Ash Katchem.

Disclaimer: Well, let's see...The characters from the show don't belong to me, but the ones that aren't on the show do. Nintendo, Gamefreak and 4kids productions own the ones from the show.I'm changing Ash's last name for this, you'll see why.But I still don't own him! And Ms.Ada is the one from the show called Mrs.Ketchum(I made the name Ms.Ada up.).

 The boat rocked from side to side with great force. What had been a pleasant birthday trip turned into a nightmare. It had been young Ash Katchem's (Not Ketchum,but it's the same kid) 5th birthday. His parents had given him a trip far out to sea in their private boat. His dad, the pokemon master, had given him an oversized pokemon league hat.The day had started out nice, but had ended in a huge storm. Suddenly, the boat capsized. Ash and his parents were thrown overboard. Ash saw his parents sink. He never saw them after that. A short while later, his nanny, Ms. Ada, found him, still wearing the hat his father gave him. She pulled the little boy in the black T-shirt and blue jeans aboard her boat. After Ash told Ms.Ada what had happened, she told him:" Don't worry. If I remember correctly, they're Katchems. They'll be ok. I have heard stories about a cave under that island out there. It's hollow inside, so they probably swam down and up into the cave. Someday you'll be able to find them. They are already working on a sub that will be ready in 5 years. For your protection, call yourself Ash Ketchum for a while, instead of Ash Katchem,and I'll call myself Mrs.Ketchum and pretend to be your mother. Ok?" "Ok." The small boy answered."I'll take care of you until you're ten, then you can go on a pokemon journey, and when you reach Cinnabar, you can go down in the sub and find your parents." "But won't they starve?" "No,Ash. They will have plenty of stuff to eat, because the people who have been down there say it's like another island.Now, come with me to my home in Pallet town."

"It's not a joke! And I can prove it." Carefully, so as not to rip it, Ash pulled out his birth certificate.(What's he doing with that?)Misty stopped laughing. For there, printed on the paper, were the words "Ash Katchem". "You...weren't joking." "No, I wasn't." "I'm sorry." "It's all right Misty. I didn't expect you to believe me.Now,come on. I've got to get to Cinnabar before sunset!" "Why?" "Because if I don't get there before sunset, the sub that was built to search for my parents will be used for water pokemon research instead." "Oh, my. Is this your only chance to find them?" "Yes, it is. Now let's go!And you can't tell anyone, either." Pikachu latched onto Ash as he raced down the road, soon becoming a tiny speck. "Hey, wait up Ash!" Misty and Brock both cried as they raced to catch up with him. A few hours later, they were on a boat headed for Cinnabar. "Oh, can't this boat go any faster?" Ash worried. "Don't worry Ash, we'll get there in time." "In time foe what?" The captain asked in a gruff voice. "Uh, I just want to get there before dark." Ash said, making a pretty good excuse. "Oh. Ok." The Captain said, speeding up." The sun was setting as Ash and his friends reached Cinnabar. Right away, Ash saw the crowd that had gathered. "....and we will now dedicate this sub to water pokemon research." The mayor of Cinnabar said, about to cut the ribbon. (That may not be right, but I'm trying)

