Chapter 1

Ash Ketchum, along with his trusted partner, Pikachu, was walking down a path in Kanto. Seeing Charizard and a Butterfree again had made him miss his previous Kanto Pokemon. He had wondered how they all were and had decided to take a break from gym battles and travel back to Kanto, Iris and Cilan had understood and let him do so. Ash also missed the friends he had made in Kanto. His first ever travelling companions. Pikachu's ears perked up in happiness.

"Pika!" It exclaimed.

"What is it, buddy?" Ash asked, looking at his partner.

Then he saw it. In front of him was a beautiful city, surrounded in blue. It had a large waterfall in the centre, it was just above the bike shop. The bike shop he knew all too well.

"Is that who I think it is?! It can't be!"

And there was a voice he knew all too well. Ash and Pikachu turned to look towards this city's gym and there she was. The redhead whose bike he stole when they first met. She was wearing a long blue robe over some light blue bathers, her hair brushed down to her shoulders.

"Misty!" Ash exclaimed, running up to her.

"Pika!" Pikachu shouted in unison as it jumped onto Misty's shoulders.

"It's been so long!" Misty said as she gave Pikachu a rub on the head, "What are you doing back here?"

"Charizard came back to me in Unova, and then I saw a Butterfree and it reminded me of my Kanto Pokemon, "Ash explained, " I thought I'd come back for a bit to see how they all are doing!"

"You always did have such a strong bond with your Pokemon" Misty recalled, as Pikachu hopped back onto Ash's shoulder, "Come into the Gym and I'll show you how much it's changed!"

Just as they were about to enter the Gym, a tall mechanical Salamence stepped into the city known as Cerulean City and faced the three friends.

"Is that a-?" Misty asked, as Ash pulled out his Pokedex.

"Salamence. The evolved form of Shelgon, and a Dragon type Pokemon. It becomes uncontrollable if it is enraged. It destroys everything with shredding claws and fire" The Pokedex stated.

"That doesn't sound good.." Misty stated.

"Don't worry, Misty! " Ash said, stepping in front of her, "We won't let it destroy Cerulean City!"

"Pika!" Pikachu said in fierceness, jumping down off Ash's shoulder, ready to fight.

The Salamence opened it's mouth and...began laughing hysterically. Ash, Pikachu and Misty looked at it in confusion.

"Oh, how delusional twerps can be" The Salamence said in a female's voice.

"Even more when there's three" This time, a male's voice.

"And you know they should really flee" Another male voice, this time a bit rough.

"Those voices..." Misty began to realise.

"Well, well, well, Misty" Said the second voice as a stage opened up from the Salamence's head to reveal two people, a man and a woman, and a Pokemon, standing on it.

"It's been far too long, hasn't it?" The female said.

"Team Rocket!" Ash exclaimed.

"Bringing the blinding white light of the evil into the future!" The woman, who had long purple hair began.

"Thrusting the hammer of justice down onto the black darkness of the universe!" The man with shoulder length blonde hair chimed in.

"And carving our names in the rock of eternity!" The Pokemon this time.

"The fiery destroyer, Jessie!" The woman continued.

"And with thunderous emotion, I am James!" The man kept it going.

"Wisest of the wise, Meowth!" The Pokemon stated.

"Bow down together, under the name of Team Rocket!" The three of them said in unison.

"Well, at least their motto improved" Misty said.

"Why did you follow me back here?!" Ash asked.

"Why else, twerp!" James replied.

"So we can catch Pikachu!" Meowth said, jumping down from the stage and in front of Pikachu.

"Are you serious? There are so many new Pokemon out there and you still want Pikachu?!" Misty exclaimed.

"We never said we were finished, did we?" Jessie asked, looking at Ash, completely ignoring Misty's comment.

"You keep coming after us and we keep beating you!" Ash said, "There's no way you can catch him!"

"Oh, really?!" Meowth asked, pulling out a control with a red button, about to press it.

"Pikachu, quick attack!" Ash ordered.

Meowth darted his head from side to side as he saw Pikachu rushing towards him. He took steps back, trying to find a way to dodge the attack.

"Meowth, be careful!" Jessie hollered.

But it was no use, he couldn't hear her from down there.

"Keep at it, buddy!" Ash encouraged his yellow pal.

"Meowth, you're going to-" James started to say.

But it was no use. Meowth fell back, slamming his head into the mechanical Salamence, his paw accidentally hitting the red button on the control as Pikachu slammed into him.

"Now, Pikachu, thunderbolt!" Ash ordered.

Before Pikachu had time to recover itself from the slam into Meowth, it let loose a huge thundershock onto him, which surged through the mechanical Salamence. There was a loud boom and the Salamence fell to pieces, Jessie and James falling on top of it. The two members of Team Rocket stood up, dusting off their uniforms.

"Nice work, Pikachu" Ash complimented his buddy as usual.

But there was no response.

"Pikachu?" Ash asked, looking around.

"Where is it, Ash?" Misty asked.

"Meowth's gone aswell!" Jessie stated as she and James began looking around.

"Meowth!" Jessie and James called.

"Pikachu!" Ash and Misty called in unison.

But there was no answer from either Pokemon.