Chapter 11
The Battle for the Soul Badge and a Wild Safari
Note: Pikachu will NOT evolve, he just has a relative who was from Alola and that's why he has psychic powers
-Two Days Latter-
"Ash do you know where the Fuchsia Gym is?" asked Misty
"Not really, the handbook only says that it is in this forest somewhere, trainers have to find it was part of a test of sorts, then they have to navigate threw the gym to find Koga" replied Ash
Eventually the group sees a large mansion on top of a small plateau.
"I think that is the place" said Ash
"How do we get up there?" asked Brock
"I could try to teleaport us, but I don't know were the entrance is and it could end badly" answered Ash
Ash's friends shuddered at the thought
"But I could call Koga instead and ask him how to get in" added Ash as he pulled out his pokegear and dialed a number
"Hello? This is Koga, who am I speaking to? And how do you have my number?" answered Koga
"I'm Ash Ketchem and I got the number of every gym leader from Prof. Oak; I wish to battle you but me and my friends can't find a way up to your gym" answered Ash
"Oh, there is a tunnel on the western side that leads up to the entrance, and I await your challenge" replied Koga
"Iya be prepared, a Aura Guardian is coming for my badge, so be ready to face him" Koga told his sister, then thought to himself "Ash is a interesting one alright, haven beaten Sabrina the way he did and to best Erika's legendary, I'm going to have my hands full with this one"
Soon Ash and his friends reached the entrance to Koga's gym. After getting their breath Misty complained "And now we have to go threw a trap filled mansion"
"Misty, I have both aura and psychic powers so we are going to be fine" reassured Ash
Ash led the group safely threw the mansion and pointed out the various traps, eventually stopping at a sliding door As Ash opened the door a flurry of ninja stars came flying at Ash who quickly raised his arms and created a blue and pink barrier that destroyed the ninja stars as soon as they hit
"Okay, next time you want a battle, don't throw deadly weapons at the person you wish to battle" said an unamused Ash
"Forgive me, my brother the gym leader told me you were coming so I had to test you as part of this gyms rules" said Iya
"I know some gyms have the challengers go up against other trainers first, but attacking them like that is not appropriate" said Ash who still was holding his shield
"Since you know you have to beat me first, then come forth venonat" said Iya as she sent out a purple ball of fuzz
"Ugh, why" groaned Misty at the sight of the bug type
"If that's the way it's going to be, then come out haunter" called Ash as he sent out his ghost/poison type
"Smart move using a poison type to fight mine, but it wont mean you'll win" said Iya confidently
Ash just simply told haunter to use Psychic at full power, which ended with a venonat wedged in a wall knocked out. Iya was stunned that she was beaten so easily
"Well now this is what happens when one gets overconfident now isn't it?" said a man who came in from the other side of the room
"I'm sorry brother I failed." apologized Iya
"It's fine" said Koga "Brock, Misty it is nice to see you again"
After some pleasantries and tea Ash and Koga got ready to have their battle
"This will be a two on two battle between Ash the challenger and Koga the Gym Leader" said Iya who took the role of reff
"Come out Golbat." said Koga as he threw a pokeball that had a ball capsule sending out in a cloud of smoke a large green bat
"Whoa, he has a shiny pokemon" commented Brock
"Come out Vulpix." said Ash as he sent out his alolan form pokemon
"My, my what a rare catch" noted Koga "no matter I will still win. Golbat use Poison Fang"
"Vulpix use Baby-doll Eyes" countered Ash
As Golbat came swooping in with poison coated fangs, vulpix gave it the most adorable look ever stopping golbat in its tracks
"Quick use Ice Beam mixed with Confuse Ray" said Ash
"Golbat get out of there!" cried Koga with worry
Golbat was so taken in by the adorable display that it was caught off guard and hit squarely by the Ice Beam and Confuse Ray
As golbat came back to the field it was clear that it was very worn out and confused
"Vulpix use Powder Snow now!" yelled Ash
Golbat was quickly hit by a flurry of snow and became frozen and knocked out
"Golbat return, you tried your best" said Koga "Now come out Toxapex!"
