We find our heroes training in an open field as a way of relaxing and for preparing for the next gym battle.
"Sparky, use Thunderbolt!" Ritchie ordered.
Sparky jumped in the air and sent an electric attack towards Zack's Shiny Gardevoir.
"Use Teleport!" Zack commanded.
Gardevoir teleported away from the attack impressing Ash and the others.
"His Gardevoir's strong." Ash complimented.
"Pika (She is)." Pikachu agreed.
"Eevui (Wow)." Eevee stared.
"This a good way for Ritchie to be prepared for the next gym battle." Brock stated.
"I think he'll do great, provided he keeps a calm head." Misty commented.
"Alright Sparky use Quick Attack!" Ritchie ordered.
Sparky came at Gardevoir quickly.
"Gardevoir, use Shadow Ball!" Zack ordered.
Gardevoir formed a black and purple ball in her hand and sent it at Sparky causing an explosion and creating smoke.
"Sparky!" Ritchie yelled.
When the smoke cleared Sparky was out for the count, "I guess that's it." Ash said getting up.
Ritchie picked up Sparky, "You okay?"
Sparky nodded, "Pika (I'm good)!"
Molly smiled, "That was cool! I can't wait to start battling myself!"
"Ursa (Me too)!" Teddiursa agreed.
Tomo nodded, "I wanna start battling too."
"You will." Ash smiled.
After they stayed in the open area for a little while longer to relax they headed off on the road again. After walking for a good distance they heard the cry of a pokemon making them stop.
"You hear that?" Zack questioned.
"That sounds like a pokemon." Ash looked around holding Eevee.
Eevee jumped out of his grasp and headed towards the cry and found a familiar brown pokemon inside the base of a tree tied to a tree post. It was an Eevee.
"An Eevee!" Ash came over and untied the little one observing its collar, "Looks like it belongs to someone. It has a name tag, and it looks like an address too."
Misty bent down, "Looks like its owner is from Stone Town."
"Hmmm, that's on the foot on Evolution Mountain. It holds evolution stones that allow certain pokemon to evolve." Brock explained.
"We better head there and return this little guy." Ritchie said.
"You think his trainer is looking for it?" Molly wondered.
"I think so." Tomo said.
"We'll find out when we get there." Zack stated.
"He's right, let's get going." Ash told them.
Stone Town
Well they arrived at Stone Town and found the address leads to a giant mansion. They head towards the backyard and notice a garden party is being held, and not only that but there were a lot of pokemon there including evolution stones.
"Wow…" Molly and Tomo said in awe.
"There sure are a lot of pokemon here, wonder what's going on?" Misty wondered looking around.
"Whatever it is it must be big." Ritchie said.
"Pika pika (It must be)." Sparky agreed.
Three boys approached them suddenly, "Hey there you are Eevee." The one with the red hair smiled.
"And you are?" Ash raised a brow at their bizarre hair color choices.
"I'm Pyro." The one with red hair introduced.
"Rainer." The one with blue hair introduced next.
"And I'm Sparky." The yellow haired one introduced last.
Ritchie winced at the last one's name, 'Why does he have to have the same name of Sparky?'
"Unique names." Zack deadpanned.
"If you say so." Misty didn't look convinced.
"Thanks for bringing Eevee back here, it's the star of the party after all." Pyro said.
"Star of the party?" Misty raised a brow.
"That's right, hey Mikey Eevee's home!" Rainer yelled.
The gang saw a boy with brown hair approach them looking a little sad but brightened up when Eevee came at him jumping on the boy licking his face.
"See, the reason Eevee's the star here is because the only way for Mikey win battles is for him to evolve his pokemon just like we have." Pyro told the gang.
Mikey held Eevee close to him, "I don't care about battles…" he mumbled.
"What do you mean you don't care about battles?!" Pyro yelled.
"You want Eevee to be strong, right?! Then evolve it!" Sparky yelled.
"Shut up!" Mikey yelled running away taking the three boys by surprise by his outburst.
"He snapped." Zack and Ritchie said.
"Not surprising." Ash frowned holding his own Eevee who looked sad for Mikey and his Eevee.
"Hey why don't you evolve your Pikachu and Eevee?" Rainer told Ash.
