This here is part 1 of the seventh arc of a fanfiction of my own version of the Pokémon anime, called Ash's Pokémon Journey, where Ash begins his journey through the Kalos region, with some new friends on the way too, I hope you'll all like this. [Note: Please don't leave any mean or dirty comments about this story, other than that, please enjoy.]

Enter Kalos and new travel companions.
It was a beautiful day in the Kalos region, when Ash and Alexa both arrived there from the airport, and now Ash was excited for his newest adventure. Ash: “This is it Pikachu, the next chapter of our journey…” Pikachu: [Yeah, I'm really looking forward to see what Pokémon we'll run into here…] Ash: “Hey Alexa, didn't you say that you have a sister that happens to be a gym leader?” Alexa: “That's right, but she's the gym leader of Santalune city, and this is Lumiose city, however there is a gym leader here too, but he would only accept challengers from trainers who have earned four badges of Kalos.” Ash: “Really?, sounds like this one must be tough.” Alexa: “Yes, but don't worry, I'm sure you'll do well, I hope to see you again soon.” Ash: “Yeah, you too.” so with that, Ash and Alexa parted ways, and now the boy and Pikachu began to look around Lumiose city. Pikachu: [Wow, this looks like the kind of place for romance.] Ash: “You really think so?” Pikachu: [Yeah… and who knows… you might get yourself a girlfriend here.] Ash: “What?!, come on Pikachu, the chances of me getting a girlfriend are pretty low, and besides, I have to focus on my journey to become a Pokémon master, I can't get distracted.” Pikachu: [Are you saying that cause you're scared of dating?] Ash: “Of course not, I'm just too young to date, and besides, what girl would be interested on dating someone like me?” Pikachu: [Well you never know… you might love sooner or later.] Ash: “Well either way… the chances of me finding love here are pretty low… anyway let's go find Professor Sycamore, the one that Professor Oak told me to see in order to get me registered for the Kalos league, and to get my Pokédex an update on info of the Pokémon here.” said Ash, before he continues his search for Professor Sycamore's lab. Elsewhere, there was a boy around Ash's age with glasses and has a little sister with him. They were Clemont (voiced by Mike Liscio) and Bonnie (voiced by Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld), and they were helping out a girl named Serena (voiced by Haven Paschall) who was on her way to Professor Sycamore as well. Serena: “Um… are you sure this is the right way?” Clemont: “I'm positive, this is my home, so I know my around here.” Bonnie: “Yeah, big brother here is the smartest person I know… I'll bet you wouldn't mind dating him right?” Clemont: “Bonnie!, I told you before not to ask a girl that!” Bonnie: “Oh come on, you'll be needing a wife someday and you're too shy to ask a girl.” Clemont: “But Bonnie, it's embarrassing, and besides I'm Serena has someone else in mind.” Serena: “Uh… well not exactly… but there was one boy I really liked… but it's been a long time since I last saw him… he probably doesn't even remember me…” Bonnie: “That's sad… do you know his name?” Serena: “Sadly no, I never got the chance to ask him… but I do know he was a kind boy who helped me when I got lost in the woods when I was a little girl… I wished to see him again… and maybe finally have the courage to ask him to let me date him… but what are the odds of that happening… he lives in the far away Kanto region… he must have a girlfriend of his own by now…” unaware to the girl, she was walking right up to Ash, who was looking around without watching where he was going. So because of that, the top literally bumped right into each other, and fell to the ground. Bonnie: “Serena!, are you okay?” Serena: “I think so…” Ash: “Ow… my head…” Serena: “Oh I'm so sorry about that!” Ash: “No it's my fault, I wasn't looking where I was going, I'm Ash by the way.” Serena: “I'm Serena and… wait… that face… I've seen it before…” Ash: “Hmm…?, you have?” Serena: “Yeah… but I can't place where though…” suddenly, a robotic arm appeared and tried to grab Pikachu, but it missed, and soon the group turned around to see the Team Rocket trio. Ash: “Team Rocket!, I should have known you would follow me here!” Jessie: “Well of course twerp, wherever Pikachu goes, we go too.” James: “And speaking of which, that Pikachu will soon be in the hands of the boss.” Meowth: “That's right!” Clemont: “A talking Meowth?!, that's amazing!” Ash: “Be careful, they're part of Team Rocket, a group of bad guys who steal Pokémon from other trainers, and they're after my Pikachu.” Jessie: “And we're gonna succeed this time, Wobbuffet attack!” James: “Uh… I'm sure you know this by now, but Wobbuffet only attacks when the opponent attacks it first.” Jessie: “Oh… right… I forgot about that…” Meowth: “So how can we capture Pikachu?” Jessie: “We still have you.” Meowth: “Huh?