Author's Note:

Here it is, the start of the Ecruteak arc, at least the first one since half of it will be saved for the revisit, after the group have gone through Cianwood, whirl islands and Olivine. It is also the fated revolution of Haunter, a chapter I have both been looking forward to and dreading. If you remember a while ago I had a poll up about whether I should change Haunter's personality if she evolved. We also get to continue a mini-Silver arc started at the end of last chapter. My serial killer of the story is following our group, what's the worst that could happen? Just want to make it clear, when I gave the numbers of captures remaining last chapter, this doesn't count as new captures. Also, there were a lot of battles in this chapter so for the not as importance ones, I tried a different way to write them, in not as much detail, just so it didn't abuse the character limit or Time to get this over with. Also on the profile, this chapter was down as ? but that was more because I had two titles for this chapter and I wasn't sure which one I wanted to go with, yes it is the two Haunter jokes about later, and I actually swapped my mind in the middle of writing this chapter. Remember to vote in the poll and with that, let's begin...


Chapter 28: Tricks of the Trade

It was the same day that the group encountered Paul and they have been travelling in silence since that encounter. Brock had decided to leave Bonsly out of his Pokeball and comfort him as the group travelled. It was around sunset when they reached Ecruteak City.

Entering the new location seemed to lift the tension Paul left them with, as they noticed a very old traditional look to the buildings, a far cry from the busy city Goldenrod turned out to be. It also wasn't anywhere as big as Goldenrod, it was bigger than Azalea however, probably the same size as Violet. It was also very peaceful, only a refreshing breezing rustling in the trees creates the atmosphere since not many people were around.

As they were walking, they failed to notice a certain red-haired man following them. He has been following them since they encountered Paul and been keeping a close eye on them. He only made out part of the conversation with the purple haired boy, but it was clear the group aren't happy with him. He knew the boy had rather harsh training methods and he use to as well, but he was shown the importance of a strong bond, thanks to a good friend of his... the champion of this region in fact.

While they didn't always see eye to eye, his friend did stop him from thinking like how that purple haired boy and he honestly wouldn't be surprised if this Ash kid shows that Paul kid the same thing somewhere down the line. So far, he knows how he treats Pokémon but that isn't enough information for him to gain Ash's trust so he will be willing to arrange a meeting with Red Ketchum, and then Silver will finally be able to get some answers he has been searching for.

Soon the group made it to the Pokémon centre, and all four members of the group had the same thought process, so they all made their way over to the video phones. Ash and Serena shared one since they were both calling Professor Oak's lab, while Brock took one to call his family and Misty took one to call her sisters.

Silver didn't follow them into the Pokémon centre mostly because he knows it isn't a massive centre so if he did, the group would be sure to see him, and he doesn't want that while he is gathering information. Not to mention, he hates interacting with people and prefers camping out with just himself and his Pokémon.

"Hello Professor." Ash and Serena greeted in unison.

"Ah, Ash and Serena. It is great to see you again." The Professor smiled. "And it is good to see you've been using the new Pokedex feature.".

"Yeah... sorry it took us so long to do that Professor." Serena replied, sheepishly.

"It's just that we didn't know what the feature was, so we didn't know to use it." Ash explained.

"No harm done." The Professor replied. "So what do I owe the pleasure today?".

"Well we wanted to swap some Pokémon." Ash explained.

"We just got to Ecruteak and there is something we need to discuss with them." Serena added.

"Oh?" The professor questioned, with clear intrigue.

"Yeah... We would like Haunter and Kadabra." Ash requested. Suddenly, Haunter appeared in front of the Professor with one Pokeball in each hand. She waved to the two trainers before returning herself to her own Pokeball.

"Well it seems I have both their Pokeballs here." The Professor replied as he prepared to exchange Kadabra with one of Serena's Pokémon. The honey Blonde girl went through her team and decided to swap Quagsire for Kadabra. As the exchange took place, the Professor sparked up conversation. "So can I ask what you wish to talk to them about?".

Serena grabbed Kadabra's Pokeball from the transport and show the Professor the save arrival as the Professor did the same with Quagsire's Love Ball. He could make a very good guess what they want to discuss but he wants to be sure by hearing it from the trainer's own mouths.

"Well Professor, when we were in Goldenrod we ran into Serena's cousin. Calem." Ash explained as he placed Chikorita's Pokeball in the transporter.

"Ah yes, Calem. A fine young man." The professor replied. "He came to visit when he was in town visiting your mother, Serena. Getting to study his Chesnaught was a real treat. It has been very well raised.".

"Right." Serena replied before getting back on topic. "Well he watched Ash's gym battle and we got talking... I mentioned to him how Kadabra didn't care for contests. And with how showy Haunter's battle was, he made the suggestion that we trade with each other. Not to mention the fact both Pokémon would evolve on top of being more suited for our individual goals.".

"When Serena mentioned it to me after the battle, neither of us could come to a straight answer." Ash continued. "So we decided we would talk it through with them first.".

At this point, Ash grabbed Haunter's Pokeball from the transporter and showed it to the screen, so the Professor knew about the safe arrival. Professor Oak did the same with the Pokeball containing Ash's Chikorita.

"Well I can certainly say Calem's reasoning makes a tone of sense, but I understand how difficult it will be for you to trade Pokémon you've both spent a lot of time raising into health creatures." Professor Oak replied. "Just be sure it is what's best. And remember you are both in a unique place, by travelling together it's not like it'll be a permanent goodbye for either of you. Not like usual when two trainers make a trade.".

As the couple called the Professor, Brock and Misty called their respective families to exchange some of their Pokémon. Brock's team became: Golem, Golbat, Dugtrio, Stantler, Pineco and Bonsly. Misty's team became: Psyduck, Vaporeon, Slowbro, Chinchou, Azurill and Qwilfish.


Back in Pallet Town, the Professor looked at the Pokeball containing Ash's Chikorita. He has heard this one can be a handful, so he is ready, it is one of the reasons he is letting her out separately to Quagsire, especially since the water ground type has been here before, taking a deep breath he held the Pokeball out before pressing the button to let the grass type out.

In a flash of light, Chikorita appeared in front of him. She looked around, expecting to see Ash so she can purposely ignore him again to get his attention. Although she was surprised to find Ash wasn't around, neither was the yellow rat or that blonde girl or any of the others. In fact, she isn't even sure it is the same place since this is more of a silver lab instead of Pokémon centre. Soon her eyes settled on the Professor who was crouching down towards her.

