Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
Episode 3: When Pokémon Worlds Collide
Adventure/Friendship/Romance
Chapter Created on: 11/26/2010
Last Update: 12/19/2010
Sorry I didn't update yesterday.
Aided by Ash's newly caught Starly our heroes continue their search for Pikachu. While at the same time along with Pikachu and Piplup, Dawn and Misty retraces their steps searching for Ash. Now will the fates smile down at them and allow their paths to cross?
Brock and Ash were running through a forest following Starly in the sky.
"Starly! Starly!" Starly shouts from up in the sky.
Ash and Brock freeze in their tracks.
"Brock you hear that?" Ash questioned as he looked up.
"Starly spotted something," Brock replied as he also looked up.
They gasped when see a lot of electricity go into the sky from deep into the forest. Ash knew right away that it was Pikachu's thunder attack.
"Pikachu!" he shouted.
[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Opening Theme]
Pokémon, Pokémon
It's all about the challenges
It's a brand new game and a brand new world
New rivals as we fight for survival nothing can stop you Diamond and Pearl, Pokémon
It's all about the battles, you gotta play smart
You gotta move faster behind every win there's a chance to begin again
You gotta take it all if you wanna be a master
Pokémon, Pokémon It's time for an adventure Diamond and Pearl, we can change the world, Pokémon!
[End of Theme]
Starlys were flying everywhere in fear. A boy and his Elekid were standing in the mass of Starlys. The Elekid was using a thunder attack on the Starlys.
"Go Pokéball!" shouted the boy as he threw a Pokéball.
The Pokéball hit a Starly. A red light appeared around the Starly but it disappeared. The Pokéball flew back into the boy's hand. Ash rushed over quickly.
"Hey Starly! Over here!" Ash called.
Starly flew over to Ash and landed on his shoulder. "Starly,"
The boy turned around to face Ash. "I'll thank you and your Starly to stay out of my way,"
Ash spread his arms out. "I didn't know anyone was out here but us, really,"
Brock suddenly came up to Ash's side. "It must've been his Elekid that launched that attack,"
"Anyway, I lost my Pikachu. Have you seen a girl with a Pikachu around?" Ash asked politely.
"No," replied the boy simply. He sounded like he had an attitude. "Even if I did I wouldn't have told you,"
Ash was stunned. "Wha?"
The boy ignores him. "Do you really think that Starly's good enough?"
"Huh? What do you mean?" Ash asked in confusion.
"I've watched you catch it, don't you think you would be better off to catch the strongest one you can?"
"Strong or not, I'm going to become a Pokémon Master and that means I have to catch every Pokémon!" Ash shouted in defense. "Are you saying you can tell which ones are the strongest?"
The boy nodded. "Yup. Look," he threw three Pokéballs into the air. Three Starlys came out of the Pokéballs in front of him.
"Starly!"
"You've got three of them?" Ash gasped.
The three Starly's landed in front of the boy waiting for a command.
The boy reached into his pocket and pulled out a dark blue Pokédex. "You must know you can scan the Pokémon with your Pokédex so you can check out what moves they can use and that's just what I do. I figured if you do that from the beginning it saves you a whole bunch of grief in the long run," he pressed several buttons on the Pokédex until he found what he was looking for. "Okay, let's check out Ariel Ace and the big winner is," he returned all of the Starlys and only put one back into his pocket. "Take a hike. I don't need you!" he shouts as he throws the two Pokéballs. The two Starlys come out and then fly away.
Ash and Brock walked over to the boy.
"Why did you do that?" Ash asked in disbelief.
"Hey the only attacks those two knew were only Tackle and Sand-Attack so they wouldn't be much use anyway," replied the boy.
"Yeah, but any Pokémon can be strong if you just train them!" Ash growled.
The boy chuckled.
Ash raised a fist. "What are you laughing at?"
"You'll find out. So do you want to battle?"
"Sure! Let's do it!"
"We'll each use three Pokémon," the boy said.
"Waaah!" Ash gasped. He didn't even have three Pokémon. The only Pokémon he had was Starly and Aipom.
The boy shrugged. "Three on three is the best way to see what type of Pokémon a trainer is good at working with,"
"I know…" Ash sighed. "But I've only got two Pokémon," if only he had Pikachu with him and then he would've been able to battle.
The boy looked stunned. "You've gotta be kidding?" he looked away in disgust. "Talk about pathetic. Elekid, let's get going," he turned away with his Elekid following him.
Ash growled in anger. "Man I wish Pikachu was here,"
They suddenly heard lightening.
"Ash, did you hear that too?" Brock asked.
"That's a Volt Tackle!" Ash shouted as he rushed away. "I'm coming, Pikachu!"
The boy with his Elekid looked back at them. "That's a Volt Tackle, huh…?"
~Dawn and Misty~
Dawn and Misty were standing in front of a giant robot machine. The giant robot machine had six claws, it was orange, and Team Rocket was inside of it and you could see them from a window on the machine. Pikachu was using Volt Tackle on the machine.
Team Rocket laughed evilly from inside the machine.
"Now that kind of tickled a little!" Meowth said sarcastically.
