Chapter 6: Kalos; Where The Journey Begins
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A/N: Re-edited on June 30, 2017
It was a new day in Veniville town; a beautiful town that is far from any hustle or bustle of the cities. It was another quiet and bright morning and people and their Pokémon were setting up for the adventures the day would bring to them.
"Fletchling" cooed a little bird Pokémon as she made her way through the window into a house.
"Fletchling wake up Serena for me, will you?" said a soft voice which obviously belonged to a woman.
"Of course I tried once, but as usual once is never enough" She huffed, sounding really annoyed and crossing her arms over her chest.
"Fletch~ling" she said while nodding slightly before flapping her little wings to take off. She made her way up the stairs to stand in front of a door which was slightly open. She struggled to get past the small peak but managed to do so with a little effort.
"Ling~" she then approached the bed to stand over a sleeping girl, who would be anywhere near 15.
Fletchling approached her head and pecked her awake. "Aah" the girl screamed in pain and surprise as she is rudely awaken. The scream was loud enough to be heard from a distance which assured Grace that her daughter was awake, as she smirked.
"Good, looks like we're all ready to go" she said to herself with a little amusement.
Serena threw herself out of her bed to give a death glare to the little bird with her bright blue eyes. "I've told you a million times not to wake me up like this" She complained in a high pitch.
"Fletch" the little bird Pokémon tilted her head to give an innocent expression but Serena didn't appear to buy it as she rushed towards her to try and catch her but falls over and the little bird lands on her head, which further annoyed her.
"Serena, time for morning training" In came her mother's voice as she puffed her cheeks. She really hated this training of her. It just wasn't her thing, but she didn't have a choice in the matter as she had complained a lot of time beforehand, so she had to agree. She approached to the windows to open her blinds and greeted her mother's Rhyhorn.
The cool morning breeze caressing your face can brighten anyone's mood and she wasn't any exception, her frown turned into a soft smile as she run her fingers through her hair.
"Hope today's interesting" she said as Fletchling flies off towards the sky.
"I thought you would be excited" said a brunette who appeared to be in her early twenties. She had green eyes and had a lizard type Pokémon, sitting on her laps.
"huh, what do you mean" came the confused reply from a certain raven haired teen who had a Pikachu resting on his left shoulder. He was quite puzzled about the question.
"We're starting a brand new adventure" he paused a bit to glance out of the window. It was a beautiful scenario, it was water all around with sunlight striking it to add to its charm.
"There's nothing more exciting to a Pokémon trainer" he told her with an enthusiastic smile.
"Well it doesn't look like so" she told him in a very soft voice.
"Maybe I don't know you too well, but I can tell when you're tensed Ash." She turned to look into his eyes but he averted his gaze to prevent it. She sighed slightly.
"What is it?" She leaned a bit to him.
He turned to her with a reassuring smile. "Believe me, it's nothing Alexa. Just thinking about something."
The now identified Alexa knew it wasn't that simple but decided to let it be. She nodded slightly to which he sighed in relief. He turned his gaze to look towards the approaching land and his expression turned into one showing sheer determination. "I'll prove her wrong" he thought to himself.
It has been a little more than two years since the Sinnoh league in which Ash had made it to the semi-finals. He had grown a couple of inches but he didn't look like a kid anymore. He always contained a composed expression on his face. He wasn't that skinny as before because of all the vigorous training. But the same couldn't be said about his appearance. He still had the same look, same hair, same cap and jacket as he had during the Sinnoh league. The only thing that changed was his eyes, they still had that warm depth in them but now they also showed immense confidence; enough to shake anyone.
Soon the plane landed and the moment he stepped out of it, he found an amazing energy. The same he hadn't felt for quite a time now. The same he always used to feel whenever he was to battle someone or whenever he had to help someone. He was well how to say it, psyched.
"This is it buddy, let's show everyone what we've got. Let's show her" he almost whispered the last part but Pikachu seemed to get it and nuzzled his trainer to try and sooth him down. He chuckled to his action and nuzzled him back.
