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:
Alright people that are saying Ash has weird tempers and acting to much like a thug. I've told you all before that he is on the borderline of insane. He has weird mood swings. Also with all the baby pokemon deal. He gets many because they age quickly. Togepi is a exception because it's an egg pokemon. But Ash's other pokemon aren't so they age quickly. Remember Phanpy and Lavitar? They could use attacks early. So some pokemon age more quickly then others.
Pokemon Ash has so far:
Fearow:Talon (male)
Gyarados: Mystic (female)
Cloyster: Gem (female)
Arbok: Naga (female)
Primeape: Champ (male)
Pinsir: Spike (male)
Beedrill: Videl (female) mothers pokemon
Sandslash: Quake (male)
Clefable: Tinker (female)
Persian: Bastet (female)
Espeon: Evlon (female)
Nidoran: Queen (female) mothers pokemon
Steelix:Diamond (female)
Poliwrath: Wav (male)
Icysaur: Alpha (male)
Charizard: Torch (male)
Squirtle: Shades (male)
Squirtle: Munch (male) mothers pokemon\
Krabby: Crush (male)
Magmar: Volcan (male)
Gyarados: Triton (male)
Slowpoke: Oni (male)
Seadra: Spirit (male)
Tangrowth: Fern (female)
Ralts: Rune (male)
Cubone: Rattle (male)
Gengar: Sly (male)
Golduck: Einstein (male)
Muk: Grim (male)
Magnemite: Sparks (male)
Rapidash:Dash (female)
Tauros: Rodeo (male)
Rhyhorn: Pazder (male)
Parasect: Spura (female) mothers pokemon
Doduo: Trio (male)
Venonat: Rura (female)
Goldeen: Koi (female) mothers pokemon
Dragonair: Marine (female)
Pikachu: Small One (female)
Eevee: Ebon (male)
Aerodactyl: Arrow (female)
Kabutops: Shredder (male)
Omastar: Nova (female)
Ash is a ladies man... Has more girls then Brock will ever get. ;)
Listed is what I think could work in the next chapter:
None at the moment
What do you think? Name any others you would think will work with him and this story.
Chapter 24
Meowth Hero, Pokemon Paparazzi, Ultimate Test,
Pokemon!
Last Time on Starting Things Differently:
Misty and Jessie proceed with the match. Starmie makes quick work of Arbok, Weezing, and Meowth. At first, Jessie and James lose hope that she will win the contest. Meowth tries to cheer her up by reminding her that she caught a Lickitung earlier. Jessie clenches her poke ball and releases it. The battle continues. Lickitung easily defeats Starmie, Ivysaur, and Vulpix with it's Lick Attack. Misty grows frustrated and remembers Ash's Espeon. She releases it and makes it use the many psychic attacks, Ash has been training it with. She remembers it's main attack. "Psybeam!" Misty shouted pointing to the Lickitung. Along with the powerful beam attack it sends Team Rocket blasting off again.
Misty squeals for joy that she won the contest. Ash gets his pokemon back from Misty and pet's his happy Espeon, "Good girl Evlon." Ash said with a smile. Misty sends the dolls to the Cerulean Gym to make her sisters jealous. Ash laughed, "That's very evil. I like the plan Mist!" Ash said with snort. Misty grinned, "Your not the only one with a bad moments." Ash snorted, "Everyone seems to think, I am."
As for Team Rocket, James, Meowth, Arbok, Weezing, and Lickitung are all dressed up as Pokémon dolls to make her feel better. Jessie was moved to tears and pretended to be a Pokémon doll along with them. This action made her happy to have James and Meowth as her teammates.
Present:
Ash and his friends walking along a dirt path. Ash was petting Ebon in his arms. When they come across a few pokemon banners on a flag pole. They all realized that it's Kids' Day. Ash fist pumps at this along with Brock and Misty. Tomo blinks at this, "What's Kid's Day?" Ash explains to him what Kid's Day is.
While they are talking in front of a place that must be a school. A female teacher runs up to them believing they are the trainers she asked for. She then looks saddened when they tell her that aren't. She then receives a phone call and looks aghast at this hearing what the person on the other line was telling her. She tells the group the other trainers cancelled on her. Ash frowns at this.
After hearing how she wanted to do something special for the children she taught at the pre-school. Ash smiles to her, "They can play with our pokemon Miss." The teacher looks at them with shock and hopeful eyes, "Really?" Ash smiled, "Sure." The rest of the group agrees to let the children play with their pokemon.
Meanwhile, Team Rocket who was watching them reminisces about Kids' Day. James always had a great Kids' Day he bragged with a grin. While Jessie did not and states she hates it.
