Kanto Part 6

"Alright, the second badge, here I come!" Ash screams in excitement as they get to Cerulean City.

Lillie looks at Misty and then she says, "Yeah, now you have to beat Misty in order to get the second badge, right?"

Just then, Misty flinches a little as she is reluctantly going inside the city gate.

"Misty, are you okay?" Flora asks her. "Cerulean City is up ahead, we have to go there if we want to have a battle."

"Can we go to Vermillion City instead? Please?" She gives a begging tone.

"But we are already here, so we should have this gym battle." Brock says.

"Misty, is there something wrong? I mean, you are the Gym Leader of Cerulean City, is there something that happened that you didn't want to go back to your gym?" Ash asks.

"Well, it is not that something is wrong, it is just that... I...um..." Misty tries to find some excuses, but she can't find one.

Insey assures her, "You don't want to battle Ash? Then you should say so, so Ash will challenge your sisters instead."

Ash says, "Well, I guess it is fair enough..."

Misty sighs and agrees. Ash, Lillie, Flora, Insey, and Brock then leave her and head inside Cerulean City, they see a big crowd of people in a circle surrounding a building.

"I wonder what is happening?" Ash says in confusion.

"Let's go check it out." Lillie says as they all head there.

When they get to the front, they see Officer Jenny, who is asking the crowd to go away. Brock immediately runs towards her and starts flirting with her, Insey quickly pulls his ear away. After stopping Brock, Ash asks, "Officer Jenny, can you tell me what was wrong?" Ash and Lillie take their ID to her, so she can explain the situation to them.

"Apparently, a washing machine and a vacuum cleaner were stolen. Right now we are finding the culprit, but we still can't find any pieces of evidence." Officer Jenny explains.

Ash then asks for the descriptions of the stolen appliances, Officer Jenny gives him two pictures. Ash looks at the pictures and promises that he will call her if he finds the culprit.

"Ash, Lillie, why did Officer Jenny listen to you?" Brock asks, unknowing Ash's status.

"Their ranks are higher than her, that is why." Insey says.

"What? Since when are you a member of the police?" Brock exclaims in shock.

"Four years ago. I did some training with my mom, who is also the champion of Kanto." Ash says.

Brock doesn't know what to say as he is totally shocked by what Ash just said to him. He asks, "Wait a second...Your mom is Aurora Ketchum? No way..."

Flora says, "A lot of people are having the same reaction, so we are used to it."

Brock decides to check something out that he has been meaning to look at, so they split up as Ash, Lillie, Flora, and Insey head to the Cerulean City Gym alone.

When they reach the gym, they see a lot of people and the audience sitting on the seats. They notice the three sisters performing an underwater show, then Lillie gasps in shock.

"No way! The gym leaders are the Sensational Sisters?" Lillie exclaims.

"I am their biggest fan...oh boy, Reisa is going to be jealous." Insey says.

"Ash! Lillie! Flora! Insey!" They hear someone calling for them, so they decide to follow the voice.

"Who is calling us?" Flora asks, and the other three just shrug.

"Over here!" They see Leaf waving at them. The group walks towards her and greets her, they watch the full show and cheer for it.

"So Leaf, are you here for the badge, too?" Lillie asks.

"I already got the badge. They were strong. And you?" Leaf asks.

"I haven't, so I will challenge them." Ash replies.

After the show, Ash, Insey, Lillie, and Leaf go backstage and meet the sisters.

"Hello, Leaf. Nice to see you again, who is this handsome boy with two cute girls?" The eldest sister, who is named Lily, asks.

"They are my friends, Ash, his sister Insey and our friend Lillie. They are also a fan of yours."

Ash bows to them, "It is a pleasure to meet you." Lillie and Insey also do the same thing as Ash in order to be polite.

"Do you like our show?" The second sister of the group, Daisy, asks.

"I do enjoy it, your shows are one of the best. But right now I am here is to ask if I can have a gym battle." Ash says.

The youngest one, Violet, says, "We would like to battle you, but unfortunately, our Pokemon are too tired to battle after losing 3 gym battles a day."

"They are in the Pokemon Center and all we have is this Goldeen and Seel, which aren't registered as Gym Pokemon yet." Daisy says.

"Oh, man..." Ash sighs, "I guess I should come back tomorrow for the badge instead..."

"You don't have to! I'll battle you!" The 7 people turn around and see Misty at the stands.

"Misty?" Ash, Insey, Flora, Lillie, and Leaf exclaim.

"So you finally got back home, huh, little sister?" Lily says in a mock tone.

"If you don't battle, I will be the one to battle. After all, I am also the gym leader and the youngest of the Sensational Sisters." Misty says.

"Hey, we didn't allow you to be as good as we are." Daisy retorts.

"But it is true that she is also one of us, why don't we let her prove herself by battling the boy?" Violet asks.

"Fine." Lily snorts. "Like she would do any better than us."

Then Ash and Misty go to the sides of the battlefield, Pikachu turns to Ash, "Ash, can I sit this one out? I don't feel like battling Misty today."

Ash smiles at him, "Of course you can sit this one out. I respect your opinion."

Then Lily explains the rules that it will be a 2 on 2 battle, and only Ash can switch Pokemon.

"Okay, Misty calls out Staryu!"

"Butterfree, I choose you!"

After the two Pokemon get sent out, the battle begins.

