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 and Mega Evolutions don't exist.
Chapter 54
Larvitar, the Unown and the Pokemon reserve
While the gang were on their way to New Bark Town, where Ash could find out about the Silver Conference, they got a message from Prof Elm. Prof Elm had asked the gang to pick up a pokemon egg from a woman named Naomi, who was the director of a Marine pokemon laboratory. The Marine pokemon Laboratory was a lab where Naomi studied water pokemon. As soon as the gang made it to the lab, Naomi handed the pokemon egg over to the gang at once; it was a green egg. Naomi explained to the gang that the egg was from a pokemon preserve area, but it was stolen from poaches. She also explained that the egg somehow got away from the poachers and it was found and brought it to her lab, and then she phoned Prof Elm to care for it. So the gang had the job of delivering the egg to Prof Elm.
Now the gang were on the road to New Bark Town, and they were now having lunch. Ash, who had been taking care of the egg all this time, was stroking the egg gently with his hands. "You know," Ash said to the others "I'm feeling a scared presence from inside the egg. It's like the baby pokemon doesn't want to come out of the egg". "But why though?" said Misty "I mean I'm sure that all baby pokemon can't wait to hatch out of their eggs". "Well this egg was stolen by poachers," said Brock "so this egg must have gone through something really bad, which would explain why the baby pokemon doesn't want to come out". "I hope the egg does hatch soon," said Tomo "I'd like to see what pokemon is inside the egg". "So do I" said Ash, and he continued to rub the egg gently.
Suddenly the egg started to glow. "Hey it's going to hatch" said Tomo, excitedly. The gang watched, excitedly, as the egg continued to glow brightly, and then the egg hatched. The pokemon was a green pokemon, with black markings and a red tail. There was also a blunt spike on its head. "It's a Larvitar" said Brock.
Ash looked at Larvitar on the pokedex: Larvitar, the rock skin pokemon. It feeds on soil. After it has eaten a large mountain, it falls asleep so it can grow.
Ash placed a hand on Larvitar to stroke it, but he took it off again quick. "Larvitar is freezing" he said. Brock touched Larvitar next. "You're right Ash," he said "this body temperature is way too low for a rock pokemon. We need to get it to the pokemon center and quick". He looked through the guide to see if there was a pokemon center nearby and the good news there was. So they wrapped Larvitar in a blanket and ran to the pokemon center at once.
At the pokemon center, Nurse Joy checked Larvitar all over at once. But she couldn't find anything wrong with it, so she decided to call Prof Elm for help at once. Unfortunately Prof Elm was not at home, so she just sent an email to him. All she could now was to keep Larvitar warm; she wrapped it up in another blanket and put an electric heater on. "I just hope that Prof Elm will get my message and get here as soon as he can" said Nurse Joy.
Just then trouble happened; it was raining very hard outside and thunder and lightning was happening, and the pokemon centre's power went out. And the worse news was lightning had struck the emergency generator, and without the power Larvitar would become colder. Nurse Joy, Misty and Brock went to check on the generator at once. To help Larvitar, Ash sent out Quilava, and Quilava used the flames on his back to warm up Larvitar. Ash held Larvitar in his arms to warm it up more. "Hang in there Larvitar" he said. "Will Larvitar be okay Ash?" asked Tomo. "If we keep Larvitar warm, it will be okay Tomo" replied Ash. Tomo sat down next to Ash.
In New Bark Town, Prof Elm was having dinner with Prof Oak and Delia Ketchum. Delia wanted to go visit Prof Elm with Prof Oak so that she can also visit her sons Ash and Tomo. While they were eating, Delia noticed Prof Elm's computer was beeping to say that he had email. Prof Elm checked the email at once and it was the message that Nurse Joy sent to him about the sick Larvitar. Prof Oak saw the email too and suggested that they all head over to the pokemon center at once. Delia agreed to come too.
Back at the pokemon center Nurse Joy and the gang were all asleep for the night. Ash was still holding onto Larvitar while he was asleep, and he was dreaming. He was dreaming that he was in Larvitar's egg and he was experiencing some bad things. Ash got drifted about in a river, got kicked about by everyone's feet and was about to get run over by a truck. When Ash woke up from the bad dream, it was morning. Larvitar was trembling in Ash's arms. "Larvitar you were having a nightmare and somehow I was sharing it with you" he said.