Ash and his friends are now inside the school. The teacher gets the kids to greet them. The children rush over to play with Ash's shiny Eevee. Ebon whimpers in Ash's arms at the sight of them. Ash sternly looks at the children and says that Ebon was just a baby. His Eevee doesn't trust people easily and the kids looked saddened that they couldn't play with it. He then grins, "Although you can play with these guys!" Ash released his Espeon, Magmar, Seadra, Ivysaur, Squirtle, Charizard, Dragonair, Pikachu, Gengar, Cubone, Ralts and Persian. He kept a stern eye on his Charizard, Cubone, Squirtle, and Gengar since he knew their might be problems. He sighed in relief seeing Torch being friendly to the kids. Gengar was making his humor. He watched with a smile as all his pokemon greeted the kids.
Misty and Brock also let out their pokemon at this time. Brock released his Onix, Golem, Vulpix, Zubat, Diglett, and Primeape. Misty released her Staryu, Starmie, Tentacool, Goldeen, Gloom, and Krabby. Tomo released his Tauros, Scyther, and Poliwag. The pokemon all began playing with the kids. The kids are squealing at the sight of the pokemon.
Ash was watching the kids play when he noticed that there was one child who was off on his own. He frowned at this, "Who's that kid?" Ash said to the teacher. She blinked and looked at the depressed child. "That's Timmy." Ash and the gang walked over to him. "Hey Timmy. What's the matter?" Ash said bending down to the child with a smile. Misty looked at the boy, "Don't you want to play with the pokemon?"
Timmy looked at them, "I want to... But..." He looked unsure to say anything else. Brock took this as fear, "You know if your afraid to play with the pokemon. You don't have to." Timmy frowned, "I'm not scared! The only pokemon, I want to meet is a Meowth!" Timmy exclaimed. The group blinked in shock at this.
He started to explain that this was is due to a wild Meowth saving him from a Beedrill. Ash smiled, "I see. That's nice." Ash walked up to Timmy and placed a hand on his shoulder, "I'm afraid that, I don't have a Meowth. However, I do have a Persian. It's Meowth's evolved form. Bastet! Come over here girl!" Ash shouted to his Perisan. Bastet perked up at Ash's voice and walked over to him. Timmy widened his eyes at the sight of the large cat.
Ash smiled and petted his Persian. He turned to Timmy, "She loves attention. Come on over and play with her." Timmy was reluctant at first, but after Bastet licked his hand, he was all over petting her. The Persian was soon purring up a storm. Timmy was laughing at this.
Ash was watching this action with a smile. He saw all his pokemon relaxed and happy while they were playing the children. His eyes then narrowed watching some of the children were mocking Timmy about his story with Meowth. He knew they could be strong pokemon just look at his Persian. He growled watching as the small children continued to mock Timmy. He smirked watching Bastet hiss at them and they shrieked in fear of the large cat. Timmy sniffled and petted Bastet for thanks.
Suddenly to the surprise of everyone. A bright van pulls up to the school where Jessie who is disguised as a magician. She convinces the teacher to let her, James, and Meowth do a magic show for the children. The teacher agrees and Team Rocket sets up. They started the show for the children, the gang, and the teacher . It showed an empty box and they then started to claim that they needed a volunteer.
Ebon who was sitting in Ash's arms at the time is swept up by James who places it into the box. Both Jessie and James chant before tapping the box with a wand. Everyone watched intently at this trick. Ash was keeping eyes on it since it was his poke infant. They watched as a Meowth flies from the box and completes the trick. Which made the kid's squeal in enjoyment. Timmy was in awe at seeing his hero Meowth. Bastet who was curled up beside him huffs at the sight of Meowth.
Team Rocket then tries to make their getaway, but are stopped by Ash who demands his Eevee back. "Where do you think your going with Ebon?" Ash stated with his arms crossed. Team Rocket reveals themselves about to say their motto, but are attacked by the overly excited children. They all yelp at this action trying to get the kids off.
The kids get a hold of Jame's pokeball and begin to bounce around Weezing. James shrieks at this trying to get his pokemon back. The teacher yells at them to quiet down and leave Team Rocket alone. The kids ignore her until the teacher screeches like a banshee. Everyone yelps at this. They got back down to business after that. James tells his Weezing to use SmokeScreen which was able to blind the gang.
Timmy who was seeing Meowth in distress rushes over to help him, but knocks down the box Meowth was standing on. This also knocks Ebon out of the box, unbeknownst to everyone else. Team Rocket picks up the box and rushes off to escape. Bastet noticed Timmy wasn't with her anymore and mews in concern.
Ash was nervous for Ebon, "Ebon!" He ran out to chase after Team Rocket. His ears twitched hearing his Eevee's yips, "Ve veeee!" Ash grabbed his Eevee in happiness. He was happy that he was safe and sound in his arms. However to his horror later he hears, the teacher saying that Timmy has gone missing. Bastet yowls in anger at this and Ash pets her, "We'll get him back."
