What Legends are Made of

Chapter 3

Ash and Misty soon came back to the pokemon center and went to have Nurse Joy take a look their pokemon when two smoke bombs came crashing threw a window "What's going on?" asked an alarmed Ash as the room began filling up with smoke

"Alright, hand over all your pokemon and no one gets hurt" demanded a woman with dark orange hair and a black Team Rocket uniform "No way" said Ash as he sent out spearow "How quite, you think you can stop us" mocked the woman as three more grunts appeared from the smoke "Lets show this little hero not to stand in our way" said one of the grunts "Yeah" agreed the others

Team Rocket sent out their pokemon to attack Ash, this included zubats, rattatas, a voltorb, a nidoran (M) and some ekans "Get ready you two, this isn't going to be easy" warned Ash "Luckily I'm here to help" said Misty as she sent out her pokemon team, minus goldeen as it needs water to be effective

The grunts were terrified by Misty's gyarados, but they had a job to do so they ordered their pokemon to attack. Ash and Misty fought valiantly alongside the other trainers that were in the pokemon center at the time of the attack. The combined effort of all the trainers forced Team Rocket to retreat, but some of them were knocked out during the fight and were arrested

"Thank you so much for stopping those crooks" thanked Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy "No problem, but the lobby is trashed" replied Ash "Don't worry, it wont take long to fix" said Nurse Joy "Now let me heal up your pokemon while you get some much deserved rest" "Thanks Nurse Joy" said Ash as he handed her his pokemon and went to bed

The next mourning Ash decided to head out to Pewter City as well as catch some new pokemon in Viridian Forest "Ash do we really have to go through Viridian Forest?" asked Misty who was shaking like a leaf "You afraid of bug types or something?" asked Ash "Terrified more like it, but yes" answered Misty "Misty, this is the fastest way to Pewter and I want to catch some more pokemon as well" said Ash "Fine..." said a defeated Misty "but I'm not going to be quite about it the whole time we're in there"

And true to her word Misty screamed every time she saw a bug, or thought she did. Ash quickly shut her up by handing her a Repel can, telling her that it will keep the bug types away "Now please go on ahead, I'm going to look for some new pokemon" said Ash with irritation in his voice "Alright, but how will you know where I am?" asked Misty "You're going to stay on the main path right? So that'll make it easier to find you" explained Ash "Good point" said Misty "Good luck finding some pokemon, but please keep any bugs away from me"

Ash quickly headed off into the woods and started looking for any pokemon that interested him "See anything?" asked Ash 'Just the run of mill pokemon anyone can find' answered pikachu "Any stand out to you?" asked Ash 'Mmmm not really, but it's hard to judge' replied pikachu 'most of them are bug types and they grow strong rather easily' "From what I've heard beedrill can Mega Evolve, but they don't really interest me" said Ash "Butterfree are nice and I might get one, but I'm not sure" 'Then get a caterpie' said pikachu 'They're easy to raise'

Just then something came rushing out of the bushes "Hey that's a skorupi" said Ash amazed at seeing a Sinnoh pokemon in Kanto 'Gah!' exclaimed the skorupi as it didn't expect to run into a trainer 'Leave me alone!'

"What do you think?" Ash asked pikachu 'Catch 'em' replied pikachu who jumped off of Ash's shoulder to block the skorupi's escape 'You think I'm going to let you stand in my way you're wrong' snapped skorupi as it launched a Poison Sting attack "Use Dig to dodge and then come up with Iron Tail" called Ash 'Got it' replied pikachu as he preformed Ash's orders

Skorupi got really nervous about when and where pikachu was going to come back up and attack, so it prepared Aqua Tail to defend itself "Strike now!" yelled Ash

Pikachu burst out of the ground right under skorupi and nailed it incredibly hard with both Dig and the quickly followed Iron Tail 'Gaaaaaah!' cried skorupi in pain as Ash threw a pokeball it him. The pokeball shook violently for a few seconds before dinging, signaling a successful capture 'Think he's going to be mad when we let him out' said pikachu "Me two, but lets see what else we can find" agreed Ash

After looking for an hour Ash decided to head back to the main path and catch up to Misty. It wasn't overly hard as he used his Aura Sight to find her location, but he also used his psychic powers to pick up on how much she despised a forest full of bug types. Ash eventually met up with Misty who was resting along a small lake "Find anything?" asked Misty when she saw him approach "I found a bug that's normally found in Sinnoh, but that's it" answered Ash "Ugh...well please keep away from me" pleaded Misty "I'll try" agreed Ash