At that moment Prof Elm, Prof Oak and Delia arrived at the pokemon center. Ash and Tomo were surprised to see their mum as well as the two professors. Nurse Joy told the professors about Larvitar's condition. "I've done everything I could, but nothing has helped Larvitar much" she said. "Okay you leave this to Prof Oak and me" said Prof Elm. "Yes, we'll make Larvitar alright again" said Prof Oak. While Prof Elm and Prof Oak tended to Larvitar, Delia went to the pokemon centre's kitchen to make breakfast for everyone. Thanks to Prof Elm and Prof Oak, Larvitar was feeling well again. But Prof Elm told everyone that Larvitar wasn't responding to anything, like its mind was all shaken and scared. Ash told everyone about the dream he had with Larvitar about what had happened when Larvitar was still in the egg. "If Larvitar did experience something that bad, that would explain the reason of its lack of response" said Prof Elm. At that moment Delia told everyone that breakfast was ready. Everyone left the emergency room to let Larvitar sleep and have their breakfast.
During breakfast time Ash got an idea. He thought that if he took Larvitar outside for a bit, he could show Larvitar that it doesn't need to be afraid of the world. Prof Elm thought Ash's idea would help Larvitar so he agreed to let Ash take Larvitar outside. When breakfast was finished, Ash, Tomo, Pikachu and Growlithe went outside with Larvitar. Ash and Tomo showed Larvitar a green field, the ocean, the sky and some wild Jumpluff that were flying about the area. "Larvitar, I know that you experienced some very scary things while you were in the egg," said Ash "but you don't need to be scared of this world. There are a lot of great things in this world, which you don't need to be afraid of". "That's right," said Tomo "we are all happy in this world and so will you Larvitar". Larvitar just stared, like it was a mindless soul.
Suddenly trouble appeared; it was Jessie, James and Meowth again. They were after Ash and Tomo's pokemon again, and they wanted to take Larvitar as well. "You aren't taking our pokemon anywhere" said Ash. Pikachu and Growlithe got ready to fight and Ash held Larvitar tight in his arms to protect it. Jessie and James had Arbok and Weezing attack Pikachu and Growlithe. At that moment the wild Jumpluff swooped in to help fight Team Rocket but Arbok head-butted the Jumpluff to get them out of the way. Larvitar noticed the trouble and it began to remember that it got tackled a lot while it was in the egg. Larvitar began to cry really loud and it was using screech attack. "It's all right Larvitar," said Ash, trying to calm Larvitar down, "Tomo and I will protect you". Larvitar stared at Ash and remembered him taking care of him last night. Then Larvitar jumped out of Ash's arms and used hidden power to defeat Arbok and Weezing and making Team Rocket blast off again.
Prof Elm, Prof Oak, Brock and Misty saw everything. "Wow, Larvitar sure seems strong even though it only hatched yesterday" said Misty. "Imagine what it will be like when it's been trained" said Brock. Ash picked Larvitar up. "You were great Larvitar," he said "and there's no doubt that you will become a great pokemon". "I agree" smiled Tomo. The wild Jumpluff were happily flying around to thank Larvitar for helping them. Larvitar started to smile for the first time all day. Prof Elm, Prof Oak, Brock and Misty came up to Ash and Tomo "It seems that Larvitar has started to open up to things" said Prof Elm. Misty walked over to see Larvitar but when Larvitar saw Misty he stiffed up. "Oh dear," said Prof Elm "I fear that it's going to take a while for Larvitar to really open up to this world".
Later that day, Prof Elm gave everyone a ride to New Bark Town. Ash signed up to participate in the Johto League Silver Conference at the pokemon center, and Nurse Joy told the gang that the Silver Conference was held at a place called Silver Town at Mt Silver. So the gang got ready to leave for Mt Silver. They informed Prof Elm, Prof Oak and Delia of their plans and they wished the gang good luck. Prof Elm asked the gang to take Larvitar to the pokemon preserve area, which was also located near Mt Silver. Apparently Larvitar only trusted Ash and Tomo at the moment and Larvitar didn't want them to leave, so the gang agreed to take Larvitar to the pokemon preserve.
So now it was time for the gang to head off to the Johto League and they said goodbye to the pokemon professors and Delia, and left New Bark Town.
