Chapter Two.
NOTE: I Am saying now that this fic will be het, as in M/F when the pairing actually gets started (By the way, who should Ashley be with?
Summery: Ever wander 'What if Ash had Been Ashley? Would anything have changed in the series?' well I have, and this is the answer I came up with.
Disclaimer: I do not now, nor have I ever, owned the rights to Pokemon or pocket monsters in any way, shape, or form. Please do not sue me, if you do, I think you should know that I do not have a diem to my name. I am also not affiliated with Nintendo, Gamefreak, or any other establishment. The only thing I own is my original content such as my OOC and such.
Note: Please remember my other user names: Yaoimutt, Dreamer531, and son.
Fuyutaro son: I can't believe I already have the second chapter done, and I only just started writing this fic.
Pikachu: Pika?
Fuyutaro son: Hey! I am not stupid!
Pikachu: Pikachu!
Fuyutaro son: Nu-uh!
Pikachu: Pikachu!
Fuyutaro son: Nu-uh!
Pikachu: Pikachu!
Fuyutaro son: Fine, what ever, lets start the chapter.
Note: Did you know that 'Prepare for trouble' and 'and make it double' weren't part of the Team Rocket motto until the end of episode four? I just found that out. Kind of surprised me. Anyway, her we go.
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When Ashley finally saw the city in site, she sped up, knowing that she had to get there as quickly as possible for Pikachu's sake.
"Attention citizens of Viridian city! Attention citizens of Viridian city! We have reports of possible Pokemon thieves in our area. Please be on the look out for suspicious looking strangers. Repeat, please be on the look out for suspicious looking strangers." Ashley heard as she neared the city.
"Hold it right there!" shouted a blue haired woman dressed in a police officers uniform as she grabbed Ashley by her jacket and lifted her into the air to keep her from running away. "And just where do you think you're going with that Pokemon?" She demanded, clearly think that Ashley was one of the thieves that she had been talking about in the announcement.
"I'm trying to get my Pikachu to the Pokemon center! He's really hurt, we were attacked by a huge flock of Spearows!" Ashley said, still trying to run to the Pokemon center even though her feat were dangling in mid air.
"Yeah, that Pikachu is his, and it's hurt really badly!" Said the red haired girl, running up to join them.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you might be stealing it." The officer said, putting Ashley back onto the ground. "Just show me your ID and you can go."
"ID? I don't have an ID." Ashley said, hanging her head, wandering how she was going to get out of this so that she could get Pikachu some help.
"Yes you do! You have that Pokedex right? Well that's also your ID." The red haired girl said, pointing at Ashley's pocket.
"You mean Dexter?" Ashley said, pulling out her Pokedex, only to have it snatched away by the officer.
"This! This is perfect! This will salve our problems!" She said, opening the Pokedex up and pressing a few buttons. Everyone leaned in close to see the Pokedex had to say.
Suddenly, the Pokedex's screen changed to show a picture of Ashley as it began to give the information that the officer needed.
"I am Dexter, a Pokedex programed by Prof. Oak for Pokemon trainer, Ashley Ketchum of pallet town. My function is to provide Ashley with information and advice regarding Pokemon and there training. If lost or stolen I can not be replaced." it said, before shutting off once again.
"Ashley? Wait! You're a girl?!" The red haired girl shouted, staring at Ashley as officer jenny closed the Pokedex and handed it back to her.
"Yes, I'm a girl! Is there a problem with that?" Ashley asked, narrowing her eyes at the girl that had just insulted her. When officer jenny handed her the Pokedex, she quickly shoved it into her pocket and turned to leave.
"Hold it! I'll get your to the Pokemon center in no time flat!" The officer said, going into the garage and bringing out a motorcycle with a sidecar.
Ashley jumped into the sidecar and buckled up, waiting for the officer to get her to the Pokemon center.
"Hey! What about me?!" The red haired girl asked, seeing that there was no way for her to fit in the sidecar.
"Sorry, but you'll have to walk, there is only enough room for two people and a Pokemon on this old bike." The officer said as she started to to drive off. "Now sit back, hold on, and don't scream." She added as an after thought, speeding up to well past the legal speed limit.
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The motorcycle finally came to a stop in the Pokemon center. That's right, it wasn't parked out front, it was parked in the Pokemon center.
"We have a drive way, you know." Stated a very annoyed nurse with pink hair. She was wearing a short, but wide pink dress and a white apron over it.
"Yeah, but it's a Pokemon emergency!" the blue haired cop said, gesturing slightly at Ashley.
"Please help my Pikachu!" She said, showing the nurse the injured Pokemon.
When the pink haired nurse saw Pikachu, she instantly went to work and called for a Chansey and a stretcher for it. When Chansey wheeled Pikachu through a pare of big metal door, the nurse turned her attention to Ashley.
"Who are you?" she asked, not knowing yet that she was Pikachu's trainer.
