Story Ideas

Hey, everyone. I know you're all expecting some stories to be updated sooner than later and I respect that, but I also have a ton of other ideas that my mind can't think straight. So, I thought you'd all like to see how my mind works, so I thought this would be a good way to show you. This will give previews of various ideas I've been having and, should one chapter get enough reviews-say 15 or so-, then I'll start publishing it as an actual story here on FanFiction. So, enjoy.

Story Idea 1: To Renew

This idea came to me sometime last year when news about X and Y was just getting good with the news of Mega Evolution. It is a story where Ash's soul was taken the night before by a Dusknoir and devoured and Arceus had to use a soul from a different world that had great experience with the series in both anime, manga, and games to fight off whoever had sent the Dusknoir in Ash's body. Basically, it's someone else that is now Ash Ketchum, but with more knowledge and way better experience with how the world of Pokemon works. I don't own Pokemon. That belongs to its creator and Nintendo.

This…This feels strange. I…I should be dead. Yet, my eyes are opened to an unknown ceiling with sunlight coming out of a window. Groaning, I got out of bed and walked over to the mirror on the nearby dresser. Pulling out some headphones, I slid them on before turning on the music player they were attached to. As the sounds of smooth jazz played, I finally looked in the mirror and yelped. That…That wasn't my face! It was then I heard laughter…feminine laughter. I noticed the jazz had stopped playing and the laughter was coming from the headphones.

=Hello-hello-hello~! Good morning…um…well, I'll just call you 'Ash.' Okay~?=

My eye twitched. Whoever made this the first thing he heard from this music player would have their butt whooped.

=Now before you try to find out who's butt you're going to whoop, let me explain who this is= my eyes widened at that part =I am Arceus, the Creator of All Pokémon…except for Reshiram, Zekrom, and Kyurem; they made me. Anyways, I want to say 'thank you' for dying!=

This better be a prank or something…

=Oh, it's no prank, Ashy~. You did die when that bomb went off. But, I was able to save your soul and put it into your current body. A Pokémon named Dusknoir took this poor boy's soul in his sleep and he had an important part in this world in his life. But you already know about it since you're a fan of the series, hai~?=

Damn this girl's good.

=Of course I am! I am Arceus, after all~! Now, I need you to fill his role, but you can do it however you want to, okay~? But you still need to pick Pikachu, got it?=

And if I don't…?

=Then I'll have to do something about it=

I slowly gulped at that. Okay, this was getting too scary for me.

=Well, you expect me to not do it when your thoughts are akin to the Fourth Wall?=

What?!

=Oh, nothing~= Arceus giggled =Now hurry up and get dressed. I gave you half-an-hour earlier than Ash to get ready for seeing Professor Oak. Just so you know, the moment you get your PokéDex, it'll have enough Poké in it for you to buy a ton of supplies along with data on every single Pokémon as a way of saying 'thanks' for becoming Ash for me. When you get a PokéGear, I'll contact you, okay? Also, people will hear what you say in what they normally hear it here in Pallet Town until you come back after you have all eight badges here. Bye-bye~!=

With that, the 'song' stopped playing. I tried to go back to it, but the device just went to the very end. Was that really Arceus? I shook my head to clear my thoughts and looked at the mirror. Somewhat tanned skin, the 'z' markings on the cheeks, the black hair and onyx eyes. Yep…I really was Ash Ketchum. …Son of a Gogoat. I quickly got dressed and smiled a bit. I always loved this original outfit, especially the hat.

I walked down the stairs and smiled a bit at the woman waiting at the bottom. Ash, or rather me, had a beautiful mother especially when it came to her natural beauty. No wonder she won the beach contest in that episode.

"Morning, Mom," I greeted as I finished walking down the stairs.

"You seem awfully calm despite being almost late to Professor Oak's, young man," Delia noted.

"Well, I'm not sure about which Pokémon I want," I replied, "I mean, Bulbasaur's pretty cool, especially with his evolutions, but Squirtle and his evolutions can help when I need to go out to sea to go to Cinnabar Island to challenge the Gym Leader there. But then I think about Charmander and his final evolution as a Charizard. How cool would it be to just fly around on him or her?"

"I see…You really paid attention to that show Professor Oak was playing for today, didn't you?"

"A bit," I replied, "I kinda fell asleep a bit into it."

"Of course you did. It was nearly eleven," Delia giggled before she hugged me, "Oh, my little boy…I'm going miss you so much."

"Mom…"

I felt my eyes water a bit. She wasn't my mom, bless her soul, but she was Ash's mom. And since I was Ash, I guess she was my other mother. Maybe this body was going through its memories to help me act how she'd think I'd act.

"Don't worry, Mom. I'm going to be a great Pokémon Trainer and come back with all eight badges!" I grinned at her, tears still in my eyes.

"I know you will," Delia replied before kissing my forehead, "Now hurry or you'll be even later to Professor Oak's."

"Okay, Mom," I nodded before running out, "I'll see you later with my Starter, Mom!"