Back with Team Rocket they were rejoicing at their capture and open the box. They were hoping to pull out the twerps shiny Eevee. Instead to their shock and terror they pull Timmy from the box. Timmy was frightened at this begins to cry. Jessie grabs him and begins to rock him hoping to calm him down. The tears stop when he sees Meowth. "Meowth! I'm so glad it's you!" He ran over to Meowth. He started to thank him for saving his life from the wild Beedrill. Meowth was about to tell him he had the wrong Meowth, but Jessie and James convince Meowth to go along with the kid to avoid crushing his feelings. They didn't want to ruin the dreams of one little boy on Kid's Day.
Putting on act for Meowth, Jessie and James act like they wanted to do harm to Timmy. Timmy whimpered at this and started to cry. Meowth jumps in front of him and uses Fury Swipes to knock Jessie and James down. Meowth grabs Timmy's hand and makes a run for it. Timmy was smiling the whole way glad to be with his hero.
Ash was about to get his Gengar to look for the Timmy when he heard yelling. He turned to see Timmy and Meowth come running back to the school. This surprised everyone seeing them coming back. The children see Meowth and apologize for not believing Timmy's story in the first place. Timmy accepts their apologies and allows them to play with Meowth. He starts relish in the attention. Bastet glared at him knowing who he was the minute he came with Timmy.
Meowth accidentally lets some human speech slip from his mouth. Misty glared at this and called him out. Meowth gets nervous and in desperation he went to make a run for it. This action depresseds Timmy and his classmates at this. Timmy chases after Meowth hoping to catch up and everyone followed him.
Meowth is able to make it back to Team Rocket, but he is followed by everyone. Team Rocket appears.
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: Meowth! That's right!
They smack Meowth and then challenge Ash to a battle. Jessie sends out her Arbok while James sends out his Weezing. Ash glares, "Go Marine!" Ash shouted releasing his Dragonair. The kids squeal at the sight of the dragon pokemon. Brock helps out Ash, "Onix! Go!" His Onix comes out with a roar.
Jame's gets Weezing to use Smog, which is easily blown away by Marine's Twister, along with Weezing itself. Arbok escapes by using Dig. Arbok popped up in front of the gang, but was tackled by Onix smacking it away. This tackle causes part of the rock on the cliff Arbok slammed into to crumble and roll. Everyone yelped at this in terror.
Everyone was able to escape except for Ash and Timmy. Timmy tripped and Ash widened his eyes, "Timmy!" He dive bombed and grabbed the little boy. He grabbed him and saw the incoming rock. He held him tightly in his arms with his back turned ready for him to get most of the damage then Timmy.
However much to everyone's shock. A wild Meowth came out of nowhere and kicked the boulder in two. Saving both of their lives. Timmy immediately recognizes this Meowth as the one that had saved him before. Ash smiled, "Glad that you found him." The Meowth lands in front of them scratching it self. Bastet runs to Ash and Timmy. She nuzzles her trainer glad he was safe. She walked over to Timmy and did the same. Timmy laughed and petted the Persian. His new Meowth walks over and mews. Timmy squeals and starts to pet it.
Meanwhile with Team Rocket. They were running atop a second boulder disappearing from sight while chasing their Meowth. They couldn't stop rolling.
Once back at the school. The teacher thanks Ash and his friends for all their help. Ash smiled, "Glad that we could help. It was a nice experience." Timmy walked up to Ash, "Ash. When, I grow up. I want to be a strong trainer like you! With Meowth and me! We'll be great in the pokemon league!" Ash smiled and ruffled Timmy's hair. Timmy giggled at this. Ash said, "I believe you will Timmy. You got yourself a wonderful Meowth." Ash stated and gestured to the watching Meowth from the roof top.
The group says goodbye to their new friends. The kids wave at them for a fond farewell. Timmy waves goodbye to them with a huge smile wishing them lots of luck.
Ash and the gang are traveling down a forest. They are all tired from all the walking. They decide to stop to eat after hearing their stomachs growl. Brock decided to make his famous rice balls. Tomo was watching the cooking in action while he was eating a rice ball. Misty was feeding her Togepi some of the rice balls. Ash was feeding Ebon a rice ball. The shiny Eevee yipped and ate in happiness. Ash smiled and fed a few to Evlon at his feet.
Just as Ash was gonna finish his pile of rice balls. He notices a shining twinkle in the distance. Ash's eyes flash realizing it might be a gun. He noticed it was pointed at his baby Eevee. He quickly pushes his Eevee to the ground. He hoped this action protects his Eevee. Evlon growls at this feeling her trainers concern. Ash pushes everyone to the ground in fear for a attack.