"Her name is Ashley, she's the Pokemon's trainer." said the blue haired officer.
"Please, help my Pikachu!" Ashley begged, hoping that the nurse would take care of her Pikachu.
"How could you let it get into this condition?!" She asked, scolder her.
"I didn't let her get into this condition! We were attacked by a huge flock of Spearows and a Fearow!" Ashley said defensively. " Oh yeah, I forgot I caught a few of them. When Pikachu saved me he electrocuted a whole bunch of them, I didn't want to leave them injured there, so I caught some of them." She added, handing over all the other Pokeballs she had with her. "Though the first two are actually a Raatatatata... the mouse thing, and a Pidgey."
"Well, in that case, I guess I should let you off the hook. But please be more careful next time!" She said, turning to leave. She paused in the door way, remembering something that she needed to do.
"Oh, and next time, officer Jenny, please remember to use the driveway." She said, looking at the blue haired woman.
"Oh! I left my motorcycle parked at the front desk! Sorry about that Nurse joy." Officer Jenny replied, going to her bike and leaving.
Nurse Joy then turned around and walked through the mettle doors leading to the infirmary, leaving Ashley to wait and worry in the waiting room.
Ashley sat down and waited, not knowing if Pikachu was going to be alright or not. When the Pidgey clock over her head went off, informing her that it was 8:00 PM, she decided that she should probably call her mom and check in. she had promised to call when she got to the next town, so now was just as good a time as any.
Getting up, she walked over to one of the green digital telephones that were set against the right side of the room for trainers to use, which was technically to her left.
"I hope mom doesn't mind taking the phone charges for me." she said, dialing her mothers number. It range several times before her mother finally picked up.
"Hello, this is the Ketchum residence." she said, leaving the video screen off so that no one would be able to see her face. (she was having one of her spa days, and the cucumber facial mask was still on it.)
"Hello? Mom?" Ashley said, which instantly caught her mothers attention.
"OH!" Delia said, ripping off the cucumber mask and the towel that was on her head ash she turned the video screen on. "Hello, high honey! Is everything ok?" She asked, smiling as the image of her daughter flickered onto the screen. "Where are you?" She added, wandering where she was calling from.
"The Pokemon center in Viridian city." Ashley said, trying to seem cheerful even though she was worried about Pikachu.
"You're already in Viridian city? It took your father four days to get there when he started his Pokemon training! Oh, he'll be so proud, your the apple of his eye." She gushed, something that made Ashley feel even worse, because her mother was gushing over her when she had nearly gotten her Pokemon killed on the very first day.
"Yeah, I guess." She told her mother, still trying to seem cheerful, but failing miserably.
"I'm so proud of you, you're spreading your wings and soaring like a Spearow." She said, trying to lift her daughters spirits, but only managing to make them sink farther then they already had.
"I feel more like a drowning Magikarp." Ashley said, hanging her head in despair. She had tried to seem cheerful, but it was impossible to continue pretending to be happy when her mother was gushing over her.
"I wont let you talk about yourself like that! Just be confident! You can do anything you set your mind to, do you understand?" Delia scolded, not wanting her daughter to mope about what ever had happened, or to get discouraged.
"Yes ma'am." Ashley replied, still looking like she was worried.
"Ok, good night sweety, I love you." Delia said, waving good bye to her daughter.
"Me two mom, bye." Ashley said, hanging up the phone and hanging her head even lower. Her mom was worried about her, and it was all her fault.
Ashley stood up slowly and turned around to look at the Pokemon centers main waiting room. It wasn't until she did this that she noticed a strange picture on the wall, or rather a computer screen on the wall with the oddest screen saver she had ever seen. It was a picture of four Pokemon, one of which was the strange Pokemon that her, Pikachu, and the girl with red hair had seen in the forest up the road.
"Hey, that's that one bird!" she said, running over to get a closer look at it. "I was right, that is definitely the flying Pokemon we saw." She said, examining the screen closely.
"Ring-ring-ring! Ring-ring-ring! phone call! Phone call! Ring-ring-ring! Ring-ring-ring! phone call! Phone call!"
Ashley looked down at the computer monitor, and pressed the phone button on the keyboard. She knew it was rude to answer other peoples phones, but seeing as she was in a Pokemon center, it might be important. Well, that and she was so worried that her brains seemed to have left her, causing her to forget her manners.
"Um, this is Ashley, who's calling?" she asked, not really knowing what she should say.
"Over here! I'm over here!" a voice from behind her said, causing her to turn around and look at the picture she had been examining just moments before, the screen saver on it slowly disappeared to reveal the back of Prof. Oak's head.
"Ashley, it's Prof. Oak, don't you recognize me?" the back of his head asked, causing her to sweat drop.
"Sorry Prof. Oak, I didn't recognize the back of your head, nice to see there isn't a bald spot there yet." She said, smiling slightly as he looked behind himself, seeing that he had the wrong camera on.
