*Authors Note*
"Bold/Italics" = Pokédex
'Italics' = Thought
If you have any questions please leave them in the comment section and I will address them when I post the next chapter.
Here's chapter 2. I really like how this chapter turned out and I hope you do as well!
I only got the one comment on whether or not I should change dialogue from bold to normal so I'll keep it as is until I get more opinions.
Reviews:
RabbitTris26: I don't want to ignore anyone, but if it becomes a problem in the future I'll do so.
Poemado: Thanks, I really like how I set up everything for battles as well. I wanted Pokémon to be able to learn more than 4 attacks, but I also wanted to put game mechanics in, so I came up with that as a compromise. For the attacks it never made sense to me why meteors falling from the sky and hitting a small Fairy-type Pokémon and did no damage at all (this doesn't only apply to fairy-types, but poison, ground, ext).
Bloody Rouge Dragon Deity King: Yep! I wanted to surprise people. Here's a hint the next party member is someone who in the anime traveled with Ash for a long time.
True Master: I wouldn't say he's completely mature, but he has his moments which show a lot in this chapter and the previous one because of the seriousness. Yep
Zeta: Thanks for the compliment! I may change the dialogue in the future, but I want a few more opinions before I do. (I did)
Chapter 2
As Ash is sprinting down the dirt road a large and blinding bluish-white light appears just a few feet in front of him, which disappears almost as quickly as it appeared, but he trips over something that wasn't there before the light appeared. With some quick thinking he spins and lands on his back in order to not have Pikachu get even more hurt. Ash slides about 2 feet scraping his back on the small rocks in the road. Ash groans out "The hell did I trip over?" as he sits up and looks to see what he tripped over and what he sees is a white shoulder strap bag and not too far away from it is a blond haired girl lying on the ground and who isn't moving.
Ash stands up with Pikachu still in his arms and walks over to the girl and kneels down to get a better look at her. She appears to be around his age, maybe a little younger, wearing a white dress, long white socks and what he believes is white ballerina shoes. He also notices a bruise that is starting to form on her right wrist. He tries to wake her up by pushing on her shoulder and the pushing motion makes her head roll slightly to the side. Ash notices on on the back of her neck is the tip of an old scar that runs beneath her dress. Without much success in waking her up he stands back up and mutters "Well… I can't just leave her here". Remembering that he needs to get Pikachu to the Pokémon center he places his unconscious Pikachu on the girl's stomach, quickly grabs the bag throwing it over his shoulder then, with Pikachu still on the unknown girl's stomach, he kneels down and picks her up wincing from the cuts on his back. With the girl in his arms he continues his run towards Viridian City albeit much slower than before.
It takes him 15 minutes to reach the entrance to the city and by then he's having trouble going any further since he ran so far and was carrying an unconscious girl for that long. As he enters the gate a woman with short spikey blue hair wearing a police uniform, which he recognizes as Officer Jenny, comes running over asking "Young man is everything alright?"
"I… found this… girl… unconscious in… the middle of the… road… and my Pikachu… is pretty badly hurt." Ash responds panting from exhaustion.
"Oh goodness! Follow me; I'll drive you to the Pokémon Center as fast as possible!" She picks up Pikachu and takes the girl's bag to lighten the burden, even if it's just a little bit. She then leads him over to her police car where he lays the girl down in the back seat and takes Pikachu back from Officer Jenny. Officer Jenny starts the car while Ash groans in relief when he takes a seat in the back along with the girl in order to catch her if she is about to fall off the seat since she's not buckled in.
"Thanks Officer Jenny, I don't think I could have made it the rest of the way on my own."
"There's no need for thanks young man, it's all part of my job" she says as she hits the gas hard.
