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Kanto Arc
Chapter 7 Damian and Charmander
Here it is everyone I've been really looking forward to writing this part in the story the first half will mainly cover Damian and Charmander on their journey the second half will kick off where the last chapter left off enjoy!
Let's go back in time to about 3 months when Damian received Charmander from Professor Oak as Damian is walking through route 1, he sees a Spearow and wants to catch it.
"Charmander, I choose you!" Damian says as he throws the Pokeball and out comes the fire lizard ready to battle with the Spearow getting into a battle stance as well.
"Use Growl!" Damian calls as Charmander let's out a loud growl that scares Spearow greatly lowering its attack.
"Now use Scratch!" Damian calls as Charmander quickly dashes at Spearow and successfully scratching the bird, Spearow groans in pain but isn't ready to go down yet it flies up to land a peck, but Charmander dodges the attack.
"Now Ember!" Damian yells as Charmander shoots out small fire at Spearow greatly weaking the Pokemon.
"Go Pokeball!" Damian yells as he throws the ball it hits Spearow the ball shakes a few times but dings confirming that Damian caught it.
"Good job Charmander we got our first Pokemon lets keep going just like this" Damian says as he pets the fire lizard on the head with Charmander giving a smile. After that Damian and Charmander continued to successfully catch more Pokemon before reaching Viridian city.
Once he reaches the city, he goes to the Viridian City gym. The guards standing outside let him in as Damian enters, he sees a tall man with green hair waiting for him.
"Hello Proton sir" Damian says with Proton greeting the boy.
"Hello Damian, were you able to receive a Pokemon and a Pokedex from Professor Oak as planned?" Proton asks
"Yes sir" Damian says as he brings out Charmander and hands Proton his Pokedex, Charmander sees Proton and looks around at its surroundings getting scared there's something about this place it doesn't like.
"It's okay Charmander this man right here is Proton he's my sponsor he's been preparing me to start my journey he an executive in a group called Team Rocket they are trying to be the strongest organization out there" Damian says to try and ease Charmander's worry's Charmander nods but is still terrified.
"Here Damian I've messed around with the Pokedex a little so that the Pokemon you catch will be transferred here and not go to that old man Oak" Proton says as he hands the boy his Pokedex back with a smile the man bends down and looks at Charmander giving the fire lizard a smile.
"Hello there Charmander, you look strong I hope you one day evolve into a strong Charizard one day and help our organization" Proton says with a smile with Charmander still scared and not believing at word this man is saying.
"Anyway, Damian I see that you've captured a Spearow, Pidgey, Rattata, Weedle and a Poilwag quite impressive since you've only been a trainer for a day" Proton says with Damian smiling
"Thank you, sir I'll make, sure to capture and train more Pokemon for the organization, challenge the gyms and win the Pokemon league" Damian says happily with Proton nodding his head in approval
"That's a good attitude to have Damian I'll be sure to report back to the boss call me when you have the Pewter City gym badge" Proton says with Damian nodding he returns Charmander and quickly heads out of the gym.
"Are you sure that kid has potential to be a great asset to our organization?" Archer asks walking next to Proton
"He better be I didn't waste 5 years of my life training that brat" Proton responds, "Ever since I met that kid, I've felt a very evil feeling from him" Proton says with a smirk with Archer nodding and walking away.
"Meanwhile Damian has been catching Pokemon and battling trainers the one that's been giving him the most trouble currently is a boy named Samurai and his Pinsir.
"Char" Charmander cries out in pain as Pinsir knocks it away with Damian worried that he might lose "Charmander is a fire type it shouldn't be having this much trouble with a bug so why?" Damian thinks to himself as Samurai calls for his next move.
"Pinsir finish this with X scissor!" Samurai calls as the big bug Pokemon charges forward aiming its large Pinsir's at Charmander.
"Come on Charmander you better win this battle if you know what's good for you!" Damian yells in anger causing both Samurai and Pinsir to look at the boy wondering if they heard him right, but that gave Charmander enough time to get up to dodge Pinsir's attack and leap into the air.
"Now use Fire Punch!" Damian calls as Charmander fist glows with fire and punches Pinsir in the ground defeating it.
"We won Charmander good job" Damian says as he pets the fire lizard Samurai then walks up to the boy.
"Congrats on besting me in battle you are indeed a strong trainer I have one question, what did you mean when you told Charmander if you know what's good for you?" Samurai asks in a serious tone as Damian scoffs.
"Oh, please like you need to know you lost get out of my sight" Damian responds as he returns Charmander and walks away from Samurai.
"What a strange kid" Samurai says to himself.
We flash forward to Damian's gym battle with Brock Damian has two Pokemon left with Brock only having his Onix left
"Charmander end this battle with Metal claw!" Damian yells as the tired Charmander leaps into the air to try and hit the tired Onix
"Use Iron Tail!" Brock commands as Onix lifts its tail high in the air smacking Charmander hard in the head knocking the fire lizard on the ground in pain.
"Get up Charmander that attack was nothing get up!" Damian yells as the fire lizard tries its best to stand but it can't it lays limp on the ground the ref makes his call
"Charmander is unable to battle Onix is the winner" The ref calls as Damian returns Charmander to its Pokeball he looks at it "After all that training, we did to master Metal Claw and come up with a plan to take out Onix How could you lose?!" Damian thinks to himself as he sends out his next Pokemon to finish off Onix.
After the battle is over Brock walks over to Damian to hand him the badge.
"That was a good battle your Charmander really gave my Onix a run for its money hahaha" Brock says with a chuckle.
"Thank you but to me it was a terrible performance Charmander should've won" Damian says in a sad/angry tone
"Hey, don't beat yourself up over it Charmander fought hard and was close to winning that should be good enough and besides you still won the battle anyway" Brock says
"WILL IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH CHARMANDER SHOULD'VE WON!" Damian yells as he storms out the gym, Brock wants to go after him but figures its best for Damian to deal with his feelings himself.
Damian is now in the Pokemon Center letting Nurse Joy heal his Pokemon as he's waiting, he heads out of the Center and goes to a place where no people can see him, he pulls out a device dials a number. It rings 3 times until it stops, and Proton shows up on the screen looking happy that Damian called him.
