550Disclaimer: - I, SSG-Goku3397, do not own Pokemon. It all belongs to GameFreak and Nintendo. The only thing that I do own is the plot of this story and OC's that are present within the story.
'Thoughts'
"Speech"
Attacks(Pokemon/Aura Based)
Pokedex
'Pokethoughts'
"Telepathic Speech / Aura Translation of Pokespeech"
Chapter 1 – Start of a Journey
It was a beautiful morning and a ten-year-old boy could be seen dodging Aura Spheres, Ice Beams, Flamethrowers and Energy Balls, and at the same time returning Psybeams and Aura Spheres at the collection of pokemon attacking him in a clearing in the forest close to his home town.
Dodging another Aura Sphere from a Lucario, the kid back flipped and landed on the back of a red Gyarados that tried to get in close and hit the kid with an Aqua Tail. There the kid launched a powerful Psybeam into the neck of the Gyarados and then jumped to avoid the Thunder Punch a Charizard tried hit him with from above only for the attack to miss and hit the Gyarados. While in the air, the kid launched a barrage of Aura Spheres and Psybeams at the Lucario and Charizard, since the Gyarados was still stunned from the Psybeam, Thunder Punch combo it got. When the kid landed on the ground, he was unable to dodge the Fire Blast and Flash Cannon combo launched at him so he put up a blue Aura Barrier to hold off the attack. When the attacks faded and the barrier was dropped, the kid could be seen panting along with the Lucario and Charizard. As the Gyarados was about to attack, the ground behind the kid broke apart and a large Serperior came out of the newly made hole and quickly wrapped the kid using a Wrap.
"Ready to give up yet Ash?" A female voice said from beside his face. Turning his head, Ash aw the face of his beloved Serperior, Midori.
"Damn I thought that got you with that Psybeam. I really have to stop assuming something without proof. Great job Midori, you had me fooled in the end. Alright guys its time that we stop training for the day or Magik will come and scold us again. But before we return home, Ferrum you need to increase the accuracy of your attacks." Said Lucario just nodded his head.
"Blaze you need to stop broadcasting your position every time you attack. If you hadn't roared before you tried to hit me with the Thunder Punch, you would have been successful. You can roar after a successful attack." Blaze just nodded his head in understanding.
"Finally Cherry, you have the same problem as Blaze. You try to overpower your opponents and roar before your attacks. Power isn't everything and as I said to Blaze, you can roar after a successful hit."
"I got it, I must keep my arrogance in check. It will be hard in the beginning, but I will not disappoint you Ash." Cherry said with conviction. "And neither will us." Midori said for the rest to which Ferrum and Blaze nodded their heads.
"Alright let's get back home, today we become an official team and can start our journey so let's get going." Just as Ash was about to return his pokemon, Magik appeared in the clearing, "Ash if you don't hurry, you will be the last one to arrive at Professor Oak's."
"We were just leaving Magik, but since you are now here mind giving us a lift?" Ash requested. "Not a problem at all, return them to their pokeballs and I will teleport you to the back garden. Delia needs to get to Oak's today to pick up her Gym Leader License as well."
"Oh man I forgot about that. She I going to open up her Gym tomorrow too bad that she had to set a limit of six badges to be able to challenge her Gym. I really wanted to be the first to win a Diamond Badge. Anyway let's get going." Ash said returning all of his pokemon before Magik teleported Ash and himself to the back yard of the Ketchum residence. After a quick shower, a change of clothes and a quick breakfast, Ash ran off towards Professor Oak's laboratory with his mother following. When he reached the lab, he saw Gary Oak, a boy he had seen around the town and a read haired girl. The girl was a friend of Ash's, who went by the name of Leaf.
"Yo Gary, Leaf; excited about getting your first pokemon?" Ash asked with a smile.
"Even if you get a pokemon Ash, it doesn't mean that you are going to be a Pokemon Master. I am already much farther down along the path that you can even dream off." Gary said in a condensing tone. Ash and Leaf just shook their heads in exasperation. Gary Oak's arrogance knew no bounds and that was something that will cause him to fall in the future.
"Good morning Ash, Mrs. Ketchum. Have you decided what pokemon you are going to choose Ash? I hope that I will get a Bulbasaur. They are so cute." Leaf had an unparalleled love for grass pokemon. Delia just nodded her head in greeting and then entered Professor Oak's lab.
"It doesn't matter what pokemon you choose; I will get the best pokemon there." Gary said with his nose held high in the air. Ash and Leaf just snickered before Ash said with a smug expression, "You will get a Squirtle. You have been bragging about getting a Squirtle since the summer camp three years ago." Leaf couldn't help it anymore and burst out laughing along with the other boy. Gary just continued to sputter.
Delia came out carrying a box and a Diamond badge pinned to the front of her dress. "Alright kids get in there and get your license and starters." Delia was about to leave when Gary asked the question floating around everyone except Ash's head, "Ah Mrs. Ketchum what's in that box you are carrying and what's with the badge?"
"Well Gary you have been obviously seen the Pallet Town Pokemon Gym being built for some time and have been wondering who the Gym Leader is right?" The kids just nodded their heads, "Well the badge pinned to my dress certifies me as the Gym Leader, just as my brother is the Gym Leader of Saffron City Gym."
"Ah hasn't Sab taken over yet?" Ash asked with confusion. "Last week she said that she would be the Leader I would have to face after starting my journey."
