As usual, thanks to my reviewers, it's great to know you are there! ;)

Now for the disclaimer, blah blah blah, I do not own pokemon, except for the ones that are in my Nintendo ds, those are mine because I trained them.

Chapter four: Viridian Showdown. Revelations.

The party was settled around a camp fire, in front of Gary's tent, the floor was littered with spades, shovels, hammers, brushes and other digging equipments. Gary's beautiful teal eyes were narrowed in fury at what the others where telling him.

"So, basically, all we thought of was of telling you and then start searching for any clues of Team rocket's activity…"

Gary nodded looking intensely at the fire, he then turned to Ash with a surprisingly gentle look in his eyes.

"Thanks Ash, you guys too" He added at the rest.

He got up and packed his digging equipment back in his tent.

"Gary, what are you doing?!" Ash got up too.

"He's lost his marbles" Jaime undertones to Tracey who giggled.

"I am going to Viridian, the rockets regained control of the gym there last year, stupid from them because now we know where to find them. Besides it's near Pallet town so they probably took gramps there"

"But how are we going to get there soon enough? Jaime's Tropius will get too tired if he flies without any sunlight!"

"I got my Charizard's pokeball, he can take me and one more person" Ash said.

"I am positive Jumpluff will be most willing to assist me on this short flight"

"I won't fly, Arcanine will take me there running"

"Ok! Tracey you come with me! Charizard go!"

"Arcanine, lend me your speed!"

"Jumpluff, The stage's calling for you!"

The dragon-like, dog-like and cotton pokemon emerged from their pokeballs respectively.

Gary mounted his Arcanine elegantly and looked over at Jaime's Jumpluff.

"We will see you tomorrow then, Jumpluffs aren't known for their fabulous flying"

Jaime looked at him coldly.
"Rest assured, my Jumpluff has taken his flying lessons"

Arcanine roared and leapt forwards losing himself in the distance.

"Don't worry, he is always mocking everyone"

"I can hardly breath for laughing" He then looked at Ash who looked taken aback at his coldness and smiled "We are taking a long time"

"Yeah, let's go" Ash smiled back

"You sure you know how to fly this thing?" Tracey looked terrified at the perspective of flying a Charizard he remembered could get very out of control.

"Stop moaning, Charizard show him your speed!"

"Jumpluff, use your gust attack to steer us!"

"Your Jumpluff knows gust!?" Ash yelled from his Charizard's back.

"And it nearly took me a year to teach him to do it!" Jaime shouted back

"Let's show pretty boy who is going to wait until tomorrow Jumpluff!" Jaime whispered at his pokemon's ear.

The cotton pokemon was gliding and surfing along in his own gust attack, managing to stay in line with Charizard, but avoiding the other pokemon's fiery tail.

An hour later Jumpluff was starting to get very tired, her gust attack wasn't nearly as strong, as before. Jaime wondered how much more was left when Viridian City emerged from behind the nearest hill. Ash's Charizard began a dive, Tracey screamed in fear, while Ash's whooped in joy and Jaime stayed very silent while his very tired Jumpluff followed the fiery pokemon.

As soon as Charizard touched the ground Tracey practically threw himself on the floor and slumped there with his eyes twirling. Ash jumped on the floor grinning widely, called in Charizard and looked up at the skies for Jaime. Jumpluff touched the ground barely a few seconds afterwards, Jaime jumped off and hugged his pokemon as a sign of gratitude, he took a small, tasty looking yellow bun and fed it to Jumpluff, who smiled gleefully. After Jumpluff finished, he called her back into his pokeball.

"That's pokebread?"

"All made by me" Jaime looked smug.

Tracey stood up shakily.

"Where is Gary? I thought he'd be here in the gym by now"

"I was walking around the block to see if you had landed somewhere else, you are rather slow you know?" He was smiling as he said this, but Jaime couldn't help but glare at him.

"So, Gary, what are we doing here?"

"Come on Ashy boy, don't be dim. Since the Rockets are in charge of this gym, we are going to go in and challenge whoever is in charge and when we beat him we squish the information out of him"

"Is that your marvellous plan? What makes you think whoever is in charge will be foolish enough to let something this big slip? And besides, this is the most obvious thing to do, they are probably waiting for us inside already" Jaime's argued.

"Well blondie, we can always wait until you come up with a better idea"

Gary hadn't said it with malice but Jaime's eyes sparked in rage.

Tracey noticed Jaime's look and said.

