Ash's Pokemon Journey
Summary: This story is about how I think that ash's journey should have gone through, Kanto, Orange Islands, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh and Unova. Smart, a psychic and an Aura user (He'll find out about being a psyphic and Aura user later). I do not own pokemon.
Chapter 13
Pokemon Ranch, Reserve and Safari
After walking through a forest, Ash, Misty and Brock arrived to a lot of fields. "Do you think that we are in the countryside?" asked Misty. "We could be," said Brock "there are fields everywhere". "Let's see who or what lives here," said Ash "we maybe near a farm or ranch".
Just then they felt the grownd shaking. "Is it an earthquake?" asked Misty. "No," said Brock, pointing to a field, "it's those pokemon over there". A herd of bulls were stampeding in a field.
Ash looked at the pokedex: Tauros, the wild bull pokemon. Once it takes aim at its foe, it makes a headlong charge. It is famous for its violent nature.
"I'd like to have a Tauros," said Ash "I wonder where their owner is". Just then a Growlithe came up from behind them and growled at them. "Hey a Growlithe" said Brock, remembering his Growlithe back home.
Ash looked Growlithe up: Growlithe, the puppy pokemon. While loyal to its master, the Growlithe will drive away enemies by barking and biting.
"Hey Growlithe," said Ash "where's your master?" "I'm right here" said a voice.
The voice belonged to a blue haired girl, riding on a firey horse. "Excuse me," said Ash "but can you tell us where we are please?" "You are at the pokemon rance," answered the girl "we preserve and raise wild pokemon here". "So those Tauros are yours then?" asked Ash. "That is correct," said the girl "I'm Lara Laramie and my family runs this ranch". Lara showed the group the fields of the ranch, which held different pokemon. One field had Sandslash, another Nidorina, another Nidorino and other fields held different pokemon. Lara got down off her firey horse to stretch.
Ash looked up Lara's horse on his pokedex: Ponyta, the fire horse pokemon. As a newborn, it can barely stand. However, through galloping, its legs are made tougher and faster. Its mane is made of intense flames.
Ash thought about his Rapidash, as Ponyta evolves into Rapidash, and released it from its pokeball. Lara was amazed by Ash's Rapidash. "Wow," she said "your Rapidash looks magnificent. When did you get it?"
Ash told Lara about Damian and about how he, Misty and Brock adopted Damian's pokemon. "I'm glad you three have Damian's pokemon," said Lara "a guy like that doesn't deserve to have any pokemon. Rapidash looks well cared for now". Ash explained that at first Rapidash was afraid of him. "She feared that I was like Damian was, but I managed to prove to her that I'm not and gain her trust, right Rapidash?" Rapidash nickered and nuzzled her trainer. Rapidash liked Ash and was happy to have him for a trainer. Lara smiled, knowing that Ash treated his pokemon with friendship and kindness. Ponyta watched the bond between Ash and Rapidash with wonder in its eyes.
Just then they felt the ground shake a bit. "The Tauros again" said Misty, in alarm. "No it's not Tauros," Lara said "that might be Dario". A flock of bird pokemon ran past them. Ash wanted to look up the pokemon on his pokedex, but they were to fast for him to scan. But one of them ran up beside them, with a purpled haired boy on its back. "Howdy Lara" said the boy. "Dario" said Lara.
Ash scanned the bird: Dodrio, the triple bird pokemon. It can run faster than it can fly. Its three heads represent joy, sorrow and anger.
Dario smirked at Lara. "I thought I'd let you know that Dodrio and I are going to win the race tomorrow," he said "I hope you're ready to lose". Then he left on his Dodrio. "Who was that guy?" said Misty. She didn't like his attitude. "That's Dario," said Lara "a Dodrio trainer. He loves to show off his pokemon's speed". "Hey Lara," said Ash "what race was he talking about?" "Well tonight we re having a festival," said Lara "and you three can come as my guests. And tomorrow we are having the pokemon race. It's a race when people, riding on their pokemon, compete against each other. And the winner becomes a member of the Laramie clan".
