Author Note: Hey peeps, another chapter out. I tried to do some comedy at the beginning, tell me what you think. Also know, that it may look random, but most stuff that happens in this story is relevant. Also a Battle is in this Chapter, but it is to show you guys how Ash matured (As far as Battling goes). Please R&R.

Location: Route 4; Time: 12:10 pm

"Stupid Abra.... 'It teleport you right home' my ass..." Misty mumbled while walking on Route four. The meeting ended nearly ten minutes ago, and an Abra was used to teleport everybody home for convenience. Well, convenient for everyone besides Misty who was teleported nearly an hour away from Cerulean City. "arrgh!" Misty nearly screamed in frustration. "If I ever see that Abra again I'll-" Misty ,however, didn't get to finish that sentence when she tripped on a rock and landed on her face.

She slowly got up, shaking with rage. "ARRGHH!" She yelled turning around to kick the rock that tripped her. She stopped half way through when she saw that the rock was actually a Sandshrew, and a young one at that. It had it's paws on it's head, shaking with fear.

"Shrew..." it cried in fear. Misty's rage was forgotten in an instant when motherly instincts took in.

"Aw... are you OK Sandshrew? Did I hurt you?" She asked in a sweet, motherly voice. She crouched down to it's level hoping to make herself less intimating. Sandshrew, slowly opened one eye to look at her. Something in Sandshrew sensed she was nice and friendly, and jumped into her arms without a second thought. Misty smiled as she pulled on a poke-food pellet from her pocket.

"Would you like to eat Sandshrew? It good." she said, still in a sweet voice. Sandshrew sniffed at the pellet in her hand and shook it's head. It didn't take long to realize that Sandshrew was a lot younger then Misty thought it was.

"You still need to nurse? Then where's your parents?" she asked. The Sandshrew started to shiver again.

'Poor thing, it's parents must have been killed.' she thought. "its OK Sandshrew, your safe now."

Sandshrew slowly stopped shivering. It looked up at Misty with eyes full of curiosity and gratitude.

Giving Sandshrew a comforting smile she asked "Would you like to come to my home? I can feed you there." without a second thought it nodded its head rapidly

"Shrew!" it cried happily while snuggling in closer with Misty. Misty let out a small laugh.

"I take that as a yes." Holding the Sandshrew like she use to hold Togepi, she started to walk towards Cerulean City. 'you know, maybe I won't hurt that Abra...' she thought happily.

Location: Saffron City; Time 12:20 PM

"That was delicious." Sabrina said while wiping her mouth. They had just eaten lunch, Homemade Ramen noodles with shrimp. They were sitting in the booth right next to a window, waiting for the check to come. Pikachu was busy enjoying his ketchup bottle while sitting on the table

"yeah, it was." Ash agreed. Ash checked the time from a clock on the wall. "So we got about 2 hours to kill before the Tourney, what do you want to do?" Sabrina was about to reply when she saw the preforming Kadabra and it trainer, a female Ace Trainer, come out from the back room. they had a couple of colored balls in there hands And a large smile on both faces.

"Well first, I want to watch the Kadabra for awhile." She said to Ash. Ash turned around to see the Kadabra juggling with it's trainer. A small crowed was gathering, watching the duo do tricks with excitement in their eyes.

"Go for it. I will wait for the check."

"Thanks Satoshi!" She said while giving him a hug. Ash smiled while he watched her join the crowd. Ash was watching the performance when the Waiter came back.

"Sir?" He said. Ash turn around and looked at the waiter. "Your check." Ash gave him a smile and said

"Thanks." Ash quickly paid the check with the money he had brought with him. After putting the right amount of money in the check book he handed it back to the waiter.

"Thank you sir, please come again." he said while he left. Ash turned back around to watch the little show again. Currently the Kadabra was levitating the colored balls around the crowd. Many where laughing as the balls bounced harmlessly on their heads. Ash let out a little chuckle when Sabrina got hit on the head with the ball. Then they started to gather the balls in one little area. Kadabra using it's physic powers, started to morph the balls into Pokémon. After making a Butterfree, a Caterpie, and a Pikachu, which Ash's Pikachu really liked, the balls exploded into sparkles.

Ash watched as the Crowd clapped and slowly disappeared back to their tables. Ash walked over to Where Sabrina was currently petting the Kadabra.

"Great job Kadabra, you getting really good." the trainer praised while giving it a pat on the head.

"Yeah! You were amazing Kadabra!" Sabrina said

Kadabra let out a "Kadabra!" of happiness. Ash walked over to the trainer and hold out a hand.

"Really good show, you raised your Kadabra well." Ash said to the trainer. The Trainer smiled and extend her hand to shake with Ash's.