"Wow, I've never seen that pokemon before." said Misty
"Here use my pokedex and look it up" said Ash as he tossed over his pokedex to Misty who then scanned the pokemon
"Toxapex crawls along the ocean floor on its 12 legs. It leaves a trail of corsala bits scattered in its wake. This pokemon is a Poison/Water Type of the Alola Region" droned the pokedex
"Wow, that's amazing" gasped Misty
"Vulpix use your new move, Freeze-Dry!" commanded Ash
"Stop that with Spike Cannon" countered Koga "Then use Sludge Bomb"
As vulpix breathed out a large cold wind toxapex sent out a volley of spikes to stop the attack, only for the spikes to come back coated in the ice attack
Toxapex used Sludge Bomb to stop the failed counter but was caught off guard by vulpix suddenly running up to it and used a point blank Freeze-Dry
"Toxapex is unable to battle so the victory goes to Ash Ketchem of Pallet Town" said Iya
"Interesting on how you taught your pokemon an ice move that works against water types, who are normally resistant to ice type attacks, I never saw it coming." commented Koga "So now I present to you the Soul Badge."
After Ash and his friends left the Fuchsia Gym they decided to head to the Safari Zone to catch some exotic pokemon
-Next Day-
"Hey Ash" asked Misty "are we in the Safari Zone yet?"
"No not yet we are still in the pokemon reserve" replied Ash "So don't try to catch any pokemon right now"
After a few more minutes of walking an Officer Jenny pulled up to the group in a jeep and asked them what they were doing on the reserve
Ash explained that they were heading to the Safari Zone and were just passing through
Jenny explained that she was the ranger in charge of the reserve and to come with her to her base to get some rest as it is still a long way till they reach the Safari Zone
"Wow, Ranger Jenny this is a nice set up." said Brock once they arrived to Ranger Jenny's base
"Thanks, most of this came from the Pokemon Ranger Core when I graduated" thanked Ranger Jenny
Just then a seven year old boy came in with a growlithe tagging along behind him
"Jenny who are these people?" asked the boy as he looked at them suspiciously
"These are some trainers who are just passing through to get to the Safari Zone Tomo" answered Ranger Jenny
Tomo just shrugged, grabbed an apple and ran back outside
"Jenny, who was that little boy?" asked Misty
"Oh, I have taken care of him ever since his parents died in a helicopter crash when he was only two" explained the saddened Jenny "He's a sweet boy, but lately he has been spending more time with the local pokemon, and it seams as though he understands them"
Ash who had been quite spoke up and said "I heard about that crash, Tomo's real name is Tommy, I know because he comes from a wealthy family, and Tomo is the only living member of his family which makes him the only heir to their small fortune"
Jenny was taken back a bit from that and asked. "Okay, so his parents were wealthy, but that doesn't explain his behavior now does it?"
Ash responded by saying "I was getting to that, I think Tomo can use aura like I can, so that means he can understand pokemon, it's just his powers haven't been fully realized yet"
The others were surprised that Ash said that Tomo was like him and could fully use aura at some point as well. Tomo who had been eavesdropping had heard what Ash had said and was stunned, since he had begun to understand his pokemon friends as if they spoke English and could sense where they were sometimes. Just then the map started blinking
"Oh dear it appears as though some more people have come into the area, do you mind lending a hand?" asked Ranger Jenny
"Of course" answered Ash, Misty and Brock with determination
The intruders were Jessie, James and Meowth, as well as Casidy and Butch. Jessie and James had made a bet with their reviles on how many pokemon they could catch, much to the amusement of the other two who agreed
"I can't wait to see their faces when we bring in the pokemon and they don't get any." said Jessie and Casidy at the same time
Casidy and Butch decided to go with a more upfront plan to take the pokemon, while Jessie and James took a more discrete approach
Ash, Jenny, Brock and Misty soon arrived to where Casidy and Butch were netting a herd of Tauros
"Stop right now Team Rocket!" yelled Ranger Jenny
"Ha! Make us!" taunted Casidy
Ash smoothly called out his entire team at the time and told them to capture the two crooks. So pikachu, lucario, vulpix, espion, charmeleon, wartortle, nidorino and nidorina all surrounded Casidy and Butch who had sent out a raticate, a zubat, a grimer and a fearow, who were all beaten really easily
Casidy and Butch were arrested and taken back to the holding cell. Meanwhile Jessie and James had managed to lure a group of electabuzz and large group of pinsir
"Man we brought in quite the haul." said James
Just then they got a call from their boss telling them that they need to go rescue Casidy and Butch, and congratulates them on their string of success
"Ha! Those two got caught" laughed Jessie "Serves them right for drawing too much attention to themselves"
After the group brought the two Team Rocket members in Ash, Misty and Brock were playing with Tomo outside while Ranger Jenny was inside with Casidy and Butch getting ready for some questioning
While Ranger Jenny was in her integration of Casidy and Butch a loud explosion was heard from nearby. When everyone went over to see what was going on they found Jessie, James and Mewoth piloting a large mecha kangaskhan headed right to where Casidy and Butch were being held
"Alright twerps hand over the two idiots right now" ordered Jessie
"No way!" said Ranger Jenny
"Fine then it's fight then" said James
Suddenly six pokeballs were shot out of the mecha releasing a arbok, weezing, mankey, golbat, gloom and voltorb
"It seems as though those two have grown even stronger" commented Brock "We best be careful"
Ash already had his pokemon out he had them engage with Team Rocket's pokemon, after a surprisingly long fight Ash had beaten all of Team Rocket's pokemon
Suddenly the mecha's head detached after Jessie and James recalled their pokemon, and they called out "HA! While you were focused on dealing with our pokemon you didn't notice meowth sneak over and free the others."