"Sabrina will take over next month Ash, now kids get your pokemon and get out on the road to start your journey. Oh Ash before you leave, please swing by the Gym, Ilene and Melisa wanted to see you off." Delia said before Magik popped up before he teleported her away.
"Alright guys how about we get in there and let the Professor return to his vital research." Ash said with enthusiasm. After entering the lab, the kids saw a machine holding exactly three pokeballs.
"Well it looks like one of us aren't getting a starter, eh Ashy-boy?" Gary said trying to rile Ash up.
"What I didn't say that I will be taking one of the starters. I already have four pokemon, I am here only because I need my Training License and I had promised to take a problematic pokemon off Professor Oak's hands."
"As if, you are just trying to act cool. And if you do have pokemon then your mom must have given them to you." Gary said not wanting to accept that Ash already had a pokemon, let alone four.
"If what you said is true, can you show me your pokemon?" Leaf asked before the other boy said, "The name's Clio and I would also like to see your pokemon."
Ash just nodded his head to their requests before Professor Oak entered. The Professor had already heard what Gary had said and decided to clarify certain points.
"Gary Ash's first pokemon was a Magikarp that he helped four years ago. She didn't want to leave Ash and so I captured her for Ash. The other three were given to him as eggs and he has raised them very well. Ash if you want after I have given them their starters and all of you your Training Licenses I will give you the pokeball of the pokemon that has been caushing me trouble. You can try to get to it in the back. All of you are welcome to observe how Ash handles disobedient and troublesome pokemon." All the kids, even Gary were eager to see how Ash would fail.
"Alright one by one please come up here and choose your starters, ladies first." Leaf came forward and picked up the pokeball that had a green leaf marked on it. Gary was next and picked up the pokeball marked with a blue bubble. Clio was last and picked up the remaining pokeball with a reddish orange flame mark on it. Together all three released their starters.
A female Bulbasaur stood beside Leaf and was looking at her trainer with happiness. A Squirtle that had an air of arrogance hanging about it was seen posing beside his trainer smirking and Gary had a similar smirk on his face. Clio's Charmander was a bit shy and tried to hide behind Clio's leg, but looked up in surprise at his trainer's kind smile.
"Oh what a cute Bulbasaur…" was all Leaf said before hugging her starter. "I told you I would get the best and Squirtle is the best." Gary said to which Squirtle gravely nodded its head. "Don't worry Charmander, no one is going to harm you. I will make sure of that and but the time you are a Charizard, you will be nearly unstoppable." Charmander just nodded his head before walking out from behind Clio's legs.
"Alright kids this here is a pokedex. It's a high-tech encyclopedia on pokemon from the region. For each region there will be a different pokedex. Now a pokedex also functions as your ID and license. So don't lose it." Oak said before giving Gary, Leaf and Clio a red pokedex each. Then he turned towards Ash and gave him a blue pokedex.
"Ash as I am not being the one to sponsor you, this pokedex was created at the behest of Queen Melisa of the Kingdom of Rota. This is a Guardians Pokedex created by the research division of the Order of Aura Guardians of Rota. The Queen sent this to me so that I could give this to you and also inform Mr. Goodshow, the president of the pokemon league, that an Aura Guardian has decided to become a trainer and as such your party limit is twelve pokemon instead of six. It has advanced information gathering capabilities such as Aura Signature scanning and Aura Compatibility checking apps. Other than that, it also has information from the Guardians Archives programmed into it. Also take these transceivers your pokedex is also a Porygon and it can help you transport pokemon into and out of your party in the wild." Ash just nodded his head and accepted the pokedex. He made a mental note to thank his aunt for this awesome pokedex.
"Oh right before I forget this here came for you. Professor Sycamore of Lumiose from the Kalos region wanted me to give this to you." Oak showed Ash a black stone and a blue stone with a blackish blue mark in the center. "The black stone is the keystone and the other is a Charizardite X. It's one of the two megastone's for Charizard." Oak said handing the megastone and the helical shaped keystone to Ash, who quickly put them in his pockets.
"What the hell are they talking about Leaf? Aura Guardians? Megastones? Keystones?" Gary asked Leaf in a whisper.
"I have read about Aura Guardians in fairytales and such as the one in which Cameran Palace was once saved by an Aura Guardian named Sir Aaron who later married the Queen, but I just thought that they were just that fairytales." Leaf said.
"Unluckily Leaf, the fairytale doesn't do justice to my ancestors. Sir Aaron had died trying to save Cameran and had succeeded. Queen Rin already had a daughter by the name of Melina and it was Melina who married Sir Harold Ketchum, Sir Aaron's son. Me and my cousin Princess Ilene are descended from that union." Ash said in a grave voice scaring Leaf, before turning to Professor Oak. "Alright Professor where is this pokemon and what is it?"
"Here you go Ash." Professor Oak said pushing button on the stand I which the starters pokeballs were kept. A pokeball with a lightning bolt symbol on it. Ash just took the pokeball and walked out into the corral and towards the pond. Everyone followed Ash to see what he would do.
First Ash released his pokemon. Cherry into the pond and the others on the ground. Blaze stood to his left while Midori and Ferrum were on his right, closing off all escape routes. "Guys this Pikachu is highly hostile but don't give it any reason to be more hostile than normal." Ash said to which all of his pokemon agreed. Ash released the Pikachu and waited for it to get its bearings.
