This chapter should mark the end of the three part mini-movie (Mystery of the Cave/MotC) where Ash, Misty, Gary, and Professor Oak delved into Cerulean Cave in order to unlock the secrets of Mew. This will be a longer chapter to accommodate the full-movie feel.

Note: All Pokemon used by Ash, Gary, Professor Oak, and Misty are ones proven to be had by online (and anime) sources. I used the list of Gary's Pokemon from the Silver Conference episode where Ash checked out the possible Pokemon Gary could use. Another list for Ash, and the one I already mentioned two chapters ago for Misty.

Gary could not figure out why these Pokemon wanted Ash.

He also couldn't figure out how these Pokemon knew Ash.

But the thing that confused him most was him saying, "if the world is to survive".

"What!" Ash jumped, waking up in an unfamiliar place. "Charizard, Pikachu!" Ash looked around the room and recognized Entei and Mewtwo. "What are you doing here?"

"I guess the world's coming to an end." Gary muttered.

"What's going on?" Ash demanded, "The last time I saw either of you you made it sound like I'd never see you again."

"The Unnown restored me to life to deal with the coming crisis." Entei explained, his eyes glowing slightly, awakening Professor Oak and MIsty from their respective paralysis."

"What's going on?" Misty asked, running to check on her Politoed.

"Crisis?" Ash asked.

"Mew is dying." Mewtwo explained, "I am well aware that you encountered Mew more than once on your journeys... even saved its life at the tree of beginning."

"That was Lucario," Ash explained, "I didn't do anything."

Mewtwo appeared unconvinced, but it's not like he has that much emotion anyway.

"Your meetings with legendary Pokemon stem from heart. All Pokemon possess the ability to keenly perceive the nature of the heart in humans. And so, when great challenge came to your world... it was brought before you." Mewtwo told him.

"That makes sense. You being kind and caring to your Pokemon showed the legendary Pokemon that you could be trusted to protect them." Misty concluded.

"Precisely." Entei cut in, "But recently, a group of scientists have begun to invade this cavern to capture and inspect the most powerful Pokemon in the world."

Ash absent-mindedly looked at Professor Oak, even though he knew that Professor Oak would never capture them.

"Pokemon of this power are dangerous to all humans. As you may remember." Mewtwo stated, his eyes glowing to show Ash and gang glimpses of the battles Ash was a part of.

"It's not gonna end like this Mewtwo, we won't let it. You're mine!" Ash started running as the scene shifted slightly.

This time while he was running he was screaming, "Stop!"

The explosion shook the battlefield, all fighting ceased.

"Ash!" You could hear Misty and Brock's voice cry at the evident fate of their friend... Misty cringed, remembering the fear of losing him.

The explosions led the way to the next scene.

"The treasure?" Lugia asked, appearing beside the young Pallet Town trainer as he ran.

"I got it." Ash said, grabbing the treasure from his pocket as he ran downhill.

Lugia bowed his head as he flew, "Climb on."

Ash and Pikachu leaped onto Lugia's back so they could fly back to the treasure stand before Moltres, Zapdos, and Articuno could destroy the world.

But it went wrong when the Beast of the Sea was attacked.

Then our group could see Entei, battling Pikachu who had bravely stood against the more powerful Pokemon to protect Ash, who had already lost to Entei in two Pokemon battles with Cyndaquil and Totodile.

Gary and Professor Oak, who were seeing this for the first time unlike Misty and Ash who lived it, stared in awe as the weakened Pikachu stood its ground as Entei powered up for a final attack.

"Pikachu!" Ash screamed, running to shield his friend from the final attack.

Ash and Pikachu hurdled towards the rocky terrain below... to be saved by an orange figure that caught them in a diving save.

"Try to remember!" Ash pleaded with Celebi, who was still trying to destroy the forest.

'Who's that Pokemon?' Gary asked in thought, thinking that he just might have recognized the other boy Ash was with... but who could it be?

But Professor Oak knew, it was him afterall.

Then another scene, but Misty did not know this one.

"You said that my aura was like Sir Aaron's... it's time to test if that's really true!" Ash decided, pulling on the gloves Aaron used to wear and summoning his own internal strength.

A few flashes later and Lucario knocked Ash out of the way...

"Leave the rest of this to me, Ash." Lucario told him, summoning the aura inside himself. "The aura is with me!"

As the scenes died Ash wiped a tear out of his eye, forever would he remember the sacrifice Lucario and Sir Aaron had made to save the Pokemon.

