Notes: Before you write off my OC as a Gary Stu, SHUT THE FUSICLAP UP and READ THE WHOLE THING before you judge. Especially CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS who know who they are. If my changes confuse you, (almost) all will be revealed in the bottom notes.
Intro theme: Master Quest
There's no time to question my moves!
I stick to the path that I choose!
Me and my friends are gonna do it right,
You'll never see us run away from a fight!
To be a master is my dream…
All I've got to do is believe! –and I believe!-
I've got a chance to win.
I'm on my way to victory!
Pokémon!
I can be a champion if I just believe.
I'm on a Master Quest!
I want the whole world to see! –and I believe!-
I'm gonna be the very best,
Cause all I've got to do is believe in me!
Pokémon!
Chapter 2: A Dragon Master in Training
"Pikachu!" Ash cried. The electric mouse's yells of pain truly worried him.
Oak and Juniper both were attempting to power the system back on, but to no avail. "We've got to reboot the system somehow!" Juniper stated.
Eventually, Oak looked out the window at the giant cloud. "Could a Legendary Pokémon truly be doing this? But why would it?" he wondered aloud.
"PIII! PIKAA!" Pikachu yelled.
"Pikachu! Please, stay strong buddy!" Ash cried. Pikachu falling over only make his concern grow. Without thinking, he moved over and grabbed Pikachu with both arms, ending up zapped for his trouble. Fortunately, it was over within seconds as the cloud suddenly dissipated. They both fell over, Pikachu still sparking.
"Ash!" Delia cried, crouching to him. "Are you alright, Ash?"
Electricity suddenly returned to the lab. "We're back online?!" Juniper stated the obvious out of confusion.
"Oshawott!" an Oshawott ran over to Ash as he sat up.
"I'm fine, mom." Ash reassured. "Wait, Pikachu!" he got up, and Pikachu did the same, with ease. "You alright Pikachu?" Ash asked.
"Pika!" Pikachu replied. The then electrified his tail momentarily. "Pika! Pikachu!" he said excitedly.
"So you're back to normal?" Ash asked. "Try a Thunderbolt on me!" he commanded.
"Pika….CHUU!" Pikachu indeed sent electricity at Ash, shocking him decently. Somehow undamaged, he smiled at Pikachu.
"Alright! Volt Tackle, go!"
"Pika Pika PikaPikaPika…" Pikachu charged up and dashed, ramming Ash like an electrified Tauros, knocking them both into the wall.
"Oh my goodness!" Delia exclaimed, turning as Ash and Pikachu flew past her.
After a moment, Ash shook his head and looked at Pikachu. "You're really okay…!"
"Pika!" They both proceeded to fall over, twitching from the electricity.
Later, at sunset, Juniper and Oak- who was now in his normal scientific outfit- walked outside, looking at the sky. "Do you think it really was Zekrom? THE Legendary Zekrom?" Juniper asked.
Oak turned to her with a smile. "I'd say this calls for some additional research."
Ash and Pikachu walked outside next. They also looked onwards, at both the sky and trees around them. "There's a lot we don't know about this place, Pikachu." Ash stated. "I'd just love to see what Unova has to offer. And a new Pokémon League! I've gotta compete in that!"
"Pika Pika!"
That night, as he, his mother, and professor Oak ate dinner, Ash decided to announce his plan. "I've decided to have my next adventure here!"
Delia and Oak both stopped in the middle of eating and looked at him.
"For sure! I want to meet lots of the new Pokémon here! I'll make lots of new friends, and I can test my skills."
"Of course." Delia remarked with a giggle and smile. "I knew it from the moment you heard the words 'new Pokémon', Ash."
"I take it you'll be traveling to the eight Gyms?"
"Of course, professor!"
"Then I'll continue looking after your other Pokémon. Though I do hope you intend to bring some of them over here from time to time, if only to see them again with your own eyes."
Delia turned to Pikachu. "You take care of Ash, okay Pikachu?"
Pikachu nodded. "Pikachu!"
The next morning, Ash and Professor Juniper met up in the lobby. Juniper handed Ash five Poké Balls and the PokéDex. "You know the drill, right?" Juniper asked.