"Damned humans, think that they own everything. How did they even create those torture devices I don't know but I am going to shock any one that tries to put me back in there." Pikachu ranted before he saw that he was surrounded by powerful pokemon and a kid. The kid was wearing a blue hat with a pokeball symbol. He was wearing a blue and off-white jacket, dark blue trousers, blue boots and blue gloves with crystals embedded on it. He then saw the pokeball in the kid's hand. With a startled yelp Pikachu tried to shock the kid yelling, "Ahh, keep that thing away from me." But to his surprise his Thunder Shock just splashed off a bluish shield. "That wasn't a barrier created by Protect, was it?" Pikachu wondered to itself.
"No it was a barrier created by manipulating aura. It's called an Aura Barrier and it's just as effective as a Protect. Now from your reaction, you don't like pokeballs much do you?" Pikachu just stared at the boy before his senses kicked in. "Did you just understand me?"
"Yes I understood what you said. I am a Psychic and an Aura Guardian. It's easy to understand pokemon through both telepathy and using the Aura Translation trick. Now can you tell me why you are so hostile to humans? From what I heard about you, you have been with the Professor for three days and every time he lets you out, you shock him. He asked me to take you off his hands, so first you have to tell me why you are so hostile?"
"I don't like pokeballs and you humans force us into pokeballs against our wishes. Three days ago I was looking for some berries for my sick friend… EEVEE, please just let me go or else she will die." Pikachu begged wanting hoping that he wasn't too late.
"Alright I can understand. You were just trying to get back to your sick friend. Lead the way, I can't leave a sick pokemon without help." Ash said returning all of his pokemon except Ferrum. As Ash was about to leave, Leaf tried to stop him. "Ash where are you going?"
"Sorry guys but there is a sick Eevee out there and I can't let her suffer any more." Ash said turning to Pikachu and motioned for Pikachu to lead.
"Ash meet me in Viridian City Pokemon Center, alright?" Leaf shouted to which she got a faint alright. Professor I think I will leave now and make my way towards Viridian City." Leaf said before returning Bulbasaur and running out. Gary and Clio just shrugged their shoulders and left. Oak just smiled at Ash's need to help pokemon.
After running through the woods for a few minutes, Ash, Pikachu and Lucario reached a hollowed out stump of a dead tree. Inside the stump was a sick Eevee. Upon seeing Ash, she cringed back but then Pikachu approached.
"Eevee how are you? Sorry for being late but I was caught by a human. This is Ash he is here to help. I know that you don't trust humans after what your old trainer did, but Ash is an Aura Guardian. You know that Aura Guardians always look out for pokemon. Please come on out and let him take care of you." Pikachu tried to coax Eevee out by begging. Eevee just nodded her head and then stood up on shaky paws and walked out before falling into Ash's arms. Ash quickly picked Eevee up and then called out Blaze.
"Ferrum meet me at mom's Gym, come on Pikachu get on and hold tight." Ash said before jumping onto Blaze's back. "Blaze go as quickly as you can." Ash said after Pikachu was comfortable settled on Blaze's back. No needed to be told twice, Blaze jumped into the air and quickly made his way towards the Pallet Town Pokemon Gym. Ferrum following closely on the ground using Extremespeed and Aura Sight.
After reaching the Gym, Ash quickly lead the Pikachu and Blaze into the Gym with Ferrum walking in last. "Mom I have a very sick Eevee here and I think that she's been poisoned." Following Ash's shout Delia, Ilene and Melisa came out. Delia was holding a couple of antidotes and pecha berries in her hand. She also had a few oran and sitrus berries. Ilene was holding a motar and pestle and a knife.
Ash quickly mash up the berries into a paste, while I give the poor Eevee the antidote. Ash quickly got to work as Delia administered the antidote to the Eevee. After five minutes the fever Eevee was suffering from was broken due to the antidote.
"Ash carefully give Eevee the mash. It will help neutralize any residual poison and help Eevee recover some of her energy. After a couple of hours' rest, it would be best that Eevee be taken to a pokemon center in Viridian City Pokemon Center. I wish the Center here would become active in sooner. One month is still a long way off." Delia complained.
"Alrigh mom." Ash said and tried to carefully feed Eevee the mash. Eevee was quite reluctant at first but after some coaxing from Ash and Pikachu, she started to eat. After she had completed the bowl, Ash left Eevee on one of the padded seats in the lobby with Pikachu, Ferrum and Blaze watching over her.
"Is Eevee asleep now? How did she even become poisoned anyway?" Ilene asked concerned about the poor pokemon.
"I don't know but from what Pikachu said and Eevee's reaction to humans, she had been abused by her previous trainer before being released. If I ever meet him or her, he better hope that he has his will ready." Ash said with anger coloring his voice.
"Ash come down, there is no need to act rashly. As a certified Aura Guardian, you have the right to revoke a trainer's license with due cause. The Pokemon League accepts a Guardian's decision without question. If you find him, then revoke his license and have him hauled off to prison." Ilene said in an attempt to calm Ash down and succeeded. Ash just nodded his head.
"Now we wanted to see you off so here we are. Also I have a gift for you." Ilene said before taking out a small gift wrapped box. Ash opened the box and found a watch with a screen on it. "Ash this is a X-Transceiver. It's a communication device created in Unova and it allows the user to call someone from nearly anywhere in the world. I want you to promise me that you will keep in contact with everyone, alright?"
