Episode 9, A Larvitar is Born!

Episode 9 in my Fan Fiction series about the Pokémon journey of Ash and Angie. Involves some MorpheusShipping (Ash and Angie liking each other) so if you don't like that idea, stop reading here. The rest, I hope you enjoy this fan-fiction.

Our friends got up rather early today, even though Ash had protested strongly against it at first. But Tracey managed to convince him, saying the Rock Tunnel was pretty long, and surely they wanted to be out of it again before the end of the day. Still grumbling, Ash had also gotten dressed and picked up his gear. Not too long after that, they saw the entrance of the Rock Tunnel. They went in a few steps, then Ash suddenly stopped.

"It sure is dark in there," Ash said.

"Getting a bit scared, mister Pokémon Master?" Angie teased him. "The offer to hold my hand still stands."

"Nah, won't be needing that. I'm not scared of a little darkness," Ash said, acting tough.

"Still, it would help if we had a flashlight or something like that," Tracey remarked, trying to cut short a possible argument between Ash and Angie.

"I've got just the right thing for that. Shinx, come out!" Angie said. "Do Flash!"

Shinx obeyed and a bright light illuminated the cave.

"Way to go, Ange! .... and Shinx of course," Ash quickly added, since he knew Angie's Pokémon was sometimes just as inflammable as it's trainer.

"Guess you won't be needing to hold my hand then...," Angie said at a teasing tone, although she was also a bit disappointed, since she would have liked to hold hands with Ash.

They ventured further into the dark tunnels, that were not so dark any more because of the bright light Angie's Shinx emitted. Suddenly they heard a load roar.

"Wh...what was... that?" Angie asked with a slightly frightened voice.

"Getting the shivers, Angie?" Ash teased back, although he was also a bit worried about the sound they just heard.

"It came from that tunnel!" Tracey said, "shall we take a look?"

"Yeah, let's go, maybe there's someone or something in trouble!" Ash said. "Come on, Angie!" he continued as he took her by the hand and dragged her along.

"It's getting louder!" Tracey remarked, "we must be getting closer!"

They entered a large cave, with all kinds of weird looking rock formations on the ceiling and walls.

"Is...is that rock moving?" Angie said, still not feeling very comfortable here, although holding Ash's hand did help a little.

"Where?" Ash asked, but before he could get an answer to that question, "the rock" came rushing towards them.

"I's a Tyrannitar!" Tracey yelled, "and it looks like he is not so happy that we are here too!"

They wanted to run away, but the Tyrannitar attacked with Hyper Beam, and part of the ceiling came down, blocking their escape path. Angie held on to Ash, while he was looking around to find a way out of this sticky situation.

"There is no other way than to fight," Ash thought. "Buizel, come out and do Aqua Jet on Tyrannitar!"

The fast Water Pokémon hit the Tyrannitar head on, but with a swipe of one of it's claws, it simply wiped Buizel aside. Ash, Angie and Tracey braced themselves for the impact of another attack by Tyrannitar, but that didn't happen. The large Pokémon had stopped, and stood still, about ten meters from Ash. Then it came towards them again, but this time walking slowly. It stopped right in front of Ash, bent it's head down... and then began licking his face!

"Uuhuuhu, that tickles, stop it, please," Ash said.

The Tyrannitar looked into Ash's eyes, and then it hit him.

"Larvitar? Is it really you?" Ash said surprised.

The Tyrannitar nodded.

"Oh Larvitar! Great to see you buddy! You have grown a lot since we parted!" Ash said.

"Can you explain why you call that Tyrannitar a Larvitar, and why it was licking your face?" Angie wondered.

"Sure. On one of my journeys we met a Larvitar that was all alone. We took it with us for a while and helped it find a place where it could be safe. This Tyrannitar is that Larvitar, but it obviously has evolved since then," Ash explained.

"Oh, that's nice. Hi Larvitar." Angie said.

"Larvitar...or should I call you Tyrannitar now? Meet Angie, my girlfriend," Ash properly introduced her.

Now it was her turn to receive a friendly lick.

"Gee, thanks... I think," Angie said, while frantically looking for a tissue to wipe her face clean.

"And I believe you already know Tracey," Ash concluded his little introduction round.

Suddenly they heard another cry. Tyrannitar cried back in the direction it had come from, then turned around, and walked to a corner of the cave.

"Let's follow Larv... Tyrannitar," Ash said.

So they did, and in that corner they saw another Tyrannitar, this time a female. It was clear these two belonged together.

"Is that your mate?" Ash asked.

"Tar!" the large Pokémon answered affirmative, and then it started to cry big tears, along with the other Tyrannitar.

"What is it?" Ash wondered, "did you get hurt from that Aqua Jet from Buizel?"

"Pika...Pikachu!" Ash's little friend uttered, stepping forward.

Pikachu began talking with Tyrannitar, to find out what was the problem.

"Can you understand what is wrong with Tyrannitar?" Ash asked Pikachu.

"Pikapi.. Pi...pi.... pikachu," was the answer.

