A/N: Hey guys, welcome back to another chapter of Journey of the Chosen One. My other two chapters (even though one is a prologue) have been edited a lot. The story makes much more sense now. I hope you enjoy chapter 2!

Disclaimer: I do not own pokemon.

Key:
"hi" - human speech
"hi" thought
"hi"-pokemon speech(translated)
'hi' telepathy

Chapter 2: A new pokemon for a new trainer!

"Pikapi" "Ash,"pikachu responded. Ash, realizing their situation, picked up pikachu and houndour and ran to the pokemon center. He was very exhausted from all the running and now he was holding two pokemon. As soon as he got to viridian city, a Police officer showed up. "Hold it!" She said as she grabbed his arm.

Remember one of his lessons, he pulled out his pokedex and continued running. When he pushed open the door to the pokemon center, he collapsed.

Ash began to open his eyes. "Houndour! Pikachu!" Ash yelled.

"I'm coming," said an unfamiliar voice.

A woman with pink hair and a nurse's outfit walked in through the door. "Hello, I'm nurse joy. How are you feeling?" she asked. "Are you feel sore or tired?"

Ash began to sit up. "No, I feel just fine. Where is pikachu and houndour?" Ash asked.

"I'll take you to them right away!" nurse joy answered.

Ash began to observe the room he was in. There was a heart monitor, a b .ed (that he was laying on) and a clock. He got up to follow nurse joy to his pokemon. As soon as he got to their room (they shared one), pikachu and houndour ran up to him, then promptly collapsed. "Oh dear," nurse joy said. "You two aren't ready to get up yet, you took a lot of damage. Just rest here and you'll be ready in an hour. Get plenty of rest!"

She then led Ash to the lobby. He saw a certain red headed girl and said, "Hey, I'm sorry I took your bike. I was trying to keep my pokemon safe. I'll repay you as soon as possible."

Misty got up and yelled, "You'd better! You stole that bike and are responsible for any and all damage done to it! Wait, what do you mean 'repay'? Did something happen to it?"

"Yeah, it was hit by a lightning bolt...I'm really sorry. On the bright side though, my pokemon are going to be okay"

At the mention of pokemon, the girl softened up a bit. She cared about pokemon more than most people in this world do. Given, not MUCH more, but more, none the less. "I'm Misty Waterflower, what's your name?" Misty asked.

"I'm Ash Ketchum, nice to meet you."

Ash took a seat and looked around the lobby. There was a counter where nurse joy was currently at and a bench. It wasn't a fancy lobby, just a room for a purpose. "I kind of wonder why the spearow attacked me. All the pokemon, to my knowledge, has been very nice to me. But the spearow looked ready to kill. I wonder why?"

Thirty minutes had passes and he heard a *ding*. His pokemon were seen walking out of the room to him. They looked warily at Misty for a moment, but disregarded her. "Ash!" pikachu said. "I missed you so much! Are you okay? Are you hurt?"

"No pikachu, I'm fine. You gave me quite a scare though."

Houndour looked fondly at the two bonding. "Pikachu will be a great friend," he though. His thoughts were cut short though when the ceiling exploded. "Prepare for trouble!"

"Make it double!"

"To protect the world from devastation."

"To unite all people within our nation."

"To denounce the evils of truth and love."

"To extend our reach to the stars above."

"Jessie!"

"James!"

"Team rocket blasting off at the speed of light!"

"Surrender now, or prepare to fight"

"Meowth that's right!"

The people who busted in were wearing white clothing with a red 'R' on the shirt and black gloves. Jessie's was a tank top and a skirt, and James had normal shirt and pants.

As ash listened, he realized one thing, "That meowth can talk? That's really cool!"

"Shut it twerp, we came here for your pokemon, not you interests! Let's start with that pikachu, and; that; whatever that is." Jessie retorted.

"No you're not taking my pokemon!"

"Oh really? Then we'll have to take it by force, ekans go!"

"Koffing go!"

"Pikachu, houndour, think you can fight?"

Both pokemon jumped in front of Ash, ready to fight.

"Ekans, tackle attack."

