A Different Path
Hi all! Dragonsrule18 and CharmedMilliE are back with another chapter! We also have two lovely challenges we thought up for anyone who wants to take them!
Unova Rewrite Challenge: Instead of Cilian and Iris becoming Ash's traveling companions, Misty returns and Brock decides to stay with Ash.
Rules:
1. Ash will keep his skills as a trainer (basically no throwing pokeballs at random pokemon to catch them without battling first)
2. Ash will use more then just the pokemon he caught in Unova.
3. Brock and Misty will be Ash's traveling companions. (You can decide how this happens and why they both decide to go with Ash, but they both must travel with him.)
4. It will be Pokeshipping (for those unfamiliar with the term it means the pairing of the story will be Ash/Misty)
5. Cilan and Iris will not travel with Ash. They can appear in the story for small parts but not as a main traveling companion. (Note this rule does not apply to May and Dawn so if you want to include them you can.)
6. No Super Ash (this means Ash can not be perfect. He can not win every battle he fights and if you include psychic or aura powers he can not be all powerful in them
Keeping My Promise: Johto Rewrite Challenge:
In the anime, Ash promised to return for Pidgeot after he did his errand for Professor Oak in Orange Islands, but he never did. But what would change if he had kept that promise? This, my dear friends, is the purpose of this challenge.
Rules:
Ash MUST return for Pidgeot right after the Orange Islands. Please make the first chapter Ash returning for Pidgeot after coming home from the Orange Islands.
Charizard must stay with Ash.
Ash must get Primeape back as well. It is up to you what to do about whether Haunter returns to Ash or stays with Sabrina.
Ash must get more mature throughout the series.
Ash must use all his Pokemon, not just the ones he captures in the region he's battling in.
No Super Ash! Make sure he loses battles sometimes. And if he has psychic or Aura powers, don't have him be a master of them immediately. Have him struggle to use or control his powers.
NO Ash/Pokemon, but all other pairings are welcome.
For those of you who want to take this challenge, let us know either by PM or in our forum, Poke Universe.
Hope you enjoy this chapter and please remember to review!
Disclaimer: We do not own Pokémon.
Chapter 5: "Charmander The Stray Pokemon" and "Here Comes the Squirtle Squad"
Ash stood looking around with binoculars. 'Nothing but Spearow," Ash said as he looked for a Pokémon to catch.
"Why don't you catch one?" Brock asked from where he was sitting.
"NO!" Both Ash and Misty screamed right away, remembering their encounter with Spearows not so long ago. The reaction shocked Brock who hadn't been told about what had happened when the two first met.
"No way will I help you catch a Spearow," Pikachu said, also remembering that horror.
"It's not happening. Don't worry," Ash thought back.
"According to this map, there should be a Pokémon Center around here somewhere," Misty said. "Good thing too. We've been searching for Vermilion for ten days and I could use a bed and a bath." Misty was looking forward to her next battle and a little scared since it was an electric gym. Her biggest weakness. She did have her Oddish to help though.
The two had spent a lot of time training. Peter had learned Rock Throw and was trying to get Magnitude down. So far, he couldn't get it too\ a high level, which was frustrating him, but Ash, kept telling him to keep trying. Nidoran had learned Poison Sting. For Bulbasaur, Ash had looked into how to unlock his egg move. There seemed to be two different ways. One was through evolution, but Ash knew through Pikachu that Bulbasaur didn't want to evolve. The other way was through hard training, which he was more then willing to do. Pikachu also had interest in unlocking his egg move and had learned Agility. Scyther was being a big help with training everyone and hadn't learned a new move yet. Shellder was trying to learn Aurora Beam but was having trouble.
Misty's Seel, Staryu, and Oddish were working hard. Seel was trying to learn Drill Run for the up coming battle. Staryu had learned Gyro Ball and was trying to learn Camouflage. Oddish learned Stun Spore and Sleep Powder. Goldeen was willing to train, but it was hard to train her without a lake or a pool around.