Lucky for me, they showed Professor Oak's lab enough times to let me quickly find it. I stopped before the door and was about to knock when it opened. I quickly examined who was there. It was a brunette/red-head in a purple shirt, purple pants, a green and yellow yin-yang necklace, and brown mohacasin-like shoes.

"Gary," I greeted, though my body was showing signs of annoyance.

"Well, well, if it isn't Ashy-boy," Gary smirked.

Ashy-boy…I hate that nickname already, "You got your Pokémon, Gary?"

"Yeah," he replied with a smirk, "I got the last one, too. Guess you should've woken up earlier, eh?"

"Nah. You know me, Gary. I'll come out on top soon enough," I couldn't help but smirk at Gary's annoyed expression.

"Oh? Then how are you going to do that?"

"Simple; I'll just ask Professor Oak if I could go out without a Pokémon and catch a Starter," I replied, earning a taunting laugh from Gary.

"As if you could catch a Pokémon!"

"…Wanna bet?" I challenged, "When I catch a Pokémon before getting to Viridian City, you gotta write on the next sign you see outside of any city with a Gym in it 'Ash is a Winner, Gary's dinner.' If I don't, I'll write 'Gary's a Winner, Ash is a wimpy loser' on the sign to Cerulean City."

"Heh. You're on!" Gary replied before he walked down the steps to his cheerleaders and his car.

"And why are you even using a car? You'll scare away the Pokémon, you know!" I called out to him.

"Like you'd know!"

Childish response, Gary. Childish response. Then again, he was only ten or eleven at the moment. I entered the lab and found Professor Oak there. I rubbed my eyes to make sure I was seeing it right. He didn't look like his anime self, but more like the Electric Tales of Pikachu version of himself, complete with stubble on his chin, Gary-like grey hair, and seemed to be in the prime of his physical fitness than an elderly man.

"Ah, Ash, good to see you!" Professor Oak greeted.

"Hey, Professor. Did Gary really get the last Pokémon?"

"Um…Well…Yes. He chose Squirtle while Charmander and Bulbasaur were already picked," Professor Oak replied.

"Aw Ratatta! I thought he was just playing around with me!" I grinned a little in my head at Professor Oak's somewhat worried expression.

"Well…There is one left, but I'm not sure if he'll be a good pick," Professor Oak replied.

"Please, Professor, I'll take any Pokémon you can offer," I urged him, "I made a promise to become the best Pokémon Trainer that came out of Pallet Town of my generation and I intend to keep it. So please, Professor, you've gotta have one for me, you just gotta!"

Professor Oak sighed. He walked over to a machine where three Pokéballs were. He pressed a button and a fourth Pokéball emerged. On the Pokéball, there was a lightning bolt mark. I smiled a little as I opened it, releasing the Pokémon inside onto the table nearby. It stood at 1'04" and was probably 13.2lbs. His fur was a bright yellow with two brown oval spots of fur on the back. He was mouse-like in appearance with a lightning bolt-shaped tail, the bottom of it brown. The red cheeks it had sparked every now and then. I knew this iconic Pokémon easy enough.

"It's a Pikachu," I couldn't help but grin, "Now I know I'll be a great Pokémon Trainer!"

"Pii?" Pikachu tilted his head.

"What makes you say that?" Professor Oak asked.

"Because Pikachu are cool," I replied, earning a surprised look from said-Pokémon.

"Well then, I'd better give you your PokéDex and a few Pokéballs while you're still here," Professor Oak noted as he walked off, leaving me and Pikachu alone.

"It's nice to meet you, Pikachu," I greeted before gently rubbed one of his cheeks, earning a sigh of content from him, "I don't want you to feel like you're being used, so I want you to decide for yourself on the most important thing to me; do you want to be in your Pokéball while we travel, or would you rather like to stay out of it?"

Pikachu's eyes widened a little. He was probably expecting me to just return him to his Pokéball, as if I'd do that. I placed the Pokéball on the table and backed away. Pikachu looked at it before slapping it away into my hand.

"Okay, so you wanna ride on my shoulder while we travel?" I offered.

"Pika!" Pikachu nodded as he jumped off the table on onto my shoulder.

"Cool," I grinned-man, I'm doing this a lot today-before Professor Oak came in.

"That's strange. I was expecting him to electrocute you by now," Oak noted.

"Well, did you try talking to Pikachu about what he wanted?" I asked.

"Hmm…Good point," Professor Oak replied, "Anyways, these are for you. Use those Pokéballs to capture Pokémon and this PokéDex is equipped with all you need to know about Pokémon and it acts as your Trainer's License. You just press this button to display the data."

"Thanks, Professor!" I grinned, "Wish me luck, because I'm going to come back with all eight badges for the Indigo League!"

I quickly ran out with Pikachu on my shoulder. At the bottom of the hill, I couldn't help but crack a smile at seeing the small crowd with Delia…with my mom…at the very front with the green backpack that I loved to see Ash have before he kept changing his clothes for the new regions after Johto. I hated that!

"It looks like you brought the entire neighborhood," I joked.

"Oh, I did, but some were too busy to see you off," Delia replied, making me sweatdrop, "Oh my! Is that your Pokémon?"

