Ash the Zoroark
Chapter 10
After the fiasco with Lt. Surge the former leader of the Vermillion Gym, the group headed to the pokemon center to get Ash's pokemon healed up before they decided to do some sight seeing "Look it's the S.S. Anne" said Misty as she pointed to a very large ship that was docked "From what I hear it's one of the biggest ships in the world" said Brock "It'd be nice to go on a cruise, but we don't have the money for one" said Ash
Just then confetti was blown in their face and two young women cried out something about winning free tickets to the S.S. Anne before it headed out to Alola "Thanks!" said Misty as she happily grabbed the tickets and began running to the ship "Does she know that those two were Jessie and James?" asked Ash "They were?" asked Brock in slight shock "Oh, right you're a master at disguises, so you know one when you see one" "Most of the time, you'd have to be really good to fool me" replied Ash "In any case we better make sure nothing happens on the ship" "Right" agreed Brock as they headed off to catch up with Misty
"I don't think that one twerp fell for it" noted Jessie "You mean the one that's a pokemon? Yeah I think you're right" replied James "No matter, we'll just catch him along with all the other pokemon on the ship" said Jessie "Plus I want to get him back for making us look bad" "Good thing we've been training since the last time we ran into him" said James "I know, plus we managed to get some new pokemon for ourselves, after we managed to bring in that large haul the other day" agreed Jessie
Once the group was on board Ash pulled Misty aside and told her about Team Rocket "Should we warn the captain?" asked Misty "Yes, but lets not alert Team Rocket that we're on to them, so something might happen to us" replied Ash "Alright, but in the meantime can we please enjoy the cruise?" asked Misty "I see why not" agreed Ash
When the group told the captain about Team Rocket the man was apprehensive, but decided to listen to them as a precaution as he didn't want anything bad to happen on his ship. Afterwords the group explored the ship and enjoyed everything it had to offer. Ash noticed a man selling magikarps and reported him immediately, but not before James bought one
"James, why did you waste our money on a useless fish?" demanded Jessie when she found out "The man who sold it to me ranted on some silly lie, but I only wanted it to train it into a powerful gyarados" replied James "You know you could have just caught one fishing" snipped Meowth "We don't have any rods, so how'd we do that?" retorted James "Good point" said Meowth "The time to put the plan into action is almost here, so be ready" said Jessie as she looked at the timer on her wrist
The group met up in a large dining hall and talked about all the things they did. Misty went shopping, Brock checked out the breeding supplies while Ash competed in a small competition and won a set of items for his pokemon as well as evolution stones "It's a nice haul you won Ash" noted Brock as he looked over the items Ash won "Thanks, I'll hand them to my pokemon latter" said Ash "I do wonder why you didn't use your strongest pokemon at first" said Misty "For the experience, I want all of my pokemon to be in top form" explained Ash "and battles help see what needs to be worked on"
As the group finished eating all the lights in the room went out and when they came back on everyone saw that most of the waiters were actually Team Rocket grunts who now had taken off their disguises and had what looked like vacuums on their backs "Alright hand ovAer all your pokemon and no one gets hurt" ordered Jessie "I don't think so" called Ash as he sent out all his pokemon that would fit in the room "We're trainers, we aren't going to let you bully us around" "Yeah!" yelled all the other trainers as they followed Ash's example and sent out their pokemon
It was a long battle, but all the trainers managed to fend off Team Rocket who was forced to retreat in shame "Ha! They think they're so tough, we beat them easily" said one of the trainers "Those were just some basic grunts, I'm sure they have far stronger members" countered Ash "Oh..." said the trainer "In any case we should make sure there aren't more of them on board" said Ash "He's right" agreed the captain
Soon a sweep of the ship went underway and it was a good thing to as they found some very nasty members try to plant explosives that would have sank the ship, as well as James who was very pissed that some lesser grunts disobeyed and tried to do something that was specificity told not to do by their boss. James managed to escape however shortly after being apprehended and reported the grunts who in massive trouble
