Chapter 19 Route 4
"Look, there is the exit!" Gloria yells as they see the light shining from outside. The eight of them rush towards the exit of the mines, and they see the gym up ahead.
"This route is so different, we can see the big stadium even we are still at the entrance of the route..." Lillie says.
"Indeed." Ash says. "Let's see what we can capture there."
As they walk on the route, they see an Electrike near the golden grass. Serena says, "Maybe I should have an Electric Type Pokemon after all."
"That sounds like a good idea." Ash replies as Serena sends out her Bunnelby. "Bunnelby, use Mud Shot." Serena says.
Diggersby throws the mud on the Electrike, causing it to turn its attention towards Serena and Bunnelby. Electrike uses Ice Fang, causing it to get frozen. "It can use Ice Fang?" Trenor gasps.
"That is a strong looking Electrike." Alice says.
"Don't worry." Serena says confidently. "Use Double Slap once it tries to use the mouth to attack." Bunnelby nods as he charges up the attack, and then Electrike tries to Bite, only to be slapped back. Serena takes out the Pokeball and says, "Go! Pokeball!"
She tosses the Pokeball and then it is successfully captured. "I caught an Electrike. That is good news." Serena says with a smile.
"Well done, Serena." Ash says. Just then, they hear something that causes them to groan.
"Prepare for trouble." "And make it double." Then they see four figures jump in front of them.
"To protect the world from devastation." "To unite all people within our nation."
"To denounce the evils of truth and love!" "To extend our reach to the stars above!"
"Jessie." "And James." "Team Rocket blast off with the speed of light." "Surrender now, or prepare to fight!"
"Meowth, that's right." "Wobbuffet!"
Ash says, "Team Rocket, you are here in this region as well?"
Dawn says, "When would you ever learn?" But as they look closer, they see that Meowth is not the same Meowth as they know. "Hey, what happened to your Meowth?" Serena asks.
"Eh, the blasting off causing parts of my body into iron. But twerps, we are not going to take Pikachu." Meowth says.
"Why should we listen to you? How many times you have fooled us?" Lillie asks.
"But this time Team Rocket is no more." Jessie says, causing them to be surprised. "Really?" Alice asks.
Ash checks their hearts and then he says, "So Team Rocket is destroyed by my Mother, huh? Considering that your boss is her brother?"
"What?" This causes shock to everyone as James says, "Yes, twerp. No, Ash. Team Rocket has been changing good thanks to the help of your father. Our boss wanted to give these to you guys as compensation for what we had done in the past."
Ash took four Pokeballs and then he opens them. Inside the balls are an Alolan Meowth, and two Kantonian Meowth. Ash sighs, "I guess it can't be helped. Since I check your hearts and you were telling the truth. I appreciate your help."
The trio nods and then Meowth says, "And twerp, is it possible that if I travel with you guys this time? Ever since I lost to that Pikachu, I wanted to become stronger as him."
"Are you serious?" Serena asks in shock.
Jessie says, "He has been yelling about this for a while, we couldn't stop him."
"I see. Welcome to the team." As Ash tries to take the Pokeball, he says, "Wait, twerp. I want to be like that Pikachu, I am not going inside the ball."
"Okay. But I have to register you first." Then he captures Meowth and immediately sends it out. Dawn asks, "Then what about you two?"
Jessie says, "I am going to Unova for my movie career." James says, "And I decide to return to Kanto since I have to face my family problems."
"I see, I hope you have a good journey." Then the Team Rocket members leave. Lillie says, "I still can't believe that they have a change of heart."
"Yeah, but it doesn't matter since people change." Ash frowns. Then he decides to give the Kanto Meowth to Mark and Gloria, and the Alolan one goes to Lillie. While Ash has the former Rocket Meowth which becomes the Galar Form. Rotom also scans the Pokemon to see more information.
Meowth Galarian Form, the Scratch Cat Pokemon: Steel Type. Living with a savage, seafaring people have toughened this Pokémon's body so much that parts of it have turned to iron.
As they continue to walk forward, Serena falls down to the ground thanks to a Grass Knot, Ash rushes towards her and asks, "Are you alright? Serena?"
"I am fine...but what's going on?" Then the ground starts to split and then a Pumpkaboo appears. "A Pumpkaboo?"
"I guess it was resting inside the ground." Lillie says. Serena then tosses the Pokeball at the Pokemon, and then it is successfully captured. "I captured it." Serena says.
"No way." Ash says. "That easily?"
Meowth says, "It is possible, consider Jessie did the same thing back in Kalos."
Then they spot 8 Eevee playing under the tree. Pikachu wanted to join in the fun, so they play together for a day. As for Ash, he decides to train up his Pokemon so that some of them can evolve into strong Pokemon.