"Yep. Mom, meet Pikachu or, as I'm going to be calling him, Stormer," I introduced, Pikachu smirking a bit at the nickname he was given.

"May I pick him up?" Delia asked as she gave me the backpack.

"Stormer?" I glanced at my Starter, "It's your call on this one."

"Pika…" Stormer began to think before hopping into her arms, "Pikachu!"

"Oh, you're so adorable," Delia cooed as she rubbed one of Stormer's cheeks.

"Chu~" Stormer sighed happily.

"Heh. Mom, you sure have a way with Pokémon," I chuckled at how much Stormer was enjoying it.

"Aw, thanks, sweetie," Delia giggled, "But…Why aren't you keeping him in his Pokéball?"

"I wanted Stormer to decide if he wanted to," I replied, "He may be my Pokémon, but he's his own living being. If I want to be the best Trainer there is, then I need to have powerful bonds with my Pokémon."

"Pika!" Stormer beamed as he finally got back onto my shoulder.

"Well, there are some rubber gloves in there for cleaning any dishes that you use," Delia explained, "Plus some extra clothes and you-know-whats that I expect you to change daily…"

What is with this woman and embarrassing her son?! By the time we were on the road, Stormer had fallen into my arms, laughing in his own way, while I was entirely red-faced in a blush. Soon, we were out of sight of Pallet Town and out on Route 1. By now, I should've seen Ho-Oh soaring through the sky. A cry caught our attention as a shadow covered us. I looked up and saw the rainbow with Ho-Oh flying by it. What I didn't expect was for a case to hit me in the face and knock me onto my back and Stormer on my belly.

"Ow…" I groaned as I got up into a sitting position to look at what hit me, "What the…a case?"

"Pika!"

Stormer pointed at a note on it. I picked it up and opened the paper up. 'Hello~Hello~Hello, Ashy~! It's you-know-who~! I forgot to hide this in your backpack! It's TMs and HMs from all the games! But you don't have to worry about them working only once, sweetie~. These are repeatable like in Generations V and VI. Inside this case is also an instruction manual and a device for teaching Pokémon the moves. Love, Arceus~3 PS: Stormer has Lightningrod as his Ability and knows Volt Tackle but he doesn't know it yet. PPS: The moment you left town, I updated your PokéDex with all data on every single Pokémon, so have fun with that.' I shook my head at the letter. I opened it up, noticing that they were all labeled with their attack. I pulled out my PokéDex and aimed it at Pikachu.

=PIKACHU, THE MOUSE POKÉMON, AND THE EVOLVED FORM OF PICHU. PIKACHU'S TAIL IS SOMETIMES STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AS IT RAISES IT TO CHECK ITS SURROUNDING. PIKACHU CAN HELP OTHER PIKACHU WHO ARE FEELING WEAK BY SHARING ITS ELECTRIC CURRENT. CURRENT MOVES ARE: VOLT TACKLE, GROWL, THUNDERSHOCK, AND TAIL WHIP. LEVEL: 7=

"Okay. So you're at Level 7 and you've got some good moves so far," I noted before picking up the TM for Iron Tail, "But for our first Gym, we'll need a Steel-Type move."

"Pii?" Stormer tilted his head in confusion.

I pulled out a black CD Player with a pair of suction cups replacing the ends of the 'headphones' connected to it. I glanced at the instructions, thankful for pictures. It seemed easy enough, but it also said that Stormer would need to practice with the move for a bit before he could fully use it.

"Stormer, come here," I urged, "I promise that you'll be fine."

Stormer frowned at me. He needed more information than that. Damn you, Pikachu. I began to explain to him what I was hoping we could do so he'd have an advantage at the first Gym. After a few minutes, and me introducing him to ketchup, he agreed. Stormer was able to figure out how to put it on and I activated the TM. For a few seconds, his eyes glowed blue as the TM 'played' its information. Once it was done, I put the items away.

"Okay. It said we needed to practice with it first, so what do you want to test Iron Tail on that isn't me?" I asked, noticing Stormer's look while I was asking him.

Stormer pouted before walking over to a tree branch that had fallen from a storm most likely. He charged at it before swinging his tail at it. It glowed for a few seconds but it stopped just before he hit. Stormer frowned as his ears drooped with his tail.

"Don't worry about it, Stormer," I encouraged, "It did say that you needed to practice with the move first."

The sound of wings flapping earned my attention after that. I turned to it and saw through a bit of the grass a familiar cream and brown bird; a Pidgey.

"Hmm…" I tapped my chin.

Do I follow canon on this and try to capture this Pidgey and end up fleeing from a flock of any Spearow with one eventually evolving into Fearow and leave me without a Pidgeot? …Nah. Pidgeot's were awesome.

"Stormer, do you want to wait until we go a bit deeper along this route before fighting another Pokémon or do you want to fight that Pidgey here and now?"

"Pika," Stormer shook his head.

