ASH AU

By: FunahoMisaki

(A/N: I own nothing and read last chapter)

For two weeks Ash and his group camped out in the Woods to train their Pokemon, Ash said it best that he shouldn't get overly reliant on his two Legendary friends and caught a Caterpie that seemed to adore him as well as a Pidgey. Ash wasn't aiming to collect all the Pokemon, he just wanted to raise and train them to prove that even those with disabilities could be Pokemon trainers. He trained himself and his Pokemon hard for those two weeks, training with the former Rockets and Gary as well as on his own, until he thought they were ready to challenge the rock type gym.

Of course he didn't tell anyone that he had a secret attack ready just in case his strategy didn't go as planned.

"If you're here to challenge Brock then just go back home. You'll never defeat him." An old man said at the entrance to Pewter City, making the two human bodyguards tense and glare at the man while Gary sneered and Ash gave him a blank look.

"I didn't know that the gym had people here to scare off newcomers. The leader must be really weak if he needs you to scare off beginners." Gary said snidely as he gently guided Ash past the old man.

"I'm warning you that the gym leader is too-" The man was cut off by Jessie punching him in the stomach when the man reached out and grabbed Ash's arm in a strong grip, causing a very audible crack to emit from the bone.

"Basta-" Jessies' snarl was cut off by James hand over her mouth as Gary picked Ash up and dashed towards the Pokemon Center, the former Rockets hot on his heels and glaring back at the wheezing and gasping old man.

"Nurse Joy!" Gary shouted running in and startling the woman who was talking with a drooling brown haired brown skinned teen.

"Oh dear. What happened?" Joy asked looking at the two and rushing towards the frail young man worried.

"Some creepy old homeless guy grabbed his arm tightly when we wouldn't listen to his warning about how the 'gym leader was too strong'." Gary said gently handing his cargo over to the pink haired woman who nodded in understanding and took off to the back room with Ash.

"So some guy grabbed his arm and hurt the kid just cause he wouldn't listen?" The drooling brown haired guy asked blinking at Meowth and Gary.

"Ash is very frail physically and mute to boot. This is the second time in the last three weeks that he's been hurt by random people grabbing him. First was that red haired brat who wanted his rare water Pokemon and pulled his arm out of its socket by accident. Now it's that homeless guy that cracked his arm, at the least. I need to start building a mobile bubble suit for him." Gary said running a hand through his slicked back hair and making the guy wince slightly.

"Hey Boss we got the Officer Jenny from the town!" Jessie said entering the building after she and James had broken off to go and get the officer and alert her to the situation.

Gary was about to respond when the other teen began drooling and howling like a dog, hopping around on all fours when he caught sight of Officer Jenny and Jessie.

"Pervert." Jessie said scowling while James frowned at the guy and Officer Jenny rolled her eyes and promptly ignored the guy.

"That's Brock. He's a shameless pervert but pretty decent otherwise. Now I was told that there was an injured boy who was attacked?" Officer Jenny asked looking at Gary who nodded slightly.

"We were just coming into town after training in the Forests nearby for two weeks when this creepy homeless looking guy started talking about how we'd never beat the gym because the leader was too strong. I made a comment on how the leader must be pretty weak if he needed some homeless guy to scare people away from the gym and then we went to walk past him. As we were doing so he grabbed my little brother, Ash, by the arm while trying to tell us again about how the gym leader was too strong. Ash is mute and fragile physically so the man grabbing his arm caused a very audible crack to be heard." Gary said making Brock wince at hearing about how a guy was scaring away the gym leaders challengers, but looked angry at the implication that the gym leader was weak.

"And after that?" Officer Jenny promptly professionally as she looked at the brown haired boy.

"Jessie had socked the guy in the stomach and made him let go of Ash. She was about to start cursing when James covered her mouth and pulled her away from him, I hired those two and Meowth away from Team Rocket to be my brothers body guards and she's pretty protective of him you see. I picked Ash up and bought him here for Nurse Joy to treat, since the Nurse Joy back in Viridian said she'd contact all of her family and warn them about Ash's conditions. On the way here Jessie and James veered off from the group to retrieve you while I went to get Ash checked out." Gary said finishing his report while Officer Jenny had been steadily writing down what he said in a notepad in her hands.

"I see. Can one of you show me where this homeless man is? I have heard reports of him skulking around and talking to any possible challengers but I've never seen him or heard of him actually harming one of the trainers coming through. I need to take him in and ask him a couple of questions about why he's doing this." Jenny asked looking at the group of three humans and one Pokemon while Meowth nodded.

"I memorized his scent so that we could find him later if we needed to. I'll take you to him." Meowth said making Brock gape in disbelief while Jenny didn't even bat an eyelash.

"Good job Meowth and thank you. I'll get you some fresh fish after I have him in custody alright?" Officer Jenny asked smiling down at the cat Pokemon who grinned happily and practically jumped into her arms. His shout had Jessie and James laughing while Gary snorted in amusement and Officer Jenny just scratched him behind the ears with a small blush on her cheeks and an amused smile on her lips.

"Best Officer Jenny ever!"