Back with another chapter! Last one seemed to sit pretty well with the readers. I just wanted to clear something up. Ash is Red. Red is a nickname for Ash. Some people PM'd me, confused. Sorry if you guys thought that 3 days would be a normal update time, but it isn't. I just had a lot of time to work on the story since I was home with the flu. Now I'm back to school, so yeah. Not much more to say than enjoy.
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"Burnt to Ashes"
Meowth moved with incredible speeds and slashed Pidgeotto across her right wing and she chirped in pain.
"…Wing Attack…" Ash commanded. Pidgeotto dove in for the Wing Attack.
"Dodge and use Faint Attack," Leaf ordered. Meowth disappeared for a second, making Pidgeotto stop, and appeared behind her.
"Meowth," Meowth screeched as he slammed his paws into Pidgeotto's back, sending crashing to the ground.
"…Up…" Ash instructed. "…Quick Attack…" Pidgeotto flew towards Meowth with unbelievable speeds and struck him in the stomach with her beak.
"Meowth get up and use Iron Tail," Leaf yelled out in triumph. Meowth did a front flip and smashed his silver glowing tail right on Pidgeotto's head.
"That should take care of that," Leaf commented.
"…Up…" Ash instructed. Pidgeotto flew up and, surprisingly, looked to be fine. Leaf's eyes widened. "…Wing Attack…" Pidgeotto soared towards Meowth and struck him with both of her wings. Leaf didn't give a command since she was in shock.
"Meowth shake it off and use Slash," Leaf called. Meowth jumped up and slashed at Pidgeotto with his claws in and X-motion.
"…Double Team…" Ash said calmly. Pidgeotto seemed to multiply as at least 10 other Pidgeotto's came into view. Meowth ended up slashing at the wrong one since it just popped.
"Use Shadow Ball to destroy the fakes," Leaf commanded. Meowth charged Shadow Ball after Shadow Ball and launched each one at a fake Pidgeotto.
"…Steel Wing…" Ash uttered quietly. The remaining Pidgeotto, which was around 5, flew at Pidgeotto, with their wings glowing silver. The first three Pidgeotto were fake, so Meowth didn't' feel anything, but the next one was Ash's Pidgeotto. She whacked Meowth across the face with one wing, sending him flying back, and slammed him into the ground with the other wing.
"Meowth get up and use Faint Attack again," Leaf screamed. Meowth disappeared for a few seconds and reappeared behind Pidgeotto once again.
"…Mirror Move…" Ash smiled. Now Pidgeotto disappeared and reappeared behind Meowth. She slammed both of her wings down and he went crashing into the ground once again.
"Time to show them our secret move Meowth," Leaf called out. Meowth had electricity crackle all over his body and shot a Thunderbolt attack at Pidgeotto, who was at close range, point-blank to be exact.
"…Mirror Move…" Ash roared. Pidgeotto glowed white and red for a second before she used Thunderbolt as well. The attacks fought for dominance, but neither Pokemon had enough strength to push the other attack back. The double Thunderbolt's exploded in the middle and both Pokemon went crashing to the ground.
Pidgeotto was unconscious and so was Meowth, a double knockout. Ash and Leaf both gaped in shock.
"…Return…" Ash said. He pointed his Pokeball at Pidgeotto, and a red beam hit her, sucking her back in.
"Return," Leaf said disappointed. Meowth disappeared in a flash as well.
Kabuto tugged on Ash's leg. "…You want to battle…" Ash questioned.
"Kabuto," Kabuto hissed. He had been watching the battle and wanted to show his new trainer that he could do that as well.
"…Go then…" Ash whispered. Kabuto walked onto the battlefield.
"Alrighty then, go Eevee," Leaf shouted. Eevee had characteristics of a dog, as well as a cat. She had brown fur, with a bushy tail, that had a cream-colored tip. Her collar, around her neck, was also bushy and a cream-colored. Her four small legs had three small toes on each paw. She also had brown eyes, long pointed ears, and pink paw pads.
"Ve," Eevee growled.
"Kabuto," Kabuto hissed from under his shell.
"Eevee start with Bite," Leaf ordered. Eevee charged at Kabuto, and bit down on his hard shell, dong more damage to her teeth, than him.
"…AncientPower…" Ash called. Kabuto formed a large rock and launched it at Eevee, who technical was on him. Eevee got sandwiched between the big boulder and Kabuto's shell.
"Eevee get out of there with Iron Tail," Leaf shouted. Eevee's tail glowed silver as she smashed the AncientPower, shattering it. Then she smashed her tail on the top of Kabuto's shell, flattening him.
"…Giga Drain…" Ash said calmly. Kabuto shot out a small web that enveloped Eevee, sucking energy from her and transferring it to Kabuto.
Leaf looked on in horror until she came up with an idea, "Use Bite to break free." Eevee chomped on the web until she broke free. She landed, panting.
"That's a strong Kabuto you got there Ash," Leaf shouted. Ash nodded in acknowledgement.
