Attention all readers! If you are looking for Pokemon fanfiction that follows the storyline of Ash Ketchum and he has non-canon Pokemon, then my Pokemon fanfiction is not for you. I follow the franchise! So that means, I will be using the Pokemon that the creators in Japan use for the games as well as the show. Am I going to use any of the Alolan, Galarian and Hisuian forms of certain Pokemon throughout my fanfics? That depends on if Ash and Jordan catch any Alolan and Hisuian Pokemon as well as if I chose to write the Galar region. If you don't like that I'm not going to be creating and using non-canon Pokemon, then you may go search for Pokemon fanfiction writers that do.

I also want everyone to know that I don't like being rushed. So, if you want to read the next chapter, you will have to wait until I have finished it. I hope that you will like it and Happy Reading!

I DONT OWN POKEMON! I ONLY OWN THE OC AND CREATING HER POKEMON TEAM FROM THE SHOW!

Shoutouts:

A foghorn was heard in the distance of Vermillion City.

Narrator: As his Pokémon journey continues, Ash is one step closer to achieving his dream of becoming a Pokémon master.

Jordan: And I'm at least one step closer to becoming a good Pokémon trainer.

Narrator: You think so?

Jordan: I think so, but I'm not sure yet.

Narrator: Last time, Ash defeated the Vermillion Gym Leader and earned a thunder badge.

"Hm?" said Ash, looking up to see a ship in the distance. "Hey."

"Pikachu." said Pikachu.

Narrator: Has Ash's ship finally come in, or will our heroes be cruisin' for a bruisin'?

Jordan: To be fair….that is up for discussion.

"Pika!" said Pikachu.

"Wow!" said Ash.

"Beautiful." said Misty.

"Oh, man, I'd love to cross the ocean on a ship like this." said Ash.

"Yeah, just think of all the Pokémon we'd be able to see along the way." said Brock.

"All the Pokémon eggs." said Jordan, thinking about the many Pokémon eggs on the ship.

"Riol." said Meeko.

"Oh, for sure." said Misty. "Just imagine, sunbathing on the deck all day. Just a nice, long, relaxing cruise."

"We could never afford a cruise like that." said Brock.

"Oh." said Misty, dejectedly.

"But it still doesn't stop us from wishing about it though." said Jordan as they walked past one of the ships in the shipyard.

"Reality can really burn you out." added Ash.

"Congratulations! You guys are way lucky." said a familiar looking duo. "You can go on a super deluxe sea cruise!"

"A sea cruise?" the quartet asked.

"Well, it's, like, you know, we have these incredible, super cool tickets for you." said Jessie.

"Cool." James said in a falsetto voice.

"Cool, huh?" Jessie asked, with the tickets shoved in Ash's face.

"What?" asked Misty.

"These are tickets for the biggest party ever, on board the St. Anne cruise liner." Jessie explained.

"The famous St. Anne?" asked Ash as Jordan and Meeko looked up at the ship.

"Cool." said James.

"The coolest ship on the sea." said Jessie. "Everyone's going to be together and, like, have the coolest party."

"Cool." said James.

"And the party's for Pokémon trainers only." said Jessie.

"Cool."

"Step this way." said Jessie as James giggles. "It'll be a radical party. All the most radical Pokémon trainers will be there."

"I will never unsee this. Its burned into my brain." said Jordan. "I'm creeped out by it."

"Riol….." said Meeko, rubbing her eyes as she takes a good look at James. "Riolu, Ri."

"No kidding." said Brock.

"Do you know anybody who says 'radical' anymore?" Ash asked Misty.

"Uh-uh." said Misty, shaking her head.

"I think mom said it once, but that was I heard her talking on the phone to someone." said Jordan.

"Okay, dudes, here are your tickets." said Jessie, handing the tickets to Ash.

"We'd love to go on the Pokémon trainer cruise, but we really don't have the money to pay for it." Brock tells Jessie and James.

"Oh, whoa, like, you don't understand." said Jessie.

"Cool."

"They're totally free." said Jessie.

"Huh?" they asked.

"Totally free." Jessie tells them. "Totally free."

"For free? Why are you giving them away?" asked Ash.