The two continued walking and then came upon a clearing with a large rock. Sitting on the rock was a Charmander. Ash's eyes lit up when he saw that. When he had went to get his first Pokémon, he had wanted a Charmander but had been too late. He wouldn't trade what he got for the world though. He loved Pikachu, but here was a Charmander just sitting there and Ash wanted it.
Pikachu felt Ash's excitement. "Want me to go talk to him?" Pikachu asked. Ash nodded.
Pikachu jumped off Ash's shoulder and went to talk to Charmander. "Sorry Ash, he is waiting for his trainer," Pikachu told Ash as Brock and Misty were talking about the Charmander and Ash heard Brock mention about Charmander's tail flame.
"You're right he doesn't look good," Ash said going over to the rock and taking a potion out of his bag. Ash suddenly wondered how a trainer could leave a Pokémon like this.
"Charmander, I think it's supposed to rain tonight. You should come with us to the Pokémon Center." Charmander backed away. "Charmander, please. I'm not going to hurt you, but you need medical attention and to get some place safe."
Charmander seemed to calm down and looked at Ash. Ash put his hand on Charmander back wishing there was a way to make Charmander understand. Then he felt weird.
"What was that? What is this human up to? I need to wait for my master. He said he would be back," Ash heard a voice in his head that did not sound like Pikachu.
"Pikachu, I think it happened again." Ash sent to his starter.
"What?" Pikachu asked and then realized what Ash meant. "Oh."
"Charmander," Ash thought to the new voice and Charmander almost literally jumped a few feet in the air. Ash then explained about the mental link him and Pikachu had and that it seemed to have happened with Charmander as well.
"I want to wait for my master," Charmander said, sensing that the boy was sincere with him about not knowing how this link happened.
"Ash, what are you doing?" Misty asked and Ash realized he had spent a long time just staring at the Charmander.
"Trying to figure out what this Charmander is waiting for," Ash said even though he knew. He really had to find a way to tell his friends about the link without sounding insane.
"Fine," Piakchu said, getting in front of Ash and making movements as though he was trying to tell Ash what was going on. Charmander though was completely confused.
"He's waiting for his trainer," Ash said after a moment. "Charmander, what if I leave a note here?" Ash took paper and pen out of his bag and wrote 'Brought to Pokémon Center.' Ash then put the paper down and put a rock on top of it to make sure it couldn't blow away. "This way, if your trainer comes, he will know where you went and you can get the medical attention you need and to a safe place before it rains. I promise in the morning you can come back here if your trainer doesn't show."
Charmander could sense the truthfulness in Ash's words through the link and nodded, letting Ash pick up him. The truth was, Charmander was feeling really weak. Ash carried the Charmander and the three friends walked to the Pokémon Center.
Before they got there, the rain started and Ash had to literally run into the Pokémon Center as fast as he could. "I could have covered Charmander with my coat," Brock said when him and Misty walked in after.
"It was easier to…." Ash never finished as he heard an excited cry through the link from Charmander as someone over at a couch said 'You're the man, Damien."
"My master," Charmander thought, looking at a group of boys sitting on a couch who were looking at Poké Balls.
Ash started to walk towards them, knowing it was the trainer job to take care of Charmander now. "Yo, didn't you have a Charmander too?" someone asked.
"Yeah, I had one, but the puny thing couldn't defeat the weakness of opponents," Damien said and that made Ash stop walking. Charmander was shocked at hearing the words, but he didn't say anything out loud or mentally.
"So what did you do with the Charmander anyway?" the kid asked. No one in the group had seen Ash yet.
"Oh, I left it on some rock in the woods. That thing is so stupid! No matter what I do to it, it keeps following me. I finally got rid of it by promising I'd come back for it. It's probably still there, wagging its tail." Damien said.
"It's probably wag it until the flame goes out!" someone else said and everyone in the group laughed.
