Chapter 14 Girls from the past

At the exit of Mt Moon a large blast of flames came out from it as Zubats, and Golbats left the hole on fire and screamed their heads off, with Ash, Pikachu, and Sonic exiting out shortly behind them victorious from the gauntlet they went through.

"FINALLY we are out."

Sonic said with his throat hurt being burnt from spitting fire so many times. His leg felt like jello and ready to snap from all the pressure of trudging and battling through the mountain. Sonic wished this world has some form of a spray to repel wild Pokemon away from them.

"What? getting sleepy Sonic?"

Pikachu's voice sounded acrebric along with trying to catch his breath due to being worn down from battling so many bat Pokemons, he swore he fought their entire race. But Ash was not warned at all, it was a casual walk around the block for him.

"We still have a long way to go."

"EXCUSE ME!"

Sonic shouted at Ash flabbergasted with the trainer.

"There are a few days' walk to Cerulean City. we better get on the move."

Pikachu was about to join Ash in his walk but Sonic had a different plan in mind.

"How about we DON"T WALK! Instead I fly us there."

Ash and Pikachu were tossed onto Sonic's back like a backpack as Sonic rockets off into the sky in the direction where Cerulean City is located. Ash and Pikachu remain silent for the rest of the flight to not further anger the pilot. The trip to Cerulean City was swift on Air Sonic and once all passengers were off the ride Ash headed inside to heal his Pokemon at the behest of Sonic. After getting to the front of the line to get Pokemon healed, Ash sat in a chair pondering about what will be his team when he faces Misty?

Ash hopes this time Pikachu won't pussy out, from fighting Misty or her Pokemon, thinking Ivysaur would be good and allow Ivysaur to push his new form and get more accustomed to it in combat. Ash's deep concentration was broken when someone patted on his shoulder causing him to turn and saw a rival of his from Unova, Stephan.

"Hey Stephan, how are you doing?

"I'm doing fine Ash I am getting badges so I can conquer the Kanto League."

"Good luck with that Stephan. Since I am waiting on some of my Pokemon to heal, want a quick one versus one battle?"

Ash ask excited to face Stephan in a Pokemon duel. Both reach an open arena as both pick their Pokemon to use for this match. Stephan selected his main Pokemon, Sawk, the blue humanoid Pokemon wearing a white gi. Ash's pick was Gliscor the black armored bat Scorpion Pokemon that stuck his tongue out at Ash before entering a battle stance. The two trainers flip a coin to decide who goes first, Stephan got heads on the coin toss.

"Sawk uses Thunder Punch."

Sawk strikes Gliscor's chest with a shocking fist, but it seems like Sawk's punch was like getting smacked by a balloon.

"Poison Jab Gliscor."

Ash said smirking which was mirrored by Gliscor as he jabbed Sawk in the face with its pincer coated in poison energy. Sawk was hurted by the blow but one simple attack is not enough to take out Sawk.

"Return the favor with an Ice Punch."

Gliscor was launched away with an icy uppercut and it did quad damage due to Gliscor's dual typing. Gliscor caught air and floated in the air waiting for Ash next command for him.

"Use Acrobatic Gliscor!"

Gliscors flew towards Sawk dashing left and right before crashing into Sawk knocking the blue skinned Pokemon on his ass. Gliscor used the Momentive of his dive down to gain height back to the sky. Sawk springboard back to his feet and got ready for Stephan's next command.

"Sawk use Bulk Up to raise your attack power and defense."

Sawk flexed its muscles and they grew in size to show his increased might and brick wall defense. Gliscor glanced at Ash for his next move to use, and soon he got it.

"Gliscor Acrobatic once more."

Gliscor dives down and crashes into Sawk but this time the gi wearing Pokemon grabs Gliscor and circle throws him and causes the bat scorpion to hit the dirt hard.

"GLISCOR! Are you okay?!"

Ash cried seeing his ground flying type struggle to get up like he had the weight of a Snorlax on his back. But Gliscor's fighting spirit was not extinguished just yet as he rose to his small feet staring near eye level with the blue skinned martial artist. Gliscor raised his long tail with a pincer at the end of it before hammering it down the ground creating shockwaves that travel all across the arena. The attack did stinged Sawk but Stephan's Pokemon was not one to fall so easily

"Sawk use Ice Punch."

Both his fists were pulsing with ice energy as he charged towards Gliscor. Gliscor used Poison Jab on both pincers as he got ready to trade blows with Sawk. leaning his head to the left to avoid one of Sawks, chilly fists and gave one Poison Jab straight into his blue face, but got an icy punch into his face for it. Their boxing match ends with both striking at their opponent's face launching them back. Gliscor used the force of the blow he was given by Sawk to gain air and fly up into the air.

"Gliscor end this with Sky Attack!"

Gliscor coated itself in blue energy and dive full speed at Sawk with all his might put into his last attack. The impact launched Sawk back and on his back, but he did not get back on his feet due to being knocked out. Stephan returned Sawk to his Pokemon to its Poke Ball while Gliscor crashed into Ash licking his trainers' face before returning to his Poke Ball. Both trainers shook hands for a good match before ending their separate ways likely to heal their wounded Pokemon.

