Ash Ketchum: Superman A Pokemon and Superman crossover story This story is my creation, where Ash Ketchum, the lovable main character of the TV series Pokemon is in fact and alien from a planet called Krypton. It is an Action/Adventure story with romance in it that combines the characters and story of the show Pokemon with elements of the legendary franchise Superman. Note: "Superman" is a registered trademark of DC Comics, and is only being used as a means of entertainment. "Pokemon" is a registered trademark owned by Nintendo USA, The Pokemon Company and Warner Borthers, and is only being used for entertainment. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------Ash/Kal-El/Superman: 15 yrs old -Misty: 15 -Brock: 17 Ash Ketchum is your average 15-year-old Pokemon trainer. He is the head of a crew of Gym Leaders and is one of the top-ranked trainers in the country. Ash is from Pallet Town, a small town of about 1,000 where he has since become its favorite son. Only he wasn't born there. Nor was he born anywhere near Pallet. Nor was he born in his home country. In fact, he wasn't even born on this planet! He's really from a distant planet called Krypton. His father, Jor-El, who was a leading scientist on Krypton, discovered that the planet was doomed, since the star it orbited was about to go into supernova. Unable to convince the Elders, who ruled that planet which had a civilization and technology thousands of years advanced than that of Earth's, to evacuate, he decided that the only way to save Krypton was to send his infant son, Kal-El, to Earth. Kal-El's ship escaped Krypton just as the exploding supernova, killing the 6 billion inhabitants of Krypton in an instant, destroyed the planet. For a year, little Kal-El's ship sped through space, and reached our planet, Earth, and crash- landed outside Pallet. A young woman passing by saw the ship crash, and went to investigate. She was 21-year old Delia Ketchum. When she found little Kal-El in the ship, her motherly instincts took over, and she decided to adopt him, naming him "Ashton", or "Ash" for short. Young Ash didn't know of his origins, until one day, at the age of 5, he sneezed-and blew the leaves off a tree and the feathers of an entire flock of Pidgeot. Soon, he discovered his other powers-strength 100 times greater than that of Hercules, Samson, Gilgamesh and Finn McCool combined, X-Ray and heat vision, as well as the ability to see incredibly far distances at will, hearing so powerful he could hear a flea sucking the blood of a dog many miles away, the afore-mentioned breath that could even blow out a star, incredible running speed so fast that he could run 3000 miles in 10 minutes, invincibility, so that nothing could harm him, and finally, flight and the ability to leap so far and so high that he could jump from Nepal over Mt. Everest into Tibet. Despite the fact that she knew her young boy was not of this world, Delia was astonished at the young boy's abilities and turned to her college professor and old friend, Professor Samuel Oak for answers. Oak, who was usually a Pokemon researcher, agreed to do so, and discovered Ash's Kryptonian origins. When Ash turned nine, he had been greatly considering to become a Pokemon trainer for several years and was already fascinated with Pokemon, when he was told the truth: even though he was raised as a human, he was not one of them. He was Kal-El, the Last Son of Krypton. However, this still did not shatter his world. Instead, he remained, optimistic and decided to focus his efforts on becoming the greatest Pokemon Master of all time and to use his powers only for truth and justice. At the age of 12 he received his first Pokemon, a Pikachu that at first didn't like him, but eventually warmed up to Ash, and the two became good friends. Along the way, Ash met Misty Waterflower, a feisty, red-haired girl from Cerulean City who trained Water Pokemon-and whom Ash ended up falling in love with-and Brock Harrison, who wanted to become a Pokemon breeder. At 14, after conquering the Orange League, Ash decided to start using his powers, and became Superman, - although he hadn't come up with a name yet-the Man of Steel, a crusader for truth and justice. Yet he kept his public persona, the cocky, energetic and sometimes timid Ash Ketchum. And now, our story begins...