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.
Note: I am not doing the Kalos Region. So fairy pokemon don't exist.
Chapter 38
The Fishing Contest, The Beauty Contest,
And the Grass pokemon tournament
Today the gang were at a stream and Misty was training her Goldeen. Misty hardly had that much chance to train Goldeen, because usually she had been in towns, cities and other places that didn't have any places for the Goldeen to swim about it. Misty's Goldeen was actually quite strong for a fish type pokemon; she battled really well in the water and she knew many moves; peck, horn attack, fury attack, flail, water fall, ice beam, agility, supersonic, horn drill, aqua ring, mega horn and poison jab. She also had the egg move hydro pump. So even though Misty's Goldeen didn't look much, she was a good battler. Suddenly Goldeen start to glow and then she evolved into a Seaking. "Wow Seaking," said Misty "you look more magnificent than ever". "I've got to say Misty," said Brock "all of your water pokemon are looking greater every time you train them". "Thanks Brock and I am proud of all of them" said Misty. Right now she had Staryu, Totodile, Seaking and her two Poliwhirls. "Are you going to evolve your two Poliwhirls into Politoeds yet Misty?" asked Ash. "No not yet," replied Misty "I think they still need some more experience before they evolve".
Suddenly a Poliwrath came out of nowhere and punched one of Misty's Poliwhirl really hard. "Hey what did you do that for?" demanded Misty, tending to her Poliwhirl. "Because that Poliwhirl of yours is a wimp" said a voice. The voice belonged to a boy, with blue-green hair, and he was carrying a fishing rod. "How dare you call my Poliwhirl a wimp!" shouted Misty. "Well it is your wimp," said the boy "and so are your other Poliwhirl, your Staryu and your Totodile. None of them have evolved yet". "Hey just because they hadn't evolved, that does not mean that they aren't great pokemon" said Ash. "That's right;" said Brock "pokemon can be strong even without evolving". "Whatever" scoffed the boy. Apparently he was one of those trainers that believe that pokemon are only strong when they evolve. Misty wanted to battle him, but the boy said he had business to do and walked off with is Poliwrath. "That little brat!" growled Misty.
The gang were just about to walk down a road, when they noticed a lot of people with fishing rods. "I wonder what's going on" said Ash. He asked one of the fishermen what was up. "The Seaking catching contest is on today" said the fisherman. "Seaking catching contest huh?" said Ash "that sounds interesting, let's check it out". Tomo, Misty and Brock agreed to that idea. The Seaking competition was held at a gigantic lake and lots of people, with fishing rods, were there. A man, who was in charge, explained the rules; 1. Those who were entering the competition needed to use only one pokemon to help the fisherman catch the biggest Seaking they could find. 2. They could use any rod, reel, lure and bait they wanted to. 3. They only used one pokeball called a lake ball to catch the Seaking. The lake ball was a green, blue, white and yellow poke ball. 4. After the time was up they all had to have their Seaking weighed to see who wins. Ash thought that this was nearly a bit like the bug catching contest, but different. The first prize was a gold trophy and lots of chocolate bars.
Just then they saw the rude Poliwrath trainer, which they met earlier. Apparently the trainer's name was Andreas and he had won the Seaking catching competition lots of times before. Misty wasn't impressed; she was still angry at him for insulting her Poliwhirls. "I'm going to defeat him in this Seaking catching competition," she said "I have been fishing ever since I learnt to walk. And I am going to make that brat pay for insulting my pokemon". Misty signed up with one of her Poliwhirls at once and Ash signed up with Pikachu. Brock and Tomo decided to just watch Ash and Misty compete in the competition. They found a motor boat, got their rods ready and soon it was time for the competition to start.
Brock drove the motor boat to a fishing spot by Misty's direction. Misty knew exactly where the perfects spots for fishing were, having to have fished millions of times in the past. So far Ash and Misty had not caught anything yet; fishing always took time. Andreas had caught a big Seaking, but he let it go again. What Andreas did was that after catching a Seaking, he would release it and go after another Seaking but bigger. Misty wasn't willing to give up; she was desperate to defeat Andreas.