"Hello Damian, did you beat the gym?" Proton asks
"Yes sir" Damian says as he shows the badge to Proton, Proton is pleased to see that Damian has a badge but notices Damian's sad expression.
"What's wrong? you won the badge you should be happy" Proton asks with Damian responding
"It's Charmander sir we trained really hard to beat the gym leaders Onix and came up with a fool proof plan to win but in the end Charmander lost and I had to use my Poilwirl to win the battle" Damian says
"I see will I don't think you should be bummed out about its only one lost it'll only make you and Charmander stronger" Proton says trying to encourage the boy.
"You really think so? But don't we need Charmander to evolve into a strong Charizard to defeat the Bosses sworn enemy Red?" Damian asks
"Your right we do need Charmander for that purpose, but you two are still growing I've lost many battles before, but I still keep going and each experience makes me stronger" Proton says
"I see thank you Proton sir I'll update you when I win the Cerulean gym badge" Damian says with Proton nodding but Proton says one more thing.
"I'll tell you this once Damian if Charmander starts to lose more and more battles you should consider getting rid of it and we'll provide you with another fire type that's stronger instead Team Rocket has no use for weak Pokemon" Proton says in a serious voice with Damian nodding they then end the call.
Damian then walks back into the Pokemon Center to grab his Pokemon replaying Proton's words in his head as he looks at Charmander's Pokeball he shakes his head.
"I'll keep training and make sure Charmander doesn't lose again" Damian says as he walks out of the Pokemon Center and heads to the direction of Mt. Moon
During his travel to Mt. Moon, he's battled many trainers and Pokemon with Charmander and won making Damian think that Charmander losing to Brock was a fluke Damian is able to pass through Mt. Moon catching most of the Pokemon he sees in there he even caught a powerful Onix that Charmander was able to beat redeeming itself from losing against Brocks Onix.
Damian finally exits the mountain and is now on his way to Cerulean City, but he sees a car quickly drive pass him it stops on next to the sign, Damian sees a boy around his age with brown spikey hair writing something on the sign Damian gets excited as he knows this is champion Blues son, he calls to the boy.
"Hey, you're the son of Champion Blue, right?! Let's have a battle" Damian says. Gary looks at the boy and smiles he gets out of the car the cheerleaders want to cheer him on, but he tells them to save their cheers for his next gym battle Gary looks at the boy.
"Say would you happen to be the Damian kid my grandpa and sister told me that you received a Charmander from them even though you weren't on the list of trainers to receive a starter that day, I've also heard from my grandpa that he hasn't heard back from you after you left and lost the signal to your Pokedex I find that weird" Gary says
"Does it really matter come one let's battle I'll show you that I'm superior to you" Damian says with a confident look, Gary smiles
"Alright I don't really care what you've been doing so far on your journey anyway let's make this battl I'm in a hurry to get my next badge" Gary says with a smirk
"Hmph that's fine by me I'm also in a hurry to get my next badge as wel works for me too" Damian says as he throws Charmanders Pokeball and the fire lizard comes out ready to battle.
"So that's the Charmander you received from my grandpa and sister it looks pretty strong, but I doubt it can beat my Warturtle!" Gary says as he throws the Pokeball and out comes Warturtle its bigger than Squirtle and its tail is fluffy this surprises Damian.
"Wait you couldn't have been on your journey for more than a week how did your starter evolve so fast?!" Damian asks Gary looks at him confused, he shrugs and answers
"Well, it was already pretty strong as a Squirtle I guess before I received it from my grandpa it must've trained a lot at my grandpa's lab to the point when I got it, it was ready to evolve" Gary responds as Damian looks at Charmander
"Did Charmander really not train before I got it, its dream is to become the strongest Charizard right?!" Damian thinks to himself, as Gary speaks
"So, are you going to make the first move, or will I?" Gary asks
"I'll go first Charmander use smokescreen!" Damian commands as Gary looks at the black smoke covering the area
"Interesting blow that smoke away with Rapid Spin!" Gary commands as Warturtle spins and quickly gets rid of smokescreen
"Use Thunder Punch!" Damian call's as Charmander quickly runs towards Warturtle with its fist glowing with electricity
"Use Protect" Gary calls as Warturtle summons a protective barrier blocking the thunder punch
"Burn it with Wilo Whisp!" Damian calls as Charmander shoots out purple fire on Warturtle the attack connects and Warturtle is now burned.
"Now use Thunder Punch again" Damian calls as Charmander leaps into the air its charging up its fist again.
"Use refresh, dodge then use Rain Dance" Gary commands as Warturtle glows in a healing aura getting rid of the burn it dodges Charmander's Thunder Punch and begins to summon the rain
"Charmander use Flamethrower!" Damian calls as Charmander fires out a hot stream of fire (at this point in time Charmander can only use Flamethrower once), Gary signs in disappointment.
"Warturtle please end this battle with Water Gun" Gary says as Warturtle nods it fires the Water gun its bigger than a normal one because of the Rain boosting the attack it easily destroys Charmander's Flamethrower it hits the fire lizard, Charmander flies pass Damian hitting a wall and falls in defeat.
"Get up Charmander you're not done yet GET UP!" Damian yells but Charmander is done it can't battle anymore, Gary signs and throws two things at Damian, Damian catches the items and looks at Gary.
"That's a Revive and a Hyper Potion you should use that to heal Charmander it looks really tired" Gary says but this makes Damian angry as he throws the Items on the ground as hard as he can breaking them surprising Gary his cheerleaders look on in horror.
"DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO I ALREADY HAVE A REVIVE AND A HYPER POTION!" Damian yells in anger, Gary looks at him with a shocked expression and turns away to leave.
"Hey where do you think you're going are battle isn't done yet I still have other Pokemon that can beat you!" Damian yells making Gary turn around.
"The agreement for this battle was a 1v1 I won there's no reason to battle anymore besides your Charmander needs to be healed, Anyway I'm going to get my next gym badge See ya" Gary says as he gets in the car with the cheerleaders as they quickly drive off.
