Episode 28: What Goes Around...
Episode 28 in my Fan Fiction series about the Pokémon journey of Ash and Angie. Involves some MorpheusShipping (Ash and Angie liking each other) so if you don't like that idea, stop reading here. The rest, I hope you enjoy this fan-fiction.
After the ordeals of yesterday, a bright new day was dawning, and welcomed our heroes with a sunny smile. They had decided to stay in Viridian City for a little longer, before moving on to the Indigo Plateau. But Ash didn't feel like relaxing all day, so he suggested to have a little training with their Pokémon. Angie agreed, since it also gave her an opportunity to get to work a little more with her recent catch, Zigzagoon. To avoid any accidents like the last time Ash trained behind the Pokémon Center and Angie got an involuntary shower, Angie proposed to find a more suitable spot outside of town. So after breakfast, they went to Route 1, and walked a while until they found an appropriate spot.
"Come out! Buizel, Chimchar, Staravia, Gliscor and Turtwig! It's time for some action!" Ash shouted as he released all his Pokémon.
"Yes! Come out also, Bulbasaur, Shinx and Zigzagoon!" Angie said as she sent out her team.
"Pikachu, you wanna train as well?" Ash asked his little buddy.
"Pikapika!" was the answer, as Pikachu stepped forward to join the others.
"If we let our Pokémon of the same type battle against each other, there is less chance on anyone getting hurt," Angie suggested.
"Good idea Ange, that's how we'll do it then," Ash agreed, "let's go!"
So Bulbasaur was put up against Turtwig, and Pikachu against Shinx. Gliscor was paired with Staravia. To make sure Zigzagoon got some extra experience with different opponents, both Chimchar and Buizel battled with it, taking turns. With it's amazing speed, Angie's Zigzagoon proved to be an expert in dodging attacks.
"I see it's still fast even if you're not trying to catch it," Ash joked.
Meanwhile Tracey was making some sketches of the scene. Sometimes the sky was filled with the most interesting combinations of attacks, and he tried to capture that in his drawings. After an extensive training, it was time to take some rest, and have lunch. Both trainers and Pokémon really appreciated the food after all this hard work. Having devoured everything, Ash and Angie lied down on the grass next to each other, both looking at the sky.
"It's nice here, right Ash?" Angie said.
"Yes, it is," Ash answered, as he pulled his cap over his eyes.
Tracey was drawing again, this time trying to capture the sight of the trainers and and their Pokémon resting. After he was happy with the results, Tracey decided to lie down as well, and enjoyed a little relaxing himself. It was a nice and warm day, and it didn't take long for everyone to doze off.
"Pika?" Ash heard in his dreams.
Then Ash felt something pushing in his side, and realized it wasn't a dream, it was Pikachu. The little Pokémon woke up a few minutes ago, and noticed the sun was at a much different position now, so it must be getting late, it figured.
"Huh?" Ash yawned, as he put his cap back on his head again.
He tried to get up, but something was holding his left hand. He looked to his left side, and saw that the 'something' was in fact someone. Angie was holding his hand while she was still sleeping. He carefully woke her, and she let go off his hand, blushing a lot. Pikachu woke Tracey and the other Pokémon. Ash and Angie made their Pokémon return to their Poké Balls, and our three friends went on their way, back home again. About halfway there, Pikachu raised it's ears.
"What is it Pikachu?" Ash wondered, "did you hear something or ...?"
Ash was unable to finish his last words, as a large net fell from above, upon them. A smaller net captured Pikachu, who was a few meters ahead of Ash when this happened, the same way. The little electric Pokémon tried to break the net with a Thunderbolt, but the net reflected the electric energy, shocking Pikachu instead.
"Oh! Pikachu!" Ash cried as he saw his Pokémon struggle in vain to free itself.
"Hihihihihi! Nice catch Meowth!" they heard a female voice say.
"Oh no, not them again..." Angie sighed.
"Oh yes!" Jessie sneered, "so prepare for trouble!"
"...and make it double!" James added.
"To protect the world from devastation," Jessie said.
"To unite all peoples within our nation", James continued.
"To denounce the evils of truth and love," Jessie spoke again.
"To extend our reach to the stars above," James added
"Jessie," Jessie stated her name.
"...and James..." James introduced himself.
"Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light," Jessie continued
"Surrender now or prepare to fight," James.
"Meowth! That's right!" Meowth finished the motto.
"I was going to thank you for saving us the other day, but you can forget about that now!" Angie shouted.
"Like we care..." Jessie sneered, "we've got Pikachu!"
"You won't get away with this, Team Rocket!" Ash shouted.
"We would really love to stick around and chat a little longer, but we have something to deliver to our boss, so if you'll excuse us... hahahahaha!" Jessie laughed.
"That strategy of letting you escape to be able to catch you ourselves is really paying off now," James remarked.
"We will make a pretty good impression if we present Pikachu to the boss," Meowth suggested, "I bet he'll make us leaders of the Kanto region for that."
"You really think so?" James asked, with his eyes all shiny with joy.
"We're gonna be rich and famous!" all three Team Rocket members cheered as they danced around in a circle.
Suddenly they heard a loud cry, not too far from them.
Wh..wha-wha-wha... what was that!?" James said, his legs shaking.
