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PMD: Ashen Adventures

In a world of Pokemon, the young Riolu named Ash is eager to join the Indigo League. He hopes, by joining the renowned guild, he’ll be able to travel across the land, training and learning along the way until he’s the greatest adventurer there ever was. And finally the day has come, to take the first steps first step towards his journey! Also known as: Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: The Anime. A reimagining of the Pokemon Anime, where the world is that of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, and everyone is a normal Pokemon. What differences will this spawn? What Pokemon will each person turn out to be? And how does a Pokeball work in such a world? Read on to find out!

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/56261590/chapters/142932277

The sunlight slowly shone through a simple window, its rays creeping onto the sleeping, blue form of a Riolu, who lay in bed, snuggled against a large pillow. The Riolu slowly blinked as the light landed on his face, forcing him from his dreams.

“Mmm, what? What time is it?” The pup asked as he stretched, blinked and sat up in his bed. He turned to his bedside table as his eyes searched for his alarm clock, only for his body to tense once he finally laid eyes on it. He lunged at the simple machine and gripped it perhaps a bit too tightly, “Ahh! That can’t be right I-” He quickly turned the clock around and his posture drooped, “I didn’t set the alarm?”

He shook his head again and ripped his bedsheets off himself and tensed to toss the clock from his grasp, before quickly reconsidering and gently placing it back where it belonged. The novel, little machines were, perhaps not entirely uncommon, but he generally knew better than to be careless with his possessions. Most of the time. Leaping from his bed, he quickly grabbed his favorite hat, white and red with a green stylized L on the front, before he tore out of his room and hopped down the stairs.

“Mom! I overslept, I have to go now!” He shouted as he came to the stair landing.

Hearing a chuckle, he turned to see his mother, a tall Lucario, her beauty untarnished even as she held her fair share of scars. She placed a paw on his head, ruffling his hat, “Come on Ash, there’s no need to rush. Although, a real master adventurer would have gotten up when he said he would.” She said, teasing him slightly, “But, you did get up at the perfect time for some breakfast.”

Ash didn’t brush off his mom’s paw, but he did stare up with a determined look, “But I have to get an early start! If I don’t then Gary will beat me to the Guild headquarters and have a headstart on me!”

“Speaking of Gary,” A voice behind Ash’s mom spoke, quickly revealed to be a Charmeleon, who fished an envelope from within his lab coat, “Before he set out on his journey, he gave me this note to give to you, Ash.”

Ash grabbed the envelope, from the Charmeleon’s claws, his apprehension stifled by the reptile’s presence, “Oh, Professor Oak, you’re here. Wait! Does that mean Gary already left?! Who’s he even going with?”

Oak smiled and nodded, “Indeed, he left early in the morning with the Squirtle son of a colleague of mine. They’ve met from time to time and got along quite well, so they decided to give being a team a shot, since they both wanted to go and join the Guild as Adventurers.”

Ash grabbed his head in frustration, “Agh! He’s already formed a team, too!”

Deciding to not dwell on that for the moment, he quickly tore open Gary’s letter and unfolded it. His expression quickly turned unimpressed as he read, ‘Dear Ash, as I am obviously way ahead of your sleeping in, loser self, I just wanted to wish ya luck on catching up to me and my Shell Bro. After all, it’d be no fun to absolutely trounce you in Adventuring if you weren’t always hot on my tail! Smell ya later Dog Bro!’ And for good measure Gary had drawn a small, cartoonish Eevee who was lazily pulling down his lower eyelid and sticking out his tongue.

“Of course he’d do this to me.” Ash said calmly before childishly erupting, crushing the letter in his paw, “I’ll show you Gary! I’ll become the greatest Adventurer before you even decide on an evolution!”

Before Ash could continue proclaiming imminent superiority over Gary, a third voice spoke as a figure exited the kitchen, “And with a belly full of breakfast I’m sure you’ll catch up to Gary in no time.”

The voice belonged to a Mr. Mime who was cheerfully carrying a veritable feast of breakfast foodstuffs over to a table. Though the breakfast was masterfully made, bearing an appearance of pure delicacy, Ash, while looking conflicted, mostly held a look that screamed his urge to run out and begin his journey just that second.

