Fight to the end

A Pokemon fanfic

Ash POV

Ash is 10

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon

Chapter 1

"Ash, I am very sorry." Professor Oak says. "I am out of starters. I had a Pikachu, but I gave it away. Maybe in a year, you can get a Pokemon."

"No!" I cry. I cannot stand to wait a year. I turn and run from the lab. In a few minutes, I am at a body of water. I head up, and then a massive black Gyarados comes roaring out of the water. I look at its stats with my Pokedex I grabbed.

"Gyarados. Status: Black Size: 42 feet, 7 inches Gender: Female Attacks: Hydro Cannon, Earthquake, Giga Impact, Hyper Beam, Blizzard, Dragon Rage, Hydro Pump, Dragon Rush, and Double Edge. Current attacks that can be learned: Iron Tail, Fire Blast, Thunder, Draco Meteor and Dark Pulse. Level: 47" My Pokedex says. I stare in awe. Then Gyarados does something curious. It reaches its gargantuan head down to me, and nudges me lightly. Then it nudges one of the Poke Balls I grabbed when I fled. It pokes the ball, and vanishes in a flash of red light. The ball immediately flashes green, confirming my capture. Gyarados chose me. I am in shock. When I manage to move again, I am in wonder. I caught a shiny Gyarados over twice as large as a normal one. It will be very useful. And somehow it knows the most powerful water type move. Oh, this is good. I immediately head to Viridian City, catching a Rattata, a Pidgey, and a Spearow along the way. When I arrive, I see an Officer Jenny speaking with my mom and Professor Oak. A Growlithe is out and ready. In a few minutes, it starts looking for me. I decide to surprise them. I cry out.

"Gyrados, I choose YOU!" I roar out the last out, flinging the Poke Ball. Gyarados explodes forth in all its glory, and raises me onto its back. I am almost forty feet in the air. I cling on to Gyrados' fin, and shout out. "Gyarados, Earthquake!" I call. A massive quake shakes the area, throwing the Growlithe back. I am recognized, and my mom calls out.

"Ash, get off that evil Pokemon's back! You know Gyarados can't be trusted!" She yells frantically. Gyrados roars at this.

"Gyarados chose me. It entered my Poke Ball freely. She is my starter. That is the end of it." A couple police officers run up. One sends out a Growlithe, who promptly roasts him with a Flamethrower. Then it looks at him, looks at Gyarados, looks at me, grabs its Poke Ball, and comes running over. It moves it head rapidly, and the Poke Ball comes flying up. I catch it. Growlithe nods, and I return Growlithe. Professor Oak looks at me, shakes his head, and speaks.

"Fine. You are officially a Trainer, Ash. Use Gyarados wisely." He says. I nod in response. Then Gyarados and I head towards the Pokemon Center. We are going to fight well. When we reach there, I have to return Gyarados to fit inside. Then comes the Team Rocket raid. Two teenagers burst in. A boy with blue hair, and a girl with red hair.

"Hand over your Pokemon or prepare for trouble," The redhead says.

"Yield or make it double," the blue haired one declares. They then alternate line.

"To bring to the world devastation,"

"To unite all peoples within our nation,"

"To denounce the evils of truth and love,"

"To declare our names to the stars above,"

"Jessie!"

"James!"

"Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light,"

"Surrender now or prepare to fight,"

"Meowth! That's right!" Declares their Meowth. I decide to fight. They send out an Ekans and a Koffing. I go back and grab six Poke Balls from the abandoned Pokemon section. A seventh Pokemon pops out.

"Gastly." It declares. Another follows it.

"Abra." That one says. I run to where the Rockets are. I throw the Poke Balls. Out come a Magmar, a Electabuzz, a Scyther, a silver Dratini, and a pair of Eevee. Then someone else, a redheaded girl I saw by the river, tosses a few more Poke Balls. A Rhyhorn, Nidoran of both genders, and a Aerodactyl appear. The Aerodactyl looks at me and tackles me. It looks happy. The other Pokemon cluster with the six I grabbed. Then I send out my powerhouse.

