Chapter 17

Everything's Relative … to a Venema and Ash's Digimon Training

The group had just stopped in Fortree City. It was an unusual city to the Three Rockets. This town was built up in trees with the exception of the Pokemon Gym. They did hear of a town in Johto that was built like Tree houses but this was an official town with an official Pokemon Gym. Of course the gyms here were even weirder than the ones back home. According to Rayquaza, each gym leader provided a challenge for the trainers. Not to mention that each gym had a number of trainers you had to face before challenging the gym leader.

"So what are we doing here?" Max asked.

"We are finding a place to hide. I was thinking that we sneak into the Pokemon Gym and hide out in there." Trevor explained.

"Is that really a wise idea? Isn't that the first place they would look?" Sanfra asked.

"You have any better ideas, Sanfra?" Trevor growled.

"You know, that anger is not going to get you a girlfriends or a relationship. Girls don't like anger." Sanfra reminded Trevor.

People, let's not get sidetracked. We need to hide out before the police captures us. Mewtwo reminded the group.

Yes, I think Mewtwo has a good idea. If someone can cover the field in mist or something that would distract the residents of this town, we can get by without being noticed. Rayquaza suggested.

I can do that unless Trevor and his Dragonite have the ability. Mewtwo replied.

"You go ahead, Mewtwo. I am not stopping you." Trevor said.

The Twin Terrors plus Sanfra and Rayquaza watched Mewtwo to see what he was going to do. Mewtwo summoned his psychic powers to cause an unbearable storm but not like the one he was going to use to cover the world in world. As rain fell from the sky and thunder plus lightening lit the sky, the group ran off to the gym. They busted through the door and shut the door. It was a good thing the gym was pretty big since Rayquaza was a 20 to 30 dragon.

"I still think this is a bad idea." Sanfra replied.

"Oh be quiet. We don't want to disturb the gym leader whoever she or he is." Max said as he quieted Sanfra down.

"Hey Rayquaza! Do you know who is the gym leader of this gym?" Trevor asked.

I think her name is Winona. She is a Flying Type Gym Leader. I don't know her. I only have experience with two of the Hoenn Gym Leaders. Rayquaza said.

"So this Winona lady deals with Flying Type Pokemon? Kind of sound likes Faulkner back in Johto. I mean he is trying to be a Bird Pokemon Master. I would if this lady is too." Sanfra wondered.

"You know … you will never know if you don't ask. By the way, you wouldn't happen to be Team Rocket, would you?"

All three Rockets and the two powerful Pokemon turned around to see Winona. She was beautiful. She was even more beautiful than Whitney and Jasmine. She didn't even understand why there were here and they didn't understand why she was here … she should have been a movie star. The staring lasted for minutes alone until Mewtwo finally spoke up.

I am sorry, Winona but we needed some place to hide out and since we came across your town, we decided to hide in your gym. Mewtwo explained.

"Well, I understand. So you people are part of Team Rocket. Who actually are you anyways?" Winona asked.

"I'd suggest your prepare for triple trouble."

"The Power of Three suggests that you make that more than double."

"To destroy the World With Devastation."

"To unite all Evils within each nation."

"To bring forth the Evil and destroy the Love."

"To extend our destruction to the stars above."

"Sanfra Venema!"

"Lawrence Venema!"

"Max Venema!"

"Team Rocket Family Members sets our victims in plain sight."

"We'd suggest you surrender now since you won't be able to fight."

"Dragonite!"

"Arbok!"

"Raichu!"

"That was impressive. No wonder why you are giving the police a run for the money." Winona replied.

"Well, we are powerful trainers with extraordinary powers. We Venemas are unstoppable." Trevor said.

"I wonder if I have any powers?" Winona asked.

"What do you mean if you have any powers?" Sanfra said confusingly.

"Well I checked out the database for relatives and when I heard your names, it hit a bell. I am related to the Venemas and Venemosas, who ever they are."

The three Venemas stared right at Winona. How could a gym leader be related to them? If she wasn't a Venema and she isn't a Venemosa, how on earth could she be related to either one of them? This baffled even Rayquaza and Mewtwo. Mewtwo was trying to figure out the whole situation while Rayquaza was totally in shock.

"What? You aren't going to give your cousin or something a hug?" Winona asked.

"Winona, we are still trying to figure this out. How is it possible that you, a Hoenn Gym Leader, is related to members of Team Rocket?" Max asked.