Then Pikachu tried to tell Ash with all kinds of signs and gestures what Tyrannitar had told. When it noticed Ash and his friends did not get the message, it grabbed a pencil out of Tracey's backpack.

"Hey, what are you going to do with that?!" Tracey said surprised.

"I think Pikachu is trying to draw something," Angie said as she saw Pikachu scratching on the ground with the pencil.

"Oh, that's just great. That pencil is ruined now," Tracey said, a bit annoyed.

"What is it you're drawing, Pikachu? Ash said, ignoring Tracey being upset over his broken pencil.

"Ash, look!" Angie yelled. "It's an egg!"

"Pikachu!" the yellow Pokémon said as if to indicate that Angie had guessed it right.

"Tyrannitar, is that your egg? Where is it? Did you lose it?" Ash asked.

"Tar..." the big Pokémon answered, as if it meant to confirm what Ash had said.

"Ash, come look over here, I've found something!" Tracey yelled.

"Isn't that a rose?" Angie asked. "Ash, that's so sweet of you, but next time don't hide it in a corner, okay?"

"That's not mine," Ash said, "why would I give you..."

He didn't finish that sentence since Angie looked at him with a face that clearly meant trouble for Ash.

"Eh...well... as I was saying, why would I give you a single rose, when you deserve at least a dozen?" he said to save the situation.

"Oh Ash...'"Angie said as her cheeks flushed red.

"Do we know someone who has a soft spot for roses? Besides Angie, I mean?" Tracey asked.

"Team Rocket!" all three said at the same time.

"That's right, James likes to carry a rose most of the time, and they sometimes leave one behind after they have stolen something. They must have taken the egg!" Ash said.

"Those crooks, they just don't know when to quit, now do they?" Angie said at an angry tone.

"You don't know half of it," Ash said, "I don't know any more how long they have been trying to steal Pikachu."

"The big question is, where did they go?" Tracey asked.

They explored the cave and suddenly noticed some tracks in the dusty soil.

"Those must be theirs. I see two normal footprints, and a pair of feet with claws. That must be Meowth," Tracey remarked.

"Let's follow them. Come on!" Ash yelled.

Our friends followed the tracks into another tunnel, followed by both Tyrannitar. Meanwhile, a bit further...

"James, be careful with that egg, will you!?" Jessie snapped at him.

"Yeah, we wouldn't want it to break and lose the chance to give this rare Pokémon to the boss," Meowth said.

"What kind of egg is it anyway?" James asked.

"That doesn't matter!" Jessie said, "I just know there is a very special, rare Pokémon inside, and that Pokémon is going to get us riches beyond our imagination," she added in her overconfident way.

"Aaaaah," James and Meowth said as they dreamed about what they would do with all that money.

"James! Watch out! You almost ran into that boulder and then our little money making egg will break!" Jessie shouted, bringing James back to reality. "And if that happens, I will break you!" she added as a threat.

James almost dropped the egg because of Jessie's harsh words but managed to regain his cool just in time.

It was already past noon, when the three villains reached the exit of the Rock Tunnel.

"Daylight, at last! No more darkness," James said, happy to be outside again.

"Stop complaining, there is nothing wrong with the light inside those tunnels." Meowth said.

"Well, not all of us have eyes that can see so well in the dark as you can, you know," James replied, irritated.

"How about you two stop bickering, and make me some lunch?" Jessie said in her diva-like way. "Then I can take a rest from all that hard work."

"Hard work? What hard work?" James and Meowth said together.

"Well, someone had to make sure we didn't get lost in there. That's a big responsibility," Jessie said, as she closed her eyes to take a little nap.

"James do this! James do that! It's always the same," James whispered sadly. "Oh well, better do what Jessie said."

"Hold it right there, Team Rocket!" Ash shouted.

"Uh..oh.. twerps!" James yelled.

"Go away! Can't you see I'm taking a beauty nap?" Jessie said annoyed.

"Well, you can certainly use one," Angie said.

"What!?" Jessie said, now fully awake. "That does it! Seviper! Poison Sting!"

"No way!" Angie yelled, "Shinx, do Spark!"

Jessie's Seviper was shivering as the electrical charge of Shinx stopped it in it's tracks.

"Carnivine! Come out and do Bullet Seed!" James commanded.

"Hey, two against one. That's not fair!" Angie shouted as her Shinx was hit by this second attacker.

"Get used to it, twerpette!" Jessie said scornfully, "we don't play fair! Now Seviper, do Haze!"

Soon a thick smoke covered Ash and his friends.

"Staravia! Blow the smoke away with your wings!" Ash commanded.

As the smoke cleared, they saw Team Rocket take off in their, this time egg-shaped, balloon.

"Bye bye now!" Jessie said teasingly.

"Give that egg back. It doesn't belong to you!" Ash shouted.

"That's strange. James, do you see a name on this egg?" Jessie asked

"Well no, Jessie, I don't see one either," James replied.

"I guess that means that this was nobody's egg, so now it's our egg. Hahahahaaa," Jessie laughed.