When Officer Jenny said she'll get them there as fast as possible, she wasn't kidding. She was easily going 50 over the speed limit with the sirens blaring. Ash normally doesn't get car sick, but that didn't stop him from almost throwing up. He swears he could see his life pass before his eyes. On the way Officer Jenny explains how that the Pokémon center in Vermillion city also doubles as a hospital for people as well, but if the case is severe enough then they are escorted to the Hospital in Pewter City. Ash could barely listen as he had to focus on keeping the girl from falling off the seat and trying not to throw up when they go around a turn. They arrive in record time and to Ash's relief he no longer has to stay in the car. When he opens the door and steps out he fumbles a bit, but quickly composes himself and goes to pick the girl and Pikachu up once again. He thanks Officer Jenny as she leaves because of a call over the radio about '2 Team Rocket members and a Meowth have been spotted in the area'. She takes off as quickly as she had gotten there. Ash ised just glad he is no longer in the car.
Ash turns and sees the red roof building called a Pokémon Center. This Pokémon center is larger than most others since it also takes human patients as well. The building is 2 stories and the walls are a pristine white on the outside. He shakes his head and starts to head up the few stairs in front of the door. When he reaches the top of the steps the door opens automatically and he starts a quick jog to the counter where a pink haired woman in a nurses outfit, whom he assumes is Nurse Joy.
"Oh! What happened?" Nurse Joy asks in slight shock.
"I found this girl unconscious in the middle of the road just outside of the city and my Pikachu is really hurt." He sas with a little strain in his voice.
Nurse Joy turns to a large pink Pokémon that is wearing a nurse's hat and tells it "Chancey go get a stretcher quickly!" The Pokémon now known as Chancey gives a quick "Chanse" as a reply and runs through the double doors behind them. Within moments Chancey comes out with a stretcher. Ash quickly places the girl and Pikachu on the Stretcher and watches as Chancey pushes it back through the double doors with Nurse Joy following right behind.
Ash just stands at the counter awkwardly and after a few moments goes to sit down on one of the yellow cushioned seats within the lobby. He looks around for the first time taking notice of how the place was decorated. The walls are colored beige with a wooden base and the floors are tiled white with black ones every other 4. There were also yellow cushioned seats along some of the walls with small tables in front of them and large potted plants on both sides of the seats. The back wall to the right of the counter has a weird looking machine and some video phones. He takes notice that one of the phones is getting an incoming call and seeing as he is the only one in the lobby he walks over to the phone. He sits in the chair in front of the phone and answers it with a "Hello?" wondering who would be calling the Pokémon Center lobby.
The person that appears on the screen to Ash's surprise is Professor Oak. "Why hello, nice to see you made it to Viridian City Ash. I was just calling to see if you had made it there yet."
"Well I did, but with some difficulty" Ash replies.
"My, do you mind if I ask what happened?"
Ash then explains what happened with the flock of Spearow and then adds "Then we saw this large Pokémon flying over a rainbow. I have no idea what it was and even the Pokédex couldn't identify it."
"A large flying Pokémon and the Pokédex couldn't identify it? The Pokédex should have automatically taken a picture of the Pokémon, could you put the Pokédex in the slot right there?" He says as he points to where the slot on the video phone was. "Just give me sec as I bring up the picture… ah ha!" The professor takes a look at the photo and just turns white and goes completely silent; it looks like he was having a heart attack just from seeing the picture.
After a few moments of awkward silence Ash asks "Do you know what Pokémon it is?"
Professor Oak turns back towards the screen still pale from what Ash assumed is shock and says "I can't believe it… you actually saw this Pokémon on your first day as a trainer? In all my years never would I have expected to see this Pokémon."
"Is it that rare?" Ash questioned.
"Why Ash this is a Pokémon only spoken of in legends, it's the Legendary Rainbow Pokémon Ho-Oh. No one has seen or heard anything about this Pokémon in the last 200 years, that is, until today. It is said that Ho-Oh will only show itself to a human with the purest of hearts and bestows upon some a feather called the Rainbow Wing."