That evening Lara brought Ash, Misty and Brock to the festival. Lara got a lot of good luck from everyone for the pokemon race. "Lara sure is popular" said Misty. "Yeah both her and her Ponyta have got fans" said Brock. "I have a feeling that tomorrows race will be great" said Ash, muching down on a chocolate magikarp. Just then Dario showed up. "Your Tauros are going crazy at the ranch" he said to Lara. Lara called her Ponyta over and both she and the gang went over to the ranch.
When they got to the ranch, Lara's Tauros were tackling each other like mad. It was like they were having a real fight with each other. Lara sent her Growlithe to calm them down. Growlithe ran around the Tauros, barking, to gain their attention. Just then the Tauros calmed down completely. Lara was just about to inspect them when suddenly something flew past Ponyta, frightening it. Ponyta was so spooked that Lara fell off Ponyta and hurt her left arm. Brock and Misty helped Lara, while Ash tried to calm Ponyta down.
What had happened was really Team Rocket's doing. And Dario was behind it too. Apparently Dario intended to win the race, even if it meant cheating, so he had made a deal with Team Rocket. If Team Rocket helped him win the race, they would be rewared with a lot of money.
At Lara's house, Lara was resting her arm in a sling. She seemed down that she couldn't participate in the race tomorrow. "Too bad for the Laramie clan" said Ash. Then Lara had an idea; she decided that Ash could race for her. "But I can't do that," gasped Ash "I mean Ponyta will only listen to you". "You can do it Ash," said Lara "after seeing you to calming down Ponyta. I knew for sure that you are perfect for this. Everything will be okay". After seeing Lara's pleading look and getting words of engouragement from Brock and Misty, Ash agreed to enter. Ash stepped outside with Lara and Ponyta. He and Ponyta stared at each other. Ponyta wasn't sure if he could trust Ash. Ash could see that Ponyta disn't trust him, so he felt hesitated to go near Ponyta. Lara petted her Ponyta and explained to it that Ash was a trust worthy human. Ponyta remembered the bond that Ash had with Rapidash and then it smiled, agreeing to let Ash ride him. Ash slowly and carefully walked up to Ponyta and petted it gently. His hand didn't get burned at all. Then Ash climbed on Ponyta's back. "Ready to practice for the race tomorrow?" said Ash. Ponyta nickered, meaning he was ready.
The next day it was time for the race to begin. All those that were competing in the race were getting ready at the finish line. Brock and Misty decided to enter too; Misty entered with Starmie and Brock was with Onix. Pikachu sat next to Lara and her Growlithe in the stands. "Ready Ponyta?" said Ash. Both he and Ponyta were excited. So excited in fact, Ponyta set his fire mane blazing. Then a whistle blew, meaning the race had begun.
The racers took off immediately. Dario took off in first place on his Dodrio. The first portion of the race was a simple running across the field. Everything began running smoothly, but Team Rocket started doing their tricks. They shot two sling shots, which hit a Tauros and its trainer. It spooked Tauros so much that it ended up tackling a Nidorina and her trainer. Nidorina was so cross, that she picked a fight with Tauros. The poor trainers of Tauros and Nidorina got caught up with it, so they were out of the race. Tean Rocket was hiding in the long grass, finding it very funny.
The second portion of the race was going up a steep hill. "This maybe tricky," said Ash to Ponyta "but try to run as fast as you can". Going uphill was not easy for the racers, but when downhill it was easier. An Electrode and its trainer found it really easy. They flew by the racers at great speed. The bad news was Team Rocket had dug a hole, and Electrode and his trainer fell into it. Another bad news was this caused Electrode to explode, hitting Ash and Ponyta in the process. It also knocked a Raticate and a Sandslash in the process. Team Rocket was pleased with themselves. But bad news for them was Ash and Ponyta stood up again. Lara, who had seen everything on the screen, was relieved that they got up again. Pikachu wasn't worried; he knew that his trainer was tough.
The third portion of the race was across the river on the stepping stones. Dodrio easily crossed the stepping stones with ease. But it wasn't good for Onix and a Rhyhorn. The Rhyhorn stepped on a stepping stone to see if it was all right. But the stepping stone sank, with Rhyhorn still on it. Onix watched in horror and groaned in tears. As it was a rock type, it didn't want to go into the water. Brock petted Onix's head to reassure it. "That's okay," he said "we tried". So Onix and Rhyhorn were out of the race. But Ash and Ponyta had no trouble and neither did Misty and her Starmie.