Jessie grinned evilly. "But that's as far as you're going to get with this new toy of ours,"
"Get a load of our new super slinger mark 1-A. Not only with able to withstand any attack you conflict our way but being so little powered, it fights global warming and makes us lunch!" James explained.
Wobbuffet came out of its Pokéball. "Wobbuffet!"
"Pika!" Pikachu shouted in exhaustion.
"Hold on. Why do you want Pikachu so bad anyway?" Dawn demanded.
"They've been trying to catch Pikachu since the day they saw it!" Misty replied. "They want it because it's strong…"
Dawn glared up at Team Rocket.
"We went hands down," Meowth said. "I'll just grab ya!" he presses a button and three claws start to move towards Pikachu.
"Piplup, quick, use Bubblebeam!" Dawn commanded.
Misty pointed at the claws. "Eevee you help too, use Tackle!"
Eevee rushed over and used Tackle on one of the claws. The claw exploded. Piplup uses Bubblebeam on the two other claws but they were not affected. One of the claws grabbed Pikachu and pulled it off of the ground. Pikachu used Thunderbolt but nothing happened.
"Oh no!" Misty gasped.
"Three points!" Meowth cheered.
Jessie clasped her hands together. "And Team Rocket wins it!"
"With a Pikachu pass play!" James added.
Piplup used Bubblebeam again. "Piplup, lup, lup!"
"Except for the entertainment factor you're wasting water!" James hollered in delight.
Piplup was outraged now. It rushed over to the giant machine.
"Piplup!" Dawn called as she hurried after Piplup.
"Dawn, come back!" Misty yelled.
"Oh please, just like a twerp!" Jessie growled.
One of the claws flicked Piplup away like a fly. Piplup rolled onto the ground in pain. Dawn ran over to Piplup.
"Piplup!" Dawn kneels down beside Piplup. Piplup tries to get back up but fails.
Meowth laughed hysterically. "A wimp with wings!"
"Piplup!" Piplup shot back.
"I think it's time for some flying lessons," Jessie teased.
The claws came down and swung at Dawn and Piplup. Dawn tried her best to dodge them. The rest of the claws came down and swung at Misty and Eevee.
"Aipom Swift! Starly Whirlwind!" shouted a familiar voice.
Aipom used Swift on the giant claws that were trying to get Dawn. Starly used Whirlwind on the claws that were trying to get Misty.
Team Rocket gasped in shock.
Ash and Brock came running out from behind some bushes.
"Pikachu!" Ash called.
Dawn and Piplup gasps.
Pikachu was surprised to see Ash. "Pika, pi!"
Misty looked over at Ash and Brock. "Ash?"
"Misty?" Ash and Brock gasp.
"Look it's the old twerp," Team Rocket said.
"I know what he wants," Jessie hissed.
"Tell him Pikachu's under new management," Meowth said as he moved a analog stick around.
One of the long claws hit Ash in the side making him fall onto the ground. Dawn's eyes widened when she saw that.
"Ash!" Misty and Brock shouted as they rushed over to Ash.
Misty got on her knees beside Ash. "Are you alright?"
Ash stood up quickly and ran towards the big machine. "Oh no you don't!"
"Don't do anything stupid!" Brock hollered.
"Don't be foolish!" Misty shouted.
Ash was dodging the claws as they tried to grab him. "They've got Pikachu,"
Meowth pressed a button. Team Rocket floated out of the machine on a big platform.
"This is your lucky day after all," Jessie stated.
"You get to witness the brilliants of the newest Team Rocket motto," James said.
"Do we have too?" Ash asked in annoyance.
"Listen is that a voice I hear?" asked Jessie.
"It's speaking to me loud and clear," James replied.
"Floating in the wind!"
"Passed the stars!"
"In your ear!" shouted Meowth.
Jessie put her hands on her hips. "Bringing chaos at a breakneck pace,"
James folded his arms. "Dashing hope putting fear in its place,"
A rose appeared in Jessie's hand. "A rose by any other names just as sweet," she puts the rose in her mouth.
A rose appeared in James's hand. "When everything's worse our work is complete,"
"Jessie!"
"And it's James!"
"Meowth! Now that's a name!"
"Putting the do-gooders in their place!" yelled Jessie.
"Team Rocket!" hollers James.
"In your face," Meowth added.
Wobbuffet and Mime Jr. came out of their Pokéballs and shouted out their own names.
"Tada!" Team Rocket yelled.
Ash ran over to the big robot machine. He cared nothing about Team Rocket's new motto he just wanted to save Pikachu.
Meowth put his hands on his hips. "Well, we left them speechless again,"
"Encore time," James said.
One of the big claws went towards Ash. Ash dodged it. He jumped on a tree and then jumped onto the claws arm. Team Rocket gasped in shock. They didn't expect him to do that.
"I'm coming Pikachu!" Ash shouted as he climbed up the arm.
"Ash, get down from there! You'll get hurt!" Misty called from down below.
"Ahhh! He's got that look in his eyes!" Meowth gasped in panic.
James frowns. "Oh, well look at these!" he pressed a button on a remote control.
