Ash looked at the two teens that approached him and his friends. He couldn't help but feel an aura in the girl. But why did he feel...connected to her? He couldn't shake this feeling that he knew both of them somehow...
Ranee broke Ash out of his thoughts as she asked, "Who are you two?"
Trina smiled at her as she answered, "My name is Trina and this is my younger brother, Dustin."
Dustin crossed his arms in front of his chest as he questioned, "Why do you always introduce me like that?"
Trina narrowed her eyes and explained, "Cause you are..."
Dustin stated, pouting, "Doesn't mean that you have to point it out every time..."
Trina giggled as everyone introduced themselves to the two siblings.
Ash asked, "So where are you two from?"
"Pika," Pikachu said.
Trina flinched. While she and Dustin were from Cerulean City in the future, she knew that Ash (and Misty) would think that something was up.
She quickly lied, "We are from Virdian City. Come to think of it, wasn't that Team Rocket we saw as we came up?"
Ash stated, "As a matter of fact, it was."
"Pika pika," Pikachu said, nodding.
Trina questioned, "How did that all start?"
Ash smiled as he went down memory lane.
-Flashback: 'Pokemon Emergency'-
At that moment, the girl enters the Pokémon Center with her destroyed bike, angry that Ash's Pikachu destroyed it. Ash explains that Pikachu was injured badly, and she forgets about the bike, instead inquiring after Pikachu's recovery. Just as Nurse Joy brings Pikachu in, an alarm goes off, warning of the approach of Team Rocket's balloon. Team Rocket launches an attack on the Pokémon Center, intent on stealing the Pokémon inside. Their Poké Balls smash through the glass roof, releasing an Ekans and a Koffing. Koffing floods the room with smoke, under the cover of which Jessie and James enter the Pokémon Center and begin to recite their motto.
Nurse Joy begins transferring Pokémon to the safety of the Pewter City Pokémon Center to protect them from Team Rocket's clutches. Meanwhile, Ash and the girl attempt to fight off Team Rocket, and she finally introduces herself as Misty. At Misty's urging, Ash releases a Pidgey and a Rattata from Poké Balls that have been knocked to the floor, but they are easily defeated by Jessie's Ekans. Misty sends out a Goldeen, but it flops around uselessly due to the lack of water. Ash flees, pushing Pikachu's stretcher, but the stretcher bumps into Misty's bike, which wakes Pikachu up.
As Ekans and Koffing approach them, the other Pikachu surround his Pikachu, healing it as well as zapping Team Rocket and their Pokémon. Powered by Ash riding quickly on Misty's burnt bicycle, Ash's Pikachu hits Team Rocket with a powerful Thunder Shock. As Team Rocket takes the electricity, Koffing expels a large amount of poisonous gas in pain. The gas reacts to the electricity, and the result is a colossal explosion that destroys much of the Pokémon Center. Officer Jenny arrives too late to do anything except watch the explosion.
-End of Flashback-
Ash finished, "...and ever since that day, Team Rocket has been after Pikachu."
Misty added, jokingly, "Not like there's any other Pikachu out there."
Pikachu tried not to laugh as Trina looked concerned. Dustin also looked concerned as Ranee picked up on this.
Clemont picked up on this too as he asked, "What's the matter?"
Trina answered, "Long story."
Serena stated, "We have time."
Dustin whispered, "You do. We don't..."
Bonnie heard this as she asked, "What do you mean by that?"
"Dedenne," Dedenne said, peeking out of her purse.
Dustin stated, "We might as well tell them, Trina."
Trina sighed sadly as she replied, "We might as well."
Ranee questioned, "Tell us what though?"
Trina answered, "You see, Dustin and I are from the future...where Team Rocket rules."
Everyone gasped in horror. Team Rocket? Ruling? That was an awful thought. While Jessie, James, Meowth, Butch, and Cassidy were all pushovers; the rest of Team Rocket were not.
Ash asked, "How in Arceus' name did that happened?!"
Dustin answered, "Well, it all started one day after our father was going for another championship, in honor of our grandfather."
Future
A MC boomed, "Ladies and gentleman, we welcome you all to the Indigo League championship! We have quite the match for you today. First we have Ash Ketchum - the champion from all the regions! And his opponent is the coordinator and trainer master, Ranee Katina!"
