Doing Things Differently
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon. I own only the characters that show up when Ash is wondering certain regions and gets certain Pokemon. I own the characters there.
Summary: Ash is given Pikachu in the beginning. What if Pikachu ditches him in his time of need. What is another pokemon takes place of his starter. He takes to the world differently and is colder. He wants to be the best of trainers. Watch out world.
Answers:
Whispering-KAZE: Yes, Ash will have a team of pokemon known for bad temper. I love those types and think they fit his hard headedness. He will have a hatred for electric rodents though.
Iggychan89: Thank you. I fixed the typing. I agree it is much better.
Senpen banka: Thank you. I can't wait to work on this story.
Listed is what I think could work in the next chapter:
Mankey
Sandshrew
Beetrill
Butterfree
What do you think? Name any others you would think will work with him and this story.
Chapter 2
Starting A Team
Today is gonna be the day
That they're gonna throw it back to you
By now you should've somehow
Realized what you gotta do
I don't believe that anybody
Feels the way I do about you now
Backbeat the word was on the street
That the fire in your heart is out
I'm sure you've heard it all before
But you never really had a doubt
I don't believe that anybody feels
The way I do about you now
And all the roads we have to walk are winding
And all the lights that lead us there are blinding
There are many things that I would
Like to say to you
But I don't know how
Because maybe
You're gonna be the one that saves me
And after all
You're my wonderwall
Today was gonna be the day
But they'll never throw it back to you
By now you should've somehow
Realized what you're not to do
I don't believe that anybody
Feels the way I do
About you now
And all the roads that lead you there were winding
And all the lights that light the way are blinding
There are many things that I would like to say to you
But I don't know how
I said maybe
You're gonna be the one that saves me
And after all
You're my wonderwall
I said maybe
You're gonna be the one that saves me
And after all
You're my wonderwall
Said maybe
You're gonna be the one that saves me
You're gonna be the one that saves me
You're gonna be the one that saves me
Wonderwall - Oasis
Last Time on Starting Things Differently:
She made her way to the phone. The pokedex said to contact Professor Oak incase of emergency. She called and waited patiently for him to pick up. The screen came up and she saw an elder man on screen. "Hello can I help you?" She heard the man say. "Are you Professor Oak?" Misty asked. She saw the elder man nod. "Excuse me sir. I called you to say I found a trainer named Ash in the river. He was injured and..." She watched the Professor's face become pale and he asked, "What happened? Is he alright? Where are you?!" She said they were in Viridian City and heard him say he would be there and would bring along Ash's mother. Misty nodded and said she would be here.
She exchanged more information with Professor Oak and then ended the call. She sighed and straightened up. She looked towards the emergency room and prayed everything was fine with Ash. "I hope things are ok."
In the emergency room Ash rested unknown to the things happening and new team he has.
Present:
Ash groaned and started to turn his head slightly. He opened his eyes slow and could see a bit of a haze. His vision cleared up and saw he was in a white room in a small bed. He knew instantly that he was in a hospital. He turned and saw a red-headed girl sleeping in a green chair near by. Beside her he noticed were his clothes and travel pack. 'Wait my clothes?'
Ash froze at that thought and looked under the sheets. He saw he was wearing a grey hospital gown. He sighed in relief. He already got enough embarrassment from his mother.
Then that thought hit him. 'Oh crap! What is Mom gonna say about this?!'
He heard a groan and he quickly glanced over to see the red-headed girl slowly waking up. He froze. The girl opened her blue eyes and yawned. She stretched and started to kink to neck.
She looked over and saw the boy frozen starting at her like a pokemon in headlights.
Then her eyes widened. "Your awake!" She shouted. She jumped over to him and started to look him over. Ash looked at her confused.
"Who are you? And how did I get here?" Ash said looking at her blankly. The girl stopped then gave a goofy smile. "Opps sorry about that. I'm Misty Wallflower. And how you got here is a big thing it self." She said looking at him calmly.
Ash looked at her weirdly. He started to notice something was up with his left eye. He could barely see the girl in front of him. Misty seemed to notice this and looked dejected on the floor. "The doors said they couldn't do anything to fix it. You will be almost blind in that eye they told me." Ash looked at her with frantic eyes.
"Mirror? Can I have a mirror?" Ash said silently. Misty nodded and went into her bag. She pulled out a flowerly mirror and handed to the boy.