Some moments later the gang moved the boat to a different spot to fish. Misty said that the wind was perking up and that meant the Seaking would be swimming to a different spot in the lake. A minute later, Ash hooked up a big Seaking and with Pikachu's thunderbolt he caught it easily. Just then Andreas hooked and caught a massive Seaking and kept it, knowing that it would win him the competition. Misty decided that it was now time for her to use her secret weapon lure; one of her four Misty lures. The Misty lures were lures that Misty created herself and they looked like her only smaller and with a different decoration. One lure had Misty holding out ten fingers, another looked like a normal lure, but with Misty's head on it, the third lure had Misty wearing a cape and the last one had Misty doing a peace sign. After placing a Misty lure on her rod, Misty threw the line into the lake again. This time she hooked up a massive Seaking. With Poliwhirl's help, Misty caught it with her lake ball and decided to stick with it.
Soon it was time up for catching a Seaking. Those who captured a Seaking had their Seaking weighed to see whose was biggest. Those who failed to catch a Seaking got a medal, with a picture of a Seaking on it. The final result was both Misty and Andreas got the biggest Seaking at 55kg. According to the rules; if two fishermen get the biggest Seaking that weighs the same, they would have to face each other in a pokemon battle with the pokemon they registered with. That meant Misty would have to defeat Andreas and his Poliwrath, with her Poliwhirl, to win the Seaking catching competition.
The battle took place on a water battle field on the lake, Misty's Poliwhirl and Andreas' Poliwrath got ready to battle. "I hope Misty will be all right with this," said Brock "her Poliwrath is facing one of its final evolved forms and Poliwrath is part fighting type as well". "Misty will be fine Brock," Ash reassured Brock "don't forget she is a gym leader of Cerulean Gym". The pokemon battle soon began. Misty started off by telling Poliwhirl to use bubble. Andreas told his Poliwrath to dodge the bubbles and use submission. Poliwrath rolled towards Poliwhirl and hit him hard. Poliwhirl did get a lot of damage, but he didn't want to get up just yet. He remembered when Andreas and Poliwrath picked on him, his trainer and his other pokemon friends this morning and wanted payback. "Poliwhirl use mega punch" said Misty. Poliwhirl jumped up and punched Poliwrath really hard. "Now use double slap Poliwhirl". Poliwhirl slapped Poliwrath lots of times. Andreas told his Poliwrath to use mega punch. Poliwhirl easily dodged Poliwrath's punches. "I think Poliwrath may be in trouble Brock" said Ash. "I think so too," said Brock "Poliwhirl may be Poliwrath's pre-evolved form, but Misty has trained her pokemon well". "I think Misty is going to win" said Tomo. Tomo was right; Misty told her Poliwhirl to use water gun and not only did Poliwrath got blasted into the lake, but it fainted too. So Misty won the Seaking catching competition and got the golden trophy and lots of chocolate bars.
Andreas congratulated Misty and apologized for calling her pokemon wimps. Misty sent her golden trophy to Cerulean gym and some chocolate bars to her sisters. Misty also sent bars of chocolate to Brock's family, to Delia, to Prof Oak and Tracey and kept some for herself, Ash, Tomo and Brock. So today was a good day for Misty.
Today the gang were relaxing at a pokemon center in a town called Bonitaville. Brock was on a computer checking his email account, while Ash, Tomo and Misty here having ice creams. "Brock checks his emails every time we enter a pokemon center" said Misty. "Yeah, it seems that he's eager to get an email from someone, but who?" said Ash. "I don't know," replied Misty "I don't think the email would be from his family because Brock prefers contacting them by phone. So I guess we will have to wait and see who the email will be from". Just then Brock said that he finally got an email from Suzy. "Do you mean the Suzy, who gave you Vulpix Brock?" asked Misty. "Yes she's entering in a contest that's being held here in Bonitaville today," said Brock "and she needs a pokemon for it. Come on guys it's time to go". Tomo asked Ash who Suzy was, and Ash explained that Suzy was a pokemon breeder and how she gave her Vulpix to Brock. The gang left the pokemon centre and went to find Suzy.
When the gang walked through the town to find Suzy, they noticed a lot of trainers with pokemon all looking stylish. Some pokemon had fancy make up on; some had jewellery and ribbons on, some had cool looking decorations on and some had very well brushed fur. "Wow look at all of these stylish pokemon," said Misty "they must all be entering the contest". "Seems to me that Suzy has some tough competition here" said Ash. Brock, who had changed into a white tuxedo to look smart for Suzy, was looking for Suzy. He was carrying Vulpix in his arms; Suzy was going to enter the contest with Vulpix. "Hey Brock," said Ash "what's going to happen to Vulpix once we see Suzy again? I mean are you still going to keep Vulpix?" "I'll be returning Vulpix to Suzy Ash," said Brock "don't forget Vulpix never truly belonged to me in the first place. And I always knew that I would to have to return Vulpix to Suzy one day. So I have decided to return Vulpix to her today". Ash, Tomo and Misty understood.