"So let's go to your sister Alexa, the first thing I want to do is challenge a gym for a battle." He turned behind to look for the older woman.
"It's right that Viola's a gym leader but she's the gym leader of Santalune City, not Lumiose."
"Whaat?" he whined with disappointment to which she chuckled. It was really good to see him act like this. She shook her head before placing her hands on her hip.
"Hang on I'll go and call her. I'll meet you boys in the lobby" she rushed the moment she told them.
Though he was disappointed but his mood was brightened up the moment he saw the native Pokémon. He watched them all with 'awe' as he made his way to the lobby. The moment they entered the lobby, Alexa's Helioptile rushed to them and Ash picked him up.
"Hey Ash" She called him as she rushed towards them.
"Alexa, so how did it go?" he asked her while petting Helioptile.
"Well ummm….. I was able to get through this sister of mine and she made me know that she isn't at her gym right now and the thing is whenever she's out, she's out for long." She told him hesitantly.
"huh?" he blinked a bit, before shrugging.
"I'm sorry Ash, I know how bad you wanted it after coming all this way. Please forgive me" she pleaded while clasping her hands together to pray for forgiveness.
"It's quite alright, Alexa. It's not your fault, you don't have to be sorry." He told her in a really calm manner.
"Huh, really?" She was quite surprised, from what she had heard from Cynthia, he wasn't like that. He had never been that calm, especially about a gym battle.
"Yeah, but I still hope I could challenge a gym though." He told her sounding quite disappointed.
"Hey I know, why don't you challenge the Lumiose gym?"
"Now we're talking, do you know where we could find it?" He lightened up instantly.
"Yeah, it's in the Prism tower. It's located in the center of the city and believe me you won't miss it" she informed him with a wink in the end.
"Great, thanks a lot for everything Alexa"
She gave him a wide smile and extended her hand to him, which he took the next moment with a smile of his own.
"Well, it was really fun being with you Ash."
"See you soon"
He nodded enthusiastically, "You bet"
She gave him a one last fond smile before turning to leave. He waved her bye before heading to the prism tower.
"I guess we're here buddy" he paused for a bit to look at the gigantic building, "Alexa was right when she said we won't miss it" he said while admiring the tower.
"Pi~" Pikachu nodded to admit it.
"Well let's see what the gym leader's made up of" They entered the tower and took a path that lead to a closed steel door. There were vacuum tubes all around with plasma coursing in them which gave it a science fiction expression. It was obvious to them that it was an electric type gym and the fact psyched Pikachu further. He was more than excited to show them the real strength of an electric type.
"Welcome to the Lumiose City Gym" said a robotic voice.
"My name is Ash Ketchum and I'm from Pallet town in the Kanto region and I'm here to challenge the leader to an official gym battle."
"How many badges do you possess?" Asked the voice.
"Well I don't have any" Ash told it while blinking a bit.
"What? You don't have a single?" The robotic voice sounded totally surprised with the response.
"Yeah, you see I just arrived in Kalos and this is the first gym I'm challenging." Ash said while excitement leaking from his voice.
"I'm sorry but in order to challenge the Lumiose gym, you need to acquire at least 4 badges" the robotic voice said as two antenna emerged from the walls with electricity sparkling from them.
"Wait what does that mean~" Ash was trying to oppose when he was shocked and the panel under him slid away. He was thrown outside the building and a big fall was waiting for him as they were quite high above the ground. He clenched Pikachu to his chest made his balance and did a perfect flip and landed gracefully. A few people watched him in awe and few even clapped.
"Are you alright buddy" he asked looking at the little mouse Pokémon with concern. Pikachu assured him and took his usual place on his shoulder. Ash glanced towards the gym. He had never seen anything like this. He didn't know you have to win certain amount of badges to challenge some gym and the behaviour was the worst part. Someone could have been hurt by the fall, even he could have been hurt if it wasn't for all the training he did. They didn't know that someone was watching them though.
"Some gym leader" he shrugged his shoulders and began to head away from it.