"STOP RIGHT THERE!" Ash shouted. People turned to look at the young boy who was shouting. The man who was about to cut the ribbon, stopped. Ash pushed his way through the crowd. "Now, young man, don't you want this sub to go on it's first mission to study water pokemon?" "THAT SUB WAS BUILT TO SEARCH FOR MY PARENTS!" "What are you talking about young man?And who are you?" "I am Ash Katchem." "That's impossible! All the Katchems drowned during a storm five years ago!" "I am Ash Katchem and I can prove it! Ash then pulled out his birth certificate and handed it to the man. "Born on the day of April 10, in the year1989(I made that birthday up.) was...Ash Katchem.But I thought they all died!" "Well, you thought wrong!" Came another voice, this time from a young and beautiful woman. "Why, Miss Ada, I..I...d...didn't k...k...know!" The man stammered. "Oh yes you did, Bill. You knew very well that the sub was built to search for the Katchems. What you didn't know was that their young boy has been waiting for this day for five long years." "W..we'll have it go down right now." "I'm going too.And so are my friends." Ash said. "Ash, are you sure about this?" Misty asked, she and Brock stepping forward. "Yes. I'm sure." (The sub was large enough to hold about ten people, standing,sitting or lying down.) After a few minutes, the sub went under, Ash standing at the front, looking very much like this picture:Misty and Brock sat down on the couch they had in this sub. (Hey, it can happen.) "Do you think they're alive?" Misty asked Brock. "How should I know? But there have been stories about a cavern that has air in it, deep under the sea." He replied. " But what if they didn't make it there?" "Who knows. But I have the feeling, if they're anything like Ash, they made it." "I guess you're right.But why didn't he tell us?" "Who knows." "And if they did drown?" "We can only hope that they didn't." "Look!" Ash shouted, and Misty and Brock saw that they were going up. Above them, they could see trees loaded with fruit. (This is a fan Fiction, so it can happen.) Then the sub surfaced. Ash stepped out. Walking around, he looked at everything and then went into an adjoining cavern. What he saw made his face light up. Lying down, sleeping, were two people.  Ash ran over and shook them awake. First the woman, who was his mother. When Mrs.Katchem opened her eyes, instead of seeing her husbands face, she saw...

"Ash!" She cried, latching onto him. They hugged each other for about 10 minutes, and then his mother went to wake up his father. Misty and Brock then walked up, not saying anything.Just standing there, watching. Tears streamed down Ash's face like a human waterfall. But they were not tears of sadness;they were tears of joy (Not Nurse Joy) and happiness.And the tears only increased when Ash's father woke up. His father did much like his mother,  and latched onto him.After another ten minutes, Ash produced identicle outfits to the ones his parents were wearing, but newer and cleaner.He also had snuck two changing booths into Brock's backpack. (Can't tell you how they both fit in there.) He then pulled out the changing booths and Brock set them up. After a few minutes both reappeared."How did you find us?" His mother ventured to ask. Ash couldn't answer;he was crying too much. Brock answered for him. Or more like, showed them.  He didn't say anything, just beckoned for them to follow. When Ash's parents saw the sub, their faces lit up. They finally could go home. (Remember the Cinnabar mansion? Just pretend it wasn't where they created Mewtwo and that it was just an abandoned mansion.)

Pikachu waved to Ash from inside the sub. On the way back up to the surface, Ash managed to tell everything that had happened from the moment he and his parents were separated to the moment when they were reunited."Definatly your son." Mrs.Katchem whispered to Mr.Katchem. "Only your son would get chased by Team Rocket everywhere he goes." "Well, you do have a point.After all, he does have my good looks." "You wish." "The only thing he got from you was your temper." Ash's father said. "Well, if he got my temper, what did he get from you???" "Oh, yeah, well, Mr.I've only caught 10 pokemon, and let two of them go, I'm positive you couldn't catch a pokemon if it were right in front of your nose!" "Oh, yeah. at least I have more pokemon than you!" "Oh yeah, you couldn't even catch a Psyduck." "Speaking of Psyduck, you didn't tell me you had a twin! Psyduck is obviously the better looking of the two of you!" "YOU CUT THAT OUT!" Both Mrs.Katchem and Misty yelled at the same time."I'm beginning to see a resemblance here."Brock thought, looking from the arguing Katchems, to Misty and Ash. After a while, the sub resurfaced. People were standing around, watching.  When Ash stepped out, tears streaming down his face, they thought "Oh no, they didn't find them." Then his friends stepped out, their eyes hidden from view. Everybody thought the worst. But then, two people who were undoubtably Mr. and Mrs.Katchem stepped out and the crowd let out a wild cheer. (Mrs.Katchem has the Z under each eye and red hair, Mr.Katchem is a larger version of Ash without the Zs.)