The fourth portion of the race was that the pokemon had to eat a tray of food, before heading towards the finish line. Of course Dario and Dodrio got to the tray of food first. But as Dodrio had three heads, they were fighting about who should eat first. This gave a chance for Starmie and Ponyta to catch up and get to their portion of food. Dario was getting frustrated and yelled at Team Rocket to do their bidding.
A thick cloud of smoke appeared, and then Team Rocket appeared. "What do you three want?" said Misty. "Let's just say that we want to mess you up again" said Meowth. "So it was you three who broke Lara's arm," said Misty "and it was also you who caused the accidents in the race". Dario rode on ahead. "Team Rocket's working for Dario" said Ash, who always thought Dario was a no good person. He was about to grab one of his pokeballs, when Misty stopped him. "Ash you catch up with Dario," she said "I'll take care of Team Rocket". Ash agreed and set off with Ponyta, leaving Misty to deal with Team Rocket.
Dario was heading towards the finish line. "I'm gonna win this one" he laughed. Then he saw Ash catch up to him. "No way!" he said, not believing this. Ponyta and Dodrio became neck and neck towards the finishing line. Dario made one of his Dodrio heads peck Ponyta. Ponyta winced at the pain and started to slow down a bit. "That was a cheap shot!" shouted Ash. "I do what I can do to win" Dario smirked, taking off again.
Now Ponyta really got angry at Dario and started to glow. Ash, Lara and the audience watched in amazement, as Ponyta evolved into Rapidash. Rapidash galloped fast and caught up with Dodrio. It was neck and neck towards the finish line, but with one more effort Rapidash managed to cross the finish line first. Ash and Rapidash were the winners. Dario was angry with that. "Cheater," he said "you interfered with me". "You're the one who attacked me" said Ash. Dario was just about to have Dodrio attack Ash and Rapidash, but Rapidash used its stomp attack and sent Dario and Dodrio flying.
After being called the winners of the race, Lara thanked Ash. "Thanks to you Ash," she said "not only did you win for me, but now Rapidash and I are members of the Laramie clan". Rapidash nickered and licked Ash on the cheek to say thank you. "It was nothing" laughed Ash.
Lara took the group to the end of the pokemon ranch. "If you want to catch pokemon," she said "there's a safari zone ahead". The group agreed to go there. Lara walked up to Ash and gave him a peck on the cheek. "Thanks again Ash" she smiled. Ash blushed, while Misty, Brock and Pikachu sniggered at their friend. Lara thanked them once again and Ash, Misty and Brock set off to go to the safari zone.
Ash, Misty and Brock arrived at some sort of jungle. They saw pokemon everywhere. "Wow look at all of the pokemon," said Misty "you think this is the safari zone?" Brock frowned. "I don't think this is the safari zone" he said. "You're right actually Brock," said Ash "this isn't the safari zone. This is the pokemon reserve area. Wild pokemon catching is forbidden here. We need to look for the ranger station. I've heard that the ranger here gets upset, whenever humans like us enter here". "You're right about that" said a voice. An Officer Jenny came out from behind the bush. "I'm Ranger Jenny, and I'm glad that you know that pokemon catching is forbidden here".
Ranger Jenny took them to the ranger station. There was a big map on screen. "This map helps me watch over the pokemon reserve," Ranger Jenny explained "when poachers or trainers enter the area red lights appear on here". Just then a boy, about seven years old, entered the station. He had a Growlithe with him. "I'm here Ranger Jenny" he said and noticed Ash, Misty and Brock "you're not poachers are you?" Ranger Jenny explained that Ash, Misty and Brock were trainers and just passing boy. "This is Tommy," said Ranger Jenny "but I call him Tomo for short".