Bulbasaur evolves after the training, which causes Ash to be confused. "I thought you don't want to evolve? What makes you changed?"
Ivysaur says, "I don't want to be weak, it was my fault that those traitors hurt us...I couldn't protect them..."
"I see. It is your choice after all." Ash says with an assuring smile. Not only that, but his Squirtle also does the same, as well as Grookey, who has been training with Infernape for a while.
"So this is Grookey's evolution...Rotom, what is it called?" "Leave it to me, Roto."
Thwackey: The Beat Pokemon: Grass Type. Evolved from Grookey at LV:16. The faster a Thwackey can beat out a rhythm with its two sticks, the more respect it wins from its peers.
Pikachu and the Eevee are playing as they notice some cream like Pokemon, they also play together as Dawn asks, "What are those Pokemon?"
"They are Milcery. They are cool Pokemon." Alice says. "It can evolve into all kinds of forms."
"Seriously?" Gloria asks.
Then they also notice a female Pikachu hiding in the yellow grass with a small blush after seeing Ash's Pikachu. So Pikachu decides to approach the Pokemon. And then the two of them feel comfortable with each other as they start to nuzzle. Ash giggles, "So Alice, why don't you capture this Pikachu?"
"Me?" Alice asks as the female Pikachu prepares for a battling stance. "So you want me to battle you?" It nods and then Alice sends out Sobble out.
"Why are you using a Water Type like Sobble?" Serena asks.
"I trust Sobble to handle this. Use Water Pulse." As the attack tries to land, Pikachu uses Thunder Shock to reflect it. Then it uses Tail Whip, causing the Pokemon to lower its defense.
"That won't scare me, use Pound." Sobble charges, but then Pikachu winks and then hearts appear. "Oh no, it is Attract!" Ash says.
Pikachu suddenly feels uneasy as he sees how Sobble is acting towards her. But Sobble's evolution causes him to break out of it and then defeats Pikachu.
"Wow, Sobble evolved." Gloria says as she scans the Pokemon.
Drizzile: The Water Lizard Pokemon: Water Type. Evovled from Sobble at LV:16. A clever combatant, this Pokémon battles using water balloons created with moisture secreted from its palms.
Alice uses the chance to capture the Pokemon in the end, but like Ash's, it refuses to go inside the Pokeball.
"Looks like we have two fishes to catch." Mark says as he spots the Joltik and Ferroseed. Gloria decides to battle as well as both of them use Chimchar and Scorbunny to capture them. With the Blaze Kick and Flame Wheel, it manages to double hit the two Pokemon. Joltik tries to use Electro Web, but Scorbunny dodges it, only to be hit by Ferroseed's Iron Head.
"Scorbunny, are you okay?" Gloria says as she tries to take out Drillbur to help, but Scorbunny stops her and then evolves, defeating the Ferroseed with the attack, and Mark also evolves his Chimchar into a Monferno as well.
"Now it is a Raboot and Monferno." Rotom says.
Raboot: The Rabbit Pokémon: Fire Type. Evolved from Scorbunny at LV:16. Its thick and fluffy fur protects it from the cold and enables it to use hotter fire moves.
"Nice work, Raboot." Gloria then takes out two Pokeballs and then captures all two of them. "And two new partners for my team."
As for Dawn, she notices that her Buneary is feeling heartbroken after seeing how Alice's Pikachu is close to Ash's Pikachu. She tried to break them apart, but she got scolded by Ash's Pikachu, causing it to be sad.
"I feel so sorry about Buneary..." Dawn frowns.
"I agree." Ash says, "She got rejected. What are you going to do?"
Dawn spots a Budew and says, "How about I capture this Budew?"
"Sure, I guess it can help." Ash says as Dawn calls Buneary to battle. Buneary at first isn't interested in doing anything, but with Piplup's persuasion, she manages to lash out her anger by battling the Budew. After some Dizzy Punch, Dawn captures the Pokemon in the end. "Good one, Buneary."
Buneary nods, but then she wants to stay back in the Pokeball and Dawn agrees.
Lillie is relaxing with Snowy by her side, she says, "Snowy, it looks like the Melemele Meadows, don't you think?"
Snowy barks and then they see a Cutiefly resting on the fox Pokemon. "It seems like you have a Cutiefly approaching you."
Snowy at first is a little scared, but with Lillie's persuasion, she gets relaxed and then Cutiefly feels comfortable. Lillie then decides to capture the Pokemon in the end.
"Now that we have enough relaxing, how about we go fishing?" Trenor asks as they go to the lake, he fishes out a Goldeen and he manages to capture it. As for Mark, he notices a new Pokemon that Ash hasn't seen before. Rotom says, "That is an Arrokuda."