"Hey what's that?" asked Misty as she pointed to a pokemon swimming in the lake "Let me check" said Ash as he pulled out his pokedex to scan it "Froakie, the Bubble Frog Pokemon, one of the three starters of the Kalos Region. The different coloration suggests that this pokemon is shiny" stated Ash's pokedex "I'm going to catch it" said Misty as she sent out starmie to battle

However the froakie payed no head to Misty or her pokemon, even when she told starmie to use Thunderbolt. Froakie simply used Protect to stop the attack and dived under the water "Smart pokemon" noted Ash "Shut up and let me battle" said Misty who was upset that her attack didn't work

Froakie came out of the water, but it had used Double Team to confuse Misty and her starmie. Ash just watched from the side and was amused with how easy froakie was toying with her "Jeez, I don't think she's going to win this" Ash said to himself 'Even if she beat me, I wouldn't listen to her' said a voice

Ash turned his head and saw froakie sitting next to him with out a care in the world "Misty is just fighting your doubles?" asked Ash in surprise 'My friend zoura helping, but yes' answered froakie "She's not going to be happy once she figures it out" said Ash 'Not my concern' said froakie 'She's not worthy to be my trainer, non of them have been' "You mean you've had other trainers before?" asked Ash

'Yes, but non of them were worthy of my time, so I'd refuse to listen to them until they let me go, or I just ran away on my own back to the lab' answered froakie "You mean you came from Prof. Sycamore's lab?" asked Ash 'Yes, but the last trainer he tried pairing me up with headed out here before I left him with a zoura that didn't like him either' answered froakie "Well I'll let you be then" said Ash as he stood up and went to walk away

'Wait? You don't want to catch me?' asked the puzzled pokemon "It's up to you if you want to come with or not, I'm not going to force any pokemon to do something they don't want to, unless it's to stop them from causing harm of course" answered Ash

Misty by this point had given up and began sulking at the shoreline "You okay?" asked Ash as he walked over to her "No, that stupid frog kept dogging my attacks, or was just an illusion" sulked Misty "so I had to stop as my pokemon got worn out trying to hit it" "That's to bad, a shiny starter is incredibly rare to find" said Ash "Please don't rub it in" asked Misty

Latter that night after Ash and Misty made camp Ash notice a small black and red fox pokemon creep into camp "What's that?" asked Misty "A zorua, they're known to be very tricky and sly little pokemon, and they don't get any better once they evolve" said Ash "I wonder what it wants" pondered Misty "Food most likely" said Ash

'Mmmmm something smells gooood' moaned zoura as she tried to get close to the bubbling pot of stew Ash was making "Nice try zoura, but you have to ask to eat like anyone else" said Ash 'But I'm hungry' pleaded zoura as she used Fake Tears "Fake Tears isn't going to work, so give it up" scolded Ash 'Drat' whined zoura 'so can I have some?' "Since you asked yes" answered Ash as he gave some of the stew

'Ummm this is good' cheered zoura "Glad to hear" said Ash "I still can't get over the fact you can understand them" said Misty 'Urk! He was understanding me the whole time!' thought zoura shocked at the info she just heard

"I have both aura and psychic powers, so it's not hard" said Ash "Can you read minds?" asked Misty "Like the last couple of times you asked, I can only read surface thoughts nothing more" answered Ash annoyed she asked again

'Hey aren't you friends with that froakie?' asked pikachu 'Yeah why?' replied zoura 'Ash told me how he's looking for a worthy trainer, and I think Ash would fit the bill' said pikachu 'Why?' asked zoura 'Does saving and befriending a regice at the age of five or the fact that a rayquaza said that he wants Ash to get his offspring undercontrol by becoming its trainer help' replied pikachu with a slight smug look on his face

Zoura and froakie, who was listening in the grass both jumped in surprise at what pikachu just said "Look it's that froakie" said Ash when he saw him jump into the air "Forget it, I'm not going to try to catch it again" said Misty who was still upset about failing to catch it

'Is it true you befriended a legendary?' asked froakie "Actually yes, and regice insisted on coming with" answered Ash "but I don't have it out very often as it could draw unwanted attention" 'Can I see it' asked zoura and froakie

"Sure" complied Ash as he let out his legendary 'Oh? Are these two new members of our team?' asked regice "No, they just wanted to met you" answered Ash "A skorupi though is" 'Interesting, three non native pokemon in one day...intriguing' said regice who began pondering

'Froakie maybe you should give Ash a chance, he does have a lot going for him' suggested zoura 'I think I'll tag along, but from the shadows first' said froakie "I can hear you two you know, so don't bother trying to come up with a plan or anything" said Ash 'Well I think I'm going to go with him' said zoura 'you should to'