"…Rollout…" Ash commanded. Kabuto tucked his legs in and started to roll rapidly at Eevee.
"Use Shadow Ball Eevee," Leaf countered. Eevee charged up a purple ball of energy in her mouth and launched it right at the spinning Kabuto. When the Shadow Ball attack impacted Kabuto it created a large explosion, but Kabuto still rolled at Eevee, ignoring the damage that he took and the pain he was in. Kabuto managed to smash into her side, sending her flying back. Since Rollout continues, he followed her and smashed into Eevee another three times, before he missed, and the attack ended.
"Ve Eevee," Eevee barked at Kabuto, who just hissed back in response.
"Eevee use Mud Slap," Leaf screamed. Eevee kicked some dirt and mud at Kabuto, temporarily blinding him. "Good, now follow up with Iron Tail." Eevee zipped in and smashed her silver, glowing tail straight on Kabuto's shell, once again flattening him like a pancake.
"…Giga Drain…" Ash said. Kabuto fired the web once again, and it found its mark once again. The web started shocking and draining energy from Eevee.
"…Slash…" Ash ordered. Kabuto scurried over to Eevee and hacked her with his claws.
"Veee," She cried out in pain.
"Eevee no," Leaf screamed desperately. Eevee had swirls in her eyes and was unconscious.
"Return," Leaf said through gritted teeth, "Go Ivysaur." Out of the Pokeball came Leaf's starter Pokemon. Ivysaur strongly resembled a dinosaur. Unlike a Bulbasaur, Ivysaur has small fangs and pointy ears. Also, Ivysaur is notably bluer than Bulbasaur, who is more of a green color. On Ivysaur's back is a huge pink flower, with leaves protruding all around it. On each of Ivysaur's legs are three claws.
"…Come back…" Ash demanded. Being a Water and Rock type, Kabuto would probably not do so well against Ivysaur. Kabuto came to his side again. "…Charmeleon…" Charmeleon appeared in a snarl. When he saw his opponent he grinned in anticipation.
"Use Razor Leaf," Leaf shouted. She knew that this match would probably not end in her favor since Ash had the type advantage, but she would always try.
"Saur," Ivysaur thundered, as a hoard of sharp leaves came out of his flower and flew at Charmeleon.
"…Burn them to ashes with Flamethrower," Ash commanded coldly. Charmeleon took a deep breath and fired the Flamethrower attack, which indeed did burn the leaves and continued on towards Ivysaur.
"Ivysaur dodge and use Vine Whip," Leaf said swiftly. Ivysaur ducked the Flamethrower and two vines shot at Charmeleon from his body, right under the leaves to be exact.
The two vines grabbed Charmeleon and flung him across the battlefield. Charmeleon popped right back up and looked like he took no damage whatsoever.
"Charmeleon," He bellowed, releasing some flames. Ash sweat dropped.
"…Smokescreen…" Ash commanded as he developed a strategy in his mind. Charmeleon took inhaled sharply and when he exhaled, the battlefield was completely covered by smoke.
"…Fire Punch…" Ash ordered. Charmeleon spotted Ivysaur, whose back was facing him, and punched him twice, with a flaming fist. The super-effective attack sent him flying and Ivysaur landed right in front of Leaf.
"Ivysaur retaliate with Sleep Powder," Leaf exclaimed. The flower on Ivysaur's back opened up and he shot out a blue mist/powder that enveloped the whole battlefield. Charmeleon's eyes started to get droopy.
"…Burn it with Fire Spin…" Ash called. Charmeleon used the funnel shaped fire attack that burnt almost all of the Sleep Powder. After a few more moments, he felt wide awake again.
"Burnt to ashes," Leaf muttered, "Use Cut." Ivysaur sprinted on all fours, with his claws glowing white.
"…Stand your ground and use Slash…" Ash hollered. Both Pokemon started hacking and slicing each other, but clearly Ivysaur was taking more damage since Slash was a stronger attack and for the fact that Slash could land a critical hit more often. Leaf noticed this after a while and paled.
"Ivysaur come back and use PoisonPowder," Leaf said urgently. Ivysaur retreated and opened his flower once again, releasing a similar pollen to Sleep Powder, except this time the pollen was purple.
"…Burn it…" Ash said viciously. Charmeleon let out Flamethrower after Flamethrower, burning all of it.
"…Fire Spin…" Ash said. Charmeleon shot the funnel of fire towards Ivysaur.
"Protect," Leaf yelled. Ivysaur roared and covered himself in a turquoise shield, which protected him from the attack. He still cringed since he could feel the heat passing by him. Charmeleon was definitely strong. Stronger than a normal Charmeleon his level should ever be.
"Alright Ivysaur use Razor Leaf again," Leaf cried. Ivysaur shot the leaves out once again, and they hit their mark this time, but the attack wasn't very effective against the Fire type, who just flashed his fangs.
"…Fire Punch…" Ash snarled. Charmeleon ran straight through the Razor Leaf and gave a right hook to Ivysaur's jaw, with a flaming fist might I add.
