"Ah...Cerulean City. The beautiful city with flowing water and blooming flowers." Fluttershy said.
"Indeed." Selena said as she held Zelos's hand.
"The gym shouldn't be far from...what the?" Dan said seeing a trainer near the Pokemon center with some black furred rats. "Wait...are those?"
"Yep. Alolan Rattata my friend." they said.
"How the heck did you bring these here?" Hope asked.
"Cause I'm from Alola. And I'm not the only guy doing this. Lots of us have come from Alola, bringing many of these pokemon with us, trading of course for the versions found only here in Kanto." the trainer said.
"Interesting!" Double D said. "Is it for research purposes?"
"You kidding? It's all about the regional differences. We only know the ones from Alola, we got no clue about the ones here in Kanto." the trainer said.
"Huh. I don't suppose one of you have a Kanto Rattata on hand." Gohan said.
"I do." Dan said presenting the ball to the person trading for an Alolan Rattata.
"Okay...if we're done...let's head over to the gym." Twilight said.
They entered the Cerulean Gym to see the interior was a giant swimming pool with a battle arena in the center. Standing on the other side was a girl with orange hair.
"Welcome to my gym. I'm the gym leader, Misty." she said.
"Hi, we have some friends who are here to earn the badge." Mark said, motioning to Simon and Tsumugi.
"Very well...so who goes first?" she asked.
"Well...I went first last time so...your turn, Simon." Tsumugi said.
"Alright. Let's have a good match, Misty!" Simon said.
"Okay. Let's go! I call on you...Psyduck!" she said sending out a yellow duck that was holding its head.
"I'm counting on you, Cheshire!" Simon called sending out Cheshire.
"Okay Psyduck. Use Confusion!" Misty said as Psyduck unleashed a psychic attack on Cheshire.
"Keep calm, Cheshire!" Simon said. "Counter with Double Kick!" He called as Cheshire kicked Psyduck twice.
"Psyduck, fight back with Water Gun!" Misty said as Psyduck fired a stream of water at Cheshire.
"Hang back Cheshire! Let's go, Bulba!" Simon called as he swapped Cheshire out with Bulba.
"Hoo boy." Mark said. "Misty is in for an uphill battle. Grass types do wonders against Water type Pokemon."
"Bulba, let's go with Sleep Powder!" Simon called as Bulba launched a white powder from his flower bud onto Psyduck as he began to fall asleep. "Now use Takedown!" He said as Bulba attacked and defeated Psyduck.
"Return! Now...to call my ace. Go, Starmie!" Misty said sending out a large purple starfish like creature with a red jewel at its core.
"Hmm, another Water and Psychic type. In that case, fall back and cool off, Bulba, and come on down, Absol!" Simon called as he brought out Absol.
"Smart move. But I'll still take you down! Starmie use Swift!" Misty said as Starmie shot out a cascade of stars from its core.
"Block the attack, Absol, and counter with Bite!" Simon called as Absol managed to withstand the attack and pounced on Starmie and bit it without fatally wounding it as it got knocked out.
"Man, that Absol is vicious!" ZS said.
"I heard that!" Simon said as ZS slumped in his seat.
"Well...seems the battle is yours. In a few minutes...it's your turn, girl." Misty said.
"Do your best out there, Tsumugi." Simon said putting a hand on her shoulder.
"I will. You can count on me." Tsumugi said.
The battle between Tsumugi and Misty soon began.
"Now...I call Psyduck!" Misty said sending Psyduck out.
"You're up, Bellsprout!" Tsumugi said sending Bellsprout out.
"Okay Psyduck. Use Confusion!" Misty said as Psyduck unleashed a psychic attack on Bellsprout.
"Hang in there, Bellsprout… Use Stun Spore!" Tsumugi said.
Spores were dusted over Psyduck as it became paralyzed, being unable to move.
"Anyone else getting deja Vu?" Eddy asked. "I mean, the order of events is pretty similar."
"True, but the methods are different. Tsumugi paralyzed Psyduck so Bellsprout…" Starlight began as Bellsprout beat Psyduck with a vine whip. "Could do that."
"Return! Not bad. But I still have Starmie!" Misty said sending Starmie out.
"Hmm… This wouldn't look too good for Bellsprout. Bellsprout, tag out. You're up, Pikachu." Tsumugi said.
When Cosplay Pikachu was brought out, she was wearing a lab coat with pigtails and glasses.
"Okay...let's end this. Starmie, use Psywave!" Misty said as Starmie let loose a psychic wave towards Pikachu.
"Let's level the playing field a bit with Electric Terrain!" Tsumugi said.
"Wait, Electric Terrain?" Mark said. "First I've heard of a move like that."
"It's a move that powers up electric attacks and electrifies the room. Even prevents pokemon from falling asleep." Starlight said.
"Now, let's buff up some defense with Light Screen." Tsumugi said.
"Starmie, use Scald!" Misty said as Starmie fired boiling hot water at Pikachu.
"Light Screen increases defense against special attacks, so it didn't hurt as much as originally intended." David said.
"Now, wrap this up with Thunder Shock!" Tsumugi said.
Pikachu unleashed a powerful electric attack on Starmie as it fell over.
"Well...that's that...the battle is yours." Misty said.
Both trainers soon stood before Misty as she smiled.
"For your victory here...I present you both with the Cascade Badge!" Misty said.
"Thank you, Misty." Simon said.
"That's two down." Tsumugi said.
"If we go south, we should reach Vermilion City and the next gym." Dan said.
"And we'll have to go through Route 24 to get there, right?" Simon asked as he looked at a map of the region.
"Uh...that's north. Vermilion is the other way." Dan said.
"Oh, my bad." Simon said.
"That way actually leads to a house owned by a researcher named Bill." Dan said.
"Really? Why don't we go check it out?" Mari asked.
"It would be nice to talk to an expert on the science of Pokemon, considering that this is a new field for me." Double D added.
"And we might find some more Pokemon down that way too." Simon said.
"I guess seeing as how no one wants to get to the gyms as a priority...may as well." Dan said.
"We've got some time to spare. May as well take a side trip or two." Alphamon said.
"Well...guess we're going north then." Jexi said.