Misty put her hand on Ash's shoulder, sensing that Lucario had not experienced a happy ending.

"Why did you show us those memories?" Professor Oak asked.

"As a demonstration of the power of one. One person willing to change the world can accomplish such if he as indomitable will." Mewtwo explained, looking directly at Ash. "Time and time again you faced adversity, and each time you ended up the victor. Now, we need you to do it once again."

"What can I do to help?" Ash asked.

"First we must stop the scientists from continuing their dangerous experiments. If we fail there, it will not matter if Mew has the strength to survive. Because if the scientists reach the central cavern and tamper with the Scale of Life, all creation could be destroyed." Entei explained.

"But how do they even know about the Scale thing? What is it?" Ash asked.

"The Scale of Life is a scale from the mother of all Pokemon, it possesses power far greater than any Pokemon can control. The Scale brought forth the first Pokemon into the world, not long after humanity itself took to the land." Mewtwo told them, "But in the event the two species ever were brought to war, Arceus prepared for the worst."

"The Scale can mimic the power of a nuclear weapon a million-fold." Entei stated, "The effects would be disastrous for both humans and Pokemon."

"That's why the Pokemon are so strong here... and so hard to capture. They're protecting the scale!" Gary concluded.

"And if these scientists gain passage to the sacred cavern, the Scale will react. Enhancing the strength of everything nearby..."

"So being near the scale makes you stronger?" Ash asked.

Entei nodded, "For both Pokemon and humans alike."

"So we've got to stop them and save Mew." Ash said, punching his own open palm.

"How? We don't even know what we're up against." Misty pointed out.

"Scientists that are so dangerous Mewtwo got involved? We know who it is." Ash figured.

Mewtwo nodded.

Ash said, "It's Giovanni and Team Rocket."

...

Giovanni was closer to the central cavern than our heroes were aware.

For months he'd been sending in search parties to discover the location of the Scale of Life.

Only recently did someone find the scale, to be blocked by a RegiSteel. This searcher returned empty-handed but with information that would lead to the ultimate victory. If his scientists could crack the secret power of the scale, he could dominate the world. The most powerful Pokemon of all would serve in his military and his enemies would be destroyed... starting with that pest from Pallet Town.

"Sir, we've breached the second to last cavern wall with serious resistance. Our Pokemon are still able to keep going for no, but will need medical supplies soon." A lower level Team Rocket member explained.

"They'll receive all the medicine they need when they find my Scale." Giovanni spat out, "The Scale will make them stronger, do not let up."

"Yes sir."

...

The wall was cracking... there wasn't much time.

"Seel, Glalie!" Ash yelled, releasing his two ice-type Pokemon. "Use your Ice Beam to freeze this side of the wall!"

The Pokemon did as commanded, freezing this side of the wall to add some resistance.

"Seel return." Ash said, knowing that e had to stop Team Rocket from breaking past this wall at all costs. "Charizard, Infernape, Sceptile, Torterra, Pidgeot, Staraptor, Snorlax, Kingler, Buizel, ... come on out!"

The Pokemon emerged from their Pokeballs and stood at the ready to fight for the safety of Cerulean Cave.

"Once they break through that wall, it's on." Gary said, releasing Blastoise, Umbreon, Arcanine, Nidoqueen, Nidoking, Electivire, Magmar, Scizor, and Alakazam.

Misty released her Pokemon as well and got ready for the battle of a lifetime.

"Mewtwo and the others will stay in the cavern and protect it if we fail." Professor Oak explained, releasing his Dragonite, Charizard, and Pidgeotto.

"We have to make sure that we don't." Ash said, staring at the wall.

"The whole world is counting on us." Misty stated.

"We've been there before." Ash said, putting his hand on Misty's shoulder. "And we always came out on top."

Misty smiled, "I guess that's true."

"Hey lovebirds, it's cracking!" Gary pointed out.

Before Ash or Misty could protest, they noticed that he was right. The ice was cracking through.

"All fire Pokemon, you're up!" Ash announced, "Use Flamethrower as soon as that ice breaks!"

"Infernape!" Infernape howled.

"Charizard!" The Charizards cried, getting a fire in their eyes.

"Arcccc!" Arcanine agreed.

"Magmar!"

"After that all water Pokemon hit them with a water gun or Hydro Pump." Misty told her Pokemon.

Gary nodded to Blastoise who called out in challenge.

The ice cracked in slow motion as it fell, the army of Pokemon behind it was enormous.

