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.

Beta Reader: Iggychan89. Thank you so much for a good job well done.

The Poll is now in happening. Good luck voting everyone.

Answers:

knightblazer85: A female Nidoran would be prefect for Ash. He needs more poison types. I would also love for him to have a Rhyperior, Aggron and Tyranitar.

Iggychan89: Thank you so much for being my beta reader. :)

darkmachines: I want Misty to get her Horsea and she will get a Tentacool. Ash's Poliwhirl will be a Poliwrath. It will be a good battle with Sabrina. I am already thinking that. Erica's battle will be good as well. Magneton is what he's gonna get and Muk too. Ash will catch an Aerodactyl. I do want Misty and Brock to get the others.

Secretlovers: I want Ash to get crushes, but that's mostly it. He will like hugs from pretty girls and kisses on the cheek. He will probably faint if a girl kissed him on the lips.

Razska'spromise: I don't want Ash to have any legendary Pokemon. But I will consider it for later.

Shin'en of the Chaotic: The next chapter is going to be would be cool if, Gary did have one.

3master: I think Larvitar would be great for him to have sometime earlier. He would raise it more and I can see it loving Ash. It already did, but Ash would really be it's parent then.

Anime Fanfic Fan: Ash really doesn't like Pikachu. I love it dearly, but I wanted to change this fic a lot. Ash will be getting a Ralts in the future. I don't want legendary Pokemon for him.

Bloodlinenaruto: Dratini, Abra (maybe), and Gastly are types he'll be getting. I also am gonna make Bulbasaur evolve. I always loved Ivysaur.

Lightningblade49: Yeah. I wanted them to evolve. His Sandshrew will evolve soon. His Meowth will too. Thanks, I wanted them to have unique names. Be prepared for a massive beat down. Ash doesn't like people like Damion. It's not gonna be pretty.

Senpen banka: Yeah. I always thought Ash would do great with a Poliwrath. Thanks for the name's. I thought real hard for them.

SSJ3 Kyuubi Gohan: Bulbasaur will be disgusted with Pikachu. He respects Ash and will hate that Pikachu left him in his time of need. That's not what a Pokemon does.

PrincessAnime08: Well the anime did in certain times. Ash mostly got a Pokemon, but never them. I hope to give them Pokemon now.

Noshadowone: I said the Graveler will come in handy in the future. Ash would do well with having Bulbasaur on his team. I wanted Misty and Brock to have different Pokemon on their team. I think Paras would be a good Pokemon for Brock. Oddish would be great for Misty.

ShadowWolfDemon19: Yep. Ash has a Bulbasaur! Charmander is next afterwords is Squirtle.

Stallion6 of Deviantart: I don't want Ash having legendary Pokemon. It wouldn't be him. Pikachu will get what's coming to him. He will already be hated by all of Ash's other Pokemon.

Swagnilla-Ice-1985: Thanks. There will be more to follow.

Trinity Fenton-Phantom: Good to know a lot of people enjoy the story. Ash and Misty will have a sibling relationship.

Fanfic meister: Yeah the story is only gonna get better in the future.

Rst64tlc: I had the idea of giving those Unova pokemon to Ash. I don't know about Absol.

Nightshadegirl: Yeah it's great that Ash now has cool pokemon. Pikachu is at the meeting place in Pallet's forest and Route 1. Ash will also be getting a Shinx in the future.

Rebel Energy: Ash will definitely be getting a Dratini. He will also be getting a Psychic Pokemon as well.

Pokemaster 341: Thanks. Brock and Misty need new pokemon sense they barely caught any in Kanto. So Brock is gonna get a few pokemon in this story along with Misty. Also nice story.

Dawn Ketchum Fan: Melanie was a miss guided person. I kind of liked her. Thanks though, I'll keep up the story.

TheRedDragoon: Sorry for the spelling and grammar issues. As I said before, I'm not a writer. I'm a illustrator and animator. So this is a first for me. Thanks though with the story talk. I hope everyone enjoys this story. I wanted Ash to be different and a lot smarter then he was in the canon.

Chaoscrafter008: It ticked me off too that Ash only had a few evolved pokemon. It also ticked me off with how small of Pokemon he captured. He should have caught more then that in Kanto, but didn't. So it makes me happy in this story for him to catch more Pokemon and have more relationships with them.

Pokemon Ash has so far:

Fearow: Talon (male) evolved

Gyarados: Mystic (female) evolved

Cloyster: Gem (female) evolved

Arbok: Naga (female) evolved

Primeape: Champ (male) evolved

Pinsir: Spike (male)

Beedrill: Videl (female) mothers pokemon

Sandshrew: Quake (male)

Clefable: Tinker (female)

Meowth: Bastet (female)

Eevee: Evlon (female)

Nidoran: Queen (female) mothers pokemon

Graveler: Grav (male)

Poliwhirl: Wav (male)

Bulbasaur: Alpha (male)

Ash is a ladies man... Has more girls then Brock will ever get. ;)

Listed is what I think could work in the next chapter:

Squirtle

What do you think? Name any others you would think will work with him and this story.

Chapter 9

Abandoned Charmander

Pokemon!