Just then Vulpix jumped out of Brock's arms and started to run off. "Hey Vulpix, where are you going?" asked Brock, running after it. Vulpix jumped into a woman's arms; it was Suzy! "Oh Vulpix!" said Suzy "I'm happy to see you again". Ash and Misty saw Suzy and said hello to her. "It's been a long time Ash, Misty" said Suzy. Ash introduced Tomo to her. Brock said hello to Suzy and gave her the roses. "Thank you Brock," said Suzy "and I thank you for taking care of Vulpix. I can tell that you have taken care of her well". "It was my pleasure Suzie" said Brock.
A young man, with brown hair, walked up to Suzy. "Hey Suzy," he said "I look forward of going against you in this beauty contest". "Same with you Zane" said Suzy. Suzy introduced the gang to Zane, who had been her friend ever since nursery school. "Ever since nursery school, Suzy and I have both dreamt of becoming breeders," said Zane "and we both got a Vulpix for our starter pokemon. I decided to evolve my Vulpix into a Ninetails some time ago". "Seems to me Suzy that you and Zane have a lot in common" said Misty. "We do," replied Suzy "but we also have a lot of disagreements. Truth is Zane cares about a pokemon's beauty on the outside, and I care about a pokemon's beauty on the inside". "You certainly haven't changed at all Suzy," said Zane "well Ninetails better go now and get ready. Good luck in the contest Suzy". Then he left with his Ninetails. "Zane hasn't changed either," said Suzy "even though he likes competing against me, he is still really nice". Brock looked carefully at Suzy; he had a feeling that Suzy and Zane had feelings for each other.
Soon the beauty contest was about to start. Ash, Tomo and Misty took their seats in the audience section. "What number is Brock and Suzy?" Ash asked Misty. Misty had a schedule program of the beauty contest in her hands and looked through it. "It says here that Suzy and Brock are number 37," she said "and it says that Zane is after them". "This is going to be tough for Brock, Suzy and Zane" said Ash. "I feel nervous, even though this contest hasn't even started yet" said Tomo.
Brock, Suzy and Zane were waiting in the waiting room back stage for their turn. Brock and Suzy were brushing Vulpix's fur. "I thank you for letting me take part in this contest with you and Vulpix Suzy" said Brock. "It's my pleasure Brock," said Suzy "besides I also thank you for being here with me." Zane was looking at Brock and Suzy, with a kind of jealous look on his face. The truth is he liked Suzy and he felt jealous of Brock being near her. But he didn't want to admit his feelings yet.
Just then two people in white jackets entered the room. They introduced themselves as pokemon doctors and asked everyone to give them their pokemon, so they could be checked before going on stage. "That's strange," said Suzy "nobody told us anything about this". "Something about this doesn't feel right" said Brock. The doctors led all the pokemon out of the waiting room to another room. The trainers wanted to be with their pokemon, but the doctors wouldn't let them and just left with the pokemon.
The truth is; the so called doctors were actually Team Rocket and they actually led the pokemon into a big metal container. Their plan was stealing all the pokemon at the beauty contest. "This plan of yours was a great idea Meowth" said Jessie. "Of course, I always come up with great ideas" boasted Meowth. "Who ever thought that there would be so many pokemon at this beauty contest?" said James. "Geniuses like us of course" replied Meowth. "Come on," said Jessie "let's make our way with this pokemon, before anyone finds out". They attached the container to their balloon and got their balloon ready to make a getaway.
Meanwhile the beauty contest had just started, but no contestants were coming on the stage. "That's funny," said Misty "the contestants should have been coming on stage by now". "Maybe something happened in the waiting room," said Ash "let's go see". Ash, Misty and Tomo left their seats to find out what was going on. Once they reached the waiting room, they noticed that the door was locked. Ash knocked on the door. "Brock, are you in there? This door is locked. What happened?" he asked. "Ash is that you?" replied Brock "get us out of here". Ash unlocked the door and all the trainers came out. "Where are those two doctors?" asked Zane "they've got our pokemon". Suzy explained to Ash, Misty and Tomo about two doctors taking their pokemon for a check-up. "Something about that does not feel right to me" said Misty.
