Charmander, the Stray Pokemon

Two days had passed since Ash and the others had left Lumoise City. It was around 11:30 and the group had most of their Pokémon out for training.

"Fletchling use Quick Attack."

"Fletchinder use Aerial Ace." The two birds quickly flew at each other and clashed over their trainers. Meanwhile on the ground the other Pokémon sparred with each other.

"Pikachu Thunderbolt!"

"Charmander dodge and use Flamethrower, aim for Pikachu's legs." Charmander quickly moved out of the thunderbolt's path and then unleashed flamethrower towards Pikachu's legs like Red said.

"Pikachu use Agility." Pikachu tried to move quickly but the fire hit his feet. the pain caused him to fall down into the rest of the flamethrower.

"Shoot."

"Ha, I found a counter strategy against agility." Red said.

"Pikachu use Quick Attack." Pikachu sprinted forward at Charmander with incredible speed.

"Charmander dodge and use Scratch." Charmander waited until Pikachu got close and prepared to slash him.

"Pikachu slide under his legs and with your tail around." Pikachu stopped running and slid on the ground avoiding Charmander's claws and going right between his legs. Once he was directly under Charmander Pikachu whipped his tail around and smacks Charmander off his feet.

"Pikachu use Thunderbolt." Pikachu quickly got up and blasted Charmander with thunderbolt before he could get up.

"Alright Pikachu!"

"Okay time for round three." Red said. Pancham and Riolu stepped up as Pikachu and Charmander went back to their trainers.

"Pancham start off with Leer."

"Riolu use Quick Attack to get behind him." As Pancham's eyes started to glow blue Riolu sprinted forward and left directly over Pancham.

"Pancham use Arm Thrust right behind you." Pancham turned around 180° and thrust his arm forward just as Riolu landed behind him.

"Riolu!"

"Pancham use Karate Chop."

"Riolu block his attack with your left forearm and then used Force Palm with your right hand." Riolu got up and pushed Pancham's arm out-of-the-way with his left forearm. Once the karate chop failed Riolu slammed his right palm into Pancham's face.

"Oh man."

"Nice job Riolu." Meanwhile Clemont and Serena were sparing with their pokemon.

"Fennekin use Ember." Fennekin opened up her mouth and unleashed ember.

"Magnemite dodge and use Sonic Boom." Magnemite moved out of the embers path and unleashed 3 waves of sonic energy.

"Fennekin move!" Fennekin tried to move out of the way but the sonic booms were too fast and Fennekin was hit.

"Fennekin!"

"Nice shot Magnemite."

"Magne!" Magnemite said happy to be battling with his trainer again.

"Fennekin don't give up. Get closer to Magnemite and use Tail Whip." Fennekin ran towards Magnemite and tried to lower Magnemite's defenses.

"Magnemite use Magnet Bomb." Magnemite hurled 4 magnets on the ground around Fennekin that unleashed electrical energy around Fennekin.

"Oh no." Serena said. Fennekin struggled to get back up. Ash noticed that Serena wasn't doing so well and walked over to her.

"Serena, don't give up. Never give up until the end." Ash said as he put his hand on her shoulder. Serena tried to hide the fact that she was now blushing. She looked back at Fennekin "We can do this Fennekin!"

"That's the right attitude Serena." Clemont said. Fennekin got up and let a breath of fire from her mouth. A few moments later Fennekin covered her entire body in fire and sprinted forward at Magnemite.

"Woah what is that?" Serena asked.

"Flame Charge, your Fennekin just learned Flame Charge."

"Magnemite use Thunderbolt."

"Fennekin Ember aim for the thunderbolt." Fennekin opened her mouth and unleashed ember at the thunderbolt.

The thunderbolt overpowered the ember but was still slowed down enough for Fennekin to avoid it and hit Magnemite with Flame Charge.

"Magnemite!" Magnemite landed in front of Clemont covered in burns.

"Fennekin you learned Flame Charge! I'm so proud of you." Serena ran over and picked up Fennekin after the flames on her body died down.

"Great job Serena." Ash said.

"Thanks Ash." Clemont returned Magnemite and walked over to Chespin.

"Alright your turn Chespin. Give it your all!"

"Ches!" Chespin said flexing.

"Furfrou let's do this!" Serena said as she stood behind Furfrou.

"Chespin use Pin Missile!"

