Pocket Woman
Part 1

Note:
Ash - 18
Brock - 22
Pikachu - female, not a hermaphrodite...just for now, okay?  ^_^;;

Background: Ash started his travels as per anime however, he never met Misty.  She never existed, no 4th sensational sister, no fiery redhead to bug Ash in  his travels. So Misty doesn't exist..........or does she??
Ash traveled with Brock, Tracey, and several friends he met in his travels.  He has become a Pokémon Master but not the greatest. He has seen friends come  and go, been in life threatening situations, done incredible deeds, and  through all this his Pikachu has been with him ever since that fateful day of  meeting. Now 8 years after the start of his journey he is once again heading  home, through the Viridian Forest, for some rest with his friend Brock...
"Sigh...."
"Hey don't worry about it man. There are always other fish in the sea. She  just wasn't for you."
"You know you've said that every time I've lost a girlfriend!"
"Yeah so? If you don't succeed try, try again."
"Brock......", Ash said in a long suffering tone. "What would you know about  KEEPING a girlfriend?"
Brock looked down and then shrugged. "Well, Susie still likes me....."
Yeah, I keep forgetting that...but didn't she slap you last time for saying  that she........." Ash asked.
"Pika! Pika! Pika!" Pikachu laughed.
Brock glared at both boy and pokémon. " Oh shut up!.........she'll forgive  me....like the many other times...........I hope..."
Ash laughed patting Brock on the back. "Heh you got lucky to actually find a female who understands you huh? And it only took you what.....the entire 8 plus years that I've know you?"
"Pikachu chu chu pi pika."
"Very funny you two." Brock looked down again and sulked for a few seconds,  then when he looked up. "Hey we're at Pallet already. So did you want to go home first or go visit Professor Oak?"
Ash scratched his head and thought for a sec. "Lets go see Prof. Oak first.  It's only 1 o'clock and I told my mom I'd be home this evening." He smirked  and nudged Brock. "Who knows maybe May is there visiting also."
Brock's eye's lit up (if they can....with those slits it's hard to tell) and  with a gleefully "MAY!" he ran full speed towards Professor Oak's lab.
Ash shook his head. "He'll never change huh Pikachu?"
"Pika" she said, shaking her head.
Seeing that the door was already open, from Brock's entrance, Ash walked in  to visit his old mentor. Upon walking in Ash noticed that the lab hadn't  changed much.....aside from a 22 years old boy attempting to hit on his rival's sister. Ash shook his head again and managed to look up just in time not to bump into Professor Oak.
"Oh, hello Ash, and how have you been?" Prof. Oak was sitting at his desk, as usual, studying a Thunder and a Moon stone. He seemed quite interested in the two stones.
"Ok, I guess." Ash shrugged. He had never really been interested in the evolution stones since he never made his Pokémon evolve unless they wanted to. "What's the latest in your studies this time Professor?"
Oak's eyes lit up as he turned to face the young man. "Oh Ash I think I've finally figured out how the Moon stone works!" He held up the stone in question and waved it around gleefully.  Seeing the boys' lack of interest Oak began to explain knowing that Ash would listen anyway.
"You see the Moon stone has been the most mysterious of the evolutions stones  ever since it was discovered. While scientists have figured out how the other  stones have worked, no one has ever been able to understand how the odd properties of the moon stone make Pokémon evolve.  But now...."
"Let me guess, you know how it works?" Ash said with little interest.
Oak gave a look to reprimand the boy for not understanding. "Yes Ash you are right. Using the water, thunder, fire, and leaf stones with the moon stone I've gotten it to react in different ways.......do you know what this means my boy?"
Ash shook his head in that dense I-have-no-clue way that we know and love.
"It means, my boy, that using the moon stone with the other four stones some Pokémon may have another type of evolution! That means new Pokémon!!"  The idea made Oak jump up in down in joy.