The S.S. Anne soon docked at Porta Vista where the gang got off to continue on their way. The group headed to the beach for some fun in the sun "Hey Ash I was wondering what would happen if you got sunburnt?" asked Misty "Uh... kinda hard to with thick black fur" said Ash "Oh... I was just wondering" replied Misty "Well it's a good thing we're the only ones on the beach" said Ash
"Ah..." sighed Brock as he layed down on the beach "Oh this is too good to pass up" snickered Ash as he dove into the water with a cannonball, splashing water everywhere "Ash!" yelled Brock angerly as he sat straight up from the cold seawater "I'm going to get you!" "You can try" taunted Ash as he swam further out into the water
"Misty want to help me get back at Ash?" asked Brock "No way, he'll only get us back even worse" replied Misty "Yeah I guess, but I'm still going to get him" said Brock as he jumped into the water after Ash
That proved to be a bad idea as that was what Ash wanted him to do, as proven when him and his pokemon ambushed Brock and splashed water from all sides "Gaaah! Ash okay that's enough! I surrender!" cried Brock "Ha! I got you good" laughed Ash "Yeah, yeah" chuckled Brock as he playfully splashed water towards Ash
"I wonder where we should eat?" pondered Misty after the group was done messing around at the beach "I know a place" said Ash "It's rather cheep and my parernts and Prof. Oak know the owner personally" said Ash "You mean the owner knows your secrete?" asked Brock "Sorta, he knows that we're pokemon, but not what kind" replied Ash "Then lets go there" said Misty
The group headed over to the place Ash spoke about and saw an elderly man speaking to a rather old gnomish red head who looked rather garish "Moe I know this place means a lot to you, but how long can you stay open?" asked the woman "Honestly with that new place your cousin built next door, I'm not sure" replied Moe "Ugh, I don't know what to do about her, she's a greedy selfish woman that uses her money to get what ever she wants" ranted the woman "and I can't do anything about it!"
"What's going on here?" asked Ash as the group came closer "Huh? Oh it's my cousin, she's been building all sorts of high end places all around the city, with no regard to how it's affecting the local pokemon and business" answered the woman "Who is she exactly?" asked Brock "Nastina" answered the woman "She's the richest person in town and loves to bribe people into doing her dirty work"
"Then that makes you Brutella then right?" asked Ash "Yes it does, now I might be a business woman with similar traits to her, but I really do care about what my actions will cause and the locals" answered Brutella "Like Moe here, I lent him the money to open up his restaurant some years ago and he almost payed me back, until Nastina built the place next door that's stealing all the customers from the locally owned restaurants"
"That's not fair" said Ash "I know, but I do need to be payed back" agreed Brutella "And sadly I'm unable to pay right now" said Moe sadly "That's why unless I can somehow come up with the money by the end of the day, she'll get my boat" "And I'll give it back once the money is payed in" added Brutella "Is there anything that can be done?" asked Ash "Well there's a swimsuit competition today where the winner receives just enough money that would pay me off" answered Brutella "Then we'll enter it to help Moe out" said Ash "That'd be great if you won" said Moe hopeful that they'd win
So the group entered the swimsuit competition and found that Jessie was entering as well, but Ash could see that she just wanted to enjoy herself. As the competition went on various people were dismissed and during the second round Brock was dismissed, but Ash and Misty made it to the finals. Jessie lost in the semifinals, but was oddly alright about it as she still won some prize money at least. In the end Misty won with Ash taking third
"Here you are" said Misty as she gave Brutella the prize money "Thank you dear, now I really must find a way to stop my cousin's latest scheme" "What's she up to now?" asked Ash "She's built a theme park nearby, that's fine and all, but the resort hotel built on the coral reef is not" answered Brutella "Oh dear, I bet the pokemon that live there are doing everything they can to stop her" said Ash "They are and they're very angry" said Brutella "I've tried to tell them that it's Nastina's fault, but they're to angry to listen"