The rice balls are knocked into the river. This action angers Brock, Tomo, and Misty. This incident makes Ebon and Togepi cry. Ash still stares intently at the long grass. "What's your problem?!" Brock shouted at Ash in anger. Ash glares, "I know someone's out there. They're still watching us!" Ash growled out.
Ash stares into the grass and sees the twinkle once more. "Found ya! You sneaky bastard!" Ash shouts out. He sends out his Dragonair. He heard a deep intake of breath as the person stares at his dragon pokemon. Ash's ears twitched at this and points in the direction he heard the sound. "Marine! Get him!" Ash shouted. He commands it to use Ice Beam at the bushes where he saw the "gun."
A boy shrieks as is covered in ice. "Ahhh! Quit it! Stop spraying me!" The boy shouted keeping his camera from getting hit. He seemed deadly afraid that his camera would be ruined if this kept happening. Ash narrowed his eyes at this, "Marine get back over here." Ash said to his dragon calmly. She roared and slithered back to Ash.
Misty questions to the boy, "Is everything ok?" The boy looks over his camera and turns to her, "Ah... It's ok. It's working just fine." He said turning to her with a smile. Misty frowns, "I wasn't asking about your camera. I was worried about you." The boy shrugs and states, "But this camera is my life."
Ash glares at the boy. "Get yourself a new life. Why were you spying on us?" Ash stated with his arms crossed. His pokemon all in turn glared at the boy as well wanting an answer. The kid blinks and turns to Ash, "I wasn't spying on you. My name's Snap, but everyone calls me Todd and I love taking pictures. You didn't have to sick your Dragonair on me. You didn't have to flip out like that." Snap answered. Ash snorted, "It looked like a gun in my eyes. Also no one takes a picture of my pokemon without my approval."
Snap smirks, "You should consider it an honor that, I want to take a picture of your shiny Eevee." Ebon who is standing below Ash looks at Todd in question. Ash glared, "Well, I don't..." Brock frowns, "You should have told us you wanted a picture of Ebon." Misty nodded, "Yeah. It's very important to do so." Tomo agreed, "Big brother doesn't handle surprises well." Ash snorted, "You got that right..." Todd frowns and explains he didn't want it to look posed so that's why he didn't say anything to them.
The group goes in a house to talk to Todd. He starts to brag that he is the best photographer in kanto. They look at him weird and say they haven't heard of him. Todd get's upset at this and shows them a magazine with his picture of an Aerodactyl in it. He goes on saying he got the greatest photo of a Aerodactyl that will most likely never be seen again. Ash snorts, "Wrong. I was being carried by that Aerodactyl." The group realize that it was the Aerodactyl that had Ash in its claws. Tomo turns to Ash, "Hey bro. Don't you have that Aerodactyl?" Ash grinned, "Yeah. It's thanks to Torch that, I do." Todd who is listening in is shocked at this and goes to check the picture.
Todd zooms in on the picture and it is revealed that it really was Ash. "Wow it really is you. So you were that puny thing." Ash twitches an eyebrow at this, "Puny! Why you little!" Ash shouted about to sock him when Tomo grabs his fist. Ash glared at his little brother and sighed, "I'll let him off this once..." Todd decided to make up for not believing him by making pancakes for the group. Ash smiled, "I love pancakes!" Ash said with a smile. Ebon yips at this, "Veee ve!" Ash laughed and picked up his shiny Eevee.
As the group is eating their pancakes in peace. Todd tries to get a picture of Ebon who is sitting in Ash's lap contently. Ebon who was taking small bites from the cut size pancakes Ash cut for him. However as he was eating he saw Todd looking at him. Ebon's ears lowered and looked nervous, "Vee veeeee..." Ash who was watching told Ebon to be calm. Ebon nodded and continued to eat. He still keep freezing at the sight of the camera. He whimpered and hid in Ash's vest. Ash sighed, "It's ok baby. Sorry Todd. He's very shy." Ash stated and petted his nervous Eevee. Todd frowns and sighs that he wanted a natural pose.
Todd goes and shows them pictures he took of various pokemon to prove his point. They were amazing and right in the point of the environment.
Ebon doesn't like to be photographed at all. Ash laughed telling Todd so. Ash and the gang say that he could take pictures of their other pokemon. Todd's eyes go wide at seeing Dragonair, Gengar and Ralts. His eyes go wide at the sight of all of them. Todd then sighs and says that he only wants to take pictures of Ash's shiny pokemon. They frown at this and ask him why. Todd refuses to tell them why. Ash frowns, "Well then your not gonna get Ebon's picture. He doesn't like it. You can try..." Todd smirks saying that he'll get that Eevee on camera. Ebon whimpers at this and Ash pets his head to sooth his fear.
Ash and his friends leave with Ebon in Ash's backpack. He was attempting to hide from Todd. As they are walking down a path in peace. Tomo was grinning and patting Ash's back pack to sooth his big brother's Eevee. Todd is shown hidden in the grass. He stares at them intently wanting that picture.
