The Straw Hat Pokémon


What if the 10 Straw Hats, including Jinbei, were Pokemon. But they are sepearated around the world. It's up to Ash to become their master and reunite them once more. And will he meet new friends along with difficult challenges? The soon to be aura guardian and chosen one must reunite these heroes together once more. Smarter!Ash. Aura!Ash. Ash/Cynthia


Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon


Chapter 4: Cerulean City and A.J.

The five trudged down the dirt path in the forest towards Cerulean City, with Misty notably missing. Misty had decided not to go to Cerulean City, even though it was her home town. Ash was determined to find out why his friend left and what he could do to bring her back to their adventures.

Ash then stretched and smiled with content.

"Ahhhh. It's so nice to enjoy the sunshine!" said Ash.

"It reminds me of summer in Sinnoh!" Cynthia said.

"And while your enjoying the sunshine, Gary's catching more Pokemon!" Brock said.

Ash snorted.

"Quality over quantity Brock!" said Ash with a grin.

"I agree. It doesn't matter if you have 60 Pokemon or 100 Pokemon, if they are all terrible then what's the point?" said Cynthia.

"See! Cyn gets it!" said Ash.

"HEY! Wait a minute!" said Misty, running up to them.

Ash turned around and grinned.

"Misty, finally! I wondered where you had gone off to!" he said.

"Well I decided there's nothing stopping you from getting the Gym Badge at Cerulean. So I've decided to carry on travelling with you guys!" she said, while forcing a grin.

"Great! But why didn't you want to go there in the first place?" Cynthia asked.

"Uhhhhh. No reason," she said nervously.

And the now six continued down the path to Cerulean City.


Meanwhile it was night time in a empty building. There was lots of machinery around and there was a grate in the top right corner of the room. Suddenly the grate opened to reveal James.

"The coast is clear!" said James.

"Nothing to fear!" said Jessie.

"Nobody here!" said Meowth.

The three dropped down and James turned on a flashlight. He flashed his light to reveal the machinery.

They suddenly stopped when James flashed his light on something in front of him. It was a large green piece of machinery.

"Looks like we found it!" James said.

"Just what we need to get just what we want!" said Jessie.

"Pokemon!" Meowth concluded.


At Cerulean City, the six were walking down a city block.

"So this is Cerulean City, Misty?" asked Cynthia.

"Sure is! Pretty nice place, isn't it!" Misty said with pride.

They continued to walk down the road until they saw a huge line entering a building and the police blocking the entrance to said building.

"The police! I wonder what happened?" said Misty and ran in front of everyone else.

Misty pushed through the crowd and was talking to a police officer.

"What happened here?" asked Misty.

"Ah the Gym Leader! Thank god!" said one police officer.

"Someone robbed this store last night!" said the police officer Misty was talking to.

"Burglars!" said Cynthia.

"Gym Leader! Thank god your here!" said Jenny.

"I just saw the crowd! What's going on?" asked Misty.

"Ah! Such beauty! Such divinity! Such magnificant looks!" Brock said while getting on one knee in front of Jenny.

"Cyn... is he doing what I think he's doing?" said Ash with a sweatdrop.

"Looks like it. What an idiot!" said Cynthia with her face on her palm.

"I'm working on the clock to catch these burglars! Some other time maybe!" said Jenny.

"Ah! It wasn't a no!" said Brock, falling back with hearts in his eyes.

Luffy started laughing.

'Just like Sanji!' he though while gasping for air.

"What did they take?" Misty asked, clearly annoyed at Brock for interrupting her conversation with Jenny.

"That's the funny thing!" Jenny replied, "They didn't take any money. Just a massive vacuum and a giant hose!"

"Sounds like you could suck away a lot of different things with that kind of machinery, something like water maybe! And knowing them, if it is them, they can certainly tinker it to do such a thing!" said Ash.

"Your right! Absolutely genius! I'll tell the town to keep on guard!" said Jenny, shaking Ash's hand.

The six left and went to sit at a bench in a park. The park was filled with green tress and there were no clouds in sight.

'Ash was right! It is a nice day!' Cynthia thought.

"So who will you be using in your battle against Misty?" asked Brock.

"I'm right here!" she snarled.

"Pikachu and Luffy!" said Ash, "What about you, Cyn?"

