Author's Note: Hey dear readers,

I wondered if any of you caught the similarities between the Shiny Riolu of Ch.21 and Harry Potter of the previous chapter Ch.27.

Can anyone guess before I give away the answer? It's almost too easy to spot in both chapters.

Let me know your answer.

Now, on with the show!

Author's Note: This chapter has been re-edited. Nothing major just a few tweeks here and there, and some spelling errors to correct.

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon or Harry Potter in any shape or form. This is a non-profit fanfiction for reader's fun and enjoyment, who want to escape from the reality we call LIFE, for a while.

HP: Padfoot's Next Great Adventure: Kanto

Battles In Saffron City

Route 8

It was still morning, and traveling down the route back to Saffron City, Ash had suggested to his friends that they get back quicker. And by quicker he meant he would skate back on his rollerblades. While Brock and Misty ride their bicycles back.

When Misty inquired as to what was the hurry, Ash simply responded that he wanted to get back there before dark. Also, that if they, Brock and Misty, didn't want to come along with him, then he would see them in the morning at the Pokemon Center when they got there. As for him, he was going to go on ahead.

Before he got on his last skate, Brock and Misty decided to that they didn't want to be left behind. So they got out their bikes. Once Ash was ready, they all took off down the road. Running beside Ash were his three Pokémon Padfoot, Pikachu, and Eevee.

As they ran, Eevee would practice Shadow Ball by firing at random stones and trees nearby. Padfoot, while running, was using Psychic to levitate two medium sized stones. This was his practice to master Psychic while running. Pikachu would, like Eevee, fire Thunderbolt at random things in the area.

This continued as the group makes their way to Saffron City, and Ash's rematch at the Saffron gym.


Saffron City

Fury.

That is what Admin Archer was feeling at the very present moment. It had happened so suddenly, everything that could have gone wrong had went wrong.

It was 1 hour ago, still morning, when it started. The alarms had went off in the Silph Co. building, and he was receiving reports left and right that they were being invaded. That the Saffron City Police Force was storming the building. Along with a female trainer and the Saffron Gym Leader.

Each grunt, on each floor, were being overwhelmed by the police. Some of the officers didn't even bother to release their Pokémon. Instead, they immediately held up their firearms and were aiming to shoot, if the grunt tried to reach for their Pokéballs.

Some Rocket Grunts, however, were able to get their Pokémon out in time to attack the officers. This forced the police to release their own Pokémon to do battle. It was in their code not to use firearms on a Pokémon, unless there was no other option.

Archer had watched the battles and the subsequent descent of Team Rocket losing. He grind his teeth in anger. He saw that the hostages/workers were being set free, and escaping the building. Archer tapped a few keys to see if there were anymore Rockets left.

'Ah, finally,' he thought in relief, as his monitor displayed four different floors and 4 different battles going on.

He noticed that the Rocket Brothers were able to push the cops back, on their respective floors, to the stairs and barricade the doors before taking another escape route out. Before he could issue a command to the brothers, his door to the Presidents' area was blown off.

Stepping into the room was Officer Jenny, the gym leader Sabrina, and finally the female trainer, who looked to be a teenager. Archer ignored the frightened Silph Co. President behind him, and released his Pokémon servant, Houndoom.

He smirked as the first to fall was Sabrina and her Mr. Mime. The Pokémon fainted in one shot from his strong dark/fire type. He sneered at the fainted gym leader. He was disappointed in the fact that she was linked to her Pokémon psychically, so when it fainted she did too.

Battling Officer Jenny's Growlithe was a tough battle, and that last attack by both Pokémon, Flamethrower, made the two canines slide back towards their respective trainers. The battle would have continued, if the girl hadn't stepped in.

"Officer Jenny, let me take it from here," the teenage brunette suggested, as she took out a Pokéball. "My new partner and I will take care of this scum."

Officer Jenny looked hesitant but nodded to her. "Alright. Go ahead Leaf."

"Pokéball, Go!" and out of Leaf's Pokéball materialized a large sea creature that resembles a plesiosaur. It has a spotted, blue hide with a cream underside. Its neck is long, and it has large black eyes. There is a short horn in the middle of its forehead and curled ears placed farther back on its head. Instead of legs, it has four flippers with the foremost pair being larger than the hind. On its back is a heavy, gray shell covered in blunt knobs.

The Pokémon was Lapras.

Archer's eyebrows shot up in surprise to see such a Pokémon in the possession of a teenage girl.

