Well here's another chapter guys!
Just for Mekkyaku I will mention the following: Jessie and James are pathetically weak in the beginning. Really, a Koffing and Ekans without using any smart tactics got beaten by a Machoke that trained under the children who made an encyclopedia for pokémon training. Yes, it was rushed… but they'll return. Ain't they Team Rocket? You'll hear more from them but I won't go crazy on it for every single chapter. No offense here though. I understand why you said so. I just couldn't be bothered with them as I find poachers and the likes far more challenging to write. Once they become more competent I'll see if I can add them again. Gotta keep a running gag somehow… Mmm…
P.S. This chapter soon 'nough for ya?
Also the question about Charizard. While this may be a spoiler: Yes, he will return. He will not return until a later region though. Johto is where Ash visits him and trains with him for a while but he will eventually join Ash. Why not earlier? 'Cause I want Charizard to be a beast like in the anime. Charific Valley allows such a thing to occur. It's like a Charizard Day-care for now.
This chapter involves… More pokémon capturing! More battling! More training! Aaaand finally, meeting a horrible father! Why am I doing the catching so early, one would ask? Simple: I want team bonding as soon as possible but sadly some pokémon can only be captured in later areas. Thus, Ash will only have 5 pokémon by the time he hits Cerulean City. What's the fifth one would ask? Ha! That's a secret. It's a pokémon many seem to forget but has awesome potential. It's also a pokémon that will force Ash to change his battle style of being simply agile and powerful. Right now he's far too focused on it. ( Pikachu Speed, Fletchinder Speed, Meowth Speed (after training of course), Fourth pokémon Speed ). I need him to have a rounder progress and so comes the fifth pokémon. Hinthint: It's a rock type!
Oh and who liked what I did with Meowth? While Ash has aura and can understand every pokémon, having a pokémon that can speak is also useful for other trainers in the future if he needs to hide his ability. Meowth have a lot of potential and this one in particular has some nice egg moves. I'm holding back on egg moves next couple of pokémon however as I've been giving Gary and Leaf some monsters.
Enjoy the chapter! I'd love to hear more from you guys and things to work on!
It had been quite a night but after a good night sleep the three Pallet Town Prodigies were up and let out all their pokémon in the training area of the Pokémon Center for today's training.
"What's up boss?" Meowth asked as he yawned. It seems he was still in the Rocket Activities if he hadn't woken up fully.
"We're starting your training… After a quick scan on what your abilities are. The pokédex can see what kind of abilities you have, what gender you are and what moves you have. Want to see?" Ash smiled at Meowth, who looked interested in knowing what he can do. He still has to train after all. He promised Ash!
"Sure! I'm game. What about the others?" Meowth asked as he looked behind him.
Pikachu seemed to be training his tail for something, Fletchinder was practicing his ember which actually came out as fireballs instead of small embers, Umbreon was practicing Feint Attack and disappeared every now and often, Wartortle seems to be practicing Icy Wind to evolve it into Ice Beam and Blizzard later on, Spearow was getting instructions by Gary until he was flying and started doing aerial maneuvers, Nidorina was training Bite for future Crunch training, Ivysaur was practicing Vine Whip for Power Whip and a Swablu which he hadn't seen before - Actually, Swablu was sleeping the entire time because she was tired and so didn't make an appearance before - was using Disarming Voice.
"Well, you can see for yourself. Pikachu is actually training for Iron Tail which you will learn after mastering all the moves you know now, Fletchinder is training Ember for Flamethrower and the rest is pretty obvious," Ash wasn't really going to explain the others their training.
Meowth nodded in agreement. Seeing all these pokémon train made him jealous. Why hadn't he done this before instead of just messing around and eating?
"I know I need a lot of work, but please take care of me," Meowth spoke seriously as he looked up at his new trainer. Ash simply smiled.
"We start off with special weights," Ash mentioned as he went through his bag. It was a small body suit that forced one to use his muscles to move around. "Get used to this first before we start. I'll scan you meanwhile."
Opening his pokédex he activated the scan function on Meowth. He went for details scan, not the basic one which also reveals basic information of the species.
Name: Meowth
Species: Meowth
Special traits: Walks on two feet, human speech
Estimated level by the dex system: 14
Gender: Male
Ability: Technician
Hidden ability: Unnerve - ( Locked )
Known moves: Scratch, Growl, Bite, Fake Out, Fury Swipes
Specially taught moves:
Egg move(s): Assist ( Locked ), Hypnosis ( Locked )
Hidden power type: Psychic
Ash whistled, completely impressed. "Psychic hidden power is nice for your fighting type weakness. Assist is amazing if I have a full party and you pull out a good move and Hypnosis is a nightmare for all your enemies. Actually, I believe Meowth can learn Nightmare too which is a good combo. Your moves are actually basic things you learn through instinct so we will master them first, alright?"
Meowth nodded as he was struggling with the new training gear. For training, he started to force himself to run. Ash smiled widely at that - Meowth took note of what to do best at the moment.