"Budew and Riolu!" said Cynthia.

"As if you two could beat me!" Misty said, getting up with the others following her.

They carried on walking until they reached a T-Junction.

"Well I have some stuff to check out!" said Brock.

"And I need to sort a few things out!" said Misty.

"Okay! Have fun you two!" said Cynthia.

"See you later!" the two said before running off in opposite directions.

"Well lets get going Cyn!" Ash said, dragging her along.

"Where are we going?" asked Cynthia.

"The gym!" Ash said.

The two ran in silence, with Ash dragging Cynthia along. During that time, Cynthia was thinking about her time in Kanto. She never meant to travel with anybody and was not going to stay in Kanto for this long. But then she met Ash. And he was smart, funny and a good trainer. She could safely say he was her best friend. And her first friend. In Sinnoh, she was abandoned by her parents and left with her grandmother. This left her angry and full of defiance. And she's been like that ever since, but then Ash came along and wormed his way through all her walls she set up not to get hurt by anyone ever again. Of course, Cynthia had not realised this. Thinking she has put up a fake personality when actually this is her real self. She is free. Ash has set her free. Free of her life left behind by her abandonment. And she will realise this quite soon.

The four turned a corner to see Cerulean City gym. It was a large building and had a seel on the front.

"There it is!" said Ash.

"I have a bad feeling about this," Cynthia murmured.

The four entered the gym to see the gym was dark. It had a diving board and there were many people watching.

"Ladies and Gentlemen! Please welcome the stars of the show! The Sensational Sisters!" said a voice on the tanoy.

"Oh god! I think I know where this is going!" Ash said as connections started to form in his mind.

'Beautiful sisters. Runaway child most likely treated as the runt. I thought so!' Ash thought as he glared at the sisters, who were standing on a diving board.

The three then dived off the board and did a couple of forward flips, all synchronized. They all dived in the water at the same time and emerged with smiles on their faces. The crowd went wild and started to cheer. The sisters then went to continue with their routine.

"God this is boring!" Ash whispered to Cynthia.

"Tell me about it!" said Cynthia.

"This must be a part-time thing in the gym," Ash realised.

The sisters finally finished and the crowd went wild.

Ash and Cynthia ran downstairs to arrive at an aquarium.

"Cool!" Ash said, grinning like a 5-year old and rushing about to see all the fish.

They heard the sisters talking from their left and Ash approched them.

"Are you guys the Gym Leaders?" asked Ash.

"Yeah!" said Daisy.

"Great. I think I preferred Misty!" Ash said to himself.

"We challenge you!" said Cynthia.

The sisters laughed in response to this.

"We don't feel like battling anymore!" said Lily.

"We just got beaten by some trainer from Pallet. Once a day is our motto!" said Violet.

"What! You guys can't turn down a challenge!" said Ash, annoyed.

"Like, yeah we can!" said Lily.

"Yeah, like, we only have a Goldeen left!" said Daisy.

"Here! Just take these Cascade Badges!" she continued, holding our the two badges a Seel just gave her.

"No!" said Ash and Cynthia, "I will win through a battle!"

"Good choice you two!" shouted a voice from the stands.

Ash turned to see Misty.

"MISTY!" shouted Ash, "Thank god! Your sisters are trying to cheat their way out of a battle. Help me!"

"Oh look! The runt is here!" said Lily.

"Yeah! How annoying!" said Violet.

Daisy just remained silent, but had a small smile on her face at the sight of her little sister.

'At least one of them is ok!' though Cynthia.

Misty jumped off the stands and landed in front of the group.

"I'll battle them!" said Misty.

"THANK GOD!" Ash voice rang through the whole gym.

"That little girl with a mouth that said she would only come back when she was a great Pokemon trainer is going to fight?" Lily said.

"She's better than you lot," Cynthia said, causing Misty to smile gratefully towards her.

Lily and Violet growled at this.

"Well whatever! Not the choice I would have as a boyfriend anyway!" said Lily.

Ash fell to the ground at this and one of Cynthia eyebrows twitched in annoyance.

"Right! Who's first?" said Misty.

"I am!" said Ash walking to a floating platform, with Misty doing the same.

"Ready?" she said, pulling out a Pokeball.

"Ready," Ash said, "How many will you be using?"

"Two!" said Misty.