"It's not a great plan, but it's the best we've got, we have to try it at least"

Ash patted Jaime on the back as Tracey and Gary turned around the corner and entered through the gym's doors. Jaime nodded at Ash's gesture absent mindedly and followed him inside the gym. The entrance room was empty, so the party entered the arena, where three figures were waiting in the very centre of the pokeball drawn with white sand on the earthy floor.

Jessie and James were facing opposite directions, with Meowth at their feet. James was holding a red rose, Jessie had her arms crossed and Meowth had extended his claws. All three of them were leering at the party.

"Prepare for trouble, you twerps are cooked"

"And make it double! Your coffins are booked!"

"To protect the world from devastation!"

"To unite all people within our nation!"

"To denounce the evils of truth and love!"

"To extend our reach to the stars above!"

"Jessie!"

"James"

"Team rocket blasts off at the speed of light!"

"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"

"Meowth, that's right!"

"You two are the gym leaders again!? What's Giovanni playing at?! We will beat you in a snap!" Ash yelled.

"These jerks again?" Jaime asked Tracey in and undertone.

"Always" He nodded with a bored expression.

"Where is my grandfather?!" Gary roared as he reached for his pokeballs.

"Not so fast twerps, we aren't the gym leaders, but before you challenge him be informed"

James sneered.

"You two can't challenge him because you already got the badge!"

"Only I do! Gary didn't get it in the Indigo league!"

Ash looked back at Gary who was now looking at the floor.

"Actually… as soon as team rocket lost this gym I came to defeat it just for my pride… I am sorry Ash"

Ash looked at Gary tenderly. "It's ok" He mouthed.

The three Rockets were jumping in glee.

"And the artist twerp's pokemon aren't up for the battle so goodbye twerps!"

The Rockets were dancing a little victory dance while cheering loudly.

"I, Jaime, from the Sinnoh region challenge the leader of the Viridian gym in a pokemon battle"

Tracey, Ash and Gary looked back at Jaime, their eyes wide. Sure he might be a strong trainer, but strong enough for this?

The Rockets stopped dumbstruck.

"Damn damn damn!!! Why do these stupid twerps ALWAYS have something up their sleeve!?" Jessie yelled.

"They sure got big sleeves!" Meowth commented.

"Take it easy Jessie, Giovanni send a ground type expert just in case, they won't win"

"You moron! If they see the gym leader they will know the boss's plan!"

Jessie made a move for the exit but a sparking Pikachu blocked her.

"You guys are staying with us"

"Arcanine, grab them and keep them put!"

The fire pokemon leaped and grabbed the rockets with his mouth to later throw them on the floor and sit on top of them.

"Jaime, thanks a lot, for what you are doing, just try your best, I know you can do it!"

Jaime blushed at Ash's words and nodded, he then looked forwards at the other side of the arena, where a door had opened.

Magma commander Tabitha was sneering at the scene before him.

"So, finally I get something to do, even if it's beating the shit out of a brat like you"

He then eyed at team rocket and giggled.

"Oooh Giovanni and Maxie are gonna get you cooked for this"

Jessie, James and Meowth hugged each other trembling with fear. Tracey and Gary looked at them pitifully. Ash who was stunned at Tabitha's appearance jumped out.

"Team rocket and Team Magma have allied?!"

"If only you knew…" A female suggestive voice called from above. "Grunts, make sure they don't interfere!"

Four men in absurd silvery clothes with green hair and a yellow G in the front jumped in front of Gary, Ash, Tracey and team rocket separating them from Jaime and Tabitha.

"Ash!" Jaime turned back and ran towards him, but yet another figure jumped from above and stood directly in front of him leering at him.

"Jupiter! But that means… Team Galactic has allied too!?"

Jupiter shook her pink hair and put a lilac painted fingernail on Jaime's chest brushing against his nipple.

"Don't even think of leaving the arena pretty-boy" Her voice was slow and seductive, but Jaime just glared at her coldly "I'll make sure your "Ashy" is ok, but put a toe out of the line, and I'll delegate that job to my Skuntank"

Jaime's eyes widened in fear.

"Don't worry about us Jaime! Just beat Tabitha! You are a plant type expert! This gym will be a snap for you!"

Jaime nodded and turned back facing Tabitha, Jupiter looked at him slightly furious, she wasn't used to being ignored, she walked towards Ash thinking of ways to torment him instead.