"Flamethrower!" Ash ordered.

The cave heated up to over anhundred degrees easily as the flames blasted through the front lines of Pokemon.

"Hydro Pump!" Gary screamed.

"Water gun!" Misty yelled.

"Thunder attack!" Ash exclaimed, for Electivire and Piakchu to attack while their enemies were all wet.

"Piakchu!"

"Electi!"

The explosion shook the cave, blasting Team Rocket members away with their Pokemon.

"Take them out now!" Giovanni commanded, releasing ten Pokemon since he didn't have to obey the rule of six because, you know, he's evil.

"Attack!" Ash declared, running towards Giovanni with Pikachu close behind him.

A Golem blocked his way.

"Pikachu, Iron Tail!" Ash said, withdrawing a Pokeball and releasing Totodile. Pikachu struck Golem hard, but it wasn't enough. "Use your Water Gun!"

Golem rolled away from the water.

"Volt tackle!" Ash cried, running behind a speeding Pikachu that was sprinting forward.

Ash told Totodile to pick a fight with a fire or rock type and go help the others.

"Totodile!" Totodile screamed in delight, running and jumping towards his next opponent.

Pikachu smashed into the giant machine Giovanni was standing on and made it shake.

"What is this?" Giovanni demanded, "So, you have come to fight?"

"I've come to stop you. Growlithe, Seel, Elekid, let's do it!"

His new party of Pokemon emerged from their balls and stood at the ready.

"Flamethrower, Ice Beam, and Thunder Shock!"

The four Pokemon obeyed their trainer's commands and struck the machine.

A psychic shield blocked Giovanni from the explosion and set him down safely.

"Destroy them all!" He commanded, swiping his hand at the small party.

Gallade did as its master commanded and sent a Psychic blast at the four Pokemon, Pikachu, Elekid, Growlithe, and Seel.

Pikachu and Growlithe were the quickest and best trained, so they dodged quickly. But Elekid was not so trained, and Seel couldn't move very fast on land so they both received the blow.

"Elekid, Seel return!" The two Pokemon reuctantly returned to their Pokeballs while Pikachu and Growlithe made their move on Gallade.

"Growl!" Growlithe roared, sending a flamethrower straight for Giovanni.

Gallade blocked it with its mind but was distracted by the act.

"PIKACHU!"

Pikachu's Thunder Shock sent Gallade crashing into the wall behind him.

Ash took a second to look at the battle behind him.

His and Professor Oak's Charizard were taking down a Steelix. Gary's Blastoise and Arcanine were fighting their way through a legion of Pokemon without hesitation. Misty's Golduck, Gyrados, and Dewgong were hosing down the rock and fire Pokemon without mercy while Ash's Pokemon tag battled their way through the forces of Team Rocket. The flying Pokemon were battling near the tall ceiling of the cave, using gusts and Steel Wings to gain the upper hand. Snorlax pounded a Tyranitar away from the battle and used Hyper Beam to knock it out.

"We can do this." Ash muttered, turning around to face the Team Rocket leader. "Please don't do this Giovanni. If you mess with that Scale, you could end up destroying the world. Us, the Pokemon, even yourself. You have to leave the Scale alone." Ash pleaded.

"You think I am a fool? I have waited my life to find this Scale and rule the Earth. Now my destiny is at hand, and soon your end will be..." He withdrew a purple and pink ball and whipped it forward, releasing a mighty Pokemon that should never have been captured. "Kyogre, use surf!"

"Growlithe return!" Ash screamed, grabbing Pikachu and running back towards his friends while a huge tidal wave washed over the battlefield, seriously injuring all rock and fire Pokemon.

"Pikachu thunderbolt!"

"You too Electivire!"

The two electric Pokemon gave their best, but the electric attacks did not affect the ginormous Kyogre that now threatened all they had accomplished thus far.

Somehow it started to rain underground, which Ash couldn't figure out until Professor Oak spoke, "Kyogre's special move is drizzle, making it rain to enhance its water moves."

"You've got to recall the fire Pokemon!" Misty shouted, trying to cover the two Charizards' tales with her bag and jacket.

"She's right. Return!" Professor Oak stated.

Infernape returned as commanded, but ash's Charizard was too stubborn.

"You've got to get back in your Pokeball." Ash implored.

"Char!" Charizard dared, taking to its wings and speeding towards Kyogre.

"Hydro Pump."

Charizard dodged one... then two pumps.