"That jerk one day I'll beat him for sure" Damian says in anger as he looks at Charmander giving a few huffs while lying on the ground Damian scoffs as he walks over and heals Charmander.
"Char!" Charmander says happily as it thanks its trainer for healing it, when Charmander looks Damian in the eye's it can see just how disappointed he is all Damian says is one word.
"Disappointing" Damian says as Charmander looks down sad as Damian returns the fire lizard and begins to walk toward Cerulean City
2 days later Damian is in the Cerulean gym having a battle against Violet both trainers have one Pokemon left Damian has Charmander and Violet has Tentacool left both Pokemon are tired
"Use Water Pulse!" Violet calls as Tentacool fires a ball of Water at Charmander
"Destroy it with Thunder Punch!" Damian yells as Charmander destroys the ball of water with Thunder Punch.
"End this battle with Flamethrower!" Damian calls as Charmander fires the stream of fire hitting Tentacool and knocking it out.
"Gym leader Violets Tentacool is unable to battle Charmander is the winner making challenger Damian the victory" Lilly calls with Damian smiling.
Charmander runs back to Damian wanting to be praised Damian bends down and pats Charmander on the head.
"You see Charmander the plan worked you won let's keep going like this" Damian says as Charmander nods happily. Violet then walks over to Damion, she tells him great job and hands him the badge, Damian takes the badge and quickly walks out of the gym without saying anything to Violet leaving the sisters look at Damian confused.
As Damian walks out of the gym, he bumps into someone both he and the other person fall on the ground.
"Oh, I'm sorry are you okay?" A girl's voice asks in concern, holding out her hand
"Yeah, I'm okay watch where you're going next time" Damian says as he takes the girls hand as she helps him up Damian looks at the girl and takes in her appearance a girl around his age with long brown Chesnut color hair and pretty eyes Damian then blushes a little.
"Again, I'm sorry I was just too excited to get my next gym badge hehehehe oh my name is Leaf by the way what's yours?" Leaf asks with a smile looking at Damian, Damian still blushing doesn't say anything, but he turns around and quickly runs away.
"Weird" Leaf says with a confused look as she enters the Cerulean gym
Damian is currently behind the Pokemon Center and is panting heavily "What was that? Do I have feelings for that girl?" Damian asks himself as he is now calling Proton again to report Proton answers the phone.
"Ah Damian it's great to see you again the Pokemon you've captured and sent here have been of great use to us" Proton says with a grin
"Thank you, sir look I got my second badge," Damian says (now fully recovered from his encounter with Leaf) as he shows the badge to Proton, the man is happy.
"Charmander was able to beat the gym leader's final Pokemon for me" Damian says
"That's great so does this mean that Charmander is getting stronger it's getting close to evolving right?" Proton asks with a smile
"About that sir 2 days ago I battled Gary Oak Champion Blues son, and he already has a Warturtle and he started his journey around the same time as me" Damian says as Proton's smile turns into a frown.
"I see that's disappointing" Proton says with a hint of anger in his voice
"I'm sure Charmander will evolve soon as long as I win more battles" Damian says
"Sign I guess you have a point as long as Charmander keeps winning it'll evolve eventually" Proton says
"Thank you for understanding sir I'll let you know when I beat the Vermillion City gym" Damian says with a smile
"Sounds good to me but Damian I have one more thing to say to you if Charmander ends up winning a lot of battles doesn't evolve before you reach Vermillion City and if it loses a lot of battles before you reach Vermillion City you are to release that weakling understood?!" Proton says as he waits for Damian's answer
"Yes sir" Damion responds with Proton smiling with that they end the call as Damian sets out from Cerulean City and is now heading towards Vermillion City
On his way to Vermillion City Damian has been training Charmander hard to finally make it evolve but nothing is working, Damian goes to AJ's gym using Charmander but loses in an instant.
"That's our 70th win Sandshrew!" AJ says happily as Sandshrew nods
"Why?!" Damian whispers to himself looking at Charmander's Pokeball
Damian then goes to battle more trainers and Pokemon using Charmander, the fire lizard wins some battles but loses a good majority.
"Why?!" Damian thinks to himself
This keeps going on Charmander is on a losing streak as Damian is reaching his breaking point with the fire lizard then on route 24 he meets Paul they hav battle Damian uses Onix, Poilwrath and Charmander against Paul's Nidoking, Elekid and Turtwig the battle between the two trainers is fierce with neither giving in Nidoking is able to take down Onix with some difficulty and deal some damage to Poilwrath before fainting, Elekid is able to defeat Poilwrath but goes down afterward, Charmander and Turtwig are the last Pokemon even though Charmander has a type advantage the battle is still difficult for the fire lizard, Charmander is able to deal damage to Turtwig but it doesn't look like it fazed the small green turtle.
Charmander is able to use Flamethrower 10 times now after the harsh training Damion's been putting it thru, Charmander is at its limit and has used Flamethrower 10 times 5 missed while 5 hit the green turtle causing a burn Damian called for Charmander to use Flamethrower one more time but it can't Flamethrower still isn't mastered so Charmander currently can't go pass 10 Turtwig ends the battle with Razor Leaf and finally knocking Charmander out Paul suggest if Damian used a different fire Pokemon he would of won Paul heals Turtwig tells it good work returns the green turtle then leaves.
"WHY?!" Damian yells internally in his head
"Proton and this Paul kid were right this Charmander is useless I need to get rid of it that way I'll be able to win more battles" Damian thinks to himself as he sees a rock, he smiles evilly as Charmander walks over to him Damian looks at Charmander heals it with Hyper Potion and speaks.
"Hey Charmander, I just thought of something I've been training you very hard lately you deserve to rest so how about you rest on that rock there for a week and I'll come back for you" Damian says with a grin
Charmander thinks about it doesn't want to leave Damian, but it agrees that it does need a break from all the training it's been through it agrees with Damian smiling, he puts Charmander on the rock.