"Oops, wrong camera." He said, punching in a few buttons and changing to the right camera. "There." He said, pausing only to clear his voice before starting up again. "I just spoke with your mother and she tells me that you just made it to the Pokemon center in Viridian city. Is that correct?" he asked, smiling at her.
"Well, obviously, how else would I be talking to you?" she asked, putting her hands on her hips and wandering if her had all his marbles in the right jar.
"How else would you be talking- Oh, I understand. I dialed the number to the Viridian city Pokemon center, and you were able to answered. " he said, understanding what Ashley had meant.
"Yeah, duh. That's kind of how it works." She said, shaking her head at the man. 'honestly, how did he become a leading specialist in anything?' she thought exasperatedly.
"Yes, I suppose that proves it. The other new Pokemon trainers all made it there with out a problem as well, and I'm pleasantly surprised to find that you have made it there so soon as well. I admit, when you left, I had my doubts that you couldn't handle your Pikachu, but when my grandson Gary said that you wouldn't have a single new Pokemon by the time you got to Viridian city, I bet him a million dollars that he'd be wrong." Prof. Oak said, smiling down at her, wanting to be told that he had won the bet. The fact that he needed confirmation that she had caught at least one Pokemon made her nervous, hadn't he gotten the seven Spearows that had been sent his way when she caught them?
"What?! Didn't you get the Spearows that I caught! The girl with the red hair said that all the Pokemon I catch past the first 6 I have gets transported to you! Don't tell me they were stolen?!" She asked, freaking out. It was bad enough that Pikachu was hurt, but now it was starting to seem like some of the Pokemon she had caught were missing.
"Really?! So you did ketch some Pokemon! That's great! And don't worry, they are probably just in your inbox waiting for me, I haven't checked it yet, I didn't think that there would be anything in it on your first day." He said, going off screen for a few moments before bring a clear plastic box with seven Pokeballs in it over to the screen.
"Seven Pokeballs, and you say that they are all Spearow?" He asked, looking at the Pokeballs closely, examining each on separately.
"So you now have seven Spearow, that's quite a group, but wait, that means you caught other Pokemon as well!" he said, looking up at her for her to explain what Pokemon she had caught.
"Yeah, I caught a Pidgey, a Rattatatata - I mean one of those purple mouse things, nine Spearow, and a Fearow." She said, counting them off mentally. That meant that she had 13 Pokemon in all. Which wasn't bad for her first day of Pokemon training.
"The mouse is called a Rattata- wait. Fearow... A Fearow?! How on earth did you manage to catch a Fearow on your first day?" Prof Oak asked, getting slightly side tracked while wandering if the girl was crazy. To go after a Fearow with a trained Pokemon was very dangerous, going after one with an untrained Pokemon was simply suicide.
Ashley sighed as she stated to tell Prof oak all about what happened to her earlier that day. It took her about half an hour to tell him the whole thing, but he listened to it all with interest. Sometime during her story, Nurse joy had brought all her Pokemon back to her, minus Pikachu's of course. She then turned around and headed off back to where Pikachu was.
"And that's when you called." She said, finishing up with her story.
"Oh, so that's what happened." Prof Oak said, thinking for a moment. He was thinking about the fact that it would be a first for him. He had never had a large amount of Spearows from the same flock come in together, along with there Fearow leader. It was the perfect opportunity to study the flocks hierarchy.
"Ashley, I was wandering if you could send me your other two Spearows and the Fearow, I want to study the flock together for a bit. Is that ok?" He asked, hoping she would agree to his request.
Ashley thought about it for a moment, malling over the pros and cons of sending him the Pokemon.
On one hand, she had just caught them, and really wanted to train with them. Another con of sending them to her was the fact that the Fearow seemed to be a really strong Pokemon, which meant that it would be really good to have around for battles. She also wanted to try and fly around on the Fearow.
On the other hand, the Spearows and the Fearow were the Pokemon that had put Pikachu in the condition it was currently in, and she wasn't really sure if it was a good idea to have them around at the moment. It was probably best to send them to Prof Oak so that there wasn't too much tension between her Pokemon.
"Sure, you can keep them for a while, but how are they going to get to you?" She asked, looking around to try and find something she could mail them in, not knowing that there was a transporter that would send them to him instantly.
"Thank, if you go over to that machine over there, I'll walk you through transporting them." He said, pointing at a green machine standing on the opposite wall.
Ashley walked over to the machine, wandering how it was going to send the Pokeballs to him.
"This one?" She asked pulling out the Pokeballs with the Spearows and Fearow.
"Yes, that's the one." Prof Oak said, but stopped when he caught site of the Pokeballs that were in Ashley's hands. "Wait, what's that Pokeball?" He asked, pointing at the blue one with white swirls.