The pokemon in Cinnabar mansion were sent to the Safari zone and Ash and his family moved back into it. But my story does not end there. Team Rocket had been watching the whole thing, and had just reported just who the kid they were always chasing was. The boss said that he would send Butch and Cassidy to kidnap him and hold him for ransom. "Why them, sir?" Jessie ventured to ask. "Because you fail all the time and so far they have only failed once." "It's the kid, sir. If he wasn't always messing up our plans, we would have still been getting several pokemon." "Well, you can try to kidnap him.But I'm warning you, you must not fail." "Yes sir." All three chorused as the videophone turned off."James, how are we going to do this?" "I don't know." "Ya numbskulls, all we have ta do is sneak in trough a window at midnight or so, when da twerp's asleep. We can nab da kid and also dat pikachu." "Oh, you're a genius!" The two human members of Team Rocket cried, hugging and petting him." "I kinda wish dey weren't doin' dis, but hey, I gotta be enjoyin dings when dey come." That night, while Ash was sleeping, (He and his friends were spending a couple of weeks there before continuing their journey)Team Rocket snuck in. They managed to make it past the guard Growlithe(The sight of which made James cry at the thought of his Growlithe, Growlie) and into Ash's room. Ash and pikachu were sound asleep. Meowth grabbed Pikachu and shoved it into a rubber bag. Jessie and James grabbed Ash, jolting him awake. "Wha?" Since he was half asleep, they just went on and shoved him in another rubber bag, leaving a little hole at the top for him to breath through. They then slipped out the window.

In the morning: "Ash, I know you can afford to pay back my bike now, so do it! Come on, get out here or I'm coming in there!"(You can guess who that is. Misty? You're absoloutly right!) To her shock, when she got in there, neither Ash nor Pikachu was there. The odd thing was that all the rest of Ash's pokemon were in there. Then a note caught her eye. As she read it, her eyes grew wide and shocked. She screamed and fainted. (It is quite obvious that she and Ash have crushes on each other.) Hearing her scream, Mr.Katchem,Mrs.Katchem and Brock all rushed into the room. They too saw that the room was empty of Ash and Pikachu. Then Mrs.Katchem caught sight of the note in Misty's hand. As she read it, tears came to her eyes. Solemnly, she handed the note to Ash's father. Brock asked hurriedly what it said. The note said, and I quote:

"Dear Mr and Mrs Katchem,

Your son has been captured and held hostage, courtesy of Team Rocket.We have also obtained the Pikachu. Send $1,000,000,000 to Viridian Gym by Tuesday night, or else the kid will never be returned to you. Either way, you will not be getting the Pikachu back, as it is now part of our boss' collection of rare and unusual Pokemon. I will be da top cat from now on. Then the letter was covered with scribblings. Obviously where Jessie, who wrote the letter was fighting with Meowth over the pen. What are you doing Meowth? The letter said next. Ahem, as I was saying,  This is the only way you'll ever see your son again.
                                                                                                                                  Sincerely, and I do mean sincerely,

Jessie, James and Meowth of Team Rocket. "I never knew Team Rocket would stoop so low." Brock whispered. "Do you mean these are the ones that are always chasing you?" Mr.Katchem asked. (Mrs.Katchem was overcome with tears.) "Yes." Brock answered. "And I suggest we go to this gym and rescue Ash. Mr.Katchem, you're the pokemon master. With you, Misty and I all working together, we'll be able to rescue Ash in no time." "Oh, I hope you're right."