Ash looked at the mirror and saw himself. He had to gasp after seeing his reflection. He saw his left side of his face littered in scars. His left eye was a dull brown. He brought his hand to his face and saw to his horror that he could barely even see his hand with his left eye. He had claw marks on his left eye going down to his cheek. He saw the rest of the scars litter the rest of his left half. They made them self's shown on his arm and belly.
Ash felt tears streaming down his face. He placed the mirror on his covers and brought his hands to face. He started to cry silently to himself. He felt a warm embrace and saw the girl Misty giving him a hug. "Everyone needs a hug." Ash looked at her and gave a small smile.
Misty hugged him and gave him a box of tissues. "Your Professor and Mother are here." Ash looked at her with wide eyes. "I'll go get them. They went to the cafeteria to get some food." Ash was silent and gave a faint nod. She smiled and walked out.
Ash leaned back into his bed and looked around the room. He saw some flowers placed there from most likely his mother and a Goldeen plushy from maybe the girl. He saw a get well card from the Professor. He gave a small smile at this.
He looked over to the guest chair and saw his clothing. He saw two pokeballs sitting securely on the top. He blinked at that. 'Why would they be sitting there?'
While was thinking of this explanation. He was roused by the sound of footsteps and talks coming to his room. He saw the door open and Misty peeked in. She gave a smile and turned to open the door further. He saw Professor Oak and his mother Delia come in.
The Professor saw Ash and gave a gentle smile. "Oh Ash. Thank god your awake. You gave everyone a scare." Ash gave a faint grin and was instantly crushed by his mother being hugged. "Oh my baby! Are you alright?! When I heard what happened, I just about almost lost it!" His mother screamed. The others sweat-dropped at this. "Ms. Ketchem... I think Ash can't breath." Delia blinked at Misty's comment and looked down at her son's red face. She instantly let him go and heard her son breath in deeply.
"It's ok Mom. I'm fine." He said with a smile despite his mother almost suffocating him. She gave him a smile and ruffled his hair. Ash gave a cute grin at this. The other's had to laugh at the mother and son interaction. It was cute. Delia saw her son's eye and caressed his left cheek seeing the scar. Ash saw this and said, "I know it's bad. But I can bear it Mom. I can handle this." Delia gave a smile. "I know you can Ashy. I just wish it didn't happen to you though." Ash's face went to a grim at that.
"I know." Was what the others heard. Professor Oak coughed and Ash turned his attention to him. The Professor gave a faint smile. "I heard from Ms. Wallflower here that you didn't have Pikachu with you." Ash heard this and clenched his fists.
The Professor saw this action and didn't like the look of the boy's face. "That's because the rodent fled. He left me to be mauled by a flock Spearow." Ash spoke with venom. The Professor bite his lip and said, "I see. I shouldn't have given you him. I didn't realize it would something like this." Ash gave a cold laugh. "You can't always expect pokemon to be the kind things they appear to be."
Misty jumped at that sentence. "Now wait hear Ash. When I found you. You were saved by a Spearow and a Magikarp." Ash froze and turned to look at Misty. "What?" He questioned. "It's true. That Spearow stayed with you the whole time along with that Magikarp. That fish kept you afloat in the river." Ash went wide eyed at that.
Then he was hit with the memory. Seeing the Spearow staying with him and guiding him in the river. He saw the Magikarp swimming along with him to keep him from drowning. Ash remembered all those actions those pokemon did. He felt saddened to forget their acts of kindness to him.
"Where did they go?" Ash spoke out. Misty blinked a few times at Ash. Then remembered his pokeballs. "They wanted to become your's! I caught them for you." She smiled and went to his clothing. She got his two balls and walked over to Ash's bed. She handed them to him.
Ash took them quietly and stared at them. Inside were the pokemon who saved him and did so much for him. They even wanted to be his. He gave himself a small smile and whispered to them if they could hear him. "Thank you."
The day went by with the Professor and his mother keeping him company. He smiled at his mother and then said, "Mom... I would like to get some different clothing. I don't think this will work." Delia blinked at her son and saw the seriousness in his eyes and nodded. She handed him some money and kissed his forehead. "If this is what you want. I won't stop you. Remember that I love you." Ash smiled agreed with his mother.
Ash saw his mother and Professor off and looked to his new friend Misty. "Could you help me with a new outfit? I don't think this one will work." Misty turned and gave a grin that scared Ash a little.
Ash looked in the mirror calmly. He was amazed to the almost different person looking back at him. He could see of himself in there, but it looked like a different person entirely.