Ash’s mom just chuckled and lightly pushed the Riolu towards the table, “Come on Ash, Mimey went through a lot of trouble on this breakfast, and not only should you be well fed before going on any adventure, I’m sure you’d want to make sure our dear Professor doesn’t keel over on your way there.”

Oak let out a small sound of offense, but Ash let out a sigh and nodded, “Fine. A quick breakfast, then I’m going to go and start my adventure!” As he moved over to his seat and took it he looked to the cook, “Thanks, Mimey.”

The four ate the lovingly made meal, though Ash quickened the pace with how he wolfed down his food, leading to the family standing outside their home. While Ash fidgeted in place, overflowing with excited energy, his mom knelt down and gave him a hug, “Now remember Ash, listen to Oak, listen to Guild leadership once you get to the headquarters, and make sure to write home, okay?”

Ash hugged back, the one and only ache of beginning his journey, of leaving his home for an extended period of time, “I will mom. I’ll write you every time I can.” The two separated, Ash trying to keep his smile from quivering as his mom held out a satchel, which he accepted, “Thanks mom.”

Delia proudly smiled at her son, “And remember Ash, don’t shirk your aura training, okay? It’s pretty important for a great adventurer after all.”

Ash sighed and nodded, “I know, I know. It’s just real hard sometimes.”

“Well, some of the best things in life are hard, but ultimately satisfying in the end. Just keep at it, and I’m sure you’ll make a breakthrough sometime sweetie.” She said in a reassuring tone.

Oak pat Ash on the shoulder as he looked to the Lucario, sensing even her slight unease, “Don’t worry Delia, I’ll see Ash to Indigo Plateau and make sure he gets there safe.”

“You have my full trust Professor,” Delia chuckled, “Have a good journey you two, don’t get into too much trouble, alright?”

With that, Oak and Ash made their way away from the home, waving back at Delia and Mimey before focusing on traveling forward. As they walked, Oak turned to Ash, “Just so you know Ash, we will need to stop by my lab before we properly head out.”

“Oh, come on Professor! Do we have to?” Ash complained, deflating slightly.

The Charmeleon simply chuckled, “Don’t worry, it won’t take long.”

Ash straightened up, determination on his face, “Alright then. We’ll just need to make it quick!”

And with that the Riolu charged off towards Oak’s residence, leaving the professor to stumble slightly and run after the boy. “Agh! Ash, hold up a second will you? I’m not the young Charmander I used to be!”

In no time at all thanks to Ash’s impatience, the two ran up to Oak’s lab. As Oak panted slightly and made his way to the door, Ash tilted his head, “So, what do you need here anyway?”

He smiled and knocked on his own door, “I just needed to pick up my grand nephew first.”

“But Gary is already ahead of me…” Ash said before stumbling back with a look of horror, “Don’t tell me there are TWO Garys!” Only for a look of embarrassment to overtake him, “But wait, Gary is your grandson…”

Oak laughed at the boy’s fear and shook his head, “Oh no, this is my grand nephew who lives a ways away from Pallet Town, so I doubt you two would have even met. His mother asked me to look after him for a bit, so he’ll be joining us on the journey.”

Ash crossed his arms and pouted, “Well, alright. Just so long as he doesn’t slow us down too much.”

A new voice spoke as the door to Oak’s lab opened, “Really you should worry about slowing yourself down more than anything else.”

Ash snapped his eyes to the small figure exiting the lab. A yellow paw handed a satchel to Professor Oak, who took it and placed it around his shoulder with practiced ease. The Riolu glared at the yellow Pokemon with red cheeks, who had the gall to look smug at the future adventurer, “Who are you calling slow? I’m gonna be the greatest adventurer!”

“Now, now boys. There’s no need to fight.” Oak said with an awkward smile, “Now, Ash, this is my grand nephew, Pikachu, and Pikachu, this is Ash, the son of a dear friend who asked me to escort Ash to the Guild and properly start his journey.”

The smug mouse simply smirked as he fiddled with a satchel of his own, “Ain’t much of an adventurer if he needs an escort.” He then laughed and pointed at Ash’s hat, “I mean, with a hat like that you look more like a tourist than an adventurer!”

“Why you-!” Ash began to say before Oak stepped between them, waving his claws in a placating manner.

