Sorry guys for patiently waiting I will be honest I have been letting you guys down and going to try to do better getting these done at a faster pace. anyway hope you enjoy this chapter and understand. take care.

Chapter 21 Ferret vs turtle.

Ash, Surge, and Misty exit the gym and see Emogla doing really well with Thunderbolt, hitting a moving target and a mid air talking. Pikachu clapped proudly at her hard work paying off at long last. Ash walked towards Pikachu and gave him an approving pat on the head. Surge agreed and had an idea to form in his mind.

"Hey kid what you feel about taking Emolga with you?"

"Really why?"

Ash was confused about what Surge is thinking about giving Emolga to him. Surge explains that Emolga never listens to him and generally annoyed him and she seems to be more obedient towards Pikachu and likely will obey you. Ash was about to argue when he felt someone landing on his shoulder, but when he turned he did not see Pikachu but Emolga.

"Please say yes I always wanted to see the world, also if it means I can poke fun at Pikachu will be well worth it for me."

Ash slightly understood her but called Sonic out but he accidentally let out Shadow. The ultimate lifeform looks around confused which turns to anger as he glances towards Ash.

"What you need I will reply but let out Sonic for me."

Ash listened to Shadow's command and told him to translate what Emolga said as she repeated so he could fully understand her. Ash once Emolga finished decided to take her with him which made her a very happy teenager. Surge hands Ash her Pokeball and head inside to heal his Pokemon with his personal healing station. Once Ash returns Emolga he let out Sonic.

"Okay whose ass do I have to kick-"

Sonic did not finish as Shadow delivered a punch into his unexpected face. Shadow's punch knocked him out cold which brought a smile to Shadow's face.

"Thanks Ash."

As he allows Ash to return him to his Pokeball before he and Misty head back to the Pokemon Center to heal up all his Pokemons. The duo got all their Pokemon healed and as they left they heard the roads of a bike heading right towards his direction. It was a police motorcycle and had one of the many Jenny's on it. And in the side car of the bike was a Wartortle? However something familiar about the middle stage starter of the Kanto region.

"Ash Ketchum I need your help. Or should I say an old pal likes your assistants."

"You mean yourself, officer Jenny."

The Wartortle sighs and hops out standing before Ash and pulls from his sturdy shell a pair of dark shades that were very stylish. Ash light bulb lights up.

"Squirtle is that you!"

He nodded while saying in Pokemon language which means yes as he hugged Ash as both laughed happily at his evolution and meeting up after so long. Jenny and Misty did not interrupt this moment until the trainer and Pokemon calm down from their happy reunion.

"Ash Ketchum I need your help and search for a dangerous wild Pokemon in the forest near the city."

"Sure I will be glad to help."

"Good but only you. Sorry but don't want to risk more people than I already have."

"Okay take care Ash and watch out."

"I will Misty."

Ash said as he hopped into the side car as he returned Wartortle to his Pokeball and Pikachu sat in his lab as Jenny roared the engine of her police bike as she drove off to the destination. Jenny stops in the middle of a dark forest with a tree you expect around a haunted house of some kind.

"The wild Pokemon we are looking for is a Zangoose."

"Wow, but why is this Zangoose being such an issue."

"It was part of an illegal Pokemon hunting camp and while we were busting them it escaped and over the past week it's been attacking trainers that were wandering into the area."

"Okay Wartortle, Sonic I choose you."

Wartortle appeared ready to brawl but when Sonic appeared he was rubbing the cheek Shadow socked him in.

"Thanks for letting me get socked Ash."

"I am not going to take a blow for your own stupid idea."

"I remember that when you are about to fall to your death and I'm your only up."

"Focus up girls we don't have time for your chit chat."

"YES MAM!"

Ash and Sonic said in sync as they split up for the Zangoose season Cop edition. Ash was with Pikachu and Wartortle but Sonic decided to fly above the forest to search most of the woods by himself from the clouds above it. Jenny had at her side her trust worthy Arcanine which she rode to skim the forest faster. Jenny and Sonic did not have much finding this savage Zangoose.

Pikachu was worried that maybe this Zangoose relocated and they headed home, but then Wartortle and Pikachu heard something coming fast and Wartortle barely had time to slam into the white blur that was rushing towards Ash. The white blur was the Zangoose they were hunting for and it looked bigger than your average zangoose but it had scars over its body namely one going down one of his eyes.

"That must be the Zangoose Wartortle ready to brawl."

Wartortle nodded as Ash whips the Pokedex out and it informs Ash about all it knows about the Zangoose race.

"Zangoose the Cat Ferret Pokemon. Memories of battling its archrival Seviper are etched into every cell of Zangoose's body. This Pokémon adroitly dodges attacks with incredible agility. Zangoose usually stays on all fours, but when angered, it gets up on its hind legs and extends its claws. This Pokémon shares a bitter rivalry with Seviper that dates back over generations."

Zangoose charges at Wartortle appear to be using a slash attack. Ash told Wartortle to counter with Fake Out. Wartortle waited until Zangoose was about to let loose his claw to slash, Wartortle did a mighty clap right in Zangoose face knocking the ferret Pokemon back hurt by the attack slightly but more than both Wartortle and Ash thought. Ash figured that this Zangoose did not get a lot of sleep to regain his strength.

"Zangoose were are not here to capture you. We want to bring you back to a Pokemon center to heal."