"This one?" Ashley asked, lifting the Air Ball with Fearow in it to give Prof Oak a better look.
"Ah, that's an Air Ball, if I'm not mistaken." He said, looking at the screen closely. "Yep, that's an Air Ball. How did you get a hold of one? They aren't made in our region."
"Oh, I have a penpal in Johto that sent me a magazine with an order form." She explained.
"Really? Do you have any other of these balls?" Prof Oak asked, curious to know what else she had.
"Yeah, I have 2Pokeballs, 5 Air Balls, 4 Grass Balls, 3 Net Balls, 1 Ice Ball, and 1 Premium ball." she said, showing him the Pokeballs in question.
Prof Oak examined the Pokeballs, noticing that she had tried to by a variety of them. She must have bought them knowing that it would be hard to catch Pokemon at first, when you only have one Pokemon, it's harder to catch special types, for instants, if you started off with a grass type starter, it might be difficult to catch a fire, ice, bug, and poison typed Pokemon. Each type of Pokemon had it's own strengths and weaknesses, the special Pokeballs would make it easier to catch certain types of of Pokemon.
"I'm impressed, you planed ahead very well." He said, nodding his head at her.
"Thanks, so how do I send the Pokemon?"
When Prof Oak was done walking her through the process he hang up, leaving her to thinking about what Pikachu might be going through.
"Now I've got you!" an angry voice behind her said, causing her to jump in surprise.
"Huh?" She said, turning around to see who it was that had shouted at her. (A/N: This would be about the time that you would see the 'Who's that Pokemon?' thing, which is Koffing, in case anyone was wandering.)
When she saw who it was, she was a little surprised to find the red haired girl from before.
"I knew I'd find you here!" She said, lugging in her destroyed bike.
"Um? Didn't I say I would be here?" She asked, quirking an eyebrow at the girl. 'of course I'd be here, my Pikachu is hurt.' she thought as she put her hands on her hips.
"That's not the point! My bike was destroyed and it's all your fault, you little looser!" She said, pointing at the remains of her precious bike, which was hanging over her shoulder. "That Gyarados destroyed my bike when it was chasing you! I can see why- oh!" she shouted as she fell over onto the floor from the weight of the bike.
"Are you ok?! Here, let me help you." Ashley said, running over to her to try and help her up off the floor.
The girl slapped her hands away, apparently not wanting her help. "I don't need your help, and your going to pay for what happened to my bike!"
"Um.. I'll make up for it, really, but I'm kind of broke right now, and then theres also that..." She said, thinking about her Pokemon and how injured it was.
"AH! I don't want any of your lame excuses, I just want a new bike right now!" She said, annoyed that the girl had gotten the bike destroyed, and now was refusing to pay for it.
"Well, you see, it's Pikachu. He's currently in a bad condition." she said, looking over at the mettle door sadly.
"Oh, is it serious?" She asked Ashley, wandering if the poor thing was going to be ok.
"I think so." Ashley said, looking up when she saw the door opening and heard the sound of a buzzer going off.
At that moment, Nurse Joy came through the two mettle doors, pushing a stretcher with Pikachu on it. Pikachu was hooked up to a strange machine with a battery and a light bulb. He was unconscious, and not moving. Though as Ashley and the red haired girl got closer to him, it started to seem more like he was sleeping.
"Pikachu!" Ashley said, running over to the stretcher and side stepping a Chansey. "Is he alright?" She asked Nurse Joy, worried about Pikachu.
"Your Pikachu is resting, it's a good thing you got it here so fast. The procedure went well, and it's going to make a full recovery." Nurse Joy said, smiling at her in a reassuring way.
"Really?" Ashley asked, looking at Pikachu and feeling a wave of relief wash over her.
"Yeah. You can always trust the Pokemon center to take care of your injured Pokemon." The red haired girl said, smiling at the unconscious Pikachu.
"Thank you very much!" Ashley said, thanking Nurse Joy.
"Now he just needs a bit of rest, and he'll be just fine." She said, turning the stretcher around and heading to the recovery room. "And you should come along with him as well, Ashley." She added, starting to walk off.
Ashley nodded and started to follow, pausing when she though of something. "Oh yeah." She said, turning around to look at the red haired girl."I never got your name." She said, looking at her.
"Huh? Oh, it's Misty. And you better remember it because you still ow me a bike!" She said, stomping her foot.
"I know, and I plan to pay you back. Hay, why don't you come to the recovery room with us?" She asked, inviting her along, hoping to pacify her slightly. It seemed to work.
"Oh, alright, but I still haven't forgotten about my bike." She said, following her into the recovery room, completely forgetting that she left her destroyed bike in the waiting room.
"I know, I know." She said, turning and leading the way into the recovery room, at least, that is what she had meant to do, but a alarm system suddenly went off and Officer Jenny's voice came on over the intercom.