The super effective attack was enough to take down Leaf's starter, who couldn't get anything going, whatsoever.
"Return," She said flatly. She couldn't believe that Ash had beaten her. She trained and trained, but it obviously wasn't enough. They retreated into the Pokemon Center where Leaf got a room.
"See you in the morning Ash," She smiled. Ash just nodded back. Ash walked into his room and found Gary sleeping, surprisingly, with his Pokemon curled up on his bed next to him.
Ash crawled into his bed, released his Pokemon and shut his eyes immediately, falling into deep a deep slumber. In what seemed like a few seconds later, Ash opened his eyes, disappointed to see that his sleep was short-lived.
"Mornin' Ash," Gary groaned as he rubbed his eyes, sitting up in the bed, "We should see what Leaf wants to do, eh." Ash just nodded in response. Both teenagers quickly dressed and packed their things up.
"I'm gonna go talk to Nurse Joy for directions to get to Vermilion," Gary called as he approached Nurse Joy.
Ash strolled to Leaf's room, which was relatively close to his, and knocked on her door. Within a few seconds she opened up the door and poked her head out.
"Hey Red, I'll be out in a minute," Leaf winked.
"…Damn forgot my hat…" Ash swore under his breath, "…I forgot something I'll be in the room…"
"Okay," Leaf called from in the room. Ash opened his room up and was flabbergasted at what he saw. There mysteriously was another egg sitting right on his bed. His egg that he already had was in his hands.
"…What the hell…" Ash cried. He looked down quickly, to make sure that he was holding his other egg, which he was. Ash laid down his egg to the other one and right when he was about to inspect the other egg, both of them started to crack and glow.
'…They're hatching…' Ash thought dazed. When the light died down, two baby Pokemon were in the egg's places. The Pokemon that hatched from Ash's egg was a small, green, reptilian dinosaur. The Pokemon's head was in a crest-like formation, and had three, large, gray stripes that slope down its head. His underbelly and its wattle, the bottom of his mouth, were a cream color. The Pokemon also had two fangs that stuck up, but also was touching its mouth.
'…A shiny Bagon…' Ash thought. His head was spinning as he thought he was going to faint. The Bagon curled up, since she just hatched, and fell asleep.
Ash wearily looked at the other Pokemon and his eyes widened when he saw the Pokemon. The Pokemon was small, and dog-like. Most of its body was gold. Its legs and chest were black though. Riolu's tail was also gold, and the Pokemon had a blue collar around its neck. The rounded bumps on its forepaws were white. The Pokemon also had a black mask and red eyes. When the Pokemon stood up it stood on its toes, not its whole foot. The Pokemon was a Riolu, a shiny one.
Lucario curled up next to his fellow shiny and fell asleep. Ash, overwhelmed by the two Pokemon in front of him, fainted.
Meanwhile with Gary, Nurse Joy was finishing up with him, "And the gym leader there is Lt. Surge."
"He uses Electric types?" Gary asked. She nodded.
"May I please get my Pokemon healed," A cloaked man, in a dark robe, said in a deep voice.
"Of course," She responded cheerfully. She excused herself from Gary and took the man's Pokemon to the back. He turned around and the guy was gone.
'Weird," Gary thought as he saw Leaf walking up to him.
"Hey isn't Ash with you?" She asked curiously.
"I thought he was waiting for you," Gary frowned.
"He said he forgot something in his room," Leaf called as she walked towards Ash's and Gary's room.
"Ash you in there," Gary yelled, knocking on the door once they got there. No response.
"Ash," Leaf tried after, but still no response. Gary kicked down the door and both Leaf and Gary were astonished.
There were two Pokemon that they didn't know there, the remains of what seemed to be a shattered egg, and Ash, who fainted.
"Ash!" Leaf screamed in his ear. Ash's head shot up and punched whoever was next to him, in self-defense. It happened to be Gary and he fell down hard.
"What the hell," Gary moaned in pain as he lifted himself up. When Ash's eyes were still glued to the two Pokemon, Gary and Leaf got even more confused at his weird actions.
As if reading their minds Ash finally spoke and whispered, "…My egg hatched and a shiny Bagon was in it." He gestured to the green Pokemon. "…This is a Riolu, one of the rarest Pokemon in the world, besides Legendary Pokemon…"
"What!" Gary/Leaf yelled again.
"…This egg was here when I walked in to get my hat…" Ash murmured again. He took out two Pokeball's and shook the two Pokemon. They lazily opened an eye, and in sync they tapped the Pokeball's. The Pokeball's didn't even move, it just pinged, signaling that the two Pokemon didn't resist at all.
Without another word, Ash quickly walked out of the Pokemon Center, wanting to get out of there as soon as possible. Leaf and Gary caught up to him, which now seemed to be a habit.
"You're telling me that the egg containing another shiny Pokemon, somehow appeared on your bed," Gary asked rudely again. He seemed to really stress the word 'Shiny'.