"Yeah." Ash replied.
"Since you're going for badges, I recommend the Striaton Gym. It's the one closest to here and easily the best to challenge first." She explained. As an afterthought, she added, "You know, Trip left ahead of you. You might want to catch up."
"I guess it's to be expected when I'm just starting out." Trip growled. "But next time I won't lose, got it?!"
Ash turned to her and nodded, a determined look on his face. A short while later found him, his mother, and both professors at the gate of the lab.
"Do have all your food? Packed clothes? And remember to change your underwear!"
"I know, mom. I'm not a little kid." Ash replied, embarrassed by his mother's antics.
"There's a Pokémon Center on the other side of the forest. You can stop there if something happens, or if you need any help." Juniper said.
"Okay. We're off then! Bye!" Ash turned and went on his way, excitedly jogging down the path.
"Be careful, Ash! Good-bye!"
"Good luck to you, and enjoy yourself!"
Once Ash was out of sight, Delia closed her eyes. "I wonder….just how much will he grow on this journey?" She opened her eyes with a smile. "I can't wait!"
"I wonder what we'll see first? A Bug-Type? Maybe Grass or Water-types!" Ash wondered aloud, still jogging. After a short time, Pikachu directed his attention to his left, showing him a strange figure in a berry bush. 'A Pokémon?' he though, pulling out his PokéDex.
"Axew: The Tusk Pokémon. Axew mark their territory with their tusks, which often fall out and regrow. Axew are Dragon-Type Pokémon who take great time and care to raise."
"That doesn't like this." Ash observed.
"Huh?"
"Huh?!"
"Who's there?!" the being in the bush stood up and turned around, revealing itself to be a brown-skinned young girl slightly younger than him.
"Hey, you're not a Pokémon…" Ash pointed out.
"Of course not! How could you mistake me for a Pokémon?!" The girl responded.
"Maybe you should take a look at that hair of yours." Ash pointed to said hair.
The girl looked at her overly long hair for a second. "Well, maybe…I guess I could see that from the right angle." She mumbled.
"Well, do you happen to have an Axew on you?" Ash asked.
"Huh?" the girl looked at his hand. "Oh! I see!" she said. She turned her eyes to her hair. "Axew!" she called, holding up a half-eaten berry. The Pokémon appeared from her hair, and took the berry.
'That explains why the PokéDex registered Axew. Talk about a weird way to carry a Pokémon.' Ash thought.
"Just so you know, Axew's my partner." The girl stated.
"Cool." Ash commented. Pikachu hopped off his shoulder, oddly catching the attention of the girl as he landed.
"Oh wow! Is that a Pikachu?!" she excitedly questioned, picking him up. "Aww, aren't you adorable?"
"Piikaaa…" Pikachu complained.
"Uh, you really shouldn't do that…" Ash warned, knowing what happened to unsuspecting fools who irritated Pikachu.
"Huh? Oh sorry! My name's Iris. Nice to meet you!" She held out her hand, still holding Pikachu- who was getting upset- in her other arm.
"I'm Ash Ketchum. We're from Pallet Town in the Kanto Region." Ash took her hand, and they shook. "Pikachu's my number one pal. We're planning to enter the Unova League!"
"That's niiiii-aaAAAAH!" Iris was cut off by Pikachu's sudden shock. Once it ended, her hair was defying gravity. "S-Shocking…..."she muttered, before falling over.
A short time later, with Iris recovered, the four of them were sitting on the grass across from each other.
"Uh…Sorry about that." Iris apologized to the mouse, who wore a still irritated look. Pikachu's ear twitched. "Hey, there was a storm in Nuvema Town yesterday, right?" she asked, turning her attention to Ash.
"Yeah. Professor Juniper thinks it might've been Zekrom that made that happen."
"No way! THE Legendary Zekrom?!" Iris got on her hands and knees, getting very close to Ash, who leaned away from her. "Please, tell me everything that happened!"
"Pikapi!" Pikachu pointed at something, catching Ash's attention. The deer-like Pokémon turned and ran when he looked over, but Ash managed to see it.
