Chapter 5

Along Route 1

It was a great morning in Ash's mind: he got a new outfit, got Leaf to get his mum as a sponsor instead of Oak and the other things. Other things being: revealing Ray to his mum and her accepting him and his mum gifting him a Riolu as well as a couple more rare gadgets like the transceiver and the upgraded Pokedex. Fair to say the morning was great. Ash was enjoying reliving this morning until Riolu began tugging on his jacket.

"What is it Riolu?" Ash questioned.

"Up there Ash!" Riolu pointed to a big bird in the sky.

"Wow! That's a Pidgeotto! Quick use Aura sphere to get its attention!"

Riolu charged up the sphere and sent it hastily towards the bird Pokémon. The sphere hit the Pokémon right in the nape and it was not happy and turned to face its foe, which revealed the Pokémon more as well as what it actually was.

"Wait Riolu! That's a Pidgey, not a Pidgeotto! It's huge for it's species!"

"It would make a great ally Ash, from what I'm hearing." Rayquaza called.

The now identified Pidgey, landed on the ground opposite Riolu and got into a battle position and was taunting Riolu, which earned a growl from him.

"Seems our new friend has done this before. Riolu use Agility into Quick attack!" Riolu did so and was going at a perilous speed towards the Pidgey and it decided to counter with it's own Quick attack. The two attacks me but the Pidgey was sent flying backwards. Ash decided to capitalize on this.

"Riolu, use Brick-break while it's dazed." Riolu jumped into the air and came down with a glowing fist onto the Pidgey, but this lone Pidgey was more than meets the eye. The Pidgey glanced up to the impeding Riolu and flapped its wings on the ground, which moved it out of the Brick-break's way. It then used its wing more repeatedly this time and got high into the air and used it's egg move, Brave-bird. Ash saw this and his eyes widened but stopped when he came up with a plan.

"Riolu, stand in front of the tree and wait for my command." Riolu hesitantly stood in front of the tree but wasn't too far away from it. The Pidgey was now descending faster at Riolu and he was getting worried with what was going through Ash's mind at this moment.

"Riolu, used dig quickly!" Riolu dug just in time but the Pidgey panicked as it tried to stop but instead crashed into the tree and landed with a loud thud.

"Go poke ball!" The poke ball hit the Pidgey, which was absorbed in a red aura and in three beeps was caught.

"Well done Riolu, we just caught our first Pokémon!" Riolu started cheering at their achievement. Ah then hovered his Pokedex wrist over the newly caught Pidgey's poke ball, "Let see what makes this Pidgey special."

Pidgey, It is docile and prefers to avoid conflict. If disturbed, however, it can ferociously strike back.

Level: 17

Gender: Female

Ability: Keen-Eye, Big-Pecks (Hidden Ability)

Moves: Gust, Aerial-ace, Brave-bird, Sand attack, Tackle, Quick attack, Air cutter (egg move).

"That's an incredible move-set! Must've been going easy on you Riolu." Ash gave Riolu a mischievous grin.

"Hah! Don't make me laugh" Riolu pouted. "Ash, there's someone approaching here quickly."

Ash raised his head and saw it was one of the trainers who had to wait a month and got an actual starter, he thinks.

"Hey Ashton!" The trainer called, which made Ash flinch.

"It's Ash. Okay?" Ash gritted out.

"Yeah sure. My names Greg, I was just wandering if you've seen a large Pidgey pass by?" The trainer questioned.

"Yeah I did. I just caught it."

This made the guy very pissed.

"What! I've been after that Pidgey all morning! I deserve it more than you!" He shouted.

"Then why didn't you catch it?" Ash questioned.

"I tried to, but it beat both my Pokémon and then I had to go home and heal both of them until I saw it again a few minutes ago but it turned away and came towards you because it was scared."

"My guess is that this Pidgey turned away from you because it didn't think of you as much of a challenge and came to me hoping of finding a real trainer. Not you."

"I'm a better trainer than you'll ever be!"