"Hello there, Chikorita. This is the first time you've met me, isn't it?" The Professor greeted. "You see, trainers can only carry so many Pokémon in one go, so Ash sends his Pokémon to me to look after once he reaches that limit.".

"Chikor?" Chikorita questioned. She blinked her eyes a couple times as tears appeared in them. Soon the tears broke and streamed down her face. How could Ash send her to the lab?! She has heard him mention it and knows Noctowl and Heracross have been sent here before but why send her? Why not the yellow rat?

"Oh no, Chikorita. Ash is still your trainer." The Professor reassured. "He just sent you to the lab for a bit.".

Unfortunately, that only made her worst and she began lashing out, sending random Razor Leaf's in directions. She didn't exactly focus on trying to attack anyone or thing and the leaves hit the wall before being brought to an end. The Professor dived out of the way, as Chikorita ran out of the lab.

She ran down the stairs before she saw a large purple sludge thing slivering out of one of the rooms. He looked at the small grass type and gave her a big cheesy smile and a friendly wave. It wasn't the most comforting sight and Chikorita ran in the opposite direction, towards the back door.

As she stared at the open ranch, looking at all the Pokémon doing their own thing, a familiar motherly bird spotted Chikorita in the door way. Pidgeot flapped her wings to take off, she circled around, as a signal to Ivysaur about the new arrival. Once she was sure Ivysaur noticed the signal, she made her way over to the doorway where the grass type was stood.

"Greetings." Pidgeot greeted the grass type. "Chikorita correct?".

"Err..." Chikorita took a step back, seeing the giant bird of prey land in front of her.

Soon Ivysaur came up behind Pidgeot. Out of everyone at the ranch, these two are almost always the welcoming comity for the new Pokémon, at least for Ash's team. They are two of the friendlier team members. Since people tend to feel more comfortable around the same gender it also helps that Pidgeot is female and Ivysaur is male.

Likewise, Serena's team has some of her own welcoming comity, usually a combination of Eevee, Kangashkan and Delphox. While her male Pokémon aren't the friendliest out there, Roo is usually enough to put any male Pokémon at ease, even the toughest one out there.

The female grass type had more tears roll down her cheeks. The two older Pokémon in front of her looked at each other with confusion and concern, never have they had a Pokémon arrive in this state. Suddenly, their attention was drew back to the new arrival as she cried out once more, even louder than before.

"Chikoritaaaaaaaa!" Chikorita sobbed.


Once all the exchanges were done and conversations over with, the group decided to go and get some dinner at the Centre's cafeteria. As they walked across the lobby towards the cafe, Serena noticed something put up on the wall, a poster of some sort, so the group walked over to look it over.

"The yearly festival of legends." Brock read it out loud. "It seems to take place tomorrow.".

"What?" Serena questioned. "Isn't that when the Ecruteak contest is meant to be held.".

"Normally yes." Nurse Joy answered as she approached the group. "Like all contest halls, they run one every two weeks, so the coordinators have enough chances to earn their five ribbons. But because of the festival tomorrow, the next contest taking place in Ecruteak will be in two weeks from tomorrow.".

"So I won't be able to compete whilst here?" Serena questioned.

"I'm sorry miss but if they moved it by even a day, it would throw off the scheduling at one of the other contest halls." Nurse Joy explained. "The judges and other staff do need time to travel between the different locations and time to prepare after all.".

"Don't worry Nurse Joy, I know it's no-one's fault." Serena replied. "It's just that Mareep was really looking forward to competing.".

"Well you can still use her in your next contest, Serena." Ash encouraged. "It will just be a little longer of a wait before, that's all.".

"Besides, this festival sounds like fun." Misty added. "See, the poster even says there will be a special guest.".

"It will actually be a member of the elite four." Nurse Joy offered. "Will, the psychic type specialist. And he has promised an exhibition match with a trainer.".

"Awesome!" Ash exclaimed. "It would be great to get the chance to battle a member of the Elite Four!".

"Unfortunately young man, that won't be possible." Nurse bowed in an apology. "You see, the trainer he shall battle tomorrow has already been decided. Along with the Pokémon they shall use.".

"Isn't it a bit weird that they know which Pokémon both will use?" Brock asked.

"Not really, it's to ensure neither side use a Pokémon which is too destructive." Nurse Joy answered. "Wouldn't want them to use a Pokémon like a Tyranitar or something which would cause a lot of damage to the town.".

"I guess it is the same as the leagues where both trainer's registrar their teams before the match." Misty reasoned.

With the decision made to go ahead and spend the day at the festival of legends tomorrow, the group thanked Nurse Joy for the information before they made their way over to the cafe for their dinner. Once they finished and booked all their rooms, the couple decided to retire to their room so they could speak with their Pokémon. Upon entering the room, they placed all their stuff away as usual before letting their two Pokémon out. Soon both Haunter and Kadabra was in front of them.

"Hey guys... We've got something to tell you." Serena greeted both Pokémon. "Discuss with you, actually.".

"When is it due?" Haunter asked, in a teasing voice, putting one hand on Serena's stomach.

"HAUNTER!" Ash exclaimed.

"Love you two." Haunter replied.

Kadabra sighed, Haunter is his exact opposite, unleashing a Psychic attack he pulled Haunter back into place. While ghosts resistant to psychic type energy, Haunter's poison type meant she is susceptible to the move. With Haunter now on a short leash, he turned back to the two trainers.

"Continue." Kadabra offered.

"Well, we have been thinking about something. It was Serena's cousin, Calem, who first suggested it." Ash explained. "After seeing how showy your battle style is, Haunter, and explaining how you don't like contests, Kadabra... He suggested that we trade.".

"We've talked it over, and agreed to let both of you have the final say." Serena continued.

The two Pokémon seemed to let what their trainers said sink in, and both were deep in thought. Kadabra isn't one for emotional stuff so while he has fond memories of his time with Serena, that won't affect his decision. It makes logical sense that they get paired with the trainer which best suits them which means he is happy for the trade to go ahead. With his decision made, he looked at both trainers with his typical stoic expression.

"I am happy for the trade to take place." Kadabra gave his answer.

"Okay Kadabra." Ash replied, as both trainers turned back towards Haunter. "Have you got an answer, Haunter?".

"No... Both titles could work." Haunter replied. "It just matters if we go with the title of an anime episode or the reference to that guilty pleasure movie the author loves.".

"What are you going on about?" Ash asked, almost scared to ask.

"The title of this chapter. Stuck between Tricks of the Trade, like the anime episode or Haunter's last stand." Haunter replied. "Both would work but the question is which do I go with? Hmm, that's it. I'll go with Tricks of the Trade. If I go with Haunter's last stand, the only reference it would be worth making is, I'm the juggernaut, bitch.".