In Team Rocket headquarters: "What do you want from me?" Ash asked, sitting tied to a chair. "Ah, good question. Well, you see, with the money I will get from your ransom, I will be able to dominate the world." "What's so important about that?" "WHAT'S SO IMPORTANT ABOUT IT? WHY, YOU..." "Uh...I didn't mean to make you mad, sir. I just asked a question." "Well, maybe this will make you be quiet." "Bring forth the Pikachu!" (Hmm, not bad, eh? I'd say I'm getting better.) "Pikachu!" Ash cried, and then tears rolled down his cheeks. For there was Pikachu, his cheeks covered with rubber so he couldn't shock anybody, in a cage, chained and barely breathing."Pikapi?"("Ash?") The little electric mouse managed to squeeze out. "It looks like your little friend needs to recharge, hmm my boy?" "Don't call me that!" Then, turning to Pikachu, he said "Hang in there, Pikachu. Everything will be all right. I promise." The mouse smiled weakly. "Can you at least give him a super potion?" "Well now, if I did that, your little friend might escape, now wouldn't he. I had my scientists look at your little friend, and I must say that your pikachu is perhaps even stronger than Mewtwo. But it wasn't strong enough to beat the full force of Team Rocket, now was it?" "Please...just give him at least a potion. He might die without one." "Ah and that would just be too bad now, wouldn't it? NO, I WILL NOT!" "Pikachu, what ever happens to me, you just hang in there. Try to survive, for me and you. Got it?" "Pi..ka." Pikachu nodded his head. "Ah, how touching. Take them both away!" The boss said. "But who are you?" "Who am I? Well now, isn't that a silly question?" I can not tell you. Now, TAKE THEM AWAY!"

"Misty, wake up." Came a distant voice. "If you want to help rescue Ash, you've got to wake up. That jolted her awake instantly. "Told you it would work." Brock said smugly. "AND WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?" Misty bellowed. "Misty, calm down. We've got to get Ash, and we've got to get him soon. "But where do we look?" Misty wondered out loud.       "At Viridian Gym." Brock said quietly. "Huh?" Misty asked. Brock replied "I have had a feeling that Viridian gym had gone bad, ever since it closed down. When it closed down, Team Rocket showed up. "Ok Brock, just how old are you? I mean, Team Rocket started a few years before I was born!" "Uh, well, that's none of your business." "And just what do you mean by that? Are you embarresed?" Misty asked, smirking a little. "Oh, great. Now that Ash is gone, she turns to me for someone to argue with." "Uh, Misty, you better go pack. Wehavetojourneysoonyouknowandyoudon'twanttowearthesameoutfiteverydaynowdoyouand-

"::::Giggle:::: Cut it out Brock!" Well, while Misty went and packed, Brock went outside to inform the police. "Uh...Officer Jenny?" "Yes? What's the problem?" (Misty bursts in) "My friend was kidnapped, that's what!" "Uh.......Officer, maybe we could go out and,um, discuss the evidence." Brock begged "Sorry, my sisters and cousins warned me about you!" (Big surprise, huh?)"Oh..."Brock moaned. "You...are...pathetic." Misty moaned, then dissolved into tears. "Please, Officer, you've got to help us!" "Don't worry, everything will be ok.Now, do you know who took your friend? And who is your friend?" "His name is Ash Katchem. And here, this is a note from his kidnappers." "Team Rocket. I should have guessed. And, do you know these three people?" "Yes, actually, I do. They've followed all of us around, chasing Ash for his Pikachu."

"Hmm...I wonder why the most dangerous members of Team Rocket would chase a kid with a Pikachu?" "Those...three...dangerous? HAHAHAHA! Those three are the biggest goof-ups I've ever seen in my whole life! They try again and again to capture Pikachu, and until now the plans all failed." "Just trust me.Those Team Rocket members are not what they appear to be.Ok, I think I have enough information to begin. I highly suggest not to take matters into your own hands. Team Rocket, although it may not seem like it, is a very dangerous organization. If I were you, I'd stay away from all places with Team Rocket activity, if at all possible." Just then, Mr.Katchem came up. "Are you ready to go?" "Uh...sure." The two said uncertainly.  