"Your attention please! Our Viridian city radar system have detected an aircraft belonging to a gang of Pokemon thieves! If you have a Pokemon in your possession, exercise extreme caution."
The announcement caused both Ashley and Misty to look up at the speaker, wandering if the thieves were going to attack the Pokemon center. It was during these thoughts that two Pokeballs shattered through one of the Pokemon centers skylights windows on the ceiling. When the Pokeballs hit they ground, the two Pokeballs expelled the Pokemon inside them, revealing a rock like Pokemon that was spewing a black cloud of smoke and gas, and a snake Pokemon.
"What kind of Pokemon are those?!" Ashley asked.
Having never seen these Pokemon before, Ashley quickly flipped open her Pokedex and scaned them, wandering what kind of Pokemon they were.
"Koffing, the Poison gas Pokemon. Koffing stores several kinds of toxic gases in its body which it can expel through the wholes on it's body. Because of the toxic gases, it is prone to exploding without warning. " It said as it examined The large rock like Pokemon.
"Ekans, the snake Pokemon. Ekans can freely detach its jaw to swallow large prey whole, it is also venomous. At night, it can be found wrapping its long body around tree branches to rest " It said, turning off as it finished identifying the last Pokemon.
"Great, two poison Pokemon." Misty said, hoping she wasn't going to get bitten.
"Don't be frightened little girl." Said a strange voice through the smoke. Though they couldn't see the person, the voice told them that it was a woman.
"Allow us to introduces ourselves." Anther strange voice hidden in the smoke said, this time from a man.
At this moment, the smoke started to clear enough to allow the group to see who was talking.
"To protect the world from devastation." The female voice said, coming from a woman with long red hair that looked as though it was the tail of a comet.
"To unite all peoples within our nation!" The guy said, his shoulder length blue hair made him look as though he could have been Officer Jenny's son. Though it was a bit more purplish then blue.
The two intruders where wearing strange outfits for thieves, they were almost all white, but had black under shirts, boots, and gloves, as well as a big read R on the front of there shirts. It was like they had fell of the top of the stupid tree and hit every branch on the way down. Only a idiot would wear something that was that easy to see in the dark when they lived there lives stealing things. It was like they were just begging to get caght.
"To denounce the evils of truth and love!"
At this point the group realized that they were simply going to take turns speaking. It was almost as if they had practiced this, and with the way it was going, everyone was sure that they probably had.
"To extend our reach to the stars above!"
"Jessie!" The woman with the red hair said, stating her name.
"James!" The guy with blue hair said, following in the footsteps of his partner.
"Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of light!"
"Surrender now, or prepare to fight!"
"Meowth! That's right!"
Everyone was shocked at the finale lines. They had come from the mouth of a Pokemon. It talked. It actually opened it's mouth and spoke. That was just not normal.
"That Meowth just spoke!" Nurse Joy shouted, shocked that it had been able to speak. In all her hears as a Nurse, she had never come across a talking Pokemon, she had never even heardof such a thing happening. The closest thing she ever came across to a talking Pokemon was the theater boat, but there were voice actors talking for the Pokemon there.
Ashley quickly opened up her Pokedex once again and had it identify the talking Pokemon.
"Meowth, the scratch cat Pokemon. Meowths are nocturnal, tending to be more active at night. They also love round and shiny objects. It's special attack allows it to remove the gold jewel on its forehead, and throw it at an opponent, regrowing on almost instantly, this is known as 'Payday'." It stated, shutting off and closing as it finished it's explanation.
"Don't just stand there, there here to steel Pokemon!" Misty said, causing Ashley to become worried.
"What?! You're not getting Pikachu!" She yelled, covering Pikachu with her arms, in an attempt to guard him.
"Pikachu?" Jessie said, laughing at the girl.
"We're not interested in your precious electric rat." James said, smirking at Ashley in a condescending manner.
"Yeah, we're only lookin for rare and valuable Pokemon." Meowth stated.
"You're waisting your time, this is a center for weak and injured Pokemon." Nurse Joy said angrily. If there was one thing she truly hated in this world, it was Pokemon thieves.
"Well, that maybe so, but it is always possible to find a gem hidden in a bunch of junk." Said Jessie. She knew that there was a valuable Pokemon somewhere in the Pokemon center, and she was going to get it weather they liked it or not.
"Your starting to bug me." Ashley said, glaring daggers at them. She didn't like the way they talked about Pokemon, it was as if they were just objects to them, something to be used and thrown away.
"Oh, isn't that cute." Jessie said, smirking down at her.
"The little boy is bugged." James said.
"So let's squash him." Meowth said as Koffing started filling the room with gas and Ekans went to attack them.
"Hey! I'm a girl!" Ashley shouted at them as she, Nurse Joy, and Misty wheeled Pikachu away, trying to keep him safe.
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"Did that twerp just say that he was a girl?" James asked, looking Jessie as they watched there Pokemon chase after the group.