Last Time on Starting Things Differently:

Ash turned to look who it was then his face went to a frown in a matter of seconds. All his pokemon growled at her. She suddenly found the ground interesting. "I know, I came off as a bitch..." She muttered to herself. "That's for sure. You make a Gyarados look like a Pidgey with your attitude. Of course not from you Mystic." Ash stated bluntly to her and looked back at his Gyarados apologetic. It roared showing that it was fine with that statement sense it agreed that the girl made her kind look kind with her attitude. Giselle winced at that as did the gang looking on. "Ow that one was a burn." Misty said with a wince. Brock grimaced hearing that remark from Ash. "I know that now Ash." She whispered. Ash narrowed his eyes at her and lifted a brow. "Alright if you say so." He retorted not buying her sudden change. Giselle looked sad at that. "Well if it's to much. I remembered the promise we made today." She stated. Giselle lifted her pokeball towards Ash. "Here. I promised you a Graveler if you bested me in battle. You won so here's Graveler." She stated holding the boulder Pokemon's pokeball. Ash blinked at that. "Are you sure?" Ash questioned. Giselle nodded, "I don't deserve it with what I did to it today." She remarked. Ash blinked and gave a nod, "Alright. I'll take it." He gently took the ball from her and placed it on his belt. He smiled and turned to her, "Thanks. It was a good battle." Ash stated. He knew she was a witch before but a good opponent. Giselle smiled,"I hope we battle again someday." She retorted. Misty smiled walking beside Ash and said to Giselle, "I hope we can have another battle sometime." Giselle grinned at that and nodded to Misty. Ash laughed and smiled. He held out his hand. Giselle blinked and then settled to a smile. They shook hands signaling a good match.

They walked away from the pokemon tech and Ash smiled holding his new pokemon. He wondered what he could do with a Graveler. He wondered in his mind. He couldn't wait what else was gonna happen on his journey. He felt Evlon licking his chin and looked down at his evolution pokemon. He laughed soon afterwords.

Present:

Ash was walking along the path with the crew following him close behind. He couldn't believe that Talon evolved. It felt weird that he wouldn't have his little tiny bird Pokemon on his shoulder anymore and he felt naked without him there. The thought quickly went away when he knew his Fearow had reached his full potential. Ash grinned at this. He was also happy that he got one of the starters he wanted in the beginning of his journey, but woke up too late to get one. He smiled inwardly at the thought. Ash was very happy his team was getting stronger; they were almost all evolved. Just then he felt something wiggling from his belt and Ash stopped to see what was wrong. He saw it was his Eevee's ball. It popped open and Evlon came out and yipped at seeing him. She jumped into his arms and licked his face. Ash blinked at this and stared at her then his face softened into a smile.

"Do you want to be my traveling buddy? Is that what you wanted?" Ash asked with a grin at his evolution Pokemon. She yipped in agreement and pointed her paw at his heart. "You love me?" Ash asked with a whisper. Evlon yipped and snuggled to her trainer showing she didn't want him to be lonely. Ash smiled lovingly at her and petted her fur softly. "Thanks Evlon, you're a one of a kind," Ash said softly to his drowsy Eevee who yawned. She slept in his arms and Ash carried her. Ash saw Misty and Brock smiling. "She wants to be my new traveling buddy," Ash said with a smile. "I can see that," Brock retorted with a smile. Misty got sparkly eyed at the sleeping Eevee whose paw was dangling over Ash's arm. "Oh! She's so cute! I want one!" Misty yelled in earnest. Ash blinked and laughed sheepishly.

They continued walking down the main road to the Pokemon Center. Ash wanted to have his Pokemon checked after all the traveling they had been doing. They took a break from all the walking they've been doing today. Ash was currently looking around for new Pokemon. He looked in his binoculars to see only Spearow. He sighed, "There are only Spearow around here. I already got Talon." Ash stated. Evlon yipped and licked her trainer showing not to get discouraged. He smiled and petted his fox-like Pokemon on the ears. Misty glared and turned to him, "Well that's the least of our worries isn't it," She said angrily. Ash narrowed his back at her, "Just because we're a little lost. Doesn't mean that I have to stop catching all the Pokemon I can, does it?" Ash said with question. Misty frowned, "Of course not, enjoy yourself," She stated with sarcasm. She sighed afterwords, "I just can't take one more step further. We've been looking for Vermillion City for 10 whole days!" Misty shouted and flailed her arms everywhere in anger. Brock blinked and saw something. "Hey Misty, there's a bug on your-" He was gonna say. Misty screamed and hopped on Ash's back. He groaned feeling Misty's weight on him. Evlon yipped angrily for the girl to get off. "AH! Get it away!" Misty shouted scared of the bug being on her. Brock blinked and looked sheepish as he held up a cattail reed, "Ha. It was just a piece of grass," he said with a grin. Misty looked angered after hearing that and growled. Brock was still laughing before getting hit in the face by Misty's foot. She shouted to the heavens, "I'm going crazy! Where are we?!"

Ash frowned, wondering that too when he saw Brock's map floating in the air after Misty's kick to the face. He looked at his twitching friend on the ground before he grabbed the map and read it. "According to this we're right in the middle of nowhere. But it looks like route 24 leads right to Vermillion City," Ash said with a blink and pointed it to Misty. Misty looked excited after hearing that, "Does this trail take us to route 24?" she said in happiness wanting out of this forest. Ash nodded, "According to my calculations it does," Ash said with a smile. Misty grinned, "Alright! Then let's get this show on the road!" She walked passed the downed Brock.