A flashback is shown of Team Rocket dressed as seniors begging Todd to "capture" the shiny Eevee. Todd agrees to this. Team Rocket doesn't realize that Todd plans to capture Ebon on film.
After Todd leaves to get the picture. Team Rocket is shown eating. They are taking off their disguises and bragging that they'll get that shiny Eevee.
Misty and Brock are shown resting under a tree. Ash and Tomo are washing their faces in a pond. Ebon was drinking from the water in content by Ash's side. Ebon then dips his head in to give it a wash. He shakes his fur in happiness. Ash and Tomo laugh at getting wet at Ebon's action. Todd jumps out of the bushes trying to take Ebon's picture, but failed twice to do so. Todd watches in sadness at the Eevee hiding behind Ash before he can.
Team Rocket is shown digging a pitfall trap. Meowth yells that Todd is coming. Jessie and James quickly put their disguises back on. Todd tells them that he hasn't taken the Eevee yet. James almost tells him about the pitfall, but Jessie and Meowth stop him. Todd sets up his camera and waits for Ash and the group to come.
Ebon is hiding in Ash's back pack once more. Ebon whimpers and hides. The group is amazed how much the Eevee hates camera's. Ash snorts at this saying he didn't want his baby on camera.
Todd hears everyone talking about him. He is dismayed to hear Ash say that he "doesn't even understand feelings of the pokemon he takes pictures of." He lowers the camera in sadness at this action.
As the group walks on down the road. Ash was walking on ahead when he stepped on a pile of soft earth. They all fall into Team Rocket's pitfall trap. Ash groans, "Owww... My head..." Everyone moans and silently curses Team Rocket. Todd walks over and looks into the hole. "How did you guys get down there?" Ash snorts, "What's it look like. We fell in." Todd gets ready to through them a rope when he spots Ash's Eevee. He sees the shiny Eevee with a happy expression and gets ready to take its picture.
Team Rocket sees this and realizes that he is a photographer. Todd finally gets Eevee's picture much to his glee. He then sees the ground below Ash start to crack. He watches in terror and get's a rope ready. Todd throws a rope into the hole hoping to get them out, but it's too late. Everyone watched in horror as Ash and Ebon fall through into an underground storm drain-like place. "Ash!" They shouted in panic.
Todd jumps down after them and runs along the water watching Ash stay afloat. He tells Ash to grab on to something quick. Ash looks at Todd, "There's nothing to grab onto!" Ash realized with horror at this since they were gonna fall over the waterfall. Todd freaked out realizing there's nothing for them to grab. Todd holds out his camera on the tripod. Ash grabs onto the strap just in the right time. He pants and grips the strap tightly. Ebon whimpers and stays in the bag. Ash then realizes that Todd sacrificed his camera to save them.
Team Rocket appears before them taking off their disguises.
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: Meowth! That's right!
Meowth tries to use a net to grab Ebon off of Ash's back pack, but he was buried deep inside. Todd asks why they tricked him and Jessie answers that he tricked them first. James then throws some small bombs into the waterfall. Todd and Ash panic at this. Ash then notices Todd's camera. He grins and takes it off the tripod. He turns to Team Rocket like he was gonna take Team Rocket's picture. As they wait for him to take it they don't see the small bomb explodes.
Ash pulls himself up the rest of the way with Todd's tripod. "Thanks Todd." Ash then turns to glare at Team Rocket. "Alright you losers! Since you want to fight dirty here's something for ya!" Ash then sends out Dragonair and tells it to use Twister. It hits Team Rocket and they shriek. Ash grins, "Give them a Hyper Beam!" Marine roars and fires. It destroys the cliff area Team Rocket was on. It sends them into the water. Ash and Todd watched as they fall off the waterfall. "Nice work Ash!" Todd said with smile. Ash grinned, "Yeah. Come on Marine. Show Todd your beautiful self." Ash shouted. Marine roared and flew over to them. Todd was in awe at the majestic dragon. He pulls out a camera and takes a picture of it floating in the air before them. Ash silently returned her afterwords. Todd thanks him for this scene.
Brock, Tomo and Misty run up to them on the side of the waterfall. They had looks of relief and happiness seeing that they were alive. Everyone is reunited once again. Tomo is hugging Ash tightly when he's back. Ash laughs and ruffles Tomo's hair.
Todd sets up his camera to take his picture with his new friends. "I don't usually take photo's of humans, but I want to get one of my new friends." Todd said with a smile. He had them all posed and ready. Todd sets up the camera and runs towards them to get in the shout. He slips on a rice ball at the moment. He panics and everyone watches as knocks into Ash and Misty. He goes down and everyone is around him helping him out with laughter in the faces. The picture is taken just as that.