"Just stop, Haunter..." Ash pleaded.

"I'm guessing she hasn't decided yet?" Serena questioned.

"Don't ask." Ash sighed.


The next morning, the group met up for breakfast and Kadabra and Haunter remained out of their Pokeballs just whilst they walked around, Haunter still hadn't given her answer and they figured this would be a good chance to spend some time together since Kadabra said yes. After breakfast, the group made their way over to the festival.

Once they arrived they noticed the once tranquil city that they arrived in yesterday evening, was now filled with people of all ages and lively. Not quite as busy as Goldenrod but still very busy. It was filled with all different food stands and souvenir shops. There was even a wood sculpture who said he could create statues of any Pokémon. He already had some ready, so Ash got a Mr Mime one, for his mum, Serena got a Rhyhorn one for her mum. Brock went with a Stantler one and Misty went with Tentacruel.

After they received their statues, the group made their way towards the centre of the park where the battle is supposed to take place. As they made through the crowd, Silver continued to tail them from afar, he even brought some fries so he didn't seem out of place although he would normally avoids events like this, at all costs.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the festival of legends. As many of you should know, my name is Morty, the cities gym leader." The man revealed as Morty announced as he stood in the centre of the battlefield. "For today's festival, we are honoured to have one of the Elite Four members part take in a three on three exhibition match.".

At that point, a man in his late twenties walked out from the crowd. He had lilac coloured hair that fell over his left eye, while a bang frame over his right eye. He was wearing a tight domino mask that covers his eyes and the space between them. He also was wearing a black sleeveless tailcoat-like vest, with a pink tuxedo top underneath it, the vest also sported two rows of double brass buttons, with a gold line between them. He was also wearing pink trousers, with black derby shoes and a frilled white cravat around his next. He seemed to hold himself very professionally as he walked into one of the trainer boxes.

"It is a pleasure to be here." Will announced, although there was a hint of disdain in his voice.

He is the youngest member of the elite four in Johto and the least experienced, he joined around the same time as Koga, but Koga had years of experience as a gym leader behind him. He was actually favourite to replace Agatha in the Kanto elite four since her retirement is coming up but the Johto position came up first. He isn't fond of the public affairs that the elite four have to partake in and has made it clear he is looking to move his ranks up through the league, even wanting the Champions position.

"And his opponent is a trainer currently competing in the Silver Conference, already collecting four of his required badges. He is the son of Kanto's champion and proven himself as a promising trainer. From Pallet Town, its Gary Oak." Morty announced, as the spiky haired boy walked into the remaining trainer's box. Gary scanned the crowd and when he noticed the group of Ash, Serena, Misty and Brock, a smirk seemed to appear on his face. "This will be a best of three battle, and it shall with no substitutions or time limit. You may also only use the Pokémon chosen before the match. Now choose your first Pokémon.".

"I call forth, Espeon!" Will announced, as he released his psychic type eeveelution. The psychic type appeared on the field in front of Will, and stood tall with a strong sense of pride radiating off her. It was clear both trainer and Pokémon held similar levels of self-importance.

"Well this should be interest." Gary chuckled with a confident smirk on his face. "Go Umbreon!".

The dark type eeveelution looked at his opponent and took an instant dislike to him, he hates those with too much self-importance, it reminds him of how his trainer use to be before the journey of self-discovery. While it is clear Umbreon has the type advantage, Will isn't a part of the elite four for nothing.

As soon as the battle started, Umbreon was on the offensive using mostly Shadow Ball, Sand Attack and Pursuit to get the upper hand. Espeon however used a combination of Psychic on a lump of dirt to act as a shield. Even if Umbreon was immune to the attacks, the things around him wasn't. Gary came up with a counter and had Umbreon use the same tactic to coax Espeon into the same tactic, but he had Umbreon break through the earth shield with Iron tail.

With the advantage now in his side, Umbreon used Confuse Ray before Espeon could recover. Now fighting the confusion, Umbreon was three to unleash a varied assault of different dark moves, namely Foul Play and Assurance. The weird part was, Will didn't make any sort of call as Umbreon unleashed his assault, it was only when it seemed like he would deliver the final blow did he make a move.

That move was Miracle Eye. Umbreon was too close to try and avoid it. With his immunity taken away, Espeon went onto the offensive. She used Psychic to hold Umbreon in place before bombarding him with a collection of Signal Beams and Dazzling Gleam. After the Miracle Eye hit, it took less than a minute for Espeon to beat Umbreon.

"Umbreon is unable to battle, the winner of this first match is Will of the elite four." Morty declared. "Please return your Pokémon and select your next ones.".

Both of the trainers returned their Pokémon, each with a quick word of thanks to their eeveelutions. Will was quick to release his next Pokémon, which turned out to be a Slowking, which again stood tall and prideful. It seemed like all of Will's Pokémon had a strong sense of self-importance. Gary went with his Scizor.

"Slowking VS Scizor!" Morty declared. "Begin!".

Like before, Scizor started off with a barrage of quick paced moves, very similar to how Umbreon started. It was clear that even if the Pokémon have different personalities, Gary has trained them in very similar ways. The moves it used was a combination of Bullet Punch and Fury Cutter.

Although unlike Espeon, Slowking made no attempt to counter. It was clearly built better for taking hits than Espeon was. Eventually, Slowking felt he had enough information on his opponent and as Scizor charged in to deliver another Bullet Punch, he formed a Water Pulse, which Scizor's face slammed straight into. This almost guaranteed Scizor was given the side effect of confusion.

Slowking may not be the fastest Pokémon but once he knows the opponent's pace, he is quick to calculate exactly where and when to form his attacks. As Scizor began twirling around in his confusion, Slowking made his second move, Icy Wind. While not very effective, Slowking wasn't bothered about causing damage right now, he wanted to take away Scizor's biggest strength, his speed.

The thing that took Will and Slowking by surprise was Gary's smirk. He pointed to his Scizor who was still twirling on the spot, he had taught him the same Swords Dance tactic Bugsy used. The spinning meant the ice never built up on Scizor, meaning his speed wasn't effected and now his attack power was maxed out. Before Will could order a counter, Scizor closed the gap with another Bullet Punch, ending the battle with a full powered X-Scissor, which ended Slowking.

"Slowking is unable to continue, meaning the victor of this round is Gary Oak." Morty declared. "Please return your Pokémon and select your next ones.".