"Thank you Sis this is the best gift I have gotten. I promise to call everyone every couple of days." Ilene just nodded her head and smiled.
"Now Ash since you have such a poor sense of direction I have a gift for you as well." Delia said before giving as a box. Upon opening the box, Ash found that there was a small device the size of a phone in it.
"That is a PokeNav Ash. It is directly connected to the GPS system and shows the map of the region you are in at the moment, but you can load up another map if you want. It also has the ability to place calls but it doesn't have video calling capabilities. Please use the PokeNav to prevent yourself from getting lost. I also want you to keep in contact. Call at least twice a week honey." Ash just nodded his head before they began to relax for a couple of hours.
A couple of hours later, Ash asked Pikachu and Eevee if they would like to join his family. After pondering for some time, both consented so Ash caught Eevee.
"So guys do you want nicknames?"
"I don't want a nickname, but if you want to give me one you can." Pikachu said while Eevee just weakly nodded her head in excitement.
"Alright Pikachu you won't have a nickname, but for you Eevee, how about Angel?"
"I love the nickname, so please call me Angel from now on." Angel requested to which Ash and his pokemon nodded their heads. After that Ash, Pikachu and Ferrum were walking down Route 1 towards Viridian City. As they were walking don't the road they saw that a storm was approaching and decided to quickly get to their destination.
As they continued their journey, they noticed a red haired girl fish another girl out of the river holding an injured Bulbasaur in her hands. Ash realized that the girl holding the Bulbasaur was Leaf and so approached to two girls.
"Hey are you alright?" The red haired girl asked Leaf to which she got a weak, "Yea, but poor Bulbasaur isn't."
"Leaf what happen to you and Bulbasaur?" A male voice asked from behind the red haired girl. The said girl turned and saw Ash, Pikachu and Ferrum standing there. "Was passing by a field and decided to have lunch. I threw away a rock that accidentally struck a…" was all Leaf was able to say before a flock of enraged Spearow tried to attack them. Ash reacted quickly and put up an Aura Barrier around the group.
"Spearow leave or else." Ash said in a commanding voice but the Spearow were enraged even more. The leader started squawking, "Move human, that female of your species has hurt my son and she has to pay for that."
"It was an accident so leave her alone or else you are going to suffer." Ash warned again but the Spearow just ignored his warning and kept attacking the barrier. "So be it…" was all Ash said before he increased the size of the barrier and released Cherry and Blaze. Seeing the two powerful pokemon, the Spearow backed off a little.
"Last chance leave." Ash warned but the leader squawked again and said, "I already told you human, the female must be punished for harming my son."
"Alright if that is what you want, Blaze use Blast Burn, Cherry Thunderbolt, Pikachu Thundershock, Ferrum Hyper Beam." As Ash commanded, all of his pokemon charged up their attacks and as soon as Ash let down the barrier, they attacked. The combined might of the four pokemon made short work of the flock and those that were conscious afterwards quickly made themselves scarce.
"Really Leaf you just had to accidentally piss off a flock of Spearow. You must have the worst luck ever. Come on let's head to Viridian City. It's about to rain and I don't want to caught in a down pour." As soon as Ash finished talking, it began raining. The red headed girl and Leaf just started to giggle when a lightning Pikachu struck a bike.
"Ahh my bike, now I have to walk everywhere." The girl cried in anguish.
"Come on we have to find some shelter and I can see a copse of trees that will be perfect." Ash said and directed everyone to the copse of trees. He returned Cherry and Blaze but released Midori so that she could soak in the rain. After reaching the copse of trees, Ash turned to the red haired girl. She was wearing a yellow t-shirt and a blue jeans shorts held up by belts. She had her hair in a short side ponytail.
Ash decided to introduce himself and Leaf to her. "Hi I am Ash Ketchum and this is my friend Leaf." Ash said motioning towards Leaf who waved her hand. "We are from Pallet Town. We just got our trainer license's today. So who are you?"
"I am Misty Waterflower and I am from Cerulean City. So what do you want to become? I want to become a Water Pokemon Master." Misty said with enthusiasm.
"Oh I don't know yet, but I do love grass type pokemon. I may try to become a Grass Pokemon Master. I just don't know yet." Leaf said.
"Oh I want to become a Pokemon master and the greatest Aura Guardian in history." Ash said with equal enthusiasm.
"Really father, remember to remain humble or else you are in for a major disappointment." A rough male voice was heard in their heads. Misty and Leaf were surprised but Ash just chuckled. "Without you and the others, Ferrum, mom wouldn't even want to let me start my journey?" Misty and Leaf's eyes just opened wide in realization.
"Well someone has to keep you out of trouble or else Magik will tan our hides." Ferrum said with a bit of fear.
"How about you get in some training Pikachu. Hey Midori can you help Pikachu learn Iron Tail?" Midori just huffed and motioned for Pikachu to follow her. Pikachu just hung his head and followed Midori to a secluded part of the copse of trees to begin practicing. After a couple of hours, the rain stopped so everyone decided to head towards Viridian. On the road Misty turned her head into the sky and saw a large pokemon approaching the group. There was rainbow trailing behind it.
"What pokemon is that?" Misty asked when Leaf turned and pointed her pokedex at the pokemon.