"Then put your money where your mouth is Greg. Battle me." Ash taunted.

"Fine, one on one. Squirtle let's go!" He threw his ball and out came a turtle-like Pokémon with blue arms and legs and an elongated tail.

"Riolu, lets finish this quickly. I want to heal my new Pidgey and get going. You first, Greg."

"Squirtle, use Tackle!" The turtle began running at Riolu with a white force in front of it.

"Riolu, Agility into Quick-attack again!" Riolu sprinted towards the Squirtle at a phenomenal pace and sent it flying backwards and hitting its trainer making it faint.

"What was that you were saying about being a better trainer than I'll ever be?" Ash said with a hint of Sarcasm making Greg go red faced.

"This isn't over Ash! I will beat you! Be at a tournament in Pewter city in three weeks so I can put you in your place!" Greg said with a huff and took off towards Viridian city.

"Sore loser. That was incredibly underwhelming Ash. Please can we avoid new trainers?" Riolu asked.

"Hmm…a tournament in Pewter city. What do you think they'll reward for top prize?"

"Most likely a Pokémon Ash. Varies on what type of tournament it is." Ray said.

"Well…we do need more Pokémon. Yeah, why not, let's be there in three weeks and conquer it!" Ash said while fist pumping that made Riolu jump in the air with glee and Ray chuckle at their antics.

"Ash lets heal our new friend and introduce ourselves." Ray recommended.

"Right Ray. Come on out Pidgey!" The Bird Pokémon came out and looked at Ash and narrowed it's eyes slightly.

"It's okay girl, I'm Ash Ketchum and I'm a Pokémon trainer. I'm just going to heal you with my heal pulse. Is that okay with you?" The bird nodded and allowed Ash to do his work. Ash concentrated his aura into a pink ball and grazed it over Pidgey's body and all her wounds were healed and he astonished her but it was only the beginning.

"Pidgey, now that your part of my team, I was hoping to create an aura bond with you. Is that okay?" Pidgey looked down for a moment and then looked at Ash with determination in her eyes and nodded. Ash placed his hand on her head and they were surrounded by a blue glow before it disappeared and their bond was complete.

"You hear me alright Pidgey?" Ash asked.

"I hear you Ash! Quite cool that you can understand me!" Pidgey answered excitedly.

"I'm glad as well. Why did you avoid that guy from earlier?"

"He was deemed unworthy by me when I beat both his Pokémon earlier this morning and I prefer to have a trainer who can make me stronger not drag me down to his level." Pidgey grunted.

"Understandable little one. You are young and you wish to make the most of your maiden years unlike most in your species who prefer to simply go with the flow," Ray said with appreciation.

"Who're you?" Pidgey questioned.

"I am Ray, Ash's oldest friend and first Pokémon, little one."

"Why do you have a name but Riolu doesn't?"

"My full name is a 'mouthful' according to Ash." Ray said disapprovingly.

"What is your full name?" Pidgey said while raising her eyebrows.

"Rayquaza." Ray stated. Immediately, Pidgey's eyes were saucers and her mouth hung open.

"You might want to close your mouth Pidgey before the Zubat make a new nest." Riolu joked, which made Pidgey snap out of it and glare at Riolu.

"I'll show him to you later. Have you seen a lake around here Pidgey?"

"Yes I have. I was heading to it before you caught me. It's just through those trees over there. Be careful though, it's the home of the red Gyarados."

"A shiny Gyarados? We could always use another snake on our team, right?"

"I would be careful Ash. This Gyarados has warded off many trainers with some of the most fearful Pokémon." Pidgey warned.

"Can you name anyone in particular?" Riolu asked.

"No, but I can name the type of Pokémon they used and what they look like if that helps." Pidgey replied.

"It would be useful to know what kind of opponents it's beaten."

"There was a man with a lot of dragons but his best was a Dragonite. He had red spiky hair from what I remember." Pidgey observed the look on Ash's face and she could tell that it was someone major.