Ash sent Gliscor back to Oak's lab as he got his Pokemon from Nurse Joy. he let Pikachu climb onto his shoulder and release Sonic from the metallic sphere. The former hedgehog stretched his legs.

"So you mention this next gym is a water type focus gym. So that means I will be dead weight if I am on the team."

Sonic said, in his tone he sounded a bit sad not to be used in a gym yet.

"I don't think you would be dead weight but it will be a struggle for you compared to others, especially since Misty is a very skilled trainer."

Ash reassures Sonic and it works for the most part. Sonic looked behind Ash and noticed a red orange hair girl that is spiky with some hair in a ponytail on the right side of her head and dropped down a bit. She wore a yellow tank top with short overalls with red straps that go over her shoulders. Sonic recognized her but the name was foggy for him.

"Ash?! Is that you?"

Ash turned and looked at the red haired chick and his eyes told that there was history between the two, but it was not a rocky road.

"Misty!"

Ash 's excitement could not be contained in simple words as he gave Misty a hug, which was returned with one of her own. After the hug was broken they chatted about what they've been up to since they last saw each other. Pikachu smiled at seeing Ash being happier than he has been for a while, Sonic, on the other hand, could smell the romance, the passion in the air, and coming from both. Sonic grabbed a PokeBall from Ash's belt and summoned Ivysaur.

"How about we." gestures to Pikachu and Ivysaur, "go train by ourselves while you two catch up and have fun as a couple."

"WAIT WHAT!"

Misty and Ash shouted at Sonic who grabbed Pikachu and Ivysaur before zipping out of the center before he could get an earful from the redhead girl or the red hat boy. Both trainers looked at one another, not sure what to do?

"So want to help me shop for some fishing bait?"

Misty offered to the boy that destroyed her bike so long ago and took 2 regions and a trip across some islands before he got her a new bike. Ash accepted as both headed out and continued their catch up chat.

"So I trade my Seedra with one of my sisters so I can evolve it into Kingdra. I also fully evolve Azurill after a long training trip when I fish for more Pokemon."

"Wow that's amazing I caught some new Pokemon like Larvitar, Yanma, and even a Clefairy."

Misty was impressed in him as he was of her. Both grew a lot from when they went their separate wished to rejoin him on his adventures, but her three older sisters are the worst gym leaders that could ever walk this world, or the next one.

Sonic was coaching Pikachu's and Ivysaur's match against one another. Pikachu tries to strike Ivysaur with Thunderbolts but each bolt was deflected or just blocked by Ivysaur's vines. Ivysaur tried to use his vines like a whip to hit Pikachu. Pikachu was too agile for a single vine to land a blow on him.

"You both are both evenly matched."

Sonic commented as he practiced moves like Slash, and Thunder Punch while the electric mouse did battle with the plant dinosaur. From the flower bud on Ivysaur's back came a large green sphere of energy that was launched towards Pikachu. Pikachu uses an Electro Ball to counter Ivysaur's Energy Ball. The two attacks caused a huge explosion. Both were a bit warned out from doing battle with another an hour straight which went by in the time span of a snap. Before either could continue their fight, a flower-shaped Pokemon ran to Ivysaur.

"BULBASAUR!"

Ivysaur recognized the voice but he was surprised by the flower creature.

"Bulbasaur? Is that you."

Said a female voice with blue hair with matching eyes wearing a red overall with a pink t-shirt under it. Ivysaur recognized her as he zipped towards her before jumping into her arms as he gave her loving head rubs which caused her to laugh. Pikachu and Sonic did not ruin this beautiful moment for Ivysaur meeting the girl that took care of him. Turns out the flower Pokemon was called Vileplume and the human girl's name was Melanie.

"Where is your trainer?"

"He is on a date but I am watching these two in case."

Melanie jumped back onto her ass like she got jump scared hearing a Charizard speak English like it was breathing.

"Sorry for scaring you madam. I learn English at Pokemon speak university."

Sonic said but he got smacked in the back of his head by Pikachu for the retard thing he let escape his fire breathing mouth.

"It's okay. So how is Ash doing this day."

"He's doing fine just hanging out with his girl friend."

Sonic said with a smirk and once more got smacked by Pikachu's tail but it was worth it. Melanie giggled at Sonic getting hit but at the thought of Ash and his girlfriend who she was guessing was the red hair girl she remembered was called Misty.

"Those two make a cute couple. And they argue like a married couple."

"Yeah they do."

Pikachu agreed with Melanie along with Ivysaur while Sonic was confused since his memory is as foggy as someone that has been enjoying too many drugs. 5 minutes of chatting zip by Melaine and Vilplume left Ash's Pokemon to continue their training while they waited for Ash and Misty to finish their shopping trip and hang out.

Back at the exit of Mt Moon some of the Zubats and Golbats thought it was safe to return back into their domain, but a large blast of blue energy launched many back and scared the rest away.

"Finally I never thought I found an entire race of bats that are more annoying than Charmie."

Shadow the Lucario continues to follow the large chaos energy dot on his device and still has to hope it was Sonic especially after the long trip to get to it.