Larvitar liked travelling with Ash; he saw Ash as his father. So far he didn't like Misty and Brock because he was scared of them; it was only Ash, Pikachu, Tomo and Growlithe that he wasn't afraid of. While on the way to the pokemon preserve Larvitar had met many different pokemon and found out what adventures were like. Along the adventure, Brock's Pineco evolved into a Forretress. The gang had also met their old friend Casey. They found out that her Bayleef was now a Meganium, her Flaffy was now an Ampharos and she had captured her own Elekid, so Casey was happy. For a baby pokemon Larvitar was also quite strong. As well as knowing the moves hidden power and screech, he knew dig, bite and ancient power. Ash could tell that Larvitar would grow up to be a very strong pokemon in the future.
Now the gang were walking up a mountain area, but then Ash suddenly stopped in his tracks. "I sense an Unown" he said. He and the others looked up to the sky and then a purple light glowed in the sky, and then an Unown, in the shape of the letter G, appeared and landed to the ground. "Whoa, it's been a while since we last saw Unown" said Ash. "You're right" said Brock. The gang remembered meeting Unown in Greenfield, and that was months ago. Ash touched the Unown. "It feels sick and it feels sad from being separated from the other Unown in the dimension" said Ash, who read Unown's mind.
Ash looked at Unown on the pokedex: Unown, the symbol pokemon. Unown use telepathy to communicate with each other. Many different shapes of Unown have been discovered.
As there was no pokemon center nearby, the gang took care of Unown themselves. Unown was now sleeping in a bed, with a wet flannel on its forehead. Pikachu, Larvitar and Growlithe watched over it. "Unown will probably make its way back to its dimension once it's better again," said Ash "remember the Unown have the ability to cross between dimensions". Ash remembered all the abilities that Unown had; like crossing between dimensions, making strong psychic bonds with humans and making one's mind a reality. Tomo, Misty and Brock remembered Unown's ability as well. Ash was also watching Larvitar keeping an eye of Unown. "It's good to see that Larvitar is starting to look up to other pokemon" said Misty. "Yes even though it's still shy with humans" said Brock. "You know, ever since we got Larvitar I have been wondering," said Ash "I've been wondering what had happened when Larvitar was stolen from the pokemon preserve area. And I also hate to think what the poachers are like and I do hope that Larvitar's mother is okay". "I've been wondering about that too," said Brock "and I have the nasty feeling that those crooks must be really bad, and there's no doubt that Larvitar's mother is really worried about her child". "It's all the more reason for us to take Larvitar back to the preserve area" said Tomo. "I agree and we should start heading over there first thing in the morning" said Misty. Everyone agreed to that plan.
Next morning Unown was feeling well again, which made the gang relieved. Larvitar was the happiest of all and began talking to the Unown at once. Just then Unown touched Larvitar's head and then it began to glow. "Hey what's going on?" asked Misty. Before Misty's question could be answered the Unown glowed really bright and then everyone disappeared.
Ash woke up in a strange area; there were broken green egg shells everywhere. He, Misty, Tomo and Brock were all floating on top of egg shells. But Pikachu, Growlithe, Togepi and Larvitar were not with them. "Where are we?" asked Tomo. "I think we are in a different dimension," said Ash "I mean Unown glowed very bright when it touched Larvitar, and it must have teleported us to this dimension. The only question is what dimension is this?" Suddenly Pikachu, Growlithe and Togepi turned up, but they were humongous. "Where's Larvitar?" asked Ash. Larvitar was nowhere to be seen.
The gang started to search for Larvitar. Ash and Brock rode on Pikachu, Tomo rode on Growlithe and Misty rode on Togepi. Suddenly the area changed into another area; the area was now filled with Elekid heads and the Electabuzz team theme song was heard. Then the gang started seeing images of the adventures they were recently in and then they ended up back where they started. "I have a feeling that Unown is behind all this; I mean we went through something like this with the Unown last time remember?" said Ash. Brock, Misty and Tomo did remember. Just then they saw an enormous green egg, with cracks and a black thorn on the side of it. "This is Larvitar's egg" said Ash. Ash looked through one of the cracks and saw an image of him-self. Tomo, Misty and Brock saw images of themselves too, but Brock and Misty were in black and white. "I think this is how Larvitar sees us through his eyes," said Brock "which means we must be in the mind of Larvitar. I mean all those things we saw were memories of Larvitar". "It makes sense," said Ash "I mean Unown touched Larvitar's mind when it glowed, so now Unown is showing us Larvitar's mind. Remember we went through something like this when the Unown merged with Molly Hale's mind". The others remembered that. Ash went to see what the black thorn was, but as soon as he touched it the thorn sucked Ash in. Tomo, Misty, Brock and the pokemon tried to help Ash, but they got sucked into the thorn too.