Ash, the gang and Todd are enjoying a nice lunch. Ash was training his pokemon earlier during that time. Todd was in awe at taking those shots. Ash also at that time was also working on trading. He smirked at Brock, "Hey Brocko! Ready for another mock trade?" Brock blinked at this and realized he could get a Steelix. He smirked pulling out a Metal Coat, "Yeah. What do you want?" Ash grinned and went into his bag. He pulled out a Dragon Scale. "I want Spirit to evolve into a Kingdra. So you ready?" Brock grinned and they both did their mock trade.
Everyone watched as they traded their pokemon. They placed the items on the pokemon at the moment they where on. Ash watched in amazement as his Seadra evolved into a Kingdra. Brock watched as his Onix become a huge Steelix. Ash grinned and they got their pokemon back. "Pleasure doing business." Ash said with a grin. Brock nodded and patted his new pokemon.
Everyone soon settled down to finish their lunch once more. Misty points out that Ash hasn't won a gym badge in a while. Ash who was taking a bite at a sandwich almost chokes and washes it down with a glass of water. Ash glared at her, "No shit Mist! We've been hitting other towns like crazy! In case you forgot you've been a help with this issue as well! Remember Princess Day!" Ash shouted at her outraged. Misty gives a nervous smile, "Sorry... I forgot..." Ash snorts. Tomo and Brock watched on the sidelines, "She walked in on that one..." Tomo stated. Brock nodded, "Ash cornered her badly..."
Ash claims he wins all his battles with skill, Misty shrugs if it's true. She states he didn't have the skill. Ash snorts, "Doesn't have the skill. Huh... Maybe, I'll the pokemon, I've handled doesn't count as skill." He gets in her face. Ash glares at her, "I don't see you with hard pokemon to train or winning any gym battles...Hmmmm..." Ash commented to her. He then smirks darkly, "Let's have a battle then. I'll show you my skill." He challenges Misty to a pokemon battle. Todd sees this isn't going to end well with things were going. He steps in and takes pictures of Ebon. The Eevee looks at Todd nervously and whimpers. Ash laughed and petted him. Todd tells Ash that he should take the Pokemon League Admissions Exam.
Ash frowns picking up Ebon and pets him contently. "Pokemon League Admissions Exam? I've never heard of that." Todd snorts, "Not many do." Ash then grins, "I'd like to get it a try. Let's go."
The group arrives at the Pokémon League Admissions Exam building. Ash walks in to sign up. After filing and signing the right papers, he gets the testing number 7. "Wow look at all the different people here." Misty stated surprised. Ash blinks and looks at different trainers. He heard some bragging that they were better then others. He snorts and ignores the arrogance.
Nearby watching him is Jessie who is disguised as a schoolgirl. She starts to complain that she didn't get number 7. Ash heard this comment and turned to see who said that. He blinked seeing a familiar looking women. He shrugs and goes back to petting Ebon in his arms. "Veeee ve!" Ash smiled at this. Then a Nurse Joy enters the building and Brock follows her. Tomo sighs, "I got it..." He said cracking his knuckles and gripping his boomerang.
Ash is then told by the head instructor to leave all his poke balls at the counter. He widens his eyes at this. "What! Fine... Tomo will you watch my pokemon." Tomo nodded and took Ash's pokemon. He left his Eevee with Brock. Misty looked at him, "Why didn't you leave Ebon with me? I know how to care for a baby." Ash snorts at her, "I'm not happy with you at the moment. Brocko is more skillful to watch my baby." Ash snorts and walks off. Misty frowns at that. She didn't like knowing that she hurt his feelings with her thoughtless comment.
Nurse Joy tells Ash and the gang that she signed up for the exam to become a pokemon master. Soon after she completes her forms. James walks in also disguised as a schoolboy with glasses. He quickly heads for the counter once Ash sees him. Ash blinks at this again and wonders if Team Rocket was up to something again. "What a bunch of losers. They're older then us. You'd think they'd go after other trainers for stealing." Ash said with a sigh.
After a while the head instructor reads James's registration form and calls out his name. James yelps at this and tries to tell him to keep quiet. Unfortunately his teammate Jessie hears this and takes James outside.
Once they were outside, Jessie takes off her glasses and asks James what he is doing there. James confidently says that he too wants to become a pokemon master. He then glares at Jessie and asks why she is here. Jessie snorts and explains that she wants to add another talent to her collection. Before a fight can break out, Meowth shows up and scratches both their faces. James quickly throws Meowth a ball of yarn from annoyance. He then bolts running with Jessie back inside for the exam.
The first exam tests a person's knowledge of pokémon. They were to answer true or false questions. Ash frowns at hearing the questions. Lickitung's tongue is longer then it's body. True or False. Ash was stone faced at this and answered as best as he could. Some of the others were easy. Vulpix evolves into Ninetales at the use of a fire stone. True or False. Ash snorts, "You have to be a moron not to know that one..." Hitmonlee is known as the punching demon. "Kicking demon it is..." Ash commented. Magikarp's question was one he sighed at.
