Chapter 5: The Bugs and the Birds

Ash moved his hat backwards and threw the pokéball at the wild Caterpie and it was caught inside the ball. It shakes for a few suspenseful moments until finally the ball stops.

"Yes! Yes! I did it! I finally caught my first Pokémon!" Ash picks up the pokéball and cheers excitedly. Gee, Ash calm down. I like Caterpie as much as the next guy but settle down. Like I'm one to talk, I acted the same way when I caught *Pikachu but it was understandable. I was able to capture my favorite Pokémon on my first try and if that wasn't enough, I came from a world where Pokémon don't exist and I shouldn't be able to catch one in the first place.

"Look you guys. In this pokéball is the first Pokémon I ever caught." Ash says showing off the pokéball to me and Misty.

"Keep that thing away from me!" Misty yells.

"What's wrong Misty? You aren't scared of a little Caterpie inside a pokéball are you?" Ash teases.

"All bugs creep me out even if they're in a pokéball! Just keep it away!"

"What's the big deal Misty? Why don't you like bugs anyway?" I ask her.

"Why? Because bugs are nasty, slimy and disgusting that's why."

"Well, I like bugs." I said.

'Hey, Pikachu we have a new friend.' Ash says as he shows Pikachu Caterpie's pokéball.

Pikachu starts sniffing the ball "Pika!" he said happily.

"I'm glad you like it Pikachu and now we're going to capture a bunch of new friends. You're sticking with us Caterpie."

"D-Does that mean?" Misty quickly runs behind a tree to hide.

"Come on out, Caterpie!" Ash says as he releases Caterpie.

"There's nothing to be scared." He tells Misty. 'Caterpie climb up on my shoulder."

Caterpie nods and as he is about to climb, he notices Misty. Caterpie dashes to Misty's side and starts nuzzling her ankle much to her dismay.

"Well, would you look at that? Caterpie really likes you Misty." Ash tells her.

"Get this disgusting bug away from me!" Misty shouts and backs away from Caterpie.

Caterpie frowns. Man, don't you a heart Misty? Bugs have feelings too.

Oh, great…again! I start feeling the electric pulses in my brain again. I immediately turn around because I'm starting to get paranoid.

"Aaaahhh!" Misty screams "Brian, your back!"

"What's on my back?"

"Pi Pikachu." *Pikachu points to something on my backpack (*Pikachu's been on my shoulder the whole time btw.) I turn my head over my shoulder and saw a Caterpie attached to my bag. How did it get there without me or *Pikachu noticing. Man, bugs really are sneaky little rascals whether they're actual bugs or Pokémon. Speaking of actual bugs I haven't seen a single animal the whole time I've been here.

I took off my bag and gently set it on the ground and faced the Caterpie.

"Gross! Not another one! Brian, get rid of it!"

"Hey, Caterpie do you want to come along with me?" I ask the bug Pokémon, completely ignoring Misty.

Caterpie nodded and chatted a little. Huh…I guess not all Pokémon can say their name. I pulled a pokéball from my pocket and pressed the button to make it bigger. Caterpie pressed the button with its snout and it was sent straight into the ball. The ball didn't shake instead it just let out white sparkles.

"Hehehe, I caught a Caterpie!"

"Pi Pikachu!"

"Why'd you do that for? I told you to get rid of it not catch it!"

I put my bag back on and I shrugged my shoulders "I guess I wasn't listening."

"Oh, no! One bug is bad enough but two!"

"Calm down. I'm not going to let it out of the pokéball yet."

"Good. Now Ash would you please put your gross Caterpie back into its pokéball!" Misty yelled. Now Caterpie is looking even sadder.

"No! And would you stop hurting Caterpie's feelings with your silly fear of bugs!"

Ash turned to his Caterpie "Me and Brian don't think you're gross Caterpie. C'mon climb up on my shoulder." Caterpie obeys and he climbs up.

"That wasn't so hard now, was it Caterpie. You're not going to scare Misty anymore."

"What do you mean it won't scare me?"

"We'll go on without you."

Ash and I keep walking through the forest with Pikachu following close behind him.

"Pi" Pikachu notices Misty still following us "Pika Pi." He tells Ash.

"What's wrong Pikachu?" Pikachu points at Misty "Why are you still following us for?"