He saw himself with his normal vest he had originally but a different undershirt. He wore a black turtleneck undershirt. He wore a pear of dark grey jeans with his original black belt. He wore blue and black sneakers. He wore navy gloves with grey on the outline. He looked down at his pile of old clothes. Looking at his Pokemon League offical hat he looked away. He picked up his new bandanna. He saw the navy and grey stripes and agreed it looked better.
He smiled at this he looked older and mature. He walked out of the store and sighed. He saw Misty smiling at her handy work. Ash smiled at her in thanks. Misty froze and pulled out a hair band.
"What are you gonna do with that Misty?" Ash questioned. Misty ignored him and grabbed his hair. He froze at this action. She pulled it into a very small ponytail. "There much better!" She said happily. She pulled out her mirror and Ash saw his reflection. He saw he indeed look better with it back. He knew he had shoulder length hair but it was always a mess to notice. It looked better this way. Ash thanked Misty again.
While walking their way out of Viridian City. Ash thought of his new friends. He couldn't believe he had a Spearow and Magikarp already.
Reaching a forest area Ash and Misty wandered for a while. They talked and laughed at their stories of what they might have or pokemon they will catch. They walked until they noticed a small area with a creek near by.
Ash saw the water and knew this could be a good area for him to release his new friends. He unpacked and got his two pokeballs. He went over to the creek and realeased Magikarp. He threw and realeased Spearow.
The two popped out of their pokeballs and stretched. They looked around and stopped Ash. They called to him. Ash smiled, "Thank you so much for your help. If it wasn't for you guys, I wouldn't be here." Ash said sincerely. The pokemon gave shy smiles at this. Spearow jflew and lperched on Ash's left arm.
Spearow nuzzled his face and Ash laughed at it's actions. He smiled widely at these two. "I wonder... I think you guys should have names." The pokemon looked at Ash blankly. Ash smiled and said, "I think you guys should have names. What happens if you get lost or something. I want to make sure I can call you. Plus it would be your own identity.
The two looked at each other and then Ash. Then smiled liking the idea. Ash laughed and then got into a thinking pose. "Hmmm..." Ash looked over at Spearow then looked at Magikarp. He looked into his memories to think of a good name for them.
"Ah! I think, I got one for you Magikarp!" Ash said with a grin. Magikarp looked at her trainer wondering what her name will be. "Mystic! Because of how entrancing your scales were in the water. Also because of your evolution form is. Plus it's a cute girl name for you." Ash stated. The new Mystic stared at her trainer and cried out happily. She flopped in happiness with her trainers kindness. Spearow looked on in content happy that's its choice with Ash was a good one.
Ash turned to Spearow and thought. He stated calmly, "I think Talon should be your name." Spearow stared at Ash wide eyed. Ash gave a faint smile. "I want to remember it was Spearow that did this to me but it was one who became my friend. I think Talon will work with your personality and actions." The new Talon started at Ash and nipped his trainer's fingers gently.
Ash gave a smile at this actions happy to have his pokemon like their names. He was content to know that they enjoyed him and his names's for them. He looked at Mystic and had to laugh at her cute flopping actions. He turned to his left and saw Talon staring at him and cawed at him.
He trained with them for a good while. He started teaching Talon the move Aerial Ace. He was in the process to teach Mystic a move he remembered Professor Oak said could be done Bounce. He knew Mystic didn't have much attacks. He hoped if he trained her enough he could get her to be strong.
Ash was training them when he glanced over and saw a violet shell pokemon sleeping on the creek bed. His eyes widened and gave a smirk. He got Talon to land on his arm and pointed him to the sleeping Shellder. Talon's eyes narrowed at it. Ash smiled, "Let's get it to join us." Talon nodded.
"Quick attack Talon!" Ash exclaimed. Talon hit the Shellder and she yelled and looked at the Spearow. She glared and jumped up and clamped his wing with her shell. Talon screeched and flew up and Ash said, "Use that move Aerial Ace." Talon did so and Shellder got hit with the force. It layed there dizzly.
Talon landed on Ash's left shoulder to see the damage. Ash grabbed a pokeball from his belt and enlarged it. He threw it and the red energy converted Shellder into the pokeball. He watched the blinking light to see the Shellder fighting in the ball. He stared intently at it. He heard the ding and gave wide smile.