Before Leaf had met back up with both Officer Jenny and Sabrina, she had helped set some of the hostages free. One of them was a worker of Silph Co., and he thanked Leaf by giving her a Pokéball that contained Lapras. He told her that Lapras will do as she says, and what its moves were before he left with the other workers and hostages to freedom. Now she hopes that she is worthy of Lapras' aid.

"Alright Lapras," she said gaining the water/ice type's attention, "I know you are aware that I'm your new trainer, so let's work together and beat this guy. Alright?"

Lapras stared into the girls eyes the whole time she talked, and saw that she was indeed worthy. Lapras nodded its head, and turned back to facing its new foes.

The Houndoom snarled, now that the larger Pokémon's attention was on it and its master.

"Houndoom, use Shadow Ball now!" Archer commanded. Houndoom forms a sphere of the ghost-type move in front of its snout.

"Lapras, attack with Water Gun!" Leaf calls out to her Pokémon Lapras pulls back its head, and at the same time as Houndoom, launches its attack.

Both attacks met in the center of the room, and canceled each other out. While creating a gray cloud of smoke. Growlithe came charging out of the smoke, to the surprise of Archer and Houndoom, and attacked the Rocket Pokémon

"Growlithe, Take Down!" Officer Jenny called out. Growlithe struck the dark/fire type in the side, and caused it to skid to a stop at its masters' feet.

Archer glared at his opponents, and Houndoom slowly, and painfully, got back on its feet.

"It's over Archer. You're under arrest!" Jenny stated, and drew out a pair of handcuffs.

Before she could even cross over to make the arrest, the glass windows to the left of them shattered. Everyone turned to see a black chopper with a big red 'R' on the doors. The doors slid open, and a grunt wearing a black trench coat jumped from the chopper and into the building.

Once he stood his full height, he held up a Rocket Pokéball.

"Umbreon, Screech Attack," the grunt said.

An Umbreon appeared from within the ball, and let out a loud sound that forced the girls and their Pokémon to cover their ears and close their eyes. As they were being distracted, Archer took this time to escape onto the helicopter with his Houndoom.

"Get us out of here. Now!" he ordered the pilot. The pilot was hesitant at first, because the grunt hasn't made it back yet, but did as he was told.

The chopper pulled out away from the building, and into the sky. Leaving Saffron altogether.

. . .

The grunt left behind watched the chopper leave, before returning his Pokémon, Umbreon, to its Pokéball. Once that was done, the grunt, known as No.13, adjusted his black cap and took off pass the disoriented females and down the hall, trench coat billowing behind him.

With four cops coming up in hallway, No.13 stayed on defense as he ran into the police. He flipped over the one in the lead, while grabbing onto the policeman's shoulders, and thanks to his momentum, was able to throw the officer into his three partners. All four fell onto the ground in a heap.

No.13 jumped over them, and proceeded to the next floor down.

. . .

He ran through the room, and the police couldn't catch him in time, before he reached the door and escaped onto the next floor. In the hallway, the five cops were spread out, and the grunt ran at them.

He ran up the side of the wall, bypassing two cops. He looked into the eyes of the third cop, upon touching back down on the ground, hypnotizing him. With the cop hypnotized, the teenage grunt grabbed the front of cop's uniform, and threw him into the first two cops he had passed behind him.

He ducked when the fourth cop tried to deliver a right hook from behind, and then jumped at the cop. He hooked his right elbow around the front of the cops' neck, while grabbing the fifth cops neck with his legs. He then, with unbelievable skill, spun all three of them in midair. When he released them, the cops fell onto the ground in a heap and dizziness, while No.13 lands on his feet in a crouch position.

Then he takes off once again down the hall.

. . .

He made it to the next floor, and the cops on that floor had their Pokémon out. When they turned to see the grunt running for the exit, they ordered their Pokémon to launch range attacks at him, hoping to slow him down.

It didn't work, much to their amazement. The Grunt was dodging all of the Pokémon's attacks.

He had jumped, side-to-side dodged, cartwheeled, and flipped over their attacks. He even pulled off a spinning dodge in midair, horizontal to the ground. This allowed him to avoid being physically tackled by both cops and Pokémon.

Even with all of those attacks being fired at him, he still managed to make it to the door and escaped to the next floor.

. . .

About halfway into the floor, were about 12 cops at the ready and were heading towards him. While running towards them, No.13 threw a handful of smoke pellets onto the floor and filled the area up with smoke.

