"When we last saw our heroes, they had just arrived at the Viridian City Pokemon Center to get their Pokemon checked on when they ran into a girl named Misty, who blamed them for the destruction of her bike. Before anyone reacted, the Pokemon Center came under attack by a group of Pokemon thieves called Team Rocket Ash and Co., who managed to beat the thieves with relative ease. We now find our heroes as they trek through the Viridian Forest in order to reach Pewter City.

The Viridian Forest known as the border between Viridian City and Pewter City and home to a plethora of bug type pokemon.

it's here that our heroes continue their journey whilst enjoying some much needed peace and quiet-

"AHHHH!"

-until now.

We see our heroes in the middle of the forest with Misty being the one who screamed hiding behind Ash.

"wow is she loud." Cody said holding his ears with Riolu mimicking his actions.

"what's the matter?" Ash questioned.

"look over there." Misty said as she cowered behind Ash.

they look to see a little caterpillar-like pokemon with a green body and a yellow underbelly and a pink horn on its head.

"oh, cool a Caterpie it's one of the bug Pokemon." Ash said excitement in his voice.

"even if it is a Pokemon, bugs are disgusting and I don't like them do something." Misty said clearly not sharing Ash's excitement.

"Alright, stand back." Ash said as he took out a Pokeball.

"alright Pokeball go!" He shouted before throwing the Pokeball at the Caterpie.

The bug type Pokemon let out a shout as it was sucked into the ball.

our heroes waited with bated breath as the Pokeball shook three times before making a loud DING signaling its capture.

"Alright!" Ash exclaimed excitedly as he walked up to the Pokeball and picked it up.

"Aw yeah I caught Caterpie!" He said whilst striking a pose.

Pikachu did a victory sign.

"great job Ash you caught a Pokemon without having to battle it first well done." Cody said congratulating Ash on his catch.

Misty on the other hand wasn't as excited.

"Ash you're acting like a..." she starts saying only to back up as Ash shoved Caterpie's Pokeball into her face.

"look. Inside this Pokeball is a brand new friend that will help pave the way to becoming a Pokemon master." Ash said.

Misty backed away.

"that's great. Just keep it away from me, will you?" She questioned nervously.

"you're not afraid of a itty-bitty little Caterpie inside of a Pokeball, are you?" Ash questioned with a smirk.

"Bugs get me all bugged out, even if they're in a Pokeball." She said fearfully.

"just keep it away!" She shouted.

"wow can you get any louder?" Cody questioned sarcastically.

Misty glared in his direction.

"well anyway I'm glad I have a new Pokemon and I'm gonna get plenty more." Ash said before looking at the Pokeball.

"Caterpie, you're sticking with us." He said.

Misty adopted a nervous expression.

"Does that mean …" she said knowing what's next.

"Caterpie, come out!" Ash shouted while throwing the Pokeball in the air.

Misty ran behind a tree when Caterpie was let out.

"hey Caterpie it's great to have you on our team here hop on to my shoulder." He offered while holding out his arm.

Caterpie was about to climb up his arm when he notices Misty hiding behind a tree causing him to let out an excited shout surprising the group as he charged towards Misty causing her to scream in fear as Caterpie had reached her and began to nuzzle her leg.

"Hey, Misty! Caterpie, really likes you. Isn't that cute?" Ash questioned in amusement at the scene.

"Get this disgusting bug away from me." Misty demanded while crawling away from the bug Pokemon.

"You think Caterpie is disgusting?" Ash questioned.

"Ash she's afraid of bug Pokemon." Cody explained.

"I know you be friends with that creepy bug and I'll be friends with Pikachu and Riolu." Misty suggested while bringing Pikachu and Riolu to her lap.

however Riolu immediately leaped away from her with Pikachu following suit both not liking how she's treating their new friend.

"sorry Misty looks like Pikachu and Riolu don't appreciate how you're treating Caterpie." Cody said.

both Pokemon nods.

Misty looks at them disappointingly before noticing Caterpie near her again.

"It's so gross. Ash, put that slimy thing back in the Poké Ball! Bugs are one of the three most disgusting things in the world!" She exclaimed.

Ash looks at her in confusion.

"Aside from you, what are the other disgusting things?" He questioned jokingly.