The gang were now in another area, but this time Pikachu, Togepi and Growlithe were back to normal size. "Okay so what's this area about?" asked Tomo. At that moment an enormous machine appeared out of nowhere and then a web net thing came out of the machine and surrounded the area. "What's going on?" demanded Ash. Just then the gang heard a voice saying; "I'm scared". "That voice," said Ash "I think it's Larvitar's, but it sounds scared". Just then the machine grabbed an egg and then the gang saw three men holding the egg. "Who on earth are they?" asked Misty. "If I'm not mistaken," said Brock "I think this is Larvitar's memory of the day he was stolen from the pokemon preserve as an egg. And those three men are the no good poachers who stole him". Suddenly a Tyranitar appeared. "Mummy!" called out Larvitar. "That must be Larvitar's mother!" gasped Misty. Just then Tyranitar was attacked by some blasts. "Hey stop that!" shouted Tomo. Tyranitar became very hurt by the blasts and got a scar on her chest, and then she started to disappear from sight, while Larvitar was still calling out "mummy". "It's because of that forced separation from its mother is the reason why Larvitar is afraid of humans" said Brock, angrily. "If I ever meet those poachers, I will give them a good beating!" said Ash, angrily.
Just then the memory faded and then Larvitar appeared, but he was surrounded in black thorn patches. Brock explained that the black thorns represented Larvitar's awful memories and poor Larvitar was still petrified by them. "Will all the horrible things it went through, it's no wonder Larvitar is afraid" said Misty. Ash could see that Larvitar was trying to fight back against the horrible memories, because Larvitar was struggling to free him-self from the thorns. Ash and Pikachu ran up the hill of thorns to help Larvitar, and the others followed. It wasn't easy of trying to get to Larvitar because the thorny branches kept on trying to stop them. And then Larvitar got covered by a block of ice. Ash ran up to the ice and punched it to try and set Larvitar free. "Larvitar don't give in to those painful memories of yours," said Ash "remember all the good and fun times we had together". "That's right, not all humans are bad Larvitar" said Brock. "Yeah we aren't bad," said Misty "and you met some more good people while we travelled together". "Larvitar!" called out Tomo. With one final punch, Ash set Larvitar free from the block of ice. When Larvitar opened his eyes and saw Ash, he happily jumped straight into Ash's arms.
At that moment the gang found themselves back at the giant green egg, and the black thorn disappeared. "This must mean that Larvitar trusts us" said Brock. Suddenly the egg began to glow, and then the gang were transported out of the dimension and back into the real world and their campsite. The gang were relieved to be back in the real world. The Unown turned up and it was happy to see everyone again. "Listen Larvitar," said Ash "no one is going to hurt you again, and we are going to take you back to your mummy". "That's right," said Misty "you can count on us". Larvitar stared at Brock and Misty, and instead of hardening up he smiled at them. This meant that Larvitar was no longer afraid of Brock and Misty and now saw them as friends. Ash turned to Unown and thanked it for its help.
At that moment a portal to the Unown's dimension opened up in the sky, and there was hundreds of Unown searching for their friend. The stray Unown said goodbye to the gang and went back into the dimension. "I find it unbelievable that we have seen the Unown twice here in the Johto region" said Misty. "Me too" said Tomo. "Okay everyone," said Brock "now's the time we continue on to Mt Silver and take Larvitar home". The gang agreed with Brock's words.
So with the Unown back into its dimension and Larvitar free from his bad memories, the gang continued onto Mt Silver to reunite Larvitar with his mother.
The gang were getting near to Mt Silver, but now they were on the way to the pokemon preserve area, Larvitar's birth place. "Are we there at the pokemon preserve yet?" asked Tomo. Brock looked at the map. "Actually we are," he said "it says we need to cross the bridge, that's in front of us, and then we will be in the preserve in no time". "That's great," said Ash "you hear that Larvitar? We are at your home at last". Larvitar jumped out of Ash's arms and ran over the bridge. "Hey wait for us Larvitar" said Brock. The gang followed Larvitar at once.