Charmander had had enough and let out a moan that turned everyone attention. Ash was standing there in anger and so were Brock and Misty. "Let me at him, Ash!" Pikachu growled from his spot on the floor, sparks coming out of his cheeks. Misty had gotten out her Misty Mallet, thinking she might find a use for it.
"See, so pathetic it can't even walk for itself," Damien sneered.
"You creep," Ash finally said. "You don't deserve Pokémon if at the first sign of weakness, you abandon them. I think this Charmander can be great. It just needs someone not as pathetic and stupid as you as its trainer."
"Big words from just a little kid. Want to fight? Oh yeah you can't. You have a lizard in your arms," Damien taunted and Ash wished he could throw a punch.
Brock stepped forward. "You looking for trouble?" Brock growled, ready to defend his friend and Misty stepped forward, her mallet out.
"Break it up!" Nurse Joy yelled, coming out. "No fighting in the Pokémon Center." Damien and his gang looked at each other and then grabbed their Poké Balls and left. "What happened to this Charmander?" Nurse Joy asked.
Ash then explained everything to Nurse Joy who then looked angry herself. "Wish I had let you hit him," Ash could have sworn he heard the Joy say as she got out a stretcher and put Charmander on it.
It was a while of waiting. Misty, seeing how worried Ash was, took his hand. "He'll be fine," Misty said and Ash nodded at her.
Not long later, Nurse Joy came out. "You got him in right in time. Any longer in this rain and he would have been in serious trouble. Right now he is resting," Nurse Joy told them.
"Can I go into his room?" Ash asked.
"Well, usually we only let the trainer into the room, but considering what happened, yes," Joy said. "But these two have to stay outside."
Ash looked at his friends. "Go on. We'll wait out here for you," Misty said.
Pikachu jumped onto Ash's shoulder. "I'm a Pokémon. She won't care about me going," Pikachu said and Ash followed Nurse Joy into the back.
As the two disappeared, Misty turned to Brock. "Ever notice how Ash is really in tune with Pokémon? I mean mostly with Pikachu, but he always seem to know what they want. Even if our Pokémon want something, he tells us sometimes," Misty said to Brock, wondering.
"Yeah. I'm sure he'll tell us when he's ready though," Brock told her.
Ash walked into the room where Charmander was sleeping. Ash sat on a chair in the room and watched Charmander. Eventually, he fell asleep on the chair.
Charmander woke up hours later and saw Ash asleep on the chair. He was shocked and wondered why this boy cared about him. "Hello," Charmander heard and saw the Pikachu he had been talking to before. "How are you feeling?"
"Much better," Charmander replied and then got sad. "My master left me. I am weak and pathetic like he said."
"Don't say that. You just need a better trainer," Pikachu said. "Tell me, where did Damien get you? Charmander are not usually found in the wild but I doubt you were his starter."
"I was bred in a center and bought by him," Charmander told Pikachu. "Now I am wild. I don't know how to live in the wild."
"I can tell you one thing; you don't have to if you don't want to. You have a better trainer right here who would be willing to take you and make you the strongest Charmander on this planet," Pikachu said, pointing his tail at Ash. "You know, me and you aren't so different."
"I know. We both have this weird mental link with him," Charmander replied.
"Well yeah, but I meant in a different way," Pikachu told him. "You see, I was born in the wild. I lived with my herd, but then a trainer caught me. Not Ash, a different trainer and she was cruel. She never trained me. Not well. I'd assume possibly the same way Damien trained you. Having her other pokemon attack me." Charmander nodded. That was how Damien trained him and he made him take the attacks. Said it would make him stronger. "She always just told me I had to be pretty and cute and she forced me back into my Poké Ball even though I didn't want to go in. Then she put me in some type of contest and I lost. She abandoned me in much the same way that jerk abandoned you. I was mad. I was ripped from my herd, my family, and my little sister and had no way back to them. I was on my own and I started hating humans. I really hated humans."
"And then Ash caught you?" Charmander took a guess and was shocked when Pikachu shook his head.