"So what new Pokémon are there so far?" This said from Brock who, as a breeder, had become interested in the speech....that and May had given him a nice slap to ward off his advances.
Oak grabbed the thunder and moon stones and carried them over to a nearby machine.  "I haven't tried using the new moon stones yet Brock. I still have yet to try the thunder and moon stone together. Which I will do now."
"PIKACU PIKA PIKAPI!" Pikachu didn't seem to happy with Oak's choice of stones.
Ash stroked her fur gently. "It's ok Pikachu. He's just experimenting. Professor Oak won't use you as a test subject." He said reassuringly.
"Pika..." she said not quite convinced. She hopped up from Ash's arms and snuggled into his neck on his shoulder.
Oak had set the two stones on the machine and fiddled with both till he had them placed just right. "May would you please flip the switch over there for me?"
"Can do." May replied as she walked over and flipped the power on for her grandfather's stone machine.
The machine hummed to life and began to shoot a small lazer into each of the stones. Both stones began to glow a bright yellow-gray.
"Hmmmm interesting." Oak said as he started to scribble down notes.
"Uhh Professor... is that suppose to happen." Ash asked fearfully as he began to back away from the machine which was now giving off blue sparks.
"Huh?" Prof. Oak turned to look at Ash then at the machine. "Oh my how interesting............"
The machine began to give out more and more sparks and soon began to rattle and shake.
"May turn the machine off NOW!" Oak yelled.
May quickly flipped the switch off. Then on. Then off. On. Off. On. Off. "It's not working" She screamed.
"EVERYBODY LOOK OUT!" Ash began to run away before the machine exploded. The others followed but they weren't fast enough.
The machine exploded with a great puff of smoke and the two stones, now glowing a rainbow of colors, shot out of the smoke and began to bounce off the walls of the lab. The humans and Pokémon all scrambled around doing their best to dodge the stones.
"PIKA PI!!!!" Pikachu screamed as the thunder stone headed right towards her.
"Pikachu look out!" Ash cried out.
The thunder stone looked as if it was about to hit Pikachu when the moon stone suddenly hit it, sending the thunder stone off towards the stone machine. The moon stone few by Pikachu by a few inches and rebounded off the wall behind her. The stone flew back towards Pikachu slamming into her and sending her flying towards the stone machine and thunder stone.
"PIKACHU NOOOOOOO!!!!!!"
"PIKAAAAAAAAAAAAAPIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!"
Pikachu flew into the machine and stone and began to glow as she came into contact with the thunder stone. The stone machine then choose to explode engulfing the Pokémon. Pikachu screamed as a rainbow of lights came flooding from the machines' direction.
"GOLBAT use whirlwind!" Brock had released his Pokémon during the chaos.
"GOLBAT GOL!" the large bat Pokémon quickly blew away smoke and was returned to its pokéball once it had finished.
As the smoke cleared Pikachu was no longer there....in her place was a naked redheaded girl, about Ash's age, who was curled into a tight ball. She looked like as if she had tried to use reflect to cover her body and protect her from the blast.
"Pikachu??" Ash said worried.
"Pikapi?" the girl said. She raised her head, looking up straight into Ash's eyes.
Ash was stunned to see a pair of deep blue eyes stare at him rather than the old yellowish ones he was so used to seeing. He managed to tear his gaze away from the girl to look at Prof. Oak. "Prof. Oak....what happened?!"
Oak rubbed his chin in thought as her looked at the trembling girl who had not 5 minutes ago been a small yellow electric pokémon. "hmmm oh my how interesting..."
"IS THAT ALL YOU CAN SAY!!!!!!!" Ash did not seem happy. He took a minute to calm down and then taking off his jacket he walked over and placed in upon the terrified redhead.  He looked back at Professor Oak "So what happened to her???
"I haven't the foggiest" he shrugged. Oak rubbed his chin for a sec. "May?  Why don't you take her up stairs and get her cleaned up."
