Chapter 3 - Double to da Trouble
By: Clarachu É
The next day Brock's rock solid intuition was of Ash fighting the 2nd round competition. Ash had won the first match, you see, and Brock thought maybe that Ash was just lucky! They rolled out of bed, got ready for the show, but the phone rang - it was a call from home.
"Hi Ash honey, hi Pikachu, I just want you to know I'll be rooting for you!" Delia smiled, and Ash's reply, "Thanks mom," he said, with a tear in his eye. After yesterday's losing match with his rival, Ash became focused on 2nd round survival. The trio went outside, and to they're surprise, three Pokéball sellers were right before their eyes.
"Hey kid," a woman with a nice voice stated, "the Pokéballs you have are a bit out-dated. You should buy ours, don't you think, Alfred?" And then the man said, "Why don't you buy ten." Ash and Misty got excited, but Brock was afraid - this was like deja vou, like a really bad play. Ash gave some money which was taken greedily and a Pokéball was thrown at Pikachu rapidly! Of course it was Team Rocket, they never stop trying, and Pikachu was trapped in a shock-absorbant thing!
"Let him go now, all you do is cause trouble!" Then James chimed in, "And you know we make it double." Team Rocket got in their balloon to escape when, a boy's voice said, "I'll take care of them!" Everyone looked back and they could all see, an Arcanine with it's Pokémon trainer Gary! "Arcanine, use fire blast, be quick and nimble!" Fire was sprayed with a Japanese symbol. "Looks like we're burning up again, but don't worry kid, one day we'll win!" Team Rocket blasted away, what a bunch of dopes - the big ball with Pikachu in it had fallen and it broke.
"Thanks Gary," Misty said, "how can we repay you?" Gary replied, "Ash, just win the next battle." They went their separate ways, our heros to the stadium, and Ash now had big intentions to win. É