The other claws were trying to grab Ash. Ash kept dodging them. Dawn stared up in shock. She was scared for him. She gasps when Ash climbs higher. Ash climbed higher and higher until he was almost there to Pikachu. One of the claws hit the machine as it tried to get Ash. Team Rocket sweat dropped and gasps.
"Don't worry, Pikachu, I'm here," Ash said when he made it to Pikachu. He was so glad that he finally got to be with Pikachu again.
"Pikachu! Pi, pika!" Pikachu shouted urgently.
Ash tried to break the claws grip on Pikachu. The whole machine was started to mess up. It was making strange noises.
"Ash, hurry, I think it's going to blow!" Brock yelled.
Ash kept pulling on the claw.
"We're not as thick skidded as we thought!" Meowth shouted anxiously.
"One thing's for sure," Jessie trembled.
"We're thick headed!" James shouts.
"Wobbuffet!" Wobbuffet said.
The machine was beginning to explode.
"Duck!" Brock shouted as he ducked. Dawn, Misty, and the other Pokémon ducked to cover.
Team Rocket blasted off into the sky from the explosion.
"You tell me what kind of encore is this?" Jessie hissed.
"Yeah weren't we supposed to be leaving our audience wanting more?" James demanded to Meowth.
"You go tell that to the writers!" Meowth retorted.
Wobbuffet and Mime Jr. shouted out their own names.
"We're blasting off again!"
They blasted off into there was only a tiny shine in the sky. Dawn, Brock, Misty, and their Pokémon were looking at the pile of pieces of the machine that exploded.
"Pikachu! Hey Ash!" Brock called.
"Pikachu…" Dawn whispered sadly.
"Ash!" Misty screamed. She was worried the most out of everyone else.
The Pokémon looked down in sadness. Then there was suddenly movement inside the parts. Ash and Pikachu suddenly popped their heads out. They looked really hurt. Misty angrily stomped over to Ash and hit him on the top of the head.
"Ow!" Ash shouted in agony.
"You had us worried sick, Ash Ketchum," Misty said scornfully with her hands on her hips.
Ash rubbed his head. His eyes widened when he saw Pikachu. They both gave each other a great big hug. Aipom walked over to Pikachu and Ash. Pikachu and Aipom held hands happily. Starly landed next to them.
"Pikachu this is Starly," Ash said. "And Starly this is Pikachu. Starly is the very first Pokémon I caught here in Sinnoh and it helped me find you,"
"Starly!" Starly smiled at Pikachu.
Pikachu smiled back. "Pika!"
Dawn and Brock approached them.
"Hey Pikachu, we did it!" Dawn cheered.
"Pikachu!"
Ash climbed out of the parts and walks over to Dawn. "Thank you so much for saving my Pikachu,"
Dawn smiled brightly. "Of course! Who wouldn't want to help a Pokémon in need?"
"Oh," was all Ash could say.
"By the way, Ash, this is Dawn," Misty said to Ash. "And Dawn this is Brock and Ash,"
"Nice to meet you!" Ash, Brock, and Dawn said at the same time.
"This is my partner, Piplup," Dawn said.
"Piplup!" Piplup shouts happily.
"So that's a Piplup, huh?" Ash asked as he pulled out a red Pokédex.
The Pokédex began speaking. "Piplup, the penguin Pokémon. It's very proud and its thick fur protects it from the cold,"
"I sure hope your Piplup's okay after that," Ash said.
"Thanks but Piplup's fine!" Dawn exclaimed. "You tell him, Piplup,"
Piplup nodded proudly.
"You're Piplup's a tough Pokémon," Ash commented.
Piplup suddenly fainted.
"Oh no!" Dawn gasped.
Brock took off his backpack and kneeled down beside Piplup. "Obviously something's wrong with it big time,"
"Is it going to be alright?" Misty asked worriedly.
"I hope so…" Ash whispered.
Brock cradled Piplup in his arms. "I'll do everything I can, Dawn," he reached into his backpack pouch and pulled out some spraying stuff. He sprayed it on Piplup's chest. He turned his attention to Dawn. "It's important for any trainer to always know the condition of their Pokémon,"
Dawn fell to her knees shamefully. "I'm so sorry, Piplup. Will you forgive me?" she pleaded.
Piplup smiled happily. "Piplup,"
Brock nodded and then he turned to Pikachu. "Now let's have a look at Pikachu,"
"Pika, pika!" Pikachu said cheerfully.
"Hey thanks, Brock, you're the best," Ash said thankfully.
Brock gave Piplup to Dawn and went over to Pikachu. He looked at Pikachu and touched his forehead. "Pikachu, is fine just a couple of scratches," he says before he stands up to his feet.
"Can you take a look at my Eevee, Brock?" Misty asked sweetly as she held up her Eevee to Brock.
Eevee grinned happily. "Eevee!"
"Whoa, you got an Eevee?" Ash gasped in surprise. He quickly takes out his Pokédex.
Misty frowned at him. "Come on, Ash, stop acting like you've never seen an Eevee before,"
Ash ignored her as his Pokédex began speaking. "Eevee, the normal Pokémon. It is a rare Pokémon that adapts to harsh environments by taking on different evolutionary,"
"Awesome,"
Misty slowly rolls her eyes.