"That's Lance Wataru! He's Kanto champion and even with all his dragons and his legendary Dragonite, he couldn't beat this thing. Damn I want it even more now!" Ash shouted before Pidgey continued.

"The most recent challenge was yesterday where a women with long blond hair tried to catch it with this land shark Pokémon type thing. She had weird friends with her. The most noticeable of the group was a man with a red Mankey on its head." The group laughed aloud before Ash said who it was.

"That must've been Cynthia Shirona from what you've described. That Pokémon she had with her was a Garchomp. It's more powerful than Lance's Dragonite by a long way. I wonder what the Sinnoh champion is doing here at this time? Guess we'll need to meet her and find out, but first lets get that Gyarados!"

"Ash have you not listened to a thing we've said! It's dangerous we can't handle it! Even in numbers, me and Riolu won't be enough to beat it."

"Don't worry, I'm not using either of you two," Ash paused, which allowed Riolu and Pidgey to release the breathes they've been holding in. Ash continued, "I'll use Ray. Let's go to the lake now."

They walked for while before they came to clearing with a large lake and to their right they saw the giant shiny Gyarados. It was mostly red with a yellowish underbelly and white fins along the top of its body and protruding from its mouth. Its face was the definition of anger at this moment because it wasn't finding its battle with a red haired, boyish looking girl challenging. It shrugged off all the water and psychic attacks from the girl's Starmie and Staryu like it was nothing before sending a thunder attack back to them, which knocked out both the Pokémon and destroyed the girl's bike. The girl fainted with fear and was being swarmed by Beedrill.

"Pidgey and Riolu, take out those Beedrill then tend to the girl and her Pokémon while me and Ray handle that behemoth." Ash ordered. The behemoth saw the teen and saw him as another feeble challenge. Boy it was wrong.

"Ray, bring the madness!" Ash threw Ray's Poke ball and out came a ten meter long black snake.

The Gyarados looked at Ray before looking at Ash and back at Ray and was shocked to say the least. How can this young boy tame this spawn of fear and darkness? The Gyarados started by charging energy before firing it off towards Ray.

"Ray match it with your own hyper beam!" Ray charged up his hyper beam at a quicker rate of three seconds from the usual five to seven seconds and the two attacks met and both were still standing.

"Ray use Thunder full power!" Lightening surrounded Ray's body before firing it off towards the still immobilized Gyarados. It didn't even wince. Ash and Ray were wide-eyed. How did this Gyarados not even stutter at one of most powerful electric attacks from the most powerful Legendary? Ash was stunned and asked, "How on earth did it survive?"

"Probably built up a tolerance after all these years being hunted by trainers and champions alike. Suggest a new strategy Ash." Ray replied.

"I hear ya Ray, use Aerial-ace!" Ray charged towards the Gyarados at a blitzing speed and hit the Gyarados and did more damage than the thunder surprisingly.

"Physical attacks do more damage Ash! Use physical based moves!" Ray Called.

"In that case, use double Dragon claw!" Ray's claws glowed and he slashed the Gyarados and it let out an ear-piercing roar then retaliated with point blank ice beam then Ray let out a louder roar.

"Ray counter with hyper beam, quickly!" Ray hit the Gyarados head on with his hyper beam and the Gyarados screeched in pain before collapsing on the shoreline with swirling eyes. Ash looked at Ray and gave him a pat on the nose before returning him. He ran over to the Gyarados and threw a poke ball at it and in three beeps it was his.

"Yes! I just caught a Gyarados on my first day as a trainer!" His other two Pokémon jumped in glee before calming down and releasing their new member.

The Gyarados let out a roar before looking at Ash and his other two Pokémon and was cautious at first before looking at the teen curiously and saw that the boy wasn't even worried at the sight of her.

"Easy girl, I just want to heal my new member of the family if that's okay with you." The Gyarados softened and remembered when it was younger when her siblings abandoned her because of the strange color she was and her parents wouldn't do anything to help her. Family was something she secretly wanted and allowed the teen to do his work. She nodded in approval and Ash used heal pulse on her skin, which healed all the burns and grazes from the fight with Ray. The Gyarados was shocked at the teen's powers and knew there was something special with him. 'Maybe being caught was good' she thought in her mind.