"Koffing you too."

Ekans and koffing shot forward to hit their targets.

"Jumped to the side, the hit them with your own tackle attack!"

Right as Ekans and koffing were about to hit, pikachu and houndour jumped to the side, and hit them with their own tackle attack. Koffing and ekans were redirected and hit each other, making them fly back.

"Ekans poison sting!"

"Koffing smog!"

Little darts shot out of ekans mouth, and a gaseous substance came out of koffings.

"Houndour use flamethrower on poison sting to stop it! Pikachu use thundershock on the smog!" Ash commanded.

The poison sting stopped launching forward when it collided with the flamethrower. Then the thundershock collided with smog, an explosion was made, sending the criminals flying.

"Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off!"

"Wow Ash, that was pretty good battling. Who taught you?" Misty asked.

"No one did, I just know the things I picked up from watching houndour," Ash responded.

"Okay, I'm guessing you've had the houndour for a while then. Do you mind if I travel with you? You seem like a good battler. I might be able to learn a thing or two by watching you."

"Sure, the more the merrier!".

And with that, the new duo went off.

Two Hours Later

"AAAAHHHHH!" a scream was heard.

"Misty, what's wrong?!" Ash asked worriedly.

"b-b-BUG!" Misty scream again.

Ash looked at where misty was pointing and saw the caterpie on the branch.

"Piii! Cat-caterpie!" "Ahhh human! Get away from me!"

"It's okay caterpie, she won't hurt you." Ash comforted.

"Like hell I won't!" Misty yelled.

Ash realizing what misty might do, quickly jumped in front of caterpie with his arms spread. "Wait! Don't hit him! Why would hit such a defenseless pokemon Misty? He wasn't doing anything wrong!"

Misty became very confused by this remark. "Why do you care so much? It's just a pokemon. On top of that, a slimy, disgusting bug pokemon. So why shouldn't I hit it? Teach it a lesson."

Ash, like Misty, was also very confused. "It's a living being like the two of us. So what if he doesn't have limbs? He's unique in his own way. All pokemon are. It doesn't matter what type or race they are. They're all special, and I'd like to catch him. Are you okay with that?

Misty and caterpie were both taken back by this statement. "Wow, Ash really is special. He's the first person I've ever seen speak so highly of pokemon. Maybe he's right, maybe we should be kinder and more considerate towards pokemon," Misty thought.

"Wow, a human wants to catch me? But I'm just a weak caterpie! And he even cares about my well being? Going as far as to protect me from a human? Maybe I should go with him."

Ash was watching them, and began to grow impatient. "So what'll it be caterpie? Wanna join me on my journey?" Ash smiled.

Caterpie thought it over for a few seconds before nodding his head, "Pi".

Ash held out a pokeball for caterpie to go into, making the catch official. Caterpie crawled over the the pokeball and pressed it's button. A glowing red light enveloped him, as he was sucked inside. "Ding".

"Alright!" Ash yelled as he struck a pose, "I caught my first pokemon!"

Ash immediately let the caterpie out. "You can choose whether you want to be inside of the pokeball, or out with the rest of us caterpie."

"I'll stay out, the pokeball feels cramped"

"Little death traps," pikachu muttered.

"No problem caterpie!" Ash said as he put away the pokeball, "I'm fine with you staying out."

"Hey Ash, did you understand what it said?" Misty asked suspiciously.

Ash frowned, "Can't you? I thought it was common to understand pokespeach."

MIsty was again taken back a little, "Umm no, that's not common. In fact, I think you're one of the only people on the world to be able to understand them. I don't know how you learned, but that's pretty cool."

As Ash and misty continued down the road they heard a scream...

A/N: Thank you all for reading! Sorry this took a long time to come out, I just couldn't bring myself to write. I think I may have made pikachu a little too trusting when he saw Ash at the pokemon center, but I want ash's pokemon to be extremely over-protective of him. It just seems like something that would fit in a world like this. Also, sorry if Misty's harsh language offended you, I feel like she would say things like that (at least in the beginning) due to her naturally angry exterior. I hope you enjoyed! Jay4921, signing out!