James was answering questions. When it got to the Magikarp question, he becomes angry because of the time he had a Magikarp. "God, I hate that thing..." James then noticed, Jessie was giving each question a "true" answer. She stated that she was hoping that if shes this she'll get half of them right.
The second exam tests a person's ability to recognize pokemon. The pokemon to recognize on the screen looks like a ball. Ash was ready for this. Ash started to think it was a Voltorb. James thinks it's a poke ball. Jessie thinks it's an Electrode. The head instructor reveals the answer. It shows a Jigglypuff seen from above. "What the hell? How was anyone suppose to know that?" Ash stated twitching an eyebrow. The next pokemon to recognize looks like a swirl. Ash frowns at this. He guesses it to be a Poliwhirl, James believes it's an Omanyte. Jessie guesses it's an Arbok when it's all coiled up. Unfortunately to the shock of everyone the correct answer is a Poliwag. The next pokemon for all the students to guess has a fiery tail. Ash frowns at guesses it's either Charmander or Magmar. He twitches once more realizing it's a Ponyta.
A furious Jessie demands that she be asked easier questions. She goes on explaining this test is a joke. The head instructor gets outraged by this and expels her. Once outside, Jessie is in a full rage. She wakes up Meowth and says that they're going to get revenge.
When the scoreboard comes down and everyone was looking at their scores. Ash wonders where his score is. Misty points out his score was in the middle of the scoreboard for all the students who got the mid scores. Todd takes a picture of this moment. Ash's grunts at this, "It was the visual portion of the test that killed me..."
Meanwhile while that was happening. James stands alone in a corner silently vowing that he will try extra hard for Jessie.
The third exam involves pokemon battles. Everyone watched as Nurse Joy uses a Squirtle against a fellow instructor's Charmander. After her battle was over. The head instructor tells Ash and James that they each have to select a belt of three poke balls. They questioned to the instructor to so what was inside. The man stated they had to fight with whatever pokemon were in them. Even though they don't know what kind of pokemon were inside them.
They slowly choose their belts. Ash takes his belt and places it on. He silently wonders what pokemon did he get.
James is up first against the head instructor. The first pokemon James sends out is a Pikachu. He squeals at this in delight. He finds the pokemon to be cute. Ash twitched an eyebrow at this, "Pikachus... Ewww..." He then rememebered his own and calmed down, "Small One is different..."
Back with the fight, James believes that he can't won't lose. The head instructor then sends out a Graveler. James immediately commands the Pikachu to use Thunderbolt, but the attack doesn't work on Graveler. Ash face-palms, "No shit a thunderbolt is gonna work on a rock type..." Ash watched as the Graveler sends Pikachu flying with a Tackle. James gets angry at this action. James then sends out an Ivysaur and a Charizard at the same time. The head instructor expels James for bringing out two Pokémon at once. Tomo who was watching on the sideline snorts, "That's what you get if you cheat."
It is Ash's turn to face the head instructor. Tomo waves and wishes him good luck. Brock, Misty and Todd wish him the best. The instructor sends out a Flareon. Ash smirks and pulls out his first poke ball. It pops out to reveal a Weezing.
Ash twitches at the sight of this in shock and displeasure. He couldn't believe he got a Weezing. Todd was laughing at this since, Ash's face looked like Weezing's. The instructor has Flareon use Flamethrower, which Weezing proceeds to dodge. Ash watching the fight comes up with an idea. Ash looks at Weezing, "Smog Attack!" Ash shouted. Everyone watches as the smog explodes upon being hit by the Flamethrower, throwing Flareon backwards. The instructor orders Flareon to use Leer. Ash counters this by having Weezing use SmokeScreen to hide. No one could see a this point. Ash shouts out an order, "Tackle!" This action knocks Flareon out.
Ash's group was watching in amazement at how well, he was using the Weezing. Misty comments on Ash being good at battling after all. Tomo glances at her, "Big bro was always good at battling... Why can't you see that?" Misty was silent at this answer. Brock comments that even Team Rocket could win if they battled like that. Watching on the otherside of the field is Team Rocket. They were currently taking notes of Ash's fighting strategy.
The next battle with Ash and the instructor starts. The head instructor sends out a Jolteon. Ash frowns and gets ready for his next pokemon. He sends out an Arbok. Ash smiled at this remembering his Arbok, Naga. The instructor's Jolteon uses Agility. Ash shouts at Arbok to stop it with Glare. He then orders Arbok to use Wrap on it. Only to widen his eyes remembering the spikes on Jolteon. He winces as he watched the Arbok get hurt by the Jolteon's spikes. At this point with the Arbok wincing in pain. Ash watched the Jolteon shake off the Glare attack and finish the battle off with Thunder. He sighed and returned his crisped Arbok.