"Umm can do." she said, her voice a little shaky as this was something she had never experienced before. May walked over to Pikachu and offered the redhead her hand. "Come on dear lets go get you cleaned up."
"Pikachu! Pika Pika, Pikapi?" The redhead was confused as she looked from Ash to May and to Ash again.
"It's ok Pikachu, go with May, she'll help you." Ash said in the reassuring tone that always seemed to clam her down.
"Pi..." Pikachu allowed her self to be led off by May.
The men watched the two women walk off. Pikachu kept looking over her shoulder at Ash until they rounded the corner. Ash watched them go, a confused look on his face, as Brock turned towards Oak.
"So what did happen?" Brock looked just as confused as Ash
"Like I said I haven't the foggiest.....perhaps if we replay what happened."
Both boys had a sudden look of fear in their eyes.
"Role playing of course...not for real!" the Professor said quickly to calm the boys down.
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"So your saying that the thunder stone triggered an evolution to happen and the moon stone combined with the energy given off from the stone machine fiddled with her DNA and caused her to evolve into a human?" Ash sounded sarcastic.
"Pretty much." Oak shrugged.
"Sounds like a good explanation to me." Brock replied.
Ash glared at him. "Your not helping."
Before Brock cold say anything else May made her presence known.  "Ahem......may I present ....Pikachu!"
As the men turned to look, May stepped aside to reveal Pikachu. Ash was stunned. Before him stood probably the most beautiful woman he had ever seen in his life. Pikachu stood before the men blushing and looking down. She was dressed in blue jeans with suspenders covering a yellow shirt that left just an inch of her skin showing. Her long orange-red hair was pulled back into a ponytail and as she looked up Ash was greeted with a pair of blue eyes that seem to sparkle like the stars.(insert authors evil laugh here)
"Pikachu......is it really you??" Ash said in disbelief.
"Pikachu pikapi" the redhead nodded.
Ash just stood there taking in the site of his first pokémon. He just couldn't believe Pikachu was now a.....human. He had no idea on how to treat her now.
"Umm.....er...." said Ash.
May gave him a look. "Well Ash you did such a good job of taking care as a pokémon and look how she turned out. So how do you feel about raising your first human?"
"Umm....er..." was the only response she got.
May gave him a grin like a Cheshire cat. "Well grandfather did you figure out what was wrong."
Oak blinked. "Well yes and no. I'll need a sample of Pikachu's blood to see what changed in her DNA."
Pikachu walked over and let Prof. Oak take a bit of her blood. After obtaining the sample Prof. Oak spoke. "Ash this is going to take me a while to analyze and figure out  a way to turn her back...if that can even be done. Why don't you three go home and rest for a few days....I'll call and tell you want I find out." His tone was final, meaning Ash was not to argue.
"Sigh...ok Professor....come on Pikachu, Brock....lets head for home."
Pikachu bounded happily after Ash and Brock as they left the lab.
While walking home Brock had let out vulpix who had needed a stretch. The little fire fox  pokémon was currently having a conversation with Pikachu trying to understand what had happened.
"Vul vulpix vulpix pix pix?"
"Pika pika pi chu pikachu.......pikapi chu chu..."
Brock took a look at Pikachu. "Gee Ash you did such a good job of raising Pikachu that.....wow just look at her........hey why don't you train my vulpix a little...then we can turn her into and human and ohhh yeahhhhh..." Brock drooled at the idea of another hot looking redhead in the group. However his thoughts were also heard by the two pokémon...er human
"PIKACHU!"
"VULPIX!"
Pikachu had pullet out a mallet and knocked Brock across the head while Vulpix toasted Brock's' bottom.
"Umm never mind Ash I changed my mind..." Brock laid on the ground his butt burned and bells ringing in his head.
Ash just shook his head at his friend. "He'll never learn." he said to the sky. "Where did she get the mallet.......?"

To Be Continued!