Professor Oak Sold My Starter Pokemon To A Rich Kid, Not Knowing I Had Taught Myself Aura At Age 4

Summary

A medical student dies in a truck accident just before graduation and meets a god who admits he was killed by mistake. Given a second chance in a punishing, mash-up Pokémon world, he spins for perks: exceptional Pokémon-training knowledge, an upgraded Pokédex, and a pocket dimension. He’s reborn as Ash Ketchum—with an adult mind, a promise to never abandon a teammate, and a plan to become a champion rather than repeat the familiar cycle of Ash’s setbacks.

Childhood and Training

Ash starts training Aura as a baby, gradually learning to sense emotions and heal. At four, he sneaks into the library and discovers the journal of Sir Aaron, the long-dead Aura Guardian. By letting Aura flow through the book, he unlocks Aaron’s lessons and gains a real teacher at last.

At school, Ash studies Pokémon care, battles, medicine, and evolution. His classmates include Gary, Blue, Wally, Yellow, and kids from across the regions. The running joke is that Ash treats childhood like another medical degree—taking notes, asking questions, and figuring out rules nobody else has bothered to investigate.

At seven, Ash saves a Pichu and a baby Kangaskhan from a fall, with help from the mysterious Mew. The Pichu later sneaks into his bedroom for berries—and becomes devoted to ketchup. Ash lets it choose whether to join him, and it does. Their bond becomes the heart of his team. After a year of training, Pichu evolves into Pikachu during a dramatic battle with Gary’s Eevee. Gary’s rivalry with Ash stays affectionate, though he’s often left fuming, losing money, or pretending he isn’t impressed.

Setting Out on His Journey

On Ash’s tenth birthday, Professor Oak has a starter Pokémon waiting—except the Poké Ball is empty. Oak admits a rich kid, Damian, arrived first and his father paid to reserve the Charmander. Ash is furious, but stops Pikachu from electrocuting Oak and accepts his apology with a warning: he’ll remind Oak about it until he makes things right.

Ash heads out with Pikachu, soon catching a fierce Spearow and meeting Misty. His upgraded Pokédex can reveal Pokémon’s abilities and even some of their future traits, helping him build an unusually effective team.

Early Adventures and New Companions

The journey quickly turns into a string of oddball adventures and hard-fought wins. Ash earns the Boulder Badge from Brock after outthinking his Rock-type team, then helps Brock reconnect with his estranged father and younger siblings. Brock joins the group—and keeps proposing to Nurse Joy, who rejects him with practiced ease.

In Cerulean, Ash beats Misty and her sisters for the Cascade Badge. Misty joins too, after the team discovers her sisters’ glamorous hair is largely wigs. Meanwhile, Team Rocket repeatedly turns up to steal Pokémon, performing its elaborate motto even when everyone else is already fighting. Ash and Gary’s bet over a Pokémon Center robbery ends with Gary handing over a thousand League dollars.

At Mount Moon, the group uncovers Team Rocket’s illegal mining operation. Ash’s Pokémon, Yellow, Brock, and an excitable scientist named Seymour take down the grunts and wreck the drills. In the aftermath, the Clefairy reveal a hidden moonstone cavern, dance beneath a shaft of moonlight, and evolve together.

Later, Ash travels to a refuge for abandoned Pokémon, where he earns the trust of a guarded Bulbasaur, and to a town threatened by a Squirtle gang. After the Squirtles help fight a Team Rocket fire, their leader chooses to join Ash. Ash also befriends a shiny Weedle, catches a Poliwag, and builds a growing roster with carefully planned training.

Charmander Returns

The missing Charmander finally returns to the story on the rainy rock where Damian abandoned it. Ash finds it weak, treats it, and gives it the choice to join him. It agrees. When Damian later apologizes, Charmander decides for itself whether to forgive him.

Ash now has all three Kanto starters—Bulbasaur, Squirtle, and Charmander—and jokes that Oak sold his starter only for the rain to give it back. Charmander proves its strength in a tournament, evolving into Charmeleon and defeating Damian’s Ninetales.

The Mountain Mystery

The journey then climbs into the mountains, where Ash’s rainbow feather draws the legendary beasts and the shadow Pokémon Marshadow. Cross, a cruel trainer Ash has clashed with before, becomes entangled in the conflict. A possessed Pokémon horde attacks, and Charmander evolves again into Charizard.

Ho-Oh appears after the battle, heals the group, and gives Ash a ring made from two feathers. Ash has no idea what the ring means—but it won’t come off. He ends the story flying toward Vermilion on Charizard, bound for a cruise carrying the Elite Four, with a new mystery already waiting.

Key Characters

Ash, Pikachu, Professor Oak, Delia, Gary, Blue, Brock, Misty, Yellow, Wally, Serena, Goh, Damian, Cross, Sorrel, Verity, Lucario, Ho-Oh, Marshadow, Jessie, James, Meowth, Cassidy, and Butch.