Both of the trainers returned their Pokémon, each with a quick word of thanks to their Pokémon, Gary seemed especially pleased with his Scizor, since he is one of his strongest Pokémon Gary has, along with a type advantage, it makes sense that if Gary could beat any of Will's Pokémon, it would be with his Scizor. Soon Will selected his final Pokémon, the one he is most common seen with, his Xatu. While Gary went with his Arcanine, whose Intimidate ability lower Xatu's attack.

After seeing Gary beat one of the elite four members Pokémon, Ash and the others became very enthusiastic about the battle. Of course, they were excited in the eeveelution battle, but it is just something about seeing Gary win against Slowking which put them all on edge. This final match will be a good one.

"Xatu VS Arcanine." Morty declared. "Begin!".

Since Will had a good idea about Gary's battle style up to this point, he decided to put him on edge. Just like he predicted, Arcanine charged forward to deliver a powerful Fire Fang at him, but Will acted differently by ordering Xatu to teleport out of the way. Since up to now he has allowed Gary's Pokémon to attack to see what they are made off, he is changing his strategy, to see how this trainer reacts.

Gary was taken aback from this surprise, but he didn't let it last long. He had his Arcanine use Odor Sleuth, which helped the fire type discover his opponent's location, which was high in the sky, above him. Before either Gary or Arcanine had a chance to launch another attack, Xatu was already launching her attack, as soon as she heard Odor Sleuth, she knew she couldn't keep her location a secret.

Xatu launched a series of Air Slashes, around five in total. Will smirked, they always send a high number of Air Slashes because they have a chance to make the opponent flinch so several in a row is almost guaranteed to make the opponent flinch. Following the Air Slash combination, Xatu used Sky Attack. Arcanine was unable to avoid the Sky Attack as he was still suffering with flinches from the Air Slash.

After the impact, Xatu teleported back to her original starting position in front of Will, as a black cloud of smoke covering the fire type. Both Will and Xatu stared at the cloud, waiting to see what remained of Arcanine. It was clearly well raised but Xatu is Will's strongest Pokémon and she never lets up until the match is called. Eventually the smoke cleared to reveal Arcanine lying on the floor, clearly unable to battle.

"Arcanine is unable to battle, the winner of this exhibition match is Will of the elite four." Morty declared.

The crowd cheered for the victory, Will was obviously the favourite to win, but it was a good battle all around. Most of the crowd began to mingle, as the two trainers moved over and met in the centre of the field, they shook hands. Those two began a conversation and the group decided to go and meet them as well.

"That was a great battle, Will, it is clear to me why you are in the elite four." Gary congratulated.

"You also showed promise." Will praised. "You could even win the Silver conference.".

"Could?" Gary repeated in a questioning tone. "I did beat your Slowking, not too many competing trainers can say they've beat an elite four members Pokémon.".

"Maybe, but I wouldn't be much of an elite four member if I didn't notice one of my gym leaders' favourite moves." Will replied, in an arrogant tone.

"Are you saying you let my Scizor win that battle?" Gary asked.

"Our first battle, that showed me you had promise." Will explained. "More than just your last name. Besides, it was a best of three battle. Meaning whoever won two rounds won the whole thing. I have a taste for the dramatic, theatrics, so a clear sweep of just two battles wouldn't have worked.".

Gary was shocked at Will's arrogance, he had heard rumours that Will is full of himself, but he never thought it would be to this extent. It actually reminds the spiky haired boy of how he was back at the start of his journey. Gary knows it was because of his father that he got this chance to battle Will but does Will's flare for drama really mean he would throw the battle with his Slowking or does it mean he isn't able to beat it?

"Hey!" Ash called out, as the group walked up to Gary and Will.

"Sorry but I am not doing autographs right now." Will replied before taking his leave.

None of the group were quite sure what to make of the psychic type specialist. His assumption that the group wanted his autograph and the tone of the voice was enough to show he was pretty full of himself. With Will gone, the group turned towards their spiky haired friend.

"If you want, I'll be glad to give you my autograph." Gary smirked, before it formed into a smile. "How's it going Ashy-boy?".

"Not bad, Gary." Ash replied as the two shared a handshake. "You did a good job against Will though, beating his Slowking.".

"Maybe." Gary replied, a little down.

"What do you mean, maybe?" Misty asked.

"Will insinuated that he let me win that battle, for the drama of the final round." Gary admitted. Before expanding on the elite four member, he looked towards the two Pokémon he wouldn't expect to be out right now, Haunter and Kadabra. "What's up with these two? I thought you two liked to stick with your Johto teams.".

"Well we do. But we still also make sure to see our old friends as well." Serena answered.

"Besides we have been contemplating something with these two." Ash admitted. Suddenly music began to fill the air as a band was playing on a nearby stage, now that the main feature is over, most of the crowd began to explore the rest of the attractions. "We've been considering trading them, with each other.".

"Considering?" Gary questioned.

"Yeah, we aren't sure if it is a good idea or not." Serena admitted. "Kadabra has said he is happy for it but Haunter hasn't given a serious answer yet either.".

"Well there is one way how you can be sure if it won't work." Gary replied.

"How?" Ash asked

"Simple, have a battle with each other." Gary replied. "Serena uses Haunter and Ash can use Kadabra. I know it wouldn't exactly be a contest battle but there's no rules which prohibit contest style moves in regular battles.".

With the idea out there, both Pokémon agreed so they each took place on the field previously used by Will and Gary. Brock took up the position as the ref and a few passers-by decided to come and watch the battle. With both sides ready, Brock raised his arms, "Begin!".


Ash VS Serena (P. I):

As soon as the battle started, Kadabra formed a Shadow Ball in front of him. As soon as it was a decent size, it took less than a second to reach that point, and he pushed his spoon forward to launch the ghost type move at Haunter, who was giving herself a manicure.

Seeing the incoming Shadow Ball, she clicked her fingers and the manicure tool changed into a baseball bat. Swinging the bat around, it whacked the Shadow Ball, sending it flying off into the sun. With the Shadow Ball clear out of sight, the lines of a typical baseball pitch appeared around the battlefield. Haunter began to run around the pitch, as if she made a home run. Needless to say, Serena was starting to see why Haunter gets under Ash's skin.

"Stop her with Psybeam." Ash instructed

Kadabra held his spoon out as he was levitating, slowly turned as he kept up with Haunter who was running around him. Once he was sure he had a clear shot, he shot out a ray of multicoloured psychic type energy. Haunter saw this and smirked.

With a click of her fingers, a mirror shield from the legend of Zelda series appeared in her hands before it reflected the Psybeam attack. Seeing as his attack wasn't doing anything, Kadabra quickly ended the Psybeam. With no more use for it, Haunter threw the Mirror Shield away.