"I've already told you haven't I. I'm going to keep following you until you two have paid me back for my bike." That or do you just have a crush on Ash. Hehehe I might play matchmaker someday.

"Fine! Do whatever you want!'

Okay, this is getting pretty old. This alarm in my head goes off again. And at the same time I hear wings flapping.

I look up and I see a Pidgey who has just landed on a tree branch, cleaning its feathers with its beak. But this isn't an ordinary Pidgey. This Pidgey was gold in color; a shiny Pidgey! Wow, two shinies in one day, this must be my lucky day. I took out my pokédex to scan it.

"Pidgey, the Tiny Bird Pokémon. It is docile and prefers to avoid conflict. If disturbed, however, it can ferociously strike back."

Ash and Misty also take notice of the shiny Pidgey.

"Wow it's a shiny Pidgey!" Ash says excitedly

"Sorry Ash, but finders keepers." I said. Even I can be a little greedy ok.

Luckily the Pidgey hasn't seen us yet "*Pikachu, go."

"Pika!"

"Use, ThunderShock!"

"Chuuu!" *Pikachu fired an electric blast and zapped Pidgey, sending it tumbling from the tree. Pidgey wasn't moving. That was…easier than I thought. I know electric is super effective to flying but I thought it would actually put up a fight.

I threw a pokéball and I caught the shiny Pidgey. This makes my fifth as well as my second shiny Pokémon.

"Oh, man! I wanted that Pidgey!" Chill out Ash you'll catch a Pidgeotto tomorrow. It may not be shiny but it's an evolved Pidgey so I guess that evens things out.

We continued walking through the dense forest until it got dark. We set up for the night next to a tree stump. I opened my backpack and took out a red sleeping bag. I'm not going to say how a sleeping bag can fit in my bag because I don't even know.

*Pikachu, Pikachu and Caterpie settled on the tree stump. Ash and I are tucked in our respective sleeping bags on one end of the stump and Misty on the other.

"Goodnight, everyone." Ash says.

"Night, Ash. Night, Misty."

"Would you both shut up so we could all get some sleep!"

"Don't let the bedbugs bite." Ash counters.

Ash and Misty quickly fall asleep and I hear Caterpie and the two Pikachu having a conversation. I couldn't listen in much because we've been walking the entire day and I'm really sleepy and then I fell asleep.

"Mew, I want to know something. What is this alarm or whatever that keeps going off in my head?"

"Ah, that. Brian do you remember right before you came to this world, your game was glowing."

"Yeah, but what does that have to do with anything?"

"Everything, don't you recognize the Pokémon you've captured so far. They are the same Pokémon that you've captured in your game. The glow in your game was your Pokémon's voices calling out to you. When you came to this world, those Pokémon were all reincarnated here too."

"Are you saying every Pokémon in my game became real when I came here?"

"Yes and every time you get near one an alarm will go off in your head, indicating that it is indeed your Pokémon. A 'spidersense' if you will."

"Only in my case it's a pokésense, right."

"Right, did you think it was coincidence that you happen to find rare Pokémon like a shiny Nidoran and Pidgey so soon? "

"But I had a shiny Nidoking and Pidgeot in my game. Why are they in their pre evolved forms?"

"When they were reincarnated they ended up back in the same form as when you caught them, Of course there are some pokémon that stayed in their evolved forms. But remember this, they have no memory of you and they will not allow themselves to be captured so easily like any other wild Pokémon."

"Ok, let me get this straight. The Pokémon I had in my game were reincarnated to this world and when I get near one my pokésense will go off. Does that mean I can capture the same legendary Pokémon here that I had in my game?"

"Yes. But don't get crazy. Now is not the time for you to catch legendary Pokémon…that comes later."

"And there's something else. After I caught Nidoran you were there next to me but you were transparent like a spirit."

"That's because I am one. My body was destroyed a long time ago but my spirit remained. When we first met I bonded my spirit with yours. That means only you can see and hear me."

"So you live inside me now?"

"Yes, I reside within your soul the same way a Pokémon resides in its pokéball. And I will be there for you should you ever need me."

"Did you put my ID in my pokédex."

"Yep."

"Whoa. What else can you do?"

"Not a whole lot. I'm not as powerful as I was when I had my real body. You could say I'm a shadow of my former self. But still I'm here to guide you and I'll always be there for you."

"Wow. It's like a have my own guardian angel but won't it be a little weird for the others to see me talking to myself."