Pokemon not recognized. There is no data in my archives.
"My pokedex can't identify it. It doesn't have the required files." Leaf said before remembering something, "Ash doesn't your pokedex have special data on it?"
Ash just nodded his head and took out his pokedex. Upon opening it up, the pokedex said Please assign a name to the pokedex to finalize. Ash just shrugged and decided to name it Dexter.
Name accepted, finalizing please wait…done. Soon the projector activated and out materialized a pokemon that seemed to be made up of pixels and sharp edges like a computer sprite.
I am Dexter a Porygon designed to help Aura Guardian Ash Ketchum in pokemon related matters by the Order of Aura Guardians Research Division Head Dr. Kenshin.
"Dexter I want information on that pokemon. If it's what I think it is, then we are in for a treat." Ash asked Dexter before saying the last part to his companions.
Scanning…Scan complete…
That Pokemon is Ho-oh a legendary pokemon native to the Jhoto region. It is said to appear before the pure of heart.
Anything else you require Ash Ketchum?
"That's fine Dexter you can get back to standby mode. Well girls it seems that we are going to meet a Legendary pokemon face to face for the first time. Well second for me." Misty and Leaf were too shocked to realize what Ash had said in the end. After a few minutes, the large bird pokemon softly alighted before the trio. The pokemon was mostly covered in red feathers but there were also hints of gold and black scattered around its body. It carefully observed Ash for a few tense moments before it deigned to speak.
"Greetings young Ash. Mew had all good things to say about you. We, that is the other legends, were surprised that Mew chose another human to be worthy of a gift, but it seems that she had chosen wisely. It is a pleasure to finally meet you Chosen One." A beautiful female voice spoke through the use of telepathy.
"I am honored to be in your presence Lady Ho-oh. May I be bold enough to ask as to why you decided to seek me out?" Ash asked in the tone of a noble. Leaf and Misty just stared incredulously at Ash speaking with a legendary pokemon so casually. The whole noble etiquette followed in their speech didn't escape their notice as well.
"I am here to bless your journey with good luck and I also have a request that I would like to make of you. Will you accept my daughter as a part of your team? I would like you to train her to be most powerful of her kind. Know this that I don't make this request lightly. After a lot of deliberation and a bit of encouragement from Mew did I come to this conclusion. Now will you accept my request Guardian?" Ash nodded his head.
"It will be an honor to train up your daughter to be the strongest of her species. You have my word that she will be treated with kindness and love, by me and my pokemon. I consider my pokemon to be my family, so she will be treated as such."
"Your words have done a lot to assuage my lingering doubts about the safety of my chick. She will meet up with you at Mt. Moon. Please take good care of her. May your future endeavors be a success and may you be safe on your journey." With that said, Ho-oh flew up into the sky leaving a rainbow tailing from her tail. As they group watch Ho-oh's departure, Pikachu pointed out a small rainbow colored feather laying where Ho-oh had taken roost in their brief encounter with her.
"Ash, when did you learn to talk with such eloquence? And how did you keep your cool and talked with Ho-oh with such a nonchalant attitude? We just met a legendary pokemon for Arceus's sake." Leaf practically screamed.
"Yes Ash it seemed as if you have met a Legendary pokemon before. Am I wrong in my assumption?" Misty queried.
"Girls calm down first." As requested, the girls took a few calming breaths before turning to Ash with expectant expressions on their faces. "Now I would like to tell you why I was so calm, but it can't happen out here in the open. We can easily be overheard, so it would be best to continue this interrogation at the Pokemon Centre in Viridian City. Shall we now continue our journey?" After some deliberation both Leaf and Misty nodded their heads and started walking towards Viridian.
After walking for a couple of hours, the trio reached the outskirts of a city. As they walked towards entrance of the city, young woman in a police uniform walked out of the booth beside the gate. The woman had green hair and reddish brown eyes. "Hold it right there. I am Officer Jenny and I want to see your ID's before I let you pass. Some pokemon thieves have been causing trouble, so I can't be too careful you know."
The group just nodded their heads and took out their ID's. Ash and Leaf took out their pokedex's while Misty took out a blue teardrop shaped badge. Officer Jenny took Leaf's pokedex first and opened it up. after punching some keys on the pokedex, the pokedex started to recite all identification information stored in it while at the same time showed a picture of Leaf.
This pokedex was programed by Professor Samuel Oak for the trainer Leaf Miles from Pallet Town. It is irreplaceable and if lost, a replacement won't be supplied.
"Alright Leaf you have checked out, here is your pokedex. Now you, girl give me that badge." Officer Jenny said to Misty after returning Leaf's pokedex. Misty gave Jenny the badge and the Officer held it under a scanner and waited for the information to register. After a few moments, the scanner started reciting the information it received.
This Badge signifies that Misty Waterflower is a certified Co-Gym Leader of the Cerulean City Pokemon Gym.
Officer Jenny just nodded her head and returned the badge to Misty. "Alright kid you next." Ash just nodded his head handed over his pokedex to the woman.
Officer Jenny opened up the pokedex and was stumped at what she found. Instead of a keypad and a screen, only a projector was seen and from that projector a Porygon formed. After the Porygon had finished materializing, it took in its surroundings and then turned to Officer Jenny.
What may I help you with Officer?
"Dexter my identification please!" Ash requested upon seeing the Officers shocked face.