Tomo's Growlithe began to bark and was looking up in the sky. "It's Team Rocket's balloon!" shouted Tomo. "Tomo's right," said Misty "it is their balloon". "I should have known" said Brock angrily. Brock called out his Geodude and ordered Geodude to use rock blast at the balloon. Geodude's body glowed white, then white rocks appeared in front of Geodude and then Geodude fired the rocks at the balloon. The balloon burst easily from the rocks and both the balloon and the big container landed on the ground. "What happened?" asked James. "I don't know, but someone is messing with our plan" said Jessie. "You're right about that Team Rocket" replied Brock.
Team Rocket noticed the gang and all the trainers in front of them. "I should have known that you would ruin our plan twerps!" growled Jessie. "Team Rocket," growled Brock "you're not taking the pokemon anywhere. Geodude set the pokemon free from the container". Geodude used rock smash to break the lock on the container and freed the pokemon. Suzy, Zane and the other trainers were happy to have their pokemon back. "Grrr you twerps always get in our way!" growled Jessie. "Team Rocket, if you think that you are going to ruin this beauty contest for breeders you are so wrong" said Brock. Geodude waved his arms into the air and roared, when suddenly he began to glow. Geodude evolved into a Graveler. "That's great Graveler," said Brock "now it's time to teach you a lesson Team Rocket". "You teach us?" said Jessie "forget it twerp. Just because your Geodude evolved does not mean you will defeat us". She sent out her Cloyster and James sent out Victreebel. Ash was about to send Pikachu out to help brock, but Suzy and Zane stopped him. "Well handle this Ash," said Zane "they are a disgrace to those who work with pokemon, so we intend to teach them a lesson". Together Suzy and Zane sent Team Rocket flying, by having Vulpix and Ninetails use fire spin attack together. Team Rocket was flown away by a big fiery cyclone.
With Team Rocket gone, the beauty contest was now right back on schedule. Ash, Tomo and Misty were in the waiting room with Brock, Suzy and Zane. "I thought that both Vulpix and Ninetails were wonderful in that battle with Team Rocket" said Misty. "Yeah their double fire spin attack was amazing" said Ash. "Thank you Ash and Misty" said Suzy. "You know Suzy, I've been thinking," said Zane "I've been thinking about you and me opening up pokemon a beauty salon together". "I like that idea," said Misty "I mean Suzy can work on a pokemon's beauty on the inside and Zane can worn on a pokemon's beauty on the outside. That will be a great combination". "Yeah go for it," said Ash "besides I believe that you and Zane will make a great team together Suzy". Tomo and Brock thought that it would be a great idea too. Suzy agreed to Zane's idea too.
So it was arranged. Suzy and Zane agreed to open up a pokemon beauty salon to work on a pokemon's beauty inside and out. Brock gave Suzy Vulpix's pokeball back to her, meaning Vulpix was now Suzy's pokemon again. After the beauty contest was finished with, the gang bid farewell to Suzy, Zane and Vulpix and left on their journey again.
Today the gang were finally getting near to Ecruteak City. "I'll be glad to get to Ecruteak City," said Misty "I'll be able to have a good rest in a nice warm bed at last". "I can't wait to battle the gym" said Ash. Just then Ash remembered about Bugsy telling him about Morty the gym leader of Ecruteak City. "Since Bugsy told me that the Ecruteak Gym leader Morty studies legendary pokemon, how do you think he would react if I showed him my Lugia?" "Well he would be very surprised," said Brock "besides it's not every day that you see a trainer with a Lugia". "Are you going to show Lugia to Morty Ash?" asked Misty. "Bugsy said that he would tell Morty about my Lugia, so it's best that I do show him my Lugia" said Ash.
Tomo suddenly saw some grass pokemon not far from where they were standing. "Wow look at the Sunflora, Bellsprout, Oddish and Gloom" said Misty. "The guide book says that many grass pokemon live around here" said Brock. A green pokemon, with a yellow flower on its head, ran past them.
"That's a Skiploom" said Ash, and looked at it on the pokedex: Skiploom, the cottonweed pokemon. The evolved form of Hoppip. The bloom on top of its head open and closes as the temperature fluctuates up and down.
The Skiploom ran towards a boy, with navy blue hair. "Hey Skippy," said the boy "your speed is getting better". "Hey is that Skiploom yours?" Ash asked the boy. "Yes Skippy here is mine and it's also my starter pokemon" said the boy. The boy introduced himself as Ephraim and the gang introduced themselves.
