Hey Nuggies! Well I really shouldn't be doing this, but here I am writing another fanfiction since I have writers block on a few of my other ones, and because this won't leave me alone. Here is your warning this will be SLASH! Not to sure on if it'll be M!Preg or not, but at this current moment I have not thought about it.

A few things before you begin reading. Ash is older at the start of his journey than in cannon. He is 16 years of age. Ash will be a bottom in his relationships. He will also capture pokemon he had not during the cannon episodes. He will know or be taught how to use Aura since I feel like they really failed in using it to its potential in the episodes. If there are anymore details I'll be sure to address them as they come up.

Main Pairing: AshxPaul

Side pairing: AshxGary (One sided on Gary's part)

Rating: M (to be safe)

Disclaimer: I do not own pokemon it belongs to Game Freak, Nintendo, Creatures, The Pokemon Company, etc, nor do I write this for profit. This is for entertainment use only.

Enjoy! And don't forget to leave a review!

Today, he decided as he walked down a well worn path, was the day his new chapter in life would begin. He did his tests and passed the theory, written, and physical parts of the tests with flying colors. Then yesterday he had gotten confirmation that he could begin his journey. That brought him to today, walking down the path, to Samuel Oak Laboratory and PokeFields.

Today he would get his starter and set off into the unknown to discover the lands for himself and also to discover himself.

He trudged along uphill to the front doors where he could see three other trainers that wold start with him. Two males and a female. One of the males had spiky auburn hair and black eyes, his name was Gary Oak, his best friend and rival for the past ten years. The other male was Alex Grey his neighbors nephew, he had blond hair and brown eyes. The last trainer, Eliza Holmes, a newer resident of Pallet, she had light red hair and green eyes adorning a freckled face.

"Ash!" he heard Gary call out and waved down at him once his rival saw him, "About time you got here! Gramps wouldn't open the doors until all of us got here."

Ash Ketchum, dark black hair and red tinted honey whiskey eyes, laughed as he met up with the trio. "Sorry sorry," he said as he put his hands in his pocket, "You know how Mom is." His Mom, fiercely protective of him, wanted to try and talk him out of going once again.

"Ah that explains it then," he said as the doors to the building finally opened. Standing there was a tall older man with greying blond hair and kind black eyes, this is Professor Samuel Oak.

"Come in! Come in! I bet you all can't wait to get on the road," he said as he ushered the four of them in. The layout was a simple huge room with a few closed off rooms for lab work, but the majority of the room was an open concept. As they walked in Ash looked around and saw quite a few pokemon he knew were not from around Pallet and became even more eager to get out there and begin to befriend them all. "Now, as we do have one extra trainer in this batch of beginners, I wasn't able to prepare another regular starter. I will have to ask one of you to stay behind to get another starter for you. Any volunteers?" he asked once he had to trainers stop in front of a machine that held three balls.

The fours stayed silent as they looked among themselves wondering and hoping someone would speak up. It seemed like each of them had their hopes up in wanting one of the starters. Ash took a deep breath before speaking up without looking at the other three, "I'll stay behind." He didn't let any emotion fill the words as he couldn't believe he had said them.

He saw Oak look at him then smile in pride, "Very well dear boy," he said as he gestured for the other relieved three trainers to the machine, "In each of these balls holds a pokemon. There is the grass type, Bulbasaur. The water type pokemon, Squirtle. And last, but not least, the fire type pokemon Charmander. Eliza, ladies first."

She stepped forward a little hesitantly to the machine before picking up the first ball. She pressed the button and in a beam of red light a small green leafy pokemon was left standing once the light faded. The Bulbasaur let out a small grunt as it moved to inspect its new trainer before giving her a small nod.

Alex was next to step up and he immediately went for the last ball holding the Charmander. In the same flash of red light popped out a small orange lizard with sharp teeth and claws with a burning tail. The little lizard let out a small growl as it approached its trainer already accepting that Alex was his.

Gary was left for last. He sauntered up to the table and picked up the ball and with the smirk on his face he was happy he got the Squirtle. The small turtle like pokemon crossed his arms with a smirk on its own face. Ash was glad to see that they got along and that Gary wasn't treating it like he would have if Gary got him when he was younger.