"Hey! One of the Pokémon from yesterday!" Ash exclaimed, standing up. "Let's go see what it was, Pikachu!"
Once Pikachu hopped on his shoulder, he ran off.
"Hey, wait up! Ash!" Iris called, running after him.
In a cave somewhere not far from Ash and Iris, Botch and Cassidy-
"It's BUTCH!"
"Quiet, Bob. The Boss is about to speak."
Butch and Cassidy each bowed on one knee to the screen showing Giovanni.
"I see you have arrived with getting yourselves blown up." He remarked.
"Yes." both replied.
Butch then spoke. "We have successfully infiltrated Unova, on schedule."
"We are ready to begin our conquest of this region, boss." Cassidy stated.
"We intend to capture the Legendary Zekrom and give it to you, boss." Butch said.
"A Legendary Pokémon?"
"Yes, boss." Cassidy replied. "However, in order to do so, we require usage of our strongest Pokémon."
"I'm afraid that's impossible." A secretary intruded. "Using Pokémon from other regions would attract too much attention. You would be quickly found out, destroying any chance of successful takeover. To protect our organization's secrets and plans, you must use Pokémon native to Unova."
"Very well." Both replied.
"I am counting on you both. I have every confidence in your abilities." Giovanni then ended the communications.
Butch and Cassidy looked over their new equipment.
"Good. All we need to take over a region, little by little." Cassidy said, looking over it all.
"….So, now what?" Butch questioned.
"We start catching Pokémon!" Cassidy stated.
Outside the cave, our favorite trio of bumblers once more dropped eaves upon Butch and Cassidy.
Meowth turned to the screen of your system. "So, I'm willing to bet you readers at home are wondering how we're not lost on the other side of Unova. The reason is we're just that good!"
Jessie smacked him with a paper fan. "No, we're protected by the power of plot convenience. We always have to show up in time to try to steal the twerp's Pikachu."
"And we have to beat Bill and Cassidy!" James threw in.
Butch suddenly felt a chill, like someone just out of hearing range had once again gotten his name wrong. However, he hadn't the time to ponder it, as he and Cassidy were suddenly assaulted by a pack of bat-like Pokémon.
Back at Team Rocket's HQ, Giovanni received his tea from the secretary. "Do you really think those two will be successful?" she asked.
"Perhaps they will, perhaps they won't. Either way, their operations are bound to draw Team Plasma out of their little hole."
Meanwhile, Ash and Iris hid the bushes near a whole pack of Pokémon. Ash pulled out his PokéDex, turning down the volume, before scanning the Pokémon.
"Deerling: The Season Pokémon. With the change of each season, so too does Deerling's appearance change."
"Cool! So they're called Deerling." Ash quietly commented. "Okay…here goes!" he mumbled, before getting up and throwing a Poké Ball at one of the Deerling. He watched the ball fly…..and then get smacked away in a home-run by a casual tilt of the head. Ash blinked at it.
"Ash, you have to battle a Pokémon before you catch it." Iris remarked.
"I know that!" Ash replied. "But distracted Pokémon can also be easier to catch, and that one looked completely off-guard!"
Iris thought about it for a second. "I suppose that's true. Still, it's better to try a sneak attack in that scenario. Calling for Pikachu's Quick Attack would've net you an easier catch than wildly tossing Poké Balls everywhere."
"Anyway, let's go Pikachu!" Ash commanded. Pikachu hopped in front of him, ready for battle.
But before they could, the Deerling suddenly fled. "Huh? What's up?" Ash wondered. He didn't wonder for long; all too soon a pack of field Pokémon ran by at high speeds, dizzying and tripping him and Pikachu. They somehow also kicked up a cloud of dust without destroying the grass and soil beneath their feet.
Once the dust cloud settled, Ash and Pikachu emerged face-down and dizzy. After getting up again, Ash asked, "Who was that Pokémon anyway?"
"Those were Patrat. They're really common around here." Iris said, making it sound obvious.