"Thanks, Kadabra was my first Pokémon. We have quite the bond. My name is Mary. You?" She asked.

"Satoshi. Nice to meet you." Ash replied back with a smile.

Pikachu jumped onto his shoulder while saying "Pi Pikachu!"

Ash chuckled while saying. " oh yeah, sorry buddy. This is Pikachu, my first Pokémon."

"Pika!" Pikachu said while extending his paw. Mary laughed a little while shaking Pikachu's hand.

"Friendly one isn't he?" Mary asked with a smile. Ash laughed and nodded his head.

They talked for awhile about there adventures and such. Mary was pretty successful as a trainer. She had gathered 15 badges from the Kanto region and Johto region and came in the top 8 of the Indigo league, before coming back home. She then decided to become a performer with her Pokémon and now was putting on shows in Saffron. They where a big hit and she is soon to be getting a contract working for a professional show.

Sabrina during this time, was playing with the Kadabra. She would hide an item behind her back and make the Kadabra guess what it is. Kadabra then would show a picture to her of the item. Kadabra won for the fourth time when Sabrina complained "No fair! You can see into the future and I can't." Kadabra just let out a laugh in response. Sabrina crossed her arms and look away with a pout on her face.

Mary, with amusement in her eyes, said "Now now Kadabra, play nice." Kadabra in response just let out what sounded like a "Hmph." and assumed the same position as Sabrina.

"They are quite alike are they" Ash said with an amused smile. Mary just nodded her head.

"I'm nothing like him..." Sabrina mumbled causing Ash to chuckle.

"Well, we better head off then. It was nice talking to you Mary." Ash said while giving her a friendly smile. Mary smiled back.

"See later Satoshi and Sabrina. Better come back alright?" She said with a happy tone.

"We will! This place is the best!" Sabrina said equally, if not, more happily. After saying there good byes, Ash and Sabrina exited the restaurant and started to explore Saffron again. They floated around the city looking at shops, and the occasional Pokémon, when they heard a noise of a small explosion. "What's that?" Sabrina asked.

"I'm not sure, but I'm going to check it out." Ash said. Following the noise, they entered a park built in the middle of the city, where most of the wild Pokémon live. It was quaint park with open fields and the occasional group of trees. When they where close enough to the noise they heard several voices.

"Okay Sandslash, dodge and use slash!" A voice rang out. Ash instantly smiled.

"A Pokémon battle!" Sabrina yelled out. "let go watch!" Before Ash can say anything Sabrina took off towards the bushes.

"Sabrina come back!" Ash yelled. Ash ran after her, who was a good deal ahead. Ash finally caught up to her, and was about to scowled her for running off, until he look at what she was looking at. It actually surprised Ash to see a League field in the middle of the park, since the last time he was here, he couldn't recall a field in the park. On the field was two Pokémon.

The one on the left had brown spikes on it's back. It also had yellow body and white claws and underbelly. Ash recognized it as a Sandslash.

The other one was a blue snake like Pokémon with a white underbelly. It had a spike and two wing-like horns on it head. Under it's neck was a small blue crystal like ball.

"Isn't that a Dragonair?" Sabrina asked, recognizing it from Lance, who also had a Dragonair.

"Yeah, it is. It is rare though to see a trainer with one." Ash replied. Pikachu watched with curiosity in his eyes.

"block Swift with Dragon pulse, Dragonair!" the Trainer, who was about 13 years old, called to his Pokémon. The Dragonair raised it head and open it's mouth. Quickly bluish energy gathered in it's mouth. Dragonair then released the Dragon pulse destroying many of the swift stars that was heading toward it, however the Dragon pulse wasn't done yet and headed strait for Sandslash.

"Dodge it Sandslash!" the other trainer, about 13 years old, yelled with panic in his voice, but it was too late. Sandslash was hit nearly strait on by the dragon pulse, which created a smoke screen. "Sandslash! Are you OK?" the trainer called out. After the smokescreen cleared up, Sandslash was on the ground, twitching every now and then. The girl, who was about 15 and was acting the part of Referee, called out

"Sandslash is unable to battle! The winner is Dragonair!" she raised her hand to Dragonair's side of the field. The dragon Pokémon looked content with herself and quickly slivered over to it's trainer.

"Great Job Dragonair, that was a good battle." the trainer said while petting her. The Dragonair purred like a cat from the affection.

The other trainer recalled his Sandslash after thanking it. "Man, I can never beat you Louis! Your Dragonair is just too strong." he complained while walking over to Louis.

"If you actually train your Pokémon, Marvin, then they will get stronger. That is why your a 'Trainer' " the Girl said to him while also walking over, putting emphasis on the 'Train' part of it.