"Now," Oak said breaking the moments between trainer and pokemon, "You three are almost ready to start your journeys. If you accept it, I want all of you to have a pokedex. It'll record pokemon you encounter and help you along the way as well as having a built in map of the region."

The three readily agreed to accept the device. Ash wondered briefly why he wasn't getting one, but brushed it off seeing as he hadn't even gotten his pokemon yet. He watched as trainer and pokemon left one right after the other leaving him and the Professor alone in their area of the lab.

"Ash," Oak began to say as the older man moved to stand in front of the teen. He placed his hands on Ash's shoulders as he spoke, "Staying back like that and giving up the opportunity to get a regional starter was really brave of you to do. I am really proud of you."

Ash had to hold in tears in his eyes as he heard this. Oak, growing up, had been his only male parental figure he ever had and to hear him say he was proud of him. Well, that really made him emotional. "Thank you," he said softly as he gave the older man a smile.

"No need for thanks, Ash. Now, I believe I said I would give you another pokemon; however, I have another proposition for you," he said as he guided Ash to the pastures in the back. The land Oak owned for the pokemon spread for miles and miles giving pokemon room to move and roam as well as live in a space that was perfect for them.

"What is it?" he asked as he looked up at him once they were outside.

"I want you to become a OFRT for me," Oak said as he gestured for Ash to sit on one of the picnic tables.

"OFRT?" he asked sitting at one of the table with an umbrella. He placed his hands on top of the table and clasped them together.

"On the Field Researcher and Trainer," he clarified sitting across from the teen, "You'll be able to go on your journey as you planned, but as a OFRT you'll have special tasks you would have to do for me, but you'll also have many privileges others don't. I already offered it to Gary, but he turned me down on it."

"What kind of tasks?" he asked as his interests were peaked.

"Such as having to transport certain pokemon and eggs or traveling to different regions to other Professors to get research or other things from them that can't be sent through the systems. Sometimes you'll be called in to handle a rogue pokemon or to research a certain habitat. Things like that," Oak explained as he pulled a tablet from his inner coat pocket to show him the different things and videos other trainers from over the years had given him, "You'll be payed of course. I am not asking you to do this for free. The limit for your team will be raised from six to twelve, and you'll also get full perks at the Centers for your pokemon as well as a TM pass."

"TM pass?" Ash asked as he hadn't heard of anything called a TM pass before.

"You'll get a pass so you can purchase up to five TMs a month," Oak said as a smile crossed his old face seeing that Ash was getting interested in it, "It replenishes every month."

He thought for a moment before nodding, "Okay I'll do it," he agreed as he took a deep breath, "But I haven't got a pokemon yet."

Oak smiled and got up, "Let's go back in. I have got the perfect pokemon for you," he said as he started walking back to the door with Ash following behind him, "Now, this particular pokemon I have had in my possession for a few weeks now. I caught him chewing on my electrical wires causing our systems to glitch. He wasn't friendly at all in the beginning to humans, but we got through to him. I was able to get him to agree to becoming a starter for a trainer."

"What kind of pokemon is it?" he asked as they entered a room Ash had never been in before. It was full of open electrical units and generators that fed electric pokemon.

"A Pikachu," he said as said pokemon approached the two human. It was average in size and covered in yellow fur with two brown stripes along its back and a lightning bolt tail. What caught Ash's attention was Pikachu's eye. A sharp painful looking scar ran straight through the right eye, but miraculously it didn't seem to have affected the eye at all.

"What happened?" Ash asked as he looked between the pokemon and the Professor.

"It appeared that Pikachu had a previous trainer. Not a very good one at that. From what we could gather the trainer abandoned Pikachu after a battle that left Pikachu with the scar," Oak said as Pikachu jumped onto the table to get a closer look at Ash, "When Pikachu was friendly enough with us he let us take care of his eye. It was badly infected and we had to be permitted to use Ditto Cells to try and save the eye. As you can see it worked."

Ash looked down at the curious Pikachu before slowly reaching forwards and holding out his hand palm down for Pikachu to sniff him. "Pikachu," he said softly as he smiled down at him, "Want to go on an adventure with me?"