As you wish Ash.
I am Dexter a Porygon designed to help Aura Guardian Sir Ash Ketchum in pokemon related matters by the Order of Aura Guardians Research Division Head Dr. Kenshin. Sir Ash resides in Pallet Town and is related to the royal family of Cameran Palace of the Kingdom of Rota and the present head of the Order of Aura Guardians of Rota.
After Dexter revealed all identification information stored in the pokedex it displayed a holographic image of Ash before it dematerialized. Officer Jenny was again so shocked at the revealed information that Ash had to repeatedly call her before she came back to reality.
"Alright kid everything checks out, but are you really an Aura Guardian as your Porygon said?" Jenny asked returning his pokedex.
"Yea I am an Aura Guardian and the present head of the Order. You said something about pokemon thieves. If you need any help, please feel free to ask." Ash said with a serious expression adorning his face.
"If by chance you run into the thieves, will you please try to capture them till the police can get to the scene? If it isn't too much trouble, that is." Officer Jenny said in a tentative voice. Ash just nodded his head and then motioned for the girls to lead the way to the Pokemon Centre.
After five minutes of walking, Ash's group stood in front of a large red roofed building with a large pokeball symbol on it. "Well girls it seems that we have reached the Pokemon Centre. Let's get in there and have our pokemon checked. And after a spot of dinner, I will tell you about my behavior during the meeting with Ho-oh in the privacy of my room." The girls nodded their head and then followed Ash into the building.
A pink haired woman in a nurse's uniform stood behind a counter. A pink pokemon with three protrusions on both sides of its head and an egg in a pouch on its stomach stood beside the woman, wearing a nurse's hat.
"Hello I am Nurse Joy. How can I help you three this fine evening?" The now identified Nurse Joy asked with a sweet and kind smile.
Misty walked forward and said, "We would like two rooms please and would you please give our pokemon a checkup?" Nurse Joy just nodded her head and motioned for Chansey to bring out three trays to hold pokeballs and a trolley.
Misty handed over three pokeballs to Nurse Joy while Leaf handed over Bulbasaur's pokeball. Ash handed over five pokeballs and put Pikachu onto the trolley. "Nurse Joy the Eevee I caught recently had been suffering from severe poisoning. I had given her antidotes and a mix of pecha and oran berries this morning when I caught her and it seems that the poisoning has been taken care of. Will you please run a full checkup on Angel to see if there are any lingering effects of the poisoning in her body?" Ash asked with concern for Angel coloring his voice.
"Rest assured young man that if there are any lingering effects of the poisoning, I will make sure that Angel is up and running about in a days' time. Chansey please give our patients a basic examination in the back while I get these trainers their room keys." Chansey just nodded its head and took the trolley into the examination room while Nurse Joy handed Misty their requested keys.
"Your requested rooms are Room no. 7 and Room no. 14. Both are on the second floor and their doors face each other. Hope you enjoy your stay." Nurse Joy said as Misty took the offered keys and smiled. Nurse Joy then walked into the examination room leaving the three preteens in the lobby.
"Well there is no need to stay here and wait. Why don't we head up to our rooms and after we freshen up a bit, you girls meet me in my room. I will explain all that you need to know." Ash said taking the key to Room no. 7 and heading towards it.
After entering it, he closed the door and looked around. The room was small, just enough for two people to comfortably share. It had two beds in it, one against the far wall and the other against the wall opposite the door to the attached toilet. Ash threw his backpack down on the farthest bed and then headed into the toilet to freshen up. After fifteen minutes there was a knock on his door, so he opened it and ushered Misty and Leaf into his cozy little room.
"Well what do you want to know about that incident?" Ash asked without any preamble after the girls sat down on the unused bed.
"Now Ash did you meet a legendary pokemon before Ho-oh or not?" Misty asked eagerly waiting for an answer.
"Yeah I have met a Mew a couple of times since I first met her four years ago. So meeting Ho-oh want that much of a shock." Ash's nonchalant answer seemed to anger Misty.
"You mean to say that meeting legendary pokemon isn't much of a deal? People have to be very lucky to even get a glimpse of a legendary and here you are saying that you have met the same legendary multiple times. Aren't you feeling even a little excited that Ho-oh wanted you to train her daughter?" Leaf nodded her head signifying that she supported Misty's questions.
"Nope. Listen legendary pokemon aren't much different from normal pokemon. True they normally have long lives, are extremely powerful and rare, but they are pokemon none the less and they deserve to be treated as any other pokemon. With kindness, love and respect, not with your current behavior and attitude. It is because of this similar attitude that they don't reveal themselves to humans so easily." Ash's explanation left both Leaf and Misty rethinking their previous assumptions about legendary pokemon.
"Ash how did you learn to talk with such eloquence? It seemed as if you were a noble or a prince."
"Well I am related to the Royal Family of Rota and I am a Knight of the Aura Guardian Order. Also I am the Grand Master of the Order and as such I am given the rank of honorary Grand Duke of Rota. So you see, I had to sit through classes on noble etiquette whenever I used to visit my cousin sister, Princess Ilene of Rota. Anymore questions?" Both leaf and Misty were gob smacked at what they learned about Ash. Leaf had known Ash for three years and didn't know even a tenth of this, while Misty was completely ignorant till now.
