Heh, I don't care for the whole Nurse Joy/Officer Jenny thing, but you're a fan of the anime, so whatever.

200 pokémon, eh? It's my opinion that trainers would only be capturing the pokémon the like and/or know they'll use, since they have more important things to spend money on... but that's my sense of realism again.

It's difficult enough to swim in clothing, but with shoes and a cloak as well, Keria should have been dragged down to the bottom, not to mention the fact that the water would have been absolutely frigid. So I'm not sure if the whole falling into water and swimming around part of it was feasiD

Oh yeah... you've referred to the pokémon as "it" so far in the narration... I think they should be referred to with gender-specific pronouns if their gender is known, but that's opinion again.

But anyway, this 'fic looks great so far! And the chapters are all long and awesome. ^^ Do continue!

Hmm! Looks good so far. LONG chapter.

This is a personal preference, but I really hate when 'fics talk about how Ash was the greatest legend ever and all that... in my opinion he really isn't that amazing. But, like I said, personal preference.

Your prose is excellent, except for a typo here and there (for instance, you called her Cascata before she introduced herself).

Heh, the old "parent won't let child go out and be a pokémon trainer" scenario... but the reason behind it is plausible, so I'll let that slide.

Heh, there's a definite connection between Cascata and Flip, but how old are they?

I'd suggest that you watch out for unusual names that shorten to something more conventional (Cascata to Cassie) since they're one of the more common Mary-Sue features.

When it was revealed that Flip had a special dratini, my Mary-Sue detectors went off, but there's a plausible reason for him having it, so I'll let that slide. And him having a pichu when they're supposed to be rare is a little iffy as well, (not to mention that it feels a little anime-inspired) but you're not making it easy for Flip to gain its trust, so that's not as bad as it could be. =D

It's nice to see a trainer with a starter that isn't charmander now and again, let me tell you... xD

I have a preference for more realistic fiction, so from that viewpoint, all the shocks from pichu should be really dangerous, but this seems to be borrowing pretty heavily from the anime so far, so...

And on a final note, it's my opinion that pokémon names, the word pokémon, item names and attack names shouldn't be capitalized, since they really wouldn't be unusual or otherwise requiring the proper noun status for people in the pokémon world. Just a suggestion though. =D

So in conclusion, this doesn't suck so far. =D *goes off to read other chapters*