Misty tried to disappear, but Ash was having none of it. He grabbed her arm tightly, but not too tight to hurt her. The closer Ash got to the Gym, the more Misty tried to escape.
"Misty, what's up?"
""Ash, please, I don't want to go in."
"Misty, if this is about you being the gym leader, then I already know. If you don't want to go in, I won't force you. But I need the next badge."
"How did you know I was the gym leader?"
"I studied the Pokeguide before even thinking of entering the Pokémon league. They have a list of all the gym leaders. It would be stupid not to study up so that I can have an advantage and make plans to counter any teams a Gym leader would use."
"Oh, well I guess if we don't have to go in the gym, then I'll accept your challenge Ash."
But before they could get ready, an explosion was heard from the direction of the gym. Watching in disbelief, Ash saw a large machine that looked a giant vacuum coming out a giant hole in the side of the gym. Ash could see the same two Team Rocket agents from Mount Moon on the top of the giant vacuum.
"Thunderbolt Mimikyu!"
"Thunder Starmie!"
both electric attacks hit at the same time and the machine stopped in it's tracks, smoking.
(Team Rocket motto here)
"Not you idiots again!"
The rocket tried to activate the Vacuum, but with it smoking, accidentally hit the self destruct button instead.
"Team Rocket's blasting off again!"
"I can't believe it," Misty said as she looked inside a tank that was attached to a vacuum hose, "They got most of the Pokémon from the gym."
"I wonder how that happened?"
"I don't know, but I'm going to find out!" Misty growled as she stalked towards the hole in the wall.
Ash followed just slightly behind. As they walked in, Ash could see that the two Team Rocket agents had broken through the wall where all of the Pokémon for the gym were being kept.
"Like there you are shrimp," a blonde girl said, "So are you a water Pokémon master yet?"
"Daisy, what exactly were you doing that you weren't on guard duty?"
"Like we had a show to do shrimp. You can't expect beauty like this to hide away from the world."
"You idiot! Because of you those Team Rocket agents almost got away with the gyms Pokémon!"
"Like the gym is your responsibility, not ours. If you had been here it wouldn't have happened."
Misty growled again, "The gym may be my responsibility, but our parents left it to all of us. We all need to work together to make sure that the league doesn't take the Gym away from us."
"Like, we don't care about the gym Misty. We tried to run the gym, but we got wrecked by these trainers from some nowhere town called Pallet. Besides, it's so much easier to make money from our shows."
"I can't believe you Daisy! You know how much this gym meant to our parents."
"Like, I told you Misty, I, Don't, Care!"
"Then you won't care that after this battle with Ash here, I'm going to take all of the Pokémon from our gym since you don't care about it, and I will go on a journey."
"But we need the Pokémon for our shows!"
"And who caught those Pokémon Daisy? Was it you that spent hours outside fishing until you found them? Was it you that trained that magikarp hard enough that it evolved into a Gyrados?"
When Daisy didn't say anything, Misty turned to Ash, "Let's get this over with. golden!"
"Rattata!"
"Supersonic!"
"Quick attack!"
"Dodge it!"
"While it's in range, thunderbolt!"
Misty winced as her poor Goldeen took a direct thunderbolt. "Goldeen, return! Go Starmie!"
Ash was about to return Rattata when he noticed the blinding light of evolution "Do you feel like you can continue Ratticate?"
When Ratticate nodded, Ash decided to keep him out.
"Thunderbolt!"
Misty only smiled as the attack hit, "Recover!"
"try it again!"
"Recover!"
Ash thought about the problem for a while, and a ghost of a smile came to his face, he was going to use his new Pokémon.
"Ratticate, return! Go Cleafairy!"
"When did you catch her? She's gorgeous." Misty said enviously
"Just before we had that battle with the odd man with the fossils. One of the Clefairy followed us out of Mt. Moon. I only noticed when she caught herself."
"Well no matter, Starmie Hydro Pump!"
"Metronome"
Misty flinched as the Metronome somehow produced an Explosion attack, throwing both Pokémon back. When Misty could see again, she could see that both Pokémon had fainted.
"Starmie, return. Good job Ash. Here's your gym badge."
Misty was surprised when she heard clapping, and noticed that all of her sisters were now standing on the sidelines.
"Like this is why you need to be the gym leader here Misty. We would have been creamed."
"Are you seriously trying to guilt Misty into coming back to be the gym leader because you don't feel like it?" Ash said angrily
"Like we never wanted to be gym leaders. Misty knows that."
"Yes, but think about it, what if Misty was telling you that you had to stop doing your shows just because she didn't want you to do them."
"I'd be devastated."
"That's what you are trying to force onto Misty." Ash said, "Think about that the next time you try to tell her what to do."
End chapter
Ash's Team (assume he's been training offscreen)
Ratticate: Water gun( yes it can learn this. You can get the TM for water gun in Mt. Moon in Pokémon red/blue/yellow), thunderbolt, quick attack, hyperfang
Clefairy: Pound, Sing, Flash, Doubleslap
Beedrill: Twin needle, Rage, Focus Energy, Poison Sting, Mega Drain (Yep it can learn this through a TM)
Pidgeotto: Wing attack, sand attack, Quick attack, Gust
Butterfree: Sleep Powder, Supersonic, Psybeam, Gust
Misty's Team
(one of the many I'm sure she would have had in the gym) Gyrados: Hyper beam, Dragon Rage, Hydro Pump, Double Edge
Starmie: Recover, thunderbolt, Hydro Pump, Swift
Staryu: Recover, Swift, Hydro Pump, Minimize
Goldeen: Supersonic, Horn Attack, Waterfall
Seel: Headbutt, Water Gun, Growl, aurora beam
Brock's Team
Geodude: Rock Throw, Defense Curl, Mega Punch, Tackle
Onix: Rock Throw, Bide, Screech, Dig
Zubat (Caught last chapter in Mt. Moon): Supersonic, Bite, Leech Life, Bide