Later that day, around sunset, Ash and Iris found themselves at fruit tree. Ash picked one off and looked at it. "I wonder if we can eat these?" he wondered. He looked up; He hoped to ask Iris about it, but what he found instead was a mountain of the fruit falling upon him and Pikachu.
Iris dropped from the tree next to the fruit mountain. "Dinner is served! …Ash?"
"Down here." Iris looked down at his voice.
"Oh. Sorry about that!"
Later that night, everyone was munching on the fruits from before. Ash, who was sitting on the ground, had just finished explaining the details of the past two days after Zekrom had seemingly appeared to Iris, who sat on a branch in the tree they got their fruit from.
"Wow. That sounds like a rough day to have." Iris commented.
"Yeah. When I heard Professor Juniper say Pikachu was overloading, I panicked." Ash said.
"From the sounds of it, nothing too bad happened, right?"
"Yeah, this time nothing super dangerous happened. But, the last time Pikachu had an Electrical overcharge, I nearly lost him for good. There was a serious risk of Pikachu exploding from all the electrical energies."
"Oh goodness! That certainly sounds scary…"
"Yeah."
"Still, you got to see Zekrom! A Legendary Pokémon! I'd love to meet it myself one day."
Ash nodded. "Yeah, it'd be pretty cool to meet it without the electrical problem ruining our day." He paused, expecting a response. When he received none, he looked up at the tree. "Iris?"
Iris and Axew had fallen asleep on the branch. Ash and Pikachu both smiled at them. Ash leaned back, using his hands to support himself, and looked up at the stars. "You know Pikachu, if there's one thing we can count on, it's always seeing the stars in the sky on our adventures."
"Pika."
"This Unova sky…this is what our new adventure's happening under!"
Ash had started feeling a little tired now, but Pikachu pointed out a shooting star as it zoomed across the night sky.
"Awesome! A shooting star!" Ash looked to Pikachu, standing up. "We're gonna have a great adventure, buddy!"
"Pi-pikachu!" They both gave the peace sign to each other. Then, they started laughing. And from the bushes, they were watched by a small figure.
The next morning found them walking the path, just the two of them.
"Iris sure left pretty early. I wonder where she went?" Ash pondered for a second. "I'll bet we see her again. For now, onwards!"
Just then, a bird-like Pokémon flew overhead in the general direction they were headed. "Hey, that's one of the Pokémon from yesterday too!" Ash noted, pulling out his PokéDex.
"Pidove: the Tiny Pigeon Pokémon. A flock of Pidove can get very noisy. Generally, Pidove are not attracted to shiny objects."
"So it's called a Pidove, huh? Cool! Pikachu, let's go!" Ash and Pikachu followed the flying Pokémon to open field where a whole flock awaited them. Looking over, Ash pointed to a nearby one. "Let's battle that one! Thunderbolt, go!"
"Pikaa….CHU!" Pikachu quickly fried the Pidove, knocking it over.
"Okay, now to catCH-AAAAAAH!" They also caught the attention of the rest of the flock, angered by their attack. Ash and Pikachu soon found themselves dancing around the meadow as they evaded the onslaught of Quick Attacks and Air Cutters. "Hey! Stop it! Knock it off!"
After around a minute or so, the knocked out Pidove recovered spontaneously and flew off, prompting the rest to do the same.
Ash and Pikachu, trying to catch their breath, took a moment to check on each other. "You okay, Pikachu?" he asked. The small mouse nodded. "Phew. Guess even the normal Flying-Types can't all be easy." He looked at the Poké Ball in his hand. "But it's nothing to get upset over, so let's keep going!"
"Pikachu!"
They looked around the field, and Ash noticed on last Pidove that didn't take off yet. "One more chance!" Ash exclaimed, turning his hat backwards. "Pikachu, use Quick Attack!" He commanded. The Pidove noticed him, getting into a battle stance of a sort.
"Pikachu! Pika…" Pikachu took off surrounded by the white aura, landing a perfect hit on Pidove.
"Now, Iron Tail!" Pikachu spun around, knocking Pidove away with a shiny metal tail. "Okay, now's the time!" Ash called, throwing the Poké Ball. It bounced off it, and clicked open, absorbing Pidove in a red light, and closed. As the Poké Ball landed, Ash waited anxiously. It shook once, the button flashing red. It shook again, causing Ash to tense up. It shook a third time, Ash preparing to celebrate….