"Use Steel Wing!" Ash encouraged.

Charizard sped past Kyogre, catching his strengthened wing on the legendary Pokemon.

Charizard flew back for another pass when a giant rock type Pokemon appeared to join the battle.

"I was wondering when you would arrive." Giovanni smirked, raising his hands in a 'look at what I got' type of way.

"Groudon?" Gary muttered, "I think we're a little understaffed for this."

"Just stop them from moving forward. Torterra, Sceptile go get Groudon!"

"You too guys!" Misty said, sending her water Pokemon to join the battle.

"Blastoise you too. Umbreon, Electivire let's get Kyogre!"

"Dragonite, use Hyper Beam!" Professor Oak commanded, watching Kyogre sustain a bad hit.

The battle continued for several minutes, but the much weaker Pokemon could not hope to battle against the power of legendary Pokemon like Groudon and Kyogre.

Pikachu and Charizard were the last ones standing, but Charizard was just about out of spunk. The drizzle was hurting his life force as well his fire attacks... there was no way he could keep this up.

"Kyo!" Kyogre blasted Charizard with a Hydro Pump that sent him flying back so hard he cracked the wall a hundred meters behind him... the last wall that stood between Giovanni and the Scale of Life.

"Groud!" Groudon howled, blasting Pikachu with a rock tomb that completely subdued Pikachu.

"NO!" Ash screamed, returning Charizard to the Pokeball and running to dig Pikachu out of the rubble. "Are you okay?"

"Pika..." Piakchu voiced, but didn't have the strength for more.

Ash set Pikachu down carefully and stood in front of the two legendary Pokemon, blocking them from moving forward until they got through him.

"Destroy him!" Giovanni commanded.

"You'll have to destroy me too." Misty said, running next to Ash, finally understanding why he did all those reckless and stupid things in their past. Even why he stole her bike... he was trying to protect the Pokemon.

"And me." Gary said, taking his spot beside Ash.

"Me four." Professor Oak decided, standing next to the group of friends.

"So be it. Get rid of them all!" Giovanni exclaimed.

Kyogre and Groudon hesitated for the slightest second, making Ash wonder if Giovanni had captured these Pokemon fair and square or just tossed a Pokeball at them.

'Of course.' Ash realized, remembering that Giovanni had released Kyogre from a purple and pink Pokeball. A Masterball could catch any Pokemon without fail, no matter how strong or weak.

"You don't have to do this Kyogre and Groudon! He's not your friend, he just wants to own you. Have faith in yourselves!" Ash shouted, pointing at the Team Rocket leader. "He's your enemy! He's gonna destroy the world to get what he wants, and he doesn't even care if you down with it."

"Enough! Destroy them!"

Kyogre and Groudon powered up for a joint Hyper Beam.

A force field deflected the attack just enough to send it barreling over the quadruplet.

"What?" Misty asked, turning around and seeing a familiar face. "Togetic!"

"Togetic?" Gary and Professor Oak asked, turning around and seeing a flying white Pokemon coming towards them from the right.

Ash, although glad that Togetic had returned to save the day and their lives, was the first to notice the the Hyper Beam reflected by Togetic's barrier had cracked down the wall that separated Giovanni from his prize.

"Oh no!" Ash shouted, drawing the attention of the others.

"Finally!" Giovanni announced in triumph, ordering his Pokemon to blast their way through the competition.

The small group of four was knocked aside, along with Togetic who had not anticipated another attack.

Giovanni leaped onto Groudon's back and had it lead him into the next portion of the cave.

But behind that one rock wall was a not-so friendly face.

"You!"

"I will not allow you to take the Scale and destroy this world." Mewtwo informed his creator.

"You won't stop me. Destiny is at hand."

Mewtwo summoned a dark orb of energy (Shadow Ball) and chucked it forward, to be stopped by Kyogre's Ancient Power.

Entei soon appeared beside him and blasted him with a powerful force of energy from his mouth.

Groudon's Hyper Beam stopped it long before it could strike the leader of Team Rocket.

"Raik!" Raikou challenged, striking Kyogre with a powerful Thunder attack and knocking it unconscious.

"Groud!" Groudon sent a Rock Tomb attack at Raikou and buried the electric Pokemon.

Entei and Mewtwo powered up for another attack until Giovanni snapped his fingers and made Mewtwo freeze, forcing his partner to stop the attack.

"What?" Entei demanded.