"You're Eevee is fine, Misty, it's just hungry," Brock said. "So what are you doing here anyway, Misty?"
"How did you and Dawn meet?" Ash questioned.
Misty smiled. "We met in the forest near Sandgem Town,"
"But how do you guys know Misty?" Dawn questioned.
Misty was the first the answer. "It's kind of funny, really. When me and Ash first met I fished him out of a river,"
Ash nodded. "And we met Brock at his gym in Pewter City,"
"So Brock's a gym leader too like Misty?" Dawn asked in surprise.
They all nodded. Dawn's eyes got big. She was simply astonished by this. She was so glad that she met these three. Maybe they could be friends…
~Phone Booth~
Dawn, Ash, Misty, and Brock were standing in a phone booth together talking with Professor Rowan. They found it just up the road. There was a computer monitor with Professor Rowan's face right there. They were just telling the Professor what had happened.
"Well that's excellent," says the Professor. "I can't tell you how happy I am for you. Everything worked out just perfect,"
"Thanks, Professor," Dawn thanked him sweetly.
"Of course," Professor Rowan nods. "By the way Ash, I've just received a package for you from your mother,"
Ash looked a bit embarrassed right now. He wasn't expecting anything from his mommy. "From my mom?"
A boy and his Elekid were standing next to some giant machine parts. It was Team Rocket's machine that exploded. He looked down at the parts with a frown on his face.
~Ash and Friends~
Ash, Dawn, Brock, and Misty were walking down a road together. Piplup was happily beside its owner. Misty was holding her Eevee in her arms just as she used to hold her Togepi. Pikachu was sitting firmly on Ash's shoulder as he always did. They were on their way to Professor Rowan's lab. Brock was just telling Dawn that he was a Pokémon Breeder.
"Wow, Brock, that's so cool that you're a Breeder," Dawn says in amazement. "I know this has gotta be the first time I've met a Pokémon Breeder ever!"
Brock brushed his hair back with his hand. "Really? Well as soon as we get back to the lab then I'll make some special Pokémon food that's perfect for water types,"
"And my Pokémon too," Misty said.
Brock nodded. "I'll make Pokémon food for all the Pokémon,"
"Piplup! Piplup!" Piplup cheered.
"Eevee! Eeve!" Eevee also cheered.
Dawn smiled down at Piplup. "You're a lucky Pokémon, Piplup,"
"What are you doing here anyway, Misty?" Ash questioned suspiciously. "What about you and your sister's gym?"
Misty glared at him. "Why? Is it because you don't want me here?" she boomed. Her head looked like it got big all of a sudden.
Ash moved away in fear. "Uh, of course I want you here…hehe…"
Misty sighed. "Well, if you gotta know, my sisters said I needed to become a stronger gym leader. So I came out here to Sinnoh and become a better Pokémon trainer. I left all my Pokémon at home though but my sisters gave me this Eevee and I caught a Shellos and a Wooper on my way here to Sinnoh,"
"That's great!" Ash said. "So you just came all the way here to Sinnoh? You didn't go to Hoenn?"
They suddenly hear a horn. Everyone looked and saw a motorcycle driving right towards them. It was Officer Jenny.
"I heard the news!" she called to them.
"Hey Officer Jenny!" Ash greeted her.
Officer Jenny made a halt right in front of them. "That is so great. How's Pikachu?"
"Pikachu's fine. Thanks again for your help," he thanks her.
Hearts appeared in Brock's eyes at the sight of Jenny. "And your beauty!" he takes Officer Jenny's hands in his. "Your thoughtfulness knows no bounds. Thanks for helping my friend Ash in his hour of need!"
Jenny sweat dropped. "Sure…"
Dawn and Piplup gasped. They had no idea what was wrong with Brock.
"Now I'm asking for your help in my hour of need!" Brock shouted lovingly. "Cause I need you!"
Misty grabbed a hold of Brock's ear. "Please tell me you aren't still doing this…?" she drags him away after that.
"Ow! The pain!" Brock yelped.
Dawn stared in confusion. "Ash, what just happened? What was wrong with Brock?"
"Nothing," Ash replied. "Not for him anyway…" he smiled at her cheekily.
"Pika…" Pikachu said.
~Professor Rowan's Lab~
Everyone just had made it to Professor Rowan's lab. Professor Rowan greeted them happily and gave Ash the package from his mom. Ash set the box on a silver counter. Everyone is surrounding the table, eager to see what was inside. Ash opens the box. Inside the box there was a pair of clothes, shoes, and a backpack. Ash pulled out a shirt. The shirt was black with a long yellow fat stripe going around the stomach area and the collar of the shirt was white with white short sleeves.
"Wow, check out the new clothes!" Ash exclaimed excitedly.
Pikachu grinned happily. "Pikachu!"
"She even put a backpack in there too," Brock said.
"And a new hat," Misty added.
