Pokemon Fan Fiction / Pokemon Fan Fiction ❯ The Unwanted Acquaintances ❯ An Old Nuisance Returns ( Chapter 1 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

I kept thinking what if Ash confronted Damien again. It got to the point that I decided to write this fic. This fic takes place in the Hoenn region. Charizard is back with Ash. Ash battled May and Max's father Norman again. But he won this time. Even though Damien is someone who Ash and Brock hoped to never run into, there is something far worse coming their way. Read along as Ash and friends have to keep their guard up from not one, but two foes.
( ) after Pokemon talk is the translation
( ) alone is Charizard talking
(' is Pokemon thoughts
' is human thoughts





Chapter 1: An Old Nuisance Returns

It was a cool but dry day in Petalburg City. Ash, Brock and their new friends May and Max had returned so Ash could have an official match against May and Max's father. It was a tough battle, but the teamwork of Pikachu and Charizard was more than Norman's Pelipper and Slaking could handle. Ash had traded his Zigzagoon for Charizard before the battle. Everyone was currently resting at Norman's house.
"That was an impressive battle Ash. You've gotten a lot better since we first met," Norman said.
"Thanks Norman," Ash said.
"The way that Pikachu and Charizard battled was one of the most awesome things I have ever seen so far," Max said.
"It wasn't always like that though Max," Ash said.
"What do you mean?" May asked.
"Charizard used to be a very rebellious Pokemon. We don't know what happened actually. When he was a Charmander, he was very loyal to Ash. But things changed when he became Charmeleon and continued to get worse when Charmeleon became Charizard. I guess that Charmeleon had a misperception of Ash that only got worse after it became Charizard. But a life-threatening situation changed the way it viewed Ash forever," Brock responded.
"Could you tell us about it?" Norman asked.
"It would be better if Ash told you about it," Brock responded.
"Okay Brock. This incident happened when a couple of my other friends, Misty and Tracey journeyed with me through the Orange Islands. We were on our way to the next gym when a boy in a boat named Tad pulled alongside us and asked me to battle him. We made port on a deserted island and had our battle. He used Poliwrath so I decided to use Pikachu.
His Poliwrath was very good. It used Double Team to tire Pikachu out to where electricity wouldn't be much of a factor anymore. Pikachu was defeated, and I made a risky move and let Charizard out. He didn't listen to me and even tripped me when I tried to reason with him. But then disaster struck. He barely got his tail out of the path of a Water Gun. But then Poliwrath used Ice Beam to freeze Charizard.
The ice around Charizard did thaw, but the problem was far from over. Charizard's core temperature had dropped to the point where the flame on his tail threatened to go out. And as you may have heard, Charizard die if their tail flame goes out. I was determined not to lose Charizard, and my friends and I worked all night trying to warm him up, but my friends got very tired and went to sleep. I stayed up as long as my body allowed me and fell asleep when I couldn't stay awake any longer.
The work paid off though because Charizard was100% better the next morning. But we didn't get to celebrate for long because Team Rocket interrupted, and Pikachu fell into an electricity resistant part of their drill machine. They fled, but I went after them. Charizard flew along beside me and signaled me to get on his back.
I did, and he flew into the hole that Team Rocket made. Charizard freed Pikachu by stomping the drill part of the machine. But Team Rocket tried to literally cut us down. That was when Charizard learned Dragon Rage, and he defeated Team Rocket with it," Ash said.
"Whoa, that was quite an experience," Max said.
"I know. I will never forget how close I came to losing Charizard," Ash said.
"It seems to me that Charizard realized how much you cared for him," Norman said.
"Pika (Yes)," Pikachu said nodding.
Ash and friends stayed in Petalburg for a week before heading out on the road again. Ash and Brock didn't know that they would confront an old nuisance. For at this moment, somebody was coming towards them. This person saw the group heading his way and stopped. As the group got closer, he recognized three of them.
'Well, this is the day for surprises,' the figure thought.
Ash saw the figure up ahead. "Hey, who's that?" he asked.
"I don't know," Brock responded.
When the group was face to face with the figure, Ash, Brock and Pikachu gasped. But the gasps soon turned to irritated looks. They hoped to never see this boy again.
"Well, if it isn't the one who took my Charmander from me," the voice said.
"Damien," Ash spat in a disgusted tone.
"What are you doing here?" Brock asked in the same tone as Ash.
"Uh, pardon my intrusion. But who exactly is this guy?" May asked.
"This is Damien," Ash responded in a disgusted tone. "I didn't take your Charmander away from you. He decided that he didn't want to be with you anymore," he added.
"What do you mean Ash?" Max asked.