The three trainers got together as they started discussing future training.
"So Meowth has psychic abilities too huh? Hypnosis is very useful for capturing pokémon too. False Swipe and Hypnosis will weaken a pokémon for you to capture," Gary spoke up after seeing the scan and Ash agreed. Actually, Ash never revealed his scans of Pikachu and Fletchinder but neither did they reveal theirs.
Leaf decided to go first on her team. "Nidorina is practicing for Crunch. It's easier while she's still a Nidorina and Poison Fang can be learnt afterwards. Ivysaur is practicing for Power Whip. He wants to unlock his egg move. Finally, Swablu is practicing her moves to master them."
Ash nodded in agreement as he spoke of his own team next. "Pi is learning basics for Iron Tail as well as several movements to increase its power or decrease. It's just the question of learning to actually turn his tail into Iron and keep it that way until he's got it down. Falcon is practicing his ember which is nearly mastered. Afterwards comes Flamethrower and Steel Wing training. Meowth will first train his body, then his moves and then I'll start teaching him new moves. Actually, why isn't Swablu training her body?" Ash asked Leaf who shrugged in response.
"Swablu is pretty high spec for now. I decided to train her body later to make her learn fly like you did for Fletchinder. Mastering moves at the moment is more important for me because I need various advantages."
Gary chuckled, "So typical of you Leaf, but good choice." He then held his pokédex and started his own training schedule. "Umbreon is training for Feint Attack. He will be a gift from Arceus against Sabrina if she doesn't have a miracle eye psychic type or different moves from the usual psychic things. I'll let Umbreon take charge so she can't read my moves," Ash and Leaf had to agree that Sabrina could cheat very easily. "Next is Wartortle. I'm training his Icy Wind to boost his ice type move usage into Ice Beam and later on Blizzard. Spearow for now is learning aerial maneuvers to properly dodge and then I'll focus on his aerial ace. I've also given him special weights for his wings so he's actually slower than usual."
The three nodded before looking at their pokédex.
"Viridian Forest is where we'll go next. Ash wants to check if this Froakie is still around, I'm interested in capturing a water type and Gary will most likely just train or look for a unique bug type. I did hear Scyther can be around. Will we travel together or away from each other?" Leaf started the idea for Viridian.
"Away from each other," both boys spoke in unison as they nodded. "We need to learn to travel through forests on our own. We now each have a flying type so they can lead us to each other. Heck, Ash can fly on his Fletchinder already." Gary spoke with a grin. "Can't wait for Spearow and Swablu to evolve. We'll be able to fly around which is a great boon to our training and traveling time. While I like walking and doing it at my own pace as we got a year, flying around in case of emergencies and such are the best way to go."
Leaf giggled as she dreamed of a fluffy, heavenly Altaria. She definitely liked the idea of owning a dragon type too.
Ash just grinned as he knew out of experience that flying is awesome.
"So we have our plans set. Let's prepare the special growth food for our pokémon for today," Ash changed the topic so they can start making special food for their pokémon. They had to be delicious and good for their growth otherwise they'll never grow strong. Pokéchow is pretty much for during travels but when they're at a center or with each other they can cook for the pokémon.
"Man that training is rough! I feel great for some reason though," Meowth mumbled as he was hanging on Ash's other shoulder. Seeing how Meowth is used to walk around he hung on Ash's other shoulder with Pikachu next to him.
"I know. The training can be very hard and be happy you're not with Dragonite in the beginning. Nonetheless, you did well for your first day. The reason you feel great is because of the food they make and Nurse Joy restores you after training, making your body instantly adapt to the new things. It slowly gets harder and harder until Ash says you can master your moves. Don't worry, he knows what he's doing." Pikachu explained to Meowth, seeing as he's the 'leader' of Ash's team. Umbreon was currently doing the same to Spearow.
The group didn't take long to arrive at the forest entrance. They could hear screeching and shouting that was eerily familiar to that orange haired girl with the Gyarados but seeing how she messed up last time they were not going to bother.
"This reminds me.. Spearow, don't attack these guys," Ash looked at Spearow who nodded. Ash then whistled loudly as a loud cry of a bird pokémon could be heard and soon enough a Pidgeot flew towards them.
"Hello Pidgeot. How is your flock doing in Viridian Forest? Also, don't attack Spearow, he's part of Gary's team now." Ash mentioned it since Pidgeot was looking at the Spearow as if knowing him from somewhere. Ah, rival flocks.
"Everything is fine, Ash. We've been doing great ever since you taught us some moves. I see you've meet our rival flock," with that said Pidgeot fully turned to the Spearow and nodded in respect. "I've met with the Fearow and he mentioned you. We've made peace somewhat as we want to protect our respective territories. While we have tons of berries so we bring them some every now and then, they can bring us well… other kinds of food."
Spearow nodded in return, showing respect for the giant bird. He didn't know his trainer was familiar with his rival flock and he still wanted a Fearow. It made the Spearow happy inside.