And then it popped open again. "Darn! I almost had it!" he snapped his fingers as Pidove re-materialized, mid-flight now. Now upset, it began using Gust, forcing Pikachu and Ash to brace themselves against the current. Then, it switched to Quick Attack, hitting Pikachu before the two could recover. Pikachu was quick to stand up again, though. Pidove proceeded to throw out an Air Cutter attack that Pikachu evaded by leaping backwards.
Pidove went at them with Quick Attack again, but this time Ash was ready. "Pikachu, jump and spin!" he commanded. Pikachu did exactly that, completely evading the attack and sending Pidove careening into a tree. "Alright, now use Thunderbolt!"
The Pidove got up again, and tried to fly, but Pikachu was faster, zapping it once more with Thunderbolt. It fell to the ground, defeated.
"This is it! Poké Ball, don't fail me now!" Ash threw said ball once more, hoping to catch Pidove for real this time. Once more, it bounce off, clicked open, absorbed Pidove in a red light, and closed, landing on the ground once more.
One shake. Tension.
Two shake. Ash leaned in slightly.
Three shake. Was it gonna pop back out again…?
Click!
Ash stared for a moment.
"YES!" he shouted, running over to the Poké Ball. He picked up, holding it above him in his classic, signature pose. "I caught Pidove!" he shouted to the world. "Alright!" he turned to Pikachu. "Our first catch in Unova, Pikachu!"
"Pi-Pikachu!"
"Are you seriously that excited over catching a little Pidove?" Iris questioned, entering the scene.
"Hey, Iris! Of course! I've got a new friend!" Ash replied. Axew, who was holding a fruit of some kind, hopped down from Iris' shoulder and split it with Pikachu. After a moment, Pikachu took it, and, seeing Axew eating, gave it a try as well. After finding he liked it, he started nibbling it faster.
"On second thought, you and that Pidove might be highly compatible." Iris said.
From out of nowhere, two black hand-claws grabbed Pikachu and Axew, startling them. Their cries alerted Ash and Iris, who looked at where they were taken.
"Not you guys!" Ash commented as Pikachu and Axew were tossed into the glass-like container.
"Prepare for trouble!" A blond woman started.
"Make it double!" a green-haired man continued.
"To infect the world with devastation!"
"To blight all peoples in every nation!"
"To denounce the goodness of truth and love!"
"To extend our wrath to the stars above!"
"Cassidy!"
"And Butch of course!"
"Gather under the name of Team Rocket!"
"We circle the Earth, all day and night!"
"Surrender to us now, or you'll surely lose the fight!"
"Team Rocket?" Iris questioned.
Ash turned to her. "Team Rocket are a group of thieves who steal Pokemon. They've been after Pikachu for years!"
Iris turned back to Cassidy and Butch. "Just give me back Axew! It's my friend!" She shouted at them.
Butch and Cassidy looked at their container. "Axew, huh? That's a good catch for sure." Cassidy commented
"Iris, be careful." Ash warned. "Team Rocket is usually pretty easy, but these two are….uh…" Ash paused for a moment. "Right, these are the other two! Botch and Acidy!"
"Botch" and "Acidy" faceplanted. Then, Butch started laughing. "AHAHAHAHA! Someone finally forgot YOUR name for once!"
"They still got your name wrong, Butch!"
Butch stopped laughing. He turned to Ash and Iris, shouting "It's BUTCH! Get it right or I'll 'botch' YOU!"
"And I'm CASSIDY! CA-SSI-DY! You'll be FEELING Acid if you get it wrong again!"
Composing themselves, the prepared to start again.
"Give us back our Pokémon!" Ash yelled at them. Turning to Iris, he spoke more softly. "Iris, these two are actually kind of a threat! We have to be careful!"
"What kind of evil team ISN'T a threat?!" Iris responded.
"The OTHER Team Rocket, that's who." Ash deadpanned. "Anyway, Pidove, I choose you!" He threw out the newly-caught Pidove. "Pidove, Air Cutter! Break that container!"
