Pokemon:

Return of the Kanto League

Chapter 1: Old Memories, New Adventure!

Ash's Point of View

The Kalos League was over, and Pikachu and I went to Oak's lab, but there was one Pokemon who wanted something. I said hi and goodbye to all my Pokemon who I haven't seen in a while, and was on my Kalos journey. As I was leaving for home, a little grass type Pokemon followed me out. It finally tapped my foot to get my attention. I saw him for the first time since I left Kanto. "Hey buddy, what are you out here for? Aren't you supposed to be at Prof. Oak's?"

Prof. Oak was nearby and said, "It's been waiting for you since you left for Kalos. It wants to be with you again." I kneeled down to Bulbasaur and asked, "Is that true?" Bulbasaur nodded. I smiled and told Bulbasaur, "Well, Bulbasaur, welcome back!" I ran with Bulbasaur and Pikachu home to see my mom after a while. "Mom?" I called as I opened the door. "Hi honey! So happy your back!" Mom said, with Mr. Mime by her side, as usual. She looked at me, smiling.

"Oh! I have a surprise for you!" She said, as if she were very excited. I thought to myself, it is either food or a simple gift. She opened the door and I saw some people I hadn't seen in a long time, even years! On the right, there was a tall boy with a book, dark hair, and a green jacket. In the middle, there were two girls with almost the same height. They both had Pokemon on them. One was holding a small Pokemon, and the other with two big Pokemon behind her. Then, there was a boy who had grown since the last time I saw him, and gripped a small Pokemon in his arms.

"Surprise!" they all said in unison. I then realized the boy was Max, the tall boy was Tracey, and the girls were May and Misty. "Hey! What are you guys doing here?" "We came to visit! Did you win the League?" May was telling and asking me. "I got 2nd. Lost to a trainer with a Mega Charizard. Should've maybe brought mine and we would've had an extreme fight!" I was telling them. "You still did well though, Ash!" Max cheered. "Was it different than the others?" Tracey asked. "Yes! Mega Evolution was used a lot! I had a certain type of mega evolution Pokemon, but it left," I explained. Misty was surprisingly quiet. "Hey Mist, what's up with you?" I asked. She finally spoke, saying, "Same old, same old! Just some plain gym leading. I'm getting better, though. Oh, and I forgot something." She was hold a Marill now, which I assumed it evolved. She reached in her bag. I saw May's huge Blaziken and a Blastoise. I'm guessing your little Squirtle's all grown up, May!" I told her. "Yup, I randomly evolved during a battle too!" She said with excitement.

Then I turned a taller Max. He didn't have glasses anymore, so he looked a lot different. "Did you actually catch Jirachi, Max!?" I asked him. "Yeah! Now he'll always be awake! I'm a trainer now, like you!" he responded. "Good, I can't wait to battle," I told him. Misty was still looking for the surprise, so I decided to talk to Tracey after a long while. "How's working with Professor Oak?" I asked him. "Oh, it's been quite a job! Researching, examining, and discovering new things about Pokemon! I've also been travel through regions, too," he claimed. "It would've been cool if you caught up with me at least one point," I muttered. "Sorry about that Ash!" he said.

"Ash, I found it! Here," she said holding out a Pokeball. For a second, I hadn't noticed the changes of Misty, Tracey, or May. I looked at them for a second. May looked almost the same, except that she had different clothes. As did Misty, but she didn't have her hair up, and it was significantly longer. I realized I was also taller than the 2 girls, with Misty being taller than May. Tracey hadn't changed a bit besides his extensive growth spurt, which was now just as tall as Professor Oak himself. "Well, open it," Misty told me. I poked the button and out came Squirtle. I remembered this little guy from long ago. "I found him with the rest of the Squirtle Squad, and found out it was your Squirtle! It noticed me and wanted to return to you, so I said yes, so here he is" Misty explained. "Thank you Misty, thank you very much," I told her. Then I kneeled with Pikachu still hugging everyone. Pikachu climbed back and my shoulder, greeting Squirtle. "Hi, Squirtle! I haven't seen you since Hoenn!" I said. I rubbed his head like I used to. Bulbasaur greeted him with a Vine hive-five.

Mom came out and said, "I made lunch! Come inside guys!" "Whew, thanks, I'm starved from the journey," I said. May, Max, and Tracey laughed. Max said, "Same old Ash!" Even I started to laugh.+ "Yeah, same old Ash," Misty said quietly.