Oak adopted a more firm expression, “Enough of that you two, we are going on a decently long journey, so I’d ask you two to try and get along. Besides, we are wasting daylight either way.” He looked to the dark, cloud laden sky and frowned, “And that doesn’t seem to be in good supply. It looks like it’s going to rain.”

Ash his paws together, “You’re right Professor! The more time we spend here, the bigger of a head start Gary is gonna get on me! And if a rainstorm hits, that’ll only give him a bigger one! There’s no time to waste!” He turned on his heel and eagerly began to power walk away from the lab, Oak simply shrugging with a good nature smile as he went to catch up, while Pikachu rolled his eyes.

As the clouds slowly began to crowd the sky, and a small sprinkle of rain began to fall, cooling the air, the boys entered into what seemed like their third argument, and Oak could only let out a sigh. They were even worse than Gary and Ash when they argued, it seemed.

“Just saying,” Pikachu said in a cheerful tone, “Haste makes waste, and any two bit adventurer would know that.”

Ash continued to angrily march along the hilly path, as he scrunched up his muzzle and responded, “It doesn’t matter what you think, or what you say! I’m STILL gonna be the greatest adventurer any mon has ever seen! Just you wait!”

Oak let out a second sigh as Pikachu promptly began to respond, until a fluttering of wings sounded, followed by a whirlwind of feathers slamming into the traveling mons, and while Oak remained standing through the attack, it sent his young charges rolling down the hillside, “Ash! Pikachu!” Before he could follow, a few of Spearow swooped low, and began to harry the Charmeleon.

For Ash and Pikachu, things weren’t much better. They rolled heel over head down the large hill, through mostly grass, over a few rocks and recently made mud, until they harshly slammed into a particularly hard bush.

Pikachu was the first to regain his footing, shaking his head vigorously and looking around, with fearful glances, only seeing stretches and bends of tall, thick bushes, with wet, glistening leaves acting as walls. A creeping worry entered him as he saw the way they had come in had disappeared, “Oh no. We must have fallen into a dungeon! A-and Oak isn’t here!”

Ash furiously leapt to his paws, lightly fixing and brushing some mud off his hat in the process, “Those jerks! They must have planned this! Shoving travelers down the hill into the mouth of a dungeon!” He quickly took in the surrounding area with worry etching itself into his features, “Oak could be in danger! We have to hurry!”

Frowning, Pikachu gestured around them, his arm shaking slightly, “And how do we do that when we’re stuck in a dungeon?”

Ash returned Pikachu’s frown with his own, “By getting out, that’s how!”

“Oh, because it’s just that easy. So easy, why those outlaws will probably escort us out of here, apologize to us and throw us a tea party.” Said Pikachu, sarcasm dripping from his words.

Clenching his paws into fists, Ash bared his teeth in frustration, “Oh shut up! You don’t have a plan, but I do! Dungeons are always weirdly formed, like mazes! So, I’m going to follow one wall of the dungeon until I find the stairs, then I’ll do it again, and again! As many floors as it takes to get out of here, and back to Oak and then I’ll bring these outlaws to justice!”

Pikachu took a step towards Ash, his sarcastic sneer morphing into a look of fury as he spoke, “And how exactly are you going to deliver justice even if you get out? If anything, had you actually got up early, like you were supposed to, like cousin Gary did, we wouldn’t be in this mess. Maybe if it looked like you even tried training, and weren’t so obviously pathetic to the point you don’t even have a partner to form a team with yet, OAK wouldn’t be alone with a bunch of outlaws right now!” He shouted, similarly balling up his fists.

Ash was silent, taken aback before his surprise changed to a quivering indignation as his eyes took on a particular sheen. The Riolu turned on his heel and began to stomp away, staying near the right hand wall, “You can j-just stay here with your brilliant plan of nothing while I actually go and TRY something!” Ash yelled as he refused to turn around, his voice breaking near the end.

Pikachu felt annoyance flood through him, and even a bit of remorse, while sparks bounced from his cheeks while he absorbed Ash’s rebuttal, absorbed the obvious emotions he was forcing down as he walked away. He was split, definitely disliking the idea of following after Ash, seeing him as the reason they were in the mess, even if he had a point about trying to get out. He just didn’t think the Riolu could do anything to help. Still, a sigh overcame him, it would be wrong to leave Ash to his own devices.