"This will be a three on three combat, brat, choose the pokemon you don't mind dying and get your ass ready for kicking, Claydol, I choose you to win!"

Jaime looked at the trainer and pokemon coldly and replied with icy politeness.

"You talk to much Magma-member Tabitha, and a man is tied by his words"

"Leafeon, take the stage!"

"Claydol, ancient power!"

"Leafeon, neutralize the rocks with your bullet seed!"

The opponents Claydol glowed violet and summoned rocks from the fround which he tossed at Leafeon. Leafeon quickly opened his mouth and shot out a torrent of bullet seed that effectively threw the rocks backwards and even smashed a couple of them.

"Leafeon, don't give him time to think! Leaf blade!"

Leafeon shook his head, a string of razor sharp leafs shot from it and circled Claydol causing it serious damage.

"Claydol use your psychic to break Leafeon's concentration!"

Claydol glowed in a dangerous red colour, and Leafeon stopped his attack immediately, thrashing around on the arena's floor. Claydol's attack finished and Leafeon, the most stubborn of all of Jaime's pokemon stood up again.

"Leafeon! Are you up to it?!"

Leafeon merely growled dangerously at the opposing Claydol.

"Leafeon, use Giga Drain to heal!"

Before the Claydol could react it's vital force was being extracted by the furious Leafeon, partly healing it's physical injuries, but remaining tired.

"Leafeon, Now! Use Grass Knot and bring him down!"

Two vines snaked out of the ground and slammed the Claydol down on the floor unable to move.

Tabitha giggled insanely.

"Not bad for a sissy coordinator, let's see how you handle a man's fight! Flygon, let's bring them the heat!"

The dragon-ground pokemon leered at Leafeon who despite its tiredness, growled back.

"Leafeon, razor leaf!"

"Flygon, gust him into oblivion!"

Leafeon's attack had barely brushed Flygon when the wind from Flygon's powerful wing-flaps, knocked him back and rammed him into a wall. With a frustrated whine Leafeon fainted.

"Leafeon, you did great! Come back!"

Jaime cursed mentally, Flygon was a very powerful pokemon, and the only pokemon he had who could learn ice type moves hadn't yet mastered them… what could he do?

"Jaime, stay cool! You know you can win!"

"Yeah, just look at that guy's pokemon, they are unhealthy and ugly!"

"Come on Blondie, you will never stand a chance against me if you can't beat him!"

"We are counting on you!"

His friend's words acted like a balsamic bath and returned him his cold way of thinking, he analyzed the situation quickly and picked a pokeball from his waist-pack.

"Rosene, take the stage!"

Gary sighed.

"That isn't quite what I had in mind…"

The Galactic grunts were also laughing openly, even Jupiter herself was smirking when she saw how Tabitha's Flygon towered over the minuscule thorn-pokemon.

"Don't worry"

"What's that you are saying Ashy-boy?" Gary turned to Ash.

"I said don't worry" His eyes were fixed on the arena "Jaime is not stupid, he has a plan, besides, I trust him" he added.

"You are stupid brat, what sort of moron sends a rat to fight an elephant?!"

"The one who knows that elephants are actually scared of them! Rosene! Toxic!"

Before Tabitha could react his Flygon was engulfed in a noxious purple cloud.

Jaime smirked knowing his advantage. "Rosene, leech seed!"

Leech seed were planted all around the Flygon leaving it covered in tiny little plants apart from being poisoned.

"Flygon, dragonbreath!"

The purple flames knocked Rosene down, but stood up again receiving energy from the leech-seeds. Another impact however of the purple flame knocked him down again.

"It's ok Rosene, you've done your job! Now to get rid of this for once and for all, charge your solar beam!"

Rosene stood up, the leech seeds planted on the enemy were giving her strength to charge the attach using only the lights in the gym. Flygon was thrashing around trying to rid himself of the seeds and due to the pain of Rosene's toxic. His trainer's voice brought him back to reality.

"Flygon, use your hyper beam!"

"Rosene, launch your solar beam!"

The two attacks collided and exploded. When the smoke cleared, both pokemon were revealed to have fainted.

"Damn, you bastard of a brat, now I have to use my final pokemon, go camerupt!"

"You did a good job Rosene, I have never been more proud"

He then eyed Tabitha's enormous Camerupt and laughed.

"By underestimating plant type pokemon now your defeat is sealed, that camerupt stands no chance against my final pokemon!"

He picked a pokeball covered in blue stickers from his waist pack and threw it in the air.