"Okay Haunter, let's try a combination of Poison Jab and Shadow Punch." Serena instructed.

"I think I can make that work." Haunter replied.

Haunter formed a Shadow Ball in her hands before she tossed it up into the air. Next she decided to crack her knuckles and shook one of her hand before clinching it into a fish as it glew in a light purple colour. It wasn't a move she used a lot or her favourite, but she still has a trick ready with it.

As the Shadow Ball came back down, Haunter wound her fist back and then thrusted her fist forward as it collided with the Shadow Ball. The ghost type move imploded around her fist, the gas Pokémon flew forward with her ghost poison fist combination.

"Falcon Punch!" Haunter shouted.

Meanwhile Kadabra saw the incoming attack and rolled his eyes. Setting that move up took way too long for his liking plus while it is very dazzling, it reduces the power of both of the moves respectively, this is exactly why he has no interest in that type of battle, but getting to battle with a trainer at all, is actually very refreshing.

The psychic type used Teleport and easily avoided the move, he reappeared behind Haunter and held his Spoon up, ready to use Psybeam again. Instead of trying to dodge it or using the mirror shield again, Haunter clicked her fingers and a bath tub appeared around her. The Psybeam hit it and began to push it away towards a tree.

"no no no no no NO!" Haunter cried as the bath smashed as it hit the tree.

"What are you doing Haunter?" Serena asked.

"Haven't you seen Family Guy?" Haunter asked. "Come on, that running gag is hilarious.".

"Attention all festival goers, we only have ten minutes before the stands will be closed down." A voice announced over the PA system.

"Ooooooooh, we need to call the battle there." Haunter giddily informed everyone.

"How come?" Ash asked.

"Well were gonna do the trade once we return to the Pokémon centre, so it is time to do the emotional goodbye memory montage." Haunter replied.

"So does that mean you are happy for the trade?" Ash asked.

"Yes, I thought I made that clear." Haunter replied.

"You just brought a BATH TUB into a battle." Ash replied. "You make nothing clear.".

"And that's why the readers love me." Haunter laughed. "Now to see what they suggested back in chapter 9... Together Forever, nah, My Best Friend, nope. Sanctuary. Not gonna happen. Okay, since the suggestions are a dead end, guess I'll go with my own song...".

"Oh no." Ash whispered as Haunter appeared on the music stage.

She clicked her finger and appeared on stage, she clicked her fingers again and Ivysaur appeared behind the drum set, Kangashkan appeared behind the piano and Drake's Pinsir appeared with a guitar. Haunter also had another guitar appear over her.

"Ladies and gentlemen, as a tribute to our time together, we shall preform Thanks for the memories by a group called Fall Out Boy." Haunter announced. "Hit it!".

Suddenly Roo began to play the piano from Kangashkan's pouch, starting with pressing the same key over and over. The mother smiled at her before stretching her fingers and taking over. With the other Pokémon except for Ivysaur joining in with the beat established, using his Vine Whip to hit them.

"I'm gonna make you bend and break, Say a prayer but let the good times roll! In case Arceus doesn't show." Haunter began singing. A voice appeared over the top, from no-one imparticular, repeating 'let the good times roll'. Finally, Ivysaur began on the drums. "And I want these words to make things right, But it's the wrongs which make the words come to life. 'Who does he think he is?".

"If that's the worst you've got, Better put your fingers back to the key." Pinsir added, also singing in time, although not entirely sure why.

"One night and one more time, Thanks for the memories, even if they weren't so great!" Haunter sang as she flew over to the group consisting of Ash, Serena and Kadabra, these are the ones involved with the trade after all. As she sang the next line, she pointed to Ash, as she floated next to the psychic type. "He tastes like you, only sweeter!".

The group of four grabbed hands in a circle and Haunter began to lift them up of the ground before they lay on their stomachs, in a parachuting position. They began to spin around in a circle, as a multicoloured background appeared around them and memories of their time together began to play out. Starting with when Serena caught Abra.

'Hey Abra... What are you going to do?' Serena asked the Pokémon who was awake but still holding on to her. He looked at her with a blank expression. 'Why don't you come with us?'. At that request, Abra stared directly at Serena. Completely still, completely silent. After two and half minutes Serena was going to say something, when Abra nodded and snuggled into her, closing his eyes... He fell back asleep. Serena smiled and pulled out a Pokeball, tapping against Abra's forehead, the sleeping Pokémon was sucked inside, and it dinged straight away.

"One night, yeah, and one more time, Thanks for the memories, Thanks for the memories!" Haunter continued to sing as they watched the flash backs of Serena and Abra play out. "See, he tastes like you only sweeter!".

Serena's attention was drawn back to the incoming Squirtle as she saw them close in from the corner of her eye. Before she had time to react, Abra opened one of his eyes and two Hidden Powers appeared behind him. He fired both of the spheres, one at each Squirtle and with perfect accuracy hit their targets. Effectively stopping the two Squirtle. Abra then Teleported in between the two Squirtle and silently floated in between them. The calm determiner aggravated the two Squirtle and both charged at Abra with a tackle attack... At the last second, Abra teleported away, causing the two Squirtle to crash into each other.

"Been looking forward to the future, When my eyesight is going bad. And this crystal ball. " Haunter continued to sing as the flash backs with Abra ended, bringing the four back to the real world in the process. When she made the line about eyesight, Haunter pulled out a pair of fake glasses and put them on. Also pulling a crystal ball out of no-where with that line. "It's always cloudy except for, (except for), When you look into the past, One-night stands, (One-night stands, oh).".

At this bit, Haunter pushed Ash and Serena together as she made images appear in front of them. First of Janine from the Fuchsia gym, second of Melody from Shamouti island and finally of Chikorita. It was pretty clear the joke she was making, which caused both Ash and Serena to blush bright red.

"One night and one more time, Thanks for the memories, Even though they weren't so great." Haunter continued to sing. With the next line she went over to Gary and then pointed at Brock, as she sang. "He tastes like you only sweeter.".

"One night, yeah, and one more time, Thanks for the memories, Thanks for the memories! See, he tastes like you, only sweeter!" Haunter continued on, as she began another flash back sequence but this time of her time with the group. The first being from her gym battle against Koga.

Haunter was floating around the field of Fuchsia gym, and Ash could be seen in the back ground with tears streaming down his face, despite people clearly talking, the flashbacks came without audio. Crobat bite down on Haunter's hand, causing her to scream out, and whack the poison flying type to the ground before popping a shot gun into her hands. She counted down as she shot each bullet into the downed bat, winning the battle.