"Ouch. that's colder then Dragonair's Blizzard, Maria." Louis said, still petting his Dragonair.

"Yeah, low blow there." Marvin agreed. Maria just shook her head.

Ash couldn't help but chuckle at the groups antics. "That a familiar feeling huh?" he asked Pikachu who nodded his head. "What do you think Sabrina?" Sabrina, who was quite the whole time, suddenly yelled out loudly

"That was an awesome move! I wish saw the whole battle!" Sabrina said, with fire in her eyes. Her yelling caught the attention of the three trainers on the battlefield.

"Oh great..." Louis mumbled, looking directly at Ash. Since Dragonair was a rare Pokémon, he always get offers to trade Dragonair from other trainers. Of course he refused each time, but it was getting to be a pain in the neck.

"Sorry about intruding like that! We heard some explosions and we wanted to know what was causing it." Ash explain while walking over, Sabrina following closely behind.

"No problem!" Maria, who was currently the most friendliest, said with a smile. As Ash was directly in front of Louis and Dragonair, Louis tensed up. Although all the trainers were completely shocked from what Ash said next.

"You have a strong and majestic looking Dragonair. You should be proud." Ash praised while petting the Dragonair. Dragonair started to purr again.

"You...You know what Dragonair is?" Asked Louis. He still hadn't got over the fact that another trainer knew what Dragonair was, and defiantly one who didn't want to trade for her.

"Yep" Ash said.

"But...how do you know?" Maria asked, just as shock as Louis.

" I have a friend who has one." Ash said simply, causing the Trainers to sweat drop.

"Well if your friends with A trainer of Dragon Pokémon, then you must be pretty strong right?" Marvin asked, being the lest affected by Ash.

"Well, I guess so." Ash half lied. He was strong, but not just because he knew a Dragon Trainer.

"Well if that's the case, I challenge you to a battle!" Louis declared while pointing a finger at Ash. Apparently he got over his shock. Ash Sweat dropped, and said

"I'm not sure if that's a good idea."

"What scared?" Louis Taunted. Sabrina looked at Louis with anger in her eyes, her hands twitching.

"Well first off, I should know your name." Ash said, a bit annoyed by the trainer.

"Louis, and I challenged you to a battle, and you can't run away! That is official league rules!" Louis declared again. Maria just shook her head, apparently used to Louis acting this way. Marvin was busy checking the time on his phone.

Ash was starting to get pissed. "Jeez, was I annoying and cocky like him Pikachu when I was his age?" he asked Pikachu, just loud enough for the group to here. Pikachu just laughed while nodding his head. Ash couldn't help but laugh as well. Sabrina just started to giggle.

Louis face was turning red with anger. "Your just scared because you know I'll crush the weak rodent!" he nearly screamed. Ash and Pikachu immediately stopped laughing and glared at the boy.

"a oh, your gonna get it now..." Sabrina nearly sang to herself.

"Louis! Don't say stuff like that" Maria scowled him. Louis who was a bit uncomfortable by the glares he was receiving, Just replied, much to the annoyance of Maria.

"You know it's true."

"Look Kid, if you want a battle, fine..." Ash said with venom in his voice. "But you do NOT, insult my Friends. I don't take kindly to that kind of behavior."

"Pika!" Pikachu chimed in with sparks coming out of his cheeks. Maria and Marvin was a bit frighted by the cold voice Ash used, and decided to take a step back. Louis didn't look affected at all. With a smirk on his face he asked

"So your gonna battle then?"

"You can count on it. Two on two Double battle sound good?" Ash asked, his auburn eyes lighted with excitement.

"yeah, it does." Louis replied with the smirk on his face still there.

"YES! I get to see big brother battle again!" Sabrina nearly yelled with excitement while punching her fist in the air.

Ash stood on the opposite side of the field, facing his opponent. Sabrina and Marvin stood a bit behind Maria, who was acting as the Referee. "This will be a two vs. two Double battle! There will be no time limit and no substitutions! Trainer send out your Pokémon!"

Ash Threw one Poke-ball. "Go Pikachu! Come on out Gabite!" Pikachu jumped From Ash's shoulder and ran onto the field. From the poke-ball, a Pokémon with a blue body came out. It had two fins on it arm and two jet-like horns on it head. It also had one giant fin on it's back and a smaller fin on it's tail. "Gaba!" Gabite yelled.

Nearly at the same time Dragonair slivered onto the field. "Go, Sneasel!" Louis called. From the poke-ball a gray Pokémon appeared on the field. It had two retractable claws on both it's hands. It had pinkish feather behind it's head and 5 feathers as its tail. "Sneas!" it cried.