"Great to hear that," Gary said after Ash translated everything. The Pidgeot had patience since he knew about Ash's gift. "Can you help us out though?"
Pidgeot blinked before tilting his head curiously. "What may I help you wish, Gary?" He spoke in curiosity. Ash translated it again before Gary smiled. "I am looking for a strong bug type pokémon. Maybe a Scyther? Ash is looking for that rumored Froakie to see if he's interested in joining his team and come with him on his journey while Leaf seems interested in a water type pokémon as well."
Pidgeot nodded slowly before deciding to speak about the situations. "There are a few swarms of Scyther around. I can bring you around to ask for a chance to get one. Leaf and Ash can go together since Frogadier, Froakie's evolved form, stays with the other water types. I must warn you though. The Scyther here are fiercer than in the Safari Zone and Frogadier doesn't like humans too much."
Ash translated it again and Gary nodded. It was a good idea to go with this so he happily returned Umbreon before letting Spearow fly next to Pidgeot and he went off with them. Soon after a Pidgeotto came down to guide Ash and Leaf.
"Well Leaf, we do have benefits from helping out pokémon close by huh?" Ash laughed softly as he looked around. There were lots of bug types and a few Beedrill were looking at them before going on their way. Ash was a familiar sight so they wouldn't attack him and his friends.
"Yes, who knew we had such benefits by helping them out?" Leaf smiled widely.
"What did you help them out with?" Pikachu and Nidorina asked at the same time so Ash decided to answer. "Well, you know our encyclopedia project. We started thinking hard about what moves Pidgeot can learn and the dex did indeed mention they reach mach speeds. Why can they only learn Quick Attack? We then found ways to make them able to use Extremespeed and in return got permission to stay here whenever with as much help as we'd like. Right, Pidgeotto?" Ash asked the flying-type pokémon who stayed close to them. The pokémon in question nodded.
"Wow. I didn't know dat you could get so much for bein' nice… then again, I couldn't be nice with those two guys," Meowth mumbled silently but Ash and Leaf could hear him. Ash was as kind as ever as he smiled at Meowth.
"Don't worry, Meowth. Your life will change with me as we become stronger. You may be the weakest in my team now but your versatile movepool makes you a beast to fight against in the future. Heck, Persian may learn some stronger moves but you are special by being able to stand on two feet. Maybe you can learn moves such as Mega Kick and Mega Punch now due to your special growth."
Meowth instantly perked up in interest. His trainer really was a good one so he grinned happily. "Thanks boss! I'll do my best."
Leaf smiled and pet the Meowth on his head. "Don't worry Meowth. Ash is one of the kindest guys there are. He also won't discard you for others. Actually, he can carry more than six pokémon so you'll be with him the entire journey. He made a promise to only capture 6 pokémon for a main team each region."
Meowth enjoyed the touch with a soft purr. "I see… Glad ta be with ya then, Ash. You ain't so bad compared to others… Actually, yer probably the better one."
Ash blushed in slight embarrassment before waving at a few Beedrill who nodded and went on their way to protect their hives.
"Ash, what will you do when you reach Johto though? We're going to the Orange Islands after Kanto," Pikachu mentioned the problem that he'll have. Yes, he can easily take care of 12 pokémon but above that is becoming harder.
Thinking about it, Ash smiled a bit. "Well, obviously new ones will stay with me. I will make space for six pokémon and depending on what pokémon I will capture in Johto, I will change the roster. Of course, I'll switch every now and then so you guys aren't forgotten. That is, until we learn a new way of feeding over 12 pokémon without taking ages to cook. Maybe a breeder can travel with me?"
Turning her head at the conversation, Leaf had to agree with Ash. A breeder to help you feed your pokémon as well as grow up in another part of pokémon care will be a great boon to a journey.
"We're here," Pidgeotto's voice reached their ears as well as attracting Leaf's attention. It was obvious why it made such a call.
In front of them was a large lake and they could see a few water types hanging around. Leaf smiled happily as she went ahead to decide who might be a good addition to her journey whereas Ash was looking around and saw something that made his blood boil.
"Pi. Meowth. We're going to battle a trainer. Someone is using all of his pokémon on that Frogadier, that's just plain bullying and forcing someone to join. No respect for the pokémon." Ash frowned in disgust as he saw that chubby trainer thinking he can get that Frogadier in such a cheap way.
Facing Frogadier was a Raichu, Charmeleon and a Beedrill.
Ash joined the battle soon after on Frogadier's side which made the opposite trainer growl angrily.
"Pikachu! Thunderbolt on that Beedrill, Meowth use Fake Out on Charmeleon. Frogadier, I know you're tired but use Water Pulse on Charmeleon while it's flinching."
Ash took instant command over the battle and it turned tides like a massive tsunami overcame the earlier battle. Instantly, Beedrill was knocked out with a powerful thunderbolt and Meowth's fake out made Charmeleon flinch. A Water Pulse in the face made him go down for the count as well.