Ash is astounded that he has already seen such a rare Pokémon and it was only his first day as a trainer. After a few seconds Ash asks "What do you mean by purest of hearts?"
"What I believe it to mean is 'someone with a heart that is untainted by evil and even greed'. Well that's just my speculation on what it means though. If you had received a Rainbow Wing it would show that you are recognized by Ho-Oh itself."
"Oh, and by Rainbow Wing do you mean this?" Ash asked as he pulls out the glowing rainbow colored feather.
Professor Oak proceeds to fall out of the chair he is sitting on in shock. "Ash you can't do that to an old man, you almost gave me a heart attack. Too many surprises in one day could kill me." He replies as he gets up and sits back down in his chair.
"Sorry Professor."
"It's all good Ash, just be more careful in the future, I'm not young anymore. Anyways, not to make light of everything that happened, but is that all?"
"Well that's almost everything." Ash replies contemplating on how to word the situation with the girl.
"Well, go on, I'm all ears."
"On my way to Viridian City to get Pikachu to the Pokémon Center a flash of light appeared that went away as quickly as it came and in its place was an unconscious girl. I couldn't just leave her there so I picked her up and brought her with me to the Pokémon Center"
"Well, you definitely did the right thing by helping the poor girl, but I'm more interested on what the light was and why she appeared there. Do you have any idea as to why that happened?"
Ash just shakes his head no as a response.
"Well Ash, when she wakes up call me again, she might know why. I have to get back to my research, so farewell Ash and don't forget to call your mother she's probably worried about you and would like to know you're okay." Professor Oak says.
"Thanks Professor, I'll do that."
The screen goes black and Ash punches in his home phone number. After a few rings his mom's face appears on the screen. "Oh, hi honey, I see you made it to…" she trails off as she gets a good look at him and "… Why are you all scratched up and covered in dirt? And where is Pikachu?"
"Well, it's a long story…" he replies and follows by explaining what happened with the Spearow and the girl.
"Well I'm glad to see that you're safe sweetie, but be more careful in the future."
"I will mom." Ash says while groaning in his mind from her calling him by one of the many cutesy nicknames she has for him.
"Make sure you do, I worry about you. Also I can't have you going around in those roughed up clothes. I'll make you new ones and send them to the Pokémon Center in Pewter City."
"Ok, Thanks mom"
As a change of topic Delia says "Did you know it took your father 3 days to get to Viridian City?"
"Really? It shouldn't take more than a day" Ash says with slight confusion.
"Yep, your father was never good with directions apparently he got mixed up after training and returned to Pallet Town by mistake" She says while lightly laughing at his father's past mistake.
"That sounds like something he would do. He was always obsessed with training."
"Speaking of him, if you see him on your journey tell him to call me. It's been months since he last called!" She says with a small amount of anger, which is always a surprise to Ash because she rarely gets angry.
"Will do mom."
After he answers a voice from behind him calls out "Young man with the hurt Pikachu, I would like to speak with you, please come to the counter."
"Well I got to go mom"
"Bye sweetie and make sure you call me when you get to Pewter City."
"Ok mom, bye." Ash says then hits the end call button on the screen. He then gets up and walks over to the front counter.
When he gets close he sees Nurse Joy with a disappointed/angry face and hears her say "How could you let your Pikachu battle until it was in that condition, you should know better than that!"
"I'm sorry Nurse Joy, but it wasn't from a battle. We were attacked by a flock of Spearow after the one we defeated called for help."
"OH! I'm sorry for jumping to conclusions and I also never got your name."
"My name's Ash" he says and follows with "How is Pikachu? Will he be okay?"
"Pikachu was hurt pretty badly, but you got him here quickly enough that after a nights rest he should be feeling much better. I do suggest refraining from any battles until the following day just to be sure."
"Thanks Nurse Joy. Also, has the girl woken up yet?"