… ah!, I'm a Pokémon too!” Jessie: “Happy to know you remember, now double edge attack!” Meowth: “But I don't know that attack!” Ash: “Well I know Pikachu knows this attack, Thunderbolt!” called out Ash, before Pikachu unleashed a powerful Thunderbolt that sends the trio flying out of the scene. Bonnie: “Those guys weren't very smart…” Clemont: “Yeah… thankfully… otherwise we could have been in real trouble…” Ash: “Well… now that's taken care of… I better get to Professor Sycamore's lab.” Serena: “Wow, that's where we're going.” Clemont: “And I know the way.” Ash: “Really?, mind if I tag along?” Clemont: “Not at all, follow me.” said Clemont, before he leads Ash and the others to Professor Sycamore's lab, where the professor (voiced by Jake Paque) was waiting. Professor Sycamore: “Hello there, you must be Ash Ketchum, Professor Oak told me you were coming.” Ash: “Hello Professor, sorry to keep you waiting.” Professor Sycamore: “It's alright, and I see Serena has come too.” Serena: “Yes, I'm here for my starter… but wait… did you say that Professor Oak told you about Ash coming?, isn't he the professor of Kanto?” Professor Oak: “That's right, this boy came from the same town as Professor Oak, which is Pallet town.” Serena: “Then that means… it's you!, the boy from long ago!” Ash: “Huh?, what are you talking about?, have we met before?” Serena: “Yes, you saved me from being lost in the woods when I was a little girl, back at the Pokémon summer camp.” Ash: “Huh…. Wait… you're the girl with the straw hat!” Serena: “That's me.” Ash: “Wow… it sure has been a while.” Bonnie: “So this is the boy you wanted to be your…” Serena: “Ah!, Bonnie please!, not in front of him!” Ash: “What don't you want her to say?” Serena: “Nothing for you to worry about… it's just something personal for me…” Ash: “Uh… okay… so you're gonna get your starter?” Serena: “Yes… that's right.” Professor Sycamore: “Well I better update your Pokédex, Ash, that way you can know about what Serena will choose to have.” said the professor, before he takes Ash's Pokédex and updated it to have the info of the Pokémon of Kanto and have him registered for the Kalos league. Soon the Professor takes out some Pokéballs and out of them came a yellow fox with a red tip on it's tail called Fennekin, a blue frog called Froakie and a green hedgehog called Chespin. Ash pulls out his Pokédex to find out more about what he was looking at. Pokédex: [Chespin is the grass type starter of Kalos and can flex the spikes on it's head to stiff them hard enough to pierce even through stone.] [Fennekin is the fire type starter of Kalos, it can expels hot air that can reach up to 400 degrees and likes to snack on twigs.] [Froakie is the water type starter of Kalos, and from the chest and back, it can create bubbles called Frubbles, which can act as a cushion and soften the blow of it's opponent's attacks.] Ash: “Wow, they all sound so cool.” Professor Sycamore: “Alright Serena, these are the choices, which one would you pick?” Serena: “Hmm… I think I'll choose Fennekin.” this made Fennekin very happy, while the two were looking a bit sad, and Ash and the others noticed. Ash: “Don't worry, I'm sure you'll be picked next time.” Professor Sycamore: “Maybe… but there won't be any new trainers anytime soon, Serena is the last one for a while.” this made both Froakie and Chespin very sad, and both Ash and Clemont couldn't help but feel sorry for them. Bonnie: “Hey big brother, why can't we take care of Chespin?” Clemont: “Uh… I don't know if the Professor would mind it or not…” Professor Sycamore: “It's no problem, it would be great to have someone take care of Chespin, and I think you'll be perfect for him.” Clemont: “Thanks, but what about Froakie?” Ash: “Well… I can take care of him, that is if he doesn't mind that.” Froakie: [I would be happy to have you as my trainer, you seem like a good person, as the other trainers didn't seemed good enough.] Ash: “Happy to hear that, but what was wrong with the other trainers?” Froakie: [Wait… you can understand me?] Ash: “Yeah, I can talk to all Pokémon.” Clemont: “Seriously?!” Ash: “Oh… I forgot there were people here…” Serena: “So you still have the gift huh?” Ash: “Yeah… wait you know about it?” Serena: “Yeah, you told me about it when you saved me back then.” Ash: “Oh right… I guess it slipped my mind after all this time…” Bonnie: “Wow… I've never heard of anyone able to talk to Pokémon before.” Ash: “Yeah, it's a rare gift uh… sorry I don't think I got your name.” Bonnie: “I'm Bonnie, and Clemont here is my big brother.” Clemont: “Hello, I'm also the Lumiose city gym leader.” Ash: “You are?!, wow, you're like forth young gym leader I've met.” Clemont: “Really?” Ash: “Yeah, there was Misty, Brock and Cilan, they used to travel with me, but now they went their separate ways… I wonder how they're doing now…” Serena: “So you're off to travel through Kalos?” Ash: “Yeah, that's my plan on coming here.” Serena: “Um… you mind if I tag along?” Ash: “Sure, no problem at all, it would be nice to have someone to travel with.” Bonnie: “Then maybe my brother and I can tag along too.” Ash: “Sure, but what about the gym?” Clemont: “I built a robot that fills the role of gym leader while I'm away, another invention of mine.” Ash: “Wow, sounds like you're a real genius.” Clemont: “Well… I don't know about that…” Bonnie: “Don't be so modest, you're like one the most smartest people in all of Kalos.” Ash: “Really?, that's amazing.” Clemont: “Well… she's only saying that as I'm her brother.” Bonnie: “But it's true, although he's a bit slow when it comes to asking a girl out.” Clemont: “Bonnie!, I told you that I'm not ready!, and even if I was, I wanted to do it myself!” Bonnie: “Well if you ask me, you need help on getting a girl.” Clemont: “I do not!” Serena: “Guys please, we don't want to give Ash the wrong impression, okay?” Bonnie: “Fine, but my brother still needs someone to take care of him.” Clemont: “Oh brother…” Professor Sycamore: “Well I wish you kids good luck on your journey.” Ash: “Thanks.” and so Ash has entered the Kalos region and has some new friends to travel with, who knows what's next for our heroes as the journey continues.

A little Kalos Aerial battle.