Misty was walking ahead of everybody when she saw a shadow stretch in front of her. Misty got very nervous and turned to the others. "Hey, Ash, take a look at this thing," Misty whispered. Ash looked at the long shape before him and blinked. "I wonder what it is?" Ash asked to himself. Brock peered up at this. "Evlon can you see what it is girl?" Ash said looking at his Eevee. Evlon turned to her trainer and nodded. They all got closer to it and looked. What they saw was a large rock and laying down on it was a Charmander. It looked at them curiously. "A Charmander!" Brock said in surprise. The lizard Pokemon yawned cutely at them. They all fell over at that with sweat-drops.

Pokedex Charmander: A flame burns on the tip of its tail from birth. It is said that a Charmander dies if its flame ever goes out.

Ash blinked at this response and gave a smile, "When I went to get my first Pokemon from Professor Oak, I was disappointed that I couldn't get a Charmander. Now I can catch my own," Ash said with a smile. He always loved the lizard starter, instead he got that rat. 'Good riddance too. Stupid cowardly rat.' Ash thought. He tightened his grip on Evlon at the thought of Pikachu. Evlon yipped at this and licked her trainers neck in response. Misty peered at the Charmander, "I dunno. It looks like it's in bad shape," Misty said looking at the panting Charmander. Brock noticed this, "Yeah. Catch it and we'll take it to the Pokemon center for help," Brock said turning to Ash, who nodded and went to grab an empty Pokeball. He threw it at the Charmander and it blinked at this then narrowed it's eyes and frowned. It used it's tail to smack the Pokeball away. The Pokeball fell right back into Ash's hands. He blinked in shock at this action. "It looks really healthy to me. Do you think I should use Evlon to battle it and make it easier to catch?" Ash asked turning to look at Brock flabbergasted. Misty looked at Ash, "Why don't you let me catch it? My water Pokemon are stronger and can weaken it," She asked curiously. Brock frowned at this and looked towards the lizard, "Hold on a minute. Take a look at the flame on its tail," Brock stated pointing to Charmander's tail. They all looked to see it panting and saw its very small flame. "There's no way it can still have the strength to battle, Ash. Try the Pokeball one more time," Brock said looking towards Ash. Ash narrowed his eyes at this and nodded, "OK." He threw the Pokeball and it hit the upset Charmander. Ash smirked at this ready for it to ding, but to his amazement the Pokeball spat out Charmander. Ash blinked at this owlishly and the ball hit him in the head. Ash groaned at this and growled at the lizard Pokemon. No one threw things at him. No one.

"It sure has a lot of spunk," Brock retorted looking the Charmander over. Ash glared, "A little to much if you ask me," Ash stated looking pissed at the little lizard. Misty frowned, "I think this Charmander has an attitude problem," She said with her hands on her hips. Ash glared at the lizard and Evlon blinked at the lizard herself. She yipped for Ash to put her down. Ash blinked at this and gently put her down. She walked up the rock and peered at the Charmander. "Eve veee ve?" she questioned. The Charmander blinked at this and growled at her, "Char man der.". They started to communicate and Evlon looked shocked at this. She ran back to Ash, "What's the story Evlon?" Evlon ran over and started to do gestures. Ash looked at them, "A man?" Evlon nodded and continued. Ash frowned at this after hearing more and more from Evlon. Everyone saw his expression, "What's the matter Ash?" Misty asked seeing Ash's expression. "Evlon says that this Charmander is waiting on that rock for his trainer to get him," Ash stated looking at the Charmander seriously. Misty blinked astonished, "You mean it belongs to somebody?" Ash frowned at this, "Well, I'm not exactly sure. But Evlon has never been wrong," Ash said looking at his Eevee who yipped yes in response to that. Ash smiled and gathered her in his arms. Brock nodded, "Well if it's waiting for someone then we better leave it. It's probably best that its own trainer takes care of it," Brock stated. Ash nodded at this, "I hope his trainer comes back soon," Ash said looking at the lizard Pokemon in pity. He and the others walked away soon afterwards. Storm clouds started appearing after they left.

The gang were walking along the road for a while and Misty stopped something. "Hey guys! Take a look over there!" she shouted in happiness. The others ran over the hill to see what she was happy about. "It's the Pokemon Center!" Misty shouted and pointed it to them. Ash smiled, "The one on the map! Route 24 can't be to far!" he said with a grin. Just then the storm hit. The rain started to downpour on them and Evlon whined at getting wet. Ash gathered her and covered her in his jacket. He ran off with her and zipped his jacket on the way. "Hurry!" Ash shouted running to the Pokemon Center to avoid getting soaked. Everyone nodded and ran to the Pokemon Center.

In the forest the Charmander was using a huge leaf as an umbrella. It didn't want to get really wet and have his tail go out. He hoped his master got here soon.

In the Pokemon Center everyone was really warm and cozy. It was storming like crazy outside and the trainers inside were grateful to be inside. Ash was at the cafeteria table with Eevee sitting in his lap. Brock was sitting across from him quiet with his hand on his chin. Ash was currently petting his Eevee tenderly. She purred in response to this and stretched for more. Misty came over and handed him soup. "Here's some nice hot soup!" she said with a chirp. "Thanks Misty," Ash said with a smile. "Here's some soup Brock." She frowned seeing Brock's expression when he didn't answer. "What's wrong?" she questioned. "I wonder... Do you think anybody picked up that Charmander yet? What if its trainer left it there?" Brock wondered looking worried. Ash frowned at that response. He hated people and Pokemon who abandon others. Ash pressed a hand to his scar of that. "I don't think Charmander would wait around this long do you?" Ash stated. He wouldn't in this storm. Brock perked up at that, "I don't either Ash. Its trainer must have gotten it by now," Brock said and smiled happy that lifted Ash's worries away. Ash nodded and was about to eat his soup when laughter caught his attention. Brock noticed the laughter too. The gang looked over to see a group of boys crowded around a kid on a couch.