"Not yet, but she didn't seem to be hurt so she should be awake soon. I'll call you over when she does." She tells him and then something else comes to mind and asks "I'm assuming that you are going to take on the Indigo League?"
"That's right."
"Then I'll sign you up to participate in the league. Do you have identification?"
"Identification? Do you mean Trainer I.D.?" Ash asks.
"Yes, do you have one?"
"Professor Oak said our Pokédex is a substitute for our Trainer I.D." Ash answers while taking out his Pokédex.
"That will work." She says then takes his Pokédex and puts it into a slot on the computer behind the counter. "… and here we are. You're all set."
"Thanks Nurse Joy"
"I need to go check on some Pokémon, if you need me just hit the call button on the edge of the counter." She says as she points to the edge of the counter to Ash's left. She then turns around and once again walks through the double door behind the counter.
'I guess I just need to wait' Ash thinks as he goes to sit down on one of the cushioned seats.
By the time Ash was called by Nurse Joy it had been about an hour and the sun had gone down. "The girl you helped has woken up; she wants to talk to you and said to bring her bag with you. Just follow me in the back." Ash follows behind her until they reach a room where she opens the door and motions for him to enter and then heads off down another hallway.
When Ash enters he see the typical hospital room with a few chairs, a sanitary station and a single hospital bed, which is occupied by the blond girl he brought here whom was sitting up straight. Now that she's awake he can see that she has pale green eyes and seems to be worrying about something, since her eyebrows were furrowed.
"Hello…" Ash trails off awkwardly "um… my name's Ash, you wanted to talk to me?"
"…Yes" she replies with the same feeling of awkwardness. "I just wanted to thank you for picking me up and carrying me here." She blushes slightly in embarrassment when she gets to the carrying part.
"It's not a problem. I couldn't just leave you there."
"Well, thanks again, oh and can I have my bag back?" After she asks Ash walks over and hands it to her.
She quickly unzips the bag and looks relieved when she pears inside it. She turns back to Ash who asks "Do you know what happened back on route 1? There was just a flash of light and you just appeared in the middle of the road."
"Well…" She contemplates on how she should answer, but seeing as how he helped her, she decided she could trust him "can you keep a secret?"
Ash is a little put off by this, but answers with swift nod. She reaches into her bag and pulls out a small purple creature that looks like a ball of fluff with two antennas with sparkly blue pom-pom like tips. It also has a black face with 2 blue Pikachu-like pouches and has a small gold crescent moon shaped fin that reaches from the top its black face, around its back, and to the bottom of its face.
"We were running from danger and in order to protect us he released a flash of light and then the next thing I know I'm in this hospital bed." She tells Ash
"Well it's a good thing you are no longer in danger, but what was it that you were running from?"
She shakes her head as if she doesn't know or doesn't want to say, which Ash respects and asks "Then do you know what he is?"
"I don't know what he's called, but I call him Nebby because he reminds me of the space term for nebula. Oh, and I never introduced myself, my name is Lillie" The now identified girl answers.
"Well it's nice to meet you Lillie. Do you know where you are?"
Again she shakes her head and answers "I didn't ask, all I know is that I'm in a Pokémon Center because I recognized Nurse Joy"
"Well you're currently in Viridian City Pokémon Center."
"Viridian City? Where is that?" Lillie asks.
"The south-western part of the Kanto Region" Ash quickly responds
"The Kanto region!? I was sent that far!?" She replies with utter shock.
"What do you mean by 'that far'? Where did you teleport from?"
"I was in the Alola region before Nebby brought me here."
"The Alola region? What's that?"
"It's a small country made up of 4 islands out in the ocean quite a ways to the south-east"
Before Ash could ask more about the Alola region the whole building shakes as an explosion goes off from the direction of the lobby and the sound of falling rubble following right after.
"What was that!?" Lillie yells startled and starts to gets out of the hospital bed as she puts Nebby back in her bag.
"I don't know, but it's definitely didn't sound good!"