With that, we went on and ignored the Pidgey and Spearow there. Eventually, we came upon a small waterfall and I had to shake my head a bit in mirth. This was where Ash had first met Misty. No way was I gonna end up with having to pay for a new bike for her. But still…Her Water Pokémon did help in situations. I sighed before pulling the rope out of my backpack and tied it around a tree. I proceeded to use it to get down, Stormer holding onto my head as he laid on my hat.

We reached the bottom after a few minutes. Once we were there, I took noticed of a blue bicycle near the water with a girl sitting on a rock with a fishing lure on it. She had her orange hair done in a lopsided pigtail while she wore a yellow tee and blue short-shorts that had red overall straps connected to them, a red backpack beside her. I knew her as Misty Waterflower.

"Excuse me!" the girl was startled a bit by my call, "I'm sorry if I startled you. My name's Ash and this is Stormer."

"I'm Misty and it's no problem. But be careful, I'm trying to catch a Water Pokémon in here," Misty replied as she motioned to the river.

"Any kind?" I asked as I sat beside her.

"Well, yeah. I plan on being a great Water Pokémon Trainer," Misty replied.

"Even with Magikarp?" I asked, aware she had a fear of Gyarados at the time.

"Uh…well…" Misty began before looking at Stormer, "Oh, he's so adorable!"

"Thanks. Stormer and I just met this morning," I explained to her, "He's my Starter."

"So you're from Pallet Town? I never thought they used Electric Types as Starter Pokémon," Misty noted as she rubbed Pikachu's cheek.

"Well, Professor Oak didn't have any others for me and I was kinda desperate," I explained, "But it works out for me. Pikachu is gonna be the strongest Pokémon you'll ever see by the time we're done beating the Main Eight."

"The Main Eight?"

"Pewter, Cerulean, Vermillion, Celadon, Fuchsia, Saffron, Cinnabar, and Viridian," I replied, "Those towns and island are the homes of the Main Eight, the eight best Gym Leaders."

"…You really think that?" Misty asked.

"You bet," I replied as I pulled out the map my 'mom' provided me that I had put marks on, "See? First I go to Pewter, then Cerulean, and then down to Vermillion and then up to Lavender to see the Pokémon Tower before heading to Saffron and Celadon. After that, it's down south to Fuchsia and a trip on the sea to go to Cinnabar and then up to Viridian City by passing through home."

"Huh. So you really planned this out, didn't you?" Misty asked.

"Yep. I have less than a year to get all eight badges for the Indigo League, build up a team of Pokémon that work alongside me, and spend whatever time remains for the league to start to have days of relaxing and days of training. I'm somewhat ready for Pewter Gym."

"Somewhat? Pewter Gym uses Rock Type Pokémon. Is Pikachu your only Pokémon?" Misty asked.

"Yeah. Stormer is, but he's got a new attack called 'Iron Tail' that we're developing for that Gym," I replied as I looked down at the Pikachu, cuddling the ketchup bottle.

"Why is it…?"

"He loves Ketchup," I chuckled, "It was the only way I could get him to agree to try developing Iron Tail." I turned to my backpack and began to look through it, "Now I wonder if I have an air filter or something to let me go underwater…"

"Huh?"

"Well, if you can't get the Pokémon to come to you, you go to where the Pokémon are," I replied, pulling out the device I was looking for, "Stormer, once you're done with your Ketchup, please try to finish learning Iron Tail, okay? I'm going after a Pokémon."

"Pika!" Stormer saluted.

I removed my jacket and hat before putting them into my backpack. I took off my socks and shoes before jumping into the water. I swore I heard Misty shout something, but I digress. I swam down to the bottom of the river before looking around. It was kinda cool how some logic, such as needing protective lenses for your eyes while underwater, weren't really needed here. I noticed that there were quite a few Pokémon underwater. I didn't see any Goldeen or Seaking, so that was good. I didn't want to get poisoned just yet.

Something tapped my shoulder. I turned to see no one was there. The tap went off again and I turned. …Okay, someone's playing with me here. I looked up just in time to see who was about to tap me. The Pokémon resembled an overgrown snake with blue scales and a white underbelly. It had a round white muzzle with cute black eyes. There were also tiny 'wings' on its head. I waved to the Dratini and it swam upwards to the surface. I followed it and emerged just as Misty yelped at seeing Dratini.

"That's a Dratini!" Misty gasped while I took my breather out.

"You're a sneaky one, aren't you?" I asked the Dratini, earning an amused-sounding squeak from it, "My name's Ash Ketchum. It's nice to meet you."

I held a hand out to Dratini and it shook it with its tail. The two of us swam over to Misty and Pikachu, who I noticed was walking away from a tree in annoyance with either it or his tail.

"Aren't you going to battle and catch it?" Misty asked

"Only if Dratini wants to," Ash replied before turning to Dratini, "I'm looking for some powerful Pokémon to join my team." Dratini pointed at itself with a tilted head, "Yeah. Like you. If you want to come with, you're more than welcome to."

Dratini just looked at me before nodding. I held a Pokéball out for Dratini and it 'kissed' it, letting itself be captured.

"Wh-What?" Misty gawked, "You just asked it? But…what?"