"I don't think so!" Cassidy replied, throwing out her own Poké Ball. From it popped out a bat-like Pokemon with a nose and mouth. Its eyes were obscured by its fur. "Take that Air Cutter and protect the container!" she ordered. The bat-Pokémon did so, somehow shaking off the attack.
"I'm glad I caught this thing….whatever it is." Cassidy commented.
"Who's that?" Ash asked.
"It's a Woobat!" Iris replied.
"Woobat. So it's like Zubat. In any case, use Gust!" Cassidy ordered.
"Pidove, dodge and use Quick Attack!" Ash responded. Pidove flew around and then flew at Woobat, glowing white and moving fast.
"Evade and counter with Gust!"
Woobat evaded this time, as the container was in no danger. It proceeded to blast Pidove with its own move. Exhausted still from the previous battle, it couldn't evade in time and was sent to the ground, hard. "Pidove!"
Ash ran over to it. "You alright?! Pidove!"
"Ash, it was still tired from when you caught it! Don't you have any other Pokemon?!" Iris commented.
"I do, but they're all at Professor Oak's, and I can't reach him at the moment! Don't YOU have another Pokemon?!" Ash responded.
Iris gained an unsure look. "I-I…..no, not really."
"We've got what we want; it's time to leave." Cassidy stated, returning Woobat to its ball. Butch opened a small case that defied all logic and science to materialize a full-sized balloon and two-person basket. They began flying away, Pikachu and Axew hanging from under the balloon.
"NO! Pikachu!" Ash cried.
"Don't worry, I've got this!" Iris called, running over to a tree, and climbing it.
"I'm coming Pikachu!" Ash shouted, somehow climbing up the tree even faster than Iris. He reached the top and performed a great leap.
"No way!" Iris commented as he passed. Ash reached for the glass case, far as he could, reaching the peak of his jump…..And missed, grasping at nothing as the container floated just out of his reach. Gravity suddenly realized he was staying in the air too long and yanked him back down, falling through the branches as they broke his fall. He landed painfully on his back, and Iris jumped down to check on him. "Ash, are you alright?!"
Ash sat up, mostly unhurt. "I'm fine…." He replied, looking up. "Pikachu!"
"Leaf Tornado, go!" a new voice rang out.
"Huh?!" Ash and Iris turned as a Snivy leap through the air and sent a storm of leaves through the balloon, causing to deflate and fall.
'I know that voice!'
As it fell, an Oshawott ran out from behind a bush, leaping and slicing the glass cage into multiple pieces, allowing Pikachu and Axew to fall into Ash's and Iris' hands. Oshawott proceeded to dance around, shouting excitedly. Ash turned to Oshawott. "Thanks Oshawott!" he said, before turning to Team Rocket 2 as Pikachu leapt out of his arms, ready to battle.
Meanwhile, the Snivy landed in the waiting arms of a young teenager, one year older than Ash. He wore a light, grey-blue long-sleeved jacket, black jeans, and a red-white hat with a black Poké Ball design on the front, covering his blond-ish brown hair. "You alright, Blade?" he asked the small Snivy. It nodded. "Good. Let's help Ash now."
"Blade" leapt out of his arms, joining Pikachu and Axew. Its trainer ran over as well, pulling his hat up to avoid obscuring his blue eyes. "Hey, Ash! Good to see you." He greeted.
"Great to see you, too!" Ash returned. "Pikachu, it's time to send these guys blasting off like the other ones! Volt Tackle!"
"Blade, help out with Leaf Tornado!" the other boy commanded.
"Pika, Pika Pika Pikapikapikapikapika…."
"Vy-vy-vy-vy-vy-vy….."
The twister of leaves provided extra power behind the mouse-powered electric missile, and a blast of water soaked Team Rocket just before the moves hit, causing extra damage. In an explosion, Cassidy and Butch where sent flying across the horizon.
"NOT ANOTHER BLAST OFF! WE'RE NOT THOSE IDIOOOOOOOOOOOTS!" They screamed as they became a twinkle in the sky.