"Now, who do you think you are, scum? Teaming on a wild pokémon is plain abuse like that as well as not respecting the wild pokémon." Ash growled angrily as his maroon eyes began to glow an eerie red.
The opposite trainer, a chubby boy around the age of fifteen began to say words that would make a sailor proud. "You shut up brat! That rare thing is mine! Raichu, use thunder!"
Pikachu laughed at the effort Raichu needed to use thunder before absorbing it with his Lightningrod ability. "Pikachu, return the favor with a thunderbolt. Both pokémon and trainer. Send them flying."
Let it be known that you do not simply piss off Ash and get away with it.
A large thunderbolt, far larger than Raichu's thunder, raced at the opponents which immediately fell unconscious… and a large explosion followed with sending them all flying off in a group.
"Hmph. Weak trainer thinks he can just capture wild pokémon like that, disgusting." Ash spit on the dirt as he walked to Frogadier. It seemed to be on high alert with Ash around but Ash just shrugged.
"I did come here to capture you," Ash said and had to dodge a water pulse aimed for his head, "but I'm not interested in doing it when you're weak."
Now that interested Frogadier. This trainer had some honor it seemed and while Frogadier disliked humans because of them trying to capture it all the time, it wouldn't mind giving a chance if they actually asked. Well, maybe give a chance, he had to think about it.
"Sit still for a bit," Ash put a hand on top of Frogadier's head before a light purple pulse surrounded him a few times. Wounds began to heal and soon enough the Frogadier stared at Ash in amazement.
"What did you do?" He asked in a cautious voice. Why was he feeling better?
Ash shocked him again by simply replying, "I healed you with my Aura. Some heal pulse rip-off as my friend calls it," he chuckled.
"You… can heal pokémon and can talk to them. You sure you're not a pokémon?" Frogadier asked this time in awe.
Meowth laughed with Pikachu at seeing the water type pokémon so amazed. "He's just Ash," Pikachu said.
"Ya know, Frogadier, Ash is a pretty nice guy. Saved me from some guys called Team Rocket. You might wanna consider joining him," Meowth tried convincing but it wouldn't have too much effect. Ash just smiled and pet Meowth's head. "Frogadier can decide. I don't want to force pokémon in my team, that's just going to have a negative effect on their training."
Frogadier perked up, "Training?" He asked in curiosity.
"This kid here has special training menus for all kinds of pokémon. He even made some special tool which shows the best ways to teach pokémon moves and what kinda food they need," Meowth said as he recalled the encyclopedia that Ash showed him before to show him his future moves.
Frogadier had to sit down for a bit. "Interesting… Can you give me time to decide? You actually asked so I'm more interested in joining you than others."
Ash smiled happily at Frogadier as he sat down next to him. "Well we can watch Leaf try to capture a new pokémon… It seems she's battling a…" Ash had to blink a few times before narrowing his eyes. "A freakin' Quagsire. They're good in battle with their slippery body… Pretty rare here. Are there lots of them around?" Ash asked the water type next to him.
Frogadier shook his head, "Quagsire and a Krabby are the only ones pretty rare here outside of me. At least, that's what I heard some people say."
Ash nodded as he thought about it. Now he wondered how Gary's trip was going.
"Geot! Pi, pid!" Pidgeot was speaking to a swarm of Scyther that had been training hard on learning Slash. They learned Cut just a week ago so they were training for the next, stronger move.
"Scyy. Scyther. Scy." A Scyther nodded. This one was pretty young and seemed to be more inexperienced than the others but the Scyther had a much larger curiosity of the world than the others. That's why this one was interested.
Gary, who was standing back, looked at the young Scyther. "You wish to battle me, to give me a chance to capture you?" He asked just to be sure. He didn't have Ash with him so he had to ask to be certain. Seeing a nod in return made Gary smile and he held out his hand.
"I see. I wish you luck in the battle. My name is Gary Oak," He introduced himself before the battle. Always nice to have a 'duel' so to say. His reply was Scyther doing the same.
"Let's start off then. Spearow, Umbreon stay on the side. Spearow, look closely at how I'll battle with Wartortle and switch between moves smoothly. That's what I'll expect from you later, okay?"
Spearow nodded with an interested look. Hopping down, Spearow carefully remained on top of Umbreon who didn't mind as they were going to watch the battle.
Several Scyther were interested as well so they began to form a line. They did give them space for the battle. The boy was going to teach his pokémon with this battle so they might be able to see some good stuff.
"Then let's begin. Wartortle, I choose you!" Wartortle came out with a roar, landing in a crouch and confidently smiling. This was going to be a good battle. "War, wartortle!" He spoke which was returned by the Scyther who smiled as well.
"Let's have a good match."
With that it started. Scyther moved in with its superior speed but before the Scyther could use Cut on Wartortle, the pokémon jumped up in the sky and forced his body to spin at a high speed. This was what Wartortle did to deflect moves against Spearow. Spearow silently took note that he did this as a means to prevent another move.
