Chapter 5 Warming up & Planning.
The next morning, Ash starts stretching along with Pikachu in his room so he can be in top condition for the journey ahead of them. Ash starts to leave his room but in front of his door was his mom with a box in her hand. "What's this?" Ash accepts the box and she said to her dear son,
"This some trainers clothes I bought for your journey ahead of you." Ash opens it up and saw clothes like the ones he started his journey. But the green fingerless gloves were replaced with black with a red ring fingerless gloves. He looks at them with an approval look on his face, "Where is a hat?" He never goes on a new adventure without a hat. Delia smiled and said to Ash, "I think someone wants to give you a hat." Ash was confused as Delia close the door and head downstairs to clean the house. Ash got dressed and head downstairs and head outside. Outside he saw Sonic looking off into the distance with something in his claws,
"Oh, Ash ready?" Sonic turn to him and in his hands the same hat he wore on his first journey. It looks beaten up but besides that, it was in good shape. Sonic walks over and puts the hat on Ash's head before stepping back to see Ash in the hat, "Their suit you good." Ash smile and Pikachu match that smile. then they heard flapping of wings and heard someone land near them. Ash turn and gasp, "NO WAY!? Pidgeot! Is that you girl?" she nodded as Ash hugs her but he then notices a small Pidgey landing next to her and confuse what her mother is doing here. Pidgeot said in Pokemon Language. Sonic translates for Ash, "She decides to rejoin you on your journey and decide to leave her baby with your mom." Ash smile and said sure and return Pidgeot to her Poke Ball after so long surprising the baby but then she flew into Delia's arm and felt more comfortable in her arms,
"I will take care of this little girl. In fact Mimey why don't you go with Ash for a bit." Mimey was surprised by this and at first, was against it, but Delia convinces her, "If you get stronger then you can protect me from threats that might come to me. Besides if you are not fit for fighting then you will no longer be used for fighting." Mimey was convinced and follow Ash and his Pokemon to Oak's lab and talk with all his Pokemon about the journey they will be joining him on soon. Once they arrive he gathers all his Pokemon and free Pidgeot and a lot of his Kanto Pokemon were happy to see her but the newer Pokemon greeted her. Once all greeting was done with Ash got the attention of them all and Sonic stood by to make sure if they don't understand him, they will understand Sonic,
"Hey, guys! And girls we have been invited to a high tier league that more than the normal league we ever enter so far and just to get a chance to enter it we need to beat eight gym leaders of this region and they will use the strongest Pokemon they got and that be the same of everyone in the league. So! We need to push ourselves to our limits and then some to get as far we possibly can to the champion of the league." Ash said cheering to do this and his Pokemon mimic it.
"Yeah and so we need to train every day while Ash goes to the gyms and face them in battle. But before we go, Pidegot and Mimey should have a quick match-up to see how strong they are." Ash agrees and decides to Test Mimey's strength but first, he examines her with his Pokedex,
"Mr. Mime the Barrier Pokemon and the evolved form of Mime Jr. Gender Female with the nickname MImey and ability is Filter. Its fingertips emit a peculiar force field that hardens air to create an actual wall. Mr. Mime is a master of pantomime. Its gestures and motions convince watchers that something unseeable actually exists. Once the watchers are convinced, the unseeable thing exists as if it were real. This Pokemon knows moves like Psychic, Thunderbolt, Energy Ball, Dazzling Gleam, Shadow Ball, Protect and Light Screen."