Team Rocket then escaped laughing mockingly while they did so
"Great they managed to escape" complained Tomo
"Don't worry we'll get them someday" assured Ash as he put his hand on Tomo's head to ruffle his hair
As Ash and his friends went to leave the next mourning Ranger Jenny asked them if they could take Tomo with, since Tomo has started to see Ash as a big brother and Tomo wants to be a trainer someday. Ash was thrilled at the prospect of being an older brother and agreed to Tomo's joy. So Ash his friends and "little brother" headed out to the Safari Zone with great big smiles on their faces
-Later in the Day-
"Now we are in the Safari Zone, Misty" teased Ash
"Hey!" yelled Misty
"Now, now let's just head to the warden's office and get our safari balls" said Brock stepping between Ash and Misty
So the group went in the office, only for a gun to be pointed right in Ash's face
Ash quickly used his psychic powers to throw the gun out a window and yelled "What is the big idea pointing a gun at some one who just walked in!? DO NOT MAKE ME CALL RANGER JENNY!"
The old man who had the gun was startled so badly he crumpled onto the floor and passed out. A young woman ran in and explained that the old man was Kaiser, the game warden, and that he has been like that ever since the Safari Zone was almost destroyed by to many people coming and catching to many pokemon, which is why trainer only get 30 safari balls to use at a time and can only come once every two months
She also explained that Kaiser knew a dratini at one point, but hasn't seen it since the park was ransacked. Ash felt bad about what had happened but said that threatening people with a gun was a very bad idea
After Ash and his friends bought their safari balls they all shared them, Ash got 7, Misty got 9, Brock got 9 and Tomo got 5
Ash had also payed for another set since Misty had paid for the first
"Why did you get a second set?" asked Misty
"You'll see" replied Ash
The group decided to split up and meet up again latter before it got dark out
A few hours latter the group meet up and told each other what they had caught. Misty had caught a group of poliwags and sent them to the Cerulean Gym; Brock caught a ditto and nothing else; Tomo caught a farfetch'd, a shiny magikarp, a chansey, a pikachu and a doduo; and Ash caught a growlith, a abra, a pares, a rapidash and a eevee
"Hey Ash what did you catch with those thirty safari balls?" asked Misty
"I caught a herd of tauros and milktanks" replied Ash "Prof. Oak asked me to catch a herd for him to study"
"I still can't believe that Tomo caught a shiny pokemon on his first go" said Brock
While the group were heading back to the warden's office in the evening air they saw Kaiser running over to them frantic
"Can you help me!? Some poachers have been spotted near were the dratini live!" cried Kaiser
"Of course!" replied Ash
Kaiser quickly led the group to were the dratini lived and sure enough some poachers were trying to steal the pokemon from the lake
"Stop right there!" yelled Ash
One of the poachers turned and noticed the group, mainly Ash as he was wearing his Aura Guardian outfit
"Crap an Aura Guardian. Dude we need to hustle!" cried the poacher
The four poachers sent out their pokemon, 2 poochyenas, 3 fearows, 1 murkrow, 2 magnetons. The group sent out their own pokemon to fight the poacher's pokemon
While the group's pokemon fought off the poacher's pokemon Ash ran after the fleeing thieves and grabbed them in a psychic hold
As Ash was about to take the crooks back, an explosion erupted from the lake, a fifth poacher had emerged riding a gyarados and had a large number of dratinies in a large net, causing Ash to lose his hold on the other poachers
"Fools you let this idiot beat you, your pathetic" said the woman on the gyarados "Gyarados, use Hyper Beam on the punk."