After getting his Pokémon updated and got registered to compete in the Kalos league, Ash was now beginning his journey across the Kalos region, with his new traveling companions, Serena, Clemont and Bonnie. Ash: “So this is your home region huh?, it sure is nice.” Serena: “Yeah, it sure is, but I'm sure Kanto is a nice place to live in too, right?” Ash: “Yeah, there's a lot of stuff there that can give you an adventure, at least that's what I experienced when I started my journey there.” Clemont: “So you had traveled before?” Ash: “Well yeah, besides Kanto, I went to the Orange islands, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, and now I'm starting my trip here in Kalos.” Bonnie: “Wow, sounds like you traveled a lot.” Ash: “Yeah, I guess I have.” said Ash, before he and the others decided to make a stop to have a picnic as it was noon and they started to feel hungry. While the others were eating, Ash decided to train Froakie a bit to help him get ready for the first gym leader of Kalos. Serena: “Hey Ash, shouldn't you eat something?” Ash: “I already ate, and I gotta train my Pokémon to be in top shape in order to handle the upcoming gym leader in Santalune city.” Clemont: “Are you sure it's a good idea to battle the gym leader with just Pikachu and Froakie?, I mean it might be better if you catch at least one more Pokémon.” Ash: “You might be right, but what Pokémon should I catch?” Bonnie: “Hmm… that's a good question…” suddenly, Ash heard a voice, one that only Ash and Pikachu can hear as it was coming from a Pokémon crying for help. Ash, Pikachu and Froakie ran off to find the source of the cry, which turned out to be a little robin like Pokémon, inside some cage with some Pidgey, Starly and Taillow too. Pikachu: [Oh those poor little guys…] Froakie: [Who could have done this?] Ash: “I have a pretty good idea who…” said Ash, before pointing at a mark on the side of the cage, which was a red 'R', which was far too familiar to the boy and the electric type. Pikachu: [Oh no… Team Rocket…” Froakie: [Team Rocket?, I've never heard of them…] Ash: “They're a group of bad guys who steal Pokémon from other trainers.” that was when Serena and the siblings came to the scene, and they were shocked by the sight of the bird Pokémon inside Team Rocket's cage. Serena: “Oh no… those poor bird Pokémon…” Ash: “Be careful, Team Rocket's nearby.” said Ash, before the Team Rocket trio came to the scene and laughed in an evil way. Jessie: “Well looky here, the twerp and Pikachu are here, along with some new twerps.” James: “Yes, but I doubt they can beat us.” Meowth: “Yeah, one of them is a midget twerp after all.” Bonnie: “Hey!, who are you calling a midget twerp?!” Meowth: “You of course, you bratty girl.” Clemont: “Hey!, nobody calls my little sister a brat!” Serena: “And let those poor Pokémon go!” Jessie: “Or what?, make us?” Ash: “Well if you don't, then we will make you.” Meowth: “Just try it, for we have a trump card.” said Meowth, before he pulls out a remote, pushing a button on it, which summons a large robot that looks like himself, and the trio went inside it. Jessie: “Try stopping us against this machine.” Serena: “They got a robot?!” Bonnie: “No way!” Clemont: “Oh man… I never knew they can build machines too…” Ash: “Hey Froakie, try using your Frubbles, hurry!” Froakie: [Uh… okay.] said Froakie, before he throws his Frubbles at the eyes of the robot, which caused the Team Rocket trio inside to no longer able to see what's going on outside. Jessie: “Meowth, do something!, we can't see what's going on out there!” Meowth: “Calm down, all I have to do is push the wiper button and…” said Meowth, before pushing a button, but instead the robot exploded and sending the trio flying. Jessie: “What the heck happened?!” Meowth: “I must have pushed the self destruct button by mistake!” James: “Why did it even had that?!” Meowth: “I can't remember!” Jessie: “Well there is one thing I know… it looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!” shouted Jessie, before she and her teammates were blasting off into the sky and out of the scene. Once the danger was over, Ash and the others freed the bird Pokémon flocks from the cage, they soon all flew away. One of course stayed, which was Fletchling, as he thought Ash was awesome and wished to help him become strong too and asked the boy if he could join his team, but only if he can beat him in a battle first, and Froakie wants to battle. It was tough as Froakie was still in a rookie level, but the water type was able to pull through and beat Fletchling, allowing Ash to catch him with a Pokéball. After catching Fletchling, Ash pulls out his Pokédex to learn more about his newest catch. Pokédex: [Fletchling is the Tiny Robin Pokémon, and although it's chirp is quite beautiful to hear in the morning, it's relentlessly tough with those who enter it's territory.] some time later, the group finally made it to Santalune city, the location of the first Kalos gym leader, who was not only Alexa's sister, but she also uses bug types. The gym leader proved to be tough, especially for both Froakie and Fletchling, but Ash was able to pull through and beat her, allowing him to earn the Bug badge. Ash: “Well… one badge down… seven more to go…” Pikachu: [Yeah, and I got a feeling that the other gyms are gonna be tougher.] Ash: “Yeah, I'll bet.” Clemont: “Um… how exactly do you do it?, talking to Pokémon I mean…” Ash: “Well I think it has something to do with me being an Aura user or something…” Clemont: “An Aura user?” Ash: “Yeah, say uh, what's that Pokémon that Bonnie's carrying?” asked Ash, who was looking at the little mouse Pokémon that's riding in the bag that Bonnie's carrying. Clemont: “That's Dedenne, he's one of mine and Bonnie's best friend.” said Clemont, before Ash pulls out his Pokédex to find out more. Pokédex: [Dedenne is the Antenna Pokémon, it communicates long distances with other Dedenne by sending radio waves through it's antenna like whiskers.] Ash: “Wow… that's pretty cool.” Bonnie: “Not only that, but Dedenne is super cute too!” Serena: “No doubt about that.” and so Ash has caught a Fletchling and earned his first Kalos gym badge, who knows what could be next for our heroes as the journey continues.

Living fossils in Ambrette town.