"Well see ya later Charmander remember don't leave that rock for a week I'll be sure to come back" Damian says with a smile Charmander nods as Damian begins to walk away once he's far away to the point where Charmander can't see or hear him he smiles and lets out a loud yell.
'YESSSS! I'M FINALLY FREE FROM THAT USELESS CHARMANDER!" Damian yells as he begins to run.
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We're now back in present time were the last chapter left off with the group seeing Charmander.
"IT'S A CHARMANDER!" The group yell in shock as Charmander looks at them the fire lizard yawns causing the group to fall.
"What's a Charmander doing here?" Misty asks
"I don't know I couldn't get a Charmander back at Oaks lab, but I knew if I kept traveling, I would eventually find my own I'm not going to miss this chance Go Pokeball!" Ash yells as he throws the ball it Charmander's head, but it doesn't suck the fire lizard inside the ball just rolls down the rock as Ash picks it up.
"I wonder why that didn't work?" Ash asks
"Hmmm now that I look at it more closely that's Damian's Charmander" Brock says shocking Ash and Misty
"So that explains why my Pokeball didn't work since this is Damian's Charmander" Ash says
"If that's true then why is it on a rock?" Misty asks with Pikachu running up the rock and asks Charmander after the Pokemon talk Pikachu walks back to the three trainers.
"So did you learn anything Pikachu?" Ash asks with Pikachu beginning to explain Ash can understand while Misty and Brock are confused as Pikachu finishes.
"What did Pikachu say Ash?" Brock asks
"Pikachu told me that after being through so much training Damian decided it would be best for Charmander to relax on that rock for a week and he'll come back for it soon" Ash says
"That's weird that Damian would do that you would think he would just send him to Oak's lab for a rest" Brock says while thinking with Ash doing the same.
"Well, there's nothing more we can do now and just hope that Damian picks up Charmander soon" Misty says with Brock and Ash nodding as the three trainers and Pikachu walk to the direction if a Pokemon Center that's nearby Ash then looks back to see Charmander one last time as the fire lizard yawns and takes a nap.
20 minutes have passed since the group saw Charmander they made to the Pokemon Center before a thunderstorm started Ash, Pikachu and Brock have been looking out the window the entire time they were there.
"Thinking about Charmander?" Misty asks with the two boys and Pikachu nodding as Brock speaks
"I hope Damian was able to come back for Charmander in time, I had a really strange feeling about him after our battle, but I don't see why he would leave Charmander on the rock for a week" Brock says
"Say Brock could you tells us just a little about Damian since you battled him?" Ash asks with Brock nodding
"Well when he came to my gym requesting for a battle he seemed like a good kid the battle we had was tough his Charmander almost beat my Onix, but Onix won but then lost to his Poilwril once the battle was over he was really upset that Charmander lost he didn't congratulate his other Pokemon who battled hard he yelled as he took the badge and ran off I wanted to go after him but decided to leave him be I wonder if I made the wrong choice" Brock says with Ash and Misty looking surprised Misty then speaks.
"My sister Violet told me about her battle with Damian she said that he was a really skilled trainer and beat Violets Tentacool with Charmander he smiled giving Charmander a pat on the head took the badge and immediately left the gym without saying anything else to my sisters" Misty says
"Interesting he doesn't seem like a bad guy but from what you guys are telling me there's definitely something weird about him" Ash says with Brock and Misty nodding their heads, Brock then hears a familiar voice he turns and sees Damian and gets surprised.
"It's Damian" Brock says surprising Ash and Misty as they look in Brock's direction.
"Whoa Damian you've caught a lot of Pokemon" One kid says with Damian smiling
"Hey, I thought you're only allowed to carry six Pokemon with you why are you able to carry over 20 Pokemon? Once you win a Pokemon league you get the opportunity to carry 7 while elite 4 and champions are allowed to carry over 50 with them" Another boy says
"Well, you see my sponsor granted me the opportunity to carry 20 Pokemon with me since I've been doing so well on my gym challenge look, I have 3 badges now" Damian says as he shows off his badges surprising not only the group of boys around him but our group as well.
"You know my sponsor also told me that the legendary Red Ketchum is allowed to carry all of his Pokemon with him I hope I'm able to achieve that someday" Damian says with a smirk
"I didn't know my dad is allowed to carry all of his Pokemon with them, though now that I think about it whenever I visit Professor Oak's lab, I never see any of his Pokemon there" Ash says
"Hey Damian, don't you have a Charmander?" Another boy asks causing Damian to get a little angry but then puts on a smile
"Your right I did but that thing disappointed me so much to the point I decided to leave it on a rock told it I'll be back in a week and the dumb thing believed me Hahahahaha" Damian says with a laugh causing the other boys to laugh as well but this makes Ash, Misty and especially Brock angry as he goes to walk to Damian.
"Go get it!" Brock says as he walked over to the still laughing Damian, Damian looks up and his eyes widen when he sees Brock he smirks.
"Oh, it's you Brock why should I listen to you?" Damian says in a smug tone making Brock even angrier as he grabs Damian by the collar pulling him close to his face.
"You know when I battled you, I thought you were a good kid that had some issues to work out, but I now see I was wrong your nothing but scum" Brock says in an angry tone as he throws Damian back on the couch making Damian mad.
"Easy for you to say you've never worked with a Pokemon that constantly disappoints you!" Damian says causing Brock to get even more mad
"Even if Charmander's weak it doesn't deserve the treatment you gave it! Besides its raining outside if Charmander's tail flame goes out it could die!" Ash says as he's now standing next to Brock with Misty standing behind him
"So, what if it dies then that just proves how weak it is and who are you supposed to be? I don't remember talking to you" Damian asks as he glares at Ash with Ash glaring back at him.
"My name is Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town and the son of Red Ketchum!" Ash says shocking Damian along with the boys behind him shocked as well.
"Red Ketchum's son is standing right in front of me I need to contact Proton immediately" Damian thinks to himself
"Anyway, are you going to get Charmander or not?!" Misty asks in an angry tone with her hands on her hips
"Hah no way I'm not going back for that weakling there's also a storm outside but since Red Ketchum's son is here, I wouldn't mind beating you in a battle" Damian says with a smirk while holding one of his Pokeball's in his hand
"Go ahead and try" Ash responds also holding a Pokeball in his hand with anger in his eyes and Pikachu sparking its cheeks.