"…Yes…" Ash snarled. He was getting tired of Gary pestering him right now. He still couldn't process what happened.
He whirled around and faced Leaf and sneered at her, "…Are you travelling with us…"
"Yes," She said in a small voice.
"…Sorry…" Ash said guiltily. He gave her a quick hug. "…I- I'm just confused…" Ash's voice cracked. "…You guys go ahead I'll catch up…" Ash said again. Leaf and Gary shared a look and went on ahead.
Ash jogged back into the Pokemon Center and activated one of the video phones. After a few seconds, Professor Oak picked up the phone, and he and his lab appeared on the screen.
"Why hello Ash, how may I help you?" Professor Oak questioned curiously. Ash released Riolu and Bagon, and hoisted them up. They started to play with his clothes and hat.
Professor Oak gasped in astonishment and yelled, "My boy, how did you get those two? They're very rare and, of course, are shiny!"
"…I know…" Ash replied agitated, "…Bagon came from the egg you gave me and I found another egg, which had Riolu in it.
"So what do you plan on doing with them?" Professor Oak asked anxiously. He really wanted to get a closer look at them.
"…I'm gonna send them to you…," Ash started, "…By the time they're fit to train, the league will be starting soon. I'll use them when I travel to another region. I might take them back later just so they can travel…" With that Ash shut off the call and returned Riolu and Bagon, who desperately were trying to escape Ash's grasp. He placed their Pokeball's in a transporter, entered the address he wanted, which was Professor Oak's lab/ranch, and pressed a button, which made them Pokeball's disappear.
Meanwhile, Leaf walked on ahead, but Gary stayed back. He told her to wait in front of the road up ahead.
When Ash walked out of the Pokemon Center Gary asked, "You okay?" He got a nod in response and walked to where Leaf was.
"Send them to the Professor," She asked flatly. He nodded again. The trainers wordlessly crossed the road and travelled to Vermilion, for around two days. Nothing eventful happened in those days, except for some training, and knocking out wild Pokemon. On the third day, however, the trio came across an Oddish, eating a berry.
"Eeeeep," Leaf squealed.
"What?" Gary/Ash asked in unison.
"I have to get that Oddish," Leaf declared. The two sweat dropped.
"Meowth let's go," Leaf said again. Her cat Pokemon appeared in a flash.
"Use Iron Tail," Leaf ordered. Meowth slammed his glowing tail into Oddish's body, knocking her out. Leaf threw a Pokeball at the downed Oddish.
Right as the Pokeball was going to hit Oddish they heard a loud cry, "Saur." The Pokemon was the pre-evolved form of Ivysaur, which Leaf had. The Pokemon had a green-blue leathery skin. He resembled a young dinosaur. Other than that, the only main different feature, from Ivysaur, was the bulb on his back. It wasn't a flower, but it resembled the bulb of an onion, and it was green. Bulbasaur used what the trio recognized as a Vine Whip and smacked the Pokeball away before it could touch Oddish. Before anyone could react, Bulbasaur and Oddish ran through a bush and were gone.
"Damn," Leaf moaned, "I'm gonna find that Oddish." She ran off in the direction that the two Pokemon ran in.
'…Pretty impressive…' Ash thought, referring to Bulbasaur. Gary decided to keep quiet, like Ash. A rampaging Leaf always led to someone getting hurt, and it wasn't pretty. They searched for a few hours for the Pokemon, but they were gone.
A few minutes later the three teenagers came upon a girl, picking berries. She was wearing overalls, and had a pink shirt underneath. She also had dark blue hair.
"Hi, I didn't expect to see anyone out here," She said a bit nervously.
"We're trying to find an Oddish. Our friend here was about to catch it and a Bulbasaur came and knocked the Pokeball away," Gary stated flatly.
"Oh I know that Bulbasaur. Follow me," She said calmly. The three shared a look and shrugged. They followed her through the forest and in about 5 minutes they went through a small opening and ended up in an enormous clearing.
Ash and company were in awe. There was a bunch of Pokemon, playing and resting. In the middle of the clearing was Bulbasaur, who was lecturing the same Oddish that Leaf knocked out.
Bulbasaur whipped his head around when he heard Leaf gasp and charged.
"…Pidgeotto…" Ash called as his loyal Flying type came out. Most of these Pokemon were Grass types, so Pidgeotto was the right choice. "…Whirlwind…" Pidgeotto flapped her wings rapidly and created a gust that sent Bulbasaur flying back.
Bulbasaur shot right back up and spat, "Saur." He stalked away after that.
"I apologize for Bulbasaur's behavior. He's lost all his trust in humans after his past trainer abandoned him," Melanie explained and apologized. She continued by saying, "He stays here and helps nurse Pokemon back to health and protects them from getting captured by trainers. I have to ask you a favor though," Melanie begged.
"…No problem…" Ash said reassuringly.
"One of you has to capture him," She said in a low voice.
"Why," Leaf exclaimed.