The officers were caught in the smoke and couldn't see anything. Though they couldn't see anything, they did hear the door to the next floor down open and closed.

. . .

This floor appeared to be empty. He was about to make a run for the door on the other side, when someone stepped out of a cubicle near the exit. It was Sabrina.

No.13 didn't know how she got down here that fast, nor did he particularly cared. She was in his way. He would have to remove her.

He lifted his head up, and looked her in the eyes. She stared back into his red swirling eyes, with her emotionless ones. She made the first move.

Sabrina raised her right arm, palm facing the grunt, and unleashed her psychic powers on him. Employing telekinesis, to stop him physically. After lifting him up into the air, she then threw him across the room, into the wall. She then hurled him to the ceiling, slammed him on some of the desks. Made him hit some of the computer monitors, and into some of the chairs.

As she repeated this again and again and again, destroying the office in the room in the process. Breathing hard, she began to feel the fatigue catching up. Her defeat from earlier had sapped a large portion of her psychic energy. She was nearly drained, but would use the last of her strength to beat this grunt.

With a mighty heave, she slammed the trench coat wearing grunt into the ceiling and finally into the ground face first. She was spent, and breathing hard. She stumbled over to the defeated Rocket. She used what little energy she had left to turn him onto his back.

He had blood coming out of his nose and mouth, and was taking pained breathes. He then slowly lifts up his right hand to her. Much to her confusion, he points to her right.

She turns her head in that direction and... she blinks. Her eyes widen in apparent shock. For standing at the door that the grunt had entered from, was No.13!

He looked completely fine. It's as if he had not been subjected to the beatings Sabrina had given him. He starts to walk towards her, slowly. Sabrina, still breathing hard couldn't figure it out.

"I don't... understand. How... are you... not... defeated?" she asked as she gasped for air, while No.13 continued to walk in her direction.

"Hypnosis: False Reality," he says calmly, while the swirl pattern in his eyes continued to spin.

As he was getting closer Sabrina noticed that all around them, the damage that was done to the room, was gone and in its place was the way it looked before she attacked him. She blinked in realization at having come to a conclusion. Not only that, but the grunt she thought she defeated on the ground, slowly disappeared into nothingness.

'It's those eyes of his! I had looked into them before I attacked him. He must have cast Hypnosis back then," she thought to herself. When she looked back at him, he was right in front of her.

She saw under his cap, and made a silent gasp at the familiar face. "Wait a minute," she said almost quietly. "Is that yo-."

"Hypnosis: Sleep," he interrupted her, and invisible waves emitted from his eyes onto the gym leader.

With no more strength left to fight back, Sabrina fell to her knees, then to the floor asleep. No.13 looked at her for a bit, then proceeded to cross the room, and exit into the next hall.

. . .

No. 13 took a moment to gather his breath in the empty hall.

'I used up lot of my energy performing too many eye based moves. I will rest for a bit before leaving again,' he thought.

Suddenly, the side door opened, and another grunt stuck his head out to see if the coast was clear. He spotted him and smiled brightly.

"Hey No.13!" the grunt said happily. He moved into the hall, and three more grunts came out. When they saw him, they too gave him big grins.

No.13 recognized their voices and responds with a monotone voice, "The Rocket Brothers."

The 4 of them nod their heads. He takes a moment to think, then he looks at them again.

"Is there a faster way to get to the 1st floor from here?" he asks.

"Sure is," the eldest brother said. "There's a Warp Tile in the room we just came from. If ya can reprogram it to take us to the bottom floor, that'll work."

No.13 nodded and walked into the room the brothers indicated the Warp Tile was located in.

As soon as the 5 Rockets materialized onto the 1st floor, all of the cops and Pokémon turned to see them in shock surprise. Before any of them could do anything the 4 brothers lowered their heads, caps covering their eyes, and No.13 looked up at the officers and their Pokémon.

Red light filled all of their vision. When the light had died down, everyone on the 1st floor blinked, and noticed that Team Rocket were gone.

. . .

After walking through the woods, the 5 Rockets had met back up with the other 8 Rocket grunts. The Rocket Brothers greeted everybody, and got onto their vehicles.

A little later, heading from the Saffron City, along Route 7, were the reunited 13 Rockets. The Rocket Brothers were so glad to be back on the team, and back on their motorcycles on the road again. With the two jeeps following behind them, and No.13 riding his motorcycle in front of them.

They all had keyed in next destination and continued onward...


