This chapter included Hoenn's versions of Team Rocket and Ash comes across a world that is unique with heros and villians, especially when it comes to age.

Chapter 21

Fire, Water and Explosions Plus Finding the Way Home (Part One)

Our villains stopped at a quaint little restaurant on their way to the Secret Rocket Base. Normally, they wouldn't appear in public but this restaurant wasn't any ordinary restaurant. It was a restaurant for evildoers and the police couldn't arrest anybody here. With a single contract and agreement, this restaurant was off-limits to the police. Anybody here can plan evil schemes but once they leave the building, they would be able to be stopped. Right now our villains are having a relaxing brunch, but they are going to be interrupted anytime soon. Right now our villains are sitting down to eat while Rayquaza and Mewtwo are being fed in the Pokemon Feeding Area.

"Hello, my name is Jazelle. I will be your waitress today. Can I get you anything to drink first?" The waitress said.

"Berry Smoothie for me" Trevor said.

"I believe I sent a container of poison to this restaurant. Make it into a drink or shake and I will be fine." Max said.

"You both are disgusting. Get me a Shocking apple cider." Sanfra said.

"You three all are predictable. Get me a Bloody Mary!" Gesper said.

"A BLOODY MARY?" All three said.

"What? Hey, I can drink alcohol when I want to." Gesper said.

"Okay, I got your drink orders. I will be back with the drinks and be ready to take your food requests." Jazelle responded as she walked away.

The four chatted for a while but then two strangers entered the restaurant. The reason why they were strange was because Team Aqua and Team Magma were only known to the Hoenn Region and never had stepped outside their domain. So it was a surprise (well to everyone not including Gesper, who probably expected them to come, for them to appear.) The two walked over to the group of Rockets. Max got up but Gesper gestured him to sit down.

"Are you the mysterious select group called the Venemas?" The blue uniformed one asked.

"Yes, we are. Who might I ask who is speaking?" Gesper asked.

"My name is Archie and my friend here is Maxine. We want a word with you." The red uniformed one said.

"A word! We have a bone to pick with them for causing all the trouble in our region. No wonder why Team Aqua is much better than Team Magma." Maxine said.

"Please, my team could beat your team in a second." Archie replied back.

And the insults flew back and forth. Our villains just stood there watching. Team Aqua and Team Magma, huh? Those nuisances are nothing compared to Team Rocket. It started to get annoying in a few minutes so Gesper decided to stop this debate. With a simple wave, he pushed the two apart. The two looked at him and he looked back.

"I assume that you two came here for another reason rather to bicker about whom is better." Gesper said as he grinned.

"Yes, we do. You caused trouble in Hoenn and we are going to take you down a notch. You think your Team Rocket is so high and mighty but Team Aqua and Team Magma would be your precious Team Rocket in a heartbeat." Archie smirked.

"Yeah, in a heartbeat." Maxine said.

"Will you not copy me?" Archie asked.

"Sorry!" Maxine said.

"So you two want to challenge us. How about Sanfra and I against you two? That will give Trevor and Max a chance to rest." Gesper said.

"So when should we do this?" Maxine asked.

"How about now? My companions can hold off their gorging for a while to whip you good." Gesper replied.

"You are going to regret ever saying that." Maxine said.

"And I will host this battle." Jazelle said.

The seven of them went outside. Normally, the police would spring on them but not during a pokemon battle. The group went to the backside of the restaurant and there was a battlefield. Maxine and Archie went to one side while our two oldest Venemas went to the other side. Trevor and Max sat on the sidelines. Jazelle went to the referee's area.

"This will be a two-on-two battle. Each trainer uses on pokemon and one pokemon only. To end the match, both pokemon must be knocked out. Not just one. There is no time limit! Let the battle begin!" Jazelle said.

"Mightyena, Crawdaunt! I choose you!" Archie and Maxine said.

"Ampharos, Espeon! I choose you!" Sanfra and Gesper said.

Four pokeballs were thrown into the arena. On the Hoenn team's side, there appeared a crab-like creature and a dark dog-like creature, which made Houndoom look like Growlithe. On the Venema's side, there are appeared a yellowish sheep-like creature and purple cat-like creature. Now one could see that Mightyena could take down Espeon and Ampharos could take down Crawdaunt so this battle was tricky … but when you are dealing with Venema strategy, things are always tricky.

"I think we can easily knock one of their pokemon out. Mightyena, use Crunch attack on Espeon." Archie yelled.

"Not so fast, Archie. Espeon, use Quick Attack to dodge your enemies attack." Gesper yelled.