With the current problem taken care of, Ash and Iris tended to their Pokémon as the older boy petted and fed his Snivy. Upon complete assurance that Axew and Pikachu were okay, Ash and Iris turned to the boy with the Snivy.
Iris was the first to speak. "Who are you?" she asked.
Ash smiled, coming between his two friends. "Iris, this is Shane. He's a trainer I met back in Sinnoh. Shane, this is Iris. I just met her yesterday."
"Nice to meet you." Shane greeted, holding out his now-free hand.
"Yeah. Same." Iris returned, taking it. They shook, and their Pokémon jumped from their shoulders to meet as well. "Hey, this Snivy of yours is pretty friendly!" Iris commented, observing as Blade and Axew started playing together.
"He's young." Shane stated. "Anyway, you two best go on ahead. There's a Pokémon Center ahead I stopped at last night."
Ash gained a confused look. "Aren't you coming too?" he asked.
"No, I'm on my way to Nuvema Town. I'm heading there to see Professor Juniper and visit my parents." Shane replied. Ash only then noticed the bicycle behind him, haphazardly lying on the ground. Shane noticed the odd expression he gained. "Yeah, I kinda jumped off to give Blade a boosted jump." He ran over to it, and set it up properly. "Blade! Come back over here!" he called.
The Snivy stopped and looked over, before sadly looking over at Axew and waving good-bye. "Snivy-Vy Sni!"
"Ax-Axew!" Axew cried, waving its own farewell.
"See you later, Ash!" Shane said, riding by after Blade leapt on his head.
"Bye Shane! Nice to see you again!" Ash called after him, waving. He turned to Iris. "Let's get going!"
"Right!"
They ran down the trail, the direction Shane had come from.
Later, sunset found the two in the Pokémon Center as the hot-pink-haired nurse brought out their Pokémon on a stretcher. All three stood on it, fully recovered. "Your Pokémon are good as new!" she announced.
"Thank you Nurse Joy!" the two replied. Pikachu and Axew quickly leapt onto their respective trainer's shoulders. Ash held out his arm for Pidove to stand on for the moment.
"Welcome to the family, Pidove!" Ash greeted. Everyone shared a laugh as Pidove chirped a small song. However, Ash couldn't help his mind wondering.
Iris noticed. "Hey, something on your mind, Ash?" she asked.
Ash turned to her. "I can't help wondering why that Oshawott helped us out like that."
"Maybe it was Shane's?"
"No, that's impossible." Ash replied.
"Why?"
"For one, it came from the opposite direction Shane came from. Two, I didn't hear a Poké Ball open, and three, Shane didn't give it any commands. If it was Shane's, it would have waited for his orders. Also, he made no mention of it, and there's no way a trainer like Shane would just leave his Pokemon behind."
"That's right…."
From outside the center, that same Oshawott peaked in from around the corner.
To be continued….
OC is thirteen because I'm 15 and it feels right. Also, outfit is based off of the male character's outfit in Black/White 1. Hair and eye color are based off of my own real colors.
No, he is not a Gary Stu. If you don't like Original Characters, what the heck are you doing reading FICTION in the first place?!
Ash doesn't hit Iris with a Poké Ball and you'll notice the lack of "what a kid" comments. Breadghost isn't the only one who finds that "catchphrase" annoying, at least within the first episodes, and I find it REALLY stupid Iris didn't hear Ash's "That doesn't look like this." and "I'll catch it anyway!" comments from the episode. She should've heard them and turned around. Not to mention the weird thing with her calling herself "cute".
Made Ash forget Butch and Cassidy's names both because they haven't shown up in the anime for a long time, and I wanted to fulfill Butch's secret wish for someone to get Cassidy's name wrong for a change.
Poked fun at the complete defying of physics with the balloon-case thing because I felt like it. Also, Butch and Cassidy are now officially Team Rocket 2, to prevent confusion when the Rocket Teams are in the same scene and I want to refer to the two groups.
Why Ash met a Unova trainer in Sinnoh will explained later. I'm not gonna just spoil it all now. Where's the fun and immersion in that?