He may not like the pup, but Pikachu doubted he could face Oak or Gary if anything happened to him. As much as Gary had mocked Ash the few times Pikachu had met him, he could still feel the warmth in the words the eevee spoke. And Oak would never forgive himself if Ash so much as got hurt under his watch.

With a half hearted grimace, Pikachu took after the angry Riolu, managing to catch up relatively quickly. As he approached, brushing a bit against the hedgewall, Ash whipped his head around, apparently expecting an outlaw, only to scowl and turn forward again. “W-what? Got bored doing nothing?” Even in that quick moment before he turned away, Pikachu thought Ash’s eyes looked a little red.

Despite his sour mood resurfacing, Pikachu let out a mix of a sigh and a groan, “I followed because somebody has to make sure you don’t get yourself killed until you get to the guild.”

Ash scoffed, turning down a new path along with the wall, “I don’t need your help.”

“New guild recruits don’t even get asked to deal with outlaws, and you think you, without even being part of the guild yet, can take on multiple outlaws?” Pikachu asked in exasperation.

Ash refused to turn to Pikachu as he responded, “It doesn’t matter! I’m not going to stand by and hide when outlaws are attacking somebody, especially not Professor Oak!”

Pikachu was formulating a response when a fluttering of wings, and from a side path barreled a Spearow who almost slammed into Pikachu who managed to dodge. Before Ash or Pikachu could properly think, a cacophony of wings flapped from the same passageway and a veritable flood of Spearow began to pour from the path.

Both of them made the same decisions and booked it away from the recovering Spearow and his friends.

Pikachu spared a single glance and blanched at the sheer volume of Spearow fluttering after them, “How many Spearow does it take to attack travelers like this?!”

Even as he ran, breathing heavily, with fear clear on his voice, he growled out, “Probably too cowardly to attack anybody without overwhelming force!”

“Rich coming from the ‘greatest adventurer’ who’s running from outlaws!” Pikachu yelled.

“Great adventurers are not suicidal! And you’re running away with me!” Ash retorted.

Before more arguing could commence, Pikachu felt a sudden pain to his back, as weight slammed into him, throwing him off balance and sending him to the muddy floor. He gasped for air after a moment, struggling to his paws and sending a thunder wave out blindly, in the rough direction his attacker came from.

A screech sounded success for his efforts, but another feathered fiend slammed into him with a peck, wrenching a scream from him as he was sent tumbling back into the mud. Before he could even try to stand again, more and more attacks slammed into him from all sides as the legion of feathers descended on him. Beaks and claws lunged for him whichever way he twisted to get away, whenever he tried to summon his electricity to protect himself, with his attempts slowly waning, faltering under the constant barrage.

Only for the constant attacks, the pressure, to lift with the sound of squawks and fleshy thumps. He felt himself be lifted up, to begin to be carried, if quickly and roughly. With a groan he cracked his eyes open, finding himself in Ash’s arms, a stalwart look on the Riolu’s face, even when he winced from a stumbled dodge, or glancing blow from the Spearow, he refused to stop. Pikachu grimaced as the pains lingered, or were aggravated by the jostling movement of Ash.

Despite his dodging and tenacity, Ash’s determination could only go on so long, and so, a Spearow came up beside, and slammed into them, sending the duo tumbling into an open section of the dungeon. Ash coughed as he tried to catch his breath, and Pikachu grit his teeth as the tumble hit every bruise he had.

Shaking his head, Pikachu shakily tried to get to his feet, only to be slammed to the ground from a very angry peck. “Kah! I hate ‘lectric types! Always give me muscle spasms!” A Spearow growled.

“Well what do ya expect? You were the one underestimating an electric type, again. ‘S like ya didn’t even try an dodge.” A calmer Spearow answered.

The first ruffled his feathers, “Don’t matter none! Let’s just knock this ‘lectric out and be done with this.”

Pikachu tried again to stand, only for his hand to slip through the mud, landing him on his side. He clenched his teeth harder and closed his eyes, awaiting the pain to befall him again as the thumping of Spearow talons played across the floor towards him. Only the pain didn’t come, and the thumping took a tonal change, accompanied by a pair of squawks.

He blinked his eyes open and looked ahead to see the two Spearow thrown to the ground and Ash standing in between the Spearow and Pikachu defiantly. More outlaw Spearow entered into the room, followed by a large Fearow.

