Chapter two (AKPKMN)

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**Phenomenal Ultra Instinct: First of all, awesome name. Yeah this is my take on an Ash Ketchum that really wants to be a Pokemon Master.**

**Avenger13579: Thanks. It took me a while to get here though. I started the idea as "Hadrian Potter, Pokemon Master," but it didn't fit he was reborn as Giovanni's kid and then as "Hadrian Ketchum, Pokemon Master," but the stakes weren't high enough so I made Harry Ash and crapped the older stories and used pieces of them for this one.**

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Ash had an amazing and productive life this time around... Ash had worked intensely in preparation for getting his official starter Pokemon. Ash had gotten some of the best scores in history on his test to get his Pokemon Trainers License, much to Gary Oak's jealousy and his grandfather Professor Oak's respect. Ash had immense knowledge of Pokemon training, was a Move Tutor, Psychic; due to his past life, and had the ability to manipulate Aura from his current one. The only problem was that Ash had overslept.

"So you finally decided to show up after all," Professor Oak said with mild disappointment in Ash.

"I couldn't get to sleep, but when I did it was a deep sleep... I had a dream where I defeated Ho-Oh, and the Poke Ball I used to capture it was my Poke Ball shaped alarm clock." Ash said regretfully. "Are there any Pokemon left? Any at all? Or will I need to just use my Gyarados?"

"Well, there is still one left, but I -"

"Professor I'll take it!" Ash said desperately.

"I think I should warn you - There is a problem with this last one."

"If it has behavioral issues then I'll just have to train it to overcome them," Ash replied.

"Well, in that case..." Oak let a Pikachu out of its ball.

"A healthy specimen of Pikachu..." Ash said in observation. "Young and at its cutest stage. I don't see any problems, Professor." Pikachu looked pleased with the praise being directed at it.

"You'll see." Oak said.

"Hello, Pikachu," Ash said politely. Pikachu began mustering up a Thundershock. "No." Ash said firmly, tapping Pikachu on its nose and demonstrating his dominance. "You don't use violence without cause. Only those of lesser intellect or the insecure seeking to look or feel strong do that. If you are either of those two things, then carry on, but if you want to grow stronger then you can come with me. You won't regret it." Ash held out his hand while Pikachu glared at him.

"Pika," Pikachu finally said, taking Ash's hand and then climbing up onto his shoulder.

A very impressed Professor Oak handed Ash his Poke Balls and Pokedex, and Ash left on his journey.

"Oh, Ash I'm so proud of you. You're finally gonna fulfill your dream and it starts with your Pokémon training. But I'm - I'm gonna miss you so much. Oh, my little boy." Ash's mother, Delia, said.

"I packed your sneakers and jeans, nice clean shirts and underwear, and your favorite snacks and some hot chocolate in case you want something hot. But be careful not to burn yourself. And a pair of rubber gloves to do your laundry, and a new clothesline to hang it out to dry -"

"Mom, you're embarrassing me!" Ash said, but he really did appreciate it. Ash's mother was a great person and an amazing mother, he felt truly blessed to have her in his life.

"I understand. Hmm? That's your Pokémon?" Delia asked.

"Yup, a Pikachu," Ash replied.

"Pikachu," Pikachu said.

"I thought all Pokémon stayed inside their Pokéballs. Why doesn't this one?" Delia asked.

"I think he dislikes being confined; he showed signs of discomfort when first let out, so I didn't try putting him back inside it. Plus we need to bond some too." Ash replied, to Professor Oak's approval.

It was with a time disadvantage that Ash left Pallet Town on his journey.

Ash had screwed up pretty badly... and he didn't have even one of the Kanto starters. That meant that he was forced to catch Pokemon to trade, which meant Pallet Town forest. Ash needed a Pidgey, but would capture any desirable Pokemon to trade or keep.

Ash eventually saw a Pidgey and sent Pikachu out against a lone Pidgey. "Use Thundershock!" Pikachu obeyed and inflicted major damage on Pidgey, who retaliated with Gust and knocked Pikachu down. "Use Thundershock!" Ash ordered once more. The Pidgey was knocked down, so Ash ordered Pikachu to use Quick Attack and then follow it up with a close-range Thundershock. Pidgey was knocked out, so Ash quickly caught it.

"Great work, Pikachu," Ash said, withdrawing a healing Potion and spraying Pikachu's injuries. Ash and Pikachu set out towards a nearby lake, hoping to find some water Pokemon for the Pewter City gym battle.

It went well, until Ash accidentally knocked a rock into a bush and hit a Spearow. That was no big deal, when it attacked with Aerial Ace, Ash sent out his Gyarados and it was quickly beaten with Thunderbolt and then caught.

Unfortunately, it screeched to call its entire flock.

"Ah, hell," Ash commented in annoyance. "Gyarados, use Thunderbolt!"