"Forget the details. Why don't we all have a good time?" Winona asked.

Sorry Winona, my siblings have to take a departure from this place.

Everyone turned around and saw Gesper. Mewtwo was happy to see the psychic one. It was about time that he showed up or things might have gotten really weird. All three Venema siblings sighed as Gesper walked towards the group. Now it was time to depart. Max wanted to make sure this wasn't a trap so he decided to makes sure when this was over he checked online to see if this Winona woman was really related to them.

"Well, Winona. It is time for to leave." Max said.

"Bye Bye Venemas! If you have ever drop by again, you are welcome here." Winona responded.

Gesper used his psychic abilities to teleport them away to another place. Mewtwo was happy that for once he didn't have to it. Even a psychic pokemon like him gets tired from teleporting people around. Winona stood there and hoped that the Venemas plus their powerful friends returned. She knew that long green Pokemon was Rayquaza. Maybe if they were in trouble she would happen. The door opened and a trainer appeared. Well it is back to business, she thought.

Ash Ketchum was at Rika's house attending a Tamer meeting. Before this all happened, he got bits of info of what had happened in the past year. Apparently, the digital world had been opened by accident and Digimon had been coming through. Three chosen children were given Digimon and Digi-vices to defend the real world. At the end, each Tamer lost their partner but regained them.

"Now the Tamer meeting shall now begin." Rika said.

"So how do I actually train a Digimon?" Ash asked.

"I don't know if train is the correct world. In fact, I don't know if there is a word for what we do." Henry said while rubbing his head.

"Yeah, if we could train Digimon, then we would have no problems with our Pokemon. I mean if I could train Guilmon to stay out of trouble, then that would be good … but I doubt that will happen." Takato said while looking at Guilmon.

"Kid, this is Digimon we are talking about here. Not some lion act. Digimon should be untrained. Besides maybe your monsters could deal with a little wildness." Impmon chuckled.

"Maybe you could deal with some manners, Impmon." Meowth growled.

"Meowth does have a point. Right now, Renamon is searching for a digital fog for some Digimon to fight." Rika replied.

"Digital Fog?" Ash asked.

"Yeah, should have explained that. A Digital Fog appears when a Digimon invades the real World" Henry explained, "and us tamers are the one to get rid of the Digimon. Before we all came together, Ms. Digimon Queen believed that Digimon were nothing more than Data and destroyed them to get the Data."

"Yes, but I have changed now" Rika said as she looked off in the distance, "Oh, by the way, Renamon is here."

Renamon appeared out of nowhere. Ash was confused how Renamon did that. Ash assumed that Renamon was neither psychic nor ghost but he was still baffled on how Renamon could appear and disappear whenever she wanted to. Ash tried to forget about it but Digimon were quite more mysterious than Pokemon and who knew how many Digimon existed? Could there be more Digimon than Pokemon.

"There are no sightings of Digital Fogs but Yamkye will keep us updating." Renamon reported.

"Who?" Ash, Meowth and Exveemon asked at once.

"He was the one who was trying to get rid of Digimon in the first place. He created some system called Juggernaut to find, detect and destroy the Digimon. I even encountered him on a Digimon battle. He told me that this wasn't a game. Little did he know that not even Juggernaut could handle the most powerful Digimon?" Takato replied.

"Powerful Digimon?" Ash asked.

"Devas, well that's what the Sovereigns called them. Each Deva was a representation of an animal from the Chinese Zodiac. We had trouble fighting most of them. Well almost most of them." Henry explained.

"What do you mean by almost most of them?" Meowth asked.

"You see my little sister Suzy found a portal into the Digital World and her Partner was a Deva. That did shocked even the Sovereigns including one that despised humans." Henry said while rubbing his head.

"Kind of reminds me of Mewtwo. Mewtwo was a Genetically Engineered Pokemon. He sought revenge because it was a pawn in Giovanni's games. It was going to even wipe out humanity. I was able to find a way, though it did endanger my life, to stop Mewtwo and his superiority complex." Ash explained.

"Interesting, if we ever visit your world, I will have to meet this Mewtwo." Henry said.

"That might be a problem. Mewtwo doesn't always stay in one place and tries to hide from the public. Mewtwo still has this theory that cloned pokemon don't deserve to be with other pokemon." Ash said while rubbing his head.

"Cloned Pokemon?" Rika asked.