"Sometimes, you need to just talk with a Pokémon instead of just battling it," I replied, "Some are more pacifistic in the wild than you think." I got out and walked behind a tree with my stuff, "Now I need to dry off and change real quick or I'll end up as the first Pallet Town Trainer to get sick on his first day away from home. You wanna come with me? I could always need help from other Trainers."

I quickly dried off and changed my clothes. Stormer was quick in getting back onto my shoulder and looked at the Pokéball that held Dratini in it. I pulled out the PokéDex and scanned the Pokéball.

=DRATINI, THE DRAGON POKÉMON. HEIGHT: 4'10". WEIGHT: 6.4LBS. AS DRATINI IS FILLED WITH LIFE ENERGY, IT IS CONSTANTLY GROWING, AND THUS GROW TO BE OVER SIX FEET LONG. AS IT GROWS, ITS SKIN WILL START TO SHED AND CAUSE IT TO HIDE BEHIND POWERFUL WATERFALLS. DUE TO SO FEW HAVING SEEN IT, DRATINI IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE "MIRAGE POKÉMON." LEVEL: 5. ATTACKS: WRAP, LEER, THUNDER WAVE, AND DRAGON RUSH. GENDER: FEMALE=

"Wow. Seems one of her parents must have known Dragon Rush if she knows it," I noted.

"Dragon Rush?" Misty repeated as I looked it up for her.

=DRAGON RUSH – THE USER TACKLES THE TARGET WHILE EXHIBITING OVERWHELMING MENACE. IT MAY ALSO MAKE THE TARGET FLINCH=

"Heh. Looks like we got a new friend and training partner, Stormer," I noted to my Starter.

"Pii-Pikachu!" Stormer pouted.

"You really wanted to have a battle, huh?" I asked, earning a semi-nod, "Well, when we get to Viridian to rest at the Pokémon Center, we'll find someone and have a battle against them. Sound okay to you?"

"Pi…Pika!" Stormer smiled.

"Great to hear, buddy," I grinned before looking at Misty, "You coming with?"

"Maybe," Misty replied, "How about I meet you at Viridian later?"

"Sure. Just be careful. I think it's gonna start storming soon," I advised before I left with Stormer on my shoulder. Well…That went better than I expected.

As if Murphy heard me, it was then Stormer sneezed. Of course, when he sneezed, he accidentally let out a ThunderShock that hit Misty's bike. I froze with a worried smile on my face.

"Stormer…"

"Pii?"

"I have an idea right now," I noted, swearing that the area was growing darker as Misty began to growl.

"Pika?"

"Run away!-!-!"

"Get back here, you bike-wrecker!" Misty hollered as she gave chase.

"Curse you, Murphy's Law!" I shouted as I began doing everything I could to stay ahead of her.

I grumbled as the three of us entered Viridian City, me sporting a large bump on my noggin. She caught up with me, but I managed to get her to agree to wait until we were in Cerulean City to buy her a bike since (in Gen I and its remakes) it is the best place for bikes.

"And you don't even have to remind me," I noted as I put a note saying 'I owe Misty one new bike' into my hat, "See? It'll be on the top of my thoughts."

"It better be…" Misty frowned.

"But, hey, at least there's a good thing about all this," I noted.

"What?" Misty frowned.

"We're not gonna be alone while traveling for a bit," I grinned at her.

"Hold it right there!"

And cue Officer Jenny. We turned to the police station we were passing as a woman stepped out. She had blue hair and wore a blue Japanese Policewoman's uniform with Pokéball emblems replacing areas for badges.

"Good evening, Officer," I greeted before taking my PokéDex out, "Something the matter?"

"Why do you have that Pokémon out of its Pokéball?" Jenny demanded.

"My name is Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town," I replied, "This is my friend, Misty Waterflower. As for why Stormer isn't in his Pokéball, I let him decide on it."

"Let me see your Trainer License."

"With pleasure," I replied.

=I AM DEXTER, A POKÉDEX PROGRAMMED BY PROFESSOR OAK FOR POKÉMON TRAINER ASH KETCHUM OF THE TOWN OF PALLET. MY FUNCTION IS TO PROVIDE ASH WITH INFORMATION AND ADVICE REGARDING POKÉMON AND THEIR TRAINING. IF LOST OR STOLEN, I CANNOT BE REPLACED. CURRENT POKÉMON: PIKACHU – NICKNAME: STORMER, DRATINI – NICKNAME: N/A=

"I see…" Jenny nodded before giving a sheepish smile and apologized, "I'm sorry about that. You see, we've been having trouble with Pokémon thieves recently." She motioned to a poster of two of the most idiotic people I have ever seen, "If you see them, alert the police right away."

"No problem," I replied, "Do you have copies of this one?"

"Yes, actually," Jenny replied.

"If I may, would it be all right if I took this one?" I asked.

"No problem," Jenny replied as I removed the wanted poster and carefully folded it up to go into my backpack.

"Thank you. Now I'll be able to have something to help me locate them if they're in disguise," I noted.

"That's kinda smart for a ten year old," Misty noted as we left.

