After taking a good look around he started coming up with a good work out plan. He knew based on his feelings that he had to be strong if he was going to survive just based off his buddy Storm. They went to the field and started making a camp. Bash told Storm to get some rest as they will start their training in the morning.
Bash was awoke with a giant sandpaper tongue to the face. Waking up with a startle he jumped up and saw Storm there with a smug look on his face. "Damn Storm in both lifes you have horrible breath hahaha" Storm pounced on Bash and started licking his face again as payback.
S-"Is this any better? Oh I know… It must be because before I woke you up I spent 5 minutes licking my own ass"
B-"That's horrible how can you do that to me"
After a few minutes of getting his bearing again, he remembered that was told that he had food in his storage bracelet. He was thinking about the food in the bracelet and then a pile of food just showed up in front of him. "I need to get better at using this." He looked at the pile and it looked like a giant pile of flatbread. Bash grabbed a few pieces and took a bite of one. It tasted like a protein bar, "this is going to get old really fast, Hey Storm have a bite." Tossing a bun to Storm he just opened his mouth and swallowed it hole, not making any face but indifference. Thinking about store the food in his bracelet the food vanished again. This time he only thought of a single piece and a single piece appeared. "Now that I have that figured out lets start running" Bash figured since he was in a world that was dominated by animals he would have to be very strong and quick. Taking off running toward the forest he started sprinting through the woods. He started training working on speed, endurance, reflexes and strength. Naturally Storm was right by his side doing the same. They stayed in the area for months training. During this time Bash made a few improvised weapons, Some daggers from some basic wood and stones. He was trained in close range combat in his previous life while serving in the military.
Half a year has passed since he came to this new world and still wasn't able to make it down the cliff face. It was pretty much a strait drop minus the few cracks that appeared every so often. He could see pokemon flying above the woods. He knew they were the basic low level pokemon that were around Ash's hometown. He noticed Pidgeys, Butterfrees and the occasional Spearow. The Pokemon for some reason would never get to close the cave entrance. They would see Bash standing at the entrance and fly at him about to attack but when they would get close, they would turn around and flee as if scared to death. Bash couldn't figure it out and just guessed it was a gift from the MFVO. He would come to look out over the forest a few times a day waiting for the day he was able to get out of this hole.
During the next year of training he drastically improved his strength and fitness. During this time in training he found a wall on the back side of the cave that looked almost identical to the cliff on the outside of the cave. He would practice climbing the wall. To be honest, Bash was going a little bit stir crazy. Over the past year and a half Storm had dropped a bit of its fat and toned up and looked more like an actual predator as opposed to the previous obese 600lbs house cat. Storm had razor sharp claws that could During this time, they also found out that Bash shared some of Storms abilities. Storm was able to blend into shadows and could do mental attacks that he would do to Bash during training. Bash could also blend into shadows but not move like Storm. He could also some physic abilities, but they weren't nearly as powerful as Storm's. His mental attacks seemed more passive and seemed to change moods more than anything else.
Once Bash was able to climb the wall with no issues, he started getting ready to leave this cave. Although he had some clues as which way to go once he left the cave. He had noticed that in a certain area of the forest had fewer trees. It was as if they were getting cleared out. This was a few miles away and would be a pain in the ass going through all the pokemon. He decided to head out the next morning after a good night's rest. He was looking forward to not eating this damn bread anymore.
The next morning he was awakened again by the giant tongue alarm clock. Bash was awake but just relaxing and naturally Storm would great him the same way. With a lick to the face. After sending everything into his bracelet he made his way to entrance of the cave. He looked down and could see no pokemon around or in the air, so he started his descent. It took Bash nearly 2 hours to get down the strait cliff and by the time he got to the bottom his arms were killing him. He called Storm out of the bracelet, so he had some support. He noticed that there was a lot of movement coming from the waist high grass was moving and something was heading at him fast. Storm started growling and told Bash "there are 2 pokemon coming at us, get ready" Bash looked at Storm and pulled out his 2 makeshift knives. Bash crouched down and moved to the side of Storm and got ready to attack. The movement stopped about 10 feet from them. Neither Bash or Storm could see which pokemon were out there. Storm got ready to pounce and told Bash "I'm going to take one out." At that point before Bash could say anything Storm vanished and shot through grass. Bash heard a high pitch squill and Storm growling. The grass started moving fast and it split and a rat the size of a medium size dog came out of the grass. It was staring straight at Bash and leapt at him. Bash turned sideways and the rat flew right past his chest. Bash had stuck the rat the knife he had in his right hand as he flew by. The rat landed 6 feet behind Bash with the knife sticking out of his guy. Bash realized this wouldn't kill it fast and got ready to receive another attack. Then Bash sensed Storm running at him from behind and ducked down. Storm flew over Bash and landed on the rat. The rat squealed loud enough to cause Bash to close his eyes and cover his ears.