"Wow. You sure got a lot of them!" one kid shouted. "Wow that's for sure." another kid said. The main kid smirked. He had blue hair and wore a pink t-shirt. He had on a brown cowboy vest, black leather pants and cowboy belt. He had a mixture of cowboy and biker looks to him really, the group thought to themselves. "Just look at them. It's a pretty cool collection," the kid said looking smug. Another kid said, "Heh heh. Way cool." The kid smirked to himself. Ash thought he looked like a jerk. "You're the man Damien!" said another kid. "Yo, I thought you had a Charmander too," another kid questioned. The kid Damian frowned at this, "Yeah... I had one, but that puny thing was so weak it couldn't defeat the weakest opponents," he said smugly to them. Ash and crew frowned at this. "I don't like his attitude," Misty said with a frown crossing her arms. "Charmander may be weak against Water Pokemon, but if their trainers work hard they can become strong," Brock stated fiercely hearing Damien. "So what did you do with that Charmander?" the same kid questioned. Damien smirked, "Oh, I left it on some rock in the woods." The gang froze at this in shock. "That thing is so stupid! No matter what I do it keeps on following me! I finally got rid of it by promising I would come back for it. It fell for it. It's probably still there waiting for me!" he said with laughter. Ash clenched his fist at that remark. He was starting to see red at this point. How dare he leave that Charmander. Brock frowned at this and was about to get up when he heard a snarl. He looked over to see who did. Ash got up from the table in an instant. Misty and Brock blinked at him until they saw his eyes. They recoiled in shock. He looked possessed and his eyes were like seeing two glaciers. He growled and walked away from the table and made his way to Damien.

Damien was still laughing at this until he felt someone grab his neck. He was shoved into the couch back intensely. Damien looked alarmed, "Hey what's the big ide-" He froze seeing a scarred face staring into his and saw cold eyes staring into the depths of his soul. He flinched seeing that one of them looked dead. "Who the Hell are you?!" Damien shouted in anger. Ash growled at this and squeezed his neck. Damien gagged at this. Everyone in the Pokemon Center looked alarmed at this. Damien's friends looked ready to jump in when they saw Brock and Misty blocking them. Brock and Misty looked over at Ash in worry. It was scary seeing him like this. Ash gave Damien a look from Hell, "How dare you call yourself a trainer," Ash said coldly. Damien blinked at this, "Wha..." Ash glared and tightened his grip. Damien widened his eyes, "Dude your crazy! What did I do to you?!" Ash then got a dark smile, "You didn't do anything to me. It's what you did to your Pokemon. It's creatures like you who abandon others. You all should get together; it'll be easier to beat the shit out of you then." Ash got a blood thirsty look then and the others flinched at this. "Why do you care?! It's not your Pokemon?!" Damien shouted. He was rendered silent after a fierce punch to the face. It made him see stars for a second until Ash lifted him up by his shirt. "Hmm... What to do with you. Since you seem so keen about causing your Charmander pain... I think you can deserve some pain yourself," Ash said pondering. Everyone looked frightened by that. Ash cracked his fingers and backhanded Damien who cried out. "Not fun is it? This is what your Charmander is feeling at this second in this storm," Ash stated. Ash kicked Damien around for a few more minutes until he was a bleeding twitchy mess on the floor. Damien groaned in the end. Ash stared down at him coldly. "I'm gonna get your Charmander and get it some medical care. You can just lay here you piece of shit," Ash stated and spat on the floor beside Damien. He walked away and people parted for him in case he decided to go after them as well. His friends looked worried as Ash drew closer. He turned to his friends and calmly said, "Let's get Charmander," He stated leaving no room for argument. They nodded, "Right!" They turned to Nurse Joy saying to keep things prepared. Nurse Joy nodded and looked worried at Ash after seeing his fight with Damien.

They then ran out into the storm soon after. Brock leading the way with Ash a close second. Evlon was at his heels making sure to keep up with him. Misty following behind them a quick as she could. "This is dangerous going out in a storm like this to help a Pokemon! We could catch pneumonia," Misty said in worry. Ash turned to glare at her his eyes a little softer then earlier, "If you don't want to come you can run back to the Center," Ash stated while running through the puddles. Misty smiled and shook her head. "Gotta help a Pokemon in need."

Back with the Charmander it was currently curled up under the large leaf to keep itself dry from the storm. He was unaware of being watched from the tall grass. He was alerted after hearing screeches. He cried out in pain as 4 Spearow started attacking him until a rock was thrown. The Spearow all got angry at that. Ash threw the stone at the attacking Spearow. It reminded him of when he got attacked. One of them went near his face to scratch it and he went nuts. "Talon!" Ash shouted and sent his Fearow out. Talon came out and saw what was happening and unleashed a powerful Uproar attack on all the Spearow. Ash glared at them as they all flew away. He then ran over to the rock to check on Charmander. Brock was already there looking grim. Ash was shocked when he saw it. "Huh? Oh no! The flame on its tail is almost out!" Ash cried out worried for the Charmander. Brock nodded and gave it his jacket to keep warm. "Let's get it to the Pokemon Center!" he stated in alarm. Ash nodded and unzipped his jacket to use it to cover Charmander's tail. "I'll make sure its tail flame stays lit!" Ash stated and covered the lizard's tail with his jacket.