"Wow, Mimey you got some nice moves now let's see what you got Pidgeot." Ash uses the Pokedex to scan her, "Pidgeot the Bird Pokemon and the final form of Pidgey. Gender Female with the ability Big Pecks. This Pokémon has a dazzling plumage of beautifully glossy feathers. Many Trainers are captivated by the striking beauty of the feathers on its head, compelling them to choose Pidgeot as their Pokémon. This Pokémon flies at Mach 2 speed, seeking prey. Its large talons are feared as wicked weapons. It knows moves Brave Bird, U-Turn, Aerial Ace, Feint Attack, Giga Impact, Steel Wing, Agility, and Double Team." Ash like her move set and thought who they should face off with for a warm-up match,
"Mimey why not you fight Heracross." Mimey nodded slowly as Tracey who was called to command Heracross while Ash control Mimey, "Alright Mimey lets kick it off with Shadow Ball." from her finger form a black sphere and launch at Heracross but Tracey command Heracross to use Megahorn. Heracrosss' horn glows with energy and charge and power through the Shadow Ball which only stung the fighting bug as it kept on charging towards Mimey, "Protect." Ash said as a wall of energy was form in front of her which shatter on impact but it knocks Heracross back and got hit with Mimey's Psychic attack and toss him away,
"Attack with Night Slash," Tracey commanded of charge with horn coated in dark energy. Mimey was commanded to use Thunderbolt and blast the electricity towards Heracross to shock him up, however, this did not stop the attack as it hit Mimey knocking her back many feet away. Ash checks on Mimey and said, "you rest Mimey- wait you have not been caught have you?" Ash asked her. She shook her head no and handed Ash her Poke ball she kept when she use to work at the circus. Ash smiles and returns her to it so Oak can heal her up before being let out and return to his mom's place. Now it was Pidgeot's turn and she was match up with Swellow who was ready to face the larger Kanto Bird.
"Pidgeot attack Swellow with Aerial Ace." Pidgeot flew fast towards Swellow, the Hoenn bird avoid the attack and then peck at Pidgeot doing damage to her, she responds by slapping Swellow with a wing attack. Tracey told Swellow to use Heat Wave and flap his wing launching a gust of flames towards Pidegot and scorch her body but she was not one to fall so easily. Ash told Pidgeot to use Brave Bird and so she flew so fast coated in flames before it changes to blue energy and slams hard into Swellow knocking him into the dirt. Swellow got up and took up the air and hit Pidgeot with an Aerial Ace. both flew away from each other and get some distance.
"That enough you two." as he returns them and returns the four Pokemon and Tracey to heal them. Sonic walk over to Ash and decide to talk to him, "Hey Ash when we synch or whatever we will call it, what was causing you issues on your end?" Ash thought how to say what he needed to say, "Well one thing I did notice was my heartbeat was beating so fast and it was too much for me." Sonic nodded, "You going to need to do some working out to build your strength to get used to that form." Ash nodded so while the Pokemon train by fighting together, teaching one another how to fight, Sonic decide to teach Ash and make him more fit to stand the strand. Sonic was impressed that Ash was insanely strong in both his arms and leg. Sonic thinks and got an idea of what might have an idea of the issue,
"you're physically able but you lack the stamina to make use of your incredible strength and speed." Ash nodded and ask, "So what's your plan?" Sonic smirk and said, "jog with me and those who need to increase their stamina along with you." Ash agrees and so they got Oshawott, Eeeve join the group and Mimey. The five ran off to built up stamina for them all. As they ran off they were being watched by three people,
"It seems the twerp is off jogging with some of his Pokemon." Said the female with long red hair which is a contrast to the male next to her with short blue hair also seeing Ash with the binoculars. "Yeah but Pikachu is not with him. We should take him while we got the chance." Both the males wore a white Team Rocket uniform. But the third person watching was not a person but a Pokemon and was a feline, "I think it would be a bad move with ALL his Pokemon their watching out for one another." Jessie and James had to agree so decide to wait a bit more for the right moment to strike. So the decision was to head back to camp and chill out for the day.
After an hour or so of running, they had to stop due to Ash and all his Pokemon were tired, well except for Charizard of course since he could run for days at the speed the rest were going, "Good job but you still got more room to grow." Oshawott said to Sonic, "Why you not dying inside!" he wine to Sonic which was echo through Eevee, "Aren't Charizard meant to be slow as balls without using their wings." Sonic let out a small laugh at their reactions, "I had years of experience to built up my insane stamina. So don't feel disappointed it takes time for improvement to be noticed." the Pokemon doubt that but Ash did not complain as he tries to keep conscious with his heart racing, but this was walking compare to the mad running his heart was when in sync with Sonic's heart. Before the team head back from their quick jog, two strangers and cat were walking by and stop when they notice Ash and his group of Pokemon. They got into a combat stance,
"They plan a counter-attack! Nice try twerp but we got some old friends from Rocket HQ." Jessie said as she calls on both her Seviper and Woobat and both look ready to fight once more and were told to use Poison Jab and Psyshock. Seviper tail got coated in poison and swing to Charizard and he coats the triangle tip of her tail that did poison Sonic a bit but not fully but he got hit by a psychic bolt of energy doing nice damage to him. Ash Pokemon finally decided to do something so Oshawott blast Woobat with Scald knocking her back to hit Jessie in the face knocking her on her ass. Mimey then uses Psychic and toss Seviper at Jessie knocking her out more.