"Gyrados, to the defense!" I shout. My Gyrados roars in hatred at the Team Rocket goons. We prepare to fight. "Gyarados, Hydro Cannon!" I shout. I scan the others. "Electabuzz, Thunder! Magmar, Flamethrower! Aerodactyl, Aerial Ace! Scyther, Slash! Dratini, Dragon Rage! Eevee, Eevee, Swift! Rhyhorn, Double Edge! Nidoran, Nidoran, Poison Sting!" I shout. With a roar, Gyarados attacks. The others follow its example. Team Rocket experiences flight. Then I recall the Pokemon. A Kangaskhan lumbers out of the abandoned Pokemon area. All of the abandoned Pokemon I recalled appear again. Abra and Gastly join them. Nurse Joy comes over. She looks at the Pokemon, which have been joined by a Clefairy and Chansey. All of them point at me. She nods.

"These Pokemon appear to want to train with you and grow strong. They are abandoned Pokemon, and unfortunately they are at the end of the time they can be allowed here. By law, they may not be released, so they will be put to sleep if you don't take them. A Horsea, Shellder, and Seel are also in this group." She informs me. I nod. She retrieves the Poke Balls, registers them, and pulls some strings. Magmar, Rhyhorn, Electabuzz, Gyrados, Scyther, Dratini, and Aerodactyl will accompany me. They all need my attention. A Staryu insists on joining the group of Pokemon going to Professor Oak's. I decide I will only catch Pokemon that wish to accompany me. They head to the lab, and I head into the forest after a nights rest. With my new Pokemon, I dash into the forest, then run across a Weedle and Caterpie locked in battle. I flout my new rule immediately and capture them. Once they are caught, they come out instantly, before they can be transferred, and evolve into Metapod and Kakuna. Then Kakuna evolves again, straight to Beedrill as I gape, and Metapod follows Beedrill's example. Then they return to their Poke Balls and are transferred. I have three bug types, five water types, five flying types if Gyarados, Aerodactyl and Scyther are counted, right normal types with Pidgey and Spearow, two poison types, a fire type, a electric type, a dragon type, a ground type and two rock types. I think I will stay in the forest for a while. I linger for three weeks, running into a Bulbasaur, Bellsprout, Oddish, Pikachu, Tangela, and a Krabby. I capture all six, then on the fourth day I run into the red haired girl who helped with Team Rocket. I heard her called Misty. I call to her.

"Enjoying the forest? Do you wish for a guide out?" I ask. She nods. Then she sees my Scyther come over to me.

"AHH! A BUG!" She screams. I recall Scyther.

"That is just my Scyther. Please follow me, Misty." I say. In a single day we are through the forest and in Pewter City. We head to the Gym. I switch a few Pokemon out first, moving Electabuzz, Magmar, Rhyhorn, and Aerodactyl to Professor Oak's lab, and getting Krabby, Horsea, Bulbasaur, and Bellsprout. I consider for a moment more, then send Dratini to the lab in exchange for Oddish. Then I head to the Gym. After the usual referee's speech, Brock sends out Gyarados. This battle is one on one. So I know who to use. "Gyarados, I choose YOU!" Gyarados explodes forth.

"GYARADOS!" She roars. The referee calls for the battle to begin, then dives for cover. Gyarados has grown quite a bit since I caught her, and is over double Onix's size, and the black has darkened. Instead of a grayish black, Gyrados is a black so dark, there is almost no light around her.

"Hydro Cannon." I call. Gyarados moves with blinding speed. In seconds, Onix has received a one hit KO. Now that is good. Gyrados roars in victory. Then I recall Gyarados. Misty looks shocked. Brock comes over.

"Ash, right?" He asks. I nod in response. "Can I borrow Gyrados for a while? A few months? I want to become the best Pokemon Breeder ever, and studying Gyrados will help." He says.

"I don't give away my starter Pokemon. Gyarados I got as a Gyarados, for my starter." Brock's siblings are gaping when they hear this. Gyrados nudges me with her massive head, and I fall over.

"You must be very skilled to have a Gyarados listening to you, then." Comes a voice from the door.

"Dad?" Brock asks.

"Yes. I watched. You may travel. I'll take over." Brock's father says. Brock asks if he can travel with me, and I confirm that he may. Misty decides to continue traveling with me as well. In the morning, we head to Cerulean via Mount Moon.

Like this chapter? Ash won't catch so many Pokemon soon, he just needs a decent assortment to begin with. Name any of your OC's you want to show up, and any other Pokemon you want Ash to have. Please read and review. I need a Beta, PM me if interested.