Meanwhile, back in Saffron, the officers were rounding up all of the Rockets that were abandoned by their leader Archer. The gym leader and her Pokémon were taken to an ambulance, and Leaf answered as many questions as she could before turning to Officer Jenny.

"Will Sabrina be okay?" Leaf asked, worriedly.

"I'm sure she will pull through. She's a tough one no doubt," Officer Jenny replied.

'Tough is right,' the teenager thought before giving Jenny a big smile. "Well Jenny, I have to get going now," the Pallet Town trainer said. "I've got a lot of ground to cover."

"I know. The life of a Pokémon trainer is a long never-ending road. Again, thank you for your help today Ms. Green," Officer Jenny said and saluted the girl. "And safe journeys."

"Thank you. Goodbye," Leaf saluted back, and waved goodbye as she started to make her way out of the city, taking the south exit.


The sun was starting to set when Ash and his group arrived back in Saffron City. As they made their way towards the Pokemon Center, they notice that the largest building in the city was roped off at the doors.

"I wonder what happened there," Misty thought aloud.

"So, you have returned," the kids and Pokemon turned to the voice that belonged to the bearded man they had met before. "Come with me and I'll tell you what I can," he said and starts walking down the street.

Ash and the others followed behind the bearded man. As they walked they learned that Team Rocket had infiltrated the Silph Co. building some time ago. And that just this morning, the SCPD had assaulted the building and had driven Team Rocket out. There were some Rockets that got a away, including the leader by chopper.

That the gym leader Sabrina was helping and was currently at the hospital resting. That the same young girl from 2 days ago, Leaf, had also helped in defeating Team Rocket.

"I'm sorry, but Sabrina won't be able to battle until tomorrow around 10 am at the earliest," the bearded man said.

"But sir," Misty began, "if she is in the hospital, then how can she be ready for tomorrow?"

"Sabrina is a tough, young woman, and she won't stay down for long," the man said.

"It's alright," Ash responded. "I'll just beat her tomorrow then. When she's at her best."

"Were you able to catch a ghost Pokémon?" the bearded man asked.

"No, but they taught one of my Pokémon a useful move that'll work against psychic-type Pokémon"

"Well for your sake, I sure hope so," the man responded. "Here's the Pokémon Center. Sleep well."

With that said, the bearded man teleported away. Leaving the group to walk into the center and to prepare for the gym battle the next day.

. . .

That night the gang was in a room they rented out for the night. Ash was just finishing up giving Eevee a nice brushing. Like he had done so many times with Padfoot, when he was a Riolu that is. Eevee jumped off of his lap and onto the bed. She shook herself and smiled her thanks to Ash.

"Vui, Eevee," she happily barked: Thanks Ash.

"Ha, you welcome Eevee. You want to look your best for when we face Sabrina tomorrow," Ash said confidently.

"Hey Ash," Misty called over getting his attention, "What two Pokémon are you gonna use against Sabrina?"

"What do you mean?" the Pallet Town trainer asked in confusion.

"Well, she did say that she had only two Pokémon, and that's the reason she battled one on one with both you and Leaf the other day," Misty explained.

"Yeah," Brock now entering the conversation, "Now that you are challenging her to a rematch, she may decide to battle you with two on two Pokémon instead of just one on one."

Ash thought for a moment, then he smiled. "I just wait to see how she does things tomorrow," he says.

"Well if we're going to win tomorrow, then we will need a good shut eye tonight," Padfoot thought telepathically to everyone present.

"If you say so bro. Goodnight everyone," Ash said to his friends before getting under the covers of his bed.

"Goodnight/Goodnight/Pikachu/Vui," was the response he got from Misty, Brock, and his three Pokémon


The following morning, Brock and Misty went into town to gather some supplies for their travels. While they did that, Ash, Padfoot, and Pikachu headed for the gym.

They looked at the gym from outside. Ash remembered how Sabrina had beaten him and Eevee. He clenched his fist at this. That was his first defeat at a gym.

"This time, the results will be different," he said aloud. He then, brought out his other Pokémon

"Charmander," he called out first, and the little fire-type gave out a happy cry.

"Char!"

"Squirtle," he called next.

"Squirtle!" the water-type responded.

"Bulbasaur," the final Pokémon he summoned.

"Bulba saur!" it to replied.

"Are you all ready to face Sabrina?" he asked, getting his Pokémon hyped up. It worked and his Pokémon gave out shouts of their own.