"I do believe she did, must be in need of a serious fashion makeover, to bad we're busy." Jessie said, looking over at James with a smirk.
"Yeah, to bad."
"It's going to be to bad for da both of ya if you to don't stop jabberin and go fined some Pokemon." Meowth said, smacking them both on the sides of there heads. Annoyed at the both of them for just standing around doing nothing.
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Ashley, Nurse Joy, and Misty had all gotten through one of the Pokemon centers Pokeballs storage rooms sealed door when the power suddenly went out, causing each of them to look around in shock.
"Hey! The lights!" Ashley said, looking around in the dark.
"They must have cut the power." Misty said, walking a bit further into the room.
"But we have our own Pika-power!" Nurse Joy said, walking over to a round, odd looking generator that had a bunch of Pokeballs sitting on it. After a few minutes all the Pokeballs on it were released, revealing 11 Pikachu's which all started running around on the generates wheel sending bolts of electricity up into an absorber.
"Pika pika chu chu! Pika pika chu chu!" They all chanted, sending more and more bolts of electricity upwards.
"Wow! Look at all the Pikachu's." Misty said, looking at them as the y ran around on the wheel.
After a few seconds, the lights in the building all turned back on, and the computers started working again. The moment the computers started working, Nurse Joy walked over to one and started typing in an emergency code, causing a machine to start transferring Pokeballs instantly to Pewter city.
At the sound of the computers announcement, Koffing busted through the wall followed by Ekans and team rocket, sending Pokeballs flying all over the place.
"Quick! Get those Pokeballs!" Nurse joy shouted, worried that the Pokemon thieves might steal them.
Ashley ran over to the Pokeballs and started picking them up as fast as she could, worried about the same thing as Nurse Joy.
"Hey! This is war! Don't just hold them, throw them!" Misty shouted, picking up one of the Pokeballs and throwing it, only to find that it was empty.
"Sorry, some of the Pokeballs are empty." Nurse Joy stated apologetically.
Ashley nodded and threw the Pokeball that was in her right hand, causing release a a Pidgey, which nearly got eaten by the Ekans.
Seeing the Pidgey in danger, Ashley quickly returned it to the Pokeball and prepared to throw the next one.
"Hay! I know!" Misty said, turning to Ashley with an idea. "Why don't you use the Fearow you caught earlier?" She asked, indicating that it would be perfect for this situation.
Ashley looked at her sheepishly for a moment, trying not to meat her eyes.
"Well, you see... I don't have it with me anymore." She said, looking away from her and throwing the Pokeball in her hand, only for it to reveal a Rattata, which was quickly called back when it nearly got eaten by Ekans to. "I'm glad I didn't try to use my Rattata or Pidgey." She said, sweet dropping at having thrown two Pokeballs in a row that had the same Pokemon she had with her in them.
"What?!" Misty said, throwing her own Pokemon's Pokeball, only to recall it when it turned out to be her Goldeen's Pokeball. "Oops, wrong Pokeball."
"Hahaha. They think they can beat us with those weak Pokemon." James said, laughing at them as they continued to throw more Pokeballs, only to call them back a few seconds later.
"Ha, they'll have to do better then that if they want even a chance at beating us." Jessie said, a bit to full of herself.
"Sorry, Prof Oak asked me to send him the Spearows and the Fearow. Something about wanting to study the flock I sent him as a whole." Ashley said, completely ignoring the weirdos statements.
"You know Prof Oak?" Misty asked in a surprised voice, she had never met someone that actually knew him before.
"Hey! Don't ignore us!" Jessie shouted, getting angry at them for not paying attention to her.
"Yeah! Pay attention when we are talking to you!" James said, adding his own anger to the mix.
"Yeah, he's the one that gave me Pikachu." Ashley said, still ignoring Team Rocket.
"Well, in that case, I think you should take Pikachu and get out of here. He's already in enough of a bad state as it is. I'll take care of these guys." Misty said, smirking at team rocket as she said this.
"That's pretty big talk, coming from such a little lady." Jessie said condescendingly.
"at least you're right about the pretty part, thanks for the complement." Misty said, purposefully changing there insult into a complement to annoy them.
"The girl thinks she's pretty." James said, speaking to Jessie.
"I think she's pretty to. Pretty pathetic." Jessie said, causing Misty to growl in anger.
"I would've said she's pretty ugly, but that's just me. Meowth." Meowth said, smirking as well.
"Gr! I'll show you!" She said, throwing another one of her Pokeballs, this one opened to reveal her Starmie.
"What is that?" Ashley said, using her Pokedex one more time.
"Starmie. The Mysterious Pokemon. Its central core glows with the seven colors of the rainbow. Some people value the core as a gem." It said, finishing it's identification.
"Oh, well that's... girly..." Ashley said, talking about the gem part. As a tomboy, girly things never really interested her very much.
