what their main goal or purpose is. I got information for the Police HQ that Team Shadow is currently trying to tame and capture a legendary for their own good. The legendary is so mysterious, scientists only know that it appears in people's dreams and haunts them, and its name. Darkrai." Officer Jenny informed, and then went back to inspecting the blast.
Ash was left wondering about this mysterious Pokemon. He walked through the countryside of Viridian City with his companion, when he was met up with Mark. His Pichu was back to full health, and skipping down the road with his owner. Pikachu and Pichu gave each other a high five. It felt good to find another of their kind.
"Hey Ash, thank you for helping me save my Pichu." Mark announced to the boy.
"Yep, thanks for joining in and helping me win the battle Mark. All I had was Pikachu." Ash answered.
"I've been thinking, I know you might have to think about it, but, may I join you for a while on your journey?" Mark asked.
"Hmmm, I know having a partner to tag along on my journey will be more exciting and I won't be alone, but I've always been comfortable without people. Well, it won't hurt to try, right?" Ash thought.
"Alright, you can join me on my journey." Ash finally decided.
"Thanks, I've always wanted a trainer to help teach me new things. I could sense that you have great potential Ash." Mark pointed out, and grinned.
"Lets get going, I'm really pumped up for my first gym badge at Pewter City." Ash told Mark, who looked a bit tired.
"Wanna camp for the night? It has been a long day." Mark sighed.
"Sure." Ash agreed.
They settled in on a smooth hill. While Mark and his Pokemon were asleep, Ash and Pikachu decided to look at the beautiful night sky that surrounded them. They sat down on the green grass swaying with the cool breeze.
"Man, it has been one heck of a day." Ash sighed, going back to the angry flock and the encounter with Zara and Kai.
Pikachu nodded in agreement. Ash's tummy growled.
"Oops, heh, I'm a bit hungry. Too bad Mark's cookies were spoiled from the blast." Ash said with a slight chuckle.
"Me too, last time I ate was at Professor Oak's ranch. Just one last question. What are you hiding in that backpack?" Pikachu asked.
"Oh no, Mewy was in the bag which was destroyed from the explosion in the Pokemon Center! I've got to find her!" Ash thought and panicked.
"Are you looking for me Ashy?" the young Mew answered.
"Thank goodness, your safe."
"Don't worry, a little blast won't harm me too much. Relax, I'll always be with you." Mewy assured.
"You will always be my true friend. After the incident, you were the only one I trusted and depended on, and I've known you since we were both little toddlers. Now its time I introduce and show you my new buddy, Pikachu." Ash decided.
Ash beckoned the young Mew to come out to Pikachu. She teleported in front of Pikachu, startling the Pokemon for a second.
"Is that, the young Mew all the Pokemon have been talking about? The child of the Creator of Pokemon?" Pikachu gasped (if he could manage to gasp)and stared at feline.
"Hee hee, this is going to be fun!" teased the playful youngling, as she circled around the shocked Pikachu.
"Yes," Ash confirmed "and I have a lot to explain to you."
What do you think about Mark, Zara, and Kai? Also, it would be helpful to PM me if you found a mistake (grammar, spelling, etc). I will try my best to find all the errors before publishing. Another thing to note is that I will be including some Pokemon from other regions like Pichu and Purrloin, but not many.
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Hoped you liked this fanfic so far, and have a great day,
STr222