"They say, I only think in the form of increasing readers, To this series, While collecting page six lovers." Haunter continued, before clicking her fingers and teleporting the group of four to a bedroom. As she sang the next line, she ripped Ash's shirt off him, causing Serena to turn away with a bright blush. "They say I'm out of my mind, But I got him out of those clothes, Now he's a liner away from getting you into the mood, whoa".

With Serena, Kadabra and Ash clearly not happy with where Haunter took this musical number, the psychotic ghost clicked her fingers and the group teleported back to the battlefield with Ash's shirt magically appearing back on him, as the song continued.

"One night and one more time, Thanks for the memories, Even though they weren't so great." Haunter continued to sing. With the next line she went over to Will and then pointed at Pikachu, as she sang, licking Will's cheek afterwards. "He tastes like you only sweeter.".

"One night, yeah, and one more time, Thanks for the memories, Thanks for the memories! See, he tastes like you, only sweeter!" Haunter continued on, as she returned to the stage, with a massive crowd cheering for the music group of Pokémon.

"One night and one more time, Thanks for the memories, Even though they weren't so great. He tastes like you only sweeter. One night, yeah, and one more time, Thanks for the memories, Thanks for the memories! See, he tastes like you, only sweeter!" Haunter finished, with a lasting guitar note to bring it to an end.

As the crowd cheered for the music group made up of Pokémon, Haunter clicked her fingers and returned: Ivysaur, Pinsir and Kangashkan back to the lab. Once they were gone, Haunter flew over the crowd and back to the group, who weren't quite sure what to make of Haunter... Kadabra even started to feel bad for the honey-blonde girl.

"What are we waiting for?" Haunter asked. "The festival is pretty much over and the word count is pretty high... It seems to me like it's time for the trade.".


The group soon arrived back at the centre and Ash and Serena each made their way over to Nurse Joy, as she has to grant them access to the trade machine. It is to ensure people are bullied or forced into trades they don't want to make and also to ensure the machine is used properly. After all, if it didn't have any purpose, they could just hand the Pokeballs over.

The machine is designed to take the Pokedex's and exchange all the information along with the Pokémon, so the league database has the most up to date information which also helps cut down on theft of Pokémon. Every time a trainer buys new Pokeballs, they are also registered to that trainer, which is how Ash's Pokedex knew it was his fast ball which caught Totodile a couple weeks ago.

When this exchange takes place, it also releases a sort of weird mystical energy, which does reach the Pokémon in the Pokeballs. In ninety-nine-percent of the time, it does absolutely nothing but to a few species, this energy is what triggers their evolution.

"So these are the two Pokémon you wish to trade." Nurse Joy asked as she gestured to Haunter and Kadabra.

"Yeah." Ash answered.

"Okay, I just need to ask a few questions before I take you to the machine." Nurse Joy replied. "First, how do you know each other?".

"Err, why?" Serena asked, a little embarrassed, she isn't fond of sharing personal information with a relative stranger.

"Oh, it's just so I can be sure you have good intentions and neither of you is forcing the other or anything like that." Nurse Joy explained. "Its things asked every time two trainers make a trade.".

"Oh well, we are going out. Serena is my girlfriend." Ash explained. "We grew up in Pallet Town together, started our journeys at the same time, same date. And we have been travelling together ever since.".

"Well then, I think it is safe to say neither of you would be pulling one over the other." Nurse Joy replied, she had a feeling they were dating based on the fact they are sharing the same room and just how they tend to be together when in the centre, she just needed confirmation. "Okay, next question is simply because both of the Pokémon being trade are linked to evolution through trade. Will it be a permanent trade or just one for evolution?".

"What do you mean?" Ash asked.

"Well, many trainers with Pokémon which evolve through trade still want to keep their original Pokémon. So they do the trade for the sole purpose of evolution then trade straight back." Nurse Joy explained. "I need to know so I ensure both trades are completed, if it is for evolution only trade.".

"Oh no, it isn't just for evolution." Serena replied. "You see, I am a taking on the contest circuit and Ash is competing in the silver conference but Haunter has a really flash style, almost designed for contests while Kadabra doesn't see a point in them. That is why we decided to trade.".

"Very well, that should cover just about everything." Nurse Joy replied as she gestured to a door through to the back, marked authorised personal only. "Would you care to follow me.".

The couple and their Pokémon did just that and followed the nurse through to the back. They went down a corridor and passed a few doors which labelled what they held, some being medication, some being Pokeballs sent from a lab or another centre for whatever reason, another one just being cleaning supplies. Finally, they were lead into a room which was labelled trade machine.

Upon entering the room, they realised it wasn't a massive room and the only thing of interest was some sort of metal machine which looked almost like two of the teleporters attached to the video phones, with a computer somewhere in the middle.

"Okay, first you need to place each of your Pokedex's in the slots next to the transporters. It doesn't really matter which side either of you take, just as long as you each take one and not try to share." Nurse Joy replied. "I heard a story of a trainer doing that to take someone else's Pokémon, which is why now-a-days they can only be used with officials, either Pokémon Centre staff, League workers or regional professors.".

Ash went to the left side, as Serena went to the right side, they each placed their Pokedex's into the slots available. This activated the main computer in the centre and Nurse Joy typed something it, probably authorising the use of the machine. Both trainers returned Haunter and Kadabra respectively, they took one more longing look at the Pokeballs containing their Pokémon.

It seemed to take a while before both trainers placed the Pokeball on the transport pad, Nurse Joy didn't mind however because this is a big moment and even though both trainers and Pokémon want to do it, doesn't mean it will be easy. Once both Pokedex's and Pokeballs were on the machine, Nurse Joy looked to Ash for one final confirmation, which he gave with a nod of the head, and then to Serena, who also nodded her head as confirmation.

With the final confirmation and everything in place, Nurse Joy hit the red button on the screen, which started the process. Electricity hit both Pokeballs and zapped them away, just like how the transporter works before an image of a shadowed Haunter and Kadabra appeared on the screen. The two images moved towards the other before crossing over and moving towards their new trainer.

"Since both these Pokémon evolve, I would recommend releasing them as soon as their Pokeballs appear." Nurse Joy mentioned. "So you don't miss the evolution.".