"Furfrou use Sand attack." Furfou smashed his hand into the ground and splashed sand into Chespin's eyes. Chesin stumbled around a bit after the sand went into his eyes and he launched pin missile directly into the air. Fletchling and Fletchinder were both flying above the battle.

Fletchling and Fletchinder quickly moved out of the way as the pin missile nearly hit them. They looked down and squawked angrily at Chespin.

"Furfrou use Headbutt, aim for his stomach."

"Chespin try and move!" Chespin tried to get out of Furfrou's path but he couldn't see where he was coming from. When Furfrou got close he remembered with Serena said and aimed for Chespin's stomach. Serena knew that if Furfrou wasn't careful he could get hurt by the spikes on top of Chespin's head.

Chespin was knocked back a few feet when Furfrou hit him.

"Alright nice hit Furfrou." Ash and Pikachu were very impressed Serena had the intuition to aim away from Chespin's spikes.

"Smart thinking Serena. Very impressive."

"Pika."

"Gee thanks." Serena said blushing a little.

"Chespin, don't give up yet. Use Leech Seed!"

"Furfrou jump from place to place and don't stand the ground from more than a moment". Furfrou did as his trainer instructed. One by one the leech seeds hit the ground near Furfrou and sprouted. However, since Furfrou was to high above them whenever they sprouted none of them manage to reach him.

"Chespin use Vine Whip and aim for the legs!" Chespin hurled two vines forward and wrapped them around Furfrou's front legs. Once they were secure Chespin pulled Furfrou into the ground and around one of the leech seeds.

"Oh no." Serena said.

"Excellent Chespin!"

"Uh, oh no I." Serena tried to calm herself down, she knew panic and wouldn't help.

"Wait that's it! Furfrou use Bite on the leech seed's root!" Despite losing some of his energy from the leech seed Furfrou lowered his head and wrapped his teeth around the leech seeds stem and ripped it out by the root causing the leech seed to lose its effect.

"Perfect now use baby doll eyes." Furfrou looked at Chespin with very innocent and frightened eyes. This made Chespin feel uncomfortable and hesitated a little.

"Use Headbutt!"

"Chespin quick counter with Pin Missile!" Chespin tried to use Pin Missile but he was still hesitating after the baby doll eyes. Thus Furfrou had enough time to get in close and knock Chespin back again.

"Oh no."

"That was so great Furfrou you were so awesome!" Serena ran over and hugged Furfrou as he licked the side of her cheek. Meanwhile Clemont helped Chespin up.

"It's alright Chespin, you still did very good."

"Serena you've gotten a lot better, you've been training your pokemon well." Ash said.

"Yeah Fennekin and Furfrou are both getting quite skilled."

"Thanks guys, I don't think I would've gotten this far without your help though." Moments later there was a low growl coming from Ash's stomach. He put his hands over his stomach.

"Uh, I guess It's that time of the day." Red did the same with his stomach.

"I guess my stomach agrees with yours." Clemont got the map out and looked at where they were.

"I don't know guys. When we stopped to do some training, I don't think we realized how far we from were from the nearest Pokémon center. If we want to get there before nightfall should probably get moving first."

"Aw but I'm so hungry, and so is Skitty." Bonnie said.

"I'm with them Clemont." Serena said.

"Plus our Pokemon should have a meal after all that training." Red said. Clemont looked down at his Chespin who was also holding his stomach.

"I guess you're right." Ash and Red got the Pokémon food out while the others started making their own lunch.

"Here you are guys enjoy." Ash said as he gave all of his and Serena's pokemon some food.

"Pika!"

"Rio!"

"Fenn!" They said happily as they stared eating.

"Eat up guys." Red said as he gave his and Clemont's Pokemon some food. After all the bowls were filled Red went back to his Charmander and knelt in front of him.

"Here have an Oran berry to, you worked really hard today and I'm proud of you." Red said as he put an Oran berry on top of Charmander's food bowl.

"Char!" Charmander said happily. Just when Ash and Red walked back to the rest of the group, Pikachu and the other Pokémon heard a faint "Char." They all turned to Charmander who was eating his oran berry. Charmander soon realized the others were all staring at him.

"Char?"

"Pika pika."

"Fenn."

"Char." Charmander said shaking his head. Pikachu and the others were now confused. Pikachu scratch the back of his head as he looked around with the others. After a minute he found a large rock with a Pokémon sitting at the top.

