Johto Chapter 16

The trio went to the Mt. Mortar, they met a Tyrogue that didn't trust humans. He first saw Ash and the others as enemies until Kris saved him from falling off the cliff. Tyrogue then trusted them and let Kris captured him. She also named him Monlee.

They arrived at Lake of Rage, when suddenly a Red Gyarados came and attacked them.

"A shiny Gyarados?" Kris asked.

"What is he doing?" Reisa said as they tried to dodge the Hydro Pump.

Ash quickly checked the Gyarados and sense that it was controlled.

"Guys, he was under controlled. We must first calm him down."

Ash took out Noctowl, which became Gyarados' attacking target. Then, another Red Gyarados and a Dragonite appeared and battled the Gyarados.

"Ash!" They turned and saw Lance and, much to their surprise, Lillie.

"Lance, Lillie, why are you here?"

Lance said, "We found out that there is a Team Rocket base hidden here near the Lake of Rage. Lillie came to assist me."

Lillie nodded and said, "Ash, I heard that you were controlled by Team Rocket, I can't let it happen again, so I also come."

Ash said, "It is nice of you, Lillie."

Reisa also had a hug with Lillie, she also introduced Kris to her.

Back at the battle, two Gyarados faced each other neck to neck, Kris said, "Ash, isn't that Gyarados yours?"

Ash said, "Oh, about that, Lillie and I had a joint account. We can share our Pokemon together."

Lillie nodded, "Thanks to Ash's Pokemon, they really help me a lot, too."

Then the raging Gyarados was suddenly disappeared, much to others shock. They went to where it disappeared and found Leaf, Silver and Ariel.

"Leaf? Silver? Ariel? What are you doing here?"

Leaf said, "We heard about the Team Rocket Base here. We wanted to destroy them."

Silver said, "As for the Gyarados, I captured it so that he was free from control."

Lance said, "I am glad that it was calm down."

Then a man with a mask came towards them.

"So you all come…" The man said.

"Who are you?" Lillie asked the man.

The man didn't reply, he said, "Follow me."

Lance sighed, "Pryce, are you sure you wanted to wear that costume?"

"I have no choice."

Ash asked, "Leaf, so he is Pryce, the gym leader?"

Leaf nodded, "He was one of the Team Rocket member. But when I was captured when I was little, he was the one who saved me. Same goes to Silver and Ariel, even two of the elite four, Karen and Will. It was he who let me found Dad."

Ash looked at the man, "He didn't sound like who was working for Team Rocket, what made him joined and then left?"

Silver said, "It was because of his Lapras and his Piloswine. Ice type was his specialty, but he was a warm hearted person. But he lost not only his Piloswine, but also his Lapras' parents. Which was why he decided to be the 'Cold Pryce'. Thinking Pokemon as tools not friends."

Ariel said, "He didn't really become a member of the Team Rocket, he just used them by placing masks on the grunts and controlled them. But since the masks were made of ice, the grunts were easily beaten by other executives. Pryce's goal was simple, to steal the GS Ball from Kurt and then used it to capture Celebi. So that she could let him travel back time to save the Lapras' Parents and Piloswine."

Leaf said, "He did eventually. The Lapras was freed and the Piloswine was back. But he lost the GS ball and Celebi. Which was found at the Orange Islands."

Lillie said, "I can't believe he had a history like that.."

Reisa said, "Yeah. As for the GS Ball, you mean the one Ash had?"

They nodded.

The masked man turned to Ash, "So you had Celebi with you,,, I see you are special."

Ash asked, "Thanks, but why do you often wear a mask?"

"Because even I left Team Rocket and my Pokemon were happy, I still felt ashamed of myself. So I decided to hide my identity to defeat Team Rocket."

They arrived at the base, they took out all of their Pokemon and defeated a lot of grunts. Until they saw a person standing there.

"No way…" Kris said.

The person turned out to be Giovanni himself.

"How did you escape?" Lance demanded.

"Guess it then." He smirked.

Ash sighed and stepped forward, "You can cut the act. I know you are not Giovanni, Petrel! One of the four commanders of Team Rocket."

Petrel took off his disguise and said, "I knew you will broke through my disguise, you Arceus." He took out a Weezing and a Raticate, Lance said, "I will battle him, you guys go ahead."

They nodded as they moved forward. They didn't found any one except grunts, they searched another room and found Ariana.

"Ariana.." The masked man said.

"Well if it isn't good old Pryce with my two children."

Ariel said, "Shut up, you are never been our mother! Mothers are supposed to take care of the children, not leaving them to death."

Silver said, "She is right."

Ariana said, "I think I will have to shut you up."

She took out Hypno and Arbok. Pryce said, "Let me battle her." He took out Dewgong and a Mamoswine, he battled her Pokemon and showed the power within them. Not long after, Ariana's Pokemon were defeated.

"Too bad. Even if we lost now, we still have another base to go." She said as her jetpack appeared. "As for you children, I will get your lives." She then left.

Lance came in and asked, "Do you found anyone?"

Ash said, "Ariana left with a jetpack."

"The same goes to Petrel…And looks like Archer isn't here."

Pryce said, "Right now this place is useless, let's go out."

They went out and then went back to Mahogany Town.

Ash asked, "So Lillie, are you heading back to Alola?"

"Well, I can wait until your league is over." Lillie said.

"So can you come with us?" Reisa asked excitedly.

"Sure. Right now I have Ash's Kanto Pokemon with me."