After catching Fletchling and earning his first Kalos gym badge, Ash is on his way to Cyllage city, the location of the second Kalos gym. Right now, Ash and his friends are at Ambrette town, where they discovered a fossil lab that is known to bring fossil Pokémon to life, and Alexa invited them to check it out. Serena: “I can't believe that there are people with the technology to bring fossils to life…” Ash: “I once witness it back in Sinnoh, so it's not too far fetched.” Clemont: “I can't wait to see what fossil Pokémon they have here…” Bonnie: “I'll bet they're really cool!” said Bonnie, before they got to a room where they saw two fossil Pokémon called Tyrunt, a rock/dragon type that looks like a little T-Rex, and Amaura, a rock/ice type that looks like a sauropod. Ash pulls out his Pokédex to find out more. Pokédex: [Tyrunt is the Royal Heir Pokémon, and it has powerful jaws that can crush a car, and it once lived the ancient south jungles of Kalos.] [Amaura is the Tundra Pokémon, it used to live in the ancient north of Kalos that was too cold for predators like Tyrunt or it's evolved form.] Alexa: “It's amazing to see both of them alive today…” Ash: “No kidding… I've seen fossil Pokémon before, but it's always such a breathtaking moment…” Alexa: “You have living fossil Pokémon before?” Ash: “Yeah, one time at Cinnabar island and at Oreburgh city.” Alexa: “Oh yeah, the gym leader there has a fossil Pokémon in his team, almost forgotten about that.” suddenly, a truck burst through the walls, much to everyone's shock, and a pair of large robotic arms came out of the sides and grabbed both of the fossil Pokémon and put them inside of it, before it starts to drive away. Bonnie: “Oh no!, Amaura!, Tyrunt!” Ash: “Come on!” cried out Ash, before he and the others went after the truck, which was driven by the Team Rocket trio, who have their sights on the little fossil Pokémon duo. Jessie: “Ha!, easy as pie.” James: “Of course, having a truck with robotic arms do come in handy, no pun intended.” Meowth: “That's right, and now we got some rare living fossil Pokémon that will be great gifts for the boss.” Jessie: “Hey uh… who's driving?” James: “What do you mean?, Meowth is.” Jessie: “He is?” Meowth: “Yeah, why do you ask?” Jessie: “Um… don't you think it's a bad idea to drive towards a cliff?” asked Jessie, as she was pointing at the short cliff ahead of the trio, who freaked out before the truck fell off the cliff and crashed to the ground. Luckily, no one was hurt, but the truck was badly damaged, and a hole was formed large enough for both Tyrunt and Amaura to escape. Due to the heat, Amaura was getting tired as she was not used to the heat, and Tyrunt knew that his friend needed something to cool her down, so he looked around and found a river, which was cold and brought Amaura there so she can cool down a little bit. Tyrunt: [Um… feeling better?] Amaura: [Well… a little better… thank you Tyrunt, this is very kind of you.] said Amaura, which made Tyrunt blush a little, as it turns out that he has a little crush on Amaura. Tyrunt: [Oh… it was nothing… just trying to help out a friend… that's all…] meanwhile, Ash and the others were still looking for the fossil Pokémon duo, when they discovered the tire tracks of the truck, which lead them to the cliff. Serena: “Oh no… you don't think they're…” Ash: “I sure hope not…” said Ash, before he and the others climbed down and found the remains of the truck, just in time for the Team Rocket trio to come out. Jessie: “Oh great, it's the twerp!” Ash: “Team Rocket!, I should have known it was you!” Alexa: “Team Rocket?, I've heard of them, but shouldn't they be in Kanto or Johto?” Ash: “Well these guys have been following me in order to steal Pikachu… even though they fail at it every time.” James: “Hey!, we don't fail every time!… we just let Pikachu escape to make it more a challenge!” Bonnie: “That's a lie if I ever heard one.” that was when Alexa noticed Tyrunt and Amaura by the river. Alexa: “There they are!, Tyrunt and Amaura are by the river!” Jessie: “Thanks for the tip.” said Jessie, which made Alexa gasped in shocked as she realized that she informed the bad guys about the fossil duo's whereabouts too. The Team Rocket trio tried to attack Amaura first, but Tyrunt used his jaws to chomp on Jessie's hair, much to the woman's shock and dismay. Amaura then went to help Tyrunt by using Take Down attack on James. Suddenly, both of the fossil Pokémon glowed and grew bigger as they both evolved into Tyrantrum and Aurorus. Ash pulls out his Pokédex to find out more about them. Pokédex: [Tyrantrum is the evolved form of Tyrunt, using it's jaws, Tyrantrum can rip through thick metal, and in times past it was considered unbeatable.] [Aurorus is the evolved form of Amaura, when taken by fury, it sends out massive amounts of cold air, coating the surrounding area in ice.] the sight of the towering fossil Pokémon made the Team Rocket trio very scared. Jessie: “Oh boy… I think we're in trouble again…” James: “Make it a double…” Meowth: “Run!” shouted Meowth, before he and Jessie and James tried to make a run for it, only to get hit by a Dragon Breath from Tyrantrum, and an Ice Beam from Aurorus, which sends them flying out of the scene. Once the danger was over, Aurorus went to nuzzle Tyrantrum, who returned the nuzzle. Alexa: “Strange… they seemed to act like they have a thing for each other…” Ash: “That's because they do.” Serena: “How adorable~.” Bonnie: “I'll say.” Clemont: “I've never heard of two different fossil Pokémon having a crush on each other before…” Alexa: “Guess this shows that love has no boundaries I guess.” sometime later, Tyrantrum and Aurorus went back to the lab, and the scientists there thanked Ash and the others for getting the fossil Pokémon back. A day or two later, Ash and his group arrived in Cyllage city, where the boy meets and challenges the gym leader, who uses rock types. The battle was tough, but Ash was able to pull through and won, earning himself the Cliff badge. Ash: “Well… two badges down, six more to go…” Serena: “You're on a roll.” Bonnie: “Yeah, you got to be the strongest trainer ever.” Ash: “I wouldn't say that, there are plenty of trainers much stronger than me, which is why I have to train my Pokémon as much as possible.” Clemont: “Yes, and not to mention that the other gym leader would be much more challenging than the ones we've met so far.” Ash: “Yeah, but no matter how strong they are, I will not give up without a fight.” and so Ash has stopped Team Rocket from stealing some fossil Pokémon and earned his second Kalos gym badge, who knows what's next for our heroes as the journey continues.