"Alright girl, you should be feeling good. Am I right?" The Gyarados nodded.

"Gyarados, now that you're part of the family, I want to form an aura bond with you. Is that okay?" Gyarados was stunned.

This teen can manipulate aura! Some spend ages learning how to do basics and this kid is a pro already. I think being caught is better than ever now! Gyarados nodded and gave a smile of understanding to Ash who relaxed at it. He touched her nose and they were surrounded by blue aura before it disappeared and the bond was complete.

"You hear me Gyarados?"

"I hear you fine. What is your name aura guardian?"

"Ash Ketchum and the Shiny Rayquaza you fought was Ray. He and I have been friends for five years. I'll answer your questions in a bit. The girl is about to wake up. Can you wait a couple of minutes?" Gyarados nodded before being returned to her ball. Ash ran over to Riolu and his newly evolved Pidgeotto.

"Well done Pidgeotto, you evolved! How did the fight with the Beedrill go? Also let me scan you."

Pidgeotto, very protective of its sprawling territorial area, this Pokémon will fiercely peck at any intruder.

Level: 17

Gender: Female

Ability: Keen-Eye, Big-Pecks (Hidden Ability)

Moves: Gust, Aerial-ace, Brave-bird, Twister, Sand attack, Tackle, Quick attack, Double team, Air cutter (egg move).

"Very well Ash. Riolu pelted them with Aura spheres while I took them out with Aerial-ace." Pidgeotto answered.

"Lets heal the girls Pokémon and try wake the girl up." The two nodded and they brought her Pokémon to the shallow area where Ash healed the two starfish Pokémon easily but he was getting tired from using heal pulse a lot. After healing them he went to check on the girl who began to stir awake. Her eyes opened and she gazed upon the teenager with a dark outfit for a second before she widened her eyes and panicked about the Gyarados and her Pokémon.

"Where's my Pokémon? Did that Gyarados eat them?" she rushed the words out.

"Nice to meet you too. Your Pokémon are fully healed and the Gyarados is gone."

"Sorry…my name is Misty Waterflower and thank you for healing my Pokémon but did you see where that Gyarados went?"

"Yes I know where it went. It's…"

"Where! It's because I want it so I can become the greatest water trainer ever, even though I'm scared of Gyarados." She interrupted.

"Yeah I know where it is, it's right here." Ash threw his poke ball and out came the red snake, which gave out a roar before looking at Ash and smiling and then laying her eyes upon Misty who was angry and scared at the same time at a certain raven haired trainer.

"How on earth did someone like you catch that Gyarados!" Misty shouted.

"What do you mean someone like me?" Ash asked.

"Someone who is a nobody, weak and a newbie trainer." She said casually that stung Ash deep down but got him riled up.

"Well then Misty Waterflower, allow me to reintroduce myself. I am Ash Ketchum, I am an Aura-Guardian and the owner of the red Gyarados that so many covet but cannot capture as well as a rare Riolu that knows Aura-sphere. And this nobody just saved your life and your Pokémon and you have the audacity to call me weak. Do you have anything to say for yourself?"

"You don't deserve that Pokémon, I need it more than you! My dream of being the best water type trainer will be complete if I tame that beast," Misty said.

"Didn't you say that you were afraid of Gyarados'?" Ash asked with amusement in his voice.

"I can work around that…"

"Then work around not having her because we've already shared an aura bond and I sure as shit am not going to give her away because you believe that you're superior to me. It doesn't matter what Pokémon you have but matters how you train it. There are more Gyarados in the sea and other lakes and you can train a different one to become just as strong as the one I caught so for now sayonara and good riddance!" Ash shouted, which made Gyarados and Riolu growl while Pidgeotto looked at her menacingly.

"I'm not leaving you until you pay for my bike because that Gyarados destroyed it before you caught it!" Misty retorted.