But before they could even take a single step...

"Hold on there young man," it was the bearded man from yesterday, "I need to speak to you. It's about Sabrina," he says.

Ash looks at him, blinking in confusion.

. . .

A few minutes later, Ash and Pikachu were sitting on a bench with the bearded man in a nearby park. Padfoot stood on Ash's right and smiled at his Pokémon partners. Either relaxing by a tree, or playfully playing tag with one another.

"Well based off of my last battle with her a few days ago, Sabrina's the meanest trainer I've ever met," Ash sighs at this, his earlier confidence taking a back seat.

"She wasn't always such a mischievous girl," The bearded man said, looking rather down himself. That caught Padfoot and Ash's attention.

"You mean you knew Sabrina before she changed?"

"Huh?" the man looked a bit surprised before he tried to wave it off. "Well I, I've heard stories," he said nervously.

"Could you please tell us, sir. Any information would be of great help to us." Padfoot asked politely.

The man sighed before telling them. "Though she was very young, Sabrina became completely obsessed with her psychic training. She didn't want to make friends, all she wanted was to be left alone to develop her powers.

"Her parents tried to help, but Sabrina used her psychic powers to drive them away," he then dug in his pocket and produced a photograph. "The conflict caused Sabrina to become incredibly cold to any and everyone that comes near her. The strong Pokémon trainer who is always causing trouble."

Ash looked at the photograph with Padfoot, and both came to the same conclusion. Ash handed the photo back the bearded man.

"You must really think I didn't notice," the man looked at him in confusion. "The man in the picture is you, sir. You're Sabrina's father."

The man blinked in surprise at how the boy figured out that fast.

"Don't look so surprise, sir. You were practically telling us Sabrina's life. Something only her parents, or close relatives would know of, that is," Padfoot telepathically stated to the man, then nodded.

The man sighs, and smiles a little. 'They both already figured out my secret by what I had to say about Sabrina, hmph," he thinks to himself.

"Well thanks for the little bit of info, sir," Ash said as he got up and whistled for his other Pokémon "but I have a gym leader to defeat and a Marsh Badge to earn."

With that, he and his Pokemon headed towards the gym. Leaving the father of Sabrina watching them walk with their backs straight and heads held high.

"He might just be able to pull it off," the man said to himself.


Walking through the city was Brock and Misty. They were both carrying bags that had all of the supplies they'll need for when they get back on the road again.

"This is great Brock. Now that we got everything we need, we won't run out anytime soon," Misty said.

"Mm hm, right. Plus if I read the map right, we won't have to use all of these supplies up because the next town after this one would be Celadon City," Brock responded.

As they were making their way back to the Pokémon Center, they heard a crash of some sort behind them. They turned around and ran to see what had happened. They saw a hole and inside that was was three familiar beings, twitching. Which meant that they were still alive.

"Huh? It's Team Rocket!" Brock exclaimed.

"What are they doing here?" Misty asked, looking angry at them being here.

They both looked up to see a Haunter laughing at Team Rocket's misfortune.

"A ghost Pokémon?" "Here in Saffron City?" Brock and Misty, respectively, questioned.


Inside the torch lit room, Sabrina sat on her throne. Looking at Ash, as he stared back. She noticed that of all the Pokémon present with the boy, the jackal one looked familiar. She blinked at realizing that it must have evolved from the smaller jackal she saw a few days ago.

"So, you've come back," she asked rhetorically.

"Sabrina," he called out to her, "I've come back here to your gym, to demand a rematch."

"A rematch, even after my Kadabra defeated your Eevee during our last battle? You don't stand a chance," Sabrina responded.

"This time you won't have it so easy," Ash shot back at her. Sabrina then floated onto the battlefield as the lights were turned on.

"This will be a two on two match then. Agreed?" the gym leader asked.

"Two on two huh? Just like Misty had guessed last night," Padfoot thought directly to his brother, who nodded.

"Yes," he said.

"Go, Mr. Mime." the same Pokémon that was bested by Leaf appeared on the field. Ash pulls out his Pokédex and scans the Pokémon

Ping. Mr. Mime, the Barrier Pokémon. It uses pantomime to make actual walls appear. Because it is rarely discovered, information about this Pokémon is extremely limited.

Ash grinned as he puts away his Pokédex and grips his Pokéball in hand. Padfoot looked at the Pokéball and grinned. Pikachu and the others looked and they all smiled.

