Chapter 2: First steps and a new friend

Disclaimer- I still don't own Pokémon (I think I must put this in every chapter in case someone gets confused and mad so there it is.)

A/N: Thank you guys for all of the reviews, I posted the story earlier this morning and I've already received more views than I anticipated I only expected like 2 people to see it, let alone review. So, thank you guys very much. I realized that I forgot to elaborate on Leaf so I will try to work that into this chapter in some way or another. And at the end of the chapter I will have a vote for an event in the future. Not shipping ideas, that will likely be later in the story and I will give the poll later. So, enjoy this chapter and thanks for the reviews and advise.

To Galactic War's question- he might catch Froakie but not until a later region. I have a certain plan for pokemon I want him to catch in this region so far but not the others.

Route 1 is the first imposing step on every new trainer's journey and it is the first step that they face. Route 1 is one of the shortest routes regions in all of Kanto region but it does have a large amount of life in it from the common pidgey and rattatta to flocks of spearows that terrorize the citizens and trainers. There have even been sightings of rarer Pokémon for that route such as a powerful fearow that leads all of the flocks of spearows and the occasional pidgey.

Currently Ash and his new partner elekid were walking down the main road and looking out for any Pokémon they might want to battle. They've seen a couple rattattas and a very young Pokémon that appeared to just hatched so they didn't want to hurt them and walked on. Ash then remembered something very important

"Hey elekid, could we stop for a few minutes for lunch and I could scan you with my pokedex while we eat…..I kind of forgot to do that when Oak gave you to me."

Both sweat-dropped at this point and decided to stop and eat lunch for Ash it was a basic ham and cheese sandwich and elekid was given specially made Pokémon food for electric pokemon with a slight amount of Cheri berries to spice it up. Not many people know that despite that fact that these berries fight off the electricity from paralysis, electric types live the flavor they have. A couple years ago, Ash realized that he wasn't at all prepared for his journey and asked professor Oak and his mother to help him get prepared.

His mother helped him learn how to cook for both himself and his Pokémon and taught what flavors and berries that suit each type. Electric types such as elekid tend to enjoy the kick that cheri berries give when eaten. It somewhat resembles an electric shock so it is absolutely perfect for them. Elekid especially likes the kick considering that he is very quick to act and is prone to sudden actions so food like an electric shock is perfect. Of course, they would actually prefer actual electricity instead but this is the next best thing. Pokemon centers do provide hubs for electric pokemon to consume electricity.

Oak taught him about taking care of a pokemon's health and behavioral traits that some species have such as high aggression and docile natures. One of the main reasons Ash is so well educated on pokemon is because he has always had pokemon around him and he always lived being with some of the professors pokemon. He ran with Arcanine, watched his powerful dragonite fly around and train, and even meditated with his Alakazam. All of these things have given Ash a certain amount of empathy for pokemon and made sure that he will always take care of pokemon and will never be cruel or abusive. He detests (as he should) criminal organizations such as team Rocket, and Team Flare who actively abuse pokemon for their personal gain.

While elekid was eating Ash pulled out his pokedex and scanned the small, yellow pokemon and heard an electric monotone voice.

Elekid- The Electric Pokemon

Elekid stores electricity in its body. If it touches metal and accidentally discharges all its built-up electricity, this pokemon begins swinging its arms in circles to recharge itself.

Sex: Male

Ability: Static, Vital Spirit (hidden ability)

Known Moves: Quick Attack, Thundershock, Low Kick, Brick Break, Karate Chop, Fire Punch, Ice Punch, Thunder Punch, Mega Punch, Mega Kick, and Teleport

Note: It is unusual for an elekid to know the move teleport, likely learned from use of TM or specialty breeding. This elekid is also 3 and a half feet tall instead of the normal 2 feet tall, likely a result of a pure bloodline of this species from extensive breeding.

"Wow elekid, you're already really powerful"

Elekid sweat-dropped while rubbing the back of his head, "Elee"

"Hey, can you show me teleport, it's really rare for an elekid to know that move."

Elekid nodded excitedly, its' face scrunched up for a second and just disappeared.

"Where did he teleport to?"

All of a sudden, something fell on top of Ash and accidentally electrocuted him because not only did he accidentally teleport right above Ash, he somehow teleported upside-down and landed on Ash head first.

After Ash finally managed to get up after the brutal "electro-therapy", all he could think so say is we're going to have to work on your teleporting." And even elekid agreed with that statement because he planned to use it in battle and he didn't want that to happen no matter how funny that was.