ThiS earned him a chuckle from Cody and a glare from Misty.

"Very funny. Carrots, peppers, and bugs. Everybody has something they don't like and I don't like bugs!" She shouted while listing the things she finds disgusting.

"yeah Well, I like carrots, and peppers, and bugs. What I don't like, is the way you're hurting Caterpie's feelings with your silly fear of bugs." Ash scolded before crouching in front of Caterpie.

"don't think you're ugly or disgusting at all Caterpie. Come on. Climb up on my shoulder." He offered again with his arm outstretched.

this time however Caterpie did climb onto his shoulder.

"You're not gonna scare misty anymore." Ash said confusing Misty.

"What do you mean not gonna scare me anymore?" She questioned.

Ash and Cody smirked.

"We'll go on without her." Ash said walking away with Cody, Pikachu, and Riolu following him.

Misty glared at them.

"Oh, yeah. I'll show you." She said angrily before giving chase.

Meanwhile not to far from our heroes.

'Stupid Beedrill attacking me just for accidentally stumbling into their territory.' A figure thought.

these were the thoughts of a lizard-like Pokemon who stood a a height of 3'11 inches tall with white scales and a thin dark purple underbelly with pink streaks going from its chest all the way to its tail.

this is a Salazzle a Pokemon native to the Alola region and it's coloring means it's a shiny.

'I can't believe this I come to this forest to get away from that idiot calling himself a trainer and to find a trainer better suited for me and what happens I get attacked by a bunch of overgrown bees.' she thought as she limped through the forest.

yes this Salazzle abandoned her trainer deeming him unworthy of having her on his team seeing as he only cared about winning then taking care of his pokemon so when he announced that they were going to Kanto she seized the opportunity to ditch him.

As soon as they got close to the forest she destroyed her Pokeball and made a break for it.

free at last she began her search for a trainer more to her taste someone who wasn't just kind and caring to his Pokemon but would be quite attractive to her.

sadly many of the trainers that passed through the forest didn't live up to her standards especially that one human with the blue shirt who kept bragging about himself.

So she kept traveling through the forest hoping to find the trainer she longed for.

that is until she accidentally waltzed into a Beedrill swarm's territory which caused them to attack her.

she managed to drive them off but not without sustaining a few injuries.

So this brings us to now as she limps through the forest not knowing that she will encounter someone who will change her life forever.

Back with our heroes.

As Ash and Cody continued walking through the forest Pikachu's ears began to twitch at the sound of footsteps behind them.

he turns to see who was following them this action didn't go unnoticed by Ash.

"What's the problem Pikachu?" He asked the mouse Pokemon who pointed behind him.

Ash looks to where his starter is pointing to see Misty still following them.

"What are you following us for?" He questioned.

"My bike! I'm holding your responsible for my bike." She responded earning her a look of confusion from Cody.

"seriously you're still on something that was an accident?" He questioned.

Misty Glared at him.

"When are you gonna get over that dumb old bike?" Ash questioned not amused by her obsession with her bike.

"For your information Mr. Pokemon Master, You're the dumb one because if you haven't destroyed it in the first place, I could have ridden it out of here be now." She explained.

"Okay first off don't call my friend dumb and second do you even know your way around this forest?" Cody questioned interrupting Misty's rant.

her silence being her answer.

"yeah that's what I thought." He said.

the redhead Glared at him.

"I told you I'd make up for your bike one day and if I'm so dumb how come you're still following me?" Ash questioned.

"I'm not following you this happens to be the fastest way through the woods." She answered.

"yeah I'm sure that's a good reason." Cody said sarcastically earning him another glare from Misty.

"Fine. Do whatever you want." Ash said not really caring what Misty does.

"That's exactly what I'm doing." She said

both boys sighed.

Suddenly a rustling in the bushes caught their attention.

Ash and Cody griped the Pokeballs on their belts while their starters got into a battle stance while Misty cowered behind a tree thinking it was another bug type.

what fell out of the bushes shocks the two boys.

"no way is that what I think it is?" Ash questioned.

"a Salazzle a shiny one at that." Cody said recognizing the Pokemon.

noticing the injuries Ash adopts a look of worry on his face.

"look she's hurt." He said running up to check on the Pokemon.