The forest champion appears.
After earning his second Kalos gym badge, Ash and his friends were on their way to Shalour city, the location of the third Kalos gym leader. Fletchling evolved into Fletchinder, and Ash pulls out his Pokédex to find out more. Pokédex: [Fletchinder is the evolved form of Fletchling, and it flies faster and faster as the flame sac on it's stomach gradually heats up.] Right now, the group were in a forest, and a bit lost too. Bonnie: “Um… Ash?, do you know where we're going?” Ash: “Me?, I thought you knew.” Bonnie: “How would I know?” Clemont: “Don't worry… I'm sure we'll find our way through this forest, we can ask someone for directions.” Serena: “But who?, there aren't any people around.” Clemont: “Maybe now, but there are lots of Pokémon, and we happened to have a trainer who can talk to them.” Ash: “Uh… you mean me?” Clemont: “Of course, you asked Pokémon for directions before, right?” Ash: “Um… not really to be honest… guess the thought never came to me…” Serena: “Well now might be a good time to give it a try.” said Serena, before Ash went to try looking for a Pokémon to ask for directions, but so far there was no sign of any to be seen. Suddenly, a large bear Pokémon, which was an Ursaring, came to the scene, ready to attack. Ursaring: [Well looky here… fresh meat.] Pikachu: [Back off!, these humans are my friends!] Ursaring: [Don't worry, you'll be joining them as my dinner!] suddenly, a shadowy figure crashes into the Ursaring, knocking him over, much to the group's surprise. Serena: “What just happened?” Clemont: “Look!” said Clemont, before pointing at the mystery Pokémon that took down Ursaring, which was called Hawlucha, a fighting/flying type. Hawlucha: [You got some nerve on attempting to harm these children, I won't allow it!] Ursaring: [Stay out of this!] Hawlucha: [If it means allowing you to harm the lives of youngsters, then I won't stay out of it!] Ash: “Wow… that is one noble Pokémon…” Ursaring: [If you don't get out of my way, then I'll take you down as well.] Hawlucha: [You know that you can't beat me, as I'm the champion of this forest.] Ursaring: [Perhaps, but I'm not alone.] said Ursaring, before a large robot that looks like a Ursaring with a big red 'R' on it, which belongs to the Team Rocket trio. Jessie: “Oh great… the twerp's here too.” James: “Yes, and there is also Pikachu too.” Meowth: “And that must be the so called champion of this forest.” Ash: “Team Rocket!” Bonnie: “Not those creeps again!” Clemont: “That is some robot…” Hawlucha: [You planned to eat children and teaming up with bad humans… have you got no shame?] Ursaring: [They promised me that I get a chance to take you down if I help take these brats down.] Ash: “We're not gonna lose to a jerk like you!” Hawlucha: [What… did you say?] Ursaring: [Huh?!] Meowth: “So… he can still talk to Pokémon.” Jessie: “Wait… what?!” James: “The twerp can talk to Pokémon?!” Meowth: “Oh yeah, forgot to tell you that back in Sinnoh… sorry…” Jessie: “So… the twerp can talk to Pokémon… hmm… you know… maybe the boss might be interested in having someone like him along with Pikachu.” James: “Yes, maybe catching the twerp too will save us trouble on catching Pikachu…” Meowth: “That's right.” back with the kids, they were watching Hawlucha trying his best to beat both Ursaring and Team Rocket, but it was too much for him alone. Fortunately, Ash and the other joined in the battle and managed to take down both Ursaring and the robot. It wasn't long before a four armed Pokémon, called a Machamp, who is a friend of Hawlucha, came to the scene and threw a punch that made the robot exploded, sending the Team Rocket trio, and Ursaring, flying out of the scene. Once the danger was over, Hawlucha came over to the young heroes. Hawlucha: [So… you can understand me?] Ash: “Yeah… I can talk to Pokémon, through something called Aura.” Hawlucha: [Interesting… and I see you have a noble fighting spirit, unlike that rotten Ursaring…] Ash: “Yeah, you're a really cool Pokémon, one I would be happy to have in my team.” Hawlucha: [Thanks for the offer, but if I leave, who would protect this forest if Ursaring comes back?” Machamp: [In case you forgotten old friend, I was the champion of this forest before you, I'm sure that the forest will be safe while I'm around, and I think boy will need protection from those Team Rocket people too… now that they're planning to capture him.] Pikachu: [What do you mean?] Machamp: [I overheard them talking about discovering the boy's ability and planning to capture him along with you for their boss.] Ash: “Oh no… it's just like Professor Oak and mom warned me about…” Pikachu: [Don't worry Ash, they won't catch you while I'm around.] Hawlucha: [Well if that's the case, then I might as well come along after all, I'm not the type who would let a child go alone knowing that someone is out to get him.] Ash: “Um… thanks I guess… though I'm not really a toddler…” Pikachu: “Maybe not, but you have a knack on getting into a lot of trouble… so you're gonna need all the help you can get.] Hawlucha: [But first… you must defeat me in battle, see if you are worthy of being my trainer.] Ash: “Sounds fair.” so with that, Ash went to battle Hawlucha with Froakie, and the battle was tough, but Ash was able to pull through and capture Hawlucha. The boy then pulls out his Pokédex to find out more about his newest catch. Pokédex: [Hawlucha is the Wrestling Pokémon of a fighting/flying type, due to possessing an artistic was of executing it's moves, this Pokémon takes great pride in their elegance.] sometime after that, Ash and the others arrived in Shalour city, where the boy gets to battle the gym leader, who uses fighting types. The battle was tough, but Ash was able to pull through and beat her, allowing himself to earn the Rumble badge. Serena: “Wow Ash, you sure had it close with that battle.” Ash: “Yeah I know, the gym leader had her Lucario use something called Mega Evolution… which is like a temporary evolved form for fully evolved Pokémon that only works with a special key stone and a mega stone…” Clemont: “Yes, it was quite an eventful battle.” Bonnie: “Makes me wonder what other Pokémon can mega evolve…” Ash: “Yeah… me too…” and so Ash has caught Hawlucha and earned himself his third Kalos gym badge, who knows what's next for our heroes as the journey continues.