Then Entei noticed that there was a small squad of Team Rocket members moving forward with a collection of peculiar Pokemon being tugged behind them in nets that were built to withstand their various strengths.

"No..."

"Yes my old friend. I have captured your other clone Pokemon, your little Psychic erase of my memories couldn't stop me from reading the files my technicians kept on the highest guarded computers in Team Rocket. It took me time, but I finally found each and every one of the clone Pokemon you created. And I will destroy them unless you let me pass."

"Is this even a decision? Entei asked, "The world is at stake."

"But if they are destroyed you will be alone. There will be no one left like you."

"Pika! Pika!" Clone Pikachu tried to tell its friend to sacrifice the clones and save the world, but Mewtwo would not listen.

Entei powered up for an attack, but was then betrayed by Mewtwo who summoned a force field that deflected the attack.

Entei growled but was sent flying backwards by a powerful dark orb of energy.

Giovanni leaped down from Groudon's back and pulled out a special type of Pokeball that his best scientists had developed for only his best generals, such as the Iron Masked Marauder.

"Go into the ball, and I will release your friends." Giovanni told Mewtwo, "If not I will destroy them all, and leave you alive to suffer alone."

"Don't do it Mewtwo..." Ash implored... "that's a Dark..."

A Team Rocket Grunt stomped on Ash's back to make him be quiet.

"I will do as you request." Mewtwo said, knowing that even if Giovanni captured him... he would not submit to his will. Even if it destroyed him.

Giovanni tossed the Dark Ball and it collided with Mewtwo.

Giovanni smirked, shrinking the ball and moving towards the Scale of Life sitting on a pedestal in the center of the room.

"At last."

Ash grabbed the Grunt's ankle and twisted, running towards Giovanni before Groudon or anyone else could react.

He managed to tackle Giovanni away from the Scale with added strength thanks to the Scale of Life's radiation.

But that also made Giovanni stronger.

Giovanni got up and kicked Ash across the room into the rock wall.

Ash groaned and tried to get up.

"Mewtwo, destroy him." He said, tossing the Dark Ball and watching Mewtwo emerge from it.

Mewtwo's eyes glowed black instead of blue, his hands began to rise and summon all of the Psychic energy in the area...

"Don't do this Mewtwo..." Ash pleaded, as he was lifted into the air by Mewtwo's psychic powers. "You don't have to do what he says... please."

Mewtwo either didn't hear him or couldn't because he continued on his master's orders. Mewtwo was empowered by the Scale and the Dark Ball... no Pokemon could oppose Giovanni now.

"Ahhhh!" Ash cried as Mewtwo began to rip him apart. "Don't do this... You're my friend! Remember me!"

""Huh?" Mewtwo muttered, dropping Ash to the ground and trying to figure out what was going on. Suddenly he lurched forward, overcome with the anger presented to him by the Dark Ball... Mewtwo used his psychic powers to raise Ash back into the air, summoning a Shadow Ball to finish the job... once and for all.

"Pikachu!" The thunder bolt deflected the ball out of Mewtwo's hand and towards the Scale of Life which fell off the pedestal and slid towards the opposite side of the cavern. Pikachu ran to the cavern and got stronger, catching Groudon by surprise. But Groudon was not ordered to attack, so it didn't.

"No!" Giovanni ran to it.

Three lights appeared out of Ash's belt.

"Growlithe!" Grolwithe sent a fiery wall to stop Giovanni from moving forward.

"Kid!" Elekid fired a thunderwave and paralyzed the Team Rocket leader.

"Seel!" Seel froze Groudon solid, leaving only Mewtwo.

"Pika...pika pika. Pikachu!"

"What?" Mewtwo asked, trying to figure out what was real. Without his master's voice in his ears... how could he...?

"You don't have to do this Mewtwo... you make your own choices... remember. Look to the past..."

"Yes... the past." Mewtwo whispered, remembering flashes of the past he lived... All the way back to the deaths of Ambertwo, Charmandertwo, Bulbasaurtwo, and Squirtletwo. "Remember."

Mewtwo dropped Ash again and began to focus.

Togetic used Metronome to free the clone Pokemon while Misty ran to the cavern.

Misty grabbed the Dark Ball from a paralyzed Giovanni and tossed it into the air.

"Growlithe!"

"Pikachu!"

"Seel!"

"Elekid!"

The Dark Ball exploded, releasing Mewtwo completely from its mind control powers.

Mewtwo turned and faced Giovanni, using his Psychic powers to destroy all the Pokeballs, Masterballs, and Dark Balls in his possession.