"Hey, stop jabbering and just get Pikachu out of her." Misty hissed, trying to get her to take Pikachu to safety.
"Right!" Ashley said, grabbing hold of Pikachu's stretcher and running for the exit.
Misty had been planing to attack Team Rocket with Starmie, but they followed Ashley for some unknown strange reason.
"Hey! Get back here Team Rocket!" She shouted, chasing after them with Starmie.
Ashley was nearing the front doors of the Pokemon center when she bumped into Misty's beat up bike, jolting the stretcher slightly in the process, causing Pikachu to wake up.
"Pika pika?" (Translation: What?" He asked, wandering what in the world was going on. He was also a little freaked to see a giant snake going straight at him.
The moment all the others Pikachu's realized that Pikachu was in trouble, they all came flying out of there little area and gathered around him. Once they were all in position they sent a large thundershock at Team Rocket, electrocuting them. While they were electrocuting Team Rocket, Pikachu took the opportunity to recharge his strength by absorbing some of the electricity. Once he was fully charged, he jumped onto the nearly destroyed bikes front light.
"Pikachu!" Ashley shouted, happy to see that her friend was awake and fully healed.
"Pika, pika pika." (Translation: Start peddling, I need more power.) Pikachu said, indicating that Ashley should get on the bike and start peddling.
"Pika pika?" Ashley asked, not understanding a thing that had been said to her.
"Pika!" (Translation: Yes!) Pikachu said, nodding his head. Even though he knew that Ashley didn't really understand him, he knew that she would somehow know what to do.
"Pika pika power? Oh, I get it. You want more power!" she asked, trying to confirm her theory.
"Pika." (translation: Yes.) Pikachu said, nodding his head again.
Ashley quickly hooked up the battery and light bulb that was attached to Pikachu to the bikes lighting system, while jumping on the bike and starting to peddle it as fast as she could. Ashley revved the bike as fast as she could, silently wishing that she was in better shape because her legs were killing her.
'Remind me. To exercise. More.' she thought, quickly getting out of breath in only a few seconds because she was peddling so hard.
After a few seconds of powering up, Pikachu let loose the biggest thunderbolt that anyone had ever seen from an electric mouse. The electricity was so strong that it not only electrocuted Team Rocket, but it also caused the electrical system in the center to overload and blow up, destroying the Pokemon center completely and sending team rocket flying.
"Looks like Team Rockets' blasting off!" The three said, flying off into the sky and making it appear as though a shooting star had appeared.
Luckily, no one was hurt apart from Team Rocket in the blast, and all the Pokemon had been sent to the Pewter city Pokemon Center.
"That came from your little Pikachu?" Nurse joy asked, slowly moving out of the rubble as Misty and all the Chansey's followed her.
"Yeah, sorry about that." Ashley said, rubbing the back of her head while Pikachu mimicked her.
Misty just shook her head, unable to believe that the little Pokemon in front of her was that powerful.
"I can't believe it destroyed the Pokemon center, all that from one attack..." She said, staring around at the wreckage.
"Um, yeah. Sorry about that, we didn't mean for that to happen, we were just trying to stop Team Rocket from getting Pikachu." Ashley said, also looking around at the ruble.
The Pokemon Center was now nothing more then a heap of broken rocks and walls, everything had been destroyed, causing Ashley to feel a bit guilty. It was amazing that such a small Pokemon could cause so much damage to the place.
"Well, I guess that means we don't have any rooms for you guess to stay in tonight, seeing as they're all gone." Nurse Joy said jokingly. "I'm just happy that we managed to send all the Pokeballs over to Pewter city Pokemon center." She said, still smiling at them.
"Oh, well... in that case, I think we'll just make camp somewhere in the forest." Ashley said, still rubbing the back of her head.
"Pikachu!" (Translation: I'm not tired!) Pikachu said, jumping up into her arms.
"Ok then, do come back sometime when we've fixed the Pokemon center." Nurse joy said as Ashley and Pikachu walked off, while Misty ran after them.
"Hey! Wait for me!" She shouted, catching up to them. "I'm going to follow you until you pay me back for my bike!" She said stubbornly.
"Oh, admit it, your just following us because you want to travel with us." Ashley said smiling at her.
Misty didn't answer at first, not wanting to admit that she had been getting lonely on her journey. She had been traveling for a long time, and kind of wanted another girl around to talk to, even if that girl did dress like a guy.
"fine. So I want to travel with you. Happy?" She asked, not looking at her.
"Yep. Now on to Viridian Forest!" Ashley said, running into the forest.
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Ashley and misty made there way into the forest while it was still dark out, when they came across a large tree, they both decided that it would be a good time to set up camp and get some sleep. After they gathered some firewood and rocks to stick around the fire so that it would spread and take down the whole forest, they started a small campfire to keep them warm, and set up camp. Ashley had dug out the food her mom had made for her out of her backpack, splitting it up and handing some to Pikachu and Misty.