"Grrrrr... I can't let them get away with Tyrannitar's egg like that!" Ash grumbled. "Pikachu, do..."

"Ash, no! The egg may also get hit if Pikachu uses Thunderbolt!" Tracey warned him.

"What then?" Ash said almost in despair.

"I know something,"Angie said. "Cover your eyes, all of you, and let your Pokémon do the same."

"But why...?" Ash asked.

"Just do it, trust me!" Angie replied.

"Okay," Ash obeyed.

"Shinx, do Flash at full power at Team Rocket's balloon!"

Angie's Shinx emitted a bright light, that instantly blinded James, Jessie and Meowth.

"I can't see anything!" James complained as the egg slipped through his fingers.

"The egg, it is falling!" Angie yelled.

"Pikachu, jump on Buizel's back! Buizel, use Aqua Jet to get Pikachu close enough to catch the egg!" Hurry!" Ash commanded.

Buizel blasted away, Pikachu clinging on to him. They closed in on the falling egg and...

"Pikachu!" the little Pokémon cried in joy, while holding the undamaged egg close to it's chest, and using it's other arm to hang on to Buizel.

"Nice work, both of you!" Ash said as he received the egg back from Pikachu.

"Hey, that's our egg!" Jessie yelled.

"Do you see a name on it, Angie?" Ash said.

"Well no, Ash," Angie replied.

"I guess this means that it was nobody's egg then, and now it's our egg," Ash laughed.

"Why you! I hate it when they use our lines against us!" Jessie grumbled.

"Now, Pikachu, they are all yours, little buddy," Ash said.

But the Tyrannitar that Ash once knew as a Larvitar, stepped forward, and stretched out a paw, looking like it wanted to stop Pikachu.

"I think that Tyrannitar wants to give Team Rocket what they deserve. Are you okay with that, Pikachu?" Ash asked.

"Pikapika," Pikachu said as it stepped aside.

Tyrannitar did a very powerful Hyper Beam, causing Team Rocket's balloon to explode and it's passengers to fly up high.

"Team Rocket is blasting away again!" the three villains said together.

"Well, they have surely gotten what was coming their way," Angie said.

"Yeah, but I'm afraid they will be back," Tracey added.

"And we will be ready for them, as always," Ash said with much confidence in his voice.

Ash returned the egg to it's happy parents. The two large Pokémon cherished it and thanked Ash with a few friendly licks. But suddenly the egg began to glow.

"Is that...?" Ash wondered.

"It is going to hatch!" Angie yelled, anxious.

Angie was right. She had quite some experience with Pokémon eggs because of her work at her parent's daycare, and immediately recognized what this glowing meant. The glowing got brighter, and the shell cracked. Then the shell was split in two halves, and a Larvitar appeared!

"Ahhh, isn't it cute?" Angie remarked.

"Congratulations, mum and dad!" Ash said to the two Tyrannitar.

The baby Larvitar was carefully lifted up by it's parents, and got it's first hug. Then the new family came to say goodbye to Ash and his friends again.

"Take good care of that family of yours, Larvi.... eh... Tyrannitar," Ash said as he waved them goodbye.

"Now that was sure a pretty picture." Tracey said, as he finished a quick sketch he was making of the Tyrannitar and their offspring. "Speaking of which, I happen to have something for you two."

"For us?" Ash and Angie said at the same time, both very surprised.

Tracey searched his backpack for a moment, and took out the little cylinder in which he had kept a drawing of Ash and Angie, he had made on board of the boat that took them to Kanto. It showed Ash and Angie sitting side by side as they watched the sunset that evening.

"I've been meaning to give it to you earlier, but I never got the chance with all the action that was going on, or you two guys bickering with each other," Tracey explained.

"It's beautiful," Angie said while her eyes looked dreamily. "Don't you think so, Ash?"

"Yeah, it is. The sea, and that sky, very nice drawing, Tracey," Ash said, pretending to be unaware that Angie was mostly referring to them sitting cozy side by side on that drawing.

"Ash Ketchum! Sometimes you can be so unromantic!" Angie yelled.

"Oh really? Well, to prove you wrong, here's something for you," Ash said, as he gave her the rose they found in the cave earlier, which Ash had kept with him since then.

"Thank you," Angie said, as her features softened, "but you still owe me the other eleven roses you promised me," she said, as she tried to make her face look dead serious again.

They looked silently at each other for a while, then both started to smile, a little at first, and the next moment they were laughing out loud at each other. After that, they took each other's hand, and walked along with Tracey in the direction of Lavender Town, hoping to get there before dark would set in.

My twelfth fan-fiction story. I apologize for any typing errors, or grammatically not 100% correct sentences. Remember, I am not a native English speaker or writer. I tried to make this story as close to the Pokemon series as possible, so that the characters will react roughly the same in this fictional story as they do in the series. Comments are always welcome, you can use the review function on this FanFiction site for that.

Disclaimer: I do not own or claim to own any trademarks of Pokémon. Any similarities to the works of others is purely accidental, and not meant as an infringement on anyone's achievements.