"I'm going to go change!" Ash shouted as he quickly ran into a nearest restroom. When he got inside he hurriedly got undressed. Then he slipped on his new clothes and hat. His hat looked like his other one except for that the half Pokéball on the hat was blue. He looked himself in the mirror. "They don't call me the cool Pokémon trainer for nothing," he said.
"Ash, your mom's on the line!" Misty called from outside the bathroom.
Ash adjusted his hat on his head before leaving the bathroom. He walked out of the bathroom and followed Misty to a small room. Pikachu followed them in. They walked over to a computer monitor. Ash's mom was standing there in the monitor, waiting.
"Hi mom!" Ash greeted her.
"Hi honey, how are you?" she asked joyfully.
"I'm doing fine,"
His mother put her hands up to her face in surprise when she saw Misty. "Oh dear, what are you doing there, Misty?"
Misty laughed. "Hi Ms. Ketchum. I'm sorry I didn't tell you I left. I wanted to come back and travel with Ash again in Sinnoh,"
Ms. Ketchum smiled. "I am so glad that my son has his old friend back! What have you been doing, Ash sweetie? Did you catch new Pokémon friends?"
Ash nodded. "Sure did!"
"I'm thrilled! You are such a handsome young man!" Ms. Ketchum said delightfully. "Don't you think so, Misty?"
Misty flushed a little. "Well…"
"That's so nice of you, mom!" Ash interrupted.
"I wanted to give you those clothes while you were here but you flew out of the house in such a rush," she said with a small smile on her face.
Ash smiled shamefully. "I'm sorry about that. But everything's going just great here in the Sinnoh Region-
"Except for losing Pikachu to Team Rocket…" Misty added.
Ash glared at Misty. "AND I can't tell you, mom, how psyched I am!"
His mother smiled brightly. "Well I can see that. You did call Professor Oak and tell him Pikachu's safe, right?"
Ash's eyes widened. "Oh, I forgot!"
"Well, then you better go tell him now," his mother said. "Goodbye, honey!" she hangs up.
Ash called Professor Oak after that. After a few rings Professor Oak appeared on the monitor in his lab. Just then Dawn and Brock entered the room.
"Hey, Professor Oak, I'm just calling to tell you that Pikachu is all right now!" Ash said.
Professor Oak nodded and grins. "I appreciate you letting me know the good news, young man,"
Ash nods. "And this is-
"Hi Professor Oak! It's me Misty!" Misty barged in.
"It's great to see you, Misty," he says. He didn't bother to ask her why she was with Ash.
"Professor Oak, and this is Dawn," Ash said as he points Dawn. "She and Misty saved Pikachu. And, Dawn, this is Professor Oak,"
Dawn bowed respectively. "It's a real honor to meet you, sir,"
"Well it's a pleasure to meet you, a brand new trainer," Professor Oak says.
Dawn's lips curved into a huge smile. "Right…I hope you don't mind, you love Pokémon poetry don't you?"
Ash, Brock, and Misty jumped and sweat dropped. They were stunned by Dawn's words.
Professor Oak nodded. "Yes I do,"
"Awesome!" Dawn exclaims. "Does that mean you know all the Pokémon poets?"
"You don't get it. He's a real Professor just like Professor Rowan," Ash told her.
"Then how come I see him on TV only reading poems?" Dawn questioned blissfully.
Ash put his hand behind his head. "How come? Well…you see…"
"Ash is at loss for words…" Misty muttered under her breath.
Professor Rowan suddenly stepped into the room. He looked happy to see Professor Oak. "Let's say the good Professor and I have a good discussion,"
"Well, well, Professor," said Professor Oak. "Say Ash, may I speak with him for a moment?"
Ash nodded. "Sure,"
Everyone exits the room leaving the two Professors to talk.
"Perhaps you should spend a little less time reading Pokémon poetry on TV and more time doing your Pokémon research, eh Samuel?" Professor Rowan suggested.
Professor Oak nods. "Right, I'll do that,"
Everyone else walked into the main room together.
"Those two must go way back," Brock said as he looked back at the Professors.
Misty smiled. "Yeah. They must be really good friends,"
Ash shrugs. "Guess so,"
"So what are you two doing here anyway?" Dawn asked Brock and Ash.
Ash turned to dawn. "Well I came here so I can compete in the Sinnoh league and win,"
Brock took out a book from the inside of his jacket. "Okay it looks like the closes gym to Sandgem Town is in Oreburgh City," he turned to Ash. "Jubilife City is right on the way,"
"That's awesome!" Dawn exclaimed. "Can I go too?"
Brock and Ash stared at her in surprise. "Huh?"
"I wanna be the number one contest coordinator and the first contest they wanna compete in is in Jubilife City!" Dawn explained.
Misty put her arm around Dawn's shoulders. "Of course you can come, Dawn! We do need another girl in our group,"
Ash nodded in agreement. "When it comes to traveling the more the merrier I say!"
"Pikachu!" Pikachu cheered.
"What do you think, Brock?" Ash asked.
"Of course, it'll be a lot of fun especially that Misty is here now," Brock replied thoughtfully.
"Hurray!" Dawn and Misty cheered.
Piplup, Aipom, Starly, and Eevee approached them happily.