"All the Pokemon have become exceptionally lazy since they're well protected. Bulbasaur works tirelessly and I need one of you to reintroduce him to the wild," She explained.
"…I'll take him…" Ash responded instantly. Leaf wasn't interested since she already had Ivysaur, and Gary didn't want a Pokemon that was difficult to deal with. Neither of them said anything.
As Melanie was going to call Bulbasaur over, a huge BANG came from the other side of the clearing.
"What was that," Melanie exclaimed, scared and frightened. Gary and Leaf were also spooked y the loud noise, which was only getting louder by the second. Ash had a faint idea at what it could be and summoned all his Pokemon. Pidgeotto flew back to him. Charmeleon, Pikachu, and Kabuto came out in a flash.
'…It could be those three retards…" Ash thought, as he had a momentary flashback to Mt. Moon. Ash was correct. A huge Meowth robot crashed through some trees and came into sight. On its chest was a huge "R", which was the logo of Team Rocket, and it was in red. Right above the "R" was a visible window, with Jesse, James, and that talking Meowth.
"Who is that," Leaf asked, her voice trembling.
"…Team Rocket…" Ash responded as his hands tightened into fists. "…I recognize these three. They were at my house when my parents died…" Ash growled out.
The Meowth raised a paw as they were talking and shot a net at a bunch of Pokemon. They were caught in the net, and it retracted back into the Meowth.
"Give us back the Pokemon," Melanie screamed out.
"…Flamethrower…Thunderbolt…AncientPower…Gust…" Ash snarled savagely before anyone else could react. Charmeleon shot out a Flamethrower attack, Pidgeotto created a huge wind, Kabuto created an abnormally large rock that flew towards the robot, and Pikachu let out a Thunderbolt. Bulbasaur also used Razor Leaf. All four attacks simultaneously hit the robot, blowing it up, but the three figures inside jumped out before it could explode.
"Prepare for trouble!"
"And make it double!"
"To protect the world from devastation!"
"To unite all people within our nation!"
"To denounce the evils of truth and love!"
"To extend our reach to the stars above!"
"Jessie!"
"James!"
"Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light!"
"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"
"Meowth that's right!"
As the three Team Rocket members finished their motto, and dance, they stared cockily at the four teenagers.
"Give the Pokemon back or we'll take them," Gary threatened.
"Hahahahahahahaha," Jessie just laughed.
"Go Koffing," James ordered as he sent out his Pokemon.
"Ekans go," Jessie yelled as her snake-like Pokemon came out.;
"Let's go Wartortle," Gary said. His loyal starter Pokemon came out in a roar.
"Eevee I need you," Leaf shouted. Eevee came out mewing. Bulbasaur also decided to forget his hate for humans and teamed up with Ash and company.
"…Iron Tail…" Ash instructed. Pikachu slapped Meowth across his face, surprising him. He slammed into a tree and was knocked out.
"Meowth," Jessie and James called out pathetically. The other trainers took advantage of their momentary slip up.
"Eevee use Shadow Ball," Leaf said swiftly.
"Wartortle use Water Gun," Gary cried.
"…Flamethrower…" Ash demanded coldly. Bulbasaur added by using Sunny Day then Solarbeam. The four attacks combined into one mega attack that nailed Jessie, James, Koffing, and Ekans, who slammed into Meowth. The attack exploded and they went flying off.
"We're blasting off again," They cried, but it was very faint for everyone to hear. Everyone immediately ran to the net, where the Pokemon were being held.
"I hope they're okay," Melanie whispered as Bulbasaur cut the net. All the Pokemon cried their 'Thanks' and ran off into the forest.
"Saur," Bulbasaur yelled out shocked.
"See Bulbasaur you have no reason to stay here," Melanie started, "You need to travel and see the world. The Pokemon are gone and they don't need you now."
"Bulbasaur Bulba," Bulbasaur stated firmly.
"He wants to battle you Ash," Melanie said suddenly, surprising them.
"…Alright…" Ash answered. He gestured for Pikachu to fight Bulbasaur, who immediately started with a Razor Leaf attack.
"…Dodge and use Thunder Wave…" Ash countered. Pikachu jumped, to dodge the attack, and let out two huge, yellow rings that emitted from his cheeks. They hit Bulbasaur, paralyzing him.
"Bulba Saur Saur," Bulbasaur gritted as electricity ran through his body and cackled off his skin.
"…Thunderbolt…" Ash said finishing up. Pikachu let out the Thunderbolt attack that knocked out Bulbasaur. Ash threw the Pokeball and it sucked Bulbasaur into it. It pinged, rattled one or two times before it pinged, and stopped, signaling Bulbasaur's capture.
"…Welcome to the team…" Ash whispered.
"Thank you again Ash, Leaf, and Gary for saving us," Melanie said sincerely.
"No problem," Leaf responded cheerfully. The group exchanged some more 'Good byes' they walked away.
After the incident with Bulbasaur the group travelled for another three days, training for four to five hours a day. The training really helped all the trainers. Leaf's Meowth evolved into a Persian, while sparring with Charmeleon and Scyther.