The Fearow glared down at Ash, a sneer on his tone, “Rambunctious little pup, ain’t you? Normally I’d expect a youngun like you to quiver and cower. So… Playing at being a hero for your little friend?”

Ash growled and hardened his stance, preparing to be rushed, “I am Ash Riolu of Pallet Town! I’m going to be the greatest adventurer the world has ever seen! And I won’t let you hurt Pikachu, or anyone, anymore!”

A laugh rippled through the congregation of Spearow before the Fearow answered, “Well, nice dream you’ve got, hate to tell you, pup, but we’re going to have to break it!” Without hesitation, the surrounding Spearow launched forward, towards Ash.

Pikachu watched as, even in the face of overwhelming enemies, Ash stood his ground, lashing his paws out at Spearow after Spearow, watched as the young Riolu refused to dodge, preferring to take the flurry of pecks coming his way if it meant slamming his paw into their face or chest. The more Ash punched, the faster he seemed to get, his paws even becoming laced with blue light that appeared to grow brighter. At least until the Fearow charged in, throwing Ash back, harshly onto the ground. From Pikachu’s view, despite the cuts, the bruises and the mud, he sustained, Ash got to his feet, his hat abandoned on the floor, and stiltedly, shakily took a fighting pose once again. “I… I won’t let you…”

“Have to hand it to ya,” The Fearow jeered, “Ain’t every day we find some mon with your kind of fighting spirit. Your electric Rattata fell quite quickly, yet here we have a fighting type like yourself holding up. Were things even a little more in your favor, maybe ya’d have made it out, guess it’s just your unlucky day.”

The world seemed to slow down to Pikachu, as the Fearow and surrounding Spearow charged, intense expressions promising to end Ash’s defiance. He felt sparks lance across his body, as determination filled him up, and through the pain, Pikachu lurched from the ground, forcing his muscles to leap over Ash, who looked up in surprise. With a scowl on his face, Pikachu forced all his strength into the electricity that sparked, and let it out in a massive blast, “Ha CHU!”

The sound of thunder blasted across the dungeon room, as the blinding electrical light shone. Only for silence to reign.

Ash had fallen to his knees, surprise played across his face, his breathing heavy. The outlaws all laid out upon the ground in various heaps as sparks leapt from their unconscious forms. It took Ash a few moments to center himself long enough to process the sight before him, until he saw a prone yellow form, “Pikachu!” Ash exclaimed, as he tried to get to his feet, only to wince and stumble. Still, he forced himself to crawl to Pikachu’s side. “Pikachu, are you okay?”

A groan was his only response at first, until Pikachu struggled to roll over, “Ugh… I feel like I was bullied by a thunderstorm.”

The statement pulled a laugh from Ash, as he looked at Pikachu, scuffed and bruised, and covered in mud from the amount of times he’d been thrown to the dungeon floor, but definitely better than the lightly smoking forms of the feathered outlaws. “You know, that was pretty cool.” He said with a tired, if ecstatic smile, “You took down, like, ten outlaws in one attack!”

Another groan sounded from Pikachu, “Silver linings.” There was a moment of silence between the two, before Pikachu looked at Ash, particularly a cut on the Riolu’s cheek, worry in his eyes, “… What about you? They didn’t get you too badly did they?”

At Pikachu’s words, Ash put on a brave face, “Ah, I’m fine. It’s gonna take more than a few flying types to take me down!” Only to wince, and hold his side, “But… they did get a few hits in.”

Pikachu let out a sigh, slowly sitting up with a pained grimace. “Ash, you’re a fighting type. What were you doing jumping in front of a hoard of flying type outlaws? You could have been seriously hurt.”

Ash chuckled as he braced Pikachu’s back as best he could, “We both got hurt a little, but we managed to get through it fine.” He smiled at Pikachu, a sincere expression that was very different from the looks Ash had given him even only a little while ago, “Besides, I couldn’t just let them hurt you. And that attack you did, that was totally awesome!”

The Riolu’s tail wagged, conveying his smile, while Pikachu sighed and shook his head, though even he was unable to keep a smile of his own off his face. “Glad you think so, ‘cause it hurt a lot, even on my end.” Smile still on his face, Pikachu turned back to Ash, “But I’m glad you’re okay.” His eyes flicked down in mild surprise, “Huh, looks like your hat landed here.”