"Froakie, if you want you can come with, and I promise to try to be the best trainer for you as I can be" said Ash 'I think I can live with that, but know if you don't I'm gone' agreed froakie

"Wait, the froakie is going with you!?" exclaimed Misty with anger and jealousy "I can't help it, he's the one who wants to come with me" retorted Ash "I know that, it's just I tried really hard to catch it, and then it basicly comes up to you and asks to join" ranted Misty "plus I'm betting that zoura is going to join to" "Don't worry Misty I'm sure you'll catch some more water pokemon soon" encouraged Ash

So Ash captured both froakie and zoura and then got ready for bed. The next mourning Ash wanted to get some training done, but noticed that the pokeball containing zoura wasn't locked "That's strange" said Ash "What is?" asked Misty "I have seven pokemon, but non of the balls are locked" answered Ash "Perhaps you were granted the right to carry more than six pokemon" suggested Misty "Maybe, but for now I'm going to train my pokemon and introduce them to their new teammates" said Ash

"Alright everyone here's what today's training regiment will be" announced Ash once all the pokemon were acquainted "Pikachu I want you to work on speed and endurance again, spearow I want you to try to learn Gust, regice work on turning Charge Beam into Thunderbolt and work on learning Frost Breath, magikarp try to increase the power behind your Tackle. Finally for you three who are new I want to see what moves you know and other attributes so I know what to have you work on"

As Ash's older pokemon went off to train, Ash watched his new pokemon demonstrate what they were capable of. Skorupi knew the moves Aqua Tail, Bug Bite, Leer, Poison Sting, Fel Stinger, Bite and Shadow Ball; Zoura knew the moves Snatch, Copycat, Double Team, Faint Attack, Incinerate, Extrasensory and Dig; while Froakie knew the moves Bubble, Pound, Quick Attack, Double Team, Dig, Mind Reader, Icy Wind, Toxic Spikes and Lick

Ash was impressed with their movepool, but also saw were they needed to make improvements "Okay, skorupi you need to work on evasion and speed, zoura and froakie you two need to work on endurance and increasing your power output. Plus I want you zoura to try to learn Counter and Pursuit and froakie I want you to try to learn Water Pulse" said Ash once he was done analyzing them

"Wow Ash really knows his stuff" noted Misty as she watched Ash train alongside his pokemon as she trained her own

By the end of the day Ash and his pokemon were exhausted "Get some rest guys" said Ash "you all deserved it" and they did as all his pokemon got stronger and some even learned new moves or were close to mastering them

"I've never seen a trainer take training so seriously" said Misty "Most rookies don't train their pokemon very well, but more experienced or knowledgeable ones do" said Ash "I know what you mean, plus rookies make some rather stupid mistakes" agreed Misty "I should know, I've seen quite a few as a gym leader" "Tell me about them, I cold use a laugh" asked Ash "Sure" agreed Misty

So Misty began telling Ash about some of the most stupid things she's seen new trainers do when they challenge her gym or just in general, much to Ash and his pokemon's amusement

Listings

*Means Shiny*

Ash:

Regice- Flash Cannon, Icy Wind, Charge Beam, Bulldoze, Hail, Lock-On, Rock Polish, Endure, Rest, Shock Wave, Thunderbolt (Learning), Frost Breath (Learning)

Pikachu (M)- Quick Attack, Thunderbolt, Thundershock, Nasty Plot, Dig, Thunderwave, Nuzzle, Double Team, Iron Tail, Swift, Agility

Spearow (M)- Peck, Drill Run, Leer, Tri Attack, Pursiut, Growl, Steel Wing, Protect, Gust

Magikarp (F)- Splash, Tackle, Flail

Skorupi (M)- Aqua Tail, Bug Bite, Bite, Leer, Fel Stinger, Shadow Ball, Agility

Zoura (F)- Snatch, Copycat, Double Team, Faint Attack, Pursuit, Incinerate, Dig, Extrasensory, Counter (Learning)

Froakie* (M)- Bubble, Water Pulse, Toxic Spikes, Double Team, Quick Attack, Lick, Dig, Icy Wind, Pound, Mind Reader

Misty:

Staryu- Rapid Spin, Water Gun, Tackle, Harden, Flash, Swift, Psywave, Swift

Starmie- Thunderbolt, Power Gem, Rapid Spin, Water Gun, Harden, Flash, Swift, Confusion

Goldeen (M)- Horn Attack, Flail, Aqua Ring, Supersonic, Water Pulse, Psybeam

Gyarados (M)- Hyper Beam, Dragon Breath, Thrash, Dragon Rage, Twister, Bite, Leer, Water Gun