"This will be his first gym battle bro," Padfoot said to Ash, grinning happily at him.

"It sure will be," Ash said. He then faced Sabrina, shouted and threw the the Pokéball, "Gyarados, I choose you!"

"Gyarados?" Sabrina blinked confusedly.

Gyarados materialized onto the battlefield and let out a mighty roar that shook the inside of the gym. Ash smiled at seeing Sabrina's, very brief, shocked expression. He looked up to his first caught Pokémon and smiled even more.

"Hey Gyarados," the large water serpent looked back at his trainer, "This is your first official gym battle. The gym leader here is really strong, and I need your help to beat her," he said and points to Sabrina.

Gyarados looks at the leader, he growls and gives her a viscous grin. He can tell that she is strong, and will enjoy battling her.

The match began.

"Go Gyarados! Use Dragon Rage!"

"Mr. Mime, use Barrier."

Gyarados fired his Dragon Rage attack at the Barrier Pokemon, but his attack was blocked by Mr. Mime's glass looking plane. Once the attack had stopped, the barrier came down.

"Calm Mind," Sabrina called out.

Mr. closed its eyes, took a deep breath, and exhaled slowly. Its body glowed a mixture of orange and red for about 3 seconds. It's special attacks had just increased.

"OK then! Gyarados, use Thunderbolt!" Ash shouted out.

"Counter with Psybeam," Sabrina instructed.

Gyarados unleashed his electric-type move, while Mr. Mime launched its psychic-type move. Both attacks met in the center of the field, and an explosion occurred, covering both sides with a dark cloud. Obscuring each others view.

Harry used his aura-sensing abilities to locate Mr. Mime, and found him. Through their bond he let Ash know were the Pokémon were.

Ash nodded and used his own aura to communicate with Gyarados and pointed him in the right direction.

"Tackle!" Ash's voice was heard, and from within the smoke the large water serpent crashed into the Barrier Pokémon Sending it backwards, landing on its back.

It got up in time to see it launching a Thunderbolt at it, at its trainers command. Hearing the voice of his trainer, Ms. Sabrina, he used Confusion to take hold of the incoming electric-type attack and sent it back at the water/flying type.

Ash and all of his Pokémon blinked in surprise shock when Gyarados' Thunderbolt came crashing back into water serpent. He shrieked loudly in pain at its own attack.

Once it had stopped, Gyarados had burn marks on him, and some smoke had risen off of him. He was able to stop himself from falling onto the ground. The other Pokémon started cheering for their large teammate to not give up.

"Gyarados, are you alright? Can you still battle?" he asked, as he could feel all of the pain his water/flying type was in.

Gyarados looked at Ash and nodded his head to both inquiries, then glared back at Mr. Mime. Ash looked at how things were going, until he blinked. He felt as if he himself had just been struck by lightening. He had a plan to win now.

"Alright Gyarados, we're going to win this!" he shouted and Gyarados roared in agreement. "Gyarados use Thunderbolt!"

The other Pokémon looked confused at this command from Ash, except for Padfoot. He smirked, having a feeling as to what Ash is aiming for.

"Foolish, Confusion Mr. Mime."

The psychic-type obeyed his mistress, and took control of the Thunderbolt again. Like before, it redirected it towards Gyarados.

"Now dodge, then Bite!" Ash called out.

Gyarados immediately dodged his own attack and with a burst of speed, that caused both gym leader and Pokémon to blink in astonishment, caught his opponent in his mouth. Holding the Barrier Pokémon between his teeth, he bit down hard into it, causing the psychic-type to scream out in pain.

The moment her Pokémon had been caught, she disconnected the link between them. Even so she, open mouthed, stared in shock at how the Gyarados was shaking her Pokémon while using Bite.

When Gyarados felt that he was done, he threw the psychic-type into the wall. It slid down to the floor and didn't get back up. Gyarados roared his victory, as Sabrina returned her Pokémon to its Pokéball

Ash's other Pokémon danced and cheered for their teammate's victory.

"You did great Gyarados, return," Ash says as he returns his roaring Gyarados to his Pokéball "You were great my friend, so take a good rest. Cause I might need ya a little later," he says quietly to the Pokéball

"Go, Kadabra," the cold gym leader released her final Pokémon, the Psi Pokémon

"Eevee, I choose you!" Ash threw his Pokéball and Eevee materialized onto the battlefield.

She looked at her opponent and got in her ready stance. She was determined to not lose this time around.

The match began.