What the gang didn't know was that they were being spied on; they were being spied by the poachers, who stole Larvitar as an egg, and the poachers were interested on snatching Larvitar and the gang's pokemon.
Larvitar was happily walking through the preserve area. "Larvitar probably remembers this place" suggested Misty. "Well pokemon do see and feel what's happening in the world outside their egg," said Ash "so Larvitar must have seen much of this area in his egg before he got stolen". "I agree" said Brock. Suddenly everyone heard a roar. "What was that?" asked Misty, a bit frightened. Before her question could be answered, a big green pokemon, with a grey belly, appeared in front of the gang. "It's Tyranitar" said Brock.
Ash looked at Tyranitar on the pokedex: Tyranitar, the armor pokemon. The final evolved form of Larvitar. In just one of its mighty hands, it has the power to make the ground shake and mountains crumble.
The gang noticed a scar on the Tyranitar's chest. "It's the same Tyranitar we saw in Larvitar's memories before" said Brock. "And that means this is Larvitar's mummy" smiled Tomo. Ash told Larvitar to go other to Tyranitar. But then Tyranitar fired hyper beam at the gang. "Oh no," said Ash "I think Tyranitar thinks that we are the three poachers who stole her egg". "But we are not the ones who stole Larvitar" said Tomo. Misty tried to reason with Tyranitar to tell her that they are not the thieves, but Tyranitar was too angry to listen. The gang started to run away and Tyranitar started to fire hyper beam at the gang again. Other bad news was Larvitar was following the gang because he was scared of the hyper beam attacks. "Larvitar go back to your mum and tell her we are not the bad guys" said Ash.
At that moment Tyranitar blocked the gang's path with hyper beam, and the gang couldn't escape. Larvitar started to screech very loud. Tyranitar looked at Larvitar, and then she started to realize that the Larvitar was her son. Larvitar stopped screeching. "Tyranitar, this Larvitar is your child" said Brock. "We came here to return Larvitar to you" said Ash. Tyranitar couldn't believe that her stolen child had been returned to her, and she started to cry tears of happiness. Larvitar began to cry tears of happiness too because he was back with his mother at last. The gang were happy that Larvitar and Tyranitar were reunited at last.
Suddenly an orange ball came out of nowhere, and then trapped Tyranitar into a big sticky net. "Where did that thing come from?" gasped Ash. The three poachers appeared and introduced themselves as Braggo, Chico and Blurt; also known as the pokemon poacher brothers. "Wait a minute," said Ash "you three are the terrible poachers who stole Larvitar, when he was still just an egg, from Tyranitar". Ash and the others remembered the poachers from Larvitar's memories, and Larvitar remembered them too. "Yes that was us, and we thank you for Larvitar to us" said Braggo. "Now we can catch both of them and sell them for hot cash" said Blurt. The truth is the poacher brothers were another one of those poachers who steal pokemon to make money. "You're not taking Tyranitar or Larvitar anywhere!" shouted Ash. "On the contrary," said Braggo "Chico, fire you're net again". "With pleasure" replied Chico. Apparently Chico was the inventor of the poacher brothers and he invented the orange sticky net.
Before the poacher brothers did anything, a siren was heard. "Oh-oh it sounds like Ranger Mason is coming," said Braggo "time to leave". "Right boss" said Chico and Blurt together. The brothers got into their machine, grabbed Tyranitar and left in a hurry. Brock quickly sent out Crobat and ordered it to follow the poachers; there was no way that the gang were going to let the poacher brothers get away with what they were doing.
At that moment a woman, on a motor bike, arrived. She was Ranger Mason, the protector of the pokemon preserve area. "You are you people?" Ranger Mason asked the gang "and what are you doing here? This area is off limits to the public". The gang explained to Ranger Mason about their quest of returning Larvitar to Tyranitar, and then they explained to her about the pokemon poacher brothers stealing Tyranitar. "I'm not surprised that those three brothers are up to something again," said Ranger Mason "those three have been hanging around here to steal pokemon for months now". The gang couldn't believe that. Larvitar started to feel sad because of his mother being taken away. Ash picked up Larvitar and told him that they will get Tyranitar back from the three poaches.