"Now hold on right there I will not allow battling in this center" Nurse Joy says with everyone looking at her nodding in understanding
"Looks like you lucked out son of Red Ketchum I'm going to bed see ya" Damian says as he yawns and begins to walk away with the other boys carrying his Pokeball's
"Man, I hate that guy" Ash says while gritting his teeth he looks to Brock and Misty
"Let's go save Charmander guys!" Ash says with Misty and Brock agreeing Nurse Joy hands them raincoats as the three trainers quickly run out of the center to save Charmander.
"Hang on Charmander we're on our way" Ash says as he runs as quickly as he can with Misty and Brock following behind
Charmander is currently holding a large leaf and is doing its best to protect its tail flame, its doing good until 3 Spearow come out and start pecking and scratching it.
"Char!" Charmander screams in pain and is hoping Damian comes to save it soon Charmander then hears a familiar voice it's not Damian it's that boy and his friends from earlier.
"Pikachu use Iron Tail!" Ash calls as Pikachu knocks all three Spearow's away, Brock takes off his jacket and begins to cover Charmander.
"We need to hurry and get it to the Pokemon Center" Brock says as he picks up the fire lizard
"I'll make sure its tail flame stays lit" Ash says with Brock nodding
"Guys let's get out of here the storm is about to get worse" Misty calls as Ash and Brock nod as they all start to quickly run back to the Pokemon Center with Ash making sure Charmander's tail flame doesn't go out Charmander looks at Ash then closes its eyes.
The group finally make it to the Pokemon Center Nurse joy and Chansey already had a stretcher ready as Brock puts Charmander Nurse Joy and Chansey quickly take Charmander to the emergency room as they begin treatment the group wait outside Ash then notices Damian passing by and goes up to him.
"Oh, you're back already did Charmander die?" Damian asks with a nonchalant tone and a yawn Ash was going to punch Damian but instead grabs him by the collar and gets in his face.
"If Charmander dies I'll make sure you regret it!" Ash says in anger with Brock and Misty thinking the same thing Damian scoffs knocking Ash's hand away from his collar.
"Whatever I'm going to bed" Damian says as he walks away Ash then joins back with Brock and Misty and wait alongside them for Charmander's treatment to be done.
Meanwhile in Damian's room he's currently talking to Proton
"Red Ketchum's son is there with you right now?!" Proton yells
"Yes, will you send a team to deal with him?" Damian asks
"Yes, two of our grunts are on their way right now" Proton says
"Thank you, sir, anyway I'm going to bed now" Damian says as he turns off the communication device
"Red Ketchum's son huh I'll be sure to crush him" Damian says as he goes to sleep
It's now the next morning Ash, Misty and Pikachu are sleeping while Brock is still awake, he's been up all-night waiting for Charmander's treatment to be done he then hears a ding he gets up and wakes up Ash, Misty and Pikachu.
"How's Charmander Nurse Joy?" Ash asks with a worried expression
"Charmander is doing fine now all it needs is a good rest and it'll feel a lot better" Nurse joy says with a smile the gang sign in relief as Nurse Joy allows them to go see Charmander.
"Hey Charmander, how are you feeling?" Ash asks with Charmander nodding saying it's alright making the group smile as Ash continues to speak
"You may hate me for saying this, but Damian had no intention of coming back for you he was just going to leave you on that rock" Ash says with Charmander getting a shocked expression and begins to think if what this boy says is true.
"How abut we give Charmander some time to think" Brock says with Ash nodding the group then leave Charmander so it can think.
1 hour has passed the group was going to check on Charmander again but Nurse joy told them that Charmander already left they assume it's gone back to the rock to continue to wait for Damian the group are disappointed but say they did their best and leave the Pokemon Center to continue their journey. Behind the Pokemon Center we see Charmander hiding behind a bush as it sees Damian talking to Proton again.
"They really got mad at you for releasing that weak Charmander Hahahaha those kids are idiots" Proton says with a laugh
"Hahahaha I know right so anyway are two TR members on their way to take care of them?" Damian asks
"Yep, they should be their soon" Proton says
At that Charmander's eyes grow wide in horror and sadness what the boy said is true Damian wasn't going to come back for it, Charmander then runs in the direction the group went so it can help them. Damian notices something in the bushes and decides to follow it.
Ash, Misty and Brock are walking still sad about Charmander but they're not sad for long when they see a Hyper Beam fly straight down toward them.
"MOVE!" Brock yells, the Hyper Beam lands on the ground causing a big explosion Ash and his friends were able to get out of the way in time their eye's grow wide in anger when they see Cassidy and Butch.
"What are you two doing here?! You should be in prison!" Ash yells with Pikachu sparking its cheeks as Misty and Brock stand next to Ash with their Pokeballs ready.
"Oh, our boss bailed us out we were doing another mission but once we saw you kids again, we wanted to mess with you" Cassidy says sinisterly with her Fearow next to her
"You could've seriously hurt us if that Hyper Beam landed" Misty says in anger with Butch smirking
"You should know by now that we don't care what happens to you kids, we just want your Pokemon" Butch says
"If you want our Pokemon you'll have to take them by force" Brock states in anger
"That's what we plan to do Fearow use Hyper Beam again!" Cassidy calls as Fearow shoots out another beam.
"Pikachu counter with ThunderBolt!" Ash commands as Pikachu fire's the ThunderBolt it collides with the Hyperbeam creating an explosion.
"Grimer use Sludge Bomb!" Butch calls as Grimer throws the big Sludge at the group
"Seel freeze it with Ice Beam!" Misty calls as she quickly throws Seels Pokeball, the baby sea lion like Pokemon comes out and quickly freezes the purple Sludge making Butch annoyed
"Rhyhorn use Rock Tomb!" Butch calls as Rhyhorn starts throwing large rocks at the group
"Geodude counter with your Rock Slide!" Brock calls as Geodude appears from its Pokeball and summons boulders bigger than Rhyhorns Rock tomb easily overpowering it.