"No an old man named Professor Oak did. He gave me to Ash to be his starter. I was mad. I was going to run away from him, but then this mental link happened. After that, Ash told me he would let me stay out of my Poké Ball and he wanted to be my friend. Not my master. I could tell he was serious through the link, so I decided to give him a chance and it worked out well. Ash is my best friend and he trained me well. I managed to take out a giant Onix in a gym battle. If you choose to come with him, he will train you just as well. Think it over."
The next morning when Ash woke up, Charmander was standing by his feet. "Hi," Ash said.
"Would you take me?" Charmander asked, confusing Ash for a minute, but then he got it.
"You want to be my Pokémon?" Ash asked and Charmander nodded. "Then of course you can come with me."
"Thank you, master," Charmander said.
"None of that. I am Ash, your trainer and friend. Not your master," Ash told him and Charmander almost didn't believe it until he remembered what Pikachu said the night before. "Now lets see." Ash wanted to keep Charmander on him, but he had six Pokémon. Which means one had to go to Professor Oak.
He wasn't sending Pikachu of course and wasn't going to send Geodude, Nidoran, or Bulbasaur. That meant it was either Shellder or Scyther. Ash took out Shellder's Poké Ball and released the water Pokémon. Shellder cooed when she saw her trainer.
'Hey Shellder, this is Charmander. He's going to be joining our team," Ash introduced the two. Shellder greeted Charmander. "I was wondering if you'd mind being transferred to Oak's lab for a while so I can keep Charmander on the team." Shellder looked upset at the request. "The only reason why I'm asking you is because you have had two gym battles already and the match against AJ. I figured you might want to take a rest. The professor has some nice places for water Pokémon to swim and I promise I won't leave you there forever. I still expect you to train while you're there too. There might be Pokémon there who can help you with that Aurora Beam you've been working on."
Shellder really liked the idea of a nice area to swim in and maybe she could surprise Ash by learning more then just one move while she was away. "Okay, as long as you promise you won't abandon me," Shellder said and Charmander translated it for him.
"Of course I won't abandon you. You were the first pokemon I caught," Ash said, which confused Shellder since she didn't see Pikachu around. "Oh me and Charmander have the mental link thing too." Ash added realizing Shellder wouldn't know that.
Shellder was a bit excited by the news and Ash returned her. "Where is Pikachu?" Ash asked.
"The red head girl came and took him for food," Charmander told Ash.
"Ah that's Misty. She's traveling with us and is very, very nice. You'll like her," Ash said smiling at the thought of his friend. Ash picked Charmander up in his arms and walked out to the phone and called Oak.
"Hello Ash," Oak said. "Is that a Charmander in your arms?"
"Yeah, I'm going to catch him, so I'm transferring Shellder to you now so he can stay on my team" Ash told Oak.
"Okay, I'm ready when you are," Oak said, and Ash put Shellder's Poké Ball on the transfer device. Shellder was teleported away and then Oak had the ball. "She arrived safely." Oak released Shellder from the ball as he said it and the little water Pokémon jumped up onto his lap and looked at Ash through the screen.
"You be good for Oak, Shellder. I'll see you soon," Ash said and then told Oak goodbye and hung up. Ash then took out a empty Poké Ball and tapped Charmander's head. Charmander went inside and it was an automatic catch.
"You caught Charmander," Misty said coming up at that moment with Pikachu on her shoulder. "Good, he deserves a great trainer."
Ash smiled as he released his new catch. 'Yeah, him and me are going to be a great team," Ash replied. "I'm going to grab something to eat and then do some training before we leave. What about you, Mist?"
"Already ate. There's a pool in the back so it's a good place to train," Misty said. "Mind if I borrow Pikachu? It would be good to get some training against an electric type for the gym."
"I'm cool with it, Ash," Pikachu thought to his friend.
"Yeah, have fun," Ash said after that.