"Well, I just hate Pokémon Thieves. No one should control all them or even any of them for that matter," I noted as I rubbed a hand on Pikachu's cheek, "They're alive, like you and me are, Misty. They're not just partners for me, but more like family."

"…Okay, I have got to meet your parents if you're this good," Misty noted.

"Parent. I only have my Mom," I replied, making Misty flinch.

"Oh! Uh…Well…" Misty looked at her feet in embarrassment.

"Hey now, it's fine. You didn't know," I shrugged, "Stormer here sure liked her."

"Pika!" Stormer beamed before sighing wistfully, having missed the way she held him while caressing one of his cheeks.

"Don't worry, little buddy, we'll call her as soon as we get to the Pokémon Center," I replied before flinching.

Crap. I don't know her number…or Professor Oak's number…or any number in the Kanto Region for that matter…I quickly stopped at a bench and began to look through my backpack. Yes! A sheet with phone numbers! Oh, thank you, Arceus! By the time we were getting to the Pokémon Center, night was starting to form. At that moment, I mused that somewhere, in some way, an Eevee was evolving into Umbreon or a Sneasel was becoming Weavile…or a recently-revived Pokémon from a Sail Fossil was evolving. We went in and I couldn't help but blush a bit. I always had a bit of a crush on the Nurse Joys in the anime, with their kind, caring personalities, the cute nurse outfits, that pink hair, the cute nurse outfits, how they treat the Pokémon more like living beings than just tools, the cute nurse outfits… I slapped myself discreetly. Think about a Nurse Joy in lingerie resembling a nurse's outfit with Sylveon traits later, heal Pokémon now.

"So where did you live before going on your journey?" I asked as Misty and I sat at a nearby pair of chairs while the Pokémon were getting treated.

"Oh, just a bit out there," Misty replied.

"…You don't like to talk about where you come from?" I asked.

"Well, not really."

"You got teased a lot?"

"None of your business!" Misty growled at me with a glare.

"Fair enough," I raised my hands in defense.

=RING-RING-RING! RING-RING-RING! PHONE CALL~! PHONE CALL~!=

Well, seeing how no one was gonna do it, I decided to answer the call. I went behind the desk and answered it. On the wall behind the counter was a set of four stone carvings of Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, and Arcanine. The Arcanine panel slid to the side, revealing a monitor that displayed Professor Oak's back.

"Professor?"

=Hm? Oh, Ash my boy! I see you made it to Viridian City!=

"Yeah. But I can't say that it's nice to see your back and not your face," I joked.

=Huh?= Oak turned around to see it =Whoops! Wrong monitor!= the screen went fuzzy before it ended with me seeing him =Sorry about that. By the way, I got an interesting call from Gary. Said that you and him made a bet on if you could catch a Pokémon or not by the time you reached Viridian. Well, I called his bluff and it ended up with a bet between me and him for a million Poké!=

"Well, consider yourself rich," I joked.

=You caught one?=

"Yep. Her name's Marina," I replied, "She'll be a great Pokémon for some of the Gyms and a good training partner for Stormer."

=You're nicknaming them?= Oak asked.

"Yeah. That way, the opponent won't know what kind of Pokémon I ask to battle with until they see them," I replied, "Oh! And that reminds me! I saw this weird Pokémon with Stormer today. It had sun-like feathers with a white underbelly, a gold beak and talons, and seemed to have wings and tail feathers made of rainbows!"

=A new Pokémon?= Professor Oak raised a brow.

"Yeah. It was really cool, too!"

=Hmm…I'll take a look into it, then= Oak noted before a doorbell rang =Oh! That must be the pizza I ordered. Gotta go now! And call your mother, Ash!=

I rolled my eyes at that. Just like in the anime and the Electric Tale of Pikachu, stomach first; research second. I went over to the video-phones and pulled out my sheet of numbers and quickly dialed up my 'Mom.' As I recall, she should be getting out of the shower by now and removing the mud-mask and towel on her head. Sure enough, she answered looking just as beautiful as normal in a blue bathrobe.

=Hello! Ketchum Residence! Delia speaking= she greeted before noticing who it was =Ash!=

"Hey, Mom. I just got into Viridian City," I greeted.

=Oh, sweetie, that's good news!=

"Yep. And Gary owes Professor Oak a million Poké now," I snickered.

=Why would he owe him that?= Delia asked.

"Turns out they had a bet on if I could catch a Pokémon on Route 1 or not by the time I got here," I swear I could see the dark fire in her eyes as I said that.

=…Sweetie, if you're still in town tomorrow, please call me and remind me to go 'talk' with Professor Oak about betting…again. Okay?=

"S-Sure thing," I shuddered a bit.

"Excuse me, but your Pokémon are healed up," Nurse Joy informed.

"I've got 'em," Misty spoke as she picked up the Pokéballs except for Marina's; Stormer took her Pokéball and came over to me.

"Pikachu!" Stormer waved happily.

=Well hello to you too, Pikachu= Delia giggled at her rhyme =He looks so cute with you, sweetie=

"Thanks, Mom," I replied before releasing Marina, "And this is Marina, my first Pokémon that I caught."