After walking a couple of minutes they found themselves in a garden. It was situated near the tower and they decided to take a rest before they head towards the Pokémon Centre as it was really quiet.
They took a seat under a tree. Both of them were lying on their backs and were watching the passing clouds. But the calmness was just for a moment as a huge explosion was heard. It wasn't from very far, in fact it occurred in the same garden.
"Did you hear it too Pikachu" Ash said while throwing himself up and assessing their surroundings.
Pikachu nodded and started to rush to the direction of the sound. Ash was quick to follow him and after running for a few yards, they found the exact reason for all the commotion. Ash couldn't even suppress the groan that followed. It was the usual trio, they had a robotic meowth or something and it had a rabbit Pokémon in its clutches.
He also saw two blond kids, Older was a boy of somewhere around 14 and had put on glasses while the younger was a girl who looked like being around 9 or 10. He concluded that the Pokémon would belong to them. Being Ash, it was obvious that he couldn't leave them like that, it just wasn't like him. So he decided to go and lend them hand but froze in his path as another Pokémon broke into the battle. It looked like a frog and Ash was more than impressed to see the charisma of the small Pokémon.
Yes it looked powerful, but the villains were proving to be his match as he was struck by the mechanical arm. This was it, he couldn't watch any longer, so he decided to show himself.
"Not you guys again" he gave an annoyed groan. Pikachu leapt forward and took a defensive stance.
"Well, look what do we have here" said a woman with long red hair.
"It's the twerp and he's got Pikachu with him" said a cat like Pokémon.
"Really Jessie, James, Meowth? I thought you guys were over with this but so much for asking." He said while shaking his head in a disappointed manner.
"Well now that you're here, we'll take Pikachu with us" said James.
"Hey! These people are really dangerous! You should probably get away or else they could hurt you" warned the boy but Ash smirked, "oh really" he thought to himself.
"Just who are you people" Shouted the younger girl, she had glimpses of tears in her eyes. She loved Pokémon too much and to see them getting hurt was too much for her.
"Well now that you ask little twerpette, let me introduce us" said Jessie with a huge smirk.
"Prepare for troub…." She was cut in between by Ash, "They are bad people, who steal other people's Pokémon" He told them with a sigh.
"Hey! how dare you interfere our introduction." Shouted Jessie while waving her hands frantically.
He sighed again. "Please spare us" he said sarcastically.
"Pikachu you know what to do" Pikachu rushed to the claw that had captured the rabbit Pokémon and destroyed it with just an iron tail. Both the Blonde kid's watched in awe as Pikachu did the same to all its limbs.
"Now finish it up buddy" he said while picking the weakened Pokémon up and handing it to the boy in such a casual manner that it seemed that he was walking in a park (Well technically he was).
With his command Pikachu charged all his electricity up and unleashed it towards the trio.
"Wobbuffet do something" Jessie released him desperately and he did his job as he jumped in between the projectile of the attack and was able to return it using his special attack, 'Mirror coat'. But still the attack proved to be too much for him to handle and he was knocked back to his team engulfed in lightening and due to which the mechanical Meowth exploded and team Rocket was blasted off again.
However, the blondes gasped in fear as they watched the amplified electricity approach the little mouse Pokémon. Ash clenched his fist too as he knew it was too late to dodge it as Pikachu was too close but he knew it won't even faze him. But to everyone's surprise the downed frog type Pokémon jumped in front of Pikachu to take the attack head on.
Ash knew it would've been a strong hit and being a water type, it was far worse for him. He rushed towards him to see that he was out cold, but to his relief he was breathing. Both the blondes rushed towards him too to see if he was alright.
"Awww poor Froakie" said the little girl with tears now tripping from her cheeks. The older blonde tried to comfort her but it didn't seem to work.
"He'll be alright" he assured her with the biggest smile he could muster but then he turned to look at the boy with a serious expression. "He needs help, where's the Pokémon Centre?"
"It's very far from here, we should take him to the Professor's laboratory" he told him. Ash nodded understandingly.