Meanwhile, the poacher brothers were planning their next capture. They were pleased with their capture of Tyranitar. "So boss are we going after the Larvitar?" asked Blurt. "Yes we are," said Braggo "both Tyranitar and the Larvitar will fetch a very good price together. And we shall go after those kids pokemon as well. That Pikachu and Growlithe looked impressive enough for money. Chico, is the machine and your gadgets ready?" "They're ready boss" replied Chico. "Good, it's time to get capturing" said Braggo. What the poachers didn't know was that Brock's Crobat had followed them and was spying on them.
Crobat flew back to the gang to show them where the poachers were now. "Crobat found them" said Brock. "Good let's go after them at once" said Ash. Ash and the gang had asked Ranger Mason if they could help her catch the poachers. Ranger Mason understood the gang's feelings and agreed. They all ran over to the area to where Crobat found them, but then the poachers turned up in a hot air balloon, with their machine and Tyranitar was dangling from the balloon, still trapped in the net. "You three are under arrest!" shouted Ranger Mason. The poacher brothers laughed. "Sorry, but that won't be happening" said Braggo. "That's right, you will never catch us" said Blurt. "Cause we are invincible" said Chico. The brothers used their machine to grab Pikachu and Growlithe, and then Chico fired his net towards Ranger Mason and the gang and they got caught. Before they got caught, Ash quickly released his Bayleef, Quilava and Croconaw from their pokeballs. "Bayleef, Quilava and Croconaw protect Larvitar" said Ash. The three pokemon saw the commotion and they were angry with the poachers.
Ash knew that his pokemon mustn't use attacks or they might hit Tyranitar. But then he had an idea of how to help Tyranitar. "Larvitar use screech, it will help your mum" he said. Larvitar did as he was told and screeched really loud. The poachers couldn't stand the noise and Tyranitar woke up from her unconsciousness. Tyranitar began to shake around a lot to try and escape from the net. Chico pressed a button the remote and the net got electrocuted, shocking Tyranitar. Ranger Mason and the gang saw that and they were furious. "How dare you do such a thing to a pokemon!" shouted Brock. "Stop that at once!" shouted Ash.
Bayleef, Quilava and Croconaw saw what the poachers did too and they got really cross now. At that moment all of them started to glow. "Both Bayleef, Quilava and Croconaw are evolving" said Brock. Everyone watched as Bayleef evolved into Meganium, Quilava evolved into Typhlosion and Croconaw evolved into Feraligatr. Ash was happy that his three Johto starter pokemon had evolved into their final forms.
The poacher brothers were impressed and planned to capture them next. But Meganium fired petal dance at the poachers, which distracted the poachers really well. While the poachers were distracted, Tyranitar fought against the net again; she bit threw the net and fired hyper beam at the balloon. The balloon burst and both Tyranitar and the poacher brothers crashed to the ground. Chico's remote control fell out of Chico's hands onto the ground and smashed. After the controls got broken, Tyranitar and the gang were free from the nets; the nets were controlled by the controls as well. Tyranitar was all right and Larvitar was happy to be back with his mum again.
The poacher brothers were not happy and moved to fight back in their machine. But Ash was not going to let the poachers win. He commanded Meganium, Typhlosion and Feraligatr to attack the machine with solar beam, fire blast and hydro pump. The three pokemon fired their attack together at the machine, and the machine was blown to bits. Pikachu and Growlithe were free, and Ash and Tomo were happy to have them back. This time the poacher brothers were defeated, as their equipment was all destroyed, and they fainted from defeat. "We did it!" cheered Ash. Tyranitar and Larvitar were happy that the poachers were now defeated.
The poacher brothers were now tied up and arrested by the other rangers of the pokemon preserve area. Ranger Mason was grateful and thanked the gang at once. "I have been after these three for ages now, and thanks to you they are finally caught" she said. "I'm glad that they won't be poaching anymore pokemon" said Misty. "No need to worry," said Ranger Mason "those three will be paying big for what they've done in jail". "Glad to hear that" said Ash.
Tyranitar was grateful to the gang for saving her and for bringing Larvitar back to her. She thanked the gang with all her heart. "You're welcome Tyranitar" smiled Ash. He turned to Larvitar. "Well Larvitar you are home and back with your mum at last". Larvitar was happy and hugged Ash. Ranger Mason saw the friendly bond with Ash and Larvitar. "Ash you are a very nice pokemon trainer and I see that you care about pokemon a lot" she said. "I love pokemon, as well as being a pokemon trainer," said Ash "in fact all of us do". "That's right" said Tomo, Misty and Brock together.