"Damien left his Charmander all alone on a rock in the forest, promising to return for it. It believed him and waited. Misty, Ash and I were in the Pokemon Center hoping that Charmander was picked up. But then we heard Damien say how weak it was and that he had no remorse for leaving it out there. The bad thing was that a storm raged. We got out ot the spot to find a bunch of Spearow harassing the Charmander.
Pikachu electrocuted the Spearow, but he untintentionally zapped us as well since the electricity hit our wet raingear. We got Charmander back to the Pokemon Center where it made a full recovery. But it wanted to return to the rock to wait for Damien. We tried to tell it about Damien's intentions, but it just continued to the spot where it waited. Team Rocket was up to no good again, and we fell into a hole. Pikachu had been taken, but Charmander came to our rescue.
Damien saw what happened and tried to win Charmander back over. But we got Damien to tell it his true motive. When Damien threw the Poke Ball to return Charmander, Charmander hit it back in Damien's face. Damien got mad and threatened to pit all his Pokemon against Charmander, but Charmander flamed him, and Pikachu helped out too. Damien then ran off, crying for his mother," Brock responded.
"Charmander decided to be my Pokemon. I've treated him better than you have," Ash said.
"How could you train something that weak?" Damien asked.
"Two things Damien. One, Charmander wasn't weak. You didn't take the time to train him," Brock started.
"Two, he's no longer a Charmander," Ash finished.
"How could you make that weak Charmander evolve? Let me see it now," Damien demanded.
"Suit yourself," Ash said shrugging. He grabbed the ball off his belt. "Come on out!" he said as he threw the ball.
The ball opened to reveal Charizard. He first saw Ash and smiled. Then he turned around. When he saw Damien, he delivered a Flamethrower right to Damien's face. But this wasn't a kiss like it would be for Ash because Charizard looked far from happy when he fired his Flamethrower at Damien. Ash noticed the look on Charizard's face and knew that it wasn't happy to see Damien. Ash, Max, May, Brock, Pikachu and Charizard all laughed at Damien's completely blackened face.
"What was that for?" Damien asked.
"After all this time, Charizard still doesn't like you," Ash responded.
It took a few minutes for what Ash said to sink in. Damien's eyes grew wide in realization.
"You mean that that's my Charmander?" Damien asked.
"Correction, that was your Charmander. Charizard is happy being with me, and we are good friends," Ash responded as Charizard walked next to him in agreement.
"So leave and don't cause any problems," Brock said.
Pikachu's cheeks began to spark, and Charizard prepared to send another Flamethrower Damien's way. Damien took the hint and left. But he would be back. Even now, he was scheming on how to win Charizard back over.
'I won't be too far away. I'll get Charizard to be my Pokemon again,' Damien thought.
Charizard saw the look on Damien's face before leaving. He knew that he would have to be on his guard. ('I still remember how Damien thinks. He'll try to win me over to him, or trick me into thinking the wrong thing about Ash. I also can't rule that he might try to force me to be his again') he thought. He hoped that he would never have to see Damien again. ('I'll never leave Ash again')
"That guy is nothing but a big jerk," May said.
"That goes double for me," Max said.
"Triple for us," Ash and Brock said as Pikachu and Charizard nodded.
"Just even thinking about what he did sickens me," Max said.
"Yeah, but Damien will be back. He'll try to get Charizard to his Pokemon again, even though Charizard clearly showed that he didn't want to return to Damien," Ash said.
The others nodded. They knew that they would have to be on their guard. Meanwhile, Damien went straight to the Petalburg City Pokemon Center. He took out all his Pokemon and looked for the one that he could use against Charizard if necessary. Most of his Pokemon wouldn't really be a match for Charizard.
'Maybe I should've taken the time to train them. All my Pokemon that have type advantage against Charizard probably wouldn't stand a chance because they truly are weak. My strongest Pokemon are grass, bug and steel type,' Damien thought. 'I know what I'll do. I'll have my strongest Pokemon take out Ash.'
Meanwhile, Ash and his friends relaxed in the Petalburg Woods. They had all let their Pokemon out. There was a lake nearby, so it was natural that Marshtomp wanted to go swimming. Grovyle, Swellow, Pikachu and Lombre joined Marshtomp. The others just smiled as they watched the Pokemon in the water.
"I don't know about you, but I'm joining them," May said. She always had her bathing suit under her clothes because she always anticipated a chance to go swimming. She removed her clothes and jumped into the lake.
"Pikapi pika (Ash come on in)," Pikachu said, pointing to the water.
"Okay Pikachu. Here I come," Ash said. Like May, he also had his swimsuit under his clothes and removed them. He then jumped into the lake.