Butterfree starts off with Sleep Powder, but Staryu jumps into the water pool to dodge it, then it uses Rapid Spin to hit Butterfree. Butterfree uses Confusion and the attack hits, Staryu uses Bubble Beam, but Butterfree dodges it. Ash then tells him to use Quiver Dance to make it confused, Staryu shoots Water Gun in different directions, causing Misty to panic. Then Butterfree wins by using Bug Buzz.

"Nice job, Butterfree!" Ash says to him, who flies around him in joy after beating the gym.

"Return, Staryu." Misty recalls her Pokemon. "Since we both knew our Pokemon so well, but I am not going to lose! Misty calls Starmie!" She tosses the evolution of Staryu in the water, who slowly floats back to the surface.

"Okay, Butterfree return." Ash recalls his Pokemon, much to their shock.

"Why not keep going?" Leaf asks. "Butterfree is a bug type, it should be super effective against Psychic types."

"Well, it is tired after all." Insey says. "And maybe Brother has a plan."

"You can do it, Ash!" Lillie cheers for him and Pikachu is doing the same.

"Sylveon, girl. Do you want to take Pikachu's place?" Ash turns to his female Pokemon, who smiles back at Ash.

"Yay! My first Gym battle!" Sylveon says while walking towards the field with graceful steps.

"Why not using Pikachu?" Misty asks in confusion since Pikachu is an Electric Type and it will have the advantage over her.

"Pikachu didn't feel like battling today, so I will use Sylveon." Ash says as the mouse is yawning on the chair.

"I see." Misty says with a little frown, she wants to battle Ash's Pikachu in the gym battle, but she guesses that it won't be happening.

Sylveon uses Fairy Wind, but Starmie ducks the attack by going into the water, then Starmie uses Psychic, trying to let Sylveon fall into the water, but Sylveon counters with a Dazzling Gleam. Starmie uses Power Gem next, but it is blocked by Moonblast. Sylveon uses Attract to Starmie, causing him to fall in love.

"Oh, no!" Misty gasps as Sylveon kisses Starmie and causing him to fall unconscious.

"Starmie is unable to battle, Sylveon wins, which means Ash is the winner!"

Lillie, Insey, Flora, and Leaf cheer for Ash, who is hugging Sylveon for her hard work. Misty sighs and recalls Starmie, before she can say anything, the ground is shaking and the walls are breaking open by a giant machine.

"What happened?" Lily asks in surprise, and then out from the machine comes three people that Ash knows very well.

(Insert Team Rocket Motto)

"Hey Ash, aren't these three the idiots from Viridian Pokemon Center?" Leaf asks Ash.

"The same three." Ash says uninterestedly.

"Who are you calling idiots? You twerpette!" Jessie yells.

"You three, there are no Team Rocket members we faced saying something as awful as you guys do." Flora says.

"Whatever, we will steal all the water-type Pokemon here!" James says. Then they start to suck the water in the pool, Ash recognizes the machine as he knows that he just saw it at the department stores.

"Hey, those are the stolen appliances! So you are the culprit!" Ash exclaims. He then calls Officer Jenny using the Pokedex.

Then the vacuum starts to suck the water Pokemon, including Pikachu. "Oh, no! Pikachu!" Ash says when Pikachu fell into the water. Sylveon tries to save Pikachu using the ribbon, Lillie says, "Wait, Sylveon. I have a plan. Pikachu! Use Thunderbolt!"

The Pikachu fires the electricity, causing the trio to fall into the water and shoot outside the gym.

"We are blasting off again!"

Ash also helps Sylveon to save Pikachu while Leaf stops the machine. "That was a close one." Ash says as he holds the wet yellow mouse. "Yeah." Pikachu says.

After Officer Jenny comes and takes the appliances away, Lily says, "Ash, thank you for saving the gym."

"No problem. I am glad that the gym is safe." Ash says as the sisters also thank the others.

Misty says, "Ash, since you won against me, you deserve this Cascade Badge. Your fourth badge." Misty gives Ash the blue-colored badge, Ash thanks her and puts his badge away.

"Well, Daisy, can I ask you a favor?" Insey asks.

"Sure, what is it?" Daisy is confused, and Insey asks, "Our sisters and our friends are also fans of yours, I was wondering if I can buy some videos here?"

"Well, of course, you can, I will go get the discs." Then the three sensational sisters leave to get the boxes.

"So you are buying it for Minami?" Leaf asks.

"Yes, and also Reisa. They would like it." Insey replies

Misty asks, "Who are Minami and Reisa?"

"Oh, Minami is my sister, she likes to watch performances and contests. And Reisa is my friend, her dream is to become a water master."

"Just like me, maybe I will meet her one day." Misty says.

After purchasing the discs, Ash, Lillie, Insey, Flora, Misty, and Leaf head outside the gym, they first head to meet Brock at the Pokemon center, then Leaf also bids farewell to them. Now that Ash gets his fourth badge, he and his friends are heading to Vermillion City for the fifth gym.

This is a short chapter I admit, but I decided to let Ash won against Misty instead of interrupting the battle and give the badge because he saved the gym from Team Rocket. The next chapter will be more Pokemon capturing.

Ash and Lillie's Pokemon:

With them:

Kanto: Butterfree, Beedrill, Pidgeotto, Rattata, Fearow, Arbok, Pikachu, Sandshrew, Clefairy, Golbat, Omanyte, Kabuto

Johto: Ho-Oh

Kalos: Sylveon

Insey's Pokemon:

Scyther, Butterfree, Beedrill, Paras

Flora's Pokemon:

Bulbasaur, Paras