=Oh! She's a Dratini!= Delia exclaimed with excitement =Oh, I am so proud of you!=

I blushed a bit at the praise she was giving. Marina seemed to enjoy it with her puffing herself up a bit and the smug look in her eyes.

"Anyways, Mom, I made a new friend and traveling companion," I spoke once she began to finish her pride-filled rant of joy before moving a bit to let Misty be seen, "This is Misty. I met her when I caught Marina."

=Well, hello!= Delia greeted =I hope my son isn't too troubling for you=

"Actually, he's been kinda nice so far," Misty replied, "He actually caught his Dratini without fighting."

=Huh?= Delia blinked.

"I just asked if she wanted to come with us," Ash sheepishly replied as Marina nuzzled him.

"He also added that he thought Marina was a powerful Pokémon to her," Misty added.

=So you didn't battle?= Delia asked.

"Well, I didn't want anyone to get hurt by Pikachu's electric attacks since he doesn't have any real physical moves," Ash replied, "But we are developing this new attack called Iron Tail. Once we're done, it'll be our ace against Brock and any Gym Leaders that use Pokémon with a Ground-Type."

=A new attack?= Delia pondered before sighing =Now why didn't you act like this when it came to cleaning your room or doing the chores without having to be bribed with a trip to the Ferris Wheel when the carnival came to town?=

I laughed sheepishly. I am so glad that there were memories of some stuff in this body to help me 'remember' them. Apparently, a carnival came by Pallet Town twice a year and Ash loved the Ferris Wheel the most. I sweatdropped when I then 'recalled' that it was because his mom got stuck on one with a friend of hers-ironically a Nurse Joy-on one that Ash was born on one. The three of us talked a bit more before 'Mom' had to go. Misty snickered when 'Mom' brought up changing my underwear every day.

"Your mom seems nice," Misty noted.

"You speak to anyone about what you just heard and I will tie you upside-down to a tree in just your skivvies," I scowled.

"Wow! Where did that come from?" Misty asked as she backed away a bit, not sure if my threat was real or not-which it was.

"Let's just say that there's some stuff no one back in Pallet knows about me," I replied as I looked at the clock and then up at the skylight.

It was around this time that Jessie and James appeared. When I heard the sirens alerting Team Rocket's been spotted, I knew they were coming. The skylight shattered as Koffing and Ekans emerged. Ekans was a snake, plain and simple. It was big, purple, and yellow with red eyes. Koffing looked like a big purple ball with craters around it, a skull image on its 'belly area,' and one big mouth with two eyes.

"Stormer, ThunderShock that Ekans!" I quickly ordered, "Marina, use Dragon Rush on Koffing!"

Stormer was the quicker of the two in acting. He quickly jumped and grabbed Ekans before unleashing his first electric attack. Ekans cried out before it managed to shake off Stormer. Dratinin's white bump and her 'fin ears' glowed purple/blue before she jumped at Koffing. The energy quickly covered her with energy and she rocketed at Koffing, slamming into it and knocking it away just before it could start using Smog like it was supposed to.

"Prepare for Trouble!"

Damn it, I forgot about their mottos…

"And make it Double!"

From a pair of ropes, the two lowered themselves down and I had to rub my eyes. Damn, she's got some large ones. Jessie had long red hair that went back and curled at the end with blue eyes. She wore a pair of black boots that went a few inches above her knees, a white skirt with a pair of black short shorts under them, a pair of black gloves that ended just below her elbows, and a white shirt with an 'R' with an opened at the bottom half of the 'R' to expose not only the black tee under it, but also her rather large…assets. God dammit, she's got the figure she had in the Electric Tale of Pikachu.

James was easy enough to recognize. He had shoulder-length blue hair and green eyes and reminded me of a Bishounen if he weren't on the side of evil. He wore a black shirt under a white Team Rocket uniform top, black gloves in his sleeves, white pants, a purple belt, and black boots.

"To protect the world from Devastation!"

"To unite all people within our Nation!"

"To denounce the evils of Truth and Love!"

"To extend our Reach to the stars above!"

"Jessie!"

"James!"

"Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light!"

"Surrender now, or prepare to fight!"

"Meowth! That's right!"

"…That…" I facepalmed, "…That was just terrible."

"What?!" the two humans barked with their talking Pokémon.

"I said that you two should have that motto burned, buried, and just forgotten! Then again…even that wouldn't be a good enough punishment for it!"

"Ash, what are you saying?" Misty gulped as she saw Ekans and Koffing recovering.

"Simple; I'm making them annoyed and upset. Get them that way, they'll start making mistakes and give us either more time to get Nurse Joy to transfer the Pokémon to Pewter City or at least contact Officer Jenny," I whispered, "Stormer, Marina, get ready for a Double Battle!"

"Double Battle?" Misty raised a brow.

"They've got two Pokémon, I have two Pokémon," I replied, "They're all out at once, so it's two-on-two at the same time AKA a Double Battle."

"That…That's actually kinda smart," Misty admitted.

"Thanks," I beamed before my two Pokémon got ready.

