Barry and Brock, To the Rescue!

As Barry saw Ash and Dawn teleport to Saffron City, raced off to find Brock! He had eavesdropped and overheard all of the couple's conversation. Barry wanted to inform Brock, who was suppose to be resting for a bit in Pewter City before running off to Pokémon Medical in Johto. He knew Ash and Dawn couldn't handle a hostile takeover by themselves.

As he was heading towards Pewter City with Ash's shiny trophy, he was stopped by an old man.

"Hello, sunny! You look like a new trainer! Wanna learn how to catch Pokémon? " the old man said, in a low tone.

"Thanks for the offer, but I know how to catch Pokémon, and I'm not a new trainer." Barry threw out his Heracross, signaling that he has caught Pokémon before.

"Nonsense! Come with me, boy!" shouted the old man as he grabbed Barry and carried him away, Heracross following closely behind.

Soon, the two found themselves besides a tree. The old man let go of Barry, and pointed his finger at a Caterpie.

"Try and catch 'em apples!"

"Oh cool! I wonder what Pokemon is that?" Barry took out it's Pokedex, which informed him that it was a Caterpie. "I want one! My first Kanto catch, a Caterpie!"

"Double-Edge!" called out Barry to Heracross. The Caterpie dropped, and Barry captured it with a Pokeball.

"I think you went a little too far..." The old man told Barry. He, however, was too busy paying attention to his new Pokémon than to the old man. Barry took out Caterpie, and checked his Pokedex for moves. His Caterpie knew Tackle and String Shot.

Barry thanked the Old Man, and he went on his way. Barry now had 3 Pokémon, as he had only brought Empoleon and Heracross with him on his journey. The old man was left dumbfounded, but he let it slide, and went back to teaching unknowing trainers the art of catching Pokémon.

Once he arrived, he went over to Brock, who was gardening with his Happiny. "Brock! You won't believe what I just heard!" Barry shouted over to Brock, who stopped and took of his gloves.

"I'm sure I can, but why do you have Ash's trophy?"

"Well..." And so, Barry told Brock about everything, including where Rocket Industries was.

"We have to go help!" exclaimed Brock. He told his siblings and parents about how he was going to be gone a while and took some of his Pokeballs with him.

"Let's take a shortcut through Diglett Cave!" exclaimed Brock.

"A cave full of Diglett? thought Barry. "Perfect to train my Caterpie!"

"You caught a Caterpie...?" asked Brock, unsure of what he heard.

"Yeah! Do you think a Diglett is a worthy opponent against my Caterpie?"

"I think a Magikarp is more of a challenge...You can battle one once we reach Vermillion City..."

"No... I think I'll use Caterpie in Diglet Cave."

Brock sighed, but he knew Barry was as stubborn as Ash, and he would never let a Pokemon's disadvantages get in the way.

"Well. this is it. Diglett Cave. After we enter, it's a straight path to Vermillion City."

"Come out, Caterpie!" Barry threw Caterpie's Pokeball in the air, and Caterpie looked very content with getting a chance to show off his battle moves.

As they journeyed deeper into the cave, something faraway caught Barry's eye.

"Is that a Diglett?" asked Barry, squinting his eyes.

"I think so."

"Well, it's coming at us awfully fast. Perfect!"

"Barry, that's not a Diglett."

"Caterpie, use Tackle!"

The little Pokemon rushed over to the other at full force. However, once it got closer, the Pokemon was revealed to be a Dugtrio than a Diglett. Dugtrio dug a hole in the ground, and rose below Caterpie, causing him to ride on top of Dugtrio. Then, it occurred to Barry and Brock. Dugtrio was stealing Caterpie!

As Dugtrio rushed to the direction opposite to Barry and Brock, Barry became mad.

"No! Caterpie!" Shouted Barry as he swung the arm holding Ash's trophy, and threw it at the Dugtrio at full force.

The trophy scored a direct hit, and Caterpie was released.

"Now, use String Shot Caterpie!" Caterpie started covering Dugtrio completely with its String.

"Now, one final super-powered Tackle!" Caterpie ran into Dugtrio as hard and fast as he could. The Dugtrio was knocked out cold, while Brock was in disbelief, almost to the point of un-squinting his eyes.

Suddenly, Caterpie was consumed in light. "Caterpie's evolving!" thought Barry. The light faded away to reveal Metapod! Barry searched for it on his Pokedex, and was instantly amazed.

"Looks like you learned Harden, buddy!" Barry told Metapod as he petted it.

"Well, I'll be darned. You should pick up Ash's trophy."

"Oh right, I forgot. Thanks Brock!"

When Barry went to pick up the Sinnoh League trophy, he noticed that it had become dented when it hit Dugtrio.

"Now Ash is gonna fine ME!"

Next Chapter we go back to Ash and Dawn!