"Pikachu and Eevee are fine the way they are. I see no reason to make them evolve, and besides it's the pokemon's choice whether it wants to evolve or not." Ash stated calmly.
Pikachu, Sparky, Eevee, and Teddiursa nodded in agreement.
"But you won't win battles without evolving your pokemon." Pyro insisted.
Ash gave him a murderous glare making him flinch place, "Like I said, my pokemon are fine the way they are. Got it?"
"G-Got it." Pyro hid behind Rainer.
Molly smirked, "Serves you right!"
"That's right." Tomo agreed.
"Ursa (Yeah)!" Teddiursa nodded.
"These guys better not make Ash mad, it's not smart." Brock stated.
"Yep." Misty nodded completely.
Who's that Pokemon?
It's…Eevee!
"Eevee!"
Misty watched her Horsea swim around in the fountain with a happy look on her face and spots Mikey offering him some food, "Thank you…" he mumbled.
"Your welcome." Misty smiled, "Are you okay?"
He nodded.
"You shouldn't let your brothers push you around like that, and besides do you really want to evolve Eevee?" she asked.
He shook his head, "They only care about battling, I'm sorry for the outburst back there but I just couldn't take it anymore."
"If it makes you feel a little better my friend Ash told them off when they tried to get him to evolve his Pikachu and Shiny Eevee, even made one of your brothers hid behind the other." She giggled.
"Did he really?" Mikey couldn't believe it.
"He said that it's the pokemon's choice if it wants to evolve or not, and that there are some pokemon that are fine just the way they are." She smiled.
"Wow…oh by the way, his Eevee was a different color. Why is that?" Mikey asked.
"Because Ash's Eevee's a shiny, so it's rare." Misty told the boy.
"That's amazing!" Mikey smiled.
His Eevee agreed.
Ash's Pikachu come out of nowhere and asks to play with Eevee, the brown pokemon agreed and ran off with the yellow mouse leaving the two of them to talk alone, "As a pokemon trainer its your responsibility to tell your brothers that Eevee is your pokemon and you decided that you don't want to evolve it."
Mikey got a determined look in his eyes, "Your right!" he stood up just as his brother's approached.
"Mikey have you made your decision yet?" Rainer questioned.
The boy looked over at Misty who nodded with encouragement giving him the courage to do this, "I-" he was cut off by a hot hair balloon that was hovering above the ground, "What's that?"
"Team Rocket!" Misty growled.
Pikachu went to go get Ash who wasn't that far away and spotted the balloon that was hovering in the air, "Hey Zack, Ritchie. Wanna take them down?"
The two boys smirked.
Zack sent out his Shiny Gardevoir.
Ritchie was going to use Sparky.
Ash decided to use Pikachu.
"Gardevoir use, Psychic to send that balloon crashing down!" Zack ordered.
She nodded and made the balloon fall to the ground right along with Team Rocket, when they got up they weren't happy.
"How dare you!" Jessie growled, "Arbok use, Poison Sting!"
Arbok opened its mouth sending out silver needles at the group.
"Pikachu use, Protect!" Ash ordered.
A green shield appeared around Pikachu blocking the poison needles from hitting it.
"Sparky use, Quick Attack!" Ritchie ordered Sparky shot towards Arbok sending it back.
"Why you!" Jessie growled.
"Ash!" Misty, Mikey and his brother's ran towards them.
"These the Team Rocket guys you were talking about?" Pyro questioned.
"Yeah, and their really annoying." Molly crossed her arms.
Teddiursa nodded in agreement.
"They steal people's pokemon." Tomo told them.
"Oh really?" Rainer glared at them.
Mikey looked over at Eevee who nodded, "This will be our first battle so let's be careful."
Eevee nodded.
Mikey stood with Ash and the others, "I'm going to help fight them too! Ready Eevee?"
"Eevui (Ready)!" Eevee smiled.
Ash smiled at the boy, 'Looks like he's grown a backbone.' He felt a tug on his pants and saw is own Eevee giving him a determined look making his smile widen, "You ready for your first battle?"
"Eevui (I am)!" she nodded.
Ash scanned her move set:
[Covet, Helping Hand, Tackle, Tail Whip, Growl, Sand Attack, Charm, Quick Attack, Swift, Dig, and Bite.]