"Eevee, Dig!"

Eevee quickly dug a hole and disappeared into it.

"Kadabra, Teleport."

Kadabra waited for the right moment, then it vanished from its spot and Eevee's head burst from the ground. Only to find that her psychic opponent had escaped to another part of the field.

She went back into the hole and moved around underground to try and hit her opponent. And like before, Kadabra would evade her by using Teleport.

Eevee finally came out of the ground fully, and Kadabra had stopped using Teleport. There were now 5 holes in the ground, from Eevee missing to hit Kadabra.

"Kadabra, Psybeam."

Kadabra followed the will of his mistress and unleashed Psybeam onto the female normal-type. The attack connected and knocked her back, towards Ash and the others.

"Eevee/Eevee!" Ash, Padfoot, and their Pokémon friends all cried out her name.

"Eevee!" "Are you alright?" Misty and Brock come running in, just in time to see Eevee fallen to the ground.

"Try to hang in there Eevee, we're almost there," Ash said encouragingly. "Dive into the holes and use Double Team."

Eevee pushed herself up onto her legs, and then dived back into the holes to carry out Ash's instructions. This is what they were aiming for.

"Hiding in a hole will not help you win the gym badge," Sabrina said coldly to Ash.

He ignored her and enacted his plan. "OK Eevee, use Shadow Ball," he shouted.

Sabrina blinked in shock at the name of the ghost-type move the Eevee must know. Out of the 5 holes, 5 Eevees had jumped, and all 5 had a Shadow Ball in front of their opened mouths.

All 5 released their attacks, and Kadabra screamed in pain from 5 Shadow Balls hitting it simultaneously. The Eevee copies disappeared and, the Psi Pokémon fell onto its knees, breathing hard and in pain.

"That's it!" Ash exclaimed.

"Recover," Sabrina commanded.

And in an instant, Kadabra was all better. It looked as good as new. This shocked both humans and Pokémon on Ash's side.

"It's impossible to win," Sabrina stated, before Haunter showed up, in front of Sabrina, cackling like mad.

The presence of this ghost Pokémon made Ash, Pikachu, and Eevee blink in shock, and sweat dropped when the ghost had floated all around Sabrina. As if it was inspecting a stature, then started laughing again.

"Haunter!" "Pikachu!" "Eevui!"

"Two against one isn't fair," Sabrina stated.

All of a sudden, the bearded man appeared beside Ash saying, "It is just playing around on its own. Haunter isn't battling against you. So it isn't against the rules."

They all watch Haunter do all kinds things to get Sabrina to smile and laugh. Nothing seemed to work... that is until it brought out a bomb that had a short fuse already light.

This shocked everybody, including Sabrina. The bomb went off and exploded. Both Sabrina and Haunter were covered in soot from the explosion. Haunter laughed at his actions, then looked over to see if he made any changes to the gym leader.

After a moment, Sabrina's frown was turning upside-down.

"She smile!" the man gasped.

Then they all witnessed Sabrina actually laughing.

"Is that Sabrina laughing?" Ash asked a little confused.

"Ever since she started her telekinetic training as a little girl, I've never seen Sabrina laugh like this," He said with tears coming down his face. "I've never seen her so happy in her entire life."

He then looked over at Ash and Padfoot and smiled. "I am glad you both came back. That Haunter you brought with you has helped Sabrina rediscover the human part of her heart," he said.

"Hey Ash, look at that," Padfoot got Ash's attention and pointed to a laughing Kadabra on the floor. "Sabrina and Kadabra are still psychically connected."

They all watched as Haunter continued to make Sabrina laugh, which in turn caused Kadabra to laugh.

"Since Kadabra is no longer able to battle, I officially declare Eevee the winner," the man stated.

Eevee look at her laughing opponent, and then just smiled. Sighing in relief.


Outside the gym, Ash and his friends waved goodbye to Sabrina, her parents, and Haunter.

"Goodbye," Ash called out while walking away.

"Thank you for everything," Sabrina's father said.

"Have a good journey," Sabrina says to Ash.

"Take care of yourselves," Ash responded, waving back with Padfoot and Pikachu.

"See ya later," Misty said.

With that the group left the Saffron Gym. When they were out of sight, Sabrina's face took on a more thoughtful look.

"Sabrina dear, what's wrong?" her mother asked.

"That Team Rocket Grunt that defeated me... I can't help but wonder that..."

"That what sweetheart," her father asked.