"There's a special word you just used there that means I don't have to pay for your bike and that word is before so go away."

"No! I don't care what you did before…"

"Before what! Before saving your life from the Beedrill! Before healing your Pokémon! If you want to travel with me, this is not a good start." Ash interrupted.

Misty was finally taken back from what Ash said. He willingly saved her life and her Pokémon and she was giving him shit in return. The truth hurts. Ash returned Pidgeotto and Gyarados before walking back onto route one and while he was doing that, he though it was a good time to get to know his new member.

"So Gyarados, what's your story?"

"I was born over a century ago and I am among the oldest of my kind."

"You have a similar story to Ray at the moment. Being the oldest and most powerful in existence as well as shiny. Sorry, please continue." Ash interrupted.

"When I was a Magikarp, my siblings avoided me and joined other families in berating me for my skin color and my parents didn't do much to help dull the pain I felt inside. I was alone and sad for the first part of my life." Gyarados visibly saddened.

"Now you sound like me Gyarados. For the first part of my childhood, I was shunned by the other kids because of a spoilt brat named Gary Oak would ask them to help gang up on me. My mum wanted to help, but she couldn't do anything because they would just shrug it off as nothing. I felt alone until I made my first true friend…Ray."

"I'm glad that you found a friend Ash. I only found peace in anger unfortunately. As I got older my hatred brewed for other Pokémon and I thought my last chance was to hopefully be caught by a human so I could feel useful, so I could feel loved. How I was wrong."

"Why? What happened?" Ash asked alarmed.

"I allowed myself to be captured by three younger humans but when they saw me, they laughed at me and called me a monster. At that moment, I lost it. I evolved and went into a rage and obliterated all of their Pokémon before scaring them off. Over the years, many trainers try to catch me with electric type Pokémon hoping to gain an advantage over me, but after a while, I built up a tolerance of electric attacks. Now that I'm this old, I gained quite a reputation among you humans and so I gave all of you another chance hoping I would feel the one thing I coveted. To feel needed."

"Don't worry Gyarados, in my group, you'll always be needed." Ash reassured.

"Many thanks Ash. I look forward to being trained by you." Gyarados said cheerfully.

"Let me scan your poke ball and see what moves you know."

Gyarados, rarely seen in the wild. Huge and vicious, it is capable of destroying entire cities in a rage.

Level: 68

Gender: Female

Ability: Intimidate, Moxie (Hidden ability)

Moves: Dragon rage, Dragon dance, Twister, Rain dance, Agua tail, Hydro pump, scald, Thrash, Leer, Hyper beam, Flamethrower, Ice fang, Ice beam.

*Please note that this Pokémon is what professors refer to as 'Shiny'. This means the Pokémon will be up to two to three times stronger than normal. *

"That's a good move set Gyarados." As Ash finished hearing all of Gyarados' moves, he senses a strong presence in the sky and looks up and sees a rainbow like Pokémon.

"Ash, release me." Rayquaza ordered.

"Alright Ray, come on out!" Ray ascended up into the sky and called out to the Pokémon and it came towards them and landed in front of Ash and Ray.

"By Arceus himself, Rayquaza you are alive!" The bird cawed.

"Yes old friend I am. The day is coming and this is Arceus' chosen and I am his Pokémon." Ray said solemnly.

"Didn't you think humans were purges to the earth and you tried to overrule Arceus' decision on being the chosen ones guide?"

"I was young and rash but only until recently did I change my opinion about humans. That is thanks to Ash. He willingly helped me after another human with malicious intent injured me. Ho-oh, you know what you must do now."

"I was skeptical of the chosen one a few years back and would've only given him a part of myself, a feather or a nail clipping if he was disrespectful, but now I see that this chosen one, this Ash is what the world needs. Ash, I would be honored to be your Pokémon." Ho-oh replied. Ash and Riolu's jaw dropped and were replaced by huge grins. Ash threw his poke ball at Ho-oh and in three beeps was his.