"It is nice of you, I hope they really missed me."

"They sure are."

Leaf said he would go back to Kanto while Silver and Ariel went to their journeys. Lance also brought the grunts away to the HQ. Leaving others with Pryce.

"So I assume you are challenge the gym, young boy?"

"Yes. It is my 7th gym battle."

"Very well. I will meet you at the gym tomorrow. You should take a rest now." Ash nodded as the four of them went towards the Pokemon Center and rest.


The next day, the four of them went to the gym, which was an ice field, causing Lillie to shine sparkle eyes.

"I see you come."

Ash was the first time seeing Pryce without his costume. He was very old to him.

"The battle between gym leader Pryce and the challenger Ash is about to begin. Each trainer will be using two Pokemon."

Ash sent out Skarmory while Pryce sent out Dewgong.

"A steel type, Ash got an advantage here." Reisa said.

"Yeah. You an do it! Ash!" Lillie said.

Ash used Skarmory to use Steel Wing, but Dewgong dived underwater and tried to use Ice Beam, which nearly hit Skarmory. Ash told Skarmory to use Air Slash, which cut the icebergs on the way and it crashed Dewgong, much to Pryce's shock. Pryce told Dewgong to use Aurora Beam, which hit Skarmory and it was about to fall, but then regained its battle stance and used Aerial Ace followed by an X Scissor, he won the first match.

Pryce's second Pokemon is Mamoswine, it easily defeated Skarmory with a Rock Slide and an Ancient Power. Ash sent out Pikachu next.

Things start out rough as Mamoswine released a barrage of Blizzard attacks on Pikachu, who jumped on the thin ice to escape. Ash noticed that Mamoswine's Blizzard attacks form ice pillars on the battlefield, and so, he commanded Pikachu to slide on the ice underneath Mamoswine. This confused Mamoswine as well as Pryce. Then, Pikachu slid and ricocheted off of the pillars, easily dodging the Blizzards. When Pryce told Mamoswine to use Blizzard on the whole battlefield, Pikachu slid under it and unleashed a powerful Thunder. Almost out of energy, Mamoswine used Rest. Ash told Pikachu to use Quick Attack before it healed, but he was too late. With its new found energy, Mamoswine used Fury Attack and Take Down.

Ash commanded Pikachu to counter Mamoswine's Fury Attack with a Quick Attack. Mamoswine was hit directly on the nose and slid back. Pikachu unleashed a massive Thunderbolt, which did nothing to it. Mamoswine used Take Down, and Pikachu jumped on its face and used Thunder. This caused some damage and created a hole in the field, forcing Mamoswine into the water as Pikachu's next Thunderbolt caused more damage because Mamoswine was wet. Mamoswine shook it off, leaving Ash and co. surprised. It retaliated with Fury Attack, but Pikachu didn't have enough control to dodge. Ash commanded a Thunder, which sent Pikachu flying backwards.

"Pikachu, can you continue?" Ash asked.

"I am ready." Pikachu replied but exhausted.

Pryce then threw a towel on the field.

"I forfeit the match. You won it."

Ash and the others was shocked. Pryce then took out the Glacier Badge to Ash.

"But I didn't win..,"

Pryce said, "Young boy. You showed me your true strength. It is the same as winning a gym battle. Besides, no one has ever made my Mamoswine damaged a lot using electric type."

Ash then gladly accepted the badge. Before they left the town, they went to the contest so that Reisa could get her 5th ribbon. She won it easily as her Wartortle evolved into Blastoise.

After the contest, Lillie asked, "So both of you got 5 ribbons?"

Ash said, "Yes. And I heard that it was one week away for the contest at Goldenrod City."

"Oh no… can we make it?" Kris asked.

"If we used the help of our Pokemon." Ash replied as Lillie sent out Pidgeot and Fearow, Ash sent out Skarmory while Kris sent out Xatee, they used their Pokemon to fly over to Goldenrod City.


Well, I decided to let Lillie camo for the rest of the Johto Arc. But after this, she will be back to the Aether and Ash will have a joint account, therefore she can use every Ash's Pokemon without any trouble. Besides, Ash's Pokemon also trust her.

Next chapter is the Grand Festival.

Ash's current team:

Pikachu, Sylveon, Ho-Oh, Butterfree, Mewtwo (Mega XY), Celebi, Scizor (Mega), Lugia, Espeon, Umbreon, Heracross (Mega), Meganium, Typhlosion, Houndoom (Mega), Feraligatr, Skarmory, Noctowl (Shiny), Yanmega, Murkrow, Suicune, Steelix (Shiny Mega), Entei, Raikou, Phanpy

Now with Lillie:

Pidgeot (Mega), Venusaur (Mega), Blastoise (Mega), Kingler, Gyarados (Shiny, Mega), Gengar (Mega), Primeape, Muk, Magneton, Rapidash (Shiny), Tauros, Dragonite, Aerodactyl (Mega), Mr. Mime, Mew, Fearow, Lapras x2, Snorlax, Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres

Training:

Charizard (Mega XY)

Reisa's current team:

Feraligatr, Quagsire, Azumarill, Slowking, Blastoise (Mega), Politoed, Omanyte, Kabutops, Seaking, Octillery, Starmie, Tentacruel, Gyarados (Mega)

Kris' current team:

Meganium (Megaree), Cubone (Bonee), Parasect (Parasee), Arcanine (Archy), Xatu (Xatee), Smoochum (Chunee)

Be sure to read and review.