Ash woke up in a cell, still obviously in the Team Rocket headquarters. His first thought was "I have to get out of here. Pikachu needs me." Urged by that thought alone, Ash dared do something quite tricky. The fire alarm was right next to his cell,(Who placed it there???) and he switched it on. All at once, a long and shrill bell went off. Throughout the headquarters, Team Rocket members  ran screaming "Fire! Fire!. One, quite by accident, smashed into the wall of the cell. The member fell unconscious. It turned out to be James. (Who'd you expect, Jessie? Yeah, right.) Jessie came and pulled the unconscious James towards the door. She didn't even notice the big hole in the wall. Ash heard her grumbling to herself: "Stupid, why he's my partner I don't know, except that he's a fraidy-cat." "I heard dat!" Meowth, who was walking beside her said. (What, you think I'd tear Meowth away from Team Rocket? HA! Think again.)

Quietly, Ash slipped out. Sneaking quietly along the wall, he soon made it to where the pokemon were held. Though he eventually freed all of them, the first one he went to was Pikachu. Pikachu looked even worse than when Ash first saw him.  Still, once Pikachu saw Ash, it exclaimed "Pika pi!!!" "Ssh, Pikachu, keep it down. He opened the door to the cage (It was just a pet carrier) and pulled the rubber off of Pikachu's cheeks. Next he unclipped the chains(very quickly) and picked up pikachu. After giving it a super potion, he went to the next cage and repeated the process, a little different for each one. After he had freed about 250 or so pokemon, a large hand grabbed his shoulder. Turning around, he clutched pikachu tighter because he saw Team Rocket's leader. "So, you thought you could fool Team Rocket. Well, you're wrong, boy. Can't you see that that however smart you are, Team Rocket is smarter?" "You'll never succeed." "Oh, and just what do you mean by that?You'l be coming with me, boy, and staying there until the money gets here."

"Oh, come on, can't these birds fly faster?" Misty complained. "Oh, I see, have a little crush on Ash, huh?" Brock teased her. "Oh yeah, look who's talking! Mr.I fall in love with every girl I see!" she teased back. "Hey, watch where you're going with that!And I do not fall in love with every girl I see. Just the pretty ones." Brock complained."::::Giggle::::, yeah, right Brock.To you, every girl is pretty!" "Settle down now, you two We'll reach Viridian in no time." Mr.Katchem intervined. Soon, they reached Viridian, and saw their huge gym. It was big enough to hold all of Team Rocket, if it had some underground rooms, which it had. Storming in, Misty and Brock raced to find Ash, while his father battled.Mr.Katchem had several revives and full restores, so he was well equipped.

Meanwhile, in Team Rocket headquarters:"Sir, three people have just landed in front of headquarters. Our scanners show that one is the Gym leader from Pewter, the other is the Gym leader of Cerulean, and the third is the Pokemon master." "Ah, looks like my money has arrived at last. Be happy when you're free, kid, because once I get that ransom, your life will never be the same." "I don't believe you." "Pikachu!" "WHAT? YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME?! WHY DON'T YOU BELIEVE ME?" "I don't believe you're evil at all." (Oh, that Ash! I wish he'd just keep his mouth shut when it was best!) "WHAT?!" "I think you'll be letting me go soon, because you feel sorry for me." "Well, my boy, you're quite wrong about that. You see, that is not the way I am." "Yes it is!" "Oh my my, Quite a little temper problem, eh, my boy?" "DON'T CALL ME THAT!" "Now now, your mother should have taught you better manners. Don't you know it's impolite to raise your voice, especially to your elders?" "For your information, it's you that has the bad manners!" Came a voice. Ash and Giovanni turned to look. Standing there, the light from outside sillowetting them, were... "MISTY! BROCK!" "Ash, are you ok?" "I'm fine, just get Pikachu and me outta here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Misty noticed that he said Pikachu before himself. "He may be dense, but oh boy, does he have a heart! I love him so much, but I don't think he feels the same way..."