"I hope your brother knows what he doing." Marvin whispered to Sabrina

"Satoshi will kick his but easy and without even trying!" Sabrina whispered back fiercely.

"Are both trainers ready?" Maria asked. Both Ash and Louis nodded their head. "Then Begin!"

"Sneasel and Dragonair, let's freeze things up with a double blizzard!" Louis yelled. Both Pokémon gathered icy energy in their mouths. Quick as it gathered, they both launched the attack, creating a strong blizzard.

"Pikachu quick! Use Agility to get in front of Gabite and use Protect!" Pikachu, with his increase speed, easily got in front of Gabite before the blizzard. Then a green energy surrounded Gabite and Pikachu, easily deflecting the Blizzards. Ash smirked. "Now Gabite, use Dragon Dance!" Gabite let out a roar as Blackish-red energy surrounded him.

"Quick Sneasel, before he can move! Hit Gabite with Iron Tail!" Louis called out. Sneasel, running as fast as Pikachu, ran towards Gabite with it's Tails glowing with a white light. Sneasel then Jumped high to hit Gabite on the way down.

"Pikachu, block it with your Iron Tail!" Ash called out. Using Gabite as a spring board, Pikachu jumped up with his tail glowing and span quickly around. The two Iron Tails hit, and blocked Sneasel's attack. Both Pokémon landed back on there side glaring. "Gabite use Dragon Dance Again!" Gabite again was covered with the Dragon Energy that quickly spun.

"Now Dragonair, use Dragon Pulse! Sneasel, Dark Pulse!" Louis ordered. The Dragonair gathered a bluish energy in it's mouth, while The Sneasel gathered a darkish orb. "Now Combine it!"

The Dragonair fired its Dragon pulse, which followed by Sneasel's Dark Pulse. The quicker Dark pulse easily caught up with the Dragon pulse and hit it, combing Dragon and Dark energy, aimed directly at Gabite and Pikachu.

"Pikachu, use Protect." Ash ordered with a calm voice. Pikachu again covered Gabite and himself with a greenish energy. The mixed attack bounced off the shield and hit the ground without doing any damage. "Gabite, Dragon Dance"

"What is your brother doing?" Marvin asked. Sabrina just smirked.

"I'm not gonna tell ya."

Louis face was distorted with anger. He was fighting the hardest he can, and his opponent looked bored! Hell even his Pokémon look bored. "Sneasel, Ice Beam! Dragonair, Dragon Rush!" Louis called out. Sneasel gathered ice energy in it's mouth and quickly launched it at Pikachu. Dragonair rushed at Pikachu as well. Ash Smirked.

"Jump up, Pikachu!" Using his tail as a spring, Pikachu jumped out of the way of the rushing Dragonair, who hit the ground where Pikachu was. Hard. Then the Ice beam hit the crater caused by Dragonair

"Dragonair!" Louis cried out. It was clear the Dragonair was down for the count. It was already exhausted by using powerful moves constantly, plus after hitting the ground that hard followed by a super effective Ice beam, even something as tough as a Dragon Pokémon can't handle something so brutal. "Return Dragonair." Louis said as the red beam enveloped his beloved dragon Pokémon. He was a bit depressed and angry. "It is up too you Sneasel." Sneasel nodded her determinedly.

"I'm ending this battle. Now" Ash declared. "Now Gabite, use your Dragon Rush." before Louis can even tell Sneasel to dodge, Gabite had moved across the battlefield and crushed Sneasel into the ground. As the smoke cleared, Sneasel was at the bottom of a crater deeper the Dragonair's, obviously knocked out.

"What the hell!" Louis exclaimed. He had never seen something move so fast.

"Those Dragon Dances wasn't for the pretty lights." Ash explained. "They had boosted Gabite's Attack power and speed to unbelievable heights. Easily enough to out speed and power Sneasel defenses. "

Without Saying anything, Louis recalled his Pokémon. He didn't even notice when Ash walked and stopped directly in front of him, until Ash spoke. "You came at me with brute force, not even considering to use tactics. If you had use some tactics, then you would of fared better. Brute force is OK of a strategy if your Pokémon is stronger then the other and can take a hit or two, but not when it is the other way around. You lost because you believe you were the strongest and nothing can stop you or your Pokémon.

Always remember that there is a Trainer out there stronger then you. And when you meet someone stronger then you, always have a back up plan. Because if you don't, you will never be able to beat them. I hope you learn something through this battle."

Louis looked up at Ash, amazed that he was even talking to him. Ash gave him a friendly smile.

"We started off on the wrong foot. My name is Satoshi, what yours?"

Authors End Note: Well that was my first time writing a battle so tell me how i did. Hope you where entertained with this Chap. R&R!