"Now use Brick Break!" Brock commands as Geodude quickly zooms forward and slams its hand on Rhyhorn causing major damage Rhyhorn is thrown back towards Butch.
"Fearow use Steelwing!" Cassidy yells
"Pikachu counter with Iron Tail!" Ash yells Pikachu and Fearow clash a few times trying their best to hit the other. Cassidy is about to call for her next attack but Misty notices and makes her move.
"Seel use Aqua Jet on Fearow!" Misty yells as Seel nods incasing itself in water quickly shooting at Fearow and hitting the bird in the stomach Misty looks at Ash with Ash nodding.
"Pikachu ThunderBolt!" Ash commands as Pikachu fires the electric bolt on Fearow causing major Damage to the bird making Cassidy angry as she sends out her next Pokemon.
"Raticate blow the brats away with Hyper Beam!" Cassidy calls as Raticate quickly comes out and fires the Hyper Beam that hits Geodude, Seel and Pikachu who protected their trainers injuring all three Pokemon. The group gasp in horror as they go to pick up their Pokemon.
"Well looks like we win you know instead of taking your Pokemon why don't we get rid of you kids now" Cassidy says with a sinister smile with Butch agreeing
"Fearow, Raticate use Hyper Beam!" Cassidy yells as the two Pokemon quickly charge their moves and fire the two beams at the group. Ash and friends can't do anything as the beam gets closer but before it does Ash sees Charmander up in front of the group and easily destroying the two beams with a fire punch Charmander looks at Cassidy and Butch with anger in its eyes.
"Charmander!" Ash says happily as Charmander looks at the boy nods then looks back at TR.
"Heh, you have got lucky stopping those two Hyper Beams, but I doubt you can stop all four of our Pokemon at once" Butch says before he and Cassidy tell their Pokemon to charge Grimer, Rhyhorn, Raticate and Fearow all charge at Charmander. Charmander closes its eyes it begins to charge up the fire inside of it and its desire to protect this boy and his friends Charmander opens its eyes let's out a mighty roar.
"CHAR!" Charmander yells as it fires a big and perfect Flamethrower at Cassidy and Butch's Pokemon knocking them out the knockout Pokemon crash into Cassidy and Butch as they are shot high in air away from the group.
'WE'LL, GET YOU BRATS NEXT TIME!" Cassidy and Butch yell as they fly out of view.
"Way to go Charmander!" The group let out a loud cheer running up to the fire lizard congratulating it making Charmander happy they then hear clapping behind them they turn, and their faces quickly turn angry.
"Well done Charmander looks like that break was worth it after all" Damian says with a smile
"What do you want Damian?!" Brock yells
"I'm here to get Charmander back like I promised" Damian says as he looks at the fire lizard
"Oh, please you only want it back after it beat Team Rocket you never cared about Charmander!" Ash yells with Brock and Misty nodding as Charmander looks at Ash
"Sign that's where you're wrong, I've always cared about Charmander I just didn't like that it kept losing to opponents it could beat that's why I thought it would be a good idea to let it rest then come back after its fully rested" Damian says with only speaking in half truth
"Yeah, right I doubt Charmander wants to go back with you!" Misty says with Damian smiling
"of course, it'll come back to me, I'm the one who was able to make it as strong as it is and be the one who'll help it finally achieve its dream of being a powerful Charizard one day so come on Charmander let's continue that dream" Damian says with a smile the group looks at Charmander who's deep in thought.
It's true that Damian did help it grow stronger and win many battles it couldn't have won on its own, but Charmander always knew there was something off with Damian, it felt it the first day it met the boy, but Charmander didn't think much of it and was just happy to finally have a trainer. But while journeying with Damian Charmander felt that feeling inside Damian grow more and more especially whenever it lost a battle and after Damian made it stay on a rock for a week with no intention of ever coming back for it. Even though it's been short Charmander already feels a stronger connection with Ash and his friends more than the 3 months Charmander has spent with Damian Charmander makes his decision.
"Char" Charmander says as it points to Ash meaning that it chooses him making Damian angry
"You ungrateful lizard after everything I've done for you, you choose to go with that weak trainer instead of me? Well, that's fine by me not only will I get rid of them I'll get rid of YOU TOO! ONIX, POILWRATH AND MACHOKE COME OUT DEAL WITH THE TRATOR!" Damian yells as he sends out his three Pokemon they all look at the traitorous fire lizard, Charmander gets scared of their glares but shakes its head and returns it back making Ash smile and bring out two Pokeballs.
"Yeah, Charmander don't back down I'll battle with you Bulbasaur, Squirtle come out and help Charmander!" Ash says while throwing the two Pokeball's Bulbasaur and Squirtle come out ready to battle, they were listening to the conversation the whole time while inside their Pokeball's and they'll make sure to make this Damian kid pay and help out Charmander.
"What are those weak Pokemon going to do?!" Damian says
"They may look weak, but all of my Pokemon are strong" Ash says with a determined look Pikachu, Charmander, Squirtle, Bulbasaur and Ash's other Pokemon in their Pokeball's agree.
"Heh whatever I've 3 badges already there's no way you can beat me!" Damian says as he calls for his first attack "Onix use Rockslide, Poliwrath Hydro Pump and Machoke use Focus Blast" Damian calls as his Pokemon fire the moves at the three starters.
"3 badges mean nothing! Squirtle use Rapid Spin to bounce off the rocks, Bulbasaur use vinewhip on the ground to dodge Hydro Pump, Charmander run under Machoke to get behind it!" Ash calls as all three starters dodge getting close to Damian's Pokemon.
"Squirtle use Water Gun, Bulbasaur use Razor Leaf, Charmander use Flamethrower!" Ash commands as all three Pokemon launch their attacks successfully hitting Damian's Pokemon and dealing major damage.
"Way to go guys!" Ash cheers with the 3 starters smiling back. "It's not over yet you brat! Onix use Dragonbreath on Squirtle!" Damian calls as Onix fires a stream of white draconic energy from its mouth.