"Well, Mewtwo is Mew's clone, which is one of the most powerful legendaries. Legendaries are a bit like your Devas but they are more connected to the planet. As I was saying, Mewtwo cloned trainer's pokemon so the cloned pokemon would inherit the earth." Ash explained.

"Interesting. But we have more problems at hand like getting you and your Digimon at least to a champion or ultimate level." Henry said.

Just as Ash was going to ask about Champion or Ultimates, a cell phone rang. Rika answered and talk for a second. She told the group that it was Yamkye and he had just found a breach in Digital World to a real world. Ash knew this mean a Digital Fog had appeared. He wondered if this would be his chance to actually battle a Digimon. The group ran to the location. Ash was still wondering how he was going to battle a Digimon. If types didn't matter, then his strategy was going to be different. They arrived at the school and saw two strange looking Digimon.

"Well well, look what the Spider brought in."

"Yes my love, I will defeat them."

Ash took out his D-Arc and scanned the Digimon. They were Arukienmon and Mummymon. The Tamers were shocked like this Digimon were nothing but pure fiction. Ash didn't care. He wanted to try out his Digimon. He told Pikachu to stay out of this fight. He wanted to test out Guilmon to see how powerful this Digimon could be. He wanted to test out how Digimon could help out the battle against ultimate evil.

"I don't know who you two are thinking of doing, but it will end right here." Ash shouted.

"Well, looks like the Spider brought in a idiotic Tamer and a juicy-data snack." Arukienmon said as she licked her lips.

"You think you scare me. You are just as ugly as Jessie." Ash snickered.

"HOW DARE YOU CALL ME UGLY! I am beautiful. Mummymon, my dear, defeat this pest and we shall deal with the other Tamers." Arukienmon shouted.

"Very well my dear, I shall take out this Tamer for you." Mummymon replied.

Ash didn't care about this two but he wanted to prove that he could take a Digimon. He pulled out a card from the Cards Genaii gave him. Apparently, he was supposed to slide them in the card slot part of the D-Arc. It would power up the Digimon. This card indicated that it would increase Guilmon's power. That would be great to teach these two a lesson.

"Digi-Modify! Power Activate!" Ash shouted.

"Pyro Sphere!" Guilmon shouted.

Guilmon let off a burst of fire but it was much powerful than Guilmon's Pyro Sphere is supposed to be. It knocked Mummymon down to the ground. Arukienmon was not very happy. She was yelling at Ash but Ash blocked her voice out of his mind. He came across a blue card when he was looking for another good card. He was about to ask about it when all four trainers cave him the thumbs up. Ash scanned the blue card in the slot.

"Digi-Modify! Digi-Volution Activate!"

"Guilmon Digivolve to … Growlmon!"

Ash couldn't believe his eyes. He has seen Pokemon evolve before but never like this. Guilmon had just evolved to a creature that was half his size. Ash didn't understand anything but he knew that he had the upper advantage now. Takato was happy to see Ash fair well with Digimon. Now it was time to see if this Pokemon Master could truly became a Digimon Tamer. Unfortunately, the two villains weren't enjoying their time.

"I won't let some giant dinosaur beat me." Arukienmon said.

"Yes, my dear. We won't let some giant Dinosaur beat us." Mummymon said.

"It is time for you two say goodbye. Guil … Growlmon, attack those two." Ash said as he slid another Power Activate Card into the D-Arc.

"Dragon's Claw!" Growlmon shouted.

The attack that Growlmon produced sent a wave of energy at the two villains. Instead of blasting them off again, it obliterated them. This wasn't something Ash wanted to see but this was the way it was done in the Digimon Realm. He looked at Growlmon and Growlmon looked at Ash. Why hasn't he de-evolved back to Guilmon, Ash thought?

"Oh I forgot about that part. Digimon evolved by Tamers take a little longer than Digidestined do." Takato said.

"What do you mean?" Ash asked.

"Kid, I will explain it when we get to the park. You are ready but you still need a few more tips." Rika said.

Ash walked beside Rika while Growlmon followed. The rest of the Teams followed while Pikachu followed behind. Ash kept on looking at Growlmon. It was more impressive than his Charizard. He still had a lot to learn but there wasn't much. He would have to get a speed course. Too bad there wasn't a book called Digimon Tamers for Dummies. That would help him very much. He just hoped that his world wasn't in pieces when he returned. He just hoped that and that was the only thing he hoped.