"Alright we should move" he told them as the young girl rushed in a direction. He followed her the exact moment. "Don't worry little thing, we won't let anything happen to you" Ash whispered to the Weakened Froakie. The Froakie seemed to be listening and cuddled slightly to his chest.
"Is the Professor here? I need him right now" Ash yelled the moment he entered the lab.
"Yes I am" In came a man with grey hair and a lab coat. He was yawning but the moment he saw the injured Pokémon, he rushed towards them.
"Froakie, what happened to you?"
"What you know this Froakie?" asked Ash sounding little confused.
"Yes certainly" He called his assistant and asked her to take the Froakie to the curing room. He assured everyone that he would be alright as her assistant was the very best in what she did. Ash sighed in relief as the professor went to check on him leaving him alone with the little girl. They had left the other boy behind as he was slowing them down.
Ash was worried about her, no one of her age should have witnessed that. He knew she was scared as she was still sniffing. He leaned to her and placed a hand on her head. She looked up in instincts to see a smiling Ash.
"Hey there's no need to worry, you heard what professor said right? He would be alright" Ash said in the most soothing way he could have.
"B… But he's hurt really bad" she said while still crying softly.
"Hey brave girls don't cry and I know you're brave." He dropped to his knees to get to her eye level as she was sitting on a chair.
"How do you know am brave, if am crying" she asked him while sobbing.
He smiled brightly and took out a hand kerchief from his pocket. "I know you're brave… sorry what's your name?"
"Bo… Bonnie" he then grabbed her leg and started to rub it with his handkerchief. She was puzzled about his actions but then she realized that she was bleeding. Maybe she hurt herself when they were attacked.
"Well, I know you're brave because you helped me save that little guy despite of the fact that you were hurt yourself."
Bonnie blushed a bit but his words made her feel safe. So she loosened up a bit as he covered the scratch with a band aid.
"There" he said as he stood up and Pikachu leaped onto the lap of Bonnie. "Well if Pikachu likes you then you love Pokémon as much as I do."
Now she couldn't help but smile. It was true that she loved Pokémon and to hear it from someone else was a different thing. "I am Ash, by the way was that other boy your brother?"
"Yeah he is. His name is Clemont." She said while lightening up a bit. To his name, he entered the lab still trying to catch his breath.
"Big brother" She squealed as she rushed to him.
"Is the Froakie alright" he asked while still huffing.
"He is indeed, thanks to all of you. I am Professor Sycamore and would like to present my earnest gratitude for doing that." Said the professor.
"So professor, how do you know this Froakie?" Ash asked him.
"I know him because, he's been with me for quite a while now. You see Froakie is a starter Pokémon presented to the new trainers in the Kalos region and this Froakie was given too but was returned to me several times." He told him sounding disappointed, Ash however picked something up.
"You mean more than once, but why?" he asked him. He was really surprised how could that be possible?
"You see that this certain Froakie is known to disobey his trainer's orders and sometimes he returns himself if he doesn't like his trainer."
"Poor Froakie" exclaimed Clemont.
Seeing the mood dampening, professor tried to change the subject. "So what's your names?" the trick seemed to work as they introduced themselves. But when Ash introduced himself both Clemont and Professor seemed to remember something.
"Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town, I've heard about that but where?" he said to himself.
"Ash are you famous?" Asked Bonnie while leaning a bit to him.
Ash sweat dropped and told them otherwise nervously. He didn't want to talk about his past right now. They all seemed to get over it as a Garchomp entered the laboratory. He looked really upset about the Froakie and was looking at him through the glass with a frown.
"Meet Garchomp, he's my partner and I have to admit he is really kind hearted, but I might warn you he doesn't like anyone but me touching him" Professor told them as he petted him on his head.
Ash assured him that he had nothing to worry about Froakie and mimicked the actions of the Professor, everyone was alerted when Ash went to touch him but to everyone's surprise he accepted it.
"This Boy" Professor thought to himself.
"Well I want to do that too" Bonnie squealed but the moment it tried to touch him, he growled loudly which scared her.