"You will no longer be a threat to this world!" Mewtwo's eyes glowed and Giovanni was gone.

"What... what did you do?" Gary asked, coming up to him.

"I have completely wiped his mind of all memories. He is now a blank slate locked in a prison in a distant region called Alola. I will remove the memories of the members of Team Rocket that are here and transport them to various regions and prisons around the globe. They will no longer be a threat to anyone." Mewtwo stated, his eyes glowing once again.

Ash picked up the Scale of Life gingerly and held it out for Mewtwo to take.

"I cannot."

"Why not?" Professor Oak asked.

"Only one of pure heart can touch the Scale of Life without dangerous consequences. For now... it is safe in your hands." Mewtwo told Ash.

"I wonder if we can use to heal the Pokemon that got hurt..." Ash wondered aloud.

Mewtwo nodded as Entei and Raikou limped over.

Ash raised it up and summoned its great power.

Each Pokemon was healed in turn. Each Pokemon that belonged to Team Rocket disappeared into the cave... searching for a new beginning.

"There's one more to heal." Ash reminded them, leading them back to the small cavern Raikou had taken them all too.

Ash extended the Scale and touched it to Mew's forehead, who almost immediately rose up and began flying around the cavern happily.

Ash handed the Scale to Mew and watched it disappear to a new hiding place.

"Glad you're feeling better." Ash said, petting Mew on the head once and going over to hug his Pokemon. Ash turned to Misty and said, "We did it."

"Yeah." The two shared a brief hug that might have led to more had there not been a crowd.

"Hehem. Um... guess we have to finish that battle now." Ash said.

Misty nodded.

"Seel! Seel! Seeeeel!"

"What?" Ash turned and saw that Seel had begun to glow. "No way."

"It's evolving." Gary pointed out.

"Dewwwwgong!"

"Hi Dewgong!" Ash said, hugging his newly evolved friend.

"Mew, Mew, Mew." Mew said, holding out an egg to Ash.

Ash took it and saw that it had begun to shake around.

"This is my egg... but I left it with Joy."

The egg cracked and out burst a beautiful blue Pokemon. One that Ash knew only in its evolved form.

"Riolu." Professor Oak stated.

"Rio!" Riolu said, jumping to Ash's shoulder and scanning the surrounding area.

"You brought it to me because it was about to hatch." Ash said.

Mew agreed and spun around in the air.

"Perhaps we should simply continue our search for medicine the old-fashioned way." Gary told his grandfather, "These Pokemon deserve to stay at their homes safely, without people like us disrupting them."

"Agreed." Professor Oak stated.

A small green Pokemon appeared flying around out of nowhere.

"Celebi." Ash, Professor Oak, and Misty said at the same time.

"Bi, bi, bi, bi, bi." Celebi agreed, taking Professor Oak's hand.

"You know this Celebi?" Gary asked.

"But of course, I haven't seen it since I was a boy." Professor Oak stated.

"We met a Celebi once too Professor." Misty recalled, "Do you remember us and Brock telling you about Sam and the Forest?"

"Of course. I was there."

It took a while to convince them that Professor Oak was the young boy Sam they had met on the journey.

But it was time to leave Cerulean Cave... and the legendary Pokemon inside it.

"Good luck guys." Ash said to the Pokemon that guided them out.

Mewtwo nodded, "Perhaps young trainer we will meet again. Always be of pure heart and your journeys will guide you to the most powerful Pokemon of all. For as long as those who seek not to capture are looking, they will find what they are searching for."

Mewtwo disappeared back into the cave.

Ash summoned Dewgong to carry them across the waters back into Cerulean City and to the Pokemon Center.

And with Dewgong and Riolu, Ash is more confident than ever in his journey to become a Pokemon Master. With the memories of his travels in Cerulean Cave, he and his friends will be more ready than ever to face whatever fate has in store for them.

Next chapter we will resume Ash's quest to make it to the Pokemon League. As stated before, some gyms will be bing-bang-boom. Maybe even a gym battle per chapter depending on what I think needs to be done. There will still be filler episodes to add to the journey, but don't be surprised if he has two gym battles rapidly.

I carefully used online sources to fact-check and guide the chapter as I do with all of my chapters. But it was especially challenging this time with sooo many Pokemon.

Obviously I couldn't include ALL of Ash's Pokemon, but I hit a decent few of them and gave them a chance to cameo. But this chapter is near 5000 words so its time to call it.

See you next time!