Just then something walked from some bushes nearby. It was another Larvitar, but a bit bigger than the baby Larvitar. "Where did this Larvitar come from?" asked Ash "and where is its family?" "This Larvitar has no family" said Ranger Mason. She explained that the Larvitar was a stray Larvitar that just showed up in the preserve area, and it hadn't got along with any other pokemon in the area. "This pokemon is also quite a fighter and likes to do pokemon battles all the time. And that's why it doesn't exactly have friends; the pokemon around here have had enough of its fighting spirit". The stray Larvitar went up to Ash and waved it arms at him. "What's up Larvitar?" asked Ash. Larvitar spoke to Ash. "What's Larvitar saying?" asked Misty. "Well believe it or not, Larvitar wants me to battle it," said Ash "it was watching me battle the poachers earlier, so it wants me to have a pokemon battle with it". "That doesn't surprise me really," said Ranger Mason "that Larvitar likes a challenge. But you shall have the battle outside the area; it will scare the pokemon if you fight here". Ash and the Larvitar understood.
Ranger Mason and the gang went over the other side of the bridge, so that Ash and Larvitar could have their battle. Tyranitar and her Larvitar stayed on the other side to watch the battle. Ash decided to use Pikachu to battle Larvitar. "Why is Ash using Pikachu?" asked Misty "I mean Pikachu is a disadvantage of Larvitar". "I see why," said Brock "it's because Feraligatr would make an unfair battle for Larvitar because of its size. So Ash is using Pikachu because they are the same size, and you know what Ash is like; he always wants to do pokemon battles fairly". "You're right" said Misty. Larvitar fought first with dig. Pikachu stood his ground to wait for Larvitar to come out of the ground. Larvitar burst out and then bit Pikachu on the tail. "Use iron tail Pikachu" said Ash. Pikachu slammed Larvitar onto the ground, with his tail glowing white. Larvitar fought back with stomp. "Quick Pikachu dodge with quick attack" said Ash. Pikachu managed to quickly dodge Larvitar's quick attack. "Now use focus punch". Pikachu punched Larvitar really hard, and Larvitar got really hurt by that. As Larvitar was a rock and ground type; focus punch, a fighting type move, gave real damage. Larvitar started to feel exhausted. Ash knew that this was enough and told Pikachu to stop.
Ash walked over to Larvitar. "You're pretty strong as a Larvitar;" he said "there's no doubt that you will become a strong Tyranitar in the future". Larvitar pointed to Ash's pokeballs on his belt. "Do you want to come with me?" asked Ash. Larvitar nodded yes. Ash wasn't sure what to do; it was illegal to capture pokemon in the preserve area. Ranger Mason said that it was okay. "This pokemon wasn't born in the area," she said "so you can capture it Ash. I know that it be happier with you than here". So Ash agreed to capture it. He took out his heavy ball and tapped Larvitar on the head with it. The ball blinked a few times and then Larvitar was captured. Ash was happy with his new capture.
After capturing Larvitar, the gang decided that it was now time to leave. They asked Ranger Mason for directions to Silver Town and Ranger Mason told them the way. They bid farewell to Ranger Mason and to Tyranitar and Larvitar. "We'll never forget the times we had together with you Larvitar!" shouted Ash. So the gang left for Silver Town, happy that their quest of returning Larvitar to Tyranitar was complete at last.
Sorry for the wait. I'm sorry if readers thought I was going to have Ash catch the Larvitar from the egg, but I couldn't bear having Larvitar back to his mother and then have it leave her again. So I had Ash catch another Larvitar instead. I thought it was silly you know that the Address Unown episode was done with Ash and Misty and Brock learning about Unown for the first time; I mean they learnt all about Unown in the pokemon 3 movie, so I had them remember that experience in this chapter. I decided that this would be the right time for Bayleef, Quilava and Croconaw to evolve to their final forms rather than during the silver conference. Ash will start using his aura abilities in the Hoenn region, but won't know what the power is until the Lucario movie. The next chapter is about Harrison and the flame torch; the silver conference is the chapter afterwards.