They all ran to the Pokemon center fighting the icy wind and rain. They all kept sneaking glances at the Charmander in Brock's arms. Ash kept a firm hold on the jacket to keep it covering the Charmander. He saw the tail was still lit. "Come on! You can make it Charmander!" Brock shouted with encouragement. They saw the Pokemon center and sprinted faster then ever. Nurse Joy was by the window waiting for them to show. She heard the doors slam open and turned to them and saw the kids before her looking tired and distressed. The one named Brock had a jacked wrapped around a Pokemon. "Joy. Please help us," Ash said looking really worried. Nurse Joy looked scared and ran over to the wrapped Pokemon. "What!? What is it?! What's wrong?!" She shouted in alarm. Brock panted one last time and looked to Nurse Joy, "This Charmander is in bad shape," He said in worry. Ash looked up and stared at her with sadness, "The flame on its tail." She looked alarmed at that and saw it looked almost out. "There's not much time!" She took the Charmander and ran to the Intensive Care Unit. The others followed her as she placed Charmander on a medical bed.

They wondered if the Charmander was going to be fine. "Will it survive?" Brock asked looking at the lizard Pokemon in worry. Nurse Joy frowned at that, "Charmander is very weak," she stated and turned to them angrily. "How could you get it into this condition?!" The others were taken aback by this. Ash shook his head back and forth. "It's not our fault! Damien is the one who abandoned it," Ash said with a scowl after mentioning that loser's name. "What?!" Nurse Joy said in shock after hearing that. Ash looked down at this point. "Well... Damien promised Charmander he would come back for it. Charmander is loyal to Damian so it believed him," Ash said in sadness. "Poor Charmander..." Nurse Joy said looking at the unconscious lizard Pokemon in sadness. She then turned to the others."And Damien just left with the rest of them," Nurse Joy stated looking upset. Ash frowned at this. "If I ever see that loser in front of me again, he'll have my Mystic to deal with. Look at what his abandoning did to a loyal Pokemon," Ash said with a snarl. The others nodded knowing what Ash said would surely happen if that kid showed up again. 'I dunno if I want him too though...' Everyone thought after seeing Ash's expression. Evlon yipped and Ash's stone expression turned into a gentle one as he picked up his fox-like Pokemon. She licked his face to make her trainer happier and it did. "Nurse Joy, I'm begging you, please save it! Charmander's got to get better!" Brock said fiercely. Nurse Joy nodded seeing his face and stated, "I'll do whatever I can." With that she set to work and the others went out to the waiting area.

The others waited outside the emergency room worried for the little guy's health. Ash played with his Evlon and Bastet in the mean time. He was worried about the Charmander, but he needed to keep his thoughts happy. He smiled feeling the purring at his neck when his Meowth got on his shoulders to nuzzle his face. He laughed more when he felt his Eevee licking under his chin. "OK! OK you two stop it! That tickles!" The Pokemon cooed at him and continued. They all went into his lap and curled up. The others smiled at this happy moment of peace then frowned remembering that Charmander was fighting for his life. 'Charmander you got to hold on. Please keep your flame burning,' Brock thought seeing the happy interaction Ash had with his Pokemon. He wanted Charmander to have something like that. They continued watching the light signal for hours until they saw the light go out. Nurse Joy came out grim and then turned to look at them in a smile. She gave the peace sign signaling that it was a job well done. Everyone smiled at that and got up to peer into the room and saw Charmander still asleep on the bed. "Charmander's recovering. It should be fine by morning," Nurse Joy said with a smile letting them peek in to see the lizard Pokemon.'That's the spirit Charmander,' Brock thought when looking at the Pokemon.

It was morning now and everyone was still sleeping. Ash was currently having 2 puffballs laying around him. His Meowth was sleeping on his legs and Eevee was sleeping on his chest. He had a warm pink sheet on and was very content asleep. Misty was curled up into a ball asleep. All was fine until they heard Brock's shout, "Wake up!" Ash froze and shot up in alarm. He almost threw Evlon off in fright. Same with Bastet who was at his feet. Ash dazedly looked towards Brock with sleepy eyes. "What's up Brock?" Ash questioned with a yawn. His Pokemon glared hoping it be a good reason to since they were happily asleep on their warm trainer. Misty got up and rubbed her eyes. "Yeah Brock. What's the matter?" She stated not happy to be up this early in the morning. They saw their friend panting and it most not be a good sign they thought. "It's Charmander! Charmander has escaped from the ER!" Brock shouted in worry. Ash looked at Brock in shock. "But how?!" Ash questioned.