Slippery encounter of the weakest dragon type.
After earning his third Kalos gym badge, Ash is on his way to Coumarine city, the location of the forth Kalos gym. While on the way there, Froakie evolved into Frogadier, and Ash pulls out his Pokédex to find out more. Pokédex: [Frogadier is the evolved form of Froakie, and not only is it's speed's unmatched, it can climb a tower over 2,000 feet tall in one minute.] while continuing the way to Coumarine city, something fell from the sky and landed on top of Ash's head. Once the boy got it off, he sees that it was a little Pokémon blob called Goomy, and it looked scared and a bit hurt. Clemont: “It's a Goomy…” Ash: “Really?” asked Ash, before he pulls out his Pokédex to find out more. Pokédex: [Goomy is the Soft Tissue Pokémon, and also the weakest of all dragon types, and in order to keep it's body moist, Goomy lives in dark and damp places.] Bonnie: “Aww, it looks so cute.” Serena: “It sure does.” Pikachu: [How did you fell from the sky like that, little guy?] Goomy: [Well actually… I'm a girl… and as for how I fell… it's a long story…] Ash: “Well can you tell us?, we have time.” Goomy: [Wait… you can understand me?] Ash: “Yeah… I can talk to Pokémon, but if you don't want to talk about it… I won't force ya.” Goomy: [No… that's okay… it all started since yesterday… in my former home…] said Goomy, before she begins to tell her story that she used to live in the marshlands before a bad trainer appeared and attacked in order to get a lot of Pokémon, and a flock of Swanna caught her and carried her off for a bit before dropping her and land on Ash. Pikachu: [A bad trainer you say?] Goomy: [Yes… I never got his name though, but he wasn't a nice human at all…] Ash: “Sorry to hear that, I still find it hard to believe there are bad trainers out there as well as good ones… like a certain trainer I know…” Pikachu: [Yeah… I know who you mean…] Serena: “A bad trainer?” Ash: “Yeah, Goomy said that her home was attacked by one in order to catch as many Pokémon as he could… kind of reminds me of a certain trainer I know from the past…” Bonnie: “You met a bad trainer before?” Ash: “Yeah, a guy named Damian… who was without a doubt the worst kind of trainer I've ever met… one I hope to never run into again…” Serena: “He was that bad?” Ash: “Yeah, he abandons his Pokémon in the cold if he finds them weak, attempts to frame others so they wouldn't get in his way, sends as many Pokémon he could to gang up on the ones he wants and other cruel things…” Clemont: “That's awful…” Goomy: [Oh… if only I wasn't so weak… then my home wouldn't be… destroyed…] Ash: “He destroyed your home too?!” Goomy: [Yes…] Pikachu: [I'm so sorry…] Goomy: [I wish that I wasn't so weak…] Ash: “Well… I might be able to help ya with that.] Goomy: [You can?] Ash: “Sure, as a trainer, it's my job to help a Pokémon in need, so I'm gonna help you get stronger.” Goomy: [Oh thank you… that is most kind of you… how can I ever thank you…?] Ash: “You don't need to thank me, I'm just doing what any trainer would do.” so with that, Ash begins training Goomy in order to help her become stronger. But during the training, the Team Rocket trio showed up and tried to steal not only Pikachu, but Goomy as well. Jessie: “Look at that, not only did we catch Pikachu, but a little dragon type as well.” James: “And an easy one to get as well.” Meowth: “That's right!” Ash: “Let Pikachu and Goomy go!” Jessie: “Not a chance twerp!” said Jessie before she makes an evil laugh. However, thanks to the slime on Goomy, she was able to escape from her cage and covered Pikachu in her own slime in order to help him to slip out of his cage as well. The trio tried to catch them with their own hands, but the duo were slipping out of their grasps like bars of soap. James: “They're more slippery than soap!” Meowth: “No kidding!, at least they look clean.” Jessie: “Never mind that, stop them!” shouted Jessie, before Goomy and Pikachu jumped out of the balloon and Ash managed to catch them both just in the nick of time. Ash: “Are you two okay?” Goomy: [I think so.] Pikachu: [Alright Ash, give me the order, and I'll do the rest.] Ash: “You got it, Pikachu, Thunderbolt!” called out Ash, before Pikachu used Thunderbolt on the balloon, causing it to explode and the Team Rocket trio were sent flying once again. Once the danger was over, Goomy had a thought of something she should ask Ash for. Goomy: [Hey Ash… can I ask you something?] Ash: “Sure… what is it?” Goomy: [Well… would it be okay if I join your team?, I mean you saved me not once but twice today and… I really like you Ash… so can I be your Pokémon please?] Ash: “Sure, I would be happy to have you on the team.” said Ash, before he catches Goomy. Sometime after that, Ash and his friends arrived to Coumarine city, where the forth gym leader, who used grass types, was waiting. The battle was tough, but Ash was able to pull through, and Goomy was able to evolve into Sliggoo, and Ash was able to earn himself the Plant badge. Ash then pulls out his Pokédex to find out more about his newest catch's new form. Pokédex: [Sliggoo is the evolved form of Goomy, and it's four horns functions as a highly sensitive radar system, picking up many different scents and noises.] Ash: “Well… four down… only four more to go now…” Pikachu: [Yeah… but uh… isn't the fifth gym leader of Lumiose city with us right now?] Ash: “Oh yeah… nearly forgot about that.” Clemont: “Nearly forgot what?” Ash: “Well… the next gym is Lumiose city, and you're that gym leader, right?” Clemont: “Yes, but my robot is playing the role of the gym leader at the moment.” Ash: “Well would it be okay if I get to challenge you in a gym battle when we get back to Lumiose city?, I wanna see how strong you are.” Clemont: “Well… I guess it wouldn't hurt, and I guess that I should at least have one gym battle once in a while, so yeah.” Ash: “Awesome!” and so Ash has caught Goomy, which later evolved into Sliggoo and earned his forth Kalos gym badge, who knows what could be next for our heroes as the journey continues.