"Hey! Dat twerp's got a Dratini!" Meowth exclaimed.

"And you are a talking Meowth," I pointed out, "Thanks for stating the obvious."

I quickly flipped out Dexter and aimed it at them.

=EKANS, THE SNAKE POKÉMON. EKANS MOVES SILENTLY AND STEALTHILY AND CAN FREELY DETACH ITS JAW TO SWALLOW LARGE PREY WHOLE. WHEN FIRST BORN, IT HAS NO POISON SO ITS BITE IS PAINFUL, BUT HARMLESS. ABILITY: SHED SKIN. LEVEL: 6.=

=KOFFING, THE POISON GAS POKÉMON. ITS PURPLE SKIN IS AS THINK AS A STRAW AND STORES SEVEAL KINDS OF TOXIC GASES. THESE GASES ARE NATURALLY MADE IN ITS BODY BY MIXING TOXINS WITH GARBAGES WITH MORE BEING PRODUCED IN HIGHER TEMPERATURES. THESE GASES ARE MALODOROUS AND CAN CAUSE VARIOUS SIDE-EFFECTS, SUCH AS SNIFFLES, COUGHS, TEARY EYES, AND-IF INHALED FOR TOO LONG-POISONING. THESE GASES ALSO ALLOW KOFFING TO HOVER IN AIR. WHEN AGITATED, THE TOXIC GAS BECOMES MORE DANGEROUS AND WILL BEGIN TO BE EXPELLED THROUGH THE HOLES OF ITS BODY. ABILITY: LEVITATE. LEVEL: 6=

"Stormer, when I give you the signal, I need a ThunderShock into Koffing's mouth," I ordered softly to my two Pokémon, "Marina, good job on showing you can use Dragon Rush, but I want you to use Thunder Wave on Ekans once I give the signal to Stormer."

Both Pokémon nodded. We quickly got into position.

"Ekans, go!" Jessie ordered.

"Koffing, smog now!" James ordered.

"Stormer, light it up!" I ordered.

"Pika…chuuuu!-!-!" Stormer cried out.

"Dratini-ni!" Marina cried out.

Her 'dot' glowed before firing a blast of lightning at Ekans, striking it and causing it to freeze up. Stormer's electrical attack shot right into Koffing's mouth just as it opened up.

"Hit the dirt!" I shouted before I pulled Misty behind the counter just before Koffing exploded.

Slowly, I peeked out from behind the counter. No sign of Team Rocket or their Pokémon, but the front of the Center needed to be repaired. I sighed in relief at seeing Marina and Stormer were just below the front of the counter before cringing at seeing they had a few injuries. It was then I hit my head on the counter.

"What's wrong now?" Misty asked before noticing the hole in the wall.

"I hope they don't expect me to pay for it," I sighed, "But the actual thing I'm hating at the moment is that I just realized that I revealed I have a Dratini in my Party. Those guys are gonna be coming after us sooner or later."

"…" I smirked as I watched Misty hit her head on the counter.

I should've just ran with Misty when we had the chance. We just spent the whole morning talking with Officer Jenny about what happened last night. I'm just glad that the EXP Points from that battle got my Pokémon up a level. I was also glad that, while it had a gaping hole in the entrance, the buffet that's free for all Trainers was still operational and was still serving breakfast. I placed my dishes at a counter labeled for it when someone tapped my shoulder. I turned and blushed a little at being close to Nurse Joy.

"I have a package for you," Nurse Joy noted as she held it up for me to see.

"Um…Th-Thank you," I stammered a little as I was given the package before freezing up when she kissed my cheek.

"And thank you for beating them last night."

I wasn't sure how long it was, but I do know it took me a bit to get moving again. I had to strike myself in the leg to deal with something I'd rather not explain, though. I went over to an empty table near the hole/entrance and opened the box. The contents within both startled me and gave me surprise and concern. It was a series of stones in various colors, but all had a 'wave' inside of them made of two colors.

"Mega Evolution Stones…" I gulped.

"Pika?" Stormer pondered as he looked at them.

"Stormer…These…These stones are powerful…" I gulped, a cold sweat forming on my forehead as I pulled out a small device for my wrist, "And this is a Mega Ring." I snapped it onto my wrist before Marina pulled a note out of the box.

I quickly read it. 'I bet you weren't expecting this. Well, Xernas and Yvetal told me that if I was going to really do this, then they wanted to let you have an advantage of sorts. So included with the Mega Stones and Mega Ring is a Riolu Egg. You just have to hatch it. Arceus. PS: Next time you open your backpack, it's gonna be big enough inside for all this and will seal up tightly so you don't lose anything and no water can get into it.'

I looked back in the box. Sure enough, in a container was an egg that was blue, yellow, and black. I discreetly hid the egg in my backpack along with the Mega Stones. I closed it and heard a small 'click.' I moved to open it and heard the 'click' again. So if they're giving me Mega Stones…I scowled. Something dangerous was coming after me. It was possibly the something that possibly sent that Dusknoir to kill Ash originally. But why so soon? Did they just want me prepared for anything? I'm not sure, but I plan to learn.

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