"... that I have met him before. Like, years ago," the gym leader said trying to remember the Grunt's face.

. . .

As they walked through the city, Ash looked at the Marsh Badge in his badge case.

"Check it out bro, we finally got the Marsh Badge." Ash showed it to his Pokemon brother.

"It took us little longer and a rematch to get it, but it was worth it in the end Ash," Padfoot said walking on Ash's right side. "Our 5th badge."

"And that Marsh Badge puts you one step further along the road to the Pokemon League. Now, you just need to win 3 more," Brock stated.

"Yeah, but do you think I really deserve this? I mean after all, I didn't defeat her in a gym battle, ya know."

"Sure," Misty said. "Making Sabrina laugh herself into a defeat is a great strategy."

"Pika pika," Pikachu agreed with Misty.

The green eyed shiny Lucario just chuckled at this.

"Keep it up and you'll become known as the funniest Pokemon Master of all time," Brock chuckled, and everyone shared in that laugh.

Just then Ash had heard something, but it was feint.

"Huh?"

"What's wrong bro?" Padfoot asked.

"I could have sworn I just heard Team Rocket's voices."

Brock and Misty shared a quick, knowing look, and changed the subject quickly.

"No way," Brock said, trying to sound unconvinced.

"We've got more important stuff to think of, like where we're going next," Misty stated.

"OK, so where's the next closes gym?" Ash asked.

"In Celadon City," Misty replied with a smile.

"Look out Celadon City, Ash Ketchum and Padfoot are coming to town!"

"You better believe it!" Padfoot cheered raising a paw to the air.

"Pika!" Pikachu joined in as well: Yeah!

And with a laugh, they all took off running after Ash and Padfoot. To get to the next town and to Ash and Padfoot's next gym battle. Will they win another badge, and what brand new adventures find along the way? Those answers aren't yet written in stone.

To Be Continued. . .

There you go the dear readers, I hoped you liked it, and reviews are welcomed.

Until next time.

TTFN,

Ta Ta For Now!

Ash's Team Current Team: (9 limit)

Shiny Lucario: (M) Name: Padfoot/Harry Potter

Pokéball: Active

Egg Move: Detect

Moves: Copycat, Force Palm, Quick Attack, Aura Sphere, Psychic

Move Tutor: Thunder Punch

Pikachu: (M)

Pokéball: Active

Moves: Thunder Shock, Thunderbolt, Quick Attack, Agility

Move Tutor: Mega Punch

Gyarados: (M)

Pokéball: Inactive/Locked

Moves: Tackle, Bite, Dragon Rage, Thunderbolt, Thrash

Pidgeotto: (M)

Pokéball: Inactive/Locked

Moves: Quick Attack, Tackle, Wing Attack, Gust, Whirlwind

Bulbasaur: (M)

Pokéball: Active

Moves: Growl, Tackle, Vine Whip,

Charmander:(M)

Pokéball: Active

Moves: Leer, Scratch, Ember, Flamethrower

Move Tutor: Mega Punch

Squirtle: (M)

Pokéball: Active

Moves: Withdrawal, Tackle, Water Gun, Skull Bash

Move Tutor: Mega Punch

Eevee: (F)

Pokéball: Active

Moves: Quick Attack, Swift, Double Team, Dig

Move Tutor: Shadow Ball

At Oak's Corral:

Krabby: (M)

Moves: Harden, Leer, Stomp

Rattata: (F)

Moves: Quick Attack, Bite, Tail Whip, Hidden Power(Psychic-type)

Misty's Current Pokemon Team:

Goldeen: (F)

Moves: Agility, Horn Attack, Fury Attack

Starmie: Moves: Tackle, Water Gun, Rapid Spin

Staryu: Moves: Swift, Water Gun, Tackle

Oddish: (F)

Moves: Absorb, Acid, Sleep Powder, Tackle

Squirtle: (F)

Moves: Withdrawal, Tackle, Water Gun, Rapid Spin

Egg Move: Mud-sport

Horsea: (M)

Moves: Bubble, Smokescreen

Brock's Current Team:

Onix: (M)

Moves: Tackle, Bind, Dig, Rock Throw

Geodude: (M)

Moves: Seismic Toss, Tackle

Zubat: (M)

Moves: Whirlwind, Supersonic, Wing Attack

Paras: (M)

Moves: Stun Spore, Scratch, Poison Powder, Slash

Squirtle: (M)

Moves: Withdrawal, Tackle, Water Gun, Dig