The yellow mouse tilted his head slightly and a few silent moments passed before he gave Ash a small nod making Ash beam down at him. Oak smiled and nodded at the duo, "I knew you two would be just fine together. Now, as you have accepted to being a OFRT for me, instead of just getting a standard pokedex you'll get something a bit better as well." He left the room leaving Ash and Pikachu to hurry and catch up to the fast old man.

"What do you mean?" He asked as he caught up to Oak, "I thought that the pokedexes were all Kanto had."

"That is true yes, but recently the League has been in a trade agreement with the Unova region seeing as we need help getting a little more technology advanced," Oak said as they stepped into his office, "Each Professor and Researcher in Kanto has been given a trial time to use these," he pulled out a device from the safe he kept behind his desk, "Xtransceiver."

"Xtransceiver?" he asked as he hadn't heard of anything like it before. Pikachu jumped up on the desk and sniffed the device curiously.

"Yes, a device that a user wears on their wrists that can take pictures, send and receive messages, take calls, has a built in map, and can access the PC system," Oak said as he held the device out, "And now that you are a OFRT this one is yours."

Ash took the watch like device and carefully attached it to his wrist. He pressed a button on the outside of it making the screen light up and an extra screen pop out of the side. "Woah," he said as he the screen showed him the time along with a few little apps showing a telephone, a speech bubble, an egg, and a camera, "Thanks Professor! This will be so helpful."

"You're welcome my lad," he said smiling down at him, "Now that you have your equipment and your partner, you are ready to begin your journey. So go forth Ash and explore to your hearts content. Just remember to call from time to time and don't forget your mother."

Ash nodded as Pikachu jumped onto his shoulder. "I'll call soon! I'll go see Mom before I go. My bag is still there," he said as he pocketed the pokedex the professor handed him. He said his goodbyes before hurrying out of the building. He squinted at the bright sun for a moment before coming to a stop at the bottom of the hill. On one end of the road he saw the entrance to Pallet while the other led to the Route leading out and into the wilderness.

"Well Pikachu, shall I see what this can do?" he asked as he took out the pokedex and waved it slightly to his new partner. The yellow mouse nodded and jumped to the ground to sit still for Ash. Ash knelt in front of Pikachu and readied his pokedex to scan Pikachu.

Pikachu

The electric mouse pokemon. It's in its nature to store electricity. It feels stressed now and then if it's unable to fully discharge the electricity. While sleeping, it generates electricity in the sacs in its cheeks. If it's not getting enough sleep, it will be able to use only weak electricity.

This pokemon is male and knows the moves: Iron Tail, Thunderbolt, Quick Attack, Electro Ball, Double Team, Agility, and Thunder. It's ability is Static.

Ash whistled as he read over the information, "That is an impressive move pool," he said as he reached forward and rubbed Pikachu's ear softly making the electric mouse let out a soft sigh, "Let's get going to my house to get my things. I want to get outta here soon."

Pikachu nodded and hopped up onto his shoulder as he didn't know the direction to his trainers den. Ash hurried down the road to Pallet. He greeted neighbors and pokemon alike until he made it to his house. It was a ordinary two story house with a large garden in the back. Standing in the garden was his mother's pokemon Mr. Mime, "Hello Mr. Mime!" Ash greeted as he walked past with a small wave. He heard the pokemon greet back as he entered the house.

"Mom I'm back!" he announce as he walked into the house. His Mom, with long auburn hair and kind honey whiskey eyes, greeted him from the kitchen.

"Oh Ashy! You got a Pikachu?!" she said as he entered the kitchen to the smell of his mom's cookies.

"Yup!" he said as he smiled and then began explaining the opportunity he had gotten from Professor Oak.

"Just be careful," she asked as she saw how excited her son was. She packed a few cookies in a bag along with some sandwiches and other things for Ash as well as a few on the road cook books showing him things he can make with things in the wilderness. He hurried and grabbed his things before giving his mom a hug and a kiss goodbye.

"Well, Pikachu," he said as he reached the beginning of the Route out of Pallet he looked at Pikachu, who was perched on his shoulder, "Let's go on an adventure."