Mew giggles "You and I are connected remember. We can speak to each other telepathically. This has been fun but it's time to rise and shine."

"Huh?"

"AAAHHH!"

I sprang out of my sleeping bag to the sound of Misty's screaming.

Ash hops out of his sleeping bag "What's going on?!"

"What is this thing doing sleeping near me?"

"Caterpie just wants to be your friend." Ash tells her.

"If it wants to be my friend, it would stop bugging me already! Just get out of my face and in to that pokéball!" Misty yells at Caterpie.

Caterpie sadly crawls back into his pokéball and Ash doesn't look too happy.

"You're going to apologize to Caterpie right now! It never did anything to you Misty!" Ash snaps.

Misty turns away "Hmph!"

We suddenly hear wings flapping above us and a wild Pidgeotto swoops from the sky to a bush, eating berries.

Ash put on his hat "Wow! A Pidgeotto!" Ash pulled out his pokédex to scan Pidgeotto.

"Pidgeotto, the Bird Pokémon, and the evolved form of Pidgey. It is armed with sharp claws and dives from the sky to capture its prey. Unlike the more gentle Pidgey, Pidgeotto can be more dangerous. Approach with extreme caution."

"Dangerous, huh? I'll show you who's the dangerous one around here." Ash takes out a pokéball and throws it at Pidgeotto but it swats it away with its wing.

"Haven't you learned anything by now Ash? You don't just throw a pokéball and capture a Pokémon. You have to battle it and weaken it first." Misty explains.

"She has a point. The only reason you caught Caterpie was because you were lucky that time." I said.

"Yeah, I know that. I was just kidding." Sure you were.

Ash picks up Caterpie's pokéball "Go, Caterpie!" he sends out Caterpie.

Misty and Pikachu gasp while I facepalm myself and *Pikachu is mirroring my action.

"I told you I knew what I was doing." Ash said. No you really don't. Who sends a worm to fight a bird?

"You don't have any idea of the mistake you just made do you?" Misty states.

"Did I do something wrong?"

"Yeah, you did. Bug Pokémon are weak against flying Pokémon." I tell him.

Pidgeotto is now attacking Caterpie as he tries to run away from Pidgeotto "Caterpie, Tackle!" Ash orders but Pidgeotto is too fast and Tackles Caterpie, sending him flying into a tree. Pidgeotto prepares to attack again.

"Ash, return Caterpie and use Pikachu!" I suggest.

"Caterpie, return!" He returns Caterpie before Pidgeotto could strike and gets its beak stuck in the tree "Pikachu, go!"

"Pi!" Ash sends in Pikachu just Pidgeotto gets free "Pikachu, use ThunderShock now!"

"Pikachuuu!" Pikachu releases a bolt of electricity and hits Pidgeotto.

"Pokéball, go!" He throws a pokéball and catches Pidgeotto.

"Yes! We got Pidgeotto!"

"Pikachu!"

Ash approaches me and Misty "I'm the best." He says. Misty responds by slapping him in the face. Again.

You're the worst! You don't know anything about Pokémon do you?" Misty berates him.

"I'm trying to-"

"You should try to learn something about Pokémon. Pokémon is all about strategy. Pidgeotto is a flying type and Caterpie is a bug type. Flying beats bug, Mr. Pokémon Master."

"I didn't know."

"It's common sense, Ash." I said. Even a newbie Pokémon player back on Earth would know that. It's Simple rock, paper, scissors.

"If you don't learn about your Pokémon's strengths and weaknesses, you're not just going to be hurting yourself, but your Pokémon too." I tell him.

Ash is speechless.

"Prepare for trouble!" sigh! Not this again.

"And make it double!"

"To protect the world from devastation!"

"To unite all peoples within our nation!"

"To denounce the evils of truth and love!"

"To extend our reach to the stars above!"

"Jessie!"

"James!"

"Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light!"

"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"

"Meowth! That's right!"

"What do you want this time!" Ash shouts.

"We're here to take your Pokémon."

"Hand over those two Pikachu."

"These are our Pikachu go find your own!" Ash tells them.

"The only Pikachu we want are those two."

"We're only looking for the rarest and strongest Pokémon in the world."

"And those special Pikachu are the kind of Pokémon we need."