"Squirtle dodge and use Water Gun!" Ash commands as Squirtle dodges Onix's attack and lands the Water Gun on Onix the giant rock snake roars in pain.
"GRRRRR Poilwrath, Machoke get rid of that blue turtle with Dynamic Punch!" Damian calls as the two large Pokemon charge at Squirtle
"Bulbasaur trip them with Grass Knot" Ash calls as Bulbasaur summons small grass knots that trip Poilwrath and Machoke.
"Now Flamethrower!" Ash calls as Charmander leaps above the two big Pokemon firing the hot flames out of its mouth burning the Pokemon it doesn't do much damage to Poilwarth but does cause a burn and Machoke is knockout making Damian angry.
"HOW'D YOU LOSE YOU'RE A DISGRACE!" Damian says to Machoke then returns the mon he calls for his next attack.
"Poilwrath use Surf!" Damian calls as Poilwarth summons a large wave of water covering the field Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle are hit causing some damage, but Damian made a mistake using that move as it also hits Onix knocking out the large rock snake making the boy angrier.
"It's time we end this Bulbasaur Razor Leaf and Squirtle use Scald!" Ash calls Bulbasaur and Squirtle fire their respective moves hitting Poilwrath and knocking it out making Ash the victor and Damian the loser.
"NO! IT'S NOT OVER YET I'M NOT DONE YET!" Damian screams as he takes out his other 17 Pokeball's throws them in the air sending out all the Pokemon he currently has on hand, there are 2 fearows, 3 Dugtrio's, 2 Beedrills, 3 Dodrio's, 3 Grimer's, 1 Magneton, 1 Arbok, 1 Weezing and 1 Persian.
"Hey that's not fair!" Misty says
"SHUT UP YOU THINK I CARE ABOUT BEING FAIR I'M NOT GOING TO LET THE SON OF RED KETCHUM BEAT ME FIRE!" Damian screams as all his Pokemon fire a large beam heading straight for Ash, Pikachu and the 3 starters Ash is about to return his Pokemon and try to dodge the beam, but notices Charmander jump forward taking the beam head on.
"CHARMANDER!" Ash, Misty, Brock and the groups Pokemon scream out in worry for the fire lizard as it tries it's best to stop the beam.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA GOOD YOU CAN PERISH TOO! KEEP FIRING!" Damian screams as his Pokemon start to add more power to the beam pushing Charmander back a little but the fire lizard stands its ground Ash and friends look on in amazement at how brave/strong Charmander is, but Ash knows Charmander can't do this by itself it needs help.
"Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Squritle let's help out Charmander" Ash says as Pikachu, Bulbasuar and Squirtle jump in to help Charmander hold the beam the fire lizard is shocked and looks at the 3 Pokemon who smile and nod that they're ending this together. Charmander looks at them happily it's not alone anymore it has friends who'll protect it whenever they need help and it'll protect them when they need help Charmander looks forward holding the beam with fiery determination in its eyes.
"CHARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!" Charmander let's out a loud scream as it glows a bright white and starts getting bigger shocking everyone.
"NO IT CAN'T BE!" Damian yells in anger as what used to be Charmander is now a Charmeleon Ash, and his friends are shocked to see the evolution, but Ash gets a big smile as do his Pokemon as they begin to push the beam back.
"After all the training I gave you, YOU EVOLVE FOR THEM BUT NOT ME?! KEEP ADDING MORE POWER DESTROY THOSE POKEMON!" Damian screams his Pokemon continue to fire as hard as they can, but Ash's Pokemon keep pushing the beam back.
"GOOOOOOOOOO!" Ash screams with his Pokemon doing the same as they are able to cancel the beam then fire their own attacks, Bulbasaur uses Razor leaf, Squirtle uses Water Gun, Pikachu uses ThunderBolt and Charmeleon fire's a big and perfected Flamethrower the moves combine creating a big beam than the one before consuming all of Damian's Pokemon and Damian himself there's a big explosion as the group see Damian and his Pokemon sore threw the air.
"I'LL GET YOU SON OF RED KETCHUM!" Damian screams as he and his Pokemon fly farther and farther away from the group in the sky and becoming out of view.
"ALRIGHT!" Ash yells as all of his Pokemon cheer they all tackle him to the ground including Charmeleon Misty and Brock look happily at Ash.
"He's a really amazing trainer" Brock says with a smile
"Yeah" Misty responds with her face blushing, Brock notices but won't say anything
"Hahahaha come guys get off those tickles" Ash says while laughing as the Pokemon get off him, he then looks at all of them.
"You guys were amazing especially you Charmeleon you really surprised me and congrats on your evolution" Ash says petting the fire lizard on the head with Pikachu, Squirtle and Bulbasaur congratulating it as well Charmeleon smiles back at them.
"Hey Charmeleon if you don't have anywhere else to go do you want to come with us?" Ash asks with a smile everyone looks at the fire lizard waiting for its answer Charmeleon doesn't take long as it smiles.
"Char" Charmeleon says and nods its head happily as it wants to join Ash and everyone else.
"Welcome to the group" Ash says as he throws a Pokeball in the air Charmeleon jumps up touches the ball gets sucked inside the ball immediately dings confirming Ash caught Charmeleon Ash looks at the ball happily.
"Alright I got a Charmeleon" Ash says doing his pose with Pikachu, Bulbasaur and Squirtle joining in as well that's when Charmeleon's Pokeball disappears transporting to Professor Oak's lab.
"Congratulations Ash you caught a Charmeleon" Brock says as he and Misty walk towards Ash
"Yeah, congrats Ash you and your Pokemon were amazing" Misty says with a blush on her face, Ash doesn't notice.
"Thanks, you guys" Ash responded back with a smile.
10 minutes later the group is back at the Pokemon Center they were at earlier Ash just made his transfer to put Charmeleon on his team with Pidgeotto going to Oak's lab to train and keep Butterfree company. They also told Professor Oak about their encounter with Damian, once that's over the group leave the center as Ash let's out Charmeleon.