"Lets see what type of moves he knows." He hovered his Pokedex over Ho-oh's ball.

Ho-oh, it will reveal itself before a pure-hearted Trainer by shining its bright, rainbow-colored wings.

Level: 91

Gender: Male

Ability: Pressure, Regenerator (Hidden Ability)

Moves: Sacred Fire, Overheat, Fire blast, Heat wave, Flamethrower, Incinerate, Flame charge, Sunny day, Will-O-Wisp, Brave-bird, Fly, Sky drop, Aerial Ace, Gust, Future sight, Dream-eater, Psychic, Extrasensory, Rest, Thunder, Charge beam, Thunder wave, Weather ball, Hyper-beam.

"That's an interesting move set. Not as varied as Ray's but still quite powerful. I can't believe how lucky I am to have two legendries. Mom is going to freak out when she finds out about this." Ash and Riolu chuckled at the last part. They continued down route 1 before running into an officer.

"Halt in the name of the…Ash?" The woman asked.

"Hi Linda, nice to see you again," Ash replied.

"What a pleasant surprise, I'm guessing you've become a trainer today haven't you?" Jenny queried.

"Yeah I have. This is my buddy Riolu."

"Lu Riolu!"

"He says hi," Ash chuckled.

"He's cute Ash, I'm guessing he's your starter, isn't he?"

"Yeah he is."

"Have you been catching Pokémon? It's always helpful to catch a few, especially at the start of your journey."

"Yes Mum, I have."

"What have you caught?"

"A Pidgey that evolved into a Pidgeotto around half an hour ago and the shiny red Gyarados in the lake."

"A Pidgeotto will prove…WAIT! You caught the shiny Gyarados in the lake! How?" This visibly shook Jenny.

"I…umm…asked Riolu to fire aura-sphere repeatedly and finished with a force palm to the eye that took it out," Ash lied, he knew the less people who knew about the legendries, the better.

"Is that true Riolu?"

"Lu Riolu!"

"Alright, I believe you Ash. Do you want a lift to the Pokémon center before the storm arrives?"

"Sure, if it doesn't interrupt your schedule."

"Nonsense, you're my friend and I have to turn in before the storm arrives, now get on!" Jenny ordered. They made an hours walk condense into a five minute bike ride because Jenny is a maniac and mounted curbs and sidewalks to get Ash to his destination.

"Thanks Linda. Good luck with your job," Ash said

"Thanks Ash, you too. Be careful though, I was originally placed on the outskirts of town to warn people of thieves in the city. Be on the look out and see ya!" Jenny took off to the police station and went to the Pokémon center's Nurse Joy at the front desk.

"Hi there and welcome to the Viridian city Pokémon center. I am the resident nurse Joy, how may I help you today?" Nurse Joy asked joyfully.

"Please can you give these two a checkup and him as well please?" Ash said while handing Nurse Joy Riolu and her Chansey two poke balls containing Pidgey and Gyarados. "Please can I also have a room tonight?"

"Of course sir, room sixteen is available and your Pokémon should be done within a few minutes"

"Okay that's cool. I'm just going to give my mum a call. Where are the video phones?"

"Just over there in the back."

"Thank you." Ash walked over to the videophone and decided to talk to his mom about his recent captures. He wasn't at all surprised to find her looking restless but with the news he was about to give her, she would be up for another couple of hours.

"Ash it's good to hear from you. How have you been?" Delia said.

"I've been well mum. Have you seen my recent capture?"

"No, I'm just about to check them now. I hope you caugh…" Her eyes widened at the last two of Ash's catches, "You caught the shiny Gyarados and Ho-oh! How on earth did you manage that?"

"Ray took out Gyarados but it seemed impervious to any electric attack so we used a point black hyper beam and Ho-oh wanted to come along after he reasoned with Ray," Ash replied casually.

"Ash you must let me study the three of them now. Think of the scientific breakthroughs we could discover!" She said ecstatically.

"Sure, but can you increase my limit to twelve. It's technically allowed."

"If you let me study them in return."