A few seconds later Nurse Joy rushes in through the doorway "Team Rocket just blew a hole in the roof; I need your help so I can transfer all the Pokémon to another Center before they can take them all."
"Team Rocket!? You can count on me!" Ash replies
"I'll help too." Lillie says.
They quickly follow Nurse Joy out of the room and down a long hallway. "Who's Team Rocket?" Lillie asks trying to gauge how dangerous the situation is.
Nurse Joy replies "They are a large group of criminals that poach and steal rare and powerful Pokémon; they will do anything to get what they want, even murder." The answer leaves Lillie more frightened than she was before.
"They're definitely aren't the kind of people you want to have over for dinner." Ash jokes trying to lighten the mood up a little. To confirm it worked he hears a small laugh come from Lillie.
The group of 3 reaches a set of thick metal doors with a keypad to the left where Nurse Joy punches in a few keys to unlock the door. The doors open slowly and they get a good look at a room filled with racks each holding rows and rows of Pokéballs. When they enter Nurse Joy closes and locks the door behind them to buy them more time.
"Wow that's a lot of Pokéballs" Ash comments "What do we need to do?"
"I need you to bring the Pokéballs over to that machine as quickly as possible! I'll call my sister in Pewter city to ready the transfer machine."
"Is my Pikachu going to be okay?" Ash gets an immediate answer in a 'Pika!', a new weight on his shoulder and rub against his cheek. "Hi buddy, it's good to see you're doing better. I know you're hurt, but I'm going to need your help in case Team Rocket gets here."
"Pi-pikachu!"
The group hears a new voice coming from behind the door "I tink I heard someone come down dis way" the voice sounds a little weird and is spoken in broken English.
Another voice says "They are probably behind this door. How should we break it open? We used all the explosives to destroy the roof."
A 3rd voice answers with "I have just the thing; Ekans use Acid and melt a hole in the door!" You should hear the splatter of the acid attack hitting the door and the sizzling sound of the metal melting.
"Quick we need to start transferring the Pokémon before they get inside!" Nurse Joy yells frantically.
Ash and Lillie scramble to grab as many Pokéballs they can carry and bring them over to Nurse Joy while Pikachu was charging a Thundershock to attack Team Rocket when they break through the door. After the 4th time each for Ash and Lillie giving Pokéballs to Nurse Joy the Acid attack gets through the door making a large dripping hole right in the center. They now get a good look at the intruders two of which are wearing white uniforms with long gray gloves and gray boots. The first of the group has very long red hair that goes into an unnatural curl at the tip (it makes people wonder how much hairspray it takes to keep it that way) and her uniform is much more revealing than her male partner. The 2nd Rocket member is a guy with long blue hair and has an air of someone whom was raised in a wealthy family, but had gone down the wrong path in life. The third is a lot shorter and is what looks like a cat with very light brown fur except on the end of its tale and the toes of its feet. The cat also has a gold coin on its forehead. The last one is a purple rattlesnake like creature with a yellow underbelly, ring on its neck, and rattle.
Ash pulls out his Pokédex to gain some information on the two Pokémon so he can be prepared for the inevitable battle.
"Ekans the snake Pokémon. Ekans normally preys on Eggs from Pidgey and Spearow nests, but can strike other prey from behind. By flicking its tongue out, it is able to detect danger and the scent of prey. Its jaw can detach to swallow large prey, but such a meal can make Ekans too heavy to move."
"Meowth the Scratch Cat Pokémon. Meowth is Nocturnal in nature. It withdraws its sharp claws into its paws to sneak about without making any incriminating footsteps. For some reason, this Pokémon loves shiny coins that glitter with light."
Ash is surprised, not by the Pokédex, but by what happens after. The broken English voice from earlier actually came from the Meowth "Not too shabby, dey gots their information from a good source, but I got's to say not all Meowth are noctournal."