"Looks like everyone agrees," Ash said holding up a fist.
Dawn glanced at Pikachu on Ash's shoulder. "And I'll get to spend more time with Pikachu,"
Pikachu nodded and smiled. "Pika, pika!"
Ash, Brock, Misty, and Dawn took out their Pokéballs and returned their Pokémon.
"Okay, we're all set," Ash said as he put the Pokéball away.
Dawn stared at Ash in confusion. "Aren't you going to put Pikachu into its Pokéball too?"
Ash shook his head. "Of course not. Pikachu hates traveling that way when my shoulder is much more fun,"
Pikachu nodded. "Pika, pi!"
Dawn was stunned in amazement. "Wow, that is so cool,"
Professor Rowan suddenly walked over to them. "You learned that there is many different Pokémon personalities as there are Pokémon,"
"We've got to get going now. But thanks for everything you've done for us, Professor," Ash thanked him.
"Yeah, thanks a lot," Misty said.
Everyone exited the lab afterwards. Professor Rowan was walking with them out. Ash gasped suddenly.
"Ash, what's wrong?" Misty asked. "Oh," she noticed a boy leaning against a tree.
It was that same boy and Elekid that Ash and Brock met earlier. But his Elekid wasn't there with him.
"Yes, and who are?" Professor Rowan questioned.
The boy approached them with a frown on his face. "The names Paul and the looks of things you must be Professor Rowan," Paul turned to Ash. "I'm waiting for him,"
"Huh?" Ash was confused. "For me?"
Paul smirked. "You've got three Pokémon now. Wanna Battle?"
"Pika," Pikachu growled in agreement.
Ash looked serious now. "Alright, I'm ready. I'm going to be a Pokémon master and the way to do that is to beat challengers like you!"
Pikachu jumped off of Ash's shoulder and landed in front of him. "Pika!"
Professor Rowan nodded. "Well off to my back garden,"
A few moments later, everyone was in Professor Rowan's back garden. Ash and Paul were standing a distance away from each other, ready for battle. Brock was standing as the referee. Misty and Dawn were standing next to Professor Rowan.
"I'm the referee," Brock announced.
"This is great!" Dawn exclaimed in excitement. "I've never seen a real Pokémon battle before!"
Misty smiled at Dawn. "Lucky you this is your first time,"
"Well you're seeing one now, Dawn," Ash said. "So hold on to your hat,"
Paul was just smiling over there.
"What's so funny, Paul?" Ash demanded in anger.
"It's just that you talk like a little kid," Paul answered.
Ash held up a fist. "Oh yeah?"
"Yeah, okay like I said before this is going to be a three on three battle with no substitutions and the one with two wins first is the winner, got it?"
"I got it!" Ash shouted in anger. He grabs his hat and turns it around on his head so the back of the hat would be in front. "Starly I choose you!" he shouts as he throws a Pokéball.
Starly came out of the Pokéball. "Starly!"
Paul pulled out his own Pokéball. "Now Starly standby! I choose you!" he throws the Pokéball.
A Starly comes out. "Starly!"
"Kay, Ash, I'll let you go first," Paul said.
"Right! Starly, use Quick-Attack!" Ash commanded.
Ash's Starly flew towards Paul's Starly using quick-attack. Paul's Starly fell to the ground. It was a powerful attack but it didn't do much damage.
"It's a hit!" Dawn exclaimed.
"Yes but it didn't do much damage," Professor Rowan said.
Dawn looked at him in confusion. "Huh?"
"I think Paul is testing Ash's Starly's attack power," he said.
"Starly use Aerial Ace!" Paul commanded quickly.
Paul's Starly flew up towards Ash's Starly and used Aerial Ace on it. Ash's Starly is blasted far away but comes back ready to fight again.
"Starly use Wing Attack!" Ash shouts.
"Quick, use Double Team!" Paul orders his Starly.
Paul's Starly used Double Team. Lots of Starly's appeared around. Ash's Starly sweat dropped. It didn't know which one was the real one. Paul's Starly flies up from behind Ash's Starly.
"The real one is behind you!" Ash warned. "Dodge it!"
"Aerial Ace!" Paul shouted right after.
Paul's Starly used Aerial Ace on Ash's Starly. Ash's Starly fell to the ground and fainted.
"Ash's Starly is unable to battle!" Brock shouted. He raised his arm towards Paul. "Paul's Starly is the winner,"
Ash took out his Starly's Pokéball. "You did great Starly. Now take a nice long rest," he returned Starly into the Pokéball.
So far the battle was tough. This was Ash's first Pokémon battle since he got to Sinnoh. Of course he wouldn't expect it to be easy. Now Paul still has three Pokémon and Ash now has two left.
"Ash's Starly did great out there," Misty said with a small smile on her face.
Dawn nodded in agreement. "Hmm-mm,"
Paul was just standing over there with a mad look on his face. He didn't even look like he was happy that he just beat one of Ash's Pokémon. "I think I figured out your battle style. You cover up your aware attacks by pushing and when you combine that with a lame-o strategy like yours I can't help but feel sorry for any Pokémon who gets stuck with a lousy trainer like you," Paul said as he returns his Starly into its Pokéball. He looked at the Pokéball after that in disgust. "That's all you got?"