"Then I'll use two as well!"

"Fine Ash! Your move!" Misty said.

"Luffy, I choose you!"

"Lu Luffy!"

"Misty calls Staryu!"

"Hiya!"

Luffy stopped and stared at the water for a moment before growling and shaking his head. He then glared at Staryu.

'I need to be careful,' Misty thought, 'Luffy is on a whole different level to any of Ash's other Pokemon!'

"Luffy! Don't use any moves! Just go on a physical assault!"

"Lu!"

Luffy then charged forward and jumped in the air.

"Staryu! You do the same but be prepared! This guy is in a different league!"

Staryu nodded. Luffy then charged forward with great speed at went to smash Staryu right in his crystal. Staryu dodged to the left and then lunged at Luffy with his top arm but Luffy ducked and then grabbed the arm, lifting Staryu up and smashed him into the platform.

"Damn! Staryu jump into the air and use Rapid Spin!"

Staryu jumped and started to spin around with great speed, heading towards Luffy.

"Luffy, time to use my new technique. Finger Net!"

Luffy nodded and jumped past Staryu and crossed his fingers over each other. He then released them and his fingers stretched to form a net.

"Gum-Gum Fingernet!"

Cynthia and the Sisters looked astonished.

"So he's been training huh," she said.

Luffy then released Staryu and left the starfish without any momentum.

"Staryu, quick use Water Gun!"

Staryu shot water from its arm and it smashed into Luffy, who looked dazed and weak.

"Lu Lu," the Pokemon said with a tired voice.

"Pika Pika!"

"He's weak against water? Damn! Luffy quick, don't let measly water beat you! Use Rocket!"

Luffy shook it off and grabbed Staryu by the middle arms and grinned. He then reeled himself in and smashed into Staryu, knocking him into the platform and into unconsciousness.

"No! Staryu return!"

"Nice one Luffy! Return!"

Luffy squeeled and ran up Ash's body and hugged his arm.

"Yeah! You did great buddy!" Ash said.

"You won't beat my next Pokemon!" Misty said, holding another Pokeball.

"Pikachu, I choose you!"

"Misty calls Starmie!

The two Pokemon glared at each other and Pikachu cheeks were crackling with electricity.

'I need to stay out of the water,' Misty thought, 'Otherwise Pikachu can just shock all of it.'

"Pikachu, Quick Attack!"

Pikachu vanished in and out of sight and nailed into Starmie, who was about to fall in the water.

"Starmie, use Rapid Spin towards the roof and stay out the water!"

Starmie turned to face the roof and started using Rapid Spin, which allowed Starmie to fly back to the platform, smashing into Pikachu as well.

"Pikachu, use Tackle!"

"Stop Pikachu with Psychic!"

Pikachu started to glow as Starmie picked him up with Psychic, smashing him into the roof, then the wall, then the platform. Then Starmie left him suspended in the air.

"Now use Hydro Pump!"

A Hydro Pump smashed into Pikachu, knocking him into the water.

"Starmie follow him in and use the water to your advantage!"

Starmie dived in the water and started attacking Pikachu left and right, not giving the Pokemon a chance.

"Now your Pikachu can't do anything!" said Misty.

"No. Because now I've gotten Starmie in the water!" he replied.

"Starmie get out of th-"

"Pikachu! Thundershock!"

"PI KA CHUUUU!"

A bright light was seen underwater and the whole pool electrified. It was silent for a moment until Pikachu shot out of the water and onto the platform. Starmie floated to the top of the water, unconscious.

"Starmie return!"

"Nice one Pikachu!" Ash said, drawing Pikachu into a hug.

Ash then reached the edge of the pool and walked up to Misty.

"You did amazing," he said, "Thank you for the great battle"

"No, thank you. You let me prove my abilities as a trainer to my sisters," said Misty, handing Ash the Cascade Badge.

She then turned to Cynthia, who seemed to be smiling at her.

"Don't you need to take your Pokemon to the Center?" she asked.

"No! I got two more!" Misty said while stepping on the platform.

"Right, lets begin!" said Cynthia, also stepping on the platform.

"Riolu, lend me your power!"

"Misty calls Horsea!"

The two small Pokemon clearly were happy upon release and smiled at their respective trainers.