Ash ducked out of the way of the attack and was blown deep into the water
"That takes care of him." smirked the woman evilly
Suddenly the sky darkens and lightning starts raining down all over, and from out of the lake comes a large dragonair with Ash, eyes glowing with immense power, riding it, with two large Aura Spheres at the ready, and a shiny dratini warped around his shoulders
Ash calls out in a booming voice that instills fear into the very sould "YOU DARE TRY TO KILL A GUARDIAN OF AURA? THEN YOU SHALL PAY!"
Ash then throws the two Aura Spheres at the woman, slamming her with such force that her and her gyarados are blown 50ft into the ground in the center of a massive crater
Everyone was terrified at what Ash had done, Ash had came down with the dragonair, powered down, and told them that the woman and gyarados will be fine, but wont up for two weeks
The other poacher groveled at Ash's feet and begged him not to hurt them, they went quietly when the cops arrived.
After the mess was cleaned up Kaiser noticed that the large dragonair was the dratini he used to know, and both him and Ash were surprised that it wanted to give Ash its child to raise to which he gladly agreed to
Later after camp was made Tomo asked "Ash, you said I could use aura right? So that means I could do what you did two?"
Ash turned to him and said "Yes, but to do something like that, with out killing yourself, takes years of training to pull off"
Tomo then asked "Are you going to teach me to use aura?"
"Only if you want to, I wont force it you to if you don't want to" replied Ash with a smile
"But I do want to learn, and could I learn to do things with my mind like you two?" said Tomo with stars in his eyes
"Well, to develop psychic powers from nothing has be done, but it is really hard to do" happily replied Ash.
So Ash spent the rest of the day getting Tomo ready for his training and showed him some basic techniques for him to try in the morning. Ash was pleasantly surprised that charmeleon and wartortle also wanted to join in and happily agreed
==Current Pokemon==
#Means Strongest#
*Means Shiny*
!Means Alola Form!
Ash's Main Team-
Pikachu (M)- Thunderbolt, Thunderwave, Quick Attack, Iron Tail, Thundershock, Discharge, Light Screen, Flash, Dig, Reflect, Confusion, Feint, Protect, Brick Break, Thunder Punch, Charge Beam, Psybeam, Slam, Mirror Coat(learning)
Pidgeotto (F)- Gust, Quick Attack, Tackle, Sand Attack, Steel Wing, Twister, Whirlwind, Wing Attack, Roost, Agility, Heat Wave, Ariel Ace, Sky Attack, Hurricane(learning)
#Lucario (F)- Blaze Kick, Force Palm, Endure, Counter, Quick Attack, Iron Tail, Dig, Dual Chop, Brick Break, Cross Chop, Low Sweep, Low Kick, Zen Headbutt, Aura Sphere, Dark Pulse, Protect, Fire Punch, Heal Pulse, Psychic, Bulk Up, Calm Mind
Charmeleon (M)- Fire Spin, Ember, Flamethrower, Scratch, Bite, Leer, Fire Fang, Headbutt, Dragonbreath, Dragon Claw, Smokescreen, Inferno, Seismic Toss, Thunder Punch, Iron Tail
Wartortle (M)- Water Gun, Dig, Rapid Spin, Tackle, Withdraw, Headbutt, Protect, Scald, Skull Bash, Brine, Ice Beam, Aqua Tail, Icy Wind
Espion (F)- Confusion, Tackle, Bite, Charm, Shadow Ball, Signal Beam, Protect, Psybeam, Mourning Sun, Calm Mind
Magikarp (F)- Tackle, Flail, Splash, Bounce, Water Gun
*Magnemite*- Thundershock, Thunderwave, Magnet Bomb, Flash, Tackle, Discharge
Haunter (M)- Dark Pulse, Shadow Ball, Shadow Punch, Lick, Hypnosis, Dream Eater, Nightmare, Ice Punch, Protect, Psychic, Shadow Claw