They ran to Nurse Joy who looked worried looking at the bed Charmander had been sleeping on. The windows were open behind her blowing the curtains. They all noticed this. Ash looked at Nurse Joy. "I bet it went back to that rock to wait for Damien," Ash stated looking sad for the creature who was sure its trainer would come for it. "We gotta go back!" Brock shouted in alarm. Misty frowned and looked at Brock. "But that's no use. We can't force Charmander to come with us if it wants to wait for Damien, even if he's a lying creep," Misty stated knowing you can't force somebody to do something they don't want even if it's the right thing to do. Nurse Joy nodded. "She's right. There's nothing you can do until Charmander realizes the truth," She said sadly. They all looked grim at this realizing it might be a while when they saw how stubborn it was.

Charmander was making his way up the hill intent on going back to the rock. It was grateful that those trainers saved him from the storm and got his tail to safety. He wanted to go back to Damien, but he realized Damien had not once came back. He looked back to the Pokemon Center below and frowned. He was thinking of maybe going back to them; he rather liked the kindness they gave him.

The group decided to head out. Ash returned Bastet so she could rest. He would let her out later for some more freedom. They were walking in silence and Brock looked bummed as he sighed. "I thought Charmander understood we cared about it," he said sadly. Ash heard this and turned to his friend. "Brock, Charmander knew that we cared, but didn't you see, it couldn't have forget Damien. It's still loyal to him." Evlon yipped at this with a nod. "That's why it went back," Ash stated to Brock knowing how loyal Pokemon can be. He knew since his Pokemon were truly loyal to him. If one misbehaved then they would deal with the whole team. Brock nodded at Ash's answer. Misty gave them a smile. "Let's get going! Route 24 is just ahead! Once we get to Vermillion City they'll be plenty of Pokemon!" Misty said with a grin trying to cheer everyone up.

Team Rocket were currently staring at their new invention. They couldn't wait to suck up new Pokemon. They have been following that scarred boy for a while now since they realized he had such valuable Pokemon. They were also annoyed with him as well because of his strong Pokemon. They shuddered remembering his Gyarados. They looked proud of themselves with their new invention though. It was a tank thing with a satellite, metal arm and a little of everything they could think of.

Jessie: Prepare for trouble!

James: Make it double!

Jessie: To protect the world from devastation!

James: To unite all people within our nation!

Jessie: To denounce the evils of truth and love!

James: To extend our reach to the stars above!

Jessie: Jessie!

James: James!

Meowth growled. "Mind if I cut in. Huddle up, they'll be here soon!' Meowth stated. James nodded. "Finally a full proof plan to capture that twerp's Pokemon!" James said with a smirk. "I'm so excited! I can't wait to test our new Automatic Super Speed Whatchamacallit!" Jessie said in happiness. They all stared at each other and nodded. "Start it up!" They pressed the button hearing the sounds of it working. "So what does this thing do anyway?" Meowth questioned looking at the machine in awe. He saw the thing spinning and turning. Out of it came a drill and it started to make a hole in the ground. He got pissed at this. "Not another hole driller! We tried that already!" he shouted angrily. The other Rocket members ignored him. "If at first it doesn't coquette, try again," Jessie stated. James nodded. "This time we'll remember were the hole is," James said with a grin. The machine stopped digging and they got to work on covering the hole. They made it blend in nicely, but Meowth looked nervous. "Are you sure you guys will remember where the hole is set?" Meowth said in a hurry. The Rocket members looked at him annoyed. "Don't you think we're smarter then that?" Jessie questioned. Meowth wisely kept his mouth shut. He then twitched his ears, picking up the sounds of footsteps and the noticeable sound of the twerp. He shuddered thinking of that kid. 'Geez it was one lousy scratch and that kid wants to bite my head off or something,' Meowth thought. "Here they come!" he said spotting them and pointing to them with his paw. The Rocket members ran into the woods fast. Jessie pressed a button to get the machine to hide as well.

The group started to get close to the trap and the Rocket members smirked at this. "They're getting warm," Jessie said with a grin. "They're getting warmer!" James stated. "They're burning up!" Meowth answered lastly. They saw the Eevee walk over it no problem. They frowned at this. "You made it too hard," Jessie said to James. "I'm not the one who covered it with to much dirt!" James retorted angrily. "Quiet!" Meowth stated after scratching them to be silent. They saw the others walking over the hole trap. Ash was walking when he paused hearing a crack. He froze and tilted his head feeling the ground below him shake, "Wow. Did you guys feel that?" Ash questioned. "Yeah." Brock said nodding his head stopping with Ash. Misty leaned in. "Feel what?" They heard the sound of a snap and the ground below them broke and they saw the hole where they then fell and screamed. Eevee ran over to the hole and peered in. She saw her trainer and his friends looking dazed. "Vee ve?" she yipped in worry. Then her ears twitched hearing the sound of footsteps.

"I can't believe they fell for it!" Meowth stated in mirth that the kids fell in the hole. Evlon heard him in glared. "Our plan worked! We're geniuses!" Jessie said in happiness. "Come with us little Eevee, you belong to us now!" James retorted with a smirk. Evlon growled at that. The only person who she belonged to was Ash. She started to fire a Shadow Ball at them, but it did little damage to them. "You're gonna have to try harder then that, Eevee, if you want us gone," Jessie stated. Evlon yipped in worry. She ran away from them. "We'll use this bazooka cannon. It's good for Electric Pokemon, so it should be great with that Eevee," James said and got out the cannon. He launched it and it followed after the Eevee. Evlon saw it and tried to avoid it, but it got her. She cried out for Ash.