Misty was interrupted from her thoughts by Giovanni telling two Team Rocket members to capture them.  Just as they were about to fit the handcuffs on their wrists, they were interrupted by a pokeball. It opened and out came a... Raichu?! Waichu! (In the episode with Lt.Surge, that's what Raichu said.) Raichu, thunderbolt, now!!! Wai...CHU! The Team Rocket members were sent sky-high (Literally) and even though it wasn't Jessie and James, they still shouted: "Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!!!"  A sillowette appeared in the doorway, then the figure stepped into the room. It was Ash's father!!!!! DAD! Ash yelled. Mr.Katchem ran over and started to untie Ash.After he was untied, father and son hugged like they never had before. "I'm so sorry to disrupt this cheerful family reunion, but...Persian, you've been my pet long enough! It's time you tried testing your fighting abilities!" Ash looked around, but all he saw was Persian coming at him, and then all went black...

Ash, wake up! Come on, Ash! You've made it this far, you can go farther! The voices drifted through the haze. Ash tried to comply, tried to answer but, he couldn't. He tried, and since there wasn't much else to do, concentrated on waking up. Ash, come on! Come on, Ash, come on! Suddenly, he woke up. The whole area was white. "W...wha?" "Ssh, don't try to talk." A voice soothed. Soon, his vision started to clear up, and he was able to make out all the faces around him. "Just lie still..." The voice coaxed. He knew that voice. It was his mother's. "W...what happened?" "Well, for one thing, Mr.Pokemon Master, Persian bit you on the head and you collapsed." Misty said in a gentle tone, a tone that was hard for her to take on around Ash. "Uh, why don't we leave the two of them alone?" Suggested Brock, and Mr and Mrs.Katchem followed him out of the room.

Misty tried to start a conversation with him. "Ash, when you first dissapeared, I was worried. When I found out that Team Rocket had kidnapped you, I was terrified. Do you know how scared you make me? In the Pokemon Tower, I was so worried that you'd never wake up. The same today. What I'm trying to say, is that I love you Ash." Ash shocked her, by not only not yelling at her, but whispering back, "I love you too." After a few minutes,  Ash managed to ask Misty. "How long have I been out?" "Oh, about 4 days." "4 DAYS!" "Woah, relax Ash, you're not going anywhere for a while. That Persian beat you up pretty good. Plus, the Doctor mentioned something about "Old wounds that haven't healed yet." Were you hiding being hurt, Ash?" "Well..." Ash tried to explain, but Misty just went on. "The Doctor said something about "Explosion Burns", Considerable broken ribs that have't healed, because they weren't properly treated,and numerous other things. But the ribs were broken quite recently.Ash, have you been hiding these things?" "I didn't want to worry you..."Ash tried to explain. "WORRY ME?! YOU WERE IN PAIN ALL THAT TIME AND YOU DIDN'T WANT TO WORRY ME?! I...I'm touched." "Well, I see you've woken up." Misty and Ash were interrupted by a Doctor. "I'm wondering, could you explain some things to me...?"

Well, a few weeks later, Ash was released from the hospital, on strict orders not to leave his bed for a month, if at all possible. Luckily, Ash had a T.V. in his room. Plus, he was never alone. Misty or someone else (But mostly Misty) was there with him. Since Ash wasn't much of a reader, he and Misty watched pokemon battles, pokemon movies and pokemon T.V. shows together. Plus, he always had his pokemon to talk to. Especially the faithful Pikachu, ever at his side... (CHU! Um, ok, Mostly at his side. Pi!) Well, Ash's dad finally went back to work, as the true leader of the Elite Four, actually the Elite 5... And what became of Team Rocket? Well, all the  members were arrested, except for Jessie and James. Jessie and James still went after Ash's Pikachu time and time again. After Ash's time in bed was up, he and his friends went on with their journey. Ash knew he would meet his father again someday, and he knew where. In the pokemon league!!!

Pika! Pikachu! (The end!)