Ash and elekid than cleaned up their little lunch site and got back on the road again and went on their way. On the way, Ash and elekid were challenged by a larger, yellow-green pidgey that seemed to be a little full of himself and thought it was very powerful. It was with a small flock of pidgey and it seemed to be the one in charge of its very own small flock. When they first saw it, they saw it look at them in a defensive way in order to protect its flock. It must have thought that they were going to attack the group so it decided to attack.

Right off the bat it began to fly at elekid with a white streak behind it.

"That's quick attack, use your own quick attack and combine it with mega punch for a little extra power."

The two pokemon charged into each other and clashed for a second in a stalemate but then elekid gave an uppercut to the underside of the pidgey with mega punch and launched it further into the air. The pidgey landed harshly on the ground and got up after a second with a very angry expression on its face because it was covered in bruises and its feathers are ruffled and dirty.

The pidgey got a very angry look in its eyes and took a deep breath and launched a large stream of fiery wind at elekid. This surprised both Ash and elekid and the stream slammed into elekid and sent him flying and slam into the ground with a look of shock.

"How does a wild pidgey know heat wave?" was Ash's major thought which elekid was thinking along the same lines.

"Let's try this again elekid, use teleport and thunderpunch to finish this!"

Pidgey began to charge at elekid with quick attack and right before he could hit elekid, elekid vanished. The startled the pidgey and made it stop and it began to spin around and panic in place.

The next thing that happened was almost in slow-motion, there was a sound of "ELLEEE" and then from above (how ironic) and slammed its electricity covered fist into the back of the pidgey and slammed it into the ground and kicked up a lot of dirt.

When the dust cleared, it revealed the pidgey unconscious on the ground with elekid standing over it with a large smile on its face while breathing deeply. Then Ash reached into his bag and pulled out a special pokeball that he received from Kurt in Azalea Town in the Johto Region as a gift. This ball was made to catch pokemon that are fast and as such was called the fast ball. He threw the ball at the pidgey and it barely shook before it dinged in success. He and elekid cheered in success and grabbed the pokeball and let out the pidgey. Ash pulled a small diamond shaped object out of his bag and put it into the mouth of the pidgey and it woke up in a hurry. When it saw Ash in front of it, it glared at him and looked over at its small flock which was looking on in horror at the situation.

Ash turned to the flock and saw the terror in their faces and realized that the pidgey he just caught was the leader and protector of the small group of birds. The pidgey he caught was looking at the group with tears in its eyes.

Ash then walked up to both his pidgey and the group of 3 other pidgeys and asked his pidgey, "You don't want to leave them behind, do you?"

The pidgey shook its head in a negative and sent Ash into thought.

"What if I were to catch all the others and you and them could live at Oak's ranch and me and you could train to make you the strongest pidgeot you can be and you can still be with them. But if you want, I can release you to live with your flock in the wild."

Pidgey jumped back and just looked at Ash with astonishment and admiration at the same time. No other human would have even considered making that deal, they would have caught her selfishly and never thought of her feelings. This human was an anomaly all together. Her flock would be safe at the human's ranch and they would be well fed and wouldn't have to worry about that fearow and his flock stealing food from them and attacking them ever again. That's it, she made her decision.

She pointed to his bag where he keeps all of the pokeballs and gestured to her flock with her wing and nodded vigorously.

Ash smiled in happiness and placed three pokeballs in front of them and let them take their times to make sure that they were sure about their choice. The first one to do it cheerfully chirped and immediately went for the pokeball and was caught with no struggle. The second one took a little longer to decide. The last of them looked between Ash and pidgey repeatedly before finally nodding its head and pecking the button on the ball.

Ash looked at his first pidgey and said, "I'll transfer them to Professor Oak's ranch right now, is that alright with you?"

The pidgey nodded and he pressed a few buttons on his pokedex and the three regular pokeballs turned white and teleported to the ranch after he sent a quick message to Oak.

"Should we keep going down route 1 or should we rest up for the night? That fight took a bit longer than I thought it had"

The two pokemon thought about it for a while before they both pointed at the ground and found somewhere to get comfortable. Ash nodded and pulled out his sleeping bag and set it up by the tree.

"Hey, elekid, can you go look for some firewood while I set up stones for a fire?"

Elekid nodded and ran off for a few minutes and returned with a small pile of sticks in his hands. He placed the sticks into the small firepit and looked at Ash.

"Thank you elekid. Pidgey can you come here and use a small heat wave to light the fire?"

Pidgey nodded and flew over and blew a small gust of fire energy and lit the fire. Ash then went and grabbed his cooking gear and made meals for him, elekid, and pidgey.

As they were eating, Ash pulled out his pokedex and scanned pidgey with it.

Pidgey- The Tiny Bird Pokemon

Pidgey has an extremely sharp sense of direction. It is capable of unerringly returning home to its nest, however far it may be removed from its familiar surroundings.