"Horsea, use Bubblebeam"

Horsea let out a stream of bubbles that smashed into Riolu and knocked him back and making him growl in pain.

"Riolu, Quick Attack"

Riolu jumped up and quickly dashed towards Horsea, smashing it into the water.

"Riolu, stay on guard!"

Riolu nodded and scanned the water until he saw a shadow getting larger and larger.

"Riolu, Counter!"

Just as Cynthia said this, Horsea lunged out the water and was about to hit Riolu. But Riolu was ready and used Counter, smashing Horsea into the platform. Horsea then jumped up and smashed Riolu in it's chest.

Riolu fell back and gasped in pain. It started to shake it's head to relieve itself of the dizziness.

"Riolu, please get up for me! I trust you, with everything!" Cynthia shouted.

Riolu got up and growled, before turning to his master and giving a thumbs up, which made Cynthia smile.

"Nice one! Now use Reversal!"

Riolu had an orange aura around him before dashing forwards and smashing his fist into Horsea, sending it onto the platform closest to Misty.

"Horsea, retu-"

Horsea then glowed and a bright light filled the room. The light faded away to reveal Seadra.

"Wow! Horsea evolved into Seadra!" said Ash, astonished.

"Well done, Seadra! Your the best!" said Misty, smiling brightly at Seadra, "Now use Hydro Pump!"

Seadra reared it's head back and released a huge torrent of water which smashed into Riolu, knocking him unconscious.

"Riolu, NO!" Cynthia screamed before jumping onto the platform where Riolu was and picking him up and cradling Riolu, and then jumping back to her platform.

"Shhhh, everything will be ok," she whispered soothingly.

"I'm sorry Cynthia," Misty said with regret.

"No, it's ok. This happens when you battle," she said but with a small frown.

'There goes her confidence,' Ash thought, noticing the frown.

"Cynthia!" Ash shouted.

"Huh?" she turned to look at Ash.

"Riolu believes in you and so do I! Finish this!" Ash said.

She nodded and smiled gratefully, while placing Riolu on the ground.

"Budew, lend me your power!"

Budew emerged from her Pokeball and narrowed her eyes at the sight of the unconscious Riolu.

Without instruction, Budew opened her mouth and fired an Energy Ball right into Seadra, knocking it unconscious.

"Seadra! No! You did great, return!" said Misty, while pulling out another Pokeball.

"Misty calls Seel!"

Seel revealed himself with a yawn.

'This will be over quick! Seel has had no training!' thought Misty.

"Seel use Icy Wind!"

Seel opened his mouth and a frost came out, freezing Budew's leg, which caused her to scream.

"Budew, jump in the water to melt the ice!" said Cynthia, taking a risk.

'Maybe this battle can be salvaged after all!' Misty thought brightly.

The ice started to melt on Budew but it was too late, Seel had jumped in the water and started to strike Budew. Budew could do nothing as it got hit over and over, without a break. Budew was about to fall into unconsciousness when she heard her master's command.

"Use Sunny Day then jump out the water!"

Budew shot the bright ball of light, blinding Seel and then she jumped out the water.

"Use Sludge Ball!"

Sell jumped out the water to hit Budew but it was too late. Budew had shot the ball of sludge at Seel, knocking him unconscious.

The two recalled their Pokemon and reached the edge. Before Misty could say anything, Cynthia ran up to Ash and tackled him into a hug.

"Hey, it was no problem!" Ash said with a grin.

Cynthia did nothing but bury her head further into the crook of Ash's neck.

Cynthia then detached herself from Ash and walked up to Misty.

"Thanks for evolving Horsea by the way!" said Misty, holding out the Cascade Badge.

"It was my pleasure!" Cynthia responded.

Cynthia was about to take the badge when a huge crash emerged from their right.

"What the hell!" shouted Misty, clearly annoyed at the destrution.

"Oh god," Ash groaned, as he saw the machinery, "Why do they keep on following us?"

"Sorry to break in on you ladies!" said Jessie, causing Ash to groan even more, along with Misty and Cynthia.

"Allow us to introduce ourselves!" James continued.

"To protect the world from devastation, To unite all peoples within our nation! To denounce the evils of truth and love, to extend our reach to the stars above! Jessie, James! Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light, surrender now or prepare to fight!"

"Meowth, that's right!"