"Good move set." Ash complimented.
Eevee stood next to Pikachu.
James had long since took out Wheezing, "Use Sludge!"
Brown stuff came out of Wheezing's mouth at headed towards the gang.
"Eevee use, Swift!" Ash ordered.
Eevee jumped in the air and sent star shaped projectiles at the sludge attack cancelling it out.
"My turn now! Eevee use, Take Down on Wheezing!" Mikey ordered.
Eevee came at Wheezing quickly and knocked it backwards and into James knocking him out cold.
"I think James it out!" Meowth said.
"And your next," Ash told them, "Pikachu use, Thunderbolt!"
"You too Sparky!" Ritchie ordered.
"Gardevoir use, Moonblast!" Zack ordered.
Ash and Mikey smirked and said together, "And Eevee use, Swift!"
All attacks combined and were sent at Team Rocket making them go flying in the air and away from the party.
"We did it!" Mikey hugged Eevee.
"Eevui (We did)!" Eevee smiled.
Ash rubbed his Eevee's head, "Great job out there."
Eevee blushed but smiled, "Eevui (Thank you)."
Mikey turned to his brother's, "I've decided that Eevee doesn't need to evolve because its fine just the way it is now."
Ash and Misty smiled.
The three brothers look at each other and nodded, "And we agree. So, how about we make this into a party for your first victory in battle?"
"Sounds great!" Mikey smiled.
Everyone cheered with glasses in their hands congratulating Mikey for his first battle and first win. The boy was smiling from ear to ear happy that he and Eevee will be partners for a long time.
Having proved that Eevee doesn't need to evolve to be strong our hero's party all day enjoying themselves before they head off the Cinnabar Island where Ash's next gym battle is.
Next Time: Get up Snorlax!
Pokemon Captured
On Hand:
Ash's Pokemon: Pikachu (Male), Shiny Eevee (Female), Bulbasaur (Male), Ralts (Female), Charmeleon (Male), Squirtle (Male), and Pidgeotto (Female).
Molly's Pokemon: Teddiursa (Male), Lilligant (Female), Shiny Espeon (Female), Ninetails (Female) Alakazam (Male), and Clefable (Female).
Misty's Pokemon: Starmie, Staryu, Psyduck (Male), Goldeen (Female), Vaporeon (Male), Froakie (Male), and Jynx (Female), Shiny Vaporeon (Female), Shiny Glaceon (Female), and Horsea (Male).
Brock's Pokemon: Geodude (Male), Onix (Male), Chespin (Male), Shiny Flareon (Female), and Shiny Leafeon (Female).
Ritchie's Pokemon: Pikachu (Sparky) (Male), Charmeleon (Zippo) (Male), Butterfree (Happy) (Male), Shiny Umbreon (Midnight) (Male), Shiny Jolteon (Speedy) (Male), Gengar (Shadow), and Eevee (Eve) (Female).
Tomo's Pokemon: Kangaskhan (Female), Growlithe (Male), Poliwhirl (Male), Geodude (Male), Weepinbell (Male).
Zack's Pokemon: Jynx (Female), Electivire (Male), Magmortar (Male), Swampert (Male) Gardevoir (Shiny) (Female), Gengar (Male).
At the Ranch
Ash's Pokemon: Shiny Meowstic (Female), Shiny Cloyster (Male), Starmie, Braixen (Female), Luxray (Male), Scizor (Male), Slowpoke (Male), Rapidash (Female), Nidoqueen (Female), Nidoking (Male), Xatu (Male), Scizor (Male), Gyarados (Female), Krabby (Male), Glaceon (Female), Leafeon (Female), Umbreon (Male), Espeon (Female), Flareon (Male), Jolteon (Male) Vaporeon (Male), Primeape (Male), Ralts (Male), Charmander (Male), Squirtle (Male), Electabuzz (Male), Magmar (Male), Rhyhorn (Male), Taurosx25 (Male), Kadabra (Male), Butterfree (Male) Pink Butterfree (Female), Sandshrew (Male) Porygon (Genderless), Lapras (Female), Haunter (Male), Dratini (Male), Riolu (Male).
Tomo's Pokemon: Voltorb (Male), Cubone (Male), Hitmonlee (Male), Hitmonchan (Male).