Ash heard Evlon. "Evlon!" he shouted out of worry for his little fox Pokemon. He kept trying climb the walls of the hole to get out. It was really hard and he kept sliding back down. Ash growled out in frustration. "Come on guys, you got to get up!" Ash said glaring at the top of the hole. Misty groaned and glared at him, "Yes Ash. We would love to get up. Unfortunately you're standing on us," she growled out. Ash blinked and looked down in shock. Indeed he was and they were twitching at this. Then they heard Jessie's laughter, "Well hello down there. Thank you so much for dropping in!" she stated with a smirk. James held up Evlon in the rubber balloon bag, "Don't worry, Eevee is safe with us! We wouldn't lose it like you did," James said smugly. Evlon whined at this and looked at Ash for help. Ash growled at that his hand already on Mystic's ball. 'Oh... They are so gonna get that one. I hope Mystic fires them a new one,' Ash thought. He saw Evlon's expression, "Evlon! Don't worry girl!" he shouted to his saddened Eevee. Team Rocket laughed and walked away, "Let's get out of here!" Meowth stated. Just then they heard a voice. "Charmander!"

Team Rocket turned to it and saw a small Charmander staring at them hard. "What is that thing?" Jessie stated blinking at the fire lizard. It started to point at the Eevee frantically. "What's it saying?" James questioned. Meowth was blinking at this and turned to his team. "It's saying that you better give Eevee back to those guys right now," Meowth stated. Jessie frowned at this. "It's got to be kidding." James narrowed his eyes at this. "Now step aside you insolent little fire bug, we haven't got time to play with you," James stated. Meowth nodded and walked in front of them. "Team Rocket plays rough! So get moving," Meowth grunted. The Charmander got angry at this and started to growl silently. It clenched its fists. Team Rocket blinked at this in wonder. Charmander then unleashed a very powerful Flamethrower attack. It barbequed the Rocket members and they were so overwhelmed that they dropped Evlon's bag. They ran away soon afterwords. "You see?! Didn't I tell you we needed fire proof uniforms?!" James cried out. Jessie growled out, "Shut up and keep running!" "Some geniuses!" Meowth retorted while they ran off. "It looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!" they shouted. When they were gone Damien came out of the woods watching them run off. "Charmander beat them?" Damien questioned in shock.

Ash and the crew were crawling out of the hole. Ash saw Evlon and ran to her. She yipped at him and jumped into his arms. "Evlon! I was so worried about you girl!" he cried out and hugged her tightly. She yipped in happiness to be in his arms and licked his face. He turned to Charmander, "Thank you Charmander. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have Evlon in my arms again," Ash said with a smile. Charmander nodded. Ash then turned to help out the others with Evlon in his one arm. He and Misty helped Brock out of the hole. "Wow, thanks for the help Charmander!" Brock said in gratitude. Misty smiled. "You see Brock, Charmander knew we cared! That's why it's here!" she said with a smile. Brock nodded and said "Way to go!" Then Brock got himself totally out of the hole. Ash turned to look down at Charmander. "Charmander? How would you like to join up with us? I'm afraid your trainer isn't going to be coming back," Ash said and grimaced at the word trainer for that loser. He was then interrupted by the sound of that said loser.

"Hey Charmander! Been looking all over for ya!" The group turned to see Damien. Ash smirked at seeing Damien's black eyes and red cheeks. Charmander blinked at his trainers appearance wondering what happened. Damien flinched at seeing Ash, but straightened his back. Brock glared. "What do you want Damien?" Damien smirked and looked at Charmander. "I came back for Charmander just like I promised," Damien stated. Charmander looked shocked at that. "So let's go," Damien said with a grin. Ash growled at that knowing a loser like him wouldn't keep a promise. Charmander looked sad and looked to the group then back at his trainer. Brock saw this action and said, "Careful! This trainer has already abandoned you once before!" Damien heard this and smirked, "Charmander is mine. I'm the one who caught it remember?" Ash growled at this tightening his grip on his Eevee. "Damien, you're the one you bragged about how you abandoned it in the first place!" Damien smirked making his black eyes look darker. "Good thing I did, that toughened it up. Besides, what's wrong with dumping a weak Pokemon?" Damien said with a smirk. Ash growled at that. 'It looks like that beating I gave him did nothing. Maybe another one should do the trick,' Ash twitched his fingers at that thought. Charmander heard this and looked down in sadness. "I wasn't gonna come back for it, but now that I could see what it can do, I'm real glad I ran into you guys!" Damien said with a dark smile. Charmander looked horrified after hearing this. The others growled at this. Ash was ready to go over there and finish what he started earlier. "The best thing is, I didn't have to raise it myself!" Damien said with a laugh.

Misty frowned. "That's terrible!" she said in disgust. Brock growled at that remark from Damien. "Raising a Pokemon is the best part of being a trainer," he argued. Damien looked bored at that. "You wish! It's the most boring part of the job!" Damien answered. Brock growled. "How dare you call yourself a Pokemon trainer!" he yelled out remembering Ash said that to Damien last night. Misty frowned and walked to kneel before Charmander. "You see? He doesn't care about you, he just wants to use you to win matches," she said angrily. Charmander looked downhearted at this point. Ash growled at this. "Charmander," he whispered, feeling the Pokemon's pain of being abandoned. Everyone shouted at Charmander. Damien growled. "Charmander, return!" He threw his Pokeball at the lizard Pokemon. Charmander blinked and hit the pokeball with its tail. It went flying right into Damien's face. Everyone looked shocked at this. The ball fell off of Damien's face and he looked pissed. "That's it! I'll crush you with every Pokemon I have!" Damien shouted holding a pile of Pokeballs in his arms. Charmander growled and unleashed a Flamethrower at him. Evlon yipped at this and fired a Shadow Ball with Charmander. It hit Damien with a lot of force. When the attacks stopped Damien cried out. "Mommy," he whimpered and was about to run away.