"Charmeleon I choose you!" Ash says as Charmeleon comes out looking happy at Ash, Ash bends down to look at Charmeleon.
"Thanks for coming with me Charmeleon I'm really happy I've always wanted my own Charmeleon after seeing my dad's Charizard battle it's really strong possibly the strongest in the world." Ash says as Charmeleon gets really excited to one day evolve into a Charizard and one day battle Red's Charizard.
"Yeah, I like that look in your eyes let's keep training and get stronger so that one day we can win the league, battle my dad and achieve my dream of becoming a Pokemon Master!" Ash yells excitedly as do Pikachu and Charmeleon as all three begin running forward leaving Brock and Misty behind.
"He never slows down, does he?" Brock asks with a smile
"Nope that's just who he is" Misty responds smiling her, and Brock begin to chase after Ash, Pikachu and Charmeleon.
Meanwhile somewhere on Mt. Sliver the highest point in the Johto region we see Red and his Charizard standing in snow looking up at the sky,
"Do you feel that Charizard I'm not sure why but I've a feeling Ash will one day give us a battle to remember let's train hard for that day" Red says excitedly as Charizard gives a mighty roar looking forward to the day to battle its trainer's son as Red continues to speak.
"Even though I say that I feel it's not going to happen until many years down the line which is disappointing but by that point Ash and his Pokemon will be very experienced he'll experience many things both good and bad, but I hope he's having fun on his journey hmmm maybe I should give Delia a call I haven't spoken to her in a few months hehehe" Red laughs as does Charizard the two of them then begin walking down the mountain.
Elsewhere somewhere on route 24 we see an injured and angry Damian talking to Proton.
"That's all that happened today" The angry Damian says
"I see this kid really is getting strong and fast" Proton says
"What should I do sir?" Damian asks
"Hmmm tell me Damian how badly do you want to defeat Ash Ketchum?" Proton asks
"I really want to sir!" Damian yells with Proton smiling evilly
"Okay then I think its time for you to become a full-on member of Team Rocket and we'll let you in on the plan to get rid of not only Red but Ash Ketchum as well" Proton says with Damian getting an evil smile as well.
"Yes, sir I'll become a member of Team Rocket and help you get rid of that brat" Damian says
"Okay then come to the Sliph Co we're currently taking over, and you'll become an official member of our organization and we'll tell you our plan" Proton says with Damian nodding and the call ending.
Currently in the Vermillion City Gym we see Paul and he's currently battling a giant tan man with blonde hair and wearing an army uniform.
"Raichu use your Thunderbolt!" The large man says with the large mouse firing the attack.
"Take the hit Grotle and end this with Energy ball" Paul commands as the large grass turtle fires a ball of grass energy easily cutting through the Thunderbolt hitting Raichu and knocking it out.
"Lt. Surge's Raichu is unable to battle Grotle is the winner making Paul the challenger the winner!" The ref calls as Lt. Surge returns Raichu and walks to Paul.
"Here this is the Thunder Badge its proof of your victory today thanks for a good battle" Lt. Surge says with Paul taking the badge saying thank you and leaving the gym walking to the Pokemon Center.
It's the next day we then see Ash and friends finally entering the city.
"Ah finally" Misty says tiredly with Ash, Pikachu and Brock agreeing
It took a couple weeks, but we finally made it" Brock says happily
"Yeah, this is where I'm going to get my third badge let's win this Pikachu" Ash says looking at the yellow mouse who nods in agreement the group then walk to the Pokemon Center. They all gasp as they see a lot of injured Pokemon in the center and run to the front desk to ask nurse joy.
"What's happened here nurse joy?" Ash asks in a worried tone
"You see our gym leader Lt. Surge defeated all these trainers here" Nurse Joy responded surprising the group.
"Whoa he must be really strong to defeat everyone here" Misty says as she looks around at all the trainers her eyes widened when she spots a familiar purple hair boy.
"It's Paul!" Misty says loudly making Ash, Brock and Paul look at her, Paul is about to walk away but Ash stops him.
"Hey Paul, did you lose to the gym leader as well?" Ash asks
"Of course, not only a weakling would lose to him" Paul says arrogantly as Misty and Brock walk next to Ash, but Paul is also surprised to see Brock again.
"So, I'm guessing you're travelling with them?" Paul asks, with Brock nodding his head Misty looks at the boy with anger in her eyes
"Hey, how dare you call my sister pathetic!" Misty says
"I don't know what you're talking about" Paul says making Misty angry
"You don't remember calling my sister Violet pathetic?!" Misty yells with Paul finally remembering
"Oh, so you're the sister of that weakling I heard she was supposed to be the strongest out of the sisters, but I was disappointed when her Pokemon lost to my Turtwig" Paul says
"My sister wasn't feeling like herself during that time if you battled her again, she'll definitely beat you!" Misty says with Paul smiling
"Hmph even if what you said is true, I just got done battling a stronger gym leader yesterday and won I'll still win" Paul responds with Misty having steam coming out of her head angry with Paul's logic Ash then speaks.
"Hey Paul let's have a battle me and my Pokemon have gotten stronger when you met us last time" Ash says with a determined look as Pikachu sparks its cheeks, Paul takes a few moments to think it over then smiles as he begins to speak.
"Ok I'll battle you but only if you beat Lt. Surge if you do that, I'll battle you it'll be a 4v4 like I suggested last time with no substitutions, I won't watch the gym battle this time since the outcome is obvious" Paul finishes looking at Ash for his answer
"You got it! I'll win and prove you wrong" Ash says with fire in his eye's
And that's chapter 7 how do you guys think I handled Charmander and Damian, Damian is now also going to join TR hope he doesn't cause too much trouble for the gang. I had Charmander evolve here since he's much stronger here than in canon and him evolving for Ash instead of Damian I felt was a nice idea and goes to show how differently Ash and Damian are.
Next chapter will be the gym battle between Ash and Lt. Surge, and it'll also have Ash and Paul battling each other for the first time in this series I hope you all look forward to it! Chapter 8 will be out sometime next week.
Next time: Chapter 8 Lt. Surge and Paul