While Tomo began playing with Growlithe, Ranger Jenny explained about Tomo. "I've taken care of Tomo ever since he was a baby. He and his parents were looking at the area in their helicopter, but something went wrong with the helicopter and it crashed. I managed to get Tomo and his parents out of the helicopter before it exploded. But Tomo's parents were really hurt by the crash. They were taken to hospital immediately, but it was too late. Tomo's parents died, while Tomo survived and I've cared for him ever since". Ash, Misty and Brock felt sorry for Tomo. "So is he your adopted son?" asked Misty. "Not really," said Jenny "I'm more of a guardian to him. But I do wish for him to be with a real family that would love him forever". Ash went over to play with Tomo and his Growlithe. Tomo felt a bit nervous with Ash at first, since he had never played with people, apart from Ranger Jenny, before, but then he started to like Ash.
Suddenly a red rador light appeared on the map. "Poachers are here," said Ranger Jenny "I must leave at once". Ash, Misty and Brock offered to help out as well. So Ranger Jenny, Tomo and the group went in a jeep to see what the commotion was all about.
The commotion was really Team Rocket. Team Rocket was in the pokemon reserve and was planning to capture all the pokemon, known as Kangaskhan. "If we capture all of the Kangaskhan," said James, looking at the herd, "we'll get a big promotion from the boss". "Hurry now," said Jessie "we must act quick". "Everything is all set" said Meowth. The group arrived at the scene. The gang saw the herd of Kangaskhan.
Ash looked at them on the pokedex: Kangaskhan, the parent pokemon. The Kangaskhan is a rare Pokémon which raises its children in its pocket. They will attack viciously and without warning if they feel their young are threatened in any way.
"Kangaskhan are the reason why poachers keep coming here," said Ranger Jenny "and right now everything seems all right". Just then a bang happened in the sky. The Kangaskhan heard the bang and started to get panicky. Ash spotted Team Rocket. "We have to stop Team Rocket now" he said to Jenny. "We can't," she said "if I go after Team Rocket in my jeep, the Kangaskhan may start changing". Then another bang happened and this time the Kangaskhan went charging. The group managed to escape the stampede, but then Team Rocket caught the Kangaskhan in the net. Ash, Misty, Brock and Tomo were shocked by this. "Look at the poor baby Kangaskhan" said Brock, looking at the babies in their mother's pouches.
Ash got really angry by this, and was just about to get out of the jeep and grab one of his pokeballs to stop Team Rocket, when they heard a charging noise. "Sounds like she's coming Jenny" said Tomo. "I agree with that" said Ranger Jenny. "Who is coming?" asked Misty. They saw a Kangaskhan coming their way. "If that Kangaskan comes here," said Ash, worriedly "she will get captured too". "There is no need to worry," said Jenny "this Kangaskhan is a real fighter".
When the Kangaskhan saw the others in the net, it was furious. Just as Jessie tossed a pokeball to catch it, the Kangaskhan punched it away. Then her right fist glowed white and hit Team Rocket's jeep, sending the pokeballs away. "That was dynamic punch" said Ash. Then with her teeth, Kangaskhan cut the net to let the other Kangaskhan out. Then all the Kangaskhan used mega punch to send Team Rocket flying. The Kangaskhan were relieved and went back to roaming. 'That Kangaskhan was amazing' though Ash.
Back at the ranger station, the gang were amazed about what they saw. "That Kangaskhan sure packed a punch" said Misty. "Yeah," said Brock "I've never seen anything like that in a Kangaskhan". "That Kangaskhan has always been like that," said Ranger Jenny "even as a baby she was a fighter". "Is her baby a fighter too?" asked Brock. "Well I haven't seen her baby fight yet," said Jenny "but it is very independent for a baby. It's never afraid of going out of its mother's pouch or afraid of meeting new pokemon". "Wow," said Ash "it seems like it will end up strong like its mother".
Just then they all heard a squeak coming from outside the station. When they had a look outside, they noticed a baby Kangaskhan. "What's that baby Kangaskhan doing here?" asked Ash "and why is it not with its mother?" "That is the baby of that Kangaskhan," said Jenny "it always likes to wonder around the area". Ash walked over to the baby Kangaskhan and bent down onto the ground. "Hi there little girl" he said. The baby Kangaskhan took a good look at Ash; she didn't seem frightened of him at all. Then she walked onto Ash's lap and nuzzled him. Ash carefully picked up the baby Kangaskhan and gave her a hug. Ranger Jenny and Tomo were amazed by this; they never saw a baby Kangaskhan bond with a human before. "Ash is a pokeparent of two pokemon," explained Brock "that's why he has such a way with baby pokemon".