Sex: Female

Ability: Keen Eye, Big Peck (hidden ability)

Known Moves: Quick Attack, Heat Wave, Sand Attack, Tackle, Air Slash, Faint Attack, and Brave Bird which had not been unlocked yet.

Note: This pidgey is what is known as a shiny pokemon, therefore it is 2 times the average strength of its species. This pidgey is also slightly taller than the average pidgey at a height of 1 foot 6 inches instead of the average 1 foot tall. It is also sleeker than regular pidgeys so it will likely be very fast (when I say sleek, I don't mean like skin and bones.).

"Good moves, abilities and I think the major thing we should work on with you would be your speed and your defense. You are a flying type so you will have a tough time with the first gym that is rock types. We'll work on it. Now let's go to sleep."

Next Morning- Route 1

The first thing that Ash did in the morning was wake up his team and began training for the first gym against Brock and his rock types. He sent elekid over to a group of boulders and had him practice his moves like all of his punching attacks and his fighting type moves to see how much damage he could do to the rocks. His elemental punches and moves like that did leave marks on the rocks and small dents and his fighting type moves did slightly more damage. Ash had him practice all of his moves for an hour.

While elekid started his training, he started his own training regimen with pidgey, he had her fly multiple laps around the clearing they were in for 10 minutes. Next, he had her go up to some rocks in order to toughen up her wings in order to learn steel wing. With enough training, she can focus the toughened energy into her wings and turn them into steel. After an hour of training, they rested for a bit, and ate to replenish energy.

"Do you guys want to stay out or do you mind going into your balls?"

Pidgey went into her ball in order to rest her wings but elekid decided to stay out and walk with Ash in order to stay with Ash and strengthen his skinny legs with constant walking.

When they were about an hour away from Viridian, Ash saw someone that he recognized from Pallet Town. "Hey Leaf!"

She jumped like a scared cat and then turned around to see Ash and giggled softly and waved hello.

When he got close enough, he heard a very soft, "Hey Ash"

"Hey, Leaf, you want to have a quick battle?"

She nodded happily and help up two fingers to ask him about a two on two. He nodded and they each sent out their first pokemon

Ash sent out his newly caught pidgey and Leaf sent out a rattatta which both got into battle stances ready to battle.

Both pokemon warmed up the battle with a quick attack and despite the fact that he couldn't hear Leaf giving orders, he saw her mouth move so he knew she was giving orders. The first battle ended in almost a draw but pidgey came out on top because of a well-placed surprise heatwave.

Then Leaf sent out her Bulbasaur and elekid ran to the fight as pidgey flew back. Bulbasaur started off by releasing a green powder into the air.

"That's sleep powder, quick use Thundershock to burn away as much as you can and then use fire punch and ice punch, use both fists!"

The Thundershock burned away a good portion of the powder and he rushed Bulbasaur with one fist barely covered in icy energy and the other with small amount of flames on it.

"Hmmm, he has trouble focusing two separate energies in two separate fists at the same time, we'll have to work on his focus with that."

When elekid got to Bulbasaur, he punched both sides of him with his fist and Bulbasaur couldn't handle the two super-effective moves along with the sudden temperature shock because he was still a low level.

Ash and Leaf returned their pokemon and walked up to eachother smiling and shook hands.

"Good job Ash, you won fair and square."

"Thanks, you did really good too, good strategy with the sleep powder. Hey, Leaf, why'd you stop hanging out with me these past few years and kind of kept to yourself? I thought you didn't like me anymore just like Gary."

Leaf looked down sadly and told him softly, "Three years ago, there was a small fire in my room and the smoke damaged my vocal cords to where I can barely speak. I didn't want to get bullied and didn't want to drag you down with me….I'm so sorry for making you think I didn't like you anymore."

"I'm so sorry for making assumptions, I'm so sorry for what happened to you."

The two friends hugged and went their separate ways. Ash finished his traveling to Viridian and got his pokemon restored and called his mother and Oak. Oak was astonished that Ash got a shiny pidgey his first day of traveling and that it knew some powerful moves. After the calls, Ash went to get his pokemon and got a room for the night. He then let out his pokemon and they all went to sleep in order to get enough rest for tomorrow and hopefully another interesting day tomorrow.

So, there's the second chapter of this story. Feel free to give any opinions you feel necessary to help me out a little.

Now for the vote I talked about earlier, he's going to be getting two fossils later (soon) and I want to know what size they'll be. I know what pokemon they'll be and I'm debating on I making them actual dinosaur size pokemon instead of the tiny dinos they are in the animes. So vote large dino pokemon or regular dino pokemon. Please vote, I need your opinions.