Scyther, seeing that this might be tough to slash again, jumped backwards. However, Wartortle during his spin began to use his water gun turning it into a combination move as he flew towards the Scyther. Both water gun and rapid spin hit the Scyther head on but the bug type stood strong. He did admire the tactic though. Wartortle soon popped out and turned to Scyther, ready for the next move.
Scyther around them also noted that Gary didn't mention a thing. This Wartortle seemed to be trained to move independently as well.
However, his opponent won't go down easily! Scyther began to rush around the Wartortle and speeding up. Gary instantly noted this as Agility so he did the best thing he could.
"Icy wind on the ground," he ordered to change the battlefield. Wartortle listened intently to that order as he thought on what to do. Firing a breath of ice and snow, the field slowly turned into an ice field.
Scyther, who was previously using agility had to stop and began to slide forward.
"Water Gun!" and Scyther was promptly hit in the face with a powerful water gun.
Scyther in turn grunted and began to use his Vaccuum Wave moves, cutting air and sending vaccuum strikes at the Wartortle. This, in turn, couldn't be dodged because Wartortle didn't have time to do so after a water gun. A loud cry of pain was heard, proving Scyther to hold quite a bit of power.
"Wartortle, Aura Sphere. Fire two rapidly." Wartortle grunted as he stood firm again. This little damage was nothing compared to Dragonite's Tail Whip! A result was two orbs of Aura flying at the Scyther but it seems that Scyther wouldn't go down easily.
Two slashes with Cut and the aura sphere was turned into half before dissolving. Scyther took that as a chance as he used Quick Attack and Pursuit in rapid succession.
"Wartortle, Iron Defense and take it. Use bite after catching the move." Wartortle grunted as he turned metallic before taking Scyther's pursuit head on. Then, he stretched his head and bit into Scyther's arm and threw him away.
"Icy Wind!" The last attack needed to down a Scyther. A times four effective Icy Wind hit it straight on and it was slammed into a nearby tree.
"Great battle, Wartortle." Gary said with a grin as he walked to his partner who cheered happily and was promptly healed by his trainer. That's when he turned to the Scyther who already began coming by.
"So, did I prove myself?" Gary asked the young Scyther. It stared at the Wartortle with respect before looking at Gary with a resolute nod. He definitely wanted to join this boy on his journey if that's what made this Wartortle so strong.
Gary smiled happily as he pulled out his blue cherish ball. He caught his fourth pokémon which he soon called out and began to use heal pulse on.
"Did you see what happened, Spearow? We took advantage of the field, combined moves, followed up after moves. These kind of things are what I do compared to other trainers who simply try to overpower and endure. Of course, Wartortle knows Protect but it's not perfected yet. This is what I will train you for, okay?" Gary explained it calmly to his third pokémon, which indirectly was the same for Scyther.
Both pokémon nodded and Gary showed a small smile and turned to the swarm of Scyther who cheered for the great battle and insightful lesson.
"Thank you for giving me a chance. I wish you Scyther luck and be careful when going alone. These forests have a few trainers that return from Pewter City and that city has a lot of rock types. They're pretty much your natural enemy," Gary warned them with kindness in his voice. The Scyther nodded as they began their training again this time with far more vigor.
"Pidgeot, you can take care of your flock. I'll let Spearow guide me to Ash for his training, okay?" Gary told the large Pidgeot, which also watched the match with interest, to go ahead to his flock and mate.
Pidgeot nodded with a cheerful expression before flying up and going home.
"Let's go find the others, shall we?" Gary asked his pokémon which were out of their pokéball. He didn't return them so they could bond with each other and tell Scyther about their trainer and his friends.
As they were doing so a loud explosion was heard nearby which startled many pokémon. The reason behind it? Ah, Team Rocket.
"Congratulations on capturing the Quagsire, Leaf," Ash complimented his best friend who happily cheered with her Ivysaur. Quagsire was already healed and just smiled at the sight of such a trainer. She liked her new trainer, friend and family.
Frogadier was watching the battle and the capture with intense eyes the entire time. Leaf used very tactical moves and made complicated orders when needed to. She didn't even need to worry when an attack hit because she trusted her pokémon.
Ivysaur proved to be a real fighter for his trainer. Frogadier could definitely admire that. He was about to ask Ash for a battle until…
KABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
A loud explosion went off near them shocking all pokémon and making them run away. Above the forest was a large meowth themed hot air balloon and it seems that two humans were in it. It seems they dropped a bomb nearby.
"What the… They might have hurt pokémon! Falcon, use Ember and blast them away!"
Falcon nodded with all too much eager at those foolish humans who dared to do such a thing. Firing large blasts of fireballs instead of simple embers, the fire type awaited what would happen.
It seems that they were smarter than before as Jessie and James jumped down by using a rope before the attack hit… and started their horrible, horrible theme song.