"And why us?" asked Jordan.

"Well, like, we have to go out with our boyfriends, but we wanted to give our tickets to cool Pokémon fans." said Jessie.

"Cool."

"We saw you and thought you looked really cool." said Jessie. "Just take these and have a really cool time."

"Thanks a lot." said Ash, taking the tickets.

"No sweat." said Jessie.

"Cool."

"Have a nice day, for sure." said Jessie, before she and James ran from them.

"All right. This is really cool, isn't it?" asked Ash.

"Yep." said Jordan.

"Pikachu."

"Olu."

"The St. Anne. Wow!" said Brock as they headed towards the shipyard.

"Yeah and that Pokémon party." said Ash. "I wonder which one of these ships is the St. Anne."

"I think that's it." said Misty, looking over to her right.

"Huh?"

"Wow. That's incredible." said Brock.

"It's huge." said Misty.

"Maybe we should invite mom for this cruise." suggested Jordan.

"Yeah but I don't think she could afford this kind of cruise, sis." said Ash.

"Good point, Ash." said Jordan.

"Pika." said Pikachu.

"Ri." said Meeko. Behind them, Team Rocket was watching the quartet from a bush.

"We did it. We got them." said Jessie.

"Like, wow, don't I make, like, the coolest girl?" asked James, still in a falsetto voice.

Jessie then growls at him, hitting his head and causing James to whimper in pain. "Stop acting like an ignoramus." said Jessie.

"Ow." James said as he was dragged by Jessie into a building. Once inside, Jessie and James changed out of their disguises.

"We got a call from the boss." said Meowth, then presses a button. "Greetings, sir." On the screen in front of them, was a man who's face wasn't shown. "So the team is all there." said the man, Giovanni.

"Sir." said Team Rocket. Suddenly a bigger cat like Pokémon walks into frame, purring as it rubs its head against Giovanni's leg.

"Meow! What's with the Persian?" Meowth asked, recognizing his evolved form. "Hey, boss, what about Meowth? Ain't I your favorite anymore?"

"I'm totally disgusted watching you fail me when I expect total perfection." said the boss, as he pets the Persian. "Purr-fection like this beautiful Persian."

"(Meow)" said Persian.

"But…Meowth." said Meowth.

"If you want to make me happy, you can make sure our latest plan succeeds." he tells Team Rocket.

"Meow!" Meowth exclaims happily.

"Have you handed out all the tickets to the St. Anne cruise?" asked Giovanni.

"Yes." replied Jessie. "All of the Pokémon trainers were delighted to take them."

"Was it really all right for us to give out all of those tickets for free?" asked James.

"A small price to pay for what I'll get in return." said Giovanni.

"Oh." said Jessie and James.

"My men have already secretly boarded the St. Anne." Giovanni tells them. "When I give them the signal, they will take the Pokémon from all of the trainers we tricked into boarding the ship."

"That's the boss for you, a real genius." said Meowth.

"This time, failure is out of the question." he said.

"Aye-Aye, sir." said Jessie and James.

"We can do it." Meowth said confidently and Giovanni chuckles evilly.

"What an awesome ship." said Ash as they boarded the St. Anne.

"I'd like to travel around the whole world in this." said Misty. Ash shows a man in uniform the ticket while he held Jordan's hand.

"Welcome aboard the St. Anne." said the uniformed man, bowing to them. "This way."

Following his direction, the quartet enters the seating hall. "Wow! Look at this!" exclaimed Ash, seeing that it was filled with trainers.

"Come on, come all." said a guy selling Pokéballs.

"Oh. It's so cute." said a girl, looking at merchandise.

"It's like a giant Pokémon convention." said Ash.

"Only, it's on a ship." Jordan added.

"Everyone's a Pokémon trainer." said Misty. Not far from them, two boys where holding a Charmander each. "Take a look at the smooth skin on my Charmander." said one boy. "That shows how healthy it is."

"Look at the flame on my Charmander." said the other boy. "There's orange mixed in with the red. Cool, huh? Check it out."

Suddenly another boy joins in, holding a Squirtle in its arms. "Wait, look how hard the shell is on my Squirtle." said the third boy. "Tough, huh?"