"Pika!"

"Alright we've got bread, some meat, noodles, and Oran berries." Clemont said looking through the bag.

"That's not a lot make lunch out of." Bonnie said.

"Maybe sandwiches with some noodles on the side." Serena said.

"It will have to do." Ash said. Ash was about to start helping when he heard Pikachu.

"Pika! Pikachu!" Ash turned around and saw Pikachu looking a little concerned.

"Pikachu is everything all right?"

"Pika pika chu!" Pikachu said pointing at a large rock near their Pokémon. Charmander and Riolu quickly came over to and also pleaded with Pikachu.

"I guess there's something over there they want us to see." Red said.

"We should check it out." Serena said. They followed Pikachu, Charmander, and Riolu over to the rock where all of their other Pokemon were staring at the top also looking concerned.

"Guys what's wrong?" Clemont asked.

"Look." Ash said. the others turned to the top of the rock and saw Charmander curled up on the top of the rock breathing deeply.

"Char...Charmander."

"It's a Charmander."

"That's odd, I didn't think Charmander were native to Kalos." Ash said. Ash and the others noticed this Charmander looked exhausted and that the flame on its tail was much smaller than the one on Red's Charmander.

"This Charmander looks like it's in bad shape. The flame on his tail should be much bigger." Red said.

"Maybe we should give it an Oran berry." Serena said.

"Good idea." Ash walked up with an Oran berry and offered it to the Charmander. Charmander turned his head away and looked back at the ground.

"What's wrong Charmander you should eat this." Ash looked back at Pikachu and Red's Charmander.

"Can you guys ask Charmander why he's just sitting here, what happened to him, and why he won't eat?"

PIkachu and Charmander nodded as they climbed up to the other Charmander.

"Pika pikachu."

"Char charmander."

"Char.. char." Pikachu and Red's Charmander came down and went up to their trainers.

"Pika pika chu pika." Pikachu said before he went over to Ash's Poke Ball satchel and picked one up. He walked back and touched it against Red's Charmander then put it on the ground. Charamander then pretended like he was inside the Poke Ball.

"Are you saying he belongs to someone?" Ash asked.

"Pika!"

"Charmander!" They said nodding.

"How could someone let him get in this bad of condition?" Clemont asked.

"Also where are they?" Serena asked. Red took out an empty Poke Ball and threw it at the Charmander.

"Red what are you doing?" Clemont questioned.

"Seeing something." The Poke Ball hit the Charmander and sent him inside. The Poke Ball rattled and flashed for a few seconds before Charmander came back out of it.

"Char." It said.

"Strange, if that Charmander belongs to someone then he shouldn't have even gone inside the Poke Ball."

"What do you mean?" Serena asked.

"You see Serena if a Pokémon has already been caught by a Poke Ball then if someone else tries to catch it it won't work watch." Red said as he picked up the empty Poke Ball and threw it at Pikachu. The Poke Ball hit Pikachu but he didn't even go inside.

"It didn't send Pikachu inside because he already belongs to Ash."

"But wait if that Charmander belongs to someone how did he go into your Poke Ball?" Bonnie asked.

"The only explanation I can think of is that this Charmander used to belong to a trainer. But for whatever reason that trainer must have released him to now Charmander is just waiting for him."

"That's so sad." Serena said.

"What we can't just leave him like this. Let's take him to the Pokémon center." Ash said. He walked up to Charmander.

"Charmander I know you think your training is coming back, but you need to come with us to the Pokémon center us."

"Char." The Charmander said as he shook his head.

Pikachu climbed onto Ash's shoulder, "Pika pikachu." The Charmander still shook his head.

"Maybe you should just battle him and catch it." Bonnie said.

"I don't think that's a good idea. This Charmander looks like he's in pretty bad shape. Battling him now would just make it worse." Ash said.

"I think the best thing to do is leave him be." Red said.

"Maybe." Clemont said. After finishing lunch the group left and returned to route 5 towards the Pokemon center. Ash looked back one more time at the Charmander who was still sitting on the rock. After a few minutes the Pokémon Center came into view.

"There it is." Clemont said. Serena felt a drop of rain hit her nose and she looked up to see storm clouds forming over them.

"Hey guys I think it's about to rain we should get inside." As the darkness began to set in Ash and Red were sitting at a table in the Pokemon Center staring out at the rain.