Ash's hair was grown out a bit, he still had the z shaped freckles on his face, chocolate brown eyes, wearing a black undershirt, a blue jacket, blue jeans, black shoes, a green backpack, and a red baseball cap. Ranee had her hair rather short, green eyes, wearing her silver locket (though it looked quite rusted), a purple dress with a white coat, a white and purple backpack, and purple and white shoes.
Meanwhile, in Cerulean, Misty was at home with Trina and Dustin, watching the battle.
"Go get her, daddy," Trina yelled.
"Yeah, you got this," Dustin added.
Misty giggled at her children's antics. But then again, they were a lot like her and Ash back in the day.
"Go get them, Ash," Misty said, softly.
Back at the Indigo Plateau, Ash looked at Ranee with a smile.
Ash stated, "I've been looking forward to this match a long time, Ranee."
Ranee replied, "Same here."
The referee told them, "This battle between Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town versus Ranee Katina of Veilstone City is now about to begin! Each trainer will use 6 Pokémon a piece and the battle will be over when either side's Pokémon can no longer continue. Let the battle begin!"
Ranee got a poke ball ready and threw it. Within a flash of light, her Snover appeared. Ash thought, 'She's going with an ice type. What could she be up to?' He got a poke ball ready and threw it. Within a flash of light, his Sceptile appeared.
He went to Sceptile and told it, "Be careful, Sceptile."
"Sceptile," said Sceptile.
"Snover," said Snover, ready to fight.
Ash commanded, "Bullet Seed!"
Sceptile nodded and the Bullet Seed came straight at Snover.
Ranee yelled, "Dodge it!" Snover did as it was told and Ranee ducked the Bullet Seed. Ash perked up and thought, 'Now I know what she wanted! She wanted a Dimensional Scream!' Ranee got back up and smirked. She commanded, "Snover, Ice Beam right at Sceptile's chest!"
Snover did as it was told and not only did it cause damage, it froze Sceptile a bit as well!
Ash yelled, "Sceptile!"
Sceptile struggled to get freed but Ranee commanded, "Icy Wind!"
Snover got in at close range and fired. It froze Sceptile solid and it was down for the count.
The referee called, "Sceptile is unable to battle! Snover wins!"
Ranee and Snover celebrated as Snover started to glow a bright white light. As Ash recalled Sceptile, he had saw Snover was gone and in its place was Abomasnow.
The MC yelled, "Well, this an interesting turn of events as Snover has evolved into Abomasnow!"
Ranee got out her purple Pokédex and looked up her newly evolved Pokémon.
Her Pokédex chirped, "Abomasnow, the frosted tree Pokémon. It lives a quiet life on mountains that are covered with snow. It hides itself by whipping up blizzards."
Ranee smiled at Abomasnow and said, "That's awesome! You evolved into Abomasnow!" Abomasnow smiled. Ash smiled too. This gave him a chance to give Ranee a shock. She turned to Ash and asked, "So, Ash. Which fire type are you going to use?"
Ash smirked and answered, "You'll see."
Ash threw his poke ball and out popped...Charizard! Ranee perked up as she studied Charizard. That's when she knew. Her Abomasnow was no match against a Charizard.
The referee called, "Begin!"
At that moment, Ranee recalled her Pokémon. Ash perked up as he wondered which Pokémon she could switch Abomasnow for. She got the next poke ball ready and clutched it pretty tight.
She whispered, "I'm counting on you my old friend. Bring us victory." With that, she added, "Infernape, let's go!"
She threw her poke ball and her starter Pokémon appeared. 'Infernape was Ranee's first Pokémon. No doubt that is going to be an awesome battle,' Ash thought.
He turned to his dragon and asked, "You ready?"
Charizard roared, telling Ash that it was ready.
Ash commanded, "Dragon Rage!"
With that, Dragon Rage headed straight for Infernape.
Ranee commanded, "Fire Blast!"
The two attacks hit each other head on, creating an explosion. However, no one was ready for what was going to happen after the smoke cleared...
AK1028: A reference to Sinnoh League Chronicles and the very first season of Pokémon. A good day to be snowed in, don't you think? Now we know...Trina and Dustin are Ash and Misty's future kids! Please read and review! And always think outside of the box!