"Thanks," Misty said, giving Ash a quick hug and not realizing as his face turned red.
Ash got some breakfast and then asked Nurse Joy if it was okay to train Charmander. Nurse Joy confirmed it was, but told him to take it easy for a few days. Ash nodded and went outside, releasing all his other Pokémon. "Everyone, this is the newest member of our team, Charmander," Ash announced, introducing the four Pokémon to Charmander. "Him and me have the same link me and Pikachu have." That caught the other by surprise but they got over it fast.
Peter punched the air and then looked like he wanted a fight. "Come on, lizard. Let's battle," he taunted.
"Peter, how many times have I told you about picking battles with teammates," Ash sighed, knowing his rock Pokémon well enough by now to know that's what he wanted. "Go and practice your Magnitude. It will come in handy for the gym if we can master it."
Peter punched the air, looking forward to a gym battle, and went to the side to practice the move. "Bulbasaur, can you continue working on unlocking your egg move on your own? I'm going to be doing a one on one with Charmander."
"I can help," Scyther said, stepping forward. Charmander translated for Ash.
"You sure? I was thinking you could start working on a new move," Ash said.
"I have gotten some ideas on how to help Bulbasaur," Scyther said and Charmander translated.
"If you're sure," Ash said. "Okay Bulbasaur, you will be working with Scyther."
"Come on; let's go over here," Scyther told Bulbasaur.
"Yes, Sarge," Bulbasaur teased; the nickname Pikachu came up with for Scyther having caught on with most of the Pokémon, and the two walked off.
"Nidoran, you know how Seel has been practicing Drill Run?" Ash asked, receiving a nod from his Pokémon. "I want you to start on it too." Ash explained the ways to learn drill run that he learned from his Pokédex to Nidoran. "If you run into any trouble, let me know." Nidoran gave a nod and walked off to find a better place to train.
Ash turned to Charmander and took out his Pokédex. Charmander knew the moves Growl, Scratch, Ember, Smokescreen, and Flamethrower. He also had the egg move of Dragon Rush, but it was locked. "Not a bad move set. Let me see your Flamethrower," Ash instructed and Charmander let out flames into the air. "Powerful. Anyway, let me see what moves you can learn."
Ash checked his Pokédex out. "Okay, I want us to start working on Metal Claw. Since you know Scratch, it shouldn't be that hard to learn and it will help give you a diverse move set."
"Okay, Ash," Charmander replied, but he had been wondering something. "Ash, can I battle in this gym battle coming up?"
"Not this one, buddy, but you'll get your gym battle eventually," Ash told him, looking up how to teach Metal Claw. "Okay, now you need to put more power into your claws. Visualize a metal coating covering your claws."
Charmander focused and suddenly his claws started to glow. "Good, now use it on the tree," Ash instructed and Charmander went to use the move on the tree, but as he made contact, the glowing stopped. Charmander looked disappointed. "That was a good first try. Try again."
They continued like that for a while; Charmander making small successes in learning the move. It wasn't up to major power yet, but it was getting there. Ash finally forced him to stop as Misty came around with Pikachu. "How did your training go?" Ash asked.
"Okay. Pikachu is a big help, but really Oddish is the only one able to hold against an electric type well still," Misty sighed. "I've been trying to think up better defenses."
"What you did with Seel and the ice with AJ was pretty awesome. Maybe that could help in the gym," Ash suggested, calling in all his pokemon and having Pikachu and Charmander ask how everything went. Peter managed to make his Magnitude a bit stronger. Nidoran was really taking to the new movem apparently. It wouldn't be long before he mastered it. Scyther and Bulbasaur had made real progress in unlocking his egg move. Even Ash's Pokédex said it was semi-unlocked, meaning it was almost there.
The group met up with Brock who had been resupplying in town and ate lunch at the center before deciding to continue. Ash returned all his Pokémon except Pikachu and Charmander. "In or out?" Ash asked Charmander in his thoughts.
"Would you mind if I stayed out for a while?" Charmander asked.