Ash completely ignored everything Paul just said. He took out another Pokéball. "Aipom, I choose you! Let's go!" he throws the Pokéball.
Aipom appeared out of the Pokéball. "Ai!"
Paul was already sending out his other Pokémon as well. "Standby, Chimchar!"
Chimchar appeared out of the Pokéball. "Chimchar!"
"Chimchar?" Ash asked as he took out his Pokédex.
The Pokédex began speaking. "Chimchar, the monkey Pokémon. Chimchar easily climbs the sheerest of walls and lives on mountain tops. When it sleeps its flames go out,"
"Wow…what's a monkey?" Ash asked to no one in particular.
"It's a Chimchar," the Pokédex answered before shutting itself off.
Ash closed his Pokédex and put it away.
Paul was looking purely evil from where he was standing. "Isn't that nice. You've got your Chimchar lesson for today,"
"Grrrr, I'd like to teach him a lesson!" Misty growled.
"Uh…calm down," Dawn said looking a little frightened.
"Aipom use Swift!" Ash commanded.
Aipom's tail glows brightly and it uses Swift on Chimchar.
"Ember!" Paul ordered.
"Chimchar!" Chimchar shoots out fireballs from its mouth.
Both of the Pokémon's attacks clashed together and exploded. Neither of them was hurt.
"Use Focus Punch!" Ash shouted.
Aipom's tail starts to glow again. It was getting ready to use Focus Punch. Aipom would have to focus to use Focus Punch.
"Flamewheel, go!" Paul commanded.
Chimchar turns into a burning hot flame wheel and rolls straight towards Aipom. It hits Aipom and Aipom is injured badly.
Ash gasped.
"That Focus Punch disappeared! Ah!" Dawn exclaimed.
"Yes. If a Pokémon uses Focus Punch and gets attacked before its complete the attack can't be finished," Professor Rowan explains.
Dawn glanced at Misty.
Misty nodded. "That's right,"
Paul still had that same evil grin on his face. "Not the choice of attacks, Ash. Chimchar, go!"
"Chim!" Chimchar is ready to use an attack.
"Aipom, use Double Team!" Ash quickly ordered before Chimchar could do anything.
Aipom uses Double Team. Lots of Aipoms appeared around.
"Ember!" Paul commanded Chimchar.
Chimchar uses Ember on all of the Aipoms except for one. Ash gasped in surprise.
"Use Scratch!" Paul commands.
Chimchar starts to scratch Aipom rapidly. Aipom is getting hurt badly.
"Use Focus Punch again, Aipom!" Ash shouted.
Aipom's tail starts glowing a bright light. It was charging up to use Focus Punch.
Paul must've been irritated that Ash would do the same thing again. "Chimchar, use Flamewheel,"
Chimchar turned into a flame wheel once again and rolled towards Aipom.
Ash was prepared this time. "Just wait! That's it!" he yelled to Aipom.
"What's he up to?" Paul asked looking troubled.
"Now, dodge it!" Ash shouted.
Aipom got on its one hand and jumped out of the way from Chimchar's Flamewheel.
"Hit it!"
Aipom slams its tail right on Chimchar. It was a critical move. Chimchar falls to the ground and faints.
"Chimchar is unable to battle! Aipom's the winner!" Brock announced.
"Alright!" Dawn and Misty cheered.
Ash and Aipom were dancing around in happiness. "Alright you did it Aipom! Just one more win and we win!"
"Aipom!" Aipom cheers.
Paul angrily takes out Chimchar's Pokéball. "Chimchar, return," Chimchar then returns into the Pokéball. Paul looked at the Pokéball in anger. "You're still just as useless as can be,"
"Okay, return, Aipom," Ash said as Aipom returns into its Pokéball. He put the ball away and turned to Paul. "It looks like it's one on one,"
Paul glared back at him.
Ash knelt down beside Pikachu who was standing next to him the whole time. "Alright Pikachu, you're next. I know you can do this,"
Pikachu nodded. "Pika!" it rushed in front of Ash ready to battle.
"Wow, Ash is using Pikachu. Pikachu is sure to win!" Misty exclaimed holding up a fist. "That'll shut Paul up,"
"Standby, Elekid!" Paul shouted as he throws out a Pokéball.
Elekid appears out of the Pokéball. "Elekid!"
"Elekid, how cool," Dawn said as she took out her pink Pokédex.
The Pokédex began speaking. "Elekid, the electric Pokémon. Elekid waves its arms to produce its strong electrical charge and it gains strength when lightening is present,"
"Is Pikachu the one who does Volt Tackle?" Paul questioned in interest.
"Yeah. So what?" Ash asked in suspicion.
"So nothing," Paul replied as he smirked.
Ash ignored his own suspicions and went on with the battle. "Alright, Pikachu use Thunderbolt!"
Pikachu jumps into the air. "Pikachuuuuuuuu!" and it uses Thunderbolt on the Elekid.
Elekid was standing there as if it felt no pain at all.