"Now about we see if Nurse Joy have finished with her checkup of our pokemon?" Misty and Leaf just nodded their heads, not trusting their voices to work and stood up on shaky legs. Ash lead the girls back down to the lobby and towards Nurse Joy.
"Ash, Misty and Leaf, your pokemon are completely healed. Now Ash as you requested I had put your Eevee through a check and have found that there were still some traces of poison but they were being neutralized by the remains of your treatment. She will be fine by morning, but I advise a couple of days of rest before she starts training again." Ash just nodded his head and waited for Nurse Joy to bring out the pokemon. Nurse Joy headed back into the examination room and after a few moments came out pushing a trolley. Upon the trolley sat Pikachu.
"How are you feeling now Pikachu?" Ash asked with a smile. Pikachu just jumped onto Ash's shoulder and nuzzled Ash's cheeks with his own. "I haven't felt better in a long time. So Ash what shall we do next?"
"Oh we are just going to rest tonight and then continue our journey in the morning. We will go through the Viridian Forest on our way to Pewter City for our first Gym Battle." Ash explained as he took his other pokemon back. Misty and Leaf followed his example and picked up their pokemon next.
As they were about to head towards the cafeteria, there was an explosion at the front gate. Turning around they saw a blue haired young man and a magenta haired young woman wearing uniforms with a large red R on their fronts standing at the door.
"Prepare for trouble!" the woman started.
"Make it double!" the man said next.
"To protect the world from devastation!"
"To unite all peoples within our nation!"
"To denounce the evils of truth and love!"
"To extend our reach to the starts above!"
"Jessie!"
"James!"
"Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of light!"
"Surrender now, or prepare to fight!"
"Meowth! That's right!" a Meowth finished.
Amazed at the talking Meowth and feeling awkward at the weird introduction, no one could say or do anything but stare at the now identified Team Rocket.
"Look James it seems that we have fried their little brains with our awe-inspiring motto." Jessie, the woman said.
"Your right Jessie, it will only be easier for us to steal their pokemon along with all the other pokemon in the Pokemon Centre."
Before they could even move a step, Ash commanded Pikachu to shoot a Thundershock at the three wannabe thieves. "Leave and I will give you a chance to change your ways. Try to continue with your plans and suffer the consequences." Ash said with a commanding aura as he manipulated his aura to give off a sight blue glow from his body.
"As if you could do anything to us kid. Now hand over all the pokemon in this here Pokemon Centre and no one will get hurt." Meowth said.
"Pikachu shock some common sense into them for me please!" Pikachu didn't need to be told twice and quickly struck the three clowns with a weak Thundershock.
"AHHH…" all three members of Team Rocket screamed before falling down on the ground, charred by the electricity that had coursed through them. Suddenly they all jumped to their feet and then Jessie and James released an Ekans and a Koffing respectively. Ekans was a purple snake with a yellow rattle on its tail and Koffing was a ball shaped pokemon with a cross mark and multiple holes on its body.
"Ekans use Poison Sting…" Jessie commanded while James said, "Koffing use Tackle…" Ekans opened its mouth and launched a large amount of glowing purple needles at Ash and Koffing charged at Ash with a white glow around it. Ash calmly raised his hand and suddenly a blue shield formed around him and the girls while Nurse Joy was behind the barrier.
Jessie, James and Meowth just watched in awe and horror as the blue shield formed and easily took both of Ekans and Koffing's attacks without any strain. After the attacks stopped Ash released Midori to handle Team Rockets pokemon.
"Midori knock Ekans and Koffing out using Leaf Storm and then send the whole group flying using a Hyper Beam." Midori just nodded her head, charged up a powerful Leaf Storm and launched the vortex of glowing leaves at the two poison type pokemon and easily knocked them out. Ekans and Koffing came to a stop at James and Jessie's feet as they looked on in horror at Midori's power. Meowth tried to attack with Fury Swipes but was hit with the orange-white beam of energy and launched back towards Jessie and James. The Hyper Beam followed Meowth and hit Jessie, James and their pokemon. The resulting explosion send the whole group of two humans and three pokemon flying off into the night sky.
"LOOKS LIKE TEAM ROCKET IS BALSTING OFF FOR THE FIRST TIME!" was all that was heard as Team Rocket wa send flying off into the night sky. Soon Officer Jenny rode her motor bike into the Pokemon Centre lobby.
"What happened here? I heard an explosion and came as soon as I could."
"Oh juts the thieves you warned us about Officer Jenny. I didn't think that Midori's Hyper Beam would have send them flying off into the sky, but hopefully they won't bother the residents of Viridian City again." Ash explained with a sheepish expression. Misty, Leaf and Nurse Joy just nodded their heads in confirmation.
"Alright it seems that the problem has been taken care of already, but since there is a large hole at the entrance of the Lobby, I will just set a patrol to watch over the hole till it's been fixed. That alright with you Joy?"
"Oh you don't have to go so far Jenny. There is no need for a patrol and the hole will be fixed by tomorrow evening."
"If you say so Joy. Take care kids, Joy." Jenny said as she mounted her motor bike and took off. "Thank you for your help Ash. I don't know what would have happened if you weren't here."
"There is no need to worry about what if's Nurse Joy. Hopefully they have learned their lesson and won't return back to the path they were walking." Joy just nodded her head in thanks before every one heard a loud rumbling noise. Everyone turned their heads towards a sheepish Ash and Pikachu.