"This might be a mistake." Meowth said which caught Sonic's attention, "Hey you can talk English?" Meowth was surprised by this and respond back, "Yes but when you learn English?" Sonic responded back to Meowth's question, "Well you see I'm not really Charizard as you know." "Really? You sound and look exactly the same." "Well you see its a long story-" While Sonic and Meowth talk and it was really interesting as Sonic explains how he got hear and Meowth felt bad for him and talk how he learns to speak which got sympathy for Sonic. But while they talk James called on his Carnivine and Yamask to attack Ash and his Pokemon starting with Sonic. Carnivine fire a ball of green energy which was a result of him using Seed Bomb. Oshawott dash and use Razor Shell to knock the Seed Bomb attack away as Eevee did Quick attack knocking Carnivine to James but also got hit by Yamask who got hit with Mimey's Psychic attack.
Once all were in a pill together except for Meowth who was talking with Sonic but now about how they both hate water namely being inside of it. Ash then commanded his Pokemon, " Oshawott attack with Hydro Pump, Mimey Thunderbolt and Eevee use Shadow Ball." Oshawott forms water between his paws and blasts a beam of water towards Team Rocket which matches Mmey launching a stream of electricity as Eevee launches a sphere a purple of ghostly energy towards them as well. The three attacks blast Team Rocket once again.
"And that's why I never have Tuna from a Magika-" He notices Jessie and James was gone and shouted, "CRAP!" Sonic grabs him by his tail and said, "I let you join your friends talk to you later." as he tosses him so hard he blast off like the rest. The rest of the Pokemon were impressed with his incredible strength. "Wow, you are really strong Sonic." Sonic was surprised how strong he was and decide to say it all hard workout as the group head back to Oak's place but Ash and Pikachu were very tired, so Sonic decided to carry Ash and Pikachu to Vermilion City with six Pokemon on his Poke Ball belt. As Sonic walk he wonders how his home is doing but he did not know his foe was trying to reach the world of Pokemon, and-
From a small portal open in the air and out was a pretty decent size Egg-Drone which Egg-Man Sent but it was slightly damaged from the process but it was still workable. "So this world so far seems normal but I have a feeling this world is going to be special," Eggman said to himself and his two bot watching what the drone is seeing. Then across the screen, they saw birds that they never seen but were not impressed with, "Those birds look above average in size. But-" Orbot said since he did have a feeling their more to come,
"I don't know what going in your bloody spherical head of yours because I see nothing impressive." Cubot got a British voice now. Egg-man was the same as Orbot but he was more brainstorming than anything. But then the feed caught sight of an explosion and Egg-man controlled his drone to see the source of it. The drone flew over and saw two kids with some strange creature, both being insects. With one being a scorpion with no stinger tail but a pincer tail. The other is a red insect that looks metal like with large pincer arms that almost boxing gloves. The kid with the red bug said to the creature, "Use Swift." from the red insect's open pincers came starts that flew towards the scorpion creature. But the other kid said, "Drapion Cross Poison." Drapion creature crosses its arm and launches a purple X of energy which hits the stars and explode on collision.
"Scizor use Metal Claw." Scizor dash with one pincer coated in metal energy flying towards Drapion. The other lad told him to use Pin Missile and from his front pincher came green energy missiles that flew towards the red metal bug avoid them at almost blinding speed for most but not Egg-Man or his bots since they fight constantly with the fastest thing alive. Cubot said to the group,
"I do say those bugs are quite above average in size and might." Orbot responds back with, "Yes I wonder what other creatures are on this planet let alone this universe?" as the robots talk Egg-Man was writing down notes and blueprints for new Badniks base of these creatures. With them, he will be able to make his robot minions stronger than his old ones. And if everything goes as plan, not even the Hedgehog can stop these wonder machines that can even rival his best piece, Metal Sonic.