Just then a red rador appeared on Ranger Jenny's screen map again. "I have a feeling that it's Team Rocket again" said Ash. They got into the jeep again. Ash took the baby Kangaskhan with them, just incase her mother was there. When they got there they found out that it was Team Rocket again. This time they had built a giant robot Kangaskhan to attack the Kangaskhans. Worst of all they fired tranquilizers at the Kangaskhan to make them fall asleep. Ash was furious. He passed the baby Kangaskhan to Misty and got out of the jeep. "If Team Rocket thinks they're getting away with this, they're wrong," he said, grabbing a pokeball "Gyarados I choose you". His blue sea serpant got ready to fight. "Use flamethrower on that robot!" Gyarados's flamethrower set the robot on fire, but it didn't stop Team Rocket. "Now use hyper beam!" said Ash. The hyper beam smashed the robot and sent Team Rocket flying. The Kangaskhan were safe.
Ranger Jenny was grateful. "Thanks to you Ash," she said "these Kangaskhan are all right". The Kangaskhan, which liked to fight, roared at Ash. "What does she want?" asked Ash. "I think she wants you to battle her," said Jenny "she saw how strong your Gyarados was, so she wishes to fight it". Ash was surprised, but agreed.
So Ash's Gyarados and the wild Kangaskhan had a battle between them. Kangaskhan's baby watched in Misty's arms, so it wouldn't get hurt from the battle. While the fight was happening, Ash saw how strong the Kangaskhan was. She kept on throwing fighting type moves like dynamic punch, focus punch and focus blast. 'She'd be a great teacher for my Primeape' Ash thought. Gyarados put up a good fight as well with her dragon rage, dragon pulse, ice fang and hydro pump attacks. Then at last Kangaskhan collapsed from exhaustion.
The baby Kangaskhan jumped out of Misty's arms to see if its mother was okay. But Kangaskhan was allright; just tired from the fight. She smiled at Gyarados and thanked it for a good fight.
After returning Gyarados, Ash walked over to Kangaskhan and smiled. "I have to say you pack a good punch," he said, giving her thumbs up. Kangaskhan smiled at Ash, happy to have someone notice. Ranger Jenny walked over to Ash. "Ash I have something to ask you," she said "I would like you to take Kangaskhan with you". "What?" said Ash "but I can't do that. I mean it's illegal to catch pokemon here". "It's true that it is illegal," said Jenny "but this Kangaskhan should be with a trainer, not in the wild. The truth is ever since this Kangaskhan was a baby she liked to pick fights with other wild pokemon. And as an adult her liking of fighting causes problems here. So Ash please look afer her and give her as many battles she would want". Ash was surprised; he was going to have a Kangaskhan of his own. "You can count on me" he said. The Kangaskhan placed her baby into her pouch and Ash caught them together in a pokeball.
Tomo walked up to Ranger Jenny and whispered in her ear. "I see," she said "I understand. Ash Tomo here wishes to ask you something". "What is it Tomo?" asked Ash. Tomo took a big breath and spoke. "I wish to leave and travel with you". "Huh," said Ash "you want to come with me?" "I wish to be a trainer," said Tomo "and I see you as an elder brother". Ash stood silent for a moment, then smiled and nodded. "Okay," he said "you may come". Tomo was delighted and hugged Ash and Ash hugged him back. Misty and Brock were surprised by this, but could see that Ash and Tomo were already like elder brother and little brother, so they just smiled. "I leave Tomo in your hands Ash," said Ranger Jenny "I talk to your mother on the phone and let her know. And when you go back to Pallet Town, i'll speak with her properly then".
So Ash and the gang said goodbye to Ranger Jenny and left the pokemon preserve. Tomo took Growlithe with him. Since they first met, Tomo and Growlithe had been inseperable. So Ranger Jenny agreed to let Tomo take Growlithe with him. Tomo decided to keep Growlithe out of the pokeball, like Ash kept Pikachu out of the pokeball. At first Tomo felt nervous of leaving the place he had lived in since as a baby, but he knew that he had a happy future with Ash.