Both trainers nodded and a couple seconds later, the Pokeballs reappeared in another bolt of electricity. They each grabbed their new Pokeball before pressing the button and releasing their new Pokémon. Both Haunter and Kadabra appeared in front of them, then Kadabra began glowing white. He grew in size and a spoon flew out of the nearby kitchen, landing his hand had as the glowing stopped, Alakazam stood tall with the same serious expression. Both trainers grabbed their Pokedex's and Ash used his to scan his new psychic type:

Alakazam, The Psi Pokémon. The final evolved form of Abra. Alakazam's brain continually grows, infinitely multiplying brain cells. This amazing brain gives this Pokémon an astoundingly high IQ of 5,000. It has a thorough memory of everything that has occurred in the world.

Type: Psychic

Ability: Inner Focus

Hidden Ability: Magic Guard (Note: This hidden ability is currently unlocked).

Gender: Male

Nature: Serious (Note: This is unlikely to change due to the Pokémon being fully evolved)

Move(s): Kinesis, Teleport, Hidden Power (Grass), Confusion, Disable, Psybeam, Miracle Eye, Reflect, Light Screen, Psycho Cut, Recover, Telekinesis, Ally Switch, Psychic, Calm Mind, Future Sight, Trick, Psyshock, Shadow Ball, Focus Blast, Energy Ball, Charge Beam, Grass Knot, Dazzling Gleam, Signal Beam

Item(s): Twisted Spoon x2 - This items are used for Psychic types to aim and amplify their psychic abilities.

"Wait, didn't Alakazam just grab a normal spoon?" Ash asked.

"Maybe but Alakazam's just use them to project their psychic energy, so even a normal spoon will work in the same way." Nurse Joy replied.

"But what about Haunter?" Serena asked. "Why didn't she evolve?".

"Yeah, I thought performance issues normally happened in old men." Haunter joked.

"While not common, I have heard stories of trade evolutions being delayed and the Pokémon itself needing a battle to bring it out." Nurse Joy suggested. "I've never seen it myself, but other evolutions happen usually in battle or at least his tension situations which gets their blood pumping.".

"So this is just the author's way to finish that battle he started between us." Haunter re-worded.

"Not gonna say it..." Ash held himself back.

"HEY! You're not my trainer anymore!" Haunter shouted before gesturing to Serena. "That's her line now.".

"I guess we could continue with that battle." Serena replied, realising she went from having a completely serious Pokémon to one not quite right in the head.

With the decision made, the group began to walk back to the main lobby. As they did, Alakazam decided he needed to tell his new trainer something and put his hand on Ash's shoulder to grab his attention.

"What's up Alakazam?" Ash asked.

"You are my trainer, and I shall show you the upmost respect for that." Alakazam replied. "But that doesn't change how Serena helped me grow, I don't forget when someone has done so much for me. In short, you hurt her, trainer or not, you will regret it.".

"Err, sure Alakazam." Ash chuckled nervously.

Ash and Alakazam quickly caught up and Ash decided not to mention Alakazam's protectiveness to Serena as it is only natural he would still feel protective to the girl who raised him from such a young Pokémon. Soon they made it back to their friends and explained the plan to continue the battle, to hopefully bring the evolution out for Haunter, so they made their way to the back of the battlefield, ready to resume the battle. With both Pokémon in front of their new trainers, Alakazam looked ready for battle but Haunter looked more like a psychopath about to kill someone.

"The battle between Ash Ketchum and Serena Yvonne recommencing." Brock declared. "Same rules as before... Begin!".


Ash VS Serena (P. II):

As soon as the battle started, both Pokémon powered up a Shadow Ball and shot it. They did it in an equal amount of time and the two attacks collided in the middle of the field, smashing into each other they collided. Despite Alakazam having a power advantage, Haunter's matched it because she is a ghost type, so her ghost type moves do have an advantage over those using ghost type moves when not actually a ghost type.

Since they are evenly matched, Haunter began floating around a field, releasing a poisonous gas around the field. While Haunter knows the poison effect won't harm the psychic type, thanks to Magic Guard, this is more so she can hide without the fear of being found. Alakazam saw this and decided he could use this opportunity to increase his own stats, so he used Calm Mind.

Despite not being able to physically see Haunter, Alakazam could almost sense her presence. He knows she isn't one wasting time or preparing, each of her actions is spontaneous, which while it makes predicting her next to impossible, it does mean he knows she will be moving soon. Plus, the fact that she is playing that dramatic theme from Jaws movie, along with the shark fin poking out of the gas, suggest she is making her move.

"Haunter, stop playing and use Shadow Punch!" Serena instructed, seeing how Ash can get annoyed with the ghost's jokey nature.

As soon as he heard the move, Alakazam put up a reflect screen. While he normally tries to avoid the move with Teleport, Shadow Punch is a priority move and Teleport would take too long, at least he could get a reflect up before the Shadow Punch hits him. He could easily predict Serena's move after having battles with her for so long.

Haunter rolled her eyes and muttered something about Serena not being much fun, making the shark fin on her back disappear. Pulling her fist back, it glew black with a purple out line before she went flying towards the psychic type. She crashed into the Reflect, ending the Shadow Punch, so she shook her hand like it hurt after punching a metal wall.

Alakazam held both his spoons up in front of him before closing his eyes, Haunter was over reacting to her hurting fist and so didn't even try to dodge Alakazam's attack, who launched a Psybeam at Haunter, sending her crashing into a tree. She popped her head through the tree and had little Psyduck's running around her head.

The Psychic type locked eyes on her, waiting to see what she did. He knows she is tough enough to take that blast and this cartoon act is meant to distract him. She inwardly smirked and looked up at him with bright red eyes. A red outline appeared around Alakazam as his Psybeam was disabled. She knew him just like he knew her, and she used that to her advantage.

She floated out of the tree and formed another Shadow Ball in her hands before throwing it at Alakazam. The Psychic type simply teleported away, while Psybeam is one of his more personal favourite moves, it is far from his only option. Haunter frowned when Alakazam reappeared, behind her. She formed another Shadow Ball and threw this one faster but Alakazam once again teleported away.

Angered that she is being made to look like a fool, by someone other than herself, she clicked her fingers and a machine gun appeared in her hands. As soon as Alakazam reappeared, she unleashed fire on him but instead of bullets, it was shooting Shadow Balls at a neck-breaking speed.

The psychic type continued to dodge the onslaught of attacks with Teleport, but he knew he wouldn't win by just dodging, so as he continued to avoid the Shadow Ball bullets, he activated a Psychic attack, directed at the gun. He lifted it away from Haunter, which stopped the spewing of Shadow Balls and then crushed it with his psychic power.

"Your gonna pay for that!" Haunter shouted.