"these injuries look like they were caused by a swarm of Beedrill." Cody deduced.

"we need to hurry Cody can you get my first aid kit?" Ash questioned hoping to treat the lizard Pokemon's injuries.

"right I'm on it." Cody said rushing to Ash's bag to get the item Ash needs.

Later that night.

After treating the Salazzle the gang decided to set up camp.

"alright looks like her injuries aren't bad she'll make a full recovery in fact she should wake up soon." Ash explained after finishing patching up Salazzle.

"wow Ash I didn't think you'd know so much about medicine." Misty said surprised at Ash's medical knowledge.

"Ash's mom made it a point to hammer in this stuff so we'd be prepared for our journey." Cody explained.

Ash nods.

"so what is she anyway I've never seen this Pokemon before?" She questioned turning her attention to the Pokemon in question.

"she's a Salazzle a poison and fire type Pokemon native only to the Alola region seeing one in Kanto is rare enough so seeing a shiny Salazzle is a shock." Cody explained.

Ash took out his Pokedex and pointed it at the Salazzle.

Salazzle the Toxic Lizard Pokemon and the evolved form of Salandit, lives deep in caves and forces the Salandit it has attracted with its pheromones to serve it. only female Salandit evolve into Salazzle.

"So it's a female specific evolution?" Misty questioned

Ash nods.

"yeah though it says in the Pokedex that this Salazzle once had a trainer." Ash said while looking at his Pokedex.

"if that's true then where is her trainer?" Misty questioned in confusion.

"there's one possibility." Cody said catching his friend's attention.

"what's that?" Misty questioned.

"it's possible that Salazzle abandoned her trainer." He said surprising Misty.

"what? she actually abandoned her trainer." She said shocked that a Pokemon could do that.

"it's true sometimes Pokemon can ditch their trainers if they either don't find them fit to train them or if they just don't like them." Ash explained agreeing with Cody.

"wow that's a surprise." Misty said shocked at the information.

a groan catches their attention.

they turn to see the Salazzle had woken up.

"Salazzle." The Lizard Pokemon groaned while rubbing her head.

"hey you're awake that's awesome." A voice catches her attention.

she turns to the direction of the voice only for her eyes to widen at the site of a raven haired boy kneeling in front of her.

the site of the young man causes a blush to appear on her cheeks.

"hey I'm glad you're up I managed to treat your injuries and luckily you'll be fully recovered by morning." Ash said.

She looks down to see bandages on her arms and waist.

"my name is Ash Ketchum it's nice to meet you." He said holding out his hand.

Salazzle looks at his hand for a second before shaking it a blush still on her face.

"these are my friends Cody Andrews, Misty, Pikachu, and Riolu." He introduced.

his friends gave a wave causing her to return the gesture.

"so how about you rest up and I'll see about getting dinner ready okay." He said.

She nods.

"good just rest up and I'll check on you later." He said before walking back to his friends not noticing the smile that appeared on the Lizard's face.

:Salazzle's Pov:

'I can't believe my luck I finally found a trainer who's kind and caring to Pokemon that Pikachu of his looks strong which means he's a good trainer not only that but he's also pretty good looking.' Salazzle while keeping her eyes on Ash.

'oh yes he'll definitely do' she thought while her blush deepened.

:No one's pov:

"Well looks like she'll be okay." Ash said as walked back to the others.

"that's good." Cody said before noticing the Salazzle staring at Ash.

'something tells me Ash is going to get a little surprise tomorrow.' he thought before turning his attention back to Ash.

"so who's hungry?" Ash questioned.

"having dinner sounds great Ash." Cody said as Ash started cooking.

An hour later.

After Ash finished cooking dinner our heroes sat down to eat with Salazzle joining them.

"wow this is great I didn't think you could cook Ash." Misty said impressed with Ash's cooking.

"yeah my mom taught me how to cook so me and Cody wouldn't go hungry." Ash said while rubbing the back of his head.

"I see btw what pokemon are those?" Misty questioned turning her attention to Blaziken, and Fennekin.

Ash had let them out a while ago.

"the fire bird is Blaziken the final evolutionary stage of the hoenn starter Torchic and the little Fox is a Fennekin a starter Pokemon from the Kalos region." Cody explained.

