Chapter 4 two on two
A/N: guess who's about to make a cameo appearance…
Ash and company waltzed into Viridian city gym and walked around. Things looked different than the last time he was here. When they entered the lobby they were greeted by a blond haired boy who seemed to be about the age of about twenty five.
"Hello, are you here for the gym badge?"
"Yeah I'm here to challenge the gym leader. Where's Givoanni?" asked Ash.
"Givoanni no longer runs this gym",
"So who are you?"
"I'm Blue. I inherited this gym from him",
"I'm Ash, from Pallet town",
The boy calling himself Blue perked up.
"Pallet town? That's where I'm from",
"Really? That a funny coincidence",
"I know. It is. Would you happen to know a Gary Oak? About your age?"
"Yeah he's my rival. Has been from thee start",
"And do you have a cousin named Red?"
Ash looked shocked.
"How did you know that?"
Instead of answering Blue burst in full-hearted laughter as he grabbed his stomach. It took a few minutes for him to calm down.
"What's so funny?"
"Your cousin Red was my rival, and your rival Gary Oak is my cousin",
"What?!"
"It's true. How wild is that?" asked Blue while wiping a tear from his eyes after laughing so hard.
"That's incredible!" blurted out Ash.
"You know my cousin Red is the one who inspired me to become a Pokémon trainer",
"I'm not surprised. After all he was the youngest trainer to win the Pokémon league. He was eleven when he won. One year after he started his Pokémon journey. Haven't seen him in years though. Last of I've heard of him, he's training at Mount Silver",
"Yeah that's Red for you. He always was a bit of a loner", said Blue as he crossed his arms.
"Throughout most of his journey I was one step ahead of him. Until he caught up with me in the Pokémon league and overthrew me shortly after becoming champion",
"Wow. That's one heck of a story. But why didn't you take another shot at the title?
"I realized being a Pokémon gym leader would be more enjoyable. So I asked Givoanni about inheriting his gym. Seemed rather glad to be rid of it as a matter of fact", Blue trailed off.
"He said it would give him more time to devote himself to his organization. Team Pocket or something…"
"Yeah I just bet he did…" muttered Ash.
"So can I offer you guys some orange juice?" asked Blue.
"Sure", said the group and they followed him into the kitchen. Half an hour later they were all in the arena ready for battle. The referee stood by the side of the arena ready to announce the battle.
"This will be a two on two battle. The first one to knock down the opponent's Pokémon is the winner. You may begin!" he said and lifted the flags.
"Raticate, I choose you!" bellowed the gym leader and let out his giant rat.
"Pikachu, you're on!"
"Pika!" he nodded.
"Raticate, use quick attack",
"Pikachu, jump into the air and doge it!"
Pikachu leapt into the air.
"Now Pikachu, use iron tail!"
"Raticate use quick attack to doge it!"
The battle went on like that for a while. By the end of the first round Pikachu won. During the second round Blue released a Nedoqueen and Pikachu lost. Now he had to switch. On the benches the two girls were rooting for him.
"Come on Ash! You can do it", cheered May.
"Don't listen to her Ash! Finish him off!" bellowed Misty and the two girls started to argue. Blue smirked and grinned at Ash.
"Gee Ash, I didn't know you were such a ladies man", he teased.
"Shut up. Squirtle I choose you!"
A squirtle appeared from his ball and the battle ensued. After a while both Pokémon were tired. When Squirtle gave one last leap into the air and spat out water, that was the end of it for Nedoqueen and she collapsed.
The ref raised his flag.
"Nedoqueen is unable to battle. The winner is Ash from pallet town!"
"Squirtle! Squirtle", cheered the creature.
"Good job Squirtle. You did great", beamed his trainer as the blue turtle put on same black sunglasses and posed. Ash chuckled.
"Still as goofy as ever I see",
"Ash", said blue as he approached him presenting a badge.
"I want you to have this. It's the new Earth badge. You won it fair and square. I'm not surprised you won, what with being related to Red and all. I guess it runs in the family",
Ash smiled.
"Thanks Blue", he said and shook his hand. A while later Ash and his friends were on the road again, ready to get some lunch as their adventures continued…
To be continued…
So, I hope you liked this chapter the little game references I made there and the twist I put in about Ash and Red.
Anyway, as always reviews are most welcome.
Pease out