Ash and the gang soon arrived at the safari zone. "I can't wait to catch new pokemon" said Ash. "Yeah me too" said Misty, who couldn't wait to catch new water pokemon. Brock was interested in catching some new pokemon too. "What pokemon are you going to catch big brother?" "I don't know," said Ash "just what pokemon is in there".
They reached the log cabin, where they had to get the supplies for the safari zone. Suddenly a gun was pointed at Ash's face. "What are you brats doing here?" said a man, who was the owner of the gun. "Hey watch would you" said Ash "you can really hurt someone like that". The man put his gun down. "I am Kaiser, the caretaker of the safari zone" he said. He gave the gang a super rod and a bucket that contained thirty pokeballs. Then explained that they could not use any pokemon to catch the wld pokemon and not use their normal pokeballs, only safari balls. "If any of you break the rules," said Kaiser "you will have my gun to talk to". Misty saw a picture of Kaiser as a young man, with a Dratini beside him. "Rumour has it that Dratini live here" said Brock. "Well even if there are Dratini here," said Ash "I won't be catching one because I already have one". "What?" shouted Kaiser, pointing his gun to Ash's face again, "how did you get your Dratini?" Ash explained about finding Dratini as an egg on S.S. Anne. Kaiser put his gun down and let Ash off the hook.
The gang got out of Kaiser's log cabin and went into the safari zone. "Okay seriously," said Misty "what was that guy's problem? I mean he went crazy as soon as we entered the cabin. Then as soon as Ash said he had a Dratini, Kaiser looked like he would explode". "I think I know why," said Ash "Prof Oak told me that after Kaiser met a Dratini in the safari zone, trainers flocked into the safari zone to capture a Dratini for themselves. In the process the trainers captured a lot of the wild pokemon, who lived in the safari zone, and the safari zone nearly ended up destroyed. That's probably why Kaiser ends up upset most of the time. He doesn't want the destruction of the safari zone to happen again". Misty, Brock and Tomo understood. "So what shall we do?" said Misty "now that we are in the safari zone". Brock suggested they split up to cover more ground. The gang liked the idea. Ash grabbed eight safari balls, Misty grabbed six and Brock grabbed six. Tomo grabbed six as well; he wanted some more pokemon too, apart from Growlithe. "Ready to catch some new friends Growlithe?" he asked Growlithe. Growlithe barked eager to have some new friends as well. Ash and Tomo decided to go together, Misty grabbed the super rod and headed over towards the lakes and Brock went his way.
Ash and Tomo went together into a field. Just then they saw a herd of bull pokemon. "It's Tauros," Ash said "now's my chance to capture my own Tauros". Not only did Ash capture a Tauros, but Tomo did as well. Then, to his surprise, Ash captured an Arbok. Soon Ash had captured a Tauros, an Arbok, a Rhydon, a Paras, a Venonat, a Doduo, a Pinsir and a Scyther. Tomo had captured a Tauros, a Nidoran couple, a poliwag, a Venonoat and a Cubone.
Misty was fishing with the super rod at the lakes. She had captured two Krabbys, two Slowpokes and a Psyduck. She had one more pokeball left. Brock met up with Misty at the lake. He had captured a Tauros, two Chanseys, a Marowak and a Rhyhorn. Ash and Tomo met up with Misty and Brock at the lake. Then everyone exchanged their captures with each other. "So we have all caught new cool pokemon" said Ash. Just then Misty's rod started to tug. "Hey I got a bite" said Misty. The pokemon she caught turned out to be a big brown crab.
Ash looked at the big brown crab on the pokedex: Kingler, the Pincer pokemon. The evolved form of Krabby. The larger pincer has 10,000-horsepower strength. However, it is so heavy, it is difficult to aim.
Misty caught the Kingler in delight. "There are four safari balls left," said Brock "what shall we do with them?"
Just as they were about to think of what to do with the remaing safari balls, Kaiser ran up to them. "I need your help" he panted. "What's wrong?" asked Ash. "Team Rocket is in the safari zone," Kaiser said "and they are after the Dratini in the lake at Dragon Valley". "We better hurry at once," said Ash "there's no telling what those three will do".