He scratched Talon under his chin and commented him, "Thanks for the capture buddy. You did a great job!" Talon screeched and nuzzled Ash happily. Ash smiled and went to pick up Shellder's pokeball. He turned and returned Mystic.
He walked over to the camp and absent-mindfully scratched Talon the whole time. Talon didn't mind this. Misty looked over at their returning. She smiled and petted Talon. Talon nipped her fingers gently and Misty giggled.
They sat back and looked at the cooking pot that was making mushroom soup. Ash went to his bag and pulled poke feed. He got a small bowl and fed Talon which the Spearow was happy to indulge himself.
He knew Mystic ate while he was training Talon. Magikarp eat mostly which he knew could help her evolute. He then knew he had to feed his new Shellder. He realeased it and stared at his new companion.
He smiled at the little shell pokemon. It looked at him and he had to say she was cute. "Hello there! I'm your new trainer." The shell pokemon looked at her new trainer and cooed at him. Ash laughed, "Nice to meet you too. I think you need a name." He stated. The Shellder stared at him. Ash got into another thinking pose.
"Your a girl... Also have your own personality..." He thought to himself. Misty laughed at his actions. She smiled at the cute water pokemon. She always loved water pokemon and was happy to know Ash got one for himself. She was even more content to know, he had two of them.
She was interrupted by her musings to hear Ash saying, "Gem. Your name will be Gem." The new Gem looked at Ash blankly and then jumped happily at her trainer. Ash smiled and stroked the shell pokemon fondly. Gem cooed happily at Ash's actions and he laughed quietly.
He sat by the fire feeding Gem slowly and looking over at Talon eating his dish happily. He was happy to know his team was going well. He felt something nuzzled his left side and saw it was Talon. He scratched the tiny bird pokemon and laughed at it's cawing.
He returned Gem and went to set up his sleeping bag. Misty was already working on her's and about to get into her's. Ash smiled and got his sleeping bag ready. Talon was content on his shoulder.
Ash went to get his sleeping gear and froze after hearing a faint hiss. He turned and saw a purple snake coming out of the forest. It spotted him and flicked it's forked tongue at him. His eyes went wide at the pretty snake.
Talon was just about to fly off his shoulder and listen to Ash's commands when he heard his trainers response. "Your beautiful." Talon just about flew off. The Ekans stopped it's descend on Ash after his words. It then went and to Talon's astonishment faintly blush. It hissed silently and Ash smiled, "I mean it your very pretty." The Ekans looked at the boy and she gave a faint hiss.
It slithered to the boy and looked at the boy calmly. Ash smiled at it. The Ekans saw no danger or anything mildly bad in the boy's eyes but innocence. It gave a faint smile with it's forked tongue. It slithered up Ash's body and let it's tongue tickle Ash's face. It froze seeing the scars, but tickled the left side of his face.
Ash laughed at the Ekans actions. She was a cute one alright. Talon couldn't believe this was happening. The Ekans didn't fight Ash at all. Instead it liked him and his words alone. He had to laugh at this though. He won the snake over with words.
Ash smiled at the Ekans and petted her scales gently. She hissed sounding pleased. He had to laugh at the snake. "Do you want to join my team?" He asked quietly. The Ekans froze and stared at Ash. He looked at her calmly. She looked at the boy and liked him already. She nodded and gave Ash a pleased hiss. Ash through the pokeball and watched her get captured without a struggle.
He released her and she hissed at him happily. Ash laughed and then thought about what he can name her. "I think the name Naga from be your name." The Ekans stared at the boy with a confused look on it's face.
"In the old days it was with mythical creatures that were a cross between humans and snakes. It was a pretty snake hybrid. I think that fits you." The new Naga let out a pleased hiss at the name. She hissed and nuzzled her new trainer. Ash laughed at this. Talon looked on at this action and cawed with laughter.
"Alright everyone bed-time." Ash called out. Talon flew over and landed on a tree stump beside his trainer and cawed out quietly. It then stuck it's head under it's wing and went to sleep. Ash had to laugh at this. He crawled into his sleeping bag and let out a content sigh.
Just before going to sleep he felt a slithering body curl on his sleeping bag. He looked and saw Naga curling into a circle around his sleeping bag and him. He smiled and stroked her scales gently. He heard her pleased hiss and smiled.
"Goodnight." Ash said silently. He couldn't wait what tomorrow would bring.
End Chapter 2
Ash now has a Shellder and Ekans. I wonder he will get in the next chapter.