Nurse Joy and Lillie are stunned by the Meowth as well, with Lillie is even more so because this Meowth looks completely different than the ones she has seen in Alola. "The Meowth can talk!?" Ash asks aloud the question that the others have.
"Of course I can! I hads to practice fer a long toime to be able to speak like yous humans can" the talking Meowth boasts.
Pikachu lets loose the Thundershock it was charging only for Ekans to shoot an Acid attack to block it. "Pikachu use Quick Attack!" Ash says getting over the shock of a talking Pokémon. Pikachu takes off quickly and slams into Ekans's head sending it a few feet backwards. Ekans gathers itself quickly and without command attempts to bite Pikachu.
"Pikachu dodge it and use Thundershock." Pikachu jumps back, narrowly avoiding the strike, and fires off a stream of electricity that connects with Ekans; effectively electrocuting it. Ekans comes out with burn marks and looking pretty badly hurt.
"Ekans what are you doing letting that rat get the better of you!? Use Dig!" The female Rocket member yells.
The blue haired member throws out his own Pokéball and says "Go Koffing, use sludge to blind that rodent!" What came out of the ball was a floating light purple ball with raised craters all over it, those craters from time to time gave off a foul smelling puff of gas and on the front under its face it has a white skull and crossbones. Koffing immediately spews out a glob of dark purplish-brown goop from its mouth; luckily it misses its mark on Pikachu's face, but still splashes his side doing some damage. Feeling its chance the snake Pokémon surfaces under Pikachu executing the ground-type attack, but with Pikachu's quick reflexes he takes minimal damage from the attack since he used Quick Attack to get away and barrel into Koffing, which sent it flying into his trainer's face. "Koffing koff koff" it says in what appears to be a pained apology as it removes itself from his trainer's face.
"Ow! That hurt! I'll get you if it's the last thing I do you pesky rat! Koffing use Poison Gas attack!"
"Pikachu, get out of there!" Ash then notices that the hole Ekans dug is right next to Pikachu "Pikachu use Thunder Wave on Ekans and then jump in the hole!" Following the command Pikachu releases a ring of blue electricity at Ekans and jumps into the hole avoiding the poisonous gas.
The red haired rocket member groans in anger and frustration watching as the Thunder Wave connects with Ekans paralyzing it. "Ekans use Acid down the hole!" Ekans attempts to move, but the paralysis interferes leaving it unable to execute the order.
"Pikachu use Nasty Plot while you're down there!" Following Ash's command Pikachu starts gathering dark and disturbing ideas from the recesses of his mind which somehow effectively boosted Pikachu's special attacking power. "Now jump out of the hole and use Thundershock on Koffing!" With Koffing not knowing which hole it would jump out of it was taken by surprise and hit with the electric attack.
While everyone is focusing on the battle Meowth takes the opportunity to slip away and is heads towards the racks holding the rest of the Pokéballs unnoticed except by a small pair of yellow eyes.
"Pew!"
Lillie hears this and looks to her side to see Nebby looking at her.
"Nebby! Get back in the bag!" Lillie says in a whispery shout.
"Pew! Pew!" Nebby answers back with a smile as it points to where Meowth is with one of its pom-pom antennas. Lillie looks to where Nebby is pointing and sees Meowth filling a bag with Pokéballs.
"Ok Nebby, I need you to go hide we can't let anyone see you. I'll deal with Meowth."
"Pew!" It says as it goes and hides behind a machine.
Lillie looks back over to where Meowth is and quietly gets closer and when Meowth is within arm's reach she takes her bag off her shoulder and swings it at Meowth. The bag smacks Meowth on the side of his face as he goes flying into a racks metal support pole effectively knocking him out of commission (which happens to be close to the two Members of Team Rocket). Meowth not having had a tight grip on the bag released it when he was hit.
"Well, that takes care of him for a while. I just hope Ash can handle the other 2. I wish I could help, but I don't have a Pokémon of my own."