"I'm sorry about that Bonnie, we have a lots of other Pokémon whom you could play with. You want to meet them?" he asked while leaning to her.
"Yeah I do I do" she said excitedly.
"Are you coming Ash?" Clemont asked him as he caught him going to the curing room.
"I'll catch you up in a minute" Clemont nodded and left with professor and her younger sister.
Ash entered the room to stand aside the weakened Pokémon. He thought he was out cold but little did he know that he wasn't.
"Hey Froakie. Thanks for saving Pikachu out there. I don't know how anyone could return a Pokémon like you. I think you're amazing and I haven't seen a lot of Pokémon who can risk their life for the sake of others. Just don't worry about anything, you'll find a trainer that is worthy of you and that's a promise." He whispered while kneeling to the lying figure before turning to leave.
Soon he joined the others at the research facility. There were a lots of Pokémon he didn't know about but the moment he tried to take a look in his Pokedex, he realised it wouldn't help him. He sighed and marched to the others. Clement and Professor were chatting while Bonnie was busy trying to catch a Pokémon. Ash giggled when the little girl dove to catch it but the Pokémon slipped away and she puffed her cheeks. He headed towards the two men and took a seat next to Clemont.
"So Professor, what are you studying here?" asked Clemont while adjusting his glasses.
"Well, it's a phenomenon called Mega Evolution" told the Professor.
"Mega Evolution?" Clemont blinked a bit while Ash's gaze became sceptical.
"Well what are you going to say if I tell you that a Pokémon can further evolve after reaching his final form?"
Clemont's jaw dropped while Ash remained neutral which the professor noticed.
"You aren't too surprised Ash. Does that mean you've seen mega evolution before?" He asked him with showing great interest.
Ash face palmed, sure he had seen mega evolution but he couldn't just tell them that he had ridden a Mega Latios. He tried to think a way out of that.
"Yeah I have. I've seen a mega Garchomp." He told them and it wasn't a lie as he had really seen one.
"Really? Where? Whom did it belong to?" he asked with so much excitement that made Ash sweat dropped. Professor's weren't supposed to act as if they were a kid left in a candy store.
"Well 'she' is the 'partner' of someone I know but I couldn't tell you the name. She likes her privacy." He made an extra emphasis on 'she' and 'partner'. He never liked when anyone would call a Pokémon by 'it' and it was even worse if someone would think that a Pokémon belong to them. They are just as free as them. Though he knew he didn't mean that, he was just too excited.
"Oh I see" The professor was really disappointed. He really wanted to meet that person so that he could do some analysis over the Mega Garchomp.
Clemont was about to say something when a sound of explosion was heard. Soon the woman who was curing Froakie appeared and by the looks on her face, everyone figured out that something wasn't right.
"What is it Sophie? What was that noise" asked the professor in a very worried tone.
"It's Garchomp, some people broke in and tried to take him with them but something went wrong and now he is destroying the whole place." She informed them while trying to catch her breath.
The group rushed toward the scenario to see that the people who were trying to take Garchomp were none other than team rocket. Ash was furious. Why can't they just leave him alone? He was about to ask Pikachu to take care of them but couldn't as a powerful hyper beam blasted them away. His rage turned into pity the moment he realised the power behind the attack. The situation was bad, he could sense it. When professor tried to calm Garchomp down he shot another hyper beam but this time towards his partner. He was too shocked to react and if it wouldn't been for Ash, who pushed him away the last moment, he could've been hurt seriously.
Ash narrowed his glare to the threatening dragon. Something was wrong, he seemed to be very friendly just a couple of minutes ago. He knew team rocket was behind it but couldn't figure out how. He managed to take a look to his eyes and they were bloody red and he was twitching as if he was in pain. Professor tried to talk to him the moment he gathered himself up but he just flew through the ceiling.
"This is bad we have to stop him, or else he would destroy the whole city." Said the professor.