"Then we better do something before something bad happens" said Ash "I've contacted the Pokemon Rangers, and they said they're on the way to arrest her" said Brutella "Has she done anything else that'd get her busted?" asked Ash "Truth be told a lot of people don't like her, but are to afraid to say or do anything about it" answered Brutella "She holds that much power over the city" "That's sad, but we'll help try to keep things from getting out of hand" offered Ash "Good, try to reason with the pokemon that live in the reef" said Brutella
The group quickly made their way to the beach closest to the reef and saw a large number of angry water types "Oh dear, what are we going to do?" asked Misty who was a little scared "I'm not sure" said Brock "Maybe Shadow or Luna could help" offered Ash "That might work" agreed Brock "try having them tell these pokemon that help is on the way" "Right" agreed Ash as he let out his two legendary pokemon
'What's going on?' asked Shadow 'why are there so many angry water types?' "A mean old hag is trying to build a resort hotel where these pokemon live and they're trying to get her to stop" explained Ash 'That's not right' said Luna 'People shouldn't be allowed to do that' "Correct, that's why the Pokemon Rangers were called to help stop this" said Ash 'Then why are we out?' asked Shadow who was slightly annoyed "To make sure nothing bad happens in the mean time" answered Ash 'I see' noted Shadow
The water types were startled by the appearance of two legendaries, but many were relieved to find out that help was on the way. They were still angry, but Ash assured them that once Nastina was taken care of no one should bother them again. Shadow and Luna went around making sure non of the angry pokemon tried anything, while also keeping people from getting in the water. No one knew what kind of pokemon they were, or who they belonged to, but from their behavior the people knew it was best not to bother themselves
Nastina noticed the two legendaries out over the water from her office in the tallest building and knew exactly what they were "Hmmm those legendaries would fetch me a nice bit of money, or even help tighten the grip I have on this city" mussed Nastina "But I better go prepared if I want them"
As the group watched over the pokemon, Misty was able to befriend some of them and get them to join her team "You got some nice catches there Misty" praised Ash "Thanks, I can't wait to start training them" thanked Misty who blushed from the praise
"Hey what do you kids think you are doing?!" demanded a old woman who looked similar to Brutella, only with fancier clothing "Are you Nastina?" asked Ash in a hard tone "Why yes I am" answered Nastina as if she was someone important "Then go away" snapped Ash "Not before I get those two legendaries" said Nastina as she sent out a sableye and a carbink "Jeez, even her pokemon are valuable" scoffed Misty with disdain
"Alright you two attack!" ordered Nastina. Shadow and Luna both saw the two pokemon launch attacks at them, but that easily avoided them and fought back by sending their best moves at their attackers. The sableye and carbink just couldn't take it and fainted right away "Gah! What good are you if you can't fight!" yelled Nastina "Possibly if you actually trained them, they might win" scolded Brutella who had quite a few Pokemon Rangers with her
"Uh oh" thought Nastina as she tried to run, only to be stopped by a Telekinesis from Thor "Now, I'm going to take these two and treat them right, plus I've managed to seize control of everything you have" said Brutella as she grabbed the two pokeballs from Nastina who was struggling to break free "And that stupid resort, I'm ending it" "You have not heard the last of me!" yelled Nastina as she was dragged away
"Thanks for stalling her" thanked Brutella "Now the local pokemon can live in peace" "It's no problem" replied Ash humbly "As a reward I'm giving you one of my old yachts that I don't use anymore, so you can cross the water much easier" said Brutella as she gave Ash the keys to the yacht "Oh wow thanks" said Ash in amazement "It's the least I can do, and the yacht is located at pier 19 just so you know" replied Brutella
So Ash stopped a crazy old woman after saving the S.S. Anne from Team Rocket, go figure... meh happens a lot in these fanfics in many different ways