"Not at all." Ash thought back as they started to walk.
"Aren't you going to return Charmander?" Misty asked.
"No, he wants to walk," Ash replied and Charmander nodded, confirming it for Misty.
The group continued to walk until dinnertime when they released their Pokémon and sat down for dinner. Charmander loved Brock's cooking as much as everyone else. They then camped out for the night.
…...
The next day as they were walking, the group fell into a hole. "Who puts a hole in the middle of a road?" Ash asked after he was over the shock.
'You got me on that," Misty muttered as five Squirtle appeared above them laughing.
"Maybe them," Brock said, pointing at the Squirtle.
Ash climbed out of the hole, helping Charmander up. "What's your problem?" Pikachu asked the group. "You could have seriously hurt us."
"Chill man, we're just having fun," the Squirtle who seemed like the leader of the pack said.
"You think that's fun?" Charmander growled, but lost his courage when one of the Squirtles stepped forward and hid behind Ash knowing these were water types. He was afraid Ash might think he was a wimp because of that, but Ash moved over so he stood completely in front of Charmander.
"You want to battle?" Ash said, not liking the attitude of these Squirtle even though he couldn't understand what they were saying.
Before there could be an answer, there were police sirens and the Squirtles fled. An Officer Jenny on a motorcycle appeared. "I s everyone okay? Is anyone hurt?" The Officer Jenny asked, coming up.
"Yeah we're all fine," Misty said. "What was with those Squirtles?" Misty was really curious.
"They call themselves the Squirtle Squad," Officer Jenny told her. "They are a group of Squirtles who were all abandoned by their trainers around here. Now they go around pulling pranks on everyone." Officer Jenny took a deep breath. "It actually is kind of sad."
"Yeah," Misty murmured, not believing anyone would abandon a Squirtle.
Team Rocket were on their way to talk to the boss who had a mission for them when they saw the twerps fall into a hole and then heard Officer Jenny's comment. "So there are Squirtle hanging around," Meowth said.
Jesse shrugged. "So?"
"Squirtles are pretty rare Pokémon. You cannot find them in the wild. If we got our hands on that Squirtle Squad and gave them to the boss…." Meowth didn't need to finish as James and Jessie got the point and started singing about how they would be rich.
The group was walking when they came upon a small lake. "Misty, why don't you try to catch a new Pokémon?" Ash suggested, but Misty seemed to be zoned out. "Earth to Misty. Hello." Ash waved his hand in front of her face.
"Um… what?" Misty asked.
"What's got you so deep in thought?" Ash asked his friend.
"I want to catch one of the Squirtles." Misty suddenly said, making everyone look at her. "I know they don't like humans, but I've always wanted a Squirtle and I think I can get through to them that not all humans are bad. We did it with Bulbasaur and ever since we saw them, I have been thinking up ways I can use a Squirtle in battle."
"Okay," Ash said with a smile. "Let's get you a Squirtle." Ash wasn't going to question his friend. If she wanted a Squirtle, Ash would help get her one. "Now we just need to find them."
It didn't take long, as at that moment a Squirtle popped out of the water and sent a Water Gun at the three humans. Luckily it didn't hit Charmander. The Squirtle laughed as it swam away.
Ash took out Charmander Poké Ball. "You might want to go inside for this one," Ash said.
"Yeah," Charmander thought back as Ash returned him.
Misty had already taken out Goldeen and Staryu, telling them to go and look for the Squirtle. The two gave a nod and were off. They found the Squirtle exiting the water not far off. Goldeen went back to get the humans as Stayu stayed there to watch.
Not long after, Misty, Ash, Brock, and Pikachu had walked around the lake to where Goldeen saw the Squirtle leave. Staryu was pointing down a path. "So the Squirtle went this way," Brock said, looking at the ground but besides right near the water, but there were no prints.