"I... I don't know," Jessie answered, "but I have a feeling we'll soon find out..."
"You don't think it's Giovanni, who overheard us talking about letting the twerps escape on purpose, or do you?" James wondered, still trembling with fear.
"Eh... guys..? Over there..." Meowth stuttered as he pointed at a place behind Jessie's back.
Jessie and James slowly turned around, to see what Meowth was getting at.
"Hey Ash, look!" Angie shouted.
"It's a herd of Kangaskhan..." Ash said.
"Could it be the same herd we met earlier, with that egg, you know?" Angie wondered.
"I think it is," Tracey answered her question, "yes, I'm sure of it, I clearly remember the way that larger Kangaskhan looked."
The large Kangaskhan walked towards Team Rocket, who were frozen with fear, and couldn't move.
"Khan!" the big Pokémon cried, as it snatched the net with Pikachu in it out off James's hands.
"Well, now that you have that back, I guess we'll be on our way as well, hihihihi," Jessie laughed nervously, as she tried to turn around and sneak away with James and Meowth.
But there was no escape, as other Kangaskhan were now surrounding them.
"I think they don't want us to go..." Meowth said, with fear in his catlike voice.
"Mummy!" James yelled.
The largest Kangaskhan tore the net with Pikachu in it into pieces and the little electric Pokémon was free again. A few seconds later, the same way our friends were also freed from their prison by this Kangaskhan. Meanwhile Team Rocket realized they couldn't escape quietly, and Jessie sent out her Yanmega.
"Do Sonic Boom and blast a way out off here for us!" Jessie commanded.
The Kangaskhan the attack was intended for, dodged it, but now the powerful wave was headed directly for Angie! Ash saw it and in a flash he stepped in front of her, with his back turned towards the blast. As the attack hit him, both he and Angie were swept off their feet. Angie landed on her back on the ground, and Ash fell on top of her, but managed to break his fall with his arms, so he couldn't hurt Angie. As the dust was slowly settling, Angie looked up and straight into Ash's eyes...
"Are you... okay?" Ash asked, as he looked back to her.
"Yeah... I think so," Angie answered, "thanks for saving me Ash..."
She looked even deeper into Ash's eyes, and suddenly she felt very comfortable being so close to him. She moved her head up a little, her lips closer to Ash's mouth. Ash also moved his head a little closer, feeling the same strange force pulling them closer together when...
"Hey guys, are you both alright?" they heard Tracey all of a sudden say in the distance.
Suddenly realizing they were about to kiss each other in public, Ash quickly got up, and then helped Angie on her feet again, both blushing quite heavily.
"We're fine," Ash answered.
In the meantime James had also released his Carnivine, and together with Jessie's Yanmega, they tried to force their way out off the sticky situation they were in. But a few Kangaskhan stepped in front of Team Rocket's Pokémon, and did a combined Mega Punch attack, putting both Carnivine and Yanmega out off commission.
"Pikachu, how about a little more exercise?" Ash suggested.
"Pika!" the little Pokémon agreed, it's cheeks sparkling with electricity.
"Okay, do Thunder!" Ash commanded.
The strong electric attack hit Team Rocket and their fainted Pokémon, sending them blasting off.
"We were so close..." Jessie grumbled.
"Aren't we always..." James sighed.
"Well, one thing we aren't close to at the moment is the ground!" Meowth yelled.
"Team Rocket is blasting off again!" the three villains cried together.
As our friends watched Team Rocket disappearing in the distance, another Kangaskhan appeared. Pikachu was the first to notice, and it started pulling on Ash's trousers.
"What is it, little buddy?" Ash wondered, "oh..." he added as he looked in the direction Pikachu was pulling him.
"Is that...?" Angie wondered.
"I think it is..." Ash answered, as they saw another Kangaskhan with a little one in the pouch on her belly step closer.
It was indeed the Kangaskhan whose egg they returned a little while ago, except now the egg had clearly hatched, and it's mother was now carrying a baby Kangaskhan with her.
"Awwww, it's so cute!" Angie said, as she watched this scene.
"I've got to sketch this!" Tracey remarked, as he took out his sketchbook again.
"I'm glad your egg hatched safely," Ash said to the Kangaskhan with the little baby, as he carefully padded the little one on it's head.
Then the largest member of the herd called the others to her, signaling it was time to move on again.
"Thanks for rescuing us, Kangaskhan!" Ash shouted, while waving to the herd.
"Take good care of your little one!" Angie added, as she also waved them goodbye.
"Bye!" Tracey said, as he put down his pencil for a moment to wave at the Pokémon that were leaving.
The herd of Kangaskhan disappeared in the woods, and our three friends started walking home again. Meeting an old friend, and learning that the egg they had returned to it's mother a while ago, had hatched safely, was an unexpected surprise for a day that at first didn't seem that special at all. It clearly showed that every day can have it's own new surprises, especially in a world with Pokémon.
My 39th fan-fiction story. I apologize for any typing errors, or grammatically not 100% correct sentences. Remember, I am not a native English speaker or writer. I tried to make this story as close to the Pokémon series as possible, so that the characters will react roughly the same in this fictional story as they do in the series. Comments are always welcome, you can use the review function on this FanFiction site for that.
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