"Jordan, why don't you go show off Squirt." said Brock.

"Are you sure about that, Brock?" asked Jordan, looking up at Brock, holding Squirt's Pokéball in her hand.

"My Squirtle and my Charmander are much better than theirs are." said Ash.

"I think it would be nice." Brock tells her. "Its better than having Ash showing off Squirtle and Charmander."

"All right, bring them on." said a man's voice.

"Hm?"

Several feet from them was a Pokémon battle. "Raticate, a jump kick." said the gentleman in a tux.

"Raticate!" said Raticate.

"All right, Starmie, Spinning tackle." said the boy and his Starmie starts spinning until it was stopped in mid-air by Raticate. Ash squeezes through the crowd to get a better look.

"All right, they're having a battle." said Ash.

"Pikachu." said Pikachu.

"Raticate, super fang attack, now." said the gentleman.

"Raticate!" shouted Raticate, biting down on Starmie, with its top teeth on its jewel, shattering a few pieces. Just then, Starmie falls to the ground and the battle was over.

"Are you okay, Starmie?" the boy asked his Pokémon, whimpering.

"Ah, don't feel too badly, young man." said the gentleman. "It was only a practice match anyhow, and I just happened to be lucky."

"My, how gracious." said a woman, walking up to him.

"Heh, not at all, miss." he replied, before turning his attention back to the boy. "Keep working on building your Starmie's strength there. Well, now, is anybody else brave enough to challenge my Raticate?"

"(Grunting) I can't wait." said Ash and runs out to the floor. "How about battling my Butterfree?"

"As you wish." said the gentlemen.

"Boy, I hope he knows what he's doing." said Misty.

"I'm just glad that he didn't drag me out there." said Jordan. On the other side of the room, Jessie and James entered the room, dressed in waiter uniforms.

"Say, Jessie, this place is packed." said James.

"Yes, and packed with Pokémon." added Jessie.

"And soon all these Pokémon will be hours." said James and laughs maniacally as he daydreams. "All for us."

"Shut up." Jessie tells him. "They're not for us. They're for the boss."

"I forgot." James then said.

"Raticate, a jump kick." said the gentlemen.

"Raticate." said Raticate jumping high to kick Butterfree.

"Butterfree, tackle!" shouted Ash.

"Free!" screeching Butterfree as it tackles Raticate.

"Does Ash's Butterfree even stand a chance against that Raticate?" asked Misty.

"Sure. It's a good match, really." said Brock.

"Finish it, Raticate." said the gentlemen. "Hyper Fang attack."

"Raticate!" said Raticate as it tries to headbutt Butterfree. Butterfree dodges Raticate's attack.

"Butterfree!" said Butterfree.

"Raticate." said Raticate.

"Butterfree, stun spore." said Ash and Butterfree releases its stun spore. Raticate grunted in pain as it takes in the stun spore. "All right. Now the whirlwind."

Before Butterfree could sends its attack, the gentlemen picks up Raticate. "Well, that's enough." he said.

"Huh?" said Ash, confused.

"Why don't we just call it a draw?" the gentlemen asked, before walking away.

"But I was winning." Ash said to himself. James was walking down one of the aisles when a vendor calls out to him.

"Boy, boy. Hey, you boy. Come here." said the vendor and James turns his attention to him.

"Are you addressing me?" James asked.

"I want you to have a look at this Pokémon." said the vendor, pointing to the tank.

"Huh? What is this thing?" asked James.

"The king of all carp. A Magikarp." the vendor tells him.

"What do I do, eat it?" James asked the vendor.

"(Chuckles) See how healthy it is." said the vendor, lifting the Magikarp out of the tank to show James, handing it to him.

"Oh! It's certainly is lively." said James as Magikarp wiggled in his hands.

"Just between you and me, this Magikarp is like a Pokémon gold mine." the vendor whispers to James.

"Gold mine?" James questioned.

"Right." he replied. "A Magikarp lays 1,000 eggs at a time. Each of those 1,000 baby Magikarp lay 1,000 more. One thousand times 1,000 makes a million. Every one of those one million lays another 1,000. That's a billion Pokémon."