"It looked like it didn't do a thing," Dawn said in shock.
"True, electric type Pokémon don't sustain much of any damage if attacked by a move of the same type, my dear," Professor Rowan explained to Dawn.
"Thunder go!" Paul commanded his Elekid.
Elekid jumped into the air and uses a strong Thunder attack on Pikachu. Pikachu is hit with the Thunder.
"Oh no, Pikachu!" Misty gasped.
"Elekid sure is powerful!" Dawn exclaims.
Pikachu slid a distance away but kept its ground.
"Pikachu, are you okay?" Ash asked worriedly.
Pikachu glared over at the Elekid. "Pikachu!" it was ready to battle again.
Paul and Elekid had huge grins on their faces. "Of course there's a reason I let you go first," Paul said.
"What?" Ash demanded to know.
"Because I'm smart," Paul answered as if it was so obvious. "Elekid and I used the power from your Pikachu's Thunderbolt to charge up Elekid's Thunder power,"
"How can he be smart when he doesn't even have a brain?" Misty growled.
Paul turned his attention to Misty. "I'm tired of people who can't keep their mouths closed,"
"Why don't you come over here and close it, huh?" Misty threatened. She was ready to go over there and give Paul a beating.
Dawn grabbed Misty's shoulders to hold her back. "Calm down, Misty,"
Paul shook his head. "Pathetic,"
"Well Paul, we'll see if you're smart enough to dodge this! Pikachu use Volt Tackle!" Ash commanded.
Pikachu started charging towards Elekid using Volt Tackle. "Pika, pika, pika, pika, pika!"
Paul smirked. "Elekid, Protect,"
Elekid folded its arms and a visible green like shield appeared in front of it. Pikachu hit the shield and fell back in pain.
Ash gasped in shock.
"How did that happen?" Dawn asked in disbelief.
"Well, Volt Tackle can cause damage to one being attacked and the one attacking and by using Protect to avoid all its damage; that was very clever," Professor Rowan explained.
"Wow…you're like a Pokédex, Professor Rowan," Dawn said.
Paul was standing over there looking bored with his arms folded. "Are we done yet?"
"Kid," Elekid said.
Pikachu stood shakily to its feet. "Pi…"
"Pikachu, how do you feel?" Ash asked.
Pikachu nodded to Ash. "Pika,"
"Give up," Paul said sounding bored.
"No way! I'll never give up!" Ash shouted in fury. "Iron Tail!"
Pikachu rushed towards Elekid as its tail started glowing.
"Use Brick Break!" Paul commanded.
Elekid hammered down at Pikachu but both of their attacks clashed together.
Paul smirked. "I hate to bring bad news. Your Pikachu seems all turned around but Elekid has got a free arm,"
Ash sweat dropped. He was unsure if he could win this battle now.
"Ash, come on! Don't listen to him! You can win!" Misty shouted.
"Elekid, Thunder Punch now!" Paul ordered.
"Not so fast Iron Tail's still on the way!" Ash hollered.
Pikachu managed to swing its tail in Elekid's face. Elekid is furious now.
"Come on, Brick Break again!" Paul hissed.
Elekid hammered its arm down once more on Pikachu. Pikachu is blasted away. It tumbles onto the ground like a tumble weed.
"Pikachu!" Ash gasped.
Pikachu forces itself to stand even though it was in great pain but then it falls to its side. Elekid also falls down and faints.
"Both sides are unable to battle! It's a tie!" Brock shouted.
Ash gasps in disbelief. Paul just frowns in anger.
"Wow, I guess that means they're equally strong," Dawn said in amazement.
"I guess…" Misty muttered. She really thought Ash would win and Paul would lose. No one would've expected a tie.
"Alright Elekid return," Paul said in annoyance as he returns his Elekid.
Ash cradled Pikachu in his arms. "Pikachu…"
Brock approached Ash from behind. "That sure looked like a draw to me,"
"Well not me, Pikachu was the first to go down, we lost," Ash told him. He turned his attention to Paul. "Isn't that right?"
"It was called as a tie. A tie it is," Paul answered still with that same frown on his face. He takes out a Pokéball and throws it. Starly appears out and starts flying away into the sky.
"What'd you do that for?" Ash demanded in anger.
"There's a million Starly's stronger than that one," Paul replied. "Soon as I run across a stronger one I'll just grab it,"
"You'll just what?" Ash growled.
"Paul's really a pain," Misty mumbled to Dawn.
Paul ignored Ash and turned to Professor Rowan. "Professor, thanks for the use of the field," he bows. "I appreciate it," Paul begins to walk away after that with his hands in his pockets.
"Come on, wait! Let's battle again Paul!" Ash shouted.
He continues to walk.
"Thanks a lot," Ash said in anger.
"Don't worry, Ash, you'll get your rematch," Misty assured him.
Ash didn't say anything. He and Pikachu just watched Paul go in anger.
And so Ash squares off against a most unusual rival, his opposite in many ways. But one thing's for sure not having joined forces with Brock, Misty, and Dawn Ash's Sinnoh adventures are just beginning!
To be continued…