"You know, because of this, I'm going to hate Pavlov," Ash muttered.

"The water Pokemon have the advantage!" said James.

"But if we steal that water away!" continued Jessie, making Ash say "I knew it!"

"The Pokemon are ours for the taking!" finished James.

"And Meowth knows just how to do it!" said the 'top' cat.

The hose then went into the water and started to suck away all the water.

"See, Team Rocket robbed the store!" Ash said

"We thought so!" Cynthia also said.

"You know, lets just suspect them every time!" Misty added to the conversation.

Team Rocket were clearly annoyed at the fact they were being ignored.

"Time to give the water back!" Meowth said, pulling a lever.

Ash frowned and threw Luffy up to the viewing stand, so he could not be washed away by the water. By the time he did that, they were all floating away and Pikachu was being pulled towards the hose.

"Pikachu, Thunderbolt!" shouted Ash.

"PI KA CHU!" shouted Pikachu, releasing his lightning and shocking the machinery and the Rockets.

Team Rocket then fell into the water and were sucked into the hose. They then were deposited out the back at a high pressure.

"Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!"

Ash then ran to the machine and switched it off, allowing Pikachu to escape and jump on Ash's shoulder, with Luffy jumping all the way from the stand and onto Ash's other shoulder.

Misty then handed Cynthia the badge.

"Sorry about that," she apologized.

"It's alright!" Cynthia said, taking the badge and staring at it.

'Quarter way through!' she thought.

The group then exited the gym and stood outside.

Cynthia now had Riolu on her head, as she wanted her and the baby to have more bonding time.

"Misty go and achieve your dream!" Daisy whispered in Misty's ear and nudged her towards Ash and Cynthia.

Misty stared at her in suprise.

'Daisy... thank you,' Misty thought with tears in her eyes.

"Ash, hey man!" Brock said, running up to the group.

"Yo, Brock-o!" said Ash with a grin while Cynthia smiled.

"How did it go?" he asked the two.

They showed him their badges in response.

"Awesome! C'mon Ash, Cynthia, Misty! Let's go!" he said walking away.

The three ran to catch up with him. They then walked off with Daisy smiling fondly at Misty.

'I love you, Misty,' she thought with a smile.


The group were walking down the path to Vermillion City.

"I can't wait to see the cruiseship there!" said Misty with a smile.

"I can't wait to go to the gym!" said Ash, Cynthia nodding along with him.

"Let's go!" Ash said, walking off.

"Ash?" Cynthia asked, "I know you're doing special training with Luffy as you have to make up his moves. So can I battle the trainers here?"

"Sure Cyn!" Ash said, then further telling Cynthia about the ideas he had come up with for Luffy.

5 days later, Cynthia was in a battle with someone who had a Ratatta.

"Gible, finish it!" Cynthia said.

Gible charged forward and smashed into Ratatta, knocking him unconscious.

"I win! That's number 14!" Cynthia said excitedly.

"Sure is!" Ash said, returning from training with Luffy and Misty, who came to watch.

Cynthia went up to the kid and shook his hand.

"Keep training that Ratatta and it will evolve into a Raticate!" said Cynthia.

"Really? You think I can do it?" asked the kid.

"Sure you can!" Cynthia said with a soft smile.

Ash smiled at this. He could tell Cynthia had attitude problems when he first met her. The look in her eyes was so fierce. But now that they are spending time together, she is starting to loosen up and open up to more and more people, even if she hasn't realised this herself.

"I think you can take on A.J!" said the boy, "You're so strong!"

"Really? Who's A.J?" asked Cynthia.

"He lives over there. A.J trains savage Pokemon! He built his own gym! He's never lost a single match!" said the boy.

"Sounds like fun!" Ash grinned at Luffy, who was grinning back at him.

Misty stared at Ash.

'This A.J may be strong, but Luffy is on a whole other level. He can destroy hills with his moves! His physical abilities are unbelievable!' Misty thought.

The group reached the doors of the gym.

"99 wins? Impressive!" Ash said.

"It seems so," Misty said.

"Are you my next victim?" said a voice to their left, revealing A.J.

"Perhaps," Ash said calmly.

"Well beating fools like you is my hobby!" A.J said.

"And putting arrogant idiots back in their place is mine," Ash responded.

A.J growled and opened the doors.

"Wow!" said Brock.