"Don't worry we'll help him" Ash assured him before running towards the dragon Pokémon. The group tried to stop him as it was too dangerous but being Ash, he couldn't turn away to a Pokémon who need his help. He was surprised to see that Froakie had joined him. Though he was impressed with the little Pokémon's determination but he knew he needed rest, he was in no place to fight. He even tried to talk him leave but he was as persistent as him so he tagged along.
The situation was getting worse as the dragon type was getting more violent. He was firing hyper beams after hyper beams without any considerations. He even tried to shot a news helicopter down which had gotten too close to him.
When Ash made it to him, he was standing at the top of the Prism tower. He clenched his fist when he saw him firing at the news helicopter. He knew he was really dangerous at the moment but he needed help. He took a look toward the tower and was able to find a way up. It was the maintenance stairs. He rushed towards them and started to climb up. Gasps and awes took over the place when people saw a boy scaling the building.
"We're reporting live from the Prism tower of the Lumiose City, where a Garchomp has gone crazy." The reporter paused to try and maintain her balance as the pilot tried to avoid an incoming attack.
"As you can see the Pokémon has gone wild and is firing hyper beams everywhere, something's got to be done."
"Serena come have a look at this" called Grace. She was watching the whole scenario through the television.
"See what you've done to me" Serena entered the room while complaining. She had scratched her nose by taking a fall during the training session. Grace sweat dropped and gave her an apologetic look. Serena was still furious but was very intrigued about the commotion.
Till then Ash had made it to the ceiling of the tower and tried to calm him down but he fired a hyper beam towards him before flying to the very top of the tower, which he barely managed to dodge. Serena took a place next to her mother.
The news reporters noticed that someone was trying to calm that rampaging Pokémon down and decided to cover him. Now everyone was able to see him.
"I wonder if he's that Garchomp's trainer" Grace said to herself. Serena didn't say a thing. She didn't even hear what her mother was saying. She was just looking at him with pure amazement.
Till the point the group had arrived to the Prism tower. They were all very worried, they didn't want Ash to be hurt. They were just praying that he hadn't done anything stupid but the moment they saw him scaling to the top of the tower, they realised they were too late.
Soon Ash made it to the top of the tower. The Garchomp was still there screaming in agony. He knew he was in pain, he could see that in his eyes.
"Hey Garchomp, calm down. We're here to help you. I know it hurts but please let me do something for you. Please you have to trust me just let me help you." Ash said while trying to get closer to him.
The Garchomp seemed to calm down for a moment but then some sparks emerged from the collar that he was wearing around his neck and he shrieked in agony. Ash realised that the collar was the reason behind this behavior, it must be hurting him. He tried to get to him but the Pokemon shrieked in pain and stumbled back to the edge of the tower, almost falling over.
Froakie however used his frubbles to stick his feet to the tower to which Ash sighed in relief. He knew that was his chance, he leaped towards the suffering dragon type and grabbed him in an embrace. He was trying to hold him long enough for Pikachu to do his thing.
"Pikachu now Iron tail on the collar" Pikachu seemed to know exactly what he was about to ask him as he was already in the air with his tail glowing sliver. He smashed the collar in two with a perfect hit.
Garchomp calmed down the moment the collar was off. He dropped onto his knees due to the exhaustion but apart from that he was alright. Relieved, that he and Garchomp were alright both Pikachu and Froakie dashed towards them but as if luck would have it, the edge of the tower under Pikachu's feet collapsed.
Everything paused for Pikachu at the moment. He was about to fall from the top of the tower and he knew he wouldn't make it. He closed his eyes to accept his fate but then he felt someone holding him. But he didn't know how, he was in mid-air and there was no way someone could have caught him. He opened his eyes to see that Ash had caught him. His eye widened in horror as he realised his Pikapi was going to die because of him. He tried to look at his face and was surprised to see a grinning Ash before he was clenched to the latter's chest. He cuddled himself as close as he could and waited for it all to end.
Serena gasped in horror, just like everyone. Clemont however was trying to comfort his little sister when the incident took place. He looked above the moment he heard all the commotion and almost lost his wits. How could someone do that? Bonnie noticed her brother's state and she cried Ash's name the moment she realised what he had done. Everyone averted their gaze from the scenario, none of them wanted to see a young boy and his Pokémon die before them but that never happened.