Gyarados unleashed his Thunderbolt with a mighty roar, easily defeating the weaker Spearow. The next one defeated the rest.

"Stay alert, you two. Pikachu, meet my first Pokemon. Gyarados meet the starter Professor Oak gave me." Ash said and they greeted each other. Ash ended up catching some pretty powerful Pokemon, one of which was a level 45 Fearow and several other decent Spearow. "I'll need you soon Gyarados, but for now you can return."

"Let's go, Pikachu. There are some troublesome Gyarados in a nearby lake and sometimes they attack new trainers or fishers." Ash said, to Pikachu's fear and concern. "Don't worry, you aren't ready for that yet. I'll let Gyarados defeat them, but I do want you to watch."

When they arrived at the lake, Ash sent out his Gyarados and sent it to locate the other Gyarados and lure them to him...

Five minutes later and two defeated Gyarados surfaced with swirls in their eyes and Ash's red Gyarados surfaced soon after and let loose a roar of triumph, much to Ash's amusement. Ash quickly captured the two defeated Gyarados.

"Great work, Gyarados!" Ash said with a smile. "I'm gonna return you and then teleport to Viridian City. I need to put these up for trade on International Trade, but we should soon have some new Pokemon to befriend and train." Gyarados agreed and was returned.

A few seconds later and Ash and Pikachu were in Viridian City... Ash wasted no time in giving his Pokemon to Nurse Joy for healing and then using one of the computers, accessing International Trade and typing in his recent captures...

**For trade: level 45 Fearow, level 15 Spearow x4, level 18 Spearow x2, level 30 Gyarados x1, and level 42 Gyarados x1.**

After that, Ash listed their known moves before typing up his want list.

**Want list: Charmander, Bulbasaur, Squirtle; under level 10, Dratini; any level, Onix; any level, Abra, Kadabra, or Alakazam, Haunter/Gengar, Elekid, Magby, Larvitar, and Houndour.**

"Your Pikachu and Gyarados are both fully healed, but the others will require more time," Nurse Joy said, delivering Pikachu and Gyarados' Poke Ball to him. "May I ask why you captured so many of the same Pokemon?"

"They were terrorizing Pallet Town's forest and had injured several new trainers. I decided to defeat and catch them to stop all of that. I'll be providing them with homes, of course, but they had to be stopped." Ash replied, pleasing Nurse Joy with his answer.

"They should all be ready by tomorrow morning," Nurse Joy said.

Once she was gone, Ash noticed a Poke Ball being dropped through the roof of the Pokemon Center, which soon released an Ekans and Koffing... once Koffing used Smokescreen, Ash banished it and then flung both Pokemon into a wall with telekinesis and had Pikachu use Thunder Wave for good measure.

"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."

"Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light."

"Surrender now or prepare to fight."

"Meowth, that's right."

Ash's thoughts throughout that entire lame motto? Why are they continuing, their Pokemon were just beaten? When will they shut up? And... Ooh! A talking Meowth!

"A talking Meowth!" Ash said in awe. "How did you train it to talk?!"

"I'm a free Pokemon! I taught mehself!" Meowth said angrily.

"You have never been caught in a Poke Ball?" Ash asked in interest.

"Nope!" Meowth gloated.

"Thunder Wave," Ash said to Pikachu.

"Wha?!" The two humans from Team Rocket said in shock.

Ash telekinetically restrained them and then had Pikachu use Quick Attack on Meowth, knocking it into a wall and then followed it up with four more Thundershocks. Ash wasted no time in catching the hostile Meowth in a rare Friend Ball.

And just in time for Officer Jenny to arrive... late.

"They tried stealing the Pokemon, but I stopped them," Ash reported.

"Great work!" Jenny replied.

"Thanks. A wild Meowth that could somehow talk was with them, but since it didn't have a trainer I caught it."

"That's fine. I'll take these two into custody." Jenny replied, not thinking to question Meowth. Ash didn't care, he would and then he would use that info to wipe out Team Rocket.

Once Ash's captured Pokemon were healed, he began trading them off.

Ash managed to trade the weakest Gyarados for a weak Dratini. It had to be put through a lot of training, but Ash had his future Dragonite.

Ash ended up getting getting a Larvitar, a Houndour, a Charmander, a Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Dratini, Elekid, Magby, Alakazam, Onix, and Gengar. Most were low level, but Dratini was level 21 and Ash traded the level 30 Gyarados for it. Larvitar was level 19. Ash had traded off all of the captured Pokemon and was soon off to train his Pokemon for his first Gym Battle in Pewter City.

With that decided, Ash entered the Viridian Forest, battling trainers and even catching a Caterpie against his better judgement. Thankfully it evolved into a Metapod pretty quickly, but evolving it into a Butterfree was a huge pain with its low speed.

While training Charmander evolved into Charmeleon, Bulbasaur evolved into Ivysaur, Squirtle evolved into Wartortle, and Metapod evolved into a Butterfree. Ash had Charmander working on his land speed.