"I see and what region is Riolu from?" She questioned.

"he's from the Sinnoh region." Cody answered.

"I see but there's a couple of things I don't get." Misty said in confusion.

"what's that?" Ash questioned.

"well why do you have Pokemon from different regions?" She questioned.

"well I got Blaziken and Fennekin from Professor Oak along with Pikachu." Ash explained.

"as for Riolu I had him delivered from the Sinnoh." Cody said.

"I see and why is Blaziken keeping her distance?" She questioned seeing that Blaziken was indeed keeping her distance.

"well she has a bit of nervous disposition especially around people she doesn't know." Ash explained.

"I see." Misty said understanding the two boys and their Pokemon a bit more.

After dinner was over Ash and Cody returned all their Pokemon except for Pikachu, Riolu, and Caterpie.

"We'd better get some sleep you guys. Tomorrow's gonna be a big day." Ash said as he got into his sleeping bag.

"right well need all the rest we can get for tomorrow." Cody said while getting into his own sleeping bag.

"Well, we'd all get some sleep if you shut your big mouth." Misty said already in her sleeping bag.

Ash Frowned.

"Don't let the bed bugs bite." Ash commented before going to sleep with Cody following suit.

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"why doesn't Misty like me?" Caterpie questioned with sadness in his voice.

"don't worry Caterpie just give it time I'm sure she'll warm up to you eventually." Pikachu reassured patting the bug type on the back.

"Pikachu's Right just give it time and if she doesn't like you then she isn't worth it." Riolu said also trying to comfort the bug type.

"one day I hope to be a big strong Butterfree flying around the sky happily." Caterpie said as he looked at the Moon.

"that's a good dream I'm sure with Ash's help you'll achieve it." Pikachu said.

"really?" Caterpie questioned.

"yeah I've known Ash for a long time and he's the best at helping Pokemon no matter what kind of Pokemon it is." Pikachu said.

with nothing else to talk about the three Pokemon turned in for the night not noticing that Salazzle was still awake and overheard their conversation.

"the best at helping Pokemon huh well this is definitely my lucky day." She mumbled to herself before going to sleep.

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The next day.

The next morning was a peaceful one with our heroes sleeping peacefully until a scream from Misty startled them awake.

"What's wrong? What's happening?" Ash questioned in surprise while looking around for whatever made Misty scream.

"What this thing doing sleeping near me?" She questioned in fear as Caterpie gazed up at her.

"Caterpie just want to be your friend." Ash said with a smile.

"if that thing wants to be my friend, it can stop talking me already!" Misty screamed fearfully making Caterpie cry.

"Oh, Misty you are so unbelievable, Caterpie means no harm why he likes you I'll never know." Ash said before seeing a depressed Caterpie return into his Pokeball.

"Misty now you've gone too far I know you're afraid of bug types but that doesn't give you the right to hurt Caterpie's feelings you need to apologize to Caterpie right now." Cody lectured.

Misty looks down in shame before a loud caw catches their attention.

they look to see a bird-like Pokemon with brown and cream colored feathers and a crown of red feathers on it's head.

"Wow! A Pidgeotto!" Ash exclaimed excitedly before pulling out his Pokedex.

Pidgeotto an evolved form of Pidgey. Sharp claws and dives from the sky to capture its prey, unlike the more gentle Pidgey. Pigeotto is dangerous, approach with extreme caution.

"All right, Pidgeotto. I'll show you who's the dangerous one around here Pikachu use quick attack." Ash commanded.

Pikachu performed said move only to miss as Pidgeotto took flight to avoid the attack before charging at Pikachu with its wings glowing.

"watch out Ash! Pidgeotto is using steel wing!" Cody warned.

"Pikachu dodge it!" Ash shouted.

Pikachu does as he says as he avoided the steel type move.

"good job Pikachu now use Thunderbolt!" He commanded.

Pikachu did so firing a huge blast of electricity which hit the flying type head on doing a lot of damage causing it to fall on its back.

"Ash now's your chance!" Cody said.

Ash nods.

"right now go Pokeball!" He shouted throwing the Pokeball at the bird pokemon causing it to get sucked into the ball.

it shook three times before letting out a ding noise signifying it's capture.

Ash stood there for a few seconds before letting out a cheer.