Out of nowhere, a giant Pokémon came in flying and caught them just before the impact. Ash opened his eyes to see what was going on and the moment he saw the giant dragon holding them, he realised that they weren't going to die. But the moment he realised who their saviour exactly was, a frown crawled up his face.
"Ash, Pikachu" the group rushed to them, the moment they had landed. The Pokémon however left the moment Ash had hit the ground to which Ash sighed in relief. Everybody was cheering for the brave boy to have saved the city but not quite all of them.
"Are you Crazy? What do you think you were doing?" Bonnie scolded them. It was quite a hilarious scene to watch a 9 years old girl scolding a teenager.
"Umm I'm sorry" Ash apologised nervously while rubbing the back of his neck to which she narrowed her glare.
"Are you alright Buddy?" Ash took a look at Pikachu from all the different angles. He wasn't hurt at all but he sure was scared. He had almost cost his best friend's life. He crawled up to his shoulder and nuzzled his cheek apologetically. Ash smiled and nuzzled him back. "Hey it's alright buddy, I am fine really"
"That was a Mega Garchomp" squealed the professor. "I don't know who was with it but I'm relieved that person showed up." Both Clemont and Bonnie sighed in relief before turning their attention towards the duo, Pikachu was still nuzzling Ash and he was chuckling heartedly. They both couldn't help but smile at the scene before them. It was obvious that they were too close to be separated. And if the stunt from earlier was to considered, they were too close for even death to separate them.
"Oh what a relief" Serena sighed in relief to see that the young trainer wasn't hurt. She had never seen anything like this. Someone literally throwing his life to be with his Pokémon was something that she couldn't even think about. But soon confusion took over her place as a close up of him and Pikachu is shown on the television.
"That boy. No it couldn't be?" she asked herself while trying to remember a certain someone from the past.
"I hope you had some sleep with all that mess around" asked professor Sycamore while giving an apologetic smile.
"Don't worry we had a good one" Ash assured him while Pikachu gave an affirming squeak.
"I take it as you don't have a Kalos Pokedex yet, right Ash?" Ash confirmed his theory.
"Here, make good use of it." Professor Sycamore handed him an official Kalos region Pokedex. "I hope you have a great journey"
"Thanks for everything professor, see you later" Ash turned around to leave when something sticky smashed to his face.
He came to realize that it was Froakie, he had a pokeball with him. He pushed the Pokeball with his head slightly towards him.
"I think he wants to go with you Ash" proposed the professor.
"It's amazing that he chose you as his trainer" Clemont said while adjusting his glasses sounding quite impressed.
"Wow, its sooo cute. Froakie likes Ash so much that he wants to go with him." Bonnie squealed with stars twinkling in her eyes.
Ash chuckled to all the reactions. "Do you think so?" he kneeled to his level picked the Pokeball up. He looked at the water type starter with a genuine smile. "You want to come with us Froakie?" he asked him but despite of answering, the frog Pokémon hopped and pressed the Pokeball and thus capturing himself. He gave Ash a last smile with a tilted head before doing so.
"Great to have you Buddy, we'll get stronger together" Ash whispered to the Pokeball which shook in response.
He stood up with a bright smile but soon it faded as he recalled the last day. His smile faded the moment he ran a thought about their saviour.
"It was her" he thought to himself.
Author's Note: Hey guys am feeling way better, so I was able to complete the next chapter. I would like to apologize though as I had promised to do the same by 26th but the thing is I couldnt. :'( But I really appreciate all of your support, guess what we've already reached almost 50 followers and I want to thank all of you for that. :D
I know you all have a lots of questions in your minds but believe me they would all be answered within a few chapters. Next few chapters are going to do big revealations and yeah Amourshipping from the next chapter! YAY! xD Forgive me if the chapter seemed to be like the exact copy of the anime but I felt that It was the best introduction pokemon had ever given so I kindaa played along.
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