"Thanks, I got some food to." Misty said, taking out some of her own food and sharing it with Ashley.
"Thanks." She said between mouthfuls.
After a few minutes of eating, Ashley decided that it would be the perfect time to find out more about the girl she was now traveling with.
"So, why did you decide to travel?" She asked, looking over at misty.
"Huh? Oh! Well... because of my sisters." She said, looking down at the ground for a second, only to look up again, this time with a fire burning in her eyes. "They are always picking fights with me, and saying that I'm the runt. So I decided that I would leave and not go back until I became a water Pokemon master!" she said, throwing a fist up in the air.
"A water Pokemon master? Does that mean you only use water Pokemon?" Ashley asked, wandering why someone would be so specific with the type of Pokemon they used when that would make it easer for people to beat them.
"Yeah. Well, not completely. I also use other Pokemon I like, but I plan to use mostly just water type Pokemon." She said while nodding and taking another bite of her food. She was very proud of her Cerulean City upbringing. Water Pokemon would always be her favorite.
"Oh, well I left to become a Pokemon master I plan to catch one of every Pokemon in the world, and become the worlds best trainer!" Ashley said excitedly. She loved talking about her dream. It was one of the things she loved to do the most.
"So... Why do you dress like that?" Misty asked. She had been wandering about that ever since she found out that Ashley was a girl. She had never meant any girl that dressed that much like a guy.
"Huh? Dress like what? Oh! You mean why do I dress like a guy?" Ashley asked, making sure that that was what she was asking about.
Misty simply nodded her head nervously at her, not wanting to insult her.
"Well, it's because I don't like hearing guys make lewd comments all the time. Some of the guys my age in Pallet town tend to be a bit sexist, so dressing like this gets them to take me seriously, and I don't have to worry about anything they may be saying behind my back." Ashley said, taking another bite of her food.
"That's horrible!" Misty said, shocked at what she had just heard.
"I don't mind, I like the clothes, there comfy!" she replied, smiling at her new friend while Pikachu curled up and went to bed in her sleeping bag.
"You mean, you really don't mind dressing that way? Don't you ever want to look pretty? I mean! I don't mean that your ugly, but.. Really... You like dressing like that?" She asked, not able to believe that the girl actually liked dressing in all those boys clothes like that.
"Yeah, you should try it some time, there really comfortable, though I do plan to get some new clothes when I get some money, but I need to win a few Pokemon battles and find some herbs to sell before that happens." She stated, finishing off her food and getting ready for bed. "Well, good night!" she said as she crawled into her sleeping bag and snuggled up to Pikachu, smiling as the small fuzzy mouse moving closer to her warmth. It was like having a pet cat, only this one could shock you and liked fruits instead of fish.
Misty slowly got ready for bed, malling over everything that had happened that day, she had lost her bike, but had gained a friend. An good trade off you she did say so herself. With that thought, she slowly crawled into the sleeping bag and went to sleep.
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Ashley and Misty had been walking through the forest for over an hour when Misty suddenly let out a horrified shriek.
"AHH!" She screamed, half hiding behind Ashley and Pikachu from what ever it was that had scared her.
"What?!" Ashley asked, looking around to see what it was that Misty was so afraid of. Neither she nor Pikachu could figure out what she had screamed about.
"Look! Over there!" Mist yelled, pointing over to the left.
Ashley and Pikachu looked over to where she was pointing, shocked to find that she had screamed because of a Caterpie.
"Oh! Cool! It's a Caterpie! A bug type Pokemon!" Ashley said excitedly. She had always wanted a Butterfree and this was the perfect chance to get one and raise it herself.
"What do you mean 'Cool'?! Even if it is a Pokemon, bugs are so disgusting and I don't like them! Do something and keep it away from me!" She wailed, trying to hide herself even more behind Ashley and Pikachu.
"Your kidding right? You do know that a Caterpie evolves into Metapod which then evolves again into Butterfree, wand of the prettiest Pokemon in all of Kanto, right?" Ashley asked, thinking that Misty was out of her mind.
"I don't care! They are fine when they're Butterfree, but just keep them away from before that!" She shouted, backing away from the little bug type Pokemon.
"Fine, fine, stand back and I'll take care of this." She said, smiling at the Caterpie. 'I bet I wont even need to battle it!' she thought, knowing that if it was higher then a level six it would have evolved already, meaning that it had to still be pretty weak.
"This one will be easy." She said, pulling out one of her normal Pokeballs and sending it at Caterpie. "Pokeball! Go!"
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Fuyutaro son: Yep, that's all for chapter two, chapter three will be up sometime soon, I promise.
Pikachu: Pika Pikachu.
Fuyutaro son: Yes, there will be more Pokemon in the next chapter, don't worry.
Pikachu: Pi Pikachu!
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