Brock and Max didn't want to be left out and took off their clothes to reveal their swim suits as well. "Wait for us," the said before jumping in too.
Lombre and Marshtomp ganged up on Brock and started splashing him. Pikachu, and Grovyle ganged up on Ash and May, and Swellow ganged up on Max. Everyone laughed and had a good time splashing each other. Charizard, Torchic and Beautifly laughed as well at seeing everyone getting soaked.
Suddenly, the group got blasted out of the water. They had unintentionally invaded a Gyrados's territory. The Gyrados swam closer to the group and gave off another Hyper Beam. But unlike the last one that exploded right in front of them, this one was aimed directly at them.
"Quick Charizard, use your Flamethrower!" Ash shouted.
Charizard quickly countered the Hyper Beam with his Flamethrower. The cancelled out attacks caused a big explosion. As the smoke cleared, Gyrados grabbed Ash with its tail. When the smoke cleared completely, the others could see Ash in Gyrados's tail. The Pokemon knew that they would have to be careful. Gyrados would most likely used Ash as a human shield. Ash knew it as well.
"We got to do something guys," Max said.
"We will," Brock said.
Meanwhile, Ash's Pokemon had huddled together and secretly formed a plan. They quietly told the other Pokemon. The others nodded, and they prepared to put the plan in action. Charizard, Beautifly and Swellow flew into the air, surrounding the Gyrados. However, they didn't rule out that this Gyrados knew the move Twister.
The Gyrado did know Twister and used it to form a water field around it and Ash. This was a large cyclonic water field, suggesting that the Gyrados had used it quite often. Marshtomp and Grovyle had jumped into the water and swam to the water field. Marshtomp dove underwater and into the Twister attack. When at Gyrados's eye level, it delivered a Mud Shot attack.
"Marsh mar marshtomp (Take that you big bully)," Marshtomp said.
Gyrados roared in pain because the mud badly stung its eyes. The Twister attack began to dwindle until it was completely gone. Marshtomp had managed to get out of the Twister. But it was a really bad idea to blind the Gyrados because it unknowingly turned to Ash and prepared to fire another Hyper Beam. Grovyle and Lombre quickly delivered a Razor Leaf. The barrage of leaves went straight for Gyrados's tail.
Gyrados roared in pain again and flung Ash high into the air before shooting the Hyper Beam. Because of Grovyle and Lombre's quick thinking, the Hyper Beam completely missed Ash. Charizard was right where Gyrados threw Ash. In other words, Gyrados threw Ash right into Charizard's waiting arms.
Marshtomp and Grovyle had then gotten out of the water. Pikachu then gave Gyrados a Thunder attack, using the water to supercharge the attack. The Gyrados swam away with the little strength it had left after that devastating attack. Charizard, Beautifly and Swellow landed next to Brock, Max and May. Then Charizard put Ash down.
"That was a close one," Max said.
"I know. Thanks Grovyle, Lombre. Your quick thinking helped Charizard and me out," Ash said as Charizard nodded in agreement.
"Grovyle (Anytime)," Grovyle said.
"Lomb, lomb lombre (Yeah, don't mention it)," Lombre added.
Meanwhile, Damien had seen the incident from behind a nearby tree. He was actually trying to find the group when he heard an explosion. He followed it and saw the Gyrados. Even though Damien wanted Ash out of the way, not even he[Damien] wanted it to be by a Gyrados.
'We'll meet again Ash. I swear it,' Damien thought.
Meanwhile, a really unwanted acquaintance was getting closer to where Ash and friends were. This unwanted acquaintance was a Pokemon. It flew through the air, following Ash's scent. Since its defeat at the fossil area in the Kanto region, it has waited for the chance to find Ash for its dinner. It finally got the chance a year ago. The rocks that covered the large hole Team Rocket made had caved in, creating a new hole. The hole was big enough for this Pokemon to fly out of. It then began its search for Ash. It finally caught his scent as it came to the Hoenn region. The scent got stronger and was headed in the direction of the Petalburg Woods. Soon, Ash and his friends would encounter the worst acquaintance of all.



Here's the end of chapter 1. So, how was it? As far as the second foe, I hope that it didn't take you long to figure out that I'm talking about Aerodactyl. Preview for Chapter 2: Aerodactyl Returns: Ash's life now becomes a nightmare as he finds himself a victim of Aerodactyl again. It is known that Jigglypuff played a big part in not letting Aerodactyl get away the first time. But Jigglypuff isn't around, so it's up to Charizard to save Ash from Aerodactyl. Can Charizard save his trainer and friend? You'll have to find out.