"Are our Pikachu that special?" I ask. I know Ash's Pikachu is exceptional but is mine that strong too. Of course, now that I think about it, my Pikachu has shown a lot of fighting spirit whenever he goes into battle and he's also shown me that he's a tough little guy.

"Your Pikachu's powers are impressive indeed. I really got a charge out of their incredible attacks the last time we met. Their powers surpass their evolutionary level." Meowth states.

"Make things easy and hand over your Pokémon."

"No way!" I shout.

"Have it your way."

"We'll battle you for them."

"Go, Ekans!"

"Go, Koffing!"

"A double battle? Ok, go Caterpie!" I send out my Caterpie.

"What are you doing Brian? Why use Caterpie at a time like this!" Misty tells me.

" I have a plan. Ash, call out your Caterpie too."

"But it's already taken damage from the last battle."

"Just trust me Ash."

"Ok, g-go Caterpie!" Ash sends out his Caterpie

"You're using two little bugs against us." Jessie said

"They must want to lose." James said.

"Koffing, Tackle attack!"

"Ekans, use Bite attack!"

Koffing and Ekans were charging at the two bug Pokémon ready to attack but I was having none of that.

"Follow my lead."

"Use, String Shot!" My Caterpie did what it was told and shot silk at Koffing enveloping it like a mummy. String Shot is more useful in real life than in the game where it only reduces speed. Here it can actually immobilize an enemy.

"Oh, I get. Caterpie use String Shot too!" Ash's Caterpie also fired String Shot and enveloped Ekans.

"Now, use Tackle on Koffing!" I command. Caterpie charges at Koffing and sending it flying towards Ekans, knocking them both to their trainer's faces.

"We lost again!" Meowth said. And you'll keep losing again and again and again…and again.

"Ash, you can take it from here."

"Right, Pikachu, ThunderShock!'

"Pikachuuuu!" Pikachu fired ThunderShock at Team Rocket and sent them blasting off.

"Team Rocket's blasting off again!" we hear in the distance.

"We did it! We won our first battle!" Ash says enthusiastically.

"That was great teamwork, you two." Misty congratulates us.

"Yeah, but it was the Pokémon that did all the work." I said. I picked up my Caterpie and Ash picked up his.

You're strong for a bug aren't you Caterpie. Misty praises Ash's Caterpie.

"Well, Misty it looks like you like Caterpie now. Go on and pet it." Ash suggests.

"P-pet it well I-"

"You like Pokémon so, it's only right to congratulate it for a job well done."

"You're right. "Misty slowly reaches to pet Caterpie when suddenly it starts glowing blue which startles her. My Caterpie is doing the same. I know what's coming next.

Ash and I set our Caterpie down.

"What's happening to them?" Ash asks.

"They're evolving." I answer.

Both Caterpie are enveloped in blue light and began changing shape. When the light faded two green cocoon-shaped Pokémon appeared. I took out my pokédex.

"Metapod, the Cocoon Pokémon, and the evolved form of Caterpie. A steel-hard shell protects its tender body. It quietly endures hardships while awaiting evolution."

I picked up my newly evolved Pokémon "Hi there, Metapod."

"Pi Pikachu."*Pikachu also greets it.

"Metapod." It says. Now it's saying its name.

*Pikachu and I chuckle a little and I return Metapod to its pokéball.

This is so cool! I can't believe you evolved Metapod and soon you're going evolve again!" Ash cheers.

"I've never met anyone who loves Pokémon as much as Ash does." Misty whispers to herself in a gentle tone but I heard it.

"So, are you getting soft on him, Misty?" I say with a smirk.

"W-What! W-What do you mean! I was joking." She blushes. She so wants him.

"Hey, Misty weren't you and Metapod going to make up a second ago or did you forget." Ash says.

"I didn't forget I just-"

A Beedrill suddenly flies by her face, making her scream with fright.

"I'll make up with Metapod later but first let's get out this forest!"

Ash returns Metapod to his pokéball "No Way! There are still plenty more Pokémon to catch here!" he states running deeper in the forest with me, *Pikachu, Misty and Pikachu following close behind.

"Allons-y!"

To Be Continued...

Pokémon Captured

Brian: Caterpie-Metapod (male) shiny Pidgey (male)

Ash: Caterpie-Metapod (male) Pidgeotto (male)

Misty:

Chapter 5 is complete. Read, review, ect. You know the works.