"Yes, We got Pidgeotto!"He cheered as he picked up the Pokeball "Pika pikachu!" Pikachu cheered flashing a victory sign.

"great job Ash." Cody congratulated.

"thanks Cody." Ash said.

"wow Ash I'm surprised you actually played smart in that battle" Misty said impressed with how Ash handled the battle.

"what you thought he was going to do something stupid like send out a bug type against a flying type?" Cody questioned.

Misty sheepishly scratch her cheek before suddenly a laugh catches their attention.

"We meet again." A familiar voice said

" I know that voice." Ash said recognizing voice.

(I'm skipping their motto because it's annoying.)

"We're kind of busy now so if you..." Ash said before being interrupted.

"Quiet little boy. We're not here to listen to you. We're here to get your Pokemon." Jessie said as she and James pointed at Pikachu and Riolu at the same time.

"hand over that Pikachu and Riolu." James demanded.

Cody and Ash glared at them.

"not on your life." Cody said refusing to give them Pikachu and Riolu.

"Then we have no choice." James said as he and Jessie grabbed their Pokeballs before calling out Both of their Pokemon.

"you want a battle then you got one." Cody said grabbing a Pokeball.

"wait Cody let me take them on." Ash said.

Cody looked at him for a minute before before nodding.

"alright take them down." Cody said.

Ash nods.

"right let's do this Caterpie, go!" Ash said bringing out his bug type.

At the sight of Caterpie Team Rocket began to laugh mockingly.

"oh no a little bug whatever shall we do." James mocked.

"I wouldn't underestimate my Caterpie if I were you now Caterpie use string shot!" Ash commanded

Caterpie obeyed and used said move taking out Ekans and Koffing.

"why you now you're going to get it." Meowth said angrily only for Caterpie to tie him up with his string shot making him look like a mummy.

"It's time Team Rocket blasted it off." Jessie said as she and James picked up Meowth before running off.

"You may have won this round but we'll be back." James declared leaving behind a rose.

"Come back anytime. We'll be glad to beat you." Misty said as she waved Team Rocket good bye.

'you didn't even do anything' Cody thought.

Ash cheered.

"We did it! We did it! We won our first Pokemon victory fair and square!" He said joyously before picking up Caterpie.

"Caterpie, I'm very proud of you. You really did your best and we won because of you!" Ash complemented.

Caterpie blushed at the praise.

"You're stronger than you look Caterpie." Misty said.

"btw Misty don't you have something to say to Caterpie?" Cody questioned knowingly causing Misty to get nervous knowing what he meant.

before she could apologize Caterpie suddenly started glowing.

"Caterpie what's going on?" Ash questioned in alarm.

"he's evolving." Cody said excitingly.

after a minute the glowing stopped to reveal a new Pokemon in Ash's arms.

"awesome. Caterpie evolved into Metapod." Ash said happy that his Pokemon got Stronger.

"congratulations Ash." Cody said happy for his friend.

"thanks Cody." Ash said before suddenly feeling a pair of arms wrap around his neck.

looking behind him he sees Salazzle hugging him.

"oh hey Salazzle glad to see you're feeling better." He said relieved that Salazzle had fully recovered.

The Lizard-like Pokemon said nothing as she began to nuzzle Ash.

"wow she seems to like Ash a lot." Misty said surprised at Salazzle's actions.

"I wonder why she's hugging me?" Ash questioned in confusion.

Cody chuckled.

"it's simple Ash Salazzle wants to go with you." Cody said shocking his friends.

"really is that true Salazzle?" Ash questioned.

The female Pokemon nodded with a smile.

Ash looks at her for a minute before smiling.

"alright then welcome to the team." He said before pulling out a Pokeball and taped her forehead which caused her to get sucked into the ball without a fight.

"alright I caught a Salazzle!" Ash said happily.

"alright what's say we continue on our way." Cody suggested.

his friends nod before they started walking what obstacles will our heroes encounter next? tune in next time as the journey continues.

disclaimer

hey everyone chapter four of Ash's Pokemon harem journey is up sorry for the wait I decided to take a little break to clear my head but I'm back if you have a pokemon you want Ash to catch in the future let me know in the comments anyway let me know what you think and I will see you later.