Getting back to the battle Pikachu is hit with another sludge attack and he slams into Ekans with another Quick Attack knocking it back over towards its owner knocked out.
"No Ekans!" The female rocket member yells out in worry.
The blue haired Rocket turns to her "Jessie I think we need to get out of here this rat is stronger than it looks!"
The now identified Jessie quickly nods her head in agreement and returns Ekans to its Pokéball.
"Koffing use Smoke Screen to block our escape!" Koffing releases a think brown cloud of gas from its craters what fills Team Rocket's general area.
"Oh no you don't!" Ash yells back "Pikachu stop them with a Thundershock!"
As Pikachu releases a Thundershock towards them Jessie turns to her partner "James, I'm getting a bad feeling about this." She says with a look of dread on her face.
The blue haired Rocket member now known as James replies "Really? I'm getting the same feeling."
When the Thundershock hits the smoke it sparks and causes a large explosion which blows another hole in the ceiling and sends the group of Jessie, James, Koffing, and Meowth flying off into the now cloudy night sky.
The police arrive just a few minutes after Team Rocket were sent sky high and they are filled in on what happened by questioning Nurse Joy, Ash and Lillie.
It has been an hour since the police arrived and some are still assessing all the damage that was caused. Ash walks over to Nurse Joy and apologizes for putting a second hole in the ceiling.
"What's the difference between one hole and five holes if it means everyone is safe and we have you and Pikachu to thank for that." Nurse Joy responds with a smile.
Ash sheepishly scratches the back of his head in embarrassment "I guess you're right, I'm guessing all the Pokémon are going to stay in Pewter City until the roof is fixed?"
"That's almost right, all the Pokémon that would need to spend the night in the treatment room will be sent over to Pewter City thought the transfer machine, while I'll stay here and treat the Pokémon who aren't as badly hurt."
"Well I need to get back and finish sending the rest of the Pokémon over to Pewter. You can rest up in one of our free rooms. Can you tell that to Lillie as well." As she says this she pulls out two keycards, which Ash assumes are the room keys. "This one is yours; Pikachu is already in there resting on the bed."
"Sure, I'll tell her and thanks for the room" ash replies putting his keycard in his pocket
"I'll see you in the morning."
"Ok, goodnight Nurse Joy."
Ash finds Lillie outside looking up at the sky even though the clouds are covering any stars that would be there. "Uh Lillie?" Ash says trying to get her attention. She jumps a little surprised, but quickly relaxes as she realizes it's Ash.
"Yes Ash?"
"Nurse Joy wanted me to tell you that you could spend the night in one of the free rooms." He says while holding out the keycard.
She takes the card and says "Thanks for telling me Ash, I'll thank her in the morning." she follows with a sigh and asks "This might be weird, but do you mind if I travel with you for a while? I don't really know much about Kanto and I don't have a Pokémon that can defend me from wild ones. I don't really want to go back to Alola right now either."
"Sure. I don't mind, it's always better to be with friends!"
Lillie puts on a weak, but genuine smile and says "Thanks Ash."
As they walk back into the Pokémon center Lillie brings up how the Meowth earlier looks different than the ones she knows of back in Alola.
"Whoa, really? What does it look like?" Ash questions.
"Well it looks generally the same, but the Meowth back in Alola has purplish-grey fur instead of light brown and has white fur where the one we saw earlier had brown fur." Lillie explains.
"That's cool, I wonder if there are other Pokémon like that, where they are different here than in Alola?"
"Well I'm not too sure, since I don't know what Pokémon are in Kanto."
"Then if we come across one that's different here than in Alola you have to tell me!" Ash replies with a little excitement.
Lillie giggles a little at Ash's excitement over something like this "Sure, I'll tell you all I know."
They talk a little longer and then head to their rooms after setting a time that they should head out. When they get to their separate rooms they quickly get changed into their night clothes and lie down on their beds both thinking about all that has happened today.