"I've got an idea," Ash said taking out a Poké Ball and releasing Scyther. "Scyther, we need to look for a group of Squirtle. They went somewhere that way." Ash pointed. "Can you go up and try to find them?"
Scyther nodded without saying a word and started to fly off. It took a while but then he found the group hanging out in a cave. Scyther flew back to the others. "This way," Scyther said and Pikachu translated for Ash.
"I think he found them," Ash told his friends and they followed Scyther to the cave where the Squirtle Squad was. The squad was shocked when they saw the humans approach. Once there Ash returned Scyther.
Misty stepped forward. "I know you were all abandoned by your trainers. I know it hurt, but I would never do that and I would really like one of you to join my team," Misty said. "I'm training to be a water pokemon master and I feel I can do great things with you."
The squad mumbled to themselves, not believing the girl. Pikachu translated what he heard to Ash. Then the leader of the group of Squirtle stepped forward. "If you beat me in a battle, I'll go with you. If you don't, you leave us alone." This Squirtle was willing to battle, believing he would win anyway.
Pikachu told Ash who said, "I think he wants a battle."
"I got that," Misty said. "Okay we can battle." Misty knew Oddish was the best choice against a water type, but she didn't want to go for type advantage here. She wanted to prove herself to this Squirtle. Seel was a bad choice to use so she took out Staryu's Poké Ball and released Staryu. "Ready?"
She was answered with a Water Gun pointed directly at Staryu. "Rapid Spin," Misty commanded and Staryu spun and hit Squirtle. Squirtle then used a Tackle and Misty told Staryu to use one the same attack. "Now use…" Before Misty could order the attack, a net came down and took the other four members of the Squirtle Squad up, surprising everyone.
"What just happened?" Ash asked, confused.
"Prepare for trouble," they heard a familiar voice say, and as they looked up they saw Team Rocket in a Meowth-shaped balloon that had a net under it with the rest of the Squirtle Squad in it.
"And make it double," they heard and before they could say any more, Pikachu sent a Thunderbolt up at them, shocking them.
"Will you stop interrupting the motto?" Meowth yelled.
"I will not listen to that again!" Pikachu yelled back.
"Looked like we missed one," James said seeing the Squirtle on the ground with the twerps.
"No problem," Meowth replied, taking out a remote and a large hand came out and took hold of Squirtle.
Misty just reacted and jumped on the hand, holding onto it and being taken up as well. "Looks likes you got extra," Jessie said as Meowth tried to shake Misty off, but Misty held on tight, mumbling that she was not letting go. Squirtle looked at her, shocked.
Ash took out a Poké Ball. "Bulbasaur, use Vine Whip to hold onto Misty," Ash called out as he released his Pokémon and Bulbasaur let out the Vine Whip right away and wrapped it around Misty to hold her in place.
"Need a little help here!" Meowth called and Jessie and James started throwing bombs down which the group had to dodge. It knocked Bulbasaur away, making him release the Vine Whip. Misty still hung on.
"Use Razor Leaf, Ash," Brock told his black-haired friend as the bombs continued to come down and the forest around them started to go ablaze.
"Razor Leaf!" Ash called, and Bulbasaur used Razor Leaf, cutting through the net, the wire on the hand, and Team Rocket's balloon. The three went blasting off yelling, "We're blasting off again!" as the Squirtle in the net and Misty holding onto the other Squirtle fell down.
"Misty!" Ash yelled, going to catch her, but Misty just landed on top of him.
"Ash, I appreciate the thought and the nice landing, but next time have Bulbasaur do that," Misty said as she got up and put Squirtle on the floor ground before holding out a hand to help Ash up.
"Guys we have a problem," Brock said, pointing. The bombs Team Rocket threw down had started to set the forest on fire. "If this doesn't get put out, it will destroy the forest and the town!"
"What can we do?" Ash asked.
"I know. Squirtle," Misty said turning to the Squirtle she had previously been battling. "You and your group have to use Water Gun on the fire and put it out. Staryu, you too." Staryu started right away. Squirtle nodded and then gave the order to the rest of his group.