"Now this is not too shabby at all!" said Misty.

"Cyn, do you mind if I take this one?" asked Ash.

"Sure!" she replied.

A Butterfree then came up to A.J and took his bag.

"Catch of the day?" asked Ash.

"Uh huh!" A.J said.

"One-on-One A.J!" Ash said, stepping up on to the battlefield.

"Fine by me squirt!" he said, stepping to his side of the field while Ash did the same.

A.J whipped by Ash feet but Ash just stepped on his whip.

"Don't do that again," Ash said, releasing A.J's whip.

"Fine!" A.J said, surprised Ash had caught his whip.

"Did you get your badges at Loser City and Wimpsville?" asked A.j

Misty and Brock growled.

"Ash?" Misty said.

"Yeah Misty?"

"Use Luffy and sick him!" said Misty with a snarl.

"Can do!" Ash responded while Luffy jumped on the ground.

"Sandshrew, go!" A.J shouted, throwing a Pokeball that revealed a Sandshrew.

"Luffy, you know what to do!"

'Now that Luffy can use his attacks to a better degree, this fight will be easy!' Ash thought.

"Sandshrew, go!"

Sandshrew rushed forward and curled into a ball, rolling towards Luffy.

"Gum-Gum Pistol!"

Luffy brought his arm forward and streched it towards Sandshrew, knocking it back and smashing it into the ground, but Sandshrew got up with little difficulty.

Sandshrew then dug under ground at the sound of A.J's whip. Luffy growled at this and smashed his fist on the ground, creating a huge crack that split the battlefield in two and revealing Sandshrew, who was very dazed and damaged.

"How strong is that Pokemon?" A.J said.

Ash said nothing but his eyes widened at the sight of Sandshrew getting up again.

'Impressive. He is tanking all of Luffy's attacks!' Ash thought.

Sandshrew then lunged forward towards Luffy with great speed and smashed into Luffy.

"No! I can't loose! I must get 100 wins!" A.J said.

"Luffy, time to use that new technique!"

Luffy nodded and brought his two arms back and stretched them far back, past the wall and nearly into a group of 'troublemakers'.

"Now Gum-Gum..."

'It's that technique!' thought Misty with a grin.

Sandshrew started using a Rapid Spin so powerful it pushed all the spectators back due to the wind it was creating. Sandshrew then lunged towards Luffy but Luffy was ready. he brought his arms forward and smashed his palms into Sandshrew.

"Bazooka!"

The attack created a shockwave which knocked the spectators over. Sandshrew flew back and smashed into A.J, unconscious.

"No! I lost!" A.J said, recalling Sandshrew and pounding on the ground with his fists.

"Now's not the time to whine!" Ash said, as A.J's loss count turned to 1.

A.J glared up at Ash.

"Listen A.J!" Ash said, helping the boy up, "Your Pokemon is remarkable. I would never had guessed you could land a hit on Luffy! You're really good. Go challenge the gyms and meet me and Cynthia in the Pokemon League! Then we will have a rematch of epic proportions!"

A.J stared at the boy in wonder and then smiled.

"Thank you Ash! I will, and when I face you again... I'll beat you and become the best Pokemon Master!" A.J said while the others looked at the two with grins.

"You better try to take my title from me! And from Red," Ash said, holding out his hand for A.J to take.

"See you Ash! And goodbye Ash's friends!" A.J said.

"I'll see you again A.J!" Ash shouted as A.J walked off.

"Looks like you found another rival Ash!" said Cynthia.

"Nah! Your my only rival Cyn!" Ash said as the group walked off in the opposite direction to A.J.


And that's it! Told you I'd do one a day! I promise!

Now the reason Luffy is so strong: Pokemon are naturally stronger than humans so could you imagine what it would be like if any One Piece character was a Pokemon. Destruction that's what.

I really hope you enjoyed this chapter! Next chapter: Tech School and Bulbasaur.

By the way, Ash gave his Gyarados to Misty as a thank you for the excellent battle. Gyarados had the situation explained to him and he wants to be on the future Water Pokemon Masters Team. I was going to include this but I felt it distracted from the main story.

And the Prof. will soon be handing Ash a new privilage, carrying extra Pokemon (thinking about 11 Pokemon)

This is, TheHumulisScriptor, signing out!