Persian resembled a mountain lion. His tail was longer than Persian's and curled at the end. Persian had pale fur all over his body, except for his black-rimmed ears. Persian also has a red jewel in the center of his forehead.
Ash had stumbled upon a very large moon stone. Gary managed to crack it in half with Scyther's help. He gave his Nidorino half the moon stone and he evolved into Nidoking.
Nidoking is a much darker shade of purple than Nidoran or Nidorino. Nidoking also had a large and very long horn that stuck out from his forehead. Nidoking's rounded ears are green. Nidoking also has five teeth protruding from his lower jaw, the fifth one is the only one visible when his mouth is closed. His chest is a gray color and his back and tail have extremely large spines.
Nidorina also evolved from the moon stone and became Nidoqueen. Nidoqueen's tough, leathery skin was blue. She had a thick tail and large, mouse-like ears. Nidoqueen had large spikes running down her back and a horn on her forehead, although it was substantially smaller than Nidoking's horn. Her lower body, chest-plates, and lower jaw were all cream-colored.
"So how far till Vermilion," Gary asked Leaf, who was holding the map upside down.
She was about to respond, but all three of them fell into a pit trap, which they assumed was dug up by Team Rocket, but they were wrong.
"Squirt Squirtle," A bunch of Squirtle wearing sunglasses laughed. They all were laughing so much that they didn't realize the trio climbing out of the trap, pissed off and ready to get revenge on the group of Squirtle.
"…Fire Blast…" Ash yelled as he sent out Charmeleon. While none of Ash's Pokemon evolved, all of them learned new attacks. He took a deep breath and let out a burst of fire in the shape of a kami. It was aimed at who seemed to be the leader. He was wearing different sunglasses. A Squirtle wearing round sunglasses, a lackey jumped in the way and got scorched.
Just as a huge fight was about to ensue, Officer Jenny and a few police cars came speeding into the scene. The Squirtle that was scorched got picked up by his comrades as they sprinted away.
"Put your hands up," Officer Jenny yelled as she got off her motorcycle. She seemed to be referring to the Squirtle, but they were already gone.
"Sorry about that," Officer Jenny said, turning to them, "We call them the Squirtle Squad. They wreak havoc everywhere around here and annoy travelers."
"No problem it's fine," Gary replied, still a little angry though.
"Alright thanks kids," Officer Jenny said relieved, "We're going to try to track them down."
"…Let's go…" Ash suggested. Leaf and Gary nodded. They ended up setting up camp for the day to train, but decided to take a little break. Leaf was fishing, hoping for a bite, while Ash and Gary were lounging around, resting.
"Squirt," One of the Squirtle's from the Squirtle Squad yelled as he fired a Water Gun, soaking everybody.
"Pika," Pikachu hissed as his fur bristled. Pikachu charged at the Squirtle that jumped out of the water, but he withdrew into his shell and started to spin. Pikachu ended up landing in the lake, and more specifically on a Goldeen's horn.
"Chaa," Pikachu cried in pain as he was launched on the other side of the lake.
"…I'm coming…" Ash called to Pikachu. Ash was about to jump into the water, but was lassoed, along with Gary and Leaf. They ended up getting tied to a tree. The lead Squirtle brought over Pikachu, who was in horrible pain. Surprisingly, Meowth was walking with them, and Jessie and James were also tied up.
"See I told ya we'd get dese humans tied up," Meowth stated, "Now you have to let my friends here go, okay." The Squirtle's agreed and freed Jessie and James, who ran off into the direction of the nearest town.
"…I need to heal Pikachu please…" Ash begged. The Squirtle leader did not relent, but after a few minutes of begging by Ash, the leader let Ash loose. He walked over to his bag, pulled out a potion and sprayed it on Pikachu, who was better immediately. He returned him and allowed himself to get tied up again, since he didn't want Leaf or Gary to get hurt.
"You do realize that Meowth is gone, right," Gary pointed out.
"Squirtle," They all said confused, looking around.
"Squirtle Squirt Squirt Squirtle," The leader Squirtle yelled, giving orders to the others. Before any of the Squirtle could move though, Officer Jenny and a much larger police squad came and surrounded the Squirtle Squad.
"Don't move, we've got you surrounded," Officer Jenny ordered. The officers let out a variety of Pokemon, but the majority of them were Magnemite and Growlithe. An officer cut the group loose, and just as he did so a flash bomb dropped from a Meowth balloon and blinded everyone. (I'm not doing the motto again. I'm gonna die inside if I keep writing it.)
"Team Rocket stop it," Officer Jenny declared, before she had to take cover from another bomb.
"Oh why us?" Gary whispered to Leaf, who rolled her eyes.
Most of the Squirtle dove into the water, for cover, and the officers got on the ground. The leader of the Squirtle was helplessly trying to get up. He was stuck on the back of his shell and was flailing. Ash jumped on him, shielding him.