Ephraim asked Ash if he had any grass pokemon with him. "Yes I have a Chikorita" answered Ash. "Then I would like to have a battle with you" said Ephraim. Ash accepted and sent out Chikorita from her pokeball. Ash and Ephraim got ready to battle at once. "Skippy tackle Chikorita" said Ephraim. Skippy charged at Chikorita to tackle her, but Ash told Chikorita to counter with her tackle attack. Skippy got knocked back by Chikorita. "Sorry Ephraim, but my Chikorita is no pushover when it comes to battling" said Ash. Ephraim thought that Ash was good, but it didn't make him give up. "Use double team Skippy". Skippy multiplied itself and surrounded Chikorita. "Use razor leaf Chikorita" said Ash. Chikorita flung some leaves at Skippy and the leaves hit the real Skippy, ending the double team. "Okay time to use your favorite move, use secret power". Chikorita glowed pink and then she tackled Skippy. Skippy fell asleep. "Since this is a grassy area, Chikorita's secret power has made the Skiploom fall asleep" said Brock. Ash saw that Skippy had enough and stopped the match and recalled Chikorita. Ephraim checked to see if Skippy was alright and Brock gave Skippy a potion to get better. "I must say Ash, your Chikorita is strong" said Ephraim. "Ah well I train all my pokemon nearly every day" said Ash. "Ash does actually," said Misty "we watch him train all the time". Ephraim then asked the gang if they would like to come to his house, and the gang agreed.
Ephraim lived on a farm with his parents and with some grass pokemon. There were two Sunfloras, two Bellossoms, two Glooms and two Hoppips. "Wow from the look of it I would say that you and your family love grass pokemon" said Brock. "We do and the grass pokemon help us a lot on the farm" said Ephraim. Ephraim introduced the gang to his parents and his parents greeted the gang. The gang had lunch with Ephraim and his family and his parents explained that their grass helped their flowers grow very beautifully. "I take it you wish to become a grass pokemon trainer Ephraim?" asked Ash. "Yes I do," answered Ephraim "which is why I'm entering the grass pokemon tournament tomorrow". Ephraim's dad explained that every year they held a grass pokemon tournament in the area. "Wow, I think I'll enter this grass tournament too," said Ash "what do you get if you win the tournament?" "You get a trophy and some leaf stones," said Ephraim "and you are given a Bulbasaur and a Chikorita". "Wow, what a prize" said Brock. "Yes and I hope to win it," said Ephraim "because I would love to have my own Bulbasaur and Chikorita to train".
That evening Ephraim was training Skippy and Ash decided to do some training for the tournament too. He decided to use Parasect for the tournament. He thought that using Venasaur might be a bit unfair for the other contestants; due to it being a fully evolved pokemon and its size, and Chikorita was a good battler, but Parasect was stronger than her. So he got Parasect from Prof Oak. Apart from already knowing the moves fury cutter, slash, bug bite, and stun spore, spore and the egg move psybeam, Parasect knew some more moves; dig, cross poison, x-scissor, energy ball, bullet seed and aerial ace. "Ash's Parasect certainly has gotten stronger since the last time we saw it in battle" said Misty. "Yeah it must have gone through some training at Prof Oak's lab" said Brock. Tomo asked Misty and Brock if they were entering with their Bellossom and Weepinbell. Misty said that she preferred just sticking with water pokemon battles, and Brock just wanted to watch. Ash saw Ephraim's Skiploom train its speed and then he had a brainwave. "Hey Ephraim," he said "I think it's time for Skippy to learn aerial ace". "Ash is right;" aid Brock "besides Skiploom are part flying type as well as grass type. So learning aerial ace would be good for Skippy". Ephraim liked the idea too, so Ash helped Skippy learn aerial ace with his Parasect's help.
The next day, it was time for the grass pokemon tournament. Ash and Ephraim were in a waiting room for their turns to battle. "May the best trainer win" Ash said to Ephraim. "Yeah" replied Ephraim. Tomo, Misty and Brock and Ephraim's parents were sitting in the stadium seats, waiting for the tournament to begin. "Say Brock," said Misty "what will Ash do about the Bulbasaur and Chikorita if he does win this tournament?" "Brother told me last night that he would give Bulbasaur and Chikorita to Ephraim," answered Tomo "and he also said he would give the leaf stones to Ephraim as well, since he's already got a leaf stone in his possession". Brock and Misty smiled and understood Ash and his kindness.