The Lumiose city gym battle.
After catching Goomy, which later evolved into Sliggoo, and earning his forth Kalos gym badge, Ash is off to head back to Lumiose city so he can battle Clemont for the fifth Kalos gym badge. During some training, Sliggoo evolved into Goodra, and Ash pulls out his Pokédex to find out more. Pokédex: [Goodra is the evolved form of Sliggoo, and it's very friendly, and one of it's hugs can cover it's trainer with a sticky slime.] which was true as every time Goodra hugs Ash, he gets covered in slime, and she really loves to hug her trainer a lot. Serena: “Hey Ash, are you sure you're a little annoyed by the slime from Goodra?” Ash: “Not really, compared to the flamethrower from Charizard or the hugs from Muk, the slime's not bad.” Bonnie: “Wait… you have a Charizard that uses Flamethrower on you as a way to show affection, and a Muk that hugs ya?, even though it's body is made of poison?” Ash: “Yeah, I also have a Bayleef that likes to body slam me, or my Totodile that bites on my head, or course Gible likes to do that too…” Clemont: “Wow… sounds like a lot of your Pokémon have an interesting way to show their affection for you…” Pikachu: [You don't know the half of it…] soon, the group arrived to the Lumiose city gym, but there were a lot of trainers complaining about the robot that's the stand in gym leader was taking their Pokémon after losing to it. Clemont couldn't understand why it would do that, before Officer Jenny came to the scene and threatens the boy that she'll have to arrest him if the robot doesn't return the Pokémon. Bonnie: “Hold on, big brother would never build anything that steals Pokémon!, something must be wrong.” Clemont: “That's right, I have no idea what's going on.” Officer Jenny: “I would need some proof.” Ash: “How about we go into the gym and figure this out.” Officer Jenny: “Well… I guess that could work, but I'm coming with you.” Ash: “Sure thing.” so with that, they went into the gym, and so far they didn't see anything, before they enter the gym battlefield room, where the robot was waiting for them. Ash went to battle it, and it was tough to beat, but Ash was able to pull through and defeated it. Of course that was when the Team Rocket trio showed up. Jessie: “Oh great, looks like even that robot couldn't beat the twerp.” James: “Well Pikachu is pretty tough to beat.” Meowth: “Perhaps I should have put some weapons into that thing while I was reprogramming it…” Clemont: “What?!, so you reprogrammed my robot to steal Pokémon?!” Jessie: “Of course, no one would expect we would use this gym to collect rare and powerful Pokémon after beating them.” Officer Jenny: “That is against the law!, and who are you?!” Ash: “They're part of Team Rocket.” Officer Jenny: “Team Rocket?, I've heard of them, but they're supposed to be in Kanto or Johto, what are members of Team Rocket doing in Kalos?” Serena: “To cause trouble no doubt.” James: “That's right, and make it double.” Meowth: “And now that Pikachu and your other Pokémon are worn out from that battle, they're ripe for the taking.” Officer Jenny: “Not if I have anything to say about.” said Officer Jenny, before she sends out her Growlithe to battle, and it sure gave the trio a painful bite on their bottoms, forcing them to retreat while Jenny was chasing them. Serena: “Honestly… don't those guys have anything better to do than stealing Pokémon from others?” Ash: “Apparently not…” Clemont: “Hey uh Ash… I think we should have our battle tomorrow, that way your Pokémon can have time to heal up while I fix my robot.” Ash: “Good idea.” so with that, Clemont went to fix his robot, while Ash takes his Pokémon to the Pokémon center to heal up after the battle with the robot. When the next day came, Ash and Clemont's battle was finally about to begin. Bonnie: “Oh dear… I don't know who should I cheer for… big brother or Ash…” Serena: “Why not cheer for both of them?” Bonnie: “Can I even do that?” Serena: “I'm sure they don't mind.” Bonnie: “Hey big brother, would it be okay if I cheer for both you and Ash?” Clemont: “I don't see why not, to be honest I wanna cheer for Ash too.” Ash: “I was gonna say the same thing, I hope you can give a good battle.” Clemont: “Same here, well let's get this shocking battle going.” so with that, the battle begins, and it was intense, both trainers were giving it their all, and their Pokémon were both pretty strong too, especially Goodra. Eventually, the battle comes to an end, and Ash was left as the victor, meaning he has earned the Voltage badge. Ash: “Wow Clemont, you were really something.” Clemont: “You were amazing too, so you really earned the Voltage badge for sure.” Ash: “Yeah… five down… three more to go…” that was when Goodra grabbed Ash and gave him a big slimy hug. Goodra: [Oh Ash!, I knew you could do it!, this calls for a big victory hug~.” Ash: “Goodra… take it easy… I need to breathe….” and so Ash has stopped Team Rocket's plan in the Lumiose gym and earned his fifth Kalos gym badge, who knows what's next for our heroes as the journey continues.

A not so high flying start.