"A billion?" asked a shocked James.

"You can sell one Magikarp for $100." said the vendor. "In three generations, you have tons of money. Billions and billions."

"Billions?" James starts his daydream with gold surrounding him, sitting in a chair with the boss' Persian petting him. "You'll be so rich; you can go on a Pokémon shopping spree."

"Rich. Rich!" James said happily.

"I normally charge $100, but for you, I'll throw in an egg laying set, childcare set and an education set for only $300. How about it?"

"I'll take it." said James.

"I can tell." said the vendor, chuckling. "You're going to be a very rich man. A very rich man." James suddenly lets out a crazed laugh as he holds Magikarp.

At a table, Ash and the others were chomping down the food in front of them as Jordan and Meeko took their time when the gentlemen walks up. "So, are you having yourself a good time?" he asked them.

"Yes, sir. We're having a great time." said Ash.

"You know that Butterfree of yours is quite extordianary." said the gentlemen.

"It's incredible." said the woman on his arm as Brock becomes starstruck.

"She's beautiful." he said, blushing as he drops the sandwich in his hand.

"Hello in there." said Misty as she waves her hand in front of him.

"Beautiful." Brock said again.

"Riolu." said Meeko.

"We've lost him, Misty." said Jordan.

"I know, Jordan. Here we go again." said Misty, hands raised.

"Well, I put a lot of work into raising it." Ash was saying to the gentlemen.

"What did you think of my Raticate?" he asked.

"It looked great, and it really put up a tough fight." said Ash.

"In that case, I'll be direct." said the gentlemen. "Why don't we trade?"

"Trade Pokémon?" asked Ash, then looks at Jordan, who then pulls Skylar towards her.

"When two people find that they each like the other's Pokémon, they trade." said the gentlemen. "It's quite a common practice everywhere."

"Everywhere?" asked Ash and Jordan.

"You see, friends who trade then trade with their other friends and so friendships grow deeper and continue to spread wider and wider." he said to the brother and sister. "Trading and making new friends is one of the best things about having Pokémon. That's how Pokémon friendships get to spread all around the world."

"Wow." said Ash.

"Friendship is wonderful, isn't it?" asked the woman.

"Yeah, yeah." said Brock. "Why don't you and I start a friendship right now?"

"Should I trade, Brock?" asked Ash.

"Oh, yeah. You got to trade." he tells him. "Everybody should trade. Let's start trading."

"Well, okay." said Ash, feeling discouraged.

"Yeah….I'm not trading right now." said Jordan, crossing her arms. "The only person I'll trade with are the people that I know, like my brother or Gary Oak."

"Riol?" asked Meeko, pointing to herself.

"I wouldn't trade you for any Pokémon in the world." Jordan explained as Meeko grinned widely. "You're my Pokémon partner for life." At a trading machine, Ash and the gentlemen stood at each end, placing their Pokémon. "Here we go." said the gentlemen.

"Hm." said Ash, nodding. The man pressed the button on the machine and the trading begins.

"Well, that's all there is to it." said the gentlemen. "Raticate is your new Pokémon."

"You idiot! Can't you see you were tricked?" asked Jessie, glaring at James.

"What a dope." said Meowth.

"But you don't understand. Magikarp is a goldmine." said James, cornered by Jessie and Meowth. "Even its Pokeball is solid gold."

"It's just gold plated." Meowth tells him and scratches the Pokeball, causing James to scream.

"Magikarp is a no-talent Pokémon that can't do anything but flop around." Jessie said to James. "How could you possibly expect to sell it?"

"I was tricked." James finally admitted.

"How did you get the money for it?" asked Jessie.

"Well, the advance on my salary didn't quite cover it, so I…" said James.

"So you did what?" Jessie pressed him.

"I used the advance on your salary." said James, smiling. Jessie became enraged with him and hits him.

"You go return that fish and get my money back right now." said Jessie. Out in the hallway, Ash looks down at the Pokeball in his hand.

"What's the matter, Ash?" asked Misty, walking out with Jordan. "You look so serious."

"Uh, I was just thinking." Ash said to Misty. "I wonder if that guy is going to take good care of my Butterfree."

"Oh."