Ash's other Pokemon were merely leveled up to level 16 or higher.

While in the Viridian Forest Ash worked on completing the Pokedex... Ash caught a Weedle, a Kakuna, a Beedrill, a Hoothoot, a Noctowl, Bellsprout, and two Oddish. The Weedle, Kakuna, Hoothoot, and Noctowl were all released though. Ash was up to 30 out of 151 Pokemon caught, which was a great start.

With the last trainer in Viridian Forest defeated, Ash exited the forest, eager to challenge Brock, the Gym Leader for the Pewter City Gym.

But first Ash took his Pokemon to the Pokemon Center for healing... they were thankfully cleared for battle within five hours.

With his Pokemon cleared for battle, Ash entered the Pewter City Gym and stated his challenge.

"Very well," Brock agreed.

"This will be a two on two Pokemon battle. The first trainer to lose two Pokemon will lose the battle." The referee, a child said.

"Go Onix!" Brock said.

"Go Ivysaur!" Ash said.

"Onix! Tackle attack!" Brock said.

"Dodge and use Sleep Powder!" Ash ordered, and watched as his orders were carried out. "Good! Now, Vine Whip!" Onix was still asleep, but damaged. "Poison Powder! Now, Leech Seed!" Brock grimaced at how thorough Ash was being in securing his victory.

"Now... Vine Whip him until he's unable to battle!" Ash ordered and Ivysaur obeyed. It was brutal. but it secured Ash's victory a minute later.

"Onix is unable to battle! Gym Leader choose your next Pokemon." The referee said and Ash returned his Ivysaur and sent out his Wartortle. Ivysaur was tired and had gained experience and a win, so Ash wanted it to rest and be saved for a last resort. Ash wanted a fully rested Pokemon to face Brock's fully rested Pokemon, a Geodude, and if necessary Ivysaur could later face a tired Geodude.

"Use Tackle!" Brock called out.

"Water Gun!" Ash said clearly, despite his surprise at Brock making such a mistake. It took out Geodude, though Ash was displeased by the lack of challenge.

"The winner is Ash from Pallet Town!" The referee said.

"Here's the Boulder Badge; proof of your victory over me. 1000 Poke dollars has been transferred to your account." Brock said.

"Well, thanks for the badge and good luck on your future battles," Ash replied. "Has Gary Oak been by yet? Or any trainer from Pallet Town?"

"Gary Oak has been, but he narrowly lost and is training to re-challenge me," Brock said. "Do you know him?"

"Unfortunately, yes. But I'm pleased to know that I won my first badge before he did though." Ash replied. "Anyway, thanks again for the battle."

After having his Pokemon checked over by Nurse Joy again Ash departed for Mount Moon...

Ash's Pikachu was quickly leveled up to 30 due to trainers with weaker Pidgey, Fearow, and Spearow.

Dratini was leveled up to 30 and evolved into Dragonair.

Pidgey was leveled up to 30 and evolved into Pidgeotto.

Elekid was leveled up to 30 and evolved into Electabuzz.

Magby was leveled up to 30 and evolved into Magmar.

Larvitar was leveled up to 30 and evolved into Pupitar.

Houndour was leveled up to 30 and evolved into Houndoom.

Onix and Butterfree were leveled up to 30.

Ash had also captured more Pokemon... Ash caught a Zubat, Paras, Clefairy, Sandshrew, Sandslash, Geodude, Rattata, Raticate, Ekans, Mankey, and an Arbok. Ash had caught 47 out of 151 Pokemon. Ash released the Zubat, Paras, Clefairy, Sandshrew, Sandslash, Rattata, Raticate, Ekans, Mankey, and Arbok.

As for the Geodude, Ash began training it while continuing his travels to Cerulean City...

On Route 4, Ash caught a Poliwag, Goldeen, Psyduck, Krabby, and Seaking, and then released every single one of them. It was cold, but Ash had no real place for them and was using catch and release methods to avoid neglecting them after they served their purpose. It was better than the other option... neglect was a far greater form of abuse compared to asking to catch Pokemon and then releasing them as agreed upon.

Ash was ready to continue onto Cerulean City when he stepped onto a trap and suddenly fell into a hole...

"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."

"Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light."

"Surrender now or prepare to fight."

Ash teleported behind them and pushed them into the hole.

"How about no," Ash replied, before taking their money and Pokemon.

"Give us our money and Pokemon back, twerp! And Meowth too!" Jessie screeched.

Ash ignored them and transferred their money into his account before killing them both with Cutting Curses to their necks. After disintegrating them, filling in the hole, and destroying all evidence of their presence, Ash finally continued onto Cerulean City. Ash just released Jessie's and James' Pokemon since they were of no use to him, but Koffing was added to his Pokedex.

Ash finally entered Cerulean City, eager to win his second badge.