This only enrages the Zangoose more as his claws became coated in blackish purple energy to use the Night Slash attack. Wartortle uses his shell due to hard training with Ash and with the Squirtle Squad made it tougher than even the body of a Steelix, so the attack bounced off harmless but if this Zangoose was at one hundred percent it might have pushed Wartortle back.

"Wartortle attack back with Brick Break."

Wartortle nodded and gave Zangoose a chop slap to the face doing tons of damage to the normal type Pokemon. The attack knocks Zangoose onto his back and one more super effective attack. Ash pulls out a PokeBall and decides it would be better to catch him than drag him back by force to the Pokemon Center. So Ash let the poke Ball fly and bounce off the Zangoose's head and consume the pokemon inside the metal sphere. The PokeBall shook three times before giving the click sound to show him that Ash caught the Zangoose. Ash picks the Poke Ball and heads to find officer Jenny to let her know he caught the Zangoose.

After a short while, he ran into Jenny and her Arcanine.

"You caught the Zangoose?!"

Jenny sounds annoyed that he just caught the Pokemon which she would rather than not happen.

"I'm sorry if you are mad at me. I could tell the Zangoose would not go with us without a fight. But I plan to free him once he heals and all."

"Fair enough. Since you caught him it will be your responally to tame and keep that Pokemon healthy and strong. Understand."

Ash nodded yes and Wartortle said the Zangoose would be hard to find anyone else to have for a trainer. This eases some of Jenny's worries and decides to trust in Wartortles word. Jenny offers a ride back to Vermillion City but Sonic landed down near the two humans and their trustworthy Pokemons.

"No worry I can take him to Vermillion City officer Jenny."

"Very well Mister Charizard."

"Please call me Sonic."

"Noted for next time."

As her Arcanine ran back to her bike she left so she could take that back to the police station in Vermillion City. Ash returns Wartortle thanking him for his hard work and happy to have him back. It only took a minute for Sonic to fly back to Vermillion City and land right in front of the Pokemon Center. Ash head in urgent and only gave Misty a wave of high in his dash to nurse joy with Zangoose ball in hand.

"So I guess it went well?"

"Yes it did Misty. Though Ash had to catch the Zangoose."

"I see and guess it's Ash responsible for taming it?"

"Yes."

Ash comes back and guess Sonic informs Misty about the situation and the trio along with Pikachu decide to head to Saffron City first to reach the four gyms on their hit list, Celadon City. And the group made haste since the sun is still high in the sky. Hours pass as I slowly get closer and closer towards Vermillion City and though Ash and Misty asked Sonic to just fly them thier but Sonic was admittedly still salty from Ash letting Shadow sock him in the jaw. Pikachu said he was being petty but Sonic pretended not to hear what Pikachu said.

The group kept walking until a random trainer challenged Ash to a battle. This would be a 2v2 battle since the challenger only had two Pokemons and his first was a Geodude and the rock head with arms. Ash was tempted to let Wartortle out but decided to give Zangoose his first battle under his care. When Zangoose came out and surprise was an understatement on his white and battle worn face. He was confused until he saw the kid that he was battling before and before and was facing a trainer who summoned a Geodude.

"Zangoose sorry but we're kind of stuck toegther so are you ready to battle?"

Zangoose scoff Ash's words and walk away and lean against a tree deciding not to fight Geoudude. Ash sigh and happy he had another Pokemon to fight for him which was his trustworthy and sweet Bayleaf. Bayleaf looks ready to battle for Ash. Now the fight can really begin.

"Geodude hit that Bayleaf with your Fire Punch."

Geodude swings one of his fist coated in flames but Bayleaf hops over it and fire an Energy Ball from her mouth that strikes Geodude in the face.

"Nice job Bayleaf."

The challenger growled at this and commanded Geodude to use Fire Punch once more and this time and landed the fist into Bayleaf's face. Bayleaf was still okay and able to fight on. Ash told Bayleaf to use Energy Ball once more and it did incredible damage nearing his limit.

"Geodude holds it in there and uses Fire Punch once more."

Bayleaf dodges the punch one more and hit Geodude with another Energy Ball which was enough to knock out Geodude winning the first round. The trainer returns Geodude and picks his next Pokemon. The next Pokemon was a savage-looking Serviper and this strike was interesting in Zangoose since it's in his DNA to hate Seviper. He walks past Ash and pushes Bayleaf to the side and decides to fight.

"Zangoose. Are you ready to fight?"

Zangoose brushes off Ash's word and gets into a fighting stance to face his eternal rival.

"Seviper hit that Zangoose with your Sludge Wave attack."

Seviper throws up toxic sludge but Zangoose hop out of the way and coated one of his claws in flames and strike Seviper in the side doing serious damage. Seviper response with smacking Zangoose away. This only stings Zangoose and he had more fight in his spirit.

"Zangoose hit Seviper with your Rock Slide attack."

Zangoose ignored it and used his Night Slash attack and landed dead on Seviper doing incredible damage to the Seviper. Seviper blasted sludge from his mouth and it did serious damage to Zangoose from the poison attack. Zangoose still was standing and this attack only enraged him as he formed big rocks in thin air and sent the barrage of rocks towards Seviper and crushed under their weight knocking them out.

Ash won and returned Zangoose quickly since Ash bet Zangoose would make a mad dash out of there. After Ash returns the pokemon and shakes hands saying it was a good match along with and the trainer heads their ways. Misty who watches it could tell Zangoose is going to be a difficult Pokemon for Ash, but nothing will compare to Charizard before the time he got turned into a Chariscle.