"Okay mum, after the tournament in Pewter city in a few weeks, I'll send all three to you. Deal?"

"Deal."

"Will Ash Ketchum come to the reception please, Ash Ketchum to the reception."

"I have to go now mum, is the limit changed?"

"Yes it has been changed honey. Love you. Bye!" Ash closed the videophone and made his way to the reception and was greeted by Riolu and Nurse Joy.

"All your Pokémon are at full health and all they need now is a good night sleep and they'll be in tip top shape tomorrow. I must say I am very impressed with you catching the red Gyarados," Joy praised.

"She didn't give you any trouble did she?"

"No, none at all. She was surprisingly docile towards us and accepted all treatment." Ash took his poke balls back and placed them around his belt.

"Thank you Nurse joy for ever…"

"Prepare for trouble!"

"And make it double!"

"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 stars above!"

"Jessie!"

"James!"

"Meowth! That's right!"

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

"Surrender now, or prepare to fight!"

"Wow a talking Meowth. Never though my first encounter with team rocket would be like this. It's quite disappointing." Ash joked, which made Riolu and his other Pokémon in the aura bond giggle.

"Hand over all the Pokémon and nobody gets hurt starting with that Riolu!" the Meowth called.

"What are you going to do kitty cat?" Ash taunted.

"This you twerp! Feel my fury swipes!" The Meowth lunged forward but instead was caught by Ash at the neck and he was struggling to breath at this point so Ash sent him back at the other two and knocked the two over.

"Riolu, let's use aura sphere!" Both of them charged up an aura-sphere and sent it towards the rockets and sent them flying out the ceiling.

"Team rocket blasting off at the speed of light!" The three shouted in unison and immediately Officer Jenny came in on her motorcycle with a familiar redhead.

"We have a driveway Jenny, so please use it. I don't like scrubbing out the tire marks," Joy said angrily.

"Sorry about that Nurse Joy but I found this girl freezing in the wet and when I saw three people fly out the ceiling, I expected the worse. Is everyone alright?" Said Jenny.

"Everything is fine thanks to Ash and his Riolu," replied Joy.

"What happened here Ash?" Questioned Jenny.

"Two team Rocket thugs and a talking Meowth came here trying to kidnap all the Pokémon and wanted Riolu first, so I taunted their Meowth and when he got close threw him right back sending them falling. Riolu and me then used aura-sphere, which sent them flying through the roof as you saw. I'm really sorry for any damage I caused." Ash said with a hint of guilt.

"It's quite alright Ash. You and Riolu sure are powerful if you can send them flying that far like you did," Jenny praised.

"Yes, thanks to you, all the Pokémon here are safe and sound so don't worry about the roof. I'm also going to tell all my family members about you as well," Joy said in an angelic tone. Ash smiled at their appraisal before looking at Misty seriously as did Riolu.

"I came to apologize for earlier. I guess you are quite strong if you can beat down international criminals like it was nothing," Misty said.

"It was nothing, they were quite weak judging by the ineffectiveness of their Meowth. I accept your apology Misty," Ash smiled at her like Riolu.

"I was wandering if I could travel with you for a while. You want to become a Pokémon master so I assume you'll compete in the league, which requires all eight badges," Misty asked hopefully.

"Sure, why not but I train alone, that is the number one rule when travelling with me. Okay?" Ash said.

"Fine."

"Cool. Lets say we leave here at eight and begin crossing the Viridian forest then. Sound good?"

"Yeah sure. See you then." Misty walked off to the reception to get a room while Ash went to his. He unlocked his room and he took off all his clothes apart from his underwear and shirt and collapsed into bed with Riolu snuggling up to his side.

Hey guys FJ or FormulaJinx here with the latest chapter of Ash'n Ray and I also went back through and edited things to make it more understandable. I wanna give a huge Thank you to all of you for all the follows and favourites this story is receiving. Over 1200 views so far with over 140 follows and over 120 favourites as well as 30 reviews! Thank you so much! For now though, I'm out. Peace.