The five sat at the wooden table, where there was fresh food on the table. There was a lot too, specifically for 4 normal appetites, 5 Pokemon appetites, and one almost abnormally sized appetite, which belonged to me. Misty swallowed a couple bites of food and said, "People are going to be lined up at the gym tomorrow, but since this is Pokemon League season, my sisters took it, and so this is my vacation." "Wait, the Pokemon League's coming up?!" The two siblings and I said. "Oh boy" Tracey said. "What?" Misty asked. "I know what he's talking about, and I'm excited! Let's go on another Journey in Kanto!" Max declared, ecstatic. "I… don't know about that, I have gym leading, and Tracey's got research to do," Misty said, then sighing. Tracey smiled, "I can go, Professor Oak wouldn't mind a little outward research," Tracey informed the others, also excited, he then continued, "Misty, remember, your sisters are back! You can go, we'll figure something out."

I had to quickly come up with an idea, "Guys, let me prepare, I'll get new clothes and then we'll pick up some of my Pokemon from the lab, I'll have Max pick one of Prof. Oak's starters. Tracey, you confirm with Professor Oak. Misty, call your sisters to tell them you're going back on a journey with us. May, Max, call your father to tell him you're on a journey, too. We're going on a journey!" I informed them. They four nodded.

Misty turned on her PokeGear and called the gym. Daisy answered. "Hey Daisy, can you take care the gym for me for a while longer? I'm going on another journey!" They talked a while. As did May to her father. I came down the stairs with his oldest Pokemon outfit from my first journey. Misty laughed and said, "You look just like you did when we were traveling!" Misty and I laughed a bit more. The boys headed over to the lab. "Hey Professor Oak, Ash, some friends, and I are going on a journey, can I go and have Max pick a starter Pokemon? We're in kind of a hurry," Tracey asked the Professor. Prof. Oak responded, "Okay! You can go, but research while you're out. Now the boy." He pulled out three Pokemon; Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle.

Max chose Charmander because he thought no one else had one or its evolutions at the moment. I Had gone to pick my 3 other Pokemon, I picked Bayleef, Quilava, and Charizard. I told them, "It's good to see you guys again!"

We met up with the girls, and I asked, "Is everyone ready?" They all said, "Yes!" As we knew it, we were headed off to Viridian City. "Same old Ash…" Misty whispered to herself.

As we made our way out of Pallet Town, Tracey had remembered something. "Oh, guys! I have something we need to work on while we're on this journey," Tracey said. He pulled out a small potion, labeled: DE-EVOLUTION. "We need to find a wild evolved Pokemon, so we can test it on the Pokemon to de-evolve it. A third evolved Pokemon would be best," Tracey explained. "Why do you need to de-evolve a Pokemon?" Misty asked. Tracey basically started lecturing as we were walking, "Well, if a Pokemon evolves and it hasn't got enough training, trainers can use de-evolution to prepare. Not everyone has an Everstone, you know?" I smirked a little and joked, "If you had the stuff earlier, I could've prevented Charizard from setting me on fire!" Most of us laughed. "In fact, I have Charizard on me," I said. "Wait, what other Pokemon do you have?" Max asked. Pikachu jumped down from my shoulder.

"Pikapi!" he cheered. I threw all my Pokeballs out, and out came five Pokemon. "I have Pikachu, Squirtle, Bulbasaur, Charizard, Bayleef, and Quilava." Bayleef snuggled up on me, like it used to. They all gathered around me like another reunion. "Okay, Pokemon role call, who's got what?" Tracey asked, pulling out his sketchbook. He started drawing a huge bunch of Pokemon in front of us. From left to right, there was: Beautifly, Azumarill, Marill, Squirtle, Bulbasaur, Pikachu, Charmander, Bayleef, Quilava, Glaceon, Staryu, Starmie, Psyduck, Politoed, Gyarados, Venusaur, Charizard, Blastoise, and Jirachi. After the sketch, Tracey reached in his bag and pulled out a small tripod, and a camera. "Alright, everyone get in the picture," he said. Pikachu climbed on to my shoulder. The camera blinked three times, and we all said, "Cheese!" It was a great picture with a beautiful background of Viridian Forest.

I started speaking, "Alright guys! Let's get going! We got Gyms to battle! First, we need to go to Viridian, then we'll head to Pewter to battle and see an old friend…"

Author's Notes

Hi people of FanFiction! Just to let you know I'm NOT canceling Pokémon Gemstone, but this is just a little change in direction of the anime. Ash and his old friends return to Kanto to compete. In this fanfic, Alola isn't thought of yet. This isn't a side project, though, so I'll post some when I can.