At that moment the grass pokemon tournament began and Ash was up first. Ash was up against a trainer, who had a Gloom. Despite Parasect being a disadvantage over Gloom, who was both a grass and poison type pokemon, Gloom was easily defeated by Parasect's psybeam, as psychic moves beat poison type pokemon. After using psybeam, Parasect finished Gloom off with its slash attack. Next was Ephraim and Skippy. They were facing a trainer, who had a Victreebel. At first Skippy was having trouble with Victreebel's vine whip attack. But thanks to Skippy's moves aerial ace and leech seed, Victreebel was defeated. Ash and Ephraim defeated all of their opponents easily, until at last they were facing each other in the final round. "Wow seeing both Ash and Ephraim in the finals, it's hard to tell who will win" said Misty. "It is true," said Brock "I mean Ash is a good trainer, but Ephraim has picked up more experience during this tournament, so who knows what will happen here".
Ephraim started the match off with telling Skippy to use double team. The multiples of Skippy were going around Parasect like crazy. "Stay calm and use bullet seed on the copies Parasect" said Ash. Parasect fired multiple yellow seed from his mouth and fired them at all the copies of Skippy. "Quick Skippy use leech seed" said Ephraim. Skippy fired multiple big brown seeds at Parasect to trap him, but Parasect managed to counter the leech seed with his bullet seed move. Just then one of the bullet seeds hit the real Skippy and the double team ended. Ephraim's parents got worried. "Oh dear," said Ephraim's dad "the double team technique hasn't worked for Ash's Parasect". "Use x-scissor Parasect" said Ash. Parasect's pincers glowed light blue and then he slashed at Skippy. "I fear this may be over for Skippy" said Misty, worriedly. Ash was just about t command Parasect to use spore, so that the match would end without Skippy getting more hurt. But then a glowing light appeared on Skippy's flower. Ash gasped! "Skippy is using solar beam" he said. Tomo, Misty, Brock and Ephraim's parents were amazed that Skippy just learnt solar beam. "Use dig to try to escape that solar beam" said Ash. But it was too late; Skippy fired the solar beam at Parasect, and Parasect got hurt by it. "Great Skippy now use aerial ace" said Ephraim. Skippy charged at Parasect and Parasect fainted. As aerial ace was a flying type move, it easily overpowered Parasect, who was both a bug and grass type pokemon.
So Ephraim was the winner of the grass pokemon tournament. Ash petted Parasect on the back and told him he did a great job in the tournament. Then Ash walked up to Ephraim. "Congratulations Ephraim" he said, and then he and Ephraim shook hands with each other. "I thought that was a great battle" said Misty, while she and everyone else in the stadium seats were clapping. "Yes and Skippy learning solar beam was certainly something to remember" said Brock. "It was great" said Tomo. Ephraim's parents were very proud of their son. So Ephraim was given a trophy, a set of leaf stones and was given two pokeballs, which contained a Bulbasaur and a Chikorita.
Once the tournament was over, Ephraim, his parents and the gang went back to Ephraim's home. Ephraim released his new Bulbasaur and Chikorita from their pokeballs and greeted them at once. Bulbasaur and Chikorita were happy with having Ephraim as their new trainer. Ephraim decided to call Bulbasaur, Bulbs, and Chikorita, Chikker. Ephraim's parents used two of the leaf stones to evolve their two Glooms into Vileplumes. Brock explained that Vileplume's pollen would defiantly help around the garden now. Ash spoke to Ephraim. "The way how you and Skippy battled in the tournament and won it defiantly proves that you will be a great grass pokemon trainer. And you're new Bulbasaur and Chikorita will make you greater as a grass pokemon trainer". Tomo, Misty and Brock agreed with Ash's words. Ephraim thanked Ash, and then the gang said goodbye to Ephraim and his parents and went on their journey.
Misty's Goldeen and Brock's Geodude should've evolved in the anime. I mean I know they weren't used much, but Brock and Misty had them for a long time, so Goldeen and Geodude should've evolved. Don't worry about Vulpix returned to Suzy, because Brock will be getting a Ninetails later. Misty's Poliwhirl's will evolve before the whirl cup. I don't know how a Chikorita would use Secret power in the anime, so I made it up myself. Ash's Parasect knowing Psybeam is based on my Parasect, who I bred in the games. I decided to add Bulbasaur and Chikorita being given as prizes in the grass pokemon tournament; because I thought a trophy and some leaf stones weren't enough. Thanks' to everyone's votes, Brock will get a Corsola. I've closed the poll and put a new one up; "Who should win the whirl cup competition? Ash or Misty please help me decide by voting on the poll.