"Tricking dose Squirtle was so easy," Meowth exclaimed cheerfully.
"We'll have their Pokemon in no time," James agreed in his nasally voice. Jessie just laughed in her usual sadistic tone.
Bomb after bomb pelted the ground, and by now, some people were getting hurt. The Squirtle, in the water, were trying to hit Team Rocket with their attacks, but they were too high. The Squirtle under Ash gave a loud roar and started to glow white. Leaf and Gary stared at Ash, who seemed to be emitting the white light.
"No, Ash hang in there. I'm coming," Gary cried frantically.
"You idiot, the Squirtle is evolving," Leaf rolled her eyes. Gary's drama could be kind of annoying at some points.
"I knew that," Gary claimed. When the light died down, a Pokemon that looked exactly like Gary's was lying under Ash. Wartortle, now, pushed Ash off and fired a huge, jet stream of water at the balloon. It was a Hydro Pump attack. The Hydro Pump, reached the balloon and ripped right through it. When it popped, Team Rocket flew away again.
Everyone let out a sigh of relief. Officer Jenny got up and approached the Squirtle and scolded them, "I hope to see what you caused. Because of your pranks someone could have gotten seriously hurt." They hung their heads in shame. "You have to promise not to do anything like this ever again."
"Squirtle," Several different Squirtle voices rang out.
"Wartortle," Wartortle agreed, except he seemed lost in thought.
Officer Jenny walked over to the kids and thanked them, "Thank you for stopping the Squirtle Squad."
"It was nothing," Gary replied sheepishly.
"You didn't even do anything," Leaf muttered. Gary sweat dropped.
"…We should get going…" Ash said. The other two agreed and walked north, after Leaf checked on her map. They walked for twenty minutes before Leaf heard rustling from behind them. It was Wartortle.
"Hey Red, look," She exclaimed, gesturing towards Wartortle, who was rubbing his head sheepishly. He tried to form words, but was really nervous.
"…Cat got your tongue…" Ash chuckled.
"Tortle," Wartortle said nervously.
"…You want to come with me…" Ash asked confused.
"Wartortle," He responded, running up to Ash and hugging him. Ash hugged him back, took out a Pokeball and tapped him with it. He disappeared in a flash and two seconds later the Pokeball pinged, signaling his capture.
"What's that your 8th Pokemon now?" Gary questioned. Ash nodded. They decided to set up camp and go to sleep for the night.
"…Wing Attack…" Ash demanded. The crew was on their way towards Vermilion, to take on Lt. Surge, when a random kid came up and challenged Ash to a battle. Pidgeotto took his Rattata out with one Wing Attack.
"Thanks for battling me," The kid thanked Ash, "I'm training to take on AJ's gym over there. He's won 99 battles in a row and hasn't lost one." The kid pointed to a pretty large building, where a kid with green hair was lounging around with some Pokemon. Three Rattata, a Beedrill, a Butterfree, and a Sandshrew to be exact.
"Anyways thanks again," The kid yelled over his shoulder as he walked away.
"Maybe we should challenge that gym," Gary suggested.
"I think it'll be some good training for Lt. Surge," Leaf stated in agreement.
"…Alright…" Ash muttered. They walked over to the building, which seemed to be an old gym, not a Pokemon gym, but a gym where people would work out and exercise.
The kid who was lounging around immediately got up and walked over to them.
In an arrogant voice he said, "The names AJ. Which of you here is gonna be my 100th victim?"
"Excuse me," Leaf exclaimed, taken aback by AJ.
"That's right," He responded, "You heard me. Who's gonna be my 100th loser?" Gary and Leaf looked at Ash, who wasn't really paying attention.
"…Fine…" Ash mumbled.
"Good now let's go," AJ yelled, as he walked towards the other side of the battlefield.
"This will be a one-on-one match," Gary stated, taking the position as referee, "When one side runs out of Pokemon, the other side is the winner. Ready? Begin!"
"…Kabuto…" Ash ordered. Kabuto came out in a hiss and looked at AJ with his red, gleaming eyes.
"This is for the big win," AJ exclaimed, as a Pokemon that Ash recognized as Sandshrew came out.
"…Double Team…" Ash yelled. Five more Kabuto's appeared on the field, but Sandshrew didn't look too fazed.
"Hit the right one with Poison Sting," AJ instructed in a bored voice. When Ash saw that Sandshrew was aiming for the right target his eyes widened.
"…Rollout…" Ash urged quickly. Kabuto retracted his legs and rolled at Sandshrew quickly, knocking the Poison Sting aside and smashing into his side.
All of a sudden, AJ took out a whip, making everyone's eyes widen. He cracked the whip at Sandshrew and cried, "Underground." Sandshrew dug a hole quickly and disappeared.
"…Giga Drain behind you…" Ash drawled. Attacking from behind after using Dig is the most common method. True to Ash's word, Sandshrew appeared behind Kabuto, ready to strike, but was met with a Giga Drain attack. The super-effective attack stopped Sandshrew dead in his tracks.