After earning his fifth Kalos gym badge, Ash heads off to Laverre city, the location of the sixth Kalos gym leader, who uses fairy types. When Ash got there, he learned that the gym leader was also a famous fashion designer and her fairy types are stronger than they look. The battle between the two was tough, but Ash was able to pull through and managed to beat her, allowing him to earn the Fairy badge. Right now, the boy and his friends were having a little lunch break, before Hawlucha discovered a Pokémon egg. Hawlucha: [Poor thing… it seems to have been abandoned…] Ash: “Are you sure?” Pikachu: [I think so too… there's no sign of it's parent or anyone guarding it…] Ash: “Oh man… poor thing…” Bonnie: “What kind of Pokémon is inside it?” Clemont: “We won't know until it hatches.” Serena: “Which won't be long… look!” said Serena, before the egg starts to glow, then started to crack up until the baby Pokémon came out, which looked like a little bat called a Noibat. Once the little one opened his eyes, Ash was the first thing he saw. Ash: “Hi there little guy.” said Ash, before Noibat blink a few times, and then noticed that there were others around him, and he got scared a bit before letting out some loud screeches that hurt everyone's ears. Ash began petting Noibat in hopes to calm him down, and it seemed to have worked. Serena: “Noibat seems more relaxed around Ash…” Clemont: “Noibat must sees Ash as his parent due to him being the first he saw after hatching.” Ash: “So… I'm a dad again?” Bonnie: “Looks like it… wait… did you say… again?” Ash: “Yeah, this isn't the first time I hatched a baby Pokémon.” Serena: “Really?” Ash: “Yeah, There was also Phanpy who is now Donphan, and there's also Larvitar… I wonder how they're doing…” Noibat: [D..da… daddy!] Ash: “Whoa!, you said your first word!” Bonnie: “He only said his name.” Clemont: “Don't forget that Ash can talk to Pokémon, so to his ears, it's words.” Bonnie: “Oh yeah, what did he say?” Ash: “He said daddy.” that was when Noibat looked at Serena, and tilted his head a little. Noibat: [Mama?] this made Ash to blush this time, he didn't expect for the little one to see someone other than him be his parent figure. Serena: “What did he say?” Ash: “Um… he just asked you if you're his mama…” now was Serena's time to gasp and blush a little. Bonnie: “If you ask me, I think Serena would make a great mama for Noibat, and perhaps a good wife for Ash.” Serena: “What?!, wait a second!, this is all too sudden!, we're just friends!” Ash: “Yeah… not into that sort of relationship… just friends.” Bonnie: “Then why are you two blushing?” Ash: “Well… um…” Pikachu: [Hey Ash, I think Noibat is trying to fly.] said Pikachu, before Ash noticed that Noibat was out of his hands and was trying to flap his wings, but couldn't get off the ground. Ash: “Easy there, I can tell you want to fly, but I don't think you're ready for that yet.” Bonnie: “Hey Ash, what does your Pokédex say about Noibat?” Ash: “Hmm… let's find out.” said Ash, before he pulls out his Pokédex to find out more about the little one. Pokédex: [Noibat is the Sound Wave Pokémon, and it cause damage as well as hearing problems for it's opponents by emitting different sound wave frequencies.] Clemont: “I'll bet the little one's screeching is for defense against enemies, and must have gotten scared of us at first.” Serena: “Oh the poor thing…” Ash: “There's no need to worry Noibat, these people are my friends, you can trust them.” Noibat: [… Friends?] Ash: “Yeah, they're those who will help you in your moment of need, someone you can count on.” Noibat: [Daddy's friends?] Ash: “Yeah, and we're all gonna help you learn how to fly.” said Ash, before he and the others begin teaching the little Noibat on how to fly, like how to to flap his wings first, and to help make them strong enough to lift him up into the air. Unfortunately, trouble brewed when the Team Rocket trio showed up, and they were trying to steal the poor little Noibat in their balloon. Jessie: “Looks like we caught a Noibat.” James: “Yes, and it's supposed to evolved into Noivern, which are strong Pokémon.” Meowth: “That's right, and now that got ourselves a Noibat, we can… uh…” Jessie: “What is it?” Meowth: “The twerp's glowing…” said Meowth, looking at Ash below, who was glowing blue and looked very angry. Ash: “UNHAND HIM OR ELSE!!!” shouted Ash in anger, before he jumps up and throws a powerful Aura Sphere from his palm and sends the Team Rocket trio flying out of the scene. As for the little Noibat, Ash managed to catch him in his arms just in the nick of time, while Serena and the siblings looked in shock. Bonnie: “Ash… how did you just do that?” Ash: “Huh?, what do you mean?” Clemont: “You just used an Aura Sphere like a Lucario… how did you do it?” Ash: “Oh… it's something I was born with… I can use Aura, which is what gave me the ability to talk to Pokémon… but every time it awakens… which occurs when I get extremely upset… I have no memory of it happening…” Serena: “Um… you didn't hurt anyone, right?” Ash: “No… thankfully…” Clemont: “Have you tries learning on how to control it?” Ash: “It's not that simple, I would need an Aura partner, and noun of my Pokémon can use it like a Lucario, and I don't have one.” Noibat: [Daddy… are the bad people gone?] Ash: “Yeah, they're gone for now, you're safe now.” said Ash, before he went to hug Noibat to help him feel better, and Serena couldn't help but feel like her heart would melt by the sight of Ash being so kind to the baby Pokémon. Some time later, when the sun began to set, Noibat asked if Ash can be his trainer so he can be with him, and the boy was happy to let him join. Serena: “Hey Ash, with Noibat in your team now, you now got a full team of six.” Ash: “Yeah, I guess I do.” Bonnie: “And once Noibat evolves into Noivern, you'll have a powerful team.” Ash: “Maybe, I just hope they'll be strong enough for the Pokémon league here in Kalos.” Clemont: “I'm sure they will be.” and so Ash has earned his sixth Kalos gym badge and caught a baby Noibat, who knows what's next for our heroes as the journey continues.

Here is link to part 2 of story's seventh arc. https://www.furaffinity.net/view/54961346/

Here is link to story's Prologue. https://www.furaffinity.net/view/54928638/