"... Was it always dat bad?" Meowth mumbled as he stared at the two Team Rocket members.
Jessie instantly took charge as she called out her Ekans. "Grab that Frogadier! The boss will love it as a souvenir!" To be honest, she bit off more than she can chew as the Frogadier in question gave the Ekans a nice meal in the form of a Water Pulse.
"Come out Koffing! Use Poison Gas on all of them!" James took the lead now as he was hoping to get this done as soon as possible. Jessie was getting way too annoying and he hoped to get away from her as soon as possible… or at least that she shut her mouth.
"Meowth, watch closely. I'll take the lead now," Ash whispered to the Meowth as he walked up front. In front of him jumped Pikachu.
"Quick Attack. Follow it with Tail Whip and if you can manage; Iron Tail." Ash ordered as the Pikachu held his breath and ran into the poison gas. A small light could be seen before the cry of a Koffing was heard.
"Falcon, use gust to blast this gas away," Ash was calm and collected the entire time but on the inside, he was pretty angry… Team Rocket got on his nerves. He does not like it when they do that.
"Pikachu, use thunderbolt on Koffing and Ekans when you're done. Falcon, use Ember to help him out." Both pokémon nodded and fired their respective attacks which simply knocked out both pokémon.
"Hmph! Meowth, grab that boy's pokéballs and come over here! Enough acting already!" Jessie screeched in anger as she lost again. Meowth though, stayed still with an empty look on his face… Why would he listen to Jessie? Ash was his trainer.
Meowth wouldn't let his trainer feel loss because of some arrogant girl… It's time he moved in himself and showed her a piece of his mind.
With the training of this morning, Meowth already gained quite a bit of muscle and speed. He didn't know how much, but it was obvious that he was much faster now. He used Fake Out on Jessie which made her flinch and get dizzy before using a very mean scratch in her face. That Scratch soon turned into Fury Swipes as he remembered the times Jessie hit him.
Without any regrets and leaving her bleed like that, Meowth twisted his body in air and slapped her straight in the face with a Tail Whip similarly to what he had seen Pikachu do. This promptly knocked out Jessie. After that, he jumped back and growled at James.
"I ain't gon' hurt ya James, but get her away. I got caught by Ash an' he's my trainer now. I quit Team Rocket," Meowth spoke in barely hidden anger at Jessie. James could only nod. "Meowth… I wish you happiness with that boy. I hope things will be good for you now." James spoke with a smile to his friend.
Meowth flinched before looking at James. "You should try to get yer friend Growlie back… Break in your house, open that dog house 'n get out. Your parents summer house has a Carnivine too rite? Why don't ya take them, quit Team Rocket, turn yourself in ta a Professor and explain why."
James looked down as he bit his lip… He couldn't deny that it was a good idea. "I'll see what I can do. If I get it right, can I at least have your number for contact? I swear I won't tell anyone." James promised as he bowed as low as possible.
Ash let out a small sigh as he looked at James. "It's fine… Just use my trainer ID to contact me on my Xtransceiver. It's 1300291 - ASH." He looked at James before his eyes turned cold and began to glow. "I hope you will not break that promise. I might just contact Dragonite and go with Oak and Lance and start an attack on Team Rocket. We already know where your base is, even without Meowth saying it. The only reason Team Rocket is still around is because of those admins of yours that will most likely be even worse than Giovanni."
Yes, Ash knew all too well who was the leader. Sadly, Giovanni's Rocket Admins were far, far worse than him. He spent days with Lance once and discussed some things with pokémon they captured from Team Rocket to get details out of them. Lance was obviously angered but was thankful of Ash and told him that if he wanted to in the future, he could receive a dragon pokémon from him. Ash refused that however saying that he wasn't ready to train a dragon pokémon.
James nodded a few times as he added Ash to his own Xtransceiver, hidden from everyone else as he had proper equipment with him. He then turned to Meowth with a teary smile. "If I get away, I hope I can come with you again Meowth. You were always fun," James said in a sad voice but Ash perked up somewhat and showed a smile. James was honest so he might extend a branch to help him.
"If you get away, I intend to start Johto in one and a half year. First Kanto, then Orange Islands. I don't know about who may travel with me but you can join up then. It also gives you time to get away from the Rockets. Giovanni won't care about a grunt quitting anyway."
James couldn't help but shed a tear at the kindness of that boy. He was at least 4 years older but Ash showed a maturity that even he didn't have. Nodding and turning around with a grin he spoke up, "Then you better train hard 'cause if I do get out, I'll train hard to catch up. You'll hear from me in the future… C'mon, Jessie." He grunted as he picked up a bleeding Jessie who's face will most likely receive a nice pair of scars…
Meowth let out a tired sigh. "Didn't know that James was dat kinda guy. I kinda like him like this." Meowth admitted it without shame as James was the one that often shared food with him. Jessie was greedy and never shared after all.