"Red you don't think Charmander is still out there in the rain do you?"

"No, Charmander has survival instincts he wouldn't sit out in the rain like this." Red said. Ash and Pikachu were still a bit concerned as they looked out the window.

Back at the rock Charmander was still sitting on top of it as he tried to cover his tail with a leaf to protect his flame.

"Char ... Charmander." It said in pain as it tried to hold on.

Back at the center Serena and the others brought dinner to the table Ash and Red were sitting at. Serena noticed Ash seemed very concerned from the expression on his face.

"Ash are you still worried about Charmander?"

"I want to believe he's okay, but it's just scary to think he could die out there." Ash said.

"I'm sure he's okay. I mean he does have instincts." Clemont said. They were about to eat when Ash heard something un-encouraging at a table near them

"Ha ha, look at all of them."

"Yeah it is quite a collection." Ash and the others looked at the table to see a group of young man around their age huddled around another young man with thick blue hair, brown eyes, and shades above his eyes. The boy and the center had a large pile of Poke Balls in front of him.

"Geez Damian, you're such a great trainer."

"Yeah, I've got me four badges now. I'm heading to Lumoise City to get my fifth badge."

"That guy sure has a lot of Pokémon." Serena said.

"Hey Damian didn't you use to have a Charmander?" One of them asked.

"Yeah I got that dumb Charmander from professor Oak before I came to Kalos but that stupid thing was way too weak."

"Charmander!" Ash said when he heard them.

"Yeah he was so weak he couldn't win any battles I put him in. So I released him, but the stupid thing didn't understand I don't want him anymore. He just kept following me around, so I told him to wait on a rock until I came back and got him. The stupid thing believed me. In fact he's probably still waiting there right now." Damian said laughing.

"Hey he's the jerk who left Charmander there!" Serena said.

"What a horrible trainer!" Clemont said.

"Ash we should." Red started before he realized Ash had already gotten up. Ash walked over to Damien and pushed his way past the boys around him. Damian looked up and saw Ash.

"Can I's help you?" Ash grabbed Damien by the collar of his shirt and pulled him up to his face.

"Go and get that Charmander now!" Ash screamed into Damian's face.

"What?"

"I said go and get Charmander from that storm right now!" Damain freed himself from Ash's grip.

"And who's is you suppose to be? The pokemon protector, that Charmander ain't worth my time. He can't win battles so he's worthless to me."

Ash's face turned red with anger. "You don't deserve to be a trainer, that poor Charmander trusted you. You act like all a Pokemon is, is something to boost yourself with. Now I'm not going to tell you again, Get out there!"

"Well I don't think it matters much, he's probably dead by now. Maybe something he can do right." Ash had finally had enough. He smashed his right fist into Damian's face knocking him to the ground.

"Ash!" Red said as he and the others watched , dumbstruck. One of the other boys tried to punch Ash, but Ash through his left forearm up and blocked it, then he punched that boy with his right fist. A third boy from behind Ash tried to grab him, but Ash threw his body forward and forced the boy off of him.

"I'd better go help him." Red said. He ran over and tackled a boy who was about to attack Ash from behind. Once he was down Red got up and blocked a punch from another boy with his right forearm, then used his left arm to headlock the boy before kneeing him in the face.

Damian got back up and tried to punch Ash, but Ash moved back and grabbed Damian's arm. He used Damain's own momentum to hurl him into a table.

"Hey stop that fighting this instant!" Nurse Joy said as she walked over with Wigglytuff.

Damian and his friends got up. "Yeah well we're not sticking around." Damian picked up his Poke Ball's and walked towards the rooms with his friends. Ash and Red looked back over at Pikachu and the others who all looked a a little freaked out.

"What?" Ash said.

"Where did you guys learn to fight like that. I mean you just took on like 5 guys at once." Serena said.

"You now we don't actually know. Fighting just always came naturally to us." Red said.

"Red Charmander is still out there and he's not going to make it unless we do something!"

"Your right! Lets get back there!" Pikachu jumped onto Ash's shoulder. They quickly put on rain coats and ran outside into the rain.

"Be careful guys!" Serena said.

Back at the rock Charmander was still struggling to hold on as the rain continue to come down. A few Zubat were flying overhead when they saw Charmander beneath them and saw he was in bad condition. The 3 Zubat flew down and began viciously attacking Charmander.