Ash’s tail picked up speed as he reached for the surprisingly nearby hat, and put it on his head, “Thank goodness. I would have hated to lose it before Oak got me to Indigo Plateau at least.” There was a moment of peace, only for Ash’s eyes to bug out of his skull, “Wait! We forgot about Professor Oak!”

Pikachu immediately tried to stand, only to wobble and fall back with a gasp, “We-we have to go help him!”

“No arguments there!” Ash said, and with surprising gentleness, helped Pikachu to his feet, letting him lean on Ash as they tried their best to hurry to the exit. Their urgency led to Ash going a bit too fast, causing Pikachu to harshly suck air through his teeth. “S-sorry!” Ash said, shifting his grip on his friend.

Pikachu shook his head, “No, no problem. We need to get to Oak before the rest of the outlaws get to him. No way all of them followed us in here.”

But, as they awkwardly shuffled around the knocked out outlaws towards the room’s exit, a disheveled looking Professor Oak flew around the corner, wisps of smoke flying from the corners of his mouth, “Boys! Boys are you okay?”

“Uncle Oak!” Pikachu yelled in relief as he leapt at the Charmeleon, grabbing him in a hug. Ash happily followed behind as Pikachu lightly pulled away with a questioning expression, “How’d you get away from the outlaws?”

Oak was about to respond when Ash let out an amazed, “Whoa! Hey, Pikachu look at this!” His interruption surprised both Pikachu and Oak enough that Pikachu hobbled a bit away from his uncle to look down the hall, seeing a decent few Spearow, far more than Ash could have hit before they ran, lay splayed out across the forested dungeon corridor, with small bits of smoke still dissipating over them. Ash cheerfully pointed at the outlaws as he looked at Pikachu, “You must have blasted these guys too!”

Pikachu gaped at the outlaws and Ash’s exclamation, before turning to Oak, “R-really?”

Oak glanced from the corridor to the room the two boys had left and chuckled, “I suppose you had more strength than you thought, hmm? But now, we should get out of this dungeon. Outlaws, or no outlaws”

Rather quickly, and decently painlessly, Oak led the two through the dungeon, finding it mercifully short, so much so, they managed to avoid running into any dungeon inhabitants. As the trio trudged up the muddy hill that Ash and Pikachu had been thrown down, the rain from before beginning to end, Oak fished an odd device out of his scuffed lab coat, and began to tap away at it.

“Professor?” Ash began to ask in mild awe, “Is that a Pokedex?”

Oak looked up from the device, giving it one last tap, “Ah, yes this is a Pokedex. Being a professor has its perks, and the guild has been kind enough to let me borrow a few over the years. I’m just sending a message so nearby guild teams can come and scoop up the outlaws. Don’t want them waking up and getting away to do this again.” He smiled at the pup, “I’m sure you’ll get one yourself soon enough once you get onto a guild team.”

His words brought pause to Ash, who shuffled in place before turning to Pikachu, “Hey, Pikadchu? Can I ask you a question?”

“Uh, sure Ash. What is it?” Pikachu said as he looked at Ash, quirking an eyebrow.

Ash fiddled with his paws for a moment before tilting his head slightly, “Would-would you like to make a team with me?”

Pikachu blinked a few times, mouth opening and closing for a moment, “Why? I-I mean, why would you want me on a team? We… didn’t exactly get along.”

The Riolu nodded, his aura feelers bobbing along as he looked to the side, “Yeah, yeah. And you were right when you said I didn’t even have a partner, like Gary did.” He turned his gaze back Pikachu, a small smile on his face, “But, I think we worked well together, had each others’ backs when it mattered, and I’d really like to have someone like you by my side on my adventure.”

Still trying to process it all, Pikachu tried to deflect slightly, though with a small smirk, “Even if we fight like we did back there?”

Ash rubbed the back of his head awkwardly, “Yeah, we kinda got off on the wrong foot didn’t we? But… you weren’t really wrong. Still.” He said, extending a paw, “Offer’s still open.”

Pikachu watched Ash’s paw, his thoughts continuing to tumble in uncertainty. He looked at Ash, the Riolu smiling despite the bruises, cuts and mud that covered him, and let out a sigh, “Oh, what the heck.” And he took Ash’s paw in his own, gently shaking it, “It’s… I don’t have any plans, really anyway. Uh,” He turned to Professor Oak, “It is okay, right uncle?”