"I'm sure you'll meet him again Meowth, don't worry.. Now, Frogadier, you were saying?" Ash asked as he turned to the water type that patiently waited. Pikachu had long since returned to Ash's side and Falcon flew down next to him.
In Frogadier's eyes, Ash proved himself to be a good guy. A worthy trainer and above all, a boy that can deliver honest punishments on evil despite having a kind heart.
"I wanted to say that I'll give it a try. If you win, I want to join you. If you lose… Well, we'll see. Impress me. Show me that you want me to join you. Show me your skill as a trainer and show me what you have done with your pokémon to make them stronger." Frogadier turned passionate as his red eyes grew a fire that many hadn't seen so far.
Heck, Quagsire was confirming if this was the same Frogadier that can be considered a loner.
"You're on. Falcon, you can take this one even if Pikachu has the advantage!" Ash challenged with a grin. He'd prove that Frogadier he was worthy by battling with a disadvantage. Though Falcon has the royal cheat code in him, he didn't have many moves to use against the Water-type.
The bomb luckily didn't cause a forest fire because an angry Suicune ( obviously because of the bomb ) was inside of the forest, watching who Lady Ho-oh showed interest to. It was also because Ash didn't see smoke that he didn't act.
"Let's get this show started. Falcon, sunny day!" Ash would take away most of the water type damage as he knew that most pokémon didn't learn dances so early.
The Fletchinder easily began to glow and the sun began shining harder than usual. It also turned up the heat which the fire type liked and it instantly began to use moves on its own. First came a large wave of wind that followed the pokémon; Tailwind. Second came Agility to boost its speed.
Fletchinder, who already was fast on its own, turned into a speed monster just like that.
Frogadier wouldn't go down easily though. Despite the heat, Frogadier used bubble to surround itself from any possible attack and began to plan for some tactics… which was promptly crushed when a large fireball was sent flying to him. Bubbles erupted and made the attack useless. Steam rose up and denied anyone from seeing within.
"Oh, not bad. Planning inside of a bubble like that, as well as creating steam…" He could see a shadow running around like a true ninja. It jumped trees at such a fast speed Ash nearly doubted his eyes but he wouldn't lose so easily. "Falcon! To your right, Tackle!" Tackle had more power than Quick Attack.
Both Frogadier's acrobatics attack and Falcon's Tackle collided, sending both pokémon flying. They were only equal because Falcon had his royal species gene. If he wasn't, he'd be the one sent back.
"Ember and surround it! Follow up with a spinning Quick Attack!"
Fireballs were sent around the Frogadier to prevent it from escaping easily. This can either be done by jumping up or going forward… and both were in Falcon's reach.
A white ray of light could only be seen as it began to spin nearly like a twister and hit the Frogadier straight on showing humongous power as it blasted the pokémon onto the lake. Frogadier however, didn't give up as his Torrent woke up.
Glowing blue, the Frogadier began to hold a Water Pulse in between his paws. Ash saw that and began to think up ways before it hit him.
"Spinning quick attack. Combine with Double Team!"
He was lucky that he said Double Team because Frogadier held a big… big water pulse. Very big. Something he did not want Falcon to get hit by easily. Bless you, Sunny Day. Bless you, Ho-oh.
The twister-like attack of Falcon multiplied and began to move in different directions. Frogadier however, wasn't stupid. He knew that one of them had to touch him to end the battle. He was hurt and definitely didn't mind joining Ash's team after seeing that spinning idea. It can be combined with his own Aqua Jet move that he created, but he couldn't use that move to get out now.
Holding the water pulse similarly to how Goku would hold a spirit ball the Frogadier jumped up. All the spinning attacks turned up to him and the giant water pulse was sent flying down. Both attacks collided. One was an orb of compressed water that moved around heavily and the other can be considered a drill.
Both attacks stood firm, grinding against each other. Nearby pokémon had started to sweat simply because of excitement at seeing such a battle going on… when the Water Pulse was sent flying upwards with the spinning attack.
Ah yes, physics. Such a good thing that Falcon picked up so many speed boosts. Frogadier can't match it in power by throwing it like that and so the very water pulse that, by the way also heavily damaged the Fletchinder, was sent downwards came up and blasted straight into Frogadier who was promptly knocked out.
The orb eventually exploded in the air and acted like rain, dousing all flames that came from Fletchinder's ember. The bird in question flew up and stopped twisting, creating a shining effect with the water. While wounded it was definitely happy with the battle and they could see the excitement in its eyes.
"Great job Fal! Now, without hesitation, go cherish ball!" Ash threw his red cherish ball towards the Frogadier who was knocked out. Falcon soon flew down to be healed and Ash and his pokémon were cheering happily at the new capture.
Heck, even Leaf was amazed at the last move… and Suicune, in the forest, hid a smile. A great battle so early in, it proved strength and skill. That Frogadier is after all, far more experienced than the rest of Ash's pokémon.
Ash quickly healed his Fletchinder and let out Frogadier whom he healed too.