"Sand Shrew," Sandshrew whimpered in pain, as he tried to break free of the Giga Drain.
"Try to break free," AJ called out desperately. He cracked his whip several times and eventually Sandshrew broke out of the attack, but he was panting harshly.
"…Slash…" Ash ordered right after Sandshrew broke out. Kabuto slashed his claws across Sandshrew's body.
"Use Iron Tail," AJ screamed. Sandshrew flipped and smashed his tail straight between Kabuto's eyes that were on his shell.
"…Shake it off and use Hydro Pump…" Ash called. AJ's eyes widened when he saw the trap. Kabuto learnt the move when training with Ash's Wartortle. Kabuto shot a stream of water, at rapid speeds, which knocked Sandshrew into a wall of the building. He was unconscious even before he hit the wall.
"Sandshrew is unable to battle, the winner is Kabuto," Gary announced, "That means the winner is Ash!"
"…Pathetic…" Ash spat at AJ. "…Those 99 wins must've been a fluke…" AJ started to shake in anger when Ash said that and charged at him. He a few feet away before Kabuto, seeing this, started to glow a white light, which was emitted everywhere. It stopped AJ, who was shielding his eyes from the harsh light.
When the light died down, a new Pokemon was standing there, literally. Gone were Kabuto's four legs. They were replaced with two long legs and two toes/claws on each foot. This Pokemon also resembled a shellfish, in some ways. The new Pokemon had two long sickles as arms, one on each. He had several chest plates, where the opening under Kabuto's shell used to be. There were also six spikes going down the Pokemon's back, three on each side. His head was a semicircle-shaped armor thing, which was rock hard. The Pokemon also has a long, rigid tail protruding from its back. The new Pokemon was Kabutops.
"Kabu Tops Kabutops," He hissed in rage, as he swung his knew sickles in warning. He stood protectively in front of Ash. AJ turned around, picked up Sandshrew, and ran away.
"Mmmmmmooooooommmmyyyyyy," He cried, as he ran as fast as his legs could carry him.
"Loser," Gary called after him. Leaf giggled and Ash rolled his eyes.
"…Let's just go…" Ash groaned. The trio left the unofficial gym and finally made it to Vermilion in a few hours.
Gary let out a sigh of relief when his head hit his bed at the Pokemon Center. Leaf had retreated to her own room, and Ash, of course, had gone to train outside.
"…Charmeleon…" Ash was about to give an order to him when a huge guy in an army suit with spiky blonde hair and abnormally large muscles walked up to him.
"Hey wimp, training your Pokemon so I could beat them up," He said arrogantly. Ash and his Pokemon just stared coldly at him. "Oh sorry, my name is Lt. Surge, gym leader of Vermillion and an ex-army general," He stated proudly.
"…I'm training, go away…" Ash demanded harshly. He hated people with a big ego.
"Hey no need to be rude kid," Lt. Surge said backing off, "You hear to challenge the gym?"
"…Yes…" Ash responded. Surge stared at him awkwardly as Ash gave his Pokemon commands once again.
"See ya tomorrow then," Lt. Surge called from over his shoulder as he walked off.
"…What a bonehead…" Ash muttered under his breath. Under the last minute training his Pokemon learnt several new moves. (I tried to only use moves from Generation I and II for now, but I can't anymore. There weren't any good attacks back then so Pokemon will learn attacks from Generation V)
Pidgeotto had learned Twister, a strong Dragon type move. She also learned Tailwind, which helped increase her speed. The last attack that she learnt was Air Slash, a Flying type attack.
Pikachu had learned Thunder, one of the most powerful Electric type attacks. Dig was the other attack that Pikachu learned. It would help evade attacks, gain leverage in position in a battle, and a strong Ground type attack.
Kabutops learned Aqua Jet, the attack that held some power, but mostly speed. Kabutops also learned the fighting attack Brick Break when he tried a new combination of attacks. Finally, he learned Swagger, a rare attack that put the Pokemon into a state of confusion.
Charmeleon had learned Will-O-Wisp, an attack that burns the enemy. The other attack was a surprise. It was his egg move. His father was a Charizard, so the egg move he gained was Flare Blitz, but he had a hard time executing the move.
Wartortle and Bulbasaur were making leaps of progress. Wartortle learned Water Pulse and Aqua Tail, two new, strong Water type attacks.
Bulbasaur learned the extremely strong Poison type attack, Sludge Bomb. Bulbasaur also gained the ability to use the attack Seed Bomb, a rare attack. The last attack that Bulbasaur learned was Synthesis, an attack that helped Bulbasaur regain health, depending on the weather.
The Pokemon trained until they dropped, and when they did drop they withdrew into their room in the Pokemon Center and fell asleep almost immediately.
That's chapter three! Anyways this chapter's done, finally AN! Very important. I'm gonna finish The Tournament of Legends before I update another chapter of this story. It'll only be one chapter, two at most so don't worry. Anyways, read and review please!
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