"Char!" Charmander cried out in pain as they bit and scratched him. The leaf covering his tail was ripped away and the rain began hitting his tail directly.

"Char!" Charmander said one more time as he prepared for the end.

"Look there he is!" Ash and Red sprinted through the rain towards charmander.

"Those Zubat are attacking him! Pikachu use Thunderbolt!" Pikachu jumped down from Ash's shoulder and unleashed thunderbolt. The blast hit the three Zubat and knocked them out. Ash and Red reached Charmander and saw he was in critical condition.

"We need to get him to the center now!" Ash said as he picked up Charmander in his arms. While Ash carried Charmander Red used his coat to cover up his tail from the rain.

"Charmander please hold on." Back at the Pokémon center Serena and the others were waiting by the door.

"I hope they've gotten Charmander by now" Serena said.

"Look!" Bonnie said pointing out the window. Clemont quickly opened the door as Ash and Red sprinted inside with Pikachu right behind them.

"Nurse Joy!" Ash and Red screamed. Nurse Joy was behind the main desk and turned towards them.

"Is something wrong." She started before she saw Charmander and Ash's arms.

"Oh my god! Wigglytuff!" Her Wigglytuff sprinted over and took charmander from Ash's arms. She carried him to a stretcher Nurse Joy had gotten out and rushed Charmander to an operating room. Ash and the others quickly followed her but were stopped by Wigglytuff before they could go inside.

"Wiggly." She said shaking her head.

"I guess we can't go inside." Clemont said.

"I guess all we can do now is wait and see if Charmander makes it." Red said.

"I'm pretty tired, lets go to bed." Bonnie said.

"Uh you guys go ahead I'm going to wait here until I find out if Charmander is going to be all right." Ash said.

"Are you sure Ash, we've done all we can do. It's up to nurse Joy now." Red said.

"I'm sure." Ash sat down on a bench outside the operating room as Pikachu jumped up on his lap.

"You can go with them to the rooms if you want Pikachu."

"Pika." Pikachu said shaking his head. Pikachu knew Ash was a caring person but what he saw Ash do today amazed him like nothing he had ever seen before. Ash risked his life in the storm to save a pokemon that wasn't even his.

A few hours passed and Serena woke up. She looked around the room and saw Ash still hadn't come to bed. She got up and left the room. She walked towards the operating room and saw Ash was still sitting there.

In all of her life Serena had never seen anyone who cared for pokemon like Ash. Charmander wasn't even his Pokémon, and yet he had cared so much for him already.

"Ash you're still up." She said. Ash looked over at Serena.

"Oh hey Serena, I'm still waiting to find out if Charmander's going to be all right."

"Do you mind if I wait with you?"

"Of course not." Serena sat down next to Ash and Pikachu.

"You really care about your Pokémon don't you."

"I've been around Pokemon my whole life. They are amazing creatures and each one is special in their own way."

For years Serena knew she liked Ash as more than just a friend, but the more she traveled with him and saw who had became, the more passionate about him she became.

Hours passed and nurse Joy worked tirelessly with Wigglytuff to save Charmander. By the time the sun rose she had done everything she could. She looked back at Charmander and checked his vitals. Wigglytuff smiled when she saw that he had become stable.

"Well that's a relief, I thought he wasn't going to make it for a minute. Keep an eye on him I'm going to tell those trainers the good news." Nurse Joy walked out of the operating room only to see Ash and Serena were asleep. Serena's head was resting against Ash's shoulders and her hand was on his.

"Aw what a cute couple." She went and retrieved a blanket from a closet, then put it over them.

A few hours later the sun was in the sky and Ash woke up. He saw Serena had accidentally cuddled up against him. Or at least he thought it was an accident. Pikachu yawned and stretched as he opened his eyes and looked at Ash.

"Good morning Pikachu."

"Pika."

"Hey Serena, it's morning." Ash said. Serena opened her eyes. She realized that she actually did cuddle up against Ash and blushed.

"Oh uh, Morning Ash." They got up and off the bench.

"Did you hear anything about Charmander?"

"Not yet." Red and the others came down the hallway towards them

"Morning guys, did you find out if Charmander is okay?" Red asked.

"Not yet, let's find Nurse Joy." Moments later the door opened behind them and nurse Joy came out.

"Good morning, did you all sleep alright?"

"Nurse Joy, did Charmander make it?" Ash said with a hint of fear.