"Great battle you two! I can't be more proud!" Ash cheered as Meowth and Pikachu were doing a dance together, obviously satisfied with the outcome.
Leaf giggled at the sight of such a childish boy. It really reminded her that they were children despite all of this going on.
"Guys, you okay? I saw that awesome battle just now but what was that explosion?!" Gary came rushing in with his pokémon, which the two trainers noted now had a Scyther, and met up with the other two.
"Ah, it was just Team Rocket. They wanted Frogadier I suppose."
Leaf shrugged. She didn't even battle them and didn't need to, she was still far stronger as a trainer than the two from before. James however had some talent in him whereas Jessie expects an Ekans to win against well trained pokémon.
A boy with a katana in the distance could only stare. He wanted to go and challenge them, prove his worth and show that he was better than the ones in Pallet Town like he did to two of the three trainers from before but… They were out of the range he can beat. Far out of it.
He silently promised himself to train harder with his pokémon. Maybe he should start training his Metapod and evolve it… Maybe he should start teaching Pinsir new moves. Perhaps branch out and travel.
"Let's go though. I don't want to stay here longer than needed. We can train better in Pewter City than here," Ash led the group as he kept his team out of their pokéball. Why wouldn't he? They weren't a Tyranitar so nobody can complain.
They soon arrived in Pewter City with tired breaths. The group of three had returned their pokémon after a while and complained to Ash he shouldn't have used such a strong Sunny Day because it definitely remained for a while.
Some bugs in the forest were very happy with it though.
Plopping down on some rock, Ash let out a tired sigh. For some reason however, he felt something in this rock resonate with him… and he was curious as he looked at it. He could feel something but he wouldn't mention it so early.
"Finally here… Man, a few trainers were being a pain too. Meowth got some nice experience though. Even Pikachu is too tired to get out of the pokéball."
Gary laughed mirthlessly as he opened his flask and gulped down some of his water. "That hits the spot. Want some Leaf, Ash?"
Both nodded and took a sip. What? Indirect kisses were something that Japan complained about.
Now relaxed and seated, they could enjoy their rest.
"Hooo… Someone came from the forest like that. That's new. However, you three are sitting on my merchandise." A tall, dark skinned man told them as he folded his arms.
His face looked so fake though. Oh-so-fake.
Ash didn't bother mentioning it as he let out a sigh. "Well, we're tired.. If you want to complain, I'll buy this rock I'm sitting on. I like it enough to do so."
The man instantly gained a gleam in his eyes. This boy noticed eh? This boy noticed it very well… Flint could admire that. He smirked and let it go for cheap. "600."
Ash let out a yawn but paid 800. He wouldn't mind paying just a bit more. "Here's 800 for it. Just let us rest a bit and can you crack it open? I know you know," Ash smiled playfully.
Flint chuckled with mirth as he released a Rhydon. The Rhydon looked around before seeing the boy and the rock. It instantly looked at Ash. "You figured it out, trainer?"
"Yeah, I figured it out. I felt some kinda connection, doesn't happen to ordinary rocks."
The Rhydon blinked a few times before shrugging it off. It's not the first time he had someone understand him in his long years of living. His hand began to glow before he used Brick Break on the rock and out of it came a fossil. This fossil was picked up by Ash and he put it in his backpack.
"Thanks for the purchase young man. If you three want, I'll bring you to the pokémon center. Come out, Rhyhorn." Flint called out two Rhyhorn that were often used for races in Pewter City and the children smiled before walking up to them and giving their horn a soft pet.
Flint almost, almost wanted to complain about it being unfair but remained silent.
"Let's go then, I'm exhausted." Ash complained as he jumped on top of Rhyhorn who took the weight like it's nothing. The rest followed up.
The group finally arrived in Pewter City. What adventure will they find here this time? Next time they will go on separate ways from each other but a promise will tie them together thicker than fate itself.
We have arrived in Pewter City! Welcome all to the latest chapter. How did you like this chapter? I tried not rushing Team Rocket 'cause Mekkyaku mentioned I did. Here they return, show some skill and Meowth got vengeance (Never liked Jessie, never will).
I wonder who picked up some parts? Suicune was one of them. The three are now blessed by Ho-oh and thus the hounds are interested to watch them. Many legendaries can feel it too and will be slightly more positive to them.
Here, I show a move 'Spinning Quick Attack'. This is basically like Kiba from Naruto's Fang over Fang. I found it appropriate for a move that a flying type pokémon can learn.
I also mentioned Frogadier knowing Aqua Jet. Yes, some pokémon will learn moves they normally can't. Any complaints of it in the anime? Nawh. Garchomp can fly in it. Aqua Jet fits Frogadier / Greninja though. I won't BS with them knowing moves they absolutely can't but some minor ones can be taught.
I mean, Extremespeed is something a Pikachu has now. Nobody can complain about a Pidgeot knowing it… Right?
Hope you guys liked this chapter! I'm tryin' my best for ya! Review, follow, favorite. I don't mind. Give me your honest opinions!