!Vulpix (F)- Icy Wind, Baby-Doll Eyes, Powder Snow, Confuse Ray, Mist, Charm, Ice Beam
Eevee (M)- Tackle, Charm, Quick Attack, Hidden Power- Fairy
Abra (M)- Teleaport, Confusion, Thunder Punch, Recover
*Dratini* (F)- Thunderwave, Warp, Leer, Dragon Tail
Ash's Secondary Team-
*Nidorino* (M)- Peck, Leer, Tackle, Poison Sting, Double Kick, Poison Jab, Shadow Claw, Flamethrower
*Nidorina* (F)- Tackle, Poison Sting, Bite, Dig, Poison Fang, Crunch, Ice Beam
Krabby (M)- Vicegrip, Bubble, Bubblebeam, Harden, Leer, Metal Claw, Protect
Bulbasaur (M)- Sleep Powder, Vine Whip, Growth, Double-Edge, Poison Powder, Tackle, Razor Leaf, Solarbeam, Ingrain, Leach Seed, Sunny Day
Turaos (M)- Tackle, Leer, Rage, Take Down, Swagger, Rest
Milktank (F)- Milk Drink, Tackle, Heal Bell, Stomp, Dizzy Punch
Growlith (M)- Bite, Roar, Ember, Growl
Pares (M)- Bug Bite, Scratch, Furry Cutter, Spore, Slash, Psybeam
Ash's Pokemon who stay at Prof. Oaks most of the time-
Rapidash (M)- Flamethrower, Stomp, Double Kick, Horn Attack, Megahorn, Fire Spin, Sunny Day
30 Turaos
5 Milktank
Misty's Team-
Staru- Swift, Rapid Spin, Water Gun, Flash, Recover, Confuse Ray, Power Gem, Protect, Double Team
#Starmie- Swift, Confusion, Power Gem, Water Pulse, Confuse Ray, Rapid Spin, Recover, Protect, Dazzling Gleam, Psychic
Shellder (M)- Clamp, Bubblebeam, Whirlpool, Withdraw, Icy Wind, Lick, Icicle Spear, Scald
Squirtle (F)- Water Gun, Tackle, Withdraw, Rapid Spin, Bubblebeam, Headbutt, Ice Punch, Attract
Oddish (F)- Sleep Powder, Absorb, Acid, Ingrain, Sweet Scent, Stun Spore, Toxic
Psyduck (M)- Water Gun, Disable, Confusion, Scratch
Misty's Pokemon at the Cerulean Gym-
Horsea (M)- Water Gun, Smokescreen, Twister, Water Pulse, Leer, Signal Beam
Goldeen (F)- Horn Attack, Supersonic, Water Gun, Peck, Water Pulse, Furry Attack
Poliwag- Bubble, Double Slap, Hypnosis
8 other Poliwags
Brock's Team-
Onix (M)- Dragon Breath, Tackle, Rock Blast, Bind, Harden, Iron Tail, Rock Slide, Double-Edge, Rock Tomb, Iron Head
#Boldore (M)- Power Gem, Harden, Rock Blast, Sandstorm, Rock Slide, Headbutt, Flash, Flash Cannon, Rock Tomb, Rock Smash, Solar Beam
Rhyhorn (M)- Horn Attack, Thunder Fang, Crunch, Rock Blast, Harden, Thunderbolt, Flamethrower, Double-Edge, Ice Beam
Zubat (M)- Supersonic, Wing Attack, Bite, Leach Life, Steel Wing, Gust, Confuse Ray, Poison Fang
Cubone (M)- Bonemerang Leer, Headbutt, Bone Club, Bubblebeam, Iron Tail, Protect, Iron Head
Vulpix (F)- Fire Spin, Hypnosis, Reflect, Swift, Iron Tail, Confuse Ray, Flamethrower
Brocks Pokemon at the Pewter Gym-
Geodude (M)- Rollout, Rock Throw, Defense Curl, Mud Slap, Rock Smash, Rock Slide, Fire Punch
Dittio- Transform
Tomo-
Growlith (M)- Ember, Roar, Bite, Fire Fang, Tackle, Fire Spin, Oder Sleuth
Pikachu (F)- Thundershock, Charge, Discharge, Charm, Nasty Plot, Sweet Kiss, Nuzzle
*Magickarp*(M)- Tackle, Splash
Farfetch'd (M)- Air Slash, Slash, Swords Dance, Furry Cutter, Roost
Chansey (F)- Heal Pulse, Aromatherapy, Softboiled, Pound, Egg Bomb, Icy Wind
Doduo (M)- Furry Attack, Peck, Quick Attack, Rage, Leer
Note: I liked the idea of Tomo joining Ash so I replicated it here and added my own twist as well. Yeah, don't enrage a psychic wielding Aura Guardian if you know what's good for you. Ash will have some shiny pokemon, but I wont go overboard, and dratini will only evolve once like it planned, it helps that shiny Dragonite is ugly in my opinon as it's green with a red belly