It was now the final round. Ash glared at the instructor and got his next poke ball. Ash throws out his last poke ball which it revealed to be a Meowth. Ash smirked knowing Meowth's special attacks. He watched the head instructor send out a Vaporeon. Ash orders the Meowth to use "Echoed Voice!" Vaporeon gets thrown back at this voice attack and slowly gets up. Ash orders Meowth to use, "Night Slash!" Before it uses it's dark move, Vaporeon uses Ice Beam which froze the Meowth. This gives the victory to the head instructor. Ash sighed at this action.
Team Rocket's Meowth suddenly shows up and scratches Ash's face at this saying he sucked at battling with a Meowth. He frees the other Meowth in the ice. Ash glared, "I have Persian thrown rug! She's better then you'll ever hope to be! I don't see you fighting with strength like that!" Ash shouted outraged at this no body attacked him and got away with it. Team Rocket's Meowth hisses at him, "I'm better then you!" Ash snorts, "You only know Fury Swipes! You need help to use Pay Day!" Ash taunted. Team Rocket's Meowth looks saddened at that statement. Ash smirks darkly knowing he won.
The head instructor who was watchig is impressed by the talking Meowth. He grins saying that he wants to capture him. Just as he throws a poke ball, he's stopped by Team Rocket. A thunderbolt stops him in his tracks and glares at Team Rocket before him. Team Rocket is in front of him with James's Pikachu, Ivysaur, and Charizard.
The head instructor demands that they return those pokemon immediately. Jessie and James then start to say their motto as they remove their disguises.
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: Meowth! That's right!
When they finish their motto. Team Rocket orders Ivysaur to use Vine Whip, Charizard to use Flamethrower, and Pikachu to use Thunder on the instructor.
Just before the pokemon attack the man. The head instructor quickly orders them to about face. This action caused the Pikachu, Ivysaur, and Charizard to attack Team Rocket instead. Ash then realizes that those pokemon listened to the head instructor because he raised them. The man smiles, "Yeah. Good work Ash."
Ash then glares at Team Rocket, "My turn!" Ash turned to his pokemon and orders his Meowth, Weezing, and Arbok to also stop Team Rocket. Ash shouted at Weezing, "Explosion!" This sent Team Rocket blasting off again.
Back inside the PLAE building with a bunch of trainers surrounding the front desk. Everyone was complaining about the issue. The head instructor looks saddened and tells the whole class that due to Team Rocket's interference. That they would have to do the entire exam all over again. The head instructor then offers Ash another chance to pass the test, but Ash refuses at this. He shook his head, "I'm better off winning Gym Badges from Gym Leaders. I don't like this experience really much. Sorry." Ash stated. The instructor understood and wished him the best.
Misty is now convinced that Ash has got skill. Ash glares, "It took you that long to realize that? Geez after all this time, I thought you knew..." Ash said grabbing his shiny Eevee from Brock. He walks off ahead of them with a huff. Misty looks saddened at this and looks down. Tomo who was beside her looks at her, "Talk to him..." Misty frowns and looks at her friend she considered brother. She walked up to him and taped him on the shoulder. Ash turned to her with a bored look in his face and quirked an eyebrow silently. Misty bit her lip and looked him in the eyes, "I'm sorry. I should have known that you would have skill. You've always did. It was my arrogance and pride that didn't want to think you did... Please forgive me..." Ash just stared at her for a while. Misty thought his answer was no and went to turn back to the others. She was stopped by Ash grabbing her arm and pulling her to his chest. "I forgive you Mist. Sometimes people don't think before they talk." Ash said calmly to her before hugging her. Her eyes watered at being forgiven and hugged him tightly that the boy she considered a brother gave her a second chance.
Everyone was watching this interaction with smiles happy the fighting was done and over with. Todd took a picture of this moment with a smile. Todd's eyes noticed something on the battle field and then went to investigate it.
A short time later after everything was forgiven and the group was in on piece. Everyone said goodbye to the head instructor and Nurse Joy before heading off for Cinnabar Island. Todd comes up to Nurse Joy with one of the two Meowth that got hurt in the Explosion. The Meowth then talks with groaning in pain. This reveals it to be Team Rocket's Meowth.
Meanwhile as Jessie and James vow revenge on Ash and his friends. They discover to their horror that they ended up with the wrong Meowth. They sighed knowing they had to go back and get him.
End Chapter 24
Ash now has a Kingdra. I wonder what he's gonna capture or have evolve next. Brock now has a Steelix. I wonder what pokemon the gang will capture 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/illustrator. So this story is a fun creation on my time. For viewers who wanted to know why there are some writing mistakes.