Team Rocket was smirking at the lake in Dragon Valley. "So this is where all the Dratini live" said Jessie. "It sure took our time though to get that warden to tell us about it" said James. "But thanks to this baby," said Meowth, holding a gadget that shocks you if you touched the top of it, "we here at the lake". "Have you got our new weapon?" asked Jessie. "Yes I do" said Meowth. Team Rockets new weapon was some sort of bomb. "So what will this electric bomb do?" asked James. Meowth explained that when the electric bomb goes off in the water, it would electrocute all the pokemon living in the water and bring them to the surface. "Then once the entire pokemon surface," said Jessie "we'll nab them all".
Team Rocket was just about to toss the bomb into the lake, when Kaiser and the gang showed up. "Don't even think about that!" shouted Ash. "Too late twerp" Meowth smirked and tossed the bomb into the lake". Kaiser was in horror and jumped into the lake to get the bomb. Ash quickly took off his jacket and hat and then released Vaporeon from her pokeball. "I'm going in" he said. "You can't Ash," said Misty "you might not make it". "But if I don't do something the bomb will go off and then what would we do" said Ash. Tomo didn't want his brother to jump into the lake and held on to his legs. Ash ruffled Tomo's hair "It will be okay" he said. Then Ash jumped into the lake with Vaporeon. Ash had Vaporeon get Kaiser out of the lake, while he went to get the bomb. Ash found the bomb at the bottom of the lake and went back up swimming to the surface.
Back on land Kaiser and Vaporeon made it to the surface. "Where's Ash?" asked Misty. "He's still down there" said Kaiser. The gang looked at the lake in horror. Ash was still swimming to the surface, when he suddenly ran out of breath. 'Oh no,' thought Ash 'if I don't get to the surface, all the pokemon in this lake will be in danger'. A shadowy figure in the lake was watching Ash and swam towards him.
On land Kaiser, Misty, Brock and Tomo saw the blue sky turn into a blackish grey, with rain, thunder and lightening. And the lake acted rough with waves and a big whirlpool. Tomo was scared and hoped Ash was all right. Suddenly from out of the whirlpool was a long blue serpant, with Ash on its back. "It's Dragonair" gasped Kaiser.
Ash's pokedex, in his jacket pocket, went off: Dragonair, the dragon pokemon. The evolved form of Dratini. This legendary Pokémon that can make rain or snow fall at its will. It can even fly without wings.
Misty, Brock and Tomo were relieved that Ash was okay, and so was Pikachu and Vaporeon. "Hey Team Rocket," said Ash "I think this is yours". He tossed the bomb towards them and Jessie caught it. Just then the bomb's timer ernt off and exploded, sending Team Rocket flying.
When Dragonair and Kaiser met face to face, Kaiser recognized it as the Dratini he befriended years ago. Dragonair had an x mark on its horn. It had that ever since it was a Dratini. Kaiser and Dragonair hugged each other, with tears pouring down their eyes. Dragonair introduced Kaiser to its baby, Dratini. Ash, Tomo, Misty and Brock were happy for Kaiser seeing his old friends again and promised to never reveal this to anyone one. That way the Dragonair, Dratini and the safari zone will both be safe.
Back at Kaiser's lodge, Ash sent all the pokemon he captured to Prof Oak's lab. Tomo kept his new Poliwag and Cubone on him, and sent the others to the lab. Brock kept one of his Chanseys on him and sent his other new pokemon to Pewter Gym and Misty sent her new water pokemon to Cerulean Gym. Then they waved good bye to Kaiser and left the safari zone.
To answer some readers questions. 1. There is no pairing until Ash is older; he's too young at the moment. 2. Ash will catch two legendary pokemon. I'm having him get Latias and Zorua. 3. I liked the idea of Ash and his mother having Tomo as part of the family. I didn't like his parents, so I decided to have them died by a helicopter crash. 4. I didn't like the idea of Ash catching 30 Tauros, but I have written a story called 'Tricks of the trade rewritten' and it's about what Ash would have gotten at the swap meet in Johto, if he had traded them.