She shot straight up high into the air and had a giant pendant appear behind her, no matter where Alakazam attempts to teleport, they have the basic out of field rule in place so he wouldn't be able to dodge this. Not unless he appeared behind the pendant, but let's pretend that option doesn't exist, Haunter is.

Hypnotic waves began shooting down to the field and they hit Alakazam, despite his best efforts to fight the effects off, he soon fell asleep. Haunter laughed, almost psychotically as she watched Alakazam fall to the ground, completely asleep.

Haunter clicked her things and the pendant disappeared. With Alakazam asleep, of course she could use any move, but she has two moves designed to work on a sleeping Pokémon, those being Dream Eater and Nightmare. She already used Dream Eater back against Whitney, so now she wants to try Nightmare. So she dived down and disappeared into Alakazam's mind. A pained expression appeared on Alakazam's face as he was lifted into the air. Suddenly he started talking.

"I wanna be a real voice." A voice appeared out of Alakazam's mouth, but it clearly wasn't his. Suddenly, his nose started to grow as well.

Alakazam's eyes burst open and glew blue, he was awake and not happy about it. Haunter was held with Alakazam's Psychic attack and dragged out of Alakazam's body, clearly struggling against the restraint.

"Aren't you meant to say." Haunter replied, before coughing and putting on a stereotypical police officers voice. "You have a right to remain silent, anything you say will be written down and used as evidence in a court of law... AW! Okay. Guess I won't make that joke then.".

She formed a Dark Pulse attack before using it on herself, to break Alakazam's grip on her. She flew straight up to Alakazam and both Pokémon looked each other in their eyes before she pulled funny faces at her but Alakazam's expression never changed.

"Come on, turn that frown, upside down." Haunter laughed, as she used her hands to force Alakazam to smile.

The psychic type didn't like that and let out another Psychic attack, to blow Haunter away. She ended up facing Serena and her face began to make all different expressions, never the same one and never more than for a split second, it was almost like she was having a mental break down.

"Haunter?" Serena questioned, with concern.

"Hello?" Haunter replied, a little out of it, as the expressions stopped. "Ha! It's started... I can't stop it now, this is just a reset.".

"What reset?" Ash questioned.

"A whole new evolution cycle Ooooh." Haunter replied as she calmly floated over to him. "It's just... Taking a bit longer... Just breaking it in.".

"Somehow, I knew she wouldn't evolve quietly." Pikachu remarked.

"It all, just disappears doesn't it. Everything you are, gone in a moment... Like breath, on a mirror." Haunter spoke softly with water welling up in her eyes, threatening to escape down her cheek. "Any moment now. She's a coming.".

"Whose coming?" Ash asked, in a slightly panicked tone.

"Gengar..." Haunter whispered.

"Your evolving into Gengar." Ash replied, clearly annoyed.

"Yes... And I always have been." Haunter replied. She raised one hand as it glew bright white, the time has come, holding it out for the whole group to see. "But times change, and so must I.".

As she looked around, she noticed a certain red-haired individual trying very hard to blend into the surroundings, but she knows what the author has planned and knows he is already there. Seeing as she made him out, the twenty-two-year-old began to walk away so the others wouldn't see him.

"... Silver." Haunter breathed out in an over dramatic breath.

"What's Silver got to do with anything?" Ash asked, shaking his head in a disapproving fashion, as he held the temple as if he had a headache.

"The first face, this face saw... Chronologically. It'll make sense later, it's just wibbly wobbly, timey whimsy stuff." Haunter replied, temporarily breaking the tension before returning to her over dramatic tone. "We all change, when you think about it.".

"We're all, different Pokémon. All through our lives. And that's okay, that's good. You gotta keep moving. So long, as you remember, all the Pokémon that you use to be... I will not forget one line of this... Not one spelling mistake, I swear. I'll always remember, when the star of this fic was me.".

Suddenly, Alakazam began walking up to her without a sound. It wasn't voluntarily, however, almost like she was directing it to match something she's seen on TV. He stopped right in front of Haunter, and placed one hand on her cheek.

"Psychopath..." Alakazam spoke for the first time. "Goodnight.".

Somehow, a bow tie appeared on Haunter and she slowly undid it before holding it out and letting it drop on the floor in slow motion. By this point, it was clear to the group she was making some sort of reference and was clearly dragging her evolution out for more attention.

With everything else done, she closed her eyes, awaiting the change. Part of her wanted Ash to come crying over saying, 'no no... please don't change' but even she doesn't have that much power. With the speech over, her head flew back as her body quickly became white. In less than a second, she had evolved and was now a Gengar floating in the same place. With the evolution over, Serena checked her Pokedex:

Gengar, The Shadow Pokémon. The final evolved form of Ghastly. Sometimes, on a dark night, your shadow thrown by a streetlight will suddenly and startlingly overtake you. It is actually a Gengar running past you, pretending to be your shadow. It is said to become ten-degrees colder if a Gengar is present.

Type: Ghost / Poison

Ability: Cursed Body

Hidden Ability: Levitate (This hidden ability is currently unlocked)

Gender: Female

Nature: Jolly

Move(s): Disable, Haze, Hypnosis, Lick, Smog, Confuse Ray, Poison Gas, Night Shade, Will-o-Wisp, Sucker Punch, Shadow Ball, Toxic, Dark Pulse, Dream Eater, Hex, Shadow Punch, Spite, Mean Look, Curse, Thunderbolt, Sludge Bomb, Focus Blast, Energy Ball, Dazzling Gleam, Hidden Power (Bug), Poison Jab, Nightmare

As the honey-blonde girl put her Pokedex away, Gengar came floating over towards her with an intense but curious look. It was if she was studying Serena but also daring her to blink first. Needless to say, having a ghost look at you like this is very creepy. Before Serena could say anything, Gengar flung forward in some sort of pain.

"Kidneys! I've got new kidneys!" She shouted before poking her head into her own stomach to take a look. She came back out a second later with a puzzled expression. "I don't like their colour.".

"The colour of your kidneys?" Ash repeated, in a questioning tone.

Gengar nodded in an overly excited fashion to answer the boy's question as she began to release a loud psychotic laugh. The laugh just seemed to get louder and louder as she fell on the floor and began to roll around like some sort of child... Serena grimaced, what has she let herself in for?

Standing on the path behind the back of the centre, Silver stood once more. He can see that the kid traded Pokémon with that girl and from what he's picked up, it was because they discovered that the Pokémon would be happy with the goals of the other trainer. That means that he does care for Pokémon and their own desires, so he needs to show he cares for Pokémon as well, if he is going to gain their trust.


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