Ash smirked at Evlon. "That was good girl. I want to give him my response before he goes." Ash calmly walked up to Damien and placed his hand firmly on the other guys arm. "Where do you think your going?" Ash stated his eyes looking cold to the kid. Damien flinched at Ash's gaze. "What are you gonna do?" Damien exclaimed already in pain from last night and from minutes ago. Ash smirked, "I already left my markings on you, but I have a friend of mine who hates people who abandon others. I know she wants to talk to you," Ash stated and grabbed a Pokeball from his belt. He threw Mystic out. She came out with a roar to the heavens. Damien froze at seeing the Gyarados. She turned and glared down at the boy. She curled around Ash protectively and gave an angry rumble. Ash smirked at this. Damien looked frightened beyond this point seeing that Ash looked scary with a Gyarados curled up around him. He looked like a demon of Hell. Damien was backing away at this point. "Stay away!" Ash shook his head. "Mystic, why don't you show him how you feel." His Gyarados roared in approval and sent Damien flying away with a powerful Aqua Tail. Damien soon became a dot and disappeared. Ash grinned at this and turned to walk back to the others. Mystic slithering behind him rumbling in content of getting rid of a loser like that.

Ash smiled at this and smiled down at the awed Charmander looking at him. The Charmander looked at Ash with unbelievable eyes. He sent his old trainer flying and showed that he cared about his safety. Charmander was touched by this and walked over to grab Ash's pants leg. Ash blinked and saw the fondness Charmander had for him in his eyes. Ash turned to look at Brock since he knew he took the most to care for him. Brock placed a hand on Ash's shoulder. "You take him Ash. It'll be a great Pokemon!" Brock said with a smile. Ash shook his head. "But Brock, you saved it. You deserve it," Ash said looking intensely at his friend. Brock shook his head. "You did so much more. You showed me that you cared. Not many people would defend a Pokemon's rights like you did in the Center. You gave Damien a piece of his own medicine. Also, don't forget that your the one who kept the flame on his tail lit. I'm sure you'll raise Charmander to become a great Pokemon," Brock stated looking at Ash in approval. Ash smiled and then nodded. "Thank you Brock." Ash then turned to Charmander. "Alright Charmander, welcome to the team!" Ash smiled grabbing a Pokeball. Charmander called out in happiness and nuzzled Ash's leg. Ash laughed and petted the scales softly and snickered hearing the rumbles Charmander gave at this. "I think the name for you should be Torch." Ash said petting Charmander. The lizard Pokemon blinked at this and rather liked it. The newly named Torch called out one last time before being captured in the Pokeball. It dinged and was instantly teleported away.

Ash smiled at this and looked down at the Eevee at his feet. "I'm so glad that your OK girl. I don't know what, I would have done if Team Rocket took you or anyone else," Ash said looking at his Eevee and to his Gyarados who was still out. He knelt down and hugged his Eevee. "Your one of my best friends girl. The whole team is my best friend," Ash said looking at Evlon gently. She yipped and licked him before she froze. "Evlon what's the matter girl?" Ash questioned in worry with his evolution Pokemon. He watched her glow before he realized she was evolving. "Wow," Ash said in wonder. The glow disappeared and he saw a lavender long fox-like cat with a red gem on her forehead. The newly evolved Evlon opened her new eyes that were a light violet. "Espe!" She cried out and climbed into her trainers lap to lick him in the face. Ash laughed and pulled out his Pokedex. "Alright girl, can you stay there for a second, I need to know what you are now," Ash said with a smile and scratched behind her ears.

Pokedex Espeon: The Sun Pokemon. Espeon are able to read air currents allowing it to predict the future as well as its opponents' next moves.

Ash widened his eyes at this and stared at his new Pokemon. "Wow girl, that's amazing! I'm so proud of you," Ash said with a grand smile and hugged her tightly. Evlon yipped in happiness wagging her tail. Misty and Brock smiled at this. They were shocked at this since they didn't know about the Espeon evolution at all. They only heard of the 3 Kanto Eevee evolutions- Jolteon, Vaporeon, and Flareon. This one was new to them. They were happy, though, for their friend to get this evolution. They watched in fondness as Ash was getting licked by his new Espeon and his Gyarados who felt left out. Ash laughed at this. The group wondered what was gonna happen next.

End Chapter 9

Ash now has a Charmander and Espeon. I wonder what he's gonna capture or have evolve next. Review and tell me what you think should be on his Pokemon journey in Kanto and other regions. Or what Pokemon should he evolve. Also tell me if there should be a love interest or not. Also if there should be fanart would be a cool idea. I have some already. If anyone wants some that'll be cool for the story. Also if anyone wants to make any the more the merrier. I love that stuff.

I am not a writer. I'm an animator. So this story is a fun creation on my time. For viewers who wanted to know why there are some writing mistakes.