"Arrokuda seems cool. Joltik, help me paralyze the fish so I can capture it."
Joltik nods as it fires Thunder Wave, and in the end, it is successfully captured by Mark. "Thank you, Pikachu." They high five and then Rotom states its entry.
Arrokuda: The Rush Pokemon: Water Type. If it sees any movement around it, this Pokémon charges for it straightaway, leading with its sharply pointed jaw. It's very proud of that jaw.
"Well, it sure is time for us to go." Ash says to the Eevee and Milcery, who are sad since they made some new friends. Just then, they tell them that they want to come with them. Causing Ash and the others to get surprised. "Sure, you can join us." Ash says. Then they all divide the Pokemon together so that no one is left out. As for Serena, she gets the second Milcery as there are 9 of them.
Milcery: The Cream Pokemon: Fairy Type. This Pokémon was born from sweet-smelling particles in the air. Its body is made of cream.
As they are down going the hill, they hear someone yells, "Wooloo, where do you think you are going?"
They turn around and see a Wooloo rolling down as it stops as Alice is the one that it bumps into.
"Not again..." Alice groans as the Wooloo is on top of her.
"My, are you OK?" They see the First Gym Leader, Milo rushing towards them. "You took that Tackle head-on..."
Alice is held by Ash and Ash says, "She is fine, you don't need to worry."
Milo sees Ash and says, "Oh my, the Prince of Galar. It is an honor to meet you, I saw you and you two girls at the opening ceremony, and I liked your speech."
"Why thank you." Ash says.
"My name is Milo as you know. I am a Gym Leader and rather partial to Grass-type Pokemon. I've been itching to see just how good the prince and the Champion-endorsed Gym Challengers are. Let me find out at the Gym Stadium. Just head on through this route and you'll run right into my stadium. See you there."
Gloria says, "Thank you."
As Milo is about to leave, the Wooloo is still nuzzling Alice. Milo says, "Come on, Wooloo, we have to go, we can't let the gym trainers waiting."
Wooloo then pouts as it goes with Milo. Alice sighs and says, "I just don't get why Wooloo tends to get close to me..."
"Who knows?" Serena says, "But I know how you feel."
Team Rocket is disbanded in the story and the trio splits up. And Meowth is now a Galarian Pokemon and he will be another traveling companion for Ash. I hope you like it and the next chapter will not be the gym yet. I have a surprise in the next chapter.
Ash's Pokemon (Old): Ivysaur, Charizard, Wartortle, Butterfree, Pidgeot, Pikachu, Primeape, Muk, Gengar, Kingler, Tauros (30), Lapras (2), Snorlax, Bayleef, Quilava, Totodile, Noctowl (S), Heracross, Donphan, Larvitar, Tyranitar, Sceptile, Swellow, Torkoal, Corphish, Glalie, Torterra, Infernape, Staraptor, Buizel, Gible, Gliscor, Snivy, Pignite, Oshawott, Unfezant, Boldore, Palpitoad, Leavanny, Krookodile, Scraggy, Greninja, Talonflame, Hawlucha, Goodra, Noivern, Rowlet, Incineroar, Lycanroc (Dusk), Naganadel, Melmetal
Ash's Pokemon (New): Vulpix, Meowth (Galarian), Onix, Magikarp, Eevee, Tyrogue, Ralts, Combee, Thwackey, Rookidee, Carkol, Milcery
Mark's Pokemon: Oddish, Diglett, Meowth, Eevee, Tyrogue, Lombre, Wingull, Monferno, Joltik, Nickit, Arrokuda, Milcery
Trenor's Pokemon: Shellder, Goldeen, Eevee, Wooper, Tyrogue, Nuzleaf, Turtwig, Stunky, Timburr, Skwovet, Milcery
Gloria's Pokemon: Meowth, Eevee, Ralts, Bronzor, Drilbur, Trubbish, Ferroseed, Klink, Raboot, Blipbug, Chewtle, Milcery
Alice's Pokemon: Butterfree (Pink), Pikachu, Growlithe, Eevee, Combee, Drizzile, Gossifleur, Wooloo (30), Yamper, Sizzlipede, Milcery
Dawn's Pokemon: Oddish, Eevee, Quilava, Zigzagoon, Piplup, Budew, Pachirisu, Buneary, Togekiss, Mamoswine, Milcery
Serena's Pokemon: Eevee, Zigzagoon (Galarian), Electrike, Cherubi, Woobat, Braixen, Bunnelby, Pancham, Sylveon, Pumpkaboo, Milcery x2
Lillie's Pokemon: Vulpix (Alolan), Diglett (Alolan), Meowth (Alolan), Machop, Eevee, Purrloin, Grubbin, Cutiefly, Mudbray, Bounsweet, Magearna, Milcery