"Guess me and Pikachu are hungry, so who wants some dinner?" Ash asked trying to quickly redirect the unwanted attention from him and Pikachu.
"That's father for you. When there is nothing to keep him busy, he is a human Munchlax. It seems that Pikachu is very similar to him as well." Ferrum said destroying Ash's plan to redirect the attention from him and Pikachu. Ash and Pikachu just glared at Ferrum who was snickering along with Midori and the others.
"Alright already, I get it me and Pikachu have a large appetite. There is no need to laugh about it." Ash said with an ominous blue glow in his eyes. Pikachu gravely nodded his head, electric sparks flying off his cheek pouches. Everyone just stared at the duo with fear. Nurse Joy quickly hid behind the counter while Misty, Leaf, Midori and Ferrum quickly ran, or slithered in Midori's case, towards the cafeteria.
After everyone left Ash and Pikachu burst out laughing. "I told you that they would run, but I didn't expect you to join me in the joke Pikachu."
"What can I say; when I was a Pichu, I was quite the prankster. It seems that I haven't lost my touch yet." Pikachu said smugly.
"Finally someone with a sense of humor. A bit of free advice though, don't ever prank Cherry. She has no sense of humor and will attack anyone who pranks her. I have been on the receiving end of quite a few of her attacks before and I don't want to face any more." Pikachu took in the grave tone in Ash's voice and nodded his head. "Now how about we get some dinner before we go to sleep. We have a long way to go to reach Pewter City and the Pokemon Gym there."
Dinner was a quiet affair as Misty and Leaf were too fearful of offending Ash while Ferrum and Midori were afraid that their next training session would be that much more difficult if they antagonized Ash any more. Cherry, Blaze and Angel didn't want dinner and went back into their pokeballs for a goodnights sleep. After dinner, Ash recalled Midori and Ferrum before turning to Misty and Leaf.
"So what will you guys do in the morning?"
"Well Ash since you are doing the Gym Challenge, you will eventually challenge the Cerulean City Gym. As I am the Primary Gym Leader, I will be the one to take your challenge. So I will be joining you till at least we reach Cerulean City." Misty explained.
"I think that I will go my own way. I am not planning to participate in the Indigo League yet, so I will travel around and catch more grass type pokemon. We may just bump into each other from time to time though." Leaf said hoping that her friend would understand.
"Alright I understand; you want to grow as a trainer with as little help from an outside influence as you can help it. I did the same during my Aura and Psychic training and training my pokemon. I hope that you stay out of trouble." Leaf just smiled and nodded.
"Leaf before you leave town remember to stock up on medical supplies and pokechow and remember to be very careful while approaching wild pokemon. Some are not very friendly and will attack with little or no warning."
"Thanks for the warning Misty. I will be extra vigilant while approaching wild pokemon."
"Oh before I forget, here take my X-Transceiver and PokeNav numbers. You can make video calls to my X-Transceiver and voice calls to my PokeNav. If you need any advice in training your pokemon just give me a call." Ash said as he handed Leaf a piece of paper with his X-Transceiver and PokeNav numbers.
"Thanks Ash. Ah this is a silly question but why do you have two communication devices with you?' Leaf asked confused.
"Oh the X-Transceiver was a gift from my cousin Ilene and the PokeNav was a gift from my mom. Sis wanted me to keep in contact with everyone while on my journey. Mom decided that I should have my own PokeNav so that I don't get lost. It's just a bonus that the PokeNav is the latest model and has voice calling capabilities." Misty and Leaf just nodded their heads when Ash's X-Transceiver started ringing.
Accepting the call, the face of Sabrina was seen on the small screen. "Hey Ash where are you at the moment?"
"In the Viridian Pokemon Center, why?" Ash replied.
"I still have a month till I have to take over for dad at the Saffron City Gym. Till then I was hoping to travel with you. Is that alright with you?"
"More the merrier I always say. So when are you getting here?"
"When are you planning to leave Viridian?"
"Not until ten at earliest, so you have more than enough time to get your beauty sleep and then get here." Ash said in a joking manner.
"You know that I wake up at the crack of dawn to meditate with Kadabra, Espeon and Drowzee. Anyway I will be seeing you at nine in the morning. Goodnight and don't stop your morning training schedule if you can help it." Ash just nodded his head and smiled, "Goodnight to you to Sab and don't be late. If you are late as usual, then I will leave you behind and you will have to catch up to me in Pewter City." Sabrina just shook her head and hang up.
"Was that a friend of yours?" Misty asked shaking Ash out of his musings.
"Oh that was my cousin Sabrina. We are very close friends, especially since she is as powerful a psychic as me. We used to train together for the last few years. Now I don't know about you two lovely ladies, but I have a strenuous morning workout and training planned with my pokemon, so goodnight." Ash said before he teleported to his room with Pikachu in tow.
"You know, he isn't the first psychic I have met, but he seemed much different than the others. Even his cousin didn't seem so controlled of her emotions as the other psychics I have seen before." Misty stated to Leaf.
"Well I haven't met any other psychics before, but Ash was always quite the energetic young boy and he hasn't changed much even after all the training he must have gone through. Anyway I am planning to leave at eight sharp, so goodnight Misty and if we don't meet in the morning, see you later." Leaf said with a yawn and left to get some sleep. Misty just sat at the cafeteria and pondered over the enigma that was Ash Ketchum.