"I traded my Butterfree to some guy I don't even know just because he seemed to like trading so much." said Ash. "I really don't know if he'll take care of it the way I did."

"Look on the bright side, you got a Raticate." Misty tells him and Ash sighs.

"It's just when I was trading it away, I remembered the time when it evolved into Butterfree." said Ash.

"Pika." said Pikachu. Cameras popped up all over the inside of the St. Anne as Giovanni watches from his chair. Persian purrs happily as he rubs against its fur. "It won't be long now." said Giovanni and Persian screeches. Doors quickly closed all over the ship. "Hey!" shouted Ash as it got his attention.

"Pikachu?" asked Pikachu.

"Riolu?" asked Meeko. All over the ship, Team Rocket members took off their disguises.

"Who are they?" someone asked.

"Hey, hombre, I want my…my money back!" James called out just as Jessie grabs him from behind.

"Are you crazy?" asked Jessie.

"But I…"

"We've got work to do!" Jessie shrieked and the lights went out.

"To protect the world from devastation…"

"To untie all peoples within our nation…."

"To denounce the evils of truth and love…"

"To extend our reach to the stars above…"

"Jessie."

"James."

"Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of light." said Jessie.

"Surrender now, or prepare to fight." said James, sighing.

"Meowth! That's right!" said Meowth.

"Team Rocket will now take possession of your Pokémon." said Jessie.

"My Pokémon?"

"They can't do that."

"What are they talking about? Our Pokémon."

Team Rocket went ahead and starts taking the trainers Pokémon as the ship heads into a storm. "Give me your Pokémon." said a member of Team Rocket.

"No way." said Misty.

"Don't make me take them." said another Team Rocket.

"Pikachu!" shouted Ash.

"Chu!" shouted Pikachu, sending an electric attack at the man.

"If they're going to try to rob our Pokémon, we might as well make it a battle." said Ash.

"Yeah, we can't just surrender."

"Let's fight back."

"Go!"

"Suck them up. Suck them up. Suck them all up!" said Jessie as she took the Pokéballs.

"Attaway to go, guys. Keep sucking them up. Make sure you get every last one." said Meowth when suddenly a shadow enveloped over him.

Meowth looks up and sees an angry Jordan, glaring at him. "You know…I could capture you and train you myself, Meowth." said Jordan, making Meowth fearful as she starts to approach him.

"You couldn't." said Meowth, stepping back from her. "You wouldn't."

"I have every right as a Pokémon trainer, Meowth…but I wanna make you a deal instead." she said.

"I'm listening." said Meowth, letting Jordan give him the details of her deal. Meowth thought for a minute and shakes her hand. "You got yourself a deal, kid."

"Squirtle, go!" shouted the gentlemen, sending out Squirtle.

"Squirtle." said Squirtle.

"We got to fight them together." said Brock when Jordan appears beside her brother.

"Pikachu, go!" shouted Ash.

"Pika." said Pikachu and suddenly a group of Pikachu fell from the balcony.

"Where did you run off to?" asked Ash.

"I'll tell you later." Jordan replied as the Pikachu got together and sends a thunderbolt, shocking the men of Team Rocket.

"Charmander, I choose you!" shouted Ash.

"Char!" shouted Charmander and all Charmander on the ship gathered, sending a flamethrower towards Team Rocket.

"Geodude, go!" shouted Brock.

"Geodude." said Geodude.

"Geodude. Geodude. Geodude." said all of the Geodude as they linked hands, circling around and hitting Team Rocket. Bulbasaurs from all over the ship, used their vine whips to smack Team Rocket around.

"Now it's my turn. Go Butterfree." said Ash, forgetting that he traded as Raticate came out of it Pokeball.

"Raticate." said Raticate.

"Huh?"

"Ash, you traded it, remember?" asked Misty.

"Oh yeah." said Ash.

"Don't tell me you forgot, didn't you?" asked Jordan, giving her brother a crazy look.

"I know." Ash said guilty. "Butterfree." Ash suddenly remembers how he raised Butterfree. "I raised that Butterfree all by myself, with Jordan's support." said Ash. "I have to get Butterfree back."

"Hand over the Pokéballs." said another member of Team Rocket.