"Ash, Geodude, Onix, and Peter can help by throwing sand on the fire," Brock told him and Ash nodded, releasing Peter as Brock released Onix and Geodude. The three rock types went to work on the flames.
By the time Officer Jenny arrived on her motorcycle, the fire was out. The three explained everything to Jenny who looked at the Squirtle Squad. "Well I think we got a new job for the Squirtle Squad,' Jenny said confusing them, but then they went back to town where the Squirtle Squad were made the town's new firefighters.
Misty watched as they were given firefighter jackets. "Come on," Misty said. "Time for us to go."
The three walked away and as they did, the leader of the Squirtle Squad watched Misty. He said bye to his friends and then went to run after them.
Ash didn't like seeing Misty sad and he knew she was by her face. He wanted to make her happy so he turned around to talk to her and then noticed the Squirtle following them. "Misty you might want to turn around. That Squirtle is following us."
Misty turned around quickly, seeing the Squirtle she had battled there. She knew it was the same one from the glasses. " Do you want to come with me?" Misty asked and Squirtle took off his glasses to show tears in his eyes as he ran towards Misty. Misty got down on her knees and brought the Squirtle into a hug as he got close.
"Best way to capture a new friend." Ash murmured and Brock nodded as Misty took out a Poké Ball. Squirtle pushed the button to be captured.
AN: Okay, some of you might be mad at us for not giving Squrtile to Ash. We have a few reasons why we didn't. We had decided Ash would only catch a certain amount of Pokémon and if we had given him Squirtle, he would have had three water types, Shellder and another one he will catch in the future. We want him to have a diverse team so we decided to cut Squirtle. We then decided to give Squirtle to Misty because as a water Pokémon trainer she needs the water Pokémon and since she is taking on the League, Squirtle has a large move variety it can learn and good defenses. It made sense for Misty not only to want Squirtle but also to get him instead of Ash.
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Ash's Pokémon
Scyther (M): Vaccum Wave, Quick Attack, Leer, Focus Energy, Pursuit, False Swipe, Agility, Wing Attack, Slash, Razor wind Egg Move: Steel Wing (Locked).
Geodude (Peter) (M): Defense Curl, Tackle, Mud Sport, Rollout, Rock Throw, Magnitude+. Egg move- Hammer arm (unlocked)
Pikachu (M): Thunder Shock, Thunder Wave, Quick Attack, Thunderbolt, Iron Tail, Agility Egg Move: Volt Tackle (locked)
Shellder (F): Tackle, Withdraw, Icicle Shard, Razor Shell, Protect, Aurora Bean+ Egg Move: Water Gun (unlocked)
Nidoran (F): Leer, Peck, Focus Energy, Double Kick, Poison Sting, Drill Run+ No egg move.
Bulbasaur (M): Tackle, Growl, Vine Whip, Poison Powder, Sleep Powder, Take Down, Razor Leaf, Sweet Scent, Growth, Double Edge and Worry Seed. Egg move: Nature Power (semi-unlocked)
Charmander (M) : Growl, Scratch, Ember, Smokescreen, Flamethrower, Metal Claw+. Egg move: Dragon Rush (Locked)
Misty's Pokémon:
Staryu: Harden, Tackle, Water Gun, Rapid Spin, Recover, Bubble Beam, Gyro Ball, Camouflage+ No Egg Move
Seel (M): Headbutt, Growl, Water Sport, Icy Wind, Encore, Ice Shard, Ice Beam, Drill Run+ Egg Move: Signal Beam.
Goldeen (F): Peck, Tail Whip, Water Sport, Supersonic, Horn Attack, Egg Move: no egg move
Oddish (F): Absorb, Sweet Scent, Acid, Poison Powder, Stun Spore, Sleep Powder. Egg Move: Razor Leaf
Squirtle (M): Tackle, Tail Whip, Water Gun, Bubble. Egg move: Aqua Jet