The Charmeleon chuckled and pat Pikachu on his head, “I’m certain your mother would be happy to hear about this, more than anything. Either way, you have my full support.”

With a renewed, glowing grin, Pikachu nodded and turned back to Ash, “Then I guess it’s official.”

Ash happily pumped his paw into the air, “Yes!”

Oak watched the two, glad to see the two finding a camaraderie between them, “Well, congratulations to you two. I’d say this deserves a little something.” Without another word, he whipped out two Pokedex which he held out to the two of them.

Ash snatched his quickly, grinning almost ferally at the electronic rectangle, “Really?!” Only for the smile to fall, being replaced by a look of confusion, “But we’re not even officially a guild team yet.”

“Like I said, the guild has entrusted me with a few here or there. I’m sure they won’t mind me giving you two your Pokedexs a little early.” Oak said with a wink.

Pikachu took his Pokedex, more gently than Ash did, “All of this feels so sudden.” He glanced to Ash who was admiring his new gadget and smiled, “Not that that’s bad I guess.”

Professor Oak nodded, “Well, with all that excitement, we should probably get a move on. We’ve already been waylaid enough as it is.”

The two young Pokemon voiced their agreement, and tucked their respective Pokedexs away before beginning to follow Professor Oak once again. All of them were sore and tired, but far happier than the previous argumentative atmosphere that followed them before.

After a while of walking, the group crest a large hill. Ash eagerly rushed forward for a better view, smiling at the nearby city, the silhouette of farther off buildings rising above the surrounding trees, and off to the side, on a mountain, was the intricate complex that was the heart of the Indigo Guild, Indigo Plateau. Tying it all together, was a rainbow, shining over the land.

As Ash admired the view, something caught his eye, that pointed to excitedly, “Hey, who’s that Pokemon there? Flying through the rainbow?”

Oak and Pikachu walked up next to Ash and squinted at the figure, flying in the distance. Oak hummed and smiled at the Riolu, “Well, there are many Pokemon across the world. Some unknown, some legendary, or mythical that only tales tell of great adventurers encountering them. Maybe you’ll get to meet them someday.”

Ash watched as the large, flying Pokemon sparkled as it passed the rainbow and out of sight, before speaking to Pikachu, “There’s so many secrets in the world. And we’re gonna see them all!”

Pikachu shook his head with a laugh, “Gonna find every secret as we journey far and wide, huh?”

“Of course!” Ash said, taking in the sight before him, what was but a small fragment of the world he was going to see, “And this is the first step of our journey.”

Pikachu watched Ash, watched his excitement with a smile. He gently took Ash’s paw into his own, and Ash looked down with a little confusion, “Our journey to be the greatest?”

Ash laughed and pumped their entwined paws into the air, “The greatest adventuring team the world’s ever seen!”

A/N: This was originally going to be written for a 5K oneshot writing challenge some time ago, but I hit a snag and some depression which held off me finishing this, and in fact, the negative thoughts tried to get me to delete what I had already written, though luckily I managed not too, and finally got around to finishing this.

The initial idea was very simple, a loose adaptation of the first Pokemon anime episode but set in a PMD style world, and while it still is, I have scrounged up a decent amount of ideas for where this world could go next. What Pokemon the various characters would be, what changes to things could happen, either because “I wanna” to mostly necessitated due to the fact that everyone is a Pokemon so certain aspects may not exactly translate well. The various LORE and world building to how the guild league functions, how gyms and badges work and so on.

All that potential is why this, initially just a oneshot, is open to have more chapters added, if I can get my brain to agree, along with all the other story ideas rumbling around in my head, as even a loose adaptation of the adventures from the anime into this “Pokemon Anime but PMD AU’ would be a significant undertaking which would rumble alongside my many other “significant undertakings” that my brain dares to throw at me as story ideas. And then many of my smaller story ideas tend to get away from me and balloon into giant undertakings as well, hah. But, I’ll see what I can throw here from time to time, especially if I can get my writing speed up compared to how it is currently.

As always, thoughts, opinions, pointing out writing errors and more are always welcome in the comments, and thank you for spending some of your time to read what I’ve written.

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