"Pidgeotto, I choose you!" shouted Ash and other trainers sent out theirs. "Pidgeotto, group gust." A powerful gust tornado formed, lifting Team Rocket off the ground.

"Pikachu, all together, Thunderbolt!" said Ash.

"Kachu! Kachu! Kachu!" said all the Pikachu.

"Pikachu!" shouted Pikachu, creating a huge thunderbolt with the others, causing all but the usual members of Team Rocket to blast off into the sky.

"We did it! Great job." said Ash as he and the other trainers cheered. "I think we should all be very proud of our Pokémon. And we taught Team Rocket a lesson they'll never forget."

"I can't wait to get off this lousy bucket." said Jessie, feeling the aftermath of Pikachu's thunderbolt. Outside of the ship, a huge wave knocks into the ship, causing James to let go of Magikarp's Pokeball. "Wait, there goes my salary advance!" shouted James, running after it.

"There goes my money too." said Jessie.

"Meowth." said Meowth. Another wave hits the other side of the ship.

"Riolu!" screamed Meeko, jumping onto Jordan's back.

"Don't worry, Meeko. I got you." said Jordan, comforting her Pokémon.

"Oh, no, it's a big storm." said Misty, looking out the window at the sky.

"It'll be tough to get back with waves like this." said Brock.

"What?" asked Misty. "Hey, where's Ash?"

"He's over there." said Jordan, pointing in the direction her brother went. "He's going to get Butterfree back."

"So, you want to go back on our trade?" the gentlemen asked when Ash caught up with him.

"Butterfree was the first Pokémon I ever captured." Ash started to explain. "I worked hard training and raising it. Please, can I have it back?"

"You leave me no choice." said the gentlemen, seeing how Ash is sincere.

"I'm sorry." said Ash.

"Now, calm down." said the captain of the St. Anne. "These high seas have just pushed us a little off course."

"A little off course?" someone asked.

"There's nothing to worry about." he tells the trainers. "We're heading for port now, and besides, the ship is unsinkable. There's absolutely no need for alarm."

Another wave hits the ship, causing everyone to be more panic than ever. "Now, there's no reason to panic." said the captain, leaving the ship on a lifeboat. "I just thought I'd test out one of the lifeboats."

Everyone chuckled nervously as they watched him leave in the lifeboat before leaving themselves. "Hey! Got to get off the ship!" one woman shouted.

"Come on, Ash, we got to go. The ship is sinking." said Misty as she, Jordan and Brock ran into the room.

"Hold on." said Ash as he was trading back the Raticate. "Butterfree, please forgive me."

Soon as another waves hits the ship, Ash drops Butterfree. "Butterfree!" shouted Ash as he and Pikachu ran after it.

"Ash!" shouted Misty, running after him with Brock holding onto Jordan.

"Wait, there goes my next paycheck!" James called out as he runs after the Pokeball that went into the kitchen.

"Who care about your paycheck? What about mine?" asked Jessie.

"We got to get out of here." said Meowth. Out on the water, most of the trainers were off the ship as a final wave tips the St. Anne over. "Oh, what are we going to do?" someone asked.

"Oh, no."

Ash and the others finally caught up with Butterfree's Pokeball. "I got you!" said Ash as he grabs the Pokeball before they start screaming.

"Got it." said James as he gets Magikarp's Pokeball.

"Look, there goes the ship! Its sinking!" a man in one of the lifeboats said.

"May I have your attention." said the captain. "Anyone who didn't leave the ship safely, please say aye."

When no one said it, the captain seemed pleased. "Good. Well done. Everyone's safe then." he said.

Narrator: Not everyone, Captain. And as the St. Anne heads to the bottom of the sea, our heroes are trapped unconscious inside. And so is Team Rocket. Could this be the end? How will they escape their watery fate?

Jordan:…..

Narrator: Jordan?

Jordan:…..

Narrator: I don't know, but I have a terrible sinking feeling. I hope that Jordan and the others escape.

Kanto team

Pokemon Partner: Riolu, female, Meeko

Pidgey: male, Ace (Oak)

Squirtle: male, Squirt

Dratini: female, Raya