Archie frowned when he saw Espeon jump out of the way of Mightyena's attack. That wasn't the real problem. It was how fast Espeon was. He knew about psychic pokemon but he never saw one fast as that one. Archie knew that he had better come up with a different strategy. Meanwhile, Maxine was perplexed why her opponent hadn't finished off Crawdaunt. One Thunder Punch would have taken her pokemon down but Ampharos was just barely damaging her pokemon. What on Earth was going on?

"Well, if you aren't going to take the advantage, I will. Crawdaunt, Hydro Pump." Maxine yelled.

"Send her opponent's attack back double with Mirror Coat." Sanfra yelled.

Just as Crawdaunt fired Hydro Pump at Ampharos, a mirror came up and sent the attack back double. Crawdaunt was seen flying out of the arena. Maxine went rushing after her pokemon. Now all was left to take down Archie's pokemon, Gesper thought. Archie did have the advantage but Gesper was more resourceful when it came to battles.

"Mightyena, use Faint Attack." Archie shouted.

"Not so fast, Espeon, use Eevee Chain Evolution to change into Jolteon." Gesper shouted.

"Eevee Chain Evolution? How pitiful that you have to make up an attack to distract me." Archie said.

"He isn't distracting you. Look at Espeon … I mean Jolteon." Maxine said.

"What do you … mean? What on earth has happened?" Archie said in confusion.

"That is all evolved forms of Eevee's special ability. I studied Eevee and found out that if it is trained hard enough in any of its evolved forms; it can change into any other evolved form of Eevee. In other words, it can switch evolutions. This makes this battle a lot much simpler." Gesper explained.

"That's imp … imp … osible. " Archie stuttered.

"Nothing is truly impossible. We just give up to easy. Espeon, I mean Jolteon, use Pin Missile." Gesper shouted.

Jolteon fired off many missiles, which struck Mightyena dead center. When the smoke cleared, Mightyena was unconscious. Jolteon reverted back to Espeon and Gesper smiled. Somewhere over the distance, Rayquaza was looking at the Venema's and their pokemon. They are a lot of trouble and I don't know if this was a good idea, he thought privately to himself. But it wasn't private because Mewtwo was listening in.

"Mightyena and Crawdaunt are unable to battle. That makes Team Venema the winners." Jazelle said.

"You cheated!" Maxine shouted.

"Why is it that everyone thinks we cheat? Even Drake said that when I battled his Salamence." Trevor said to Max.

"I think it is ego issues." Max said back to Trevor.

"You battle us and then call us cheaters. That is just rude." Sanfra said in disgust.

"Not only it is rude, it is disrespectful too." Gesper said as he hung his head in shame.

"What are you two going to do about it?" Maxine and Archie said mockingly.

Might we offer a suggestion? Mewtwo and Rayquaza asked.

"Go ahead, you two. You will need the practice when taking down those twerps." Gesper said.

"What are you going to with us?" Maxine and Archie said in fear.

Just you wait. Both Legendaries said.

Rayquaza used Hyper Beam and Mewtwo used Shadow Ball. Both attacks hit both Maxine and Archie but they also collided together, which caused a great explosion. It took a few minutes for the smoke to clear but when it did, the sight was beautiful. Both Maxine and Archie was knocked out and paralyzed. The group decided to leave them there for the cops. Mewtwo used his teleportation spell and got them out of there.

"I guess when you go up against Venemas, you do receive more than a loss. Good thing I left Mewtwo with the drinks. Hopefully, those four will pay their bills." Jazelle said as she headed back towards the restaurant.

Twisting and turning, Ash and his fellow creatures flew through the wormhole. Ash was starting to get sick. How long was this ride going to last, he thought. Unfortunately, Ash was too preoccupied on how long the tunnel was going to be that he didn't notice the two Egyptian God Monsters exit the wormhole from a different tunnel. The wormhole finally opened and threw the group out. Ash, Pikachu, Guilmon, and Charizard all hit the ground with a thud.

"Remind me to never do that again. Our trip to the Shadow Realm wasn't like that." Ash said while rubbing his head.

"Well, it can't be that bad!" Guilmon said.

"Was it that bad?" Charizard asked Pikachu.

"It was. Ash closed his eyes on our third attempt." Pikachu told Charizard.

"Figures!" Charizard snorted.

"You know, Guilmon. Sometimes I don't want to know what those two talk about behind my back." Ash said to Guilmon.

"Speaking of which, where are we?" Guilmon asked.

"What do you mean? We are home. Well, my home at least." Ash Asked.

"I suggest you look closer." Guilmon suggested.

Ash did as Guilmon suggested and looked at his surroundings. The Red Dinosaur Digimon was right. This didn't look anything like where he came from. It looked like Earth but the big Tree house gave it away. And what was KND? Ash was