"Well yes earlier this morning he was stabilized. But an hour ago they left to the center on his own."

"What?" They all said.

"It just seemed like it needed to be somewhere".

"I'll bet it went back to wait for Damian." Clemont said.

"That's so sad he's just going to end up waiting there forever." Bonnie said.

"Well there's not much we can do at this point. We saved him from the storm, but he's just too loyal to convince otherwise. We should probably just keep going." Red said. Elsewhere Charmander was walking back towards the rock when he started to think about Ash.

He didn't even know Ash and yet he came back for him during the storm and saved his life. Damian promised him he would only be gone a few hours but he had been waiting for days. He looked back at the pokemon center.

Further down Route 5 Ash couldn't stop thinking about Charmander and how he was just going to sit on the rock waiting for that jerk Damian. He knew that charmander didn't listen to him before, but he couldn't just sit there and do nothing.

"Guys I'm going back for Charmander."

"What?" Red and Clemont said.

"I don't care if he won't believe me. I'm not going to let him waste away on that rock waiting for Damian."

"Pika".

"Well I'll come with you maybe my Charmander will talk some sense into him." Red said as he let charmander out.

Moments later the group felt the ground beneath them shrink until they fell to the bottom of the pit hole.

"Ouch." Clemont said.

"What happened?" Serena said. Above them Pikachu, Fennekin, and Charmander looked down at their trainers for a moment before 2 men sprung from behind them and threw cages over them.

"Pika!"

"Char!"

"Fenn."

"Hey what are you doing!?" Red shouted.

"Ha too easy." One of the men said. Ash and the others soon realized the man were Team rocket grunts.

"Not team rocket again." Serena said.

"Why don't you brats shut up and toss up the rest of your Pokémon before we hurt you." One of the ground said as two Zubat and a Nidorina revealed themselves.

"We'll never give you our Pokemon." Clemont said.

"We warned you, Zubat use Supersonic." The two Zubat let out a piercing wail. Ash and the others covered their ears.

"That hurts so much!" Serena said. Suddenly the wails stopped as a jet of fire flew over the hole and knocked out both Zubat.

"What?" The two grunts said.

"Charmander!" They looked over and saw a Charmander standing on the other side of the hole.

"Pika!"

"Char!"

"Guys Charmander came back!" Ash said.

"Nidorina use Poison Sting!" Nidorina unleashed poison sting and Charmander braced himself as he was hit.

"Nidorina use Poison Fang!" Nidorina ran forward and tried to bite Charmander. Charmander held off Nidorina as best he could but she was too strong. In the hole Ash could see what was happening.

"Charmander use growl into Scratch!" Charmander did what Ash said and growled at Nidorina reducing the power of her attack. Once it was weak enough charmander pushed her off him and scratched Nidorina across the face. Nidorina backed up a little.

"Charmander now use Flamethrower!" The flame on Charmander's tail grew massive before he opened his mouth and unleashed flamethrower. Nidorina was scorched by the fire and knocked out. The flames continued on towards the team rocket grunts.

When the flames cleared the two grunts fell over, covered in soot. Charmander walked over and let the other pokemon out of their cages. It took them a few minutes but Ash and the others got out of the hole.

"Thank you Charmander for saving us." Serena said. Ash knelt down next to Charmander.

"Listen Charmander I know it must be hard to feel abandoned by your trainer, but Damian really is that kind of trainer. It would be best if you moved on."

"Char charmander." Charmander looked up at Ash and then hugged him. Pikachu smiled "Pika chu."

"Ash I think Charmander wants you to catch him." Red said. Ash looked back down at Charmander, "Do you want to come with me?"

"Char charmander." He said nodding. "Alright it'll be great having you with us." He took out a Poke Ball and tapped it against Charmander's head. The Poke Ball shook and flashed in Ash's hand for a minute before it sparkled and stopped.

"Alright I caught a Charmander!"

"I guess that means we have two Charmanders in the group now." Serena said. Ash let Charmander out of his Poke Ball as well as the rest of his pokemon.

"Guys say hello to the newest member of the family."

"Rio."

"Fletch."

Fennekin was standing next to Pikachu and Red's Charmander as she watched Ash's Charmander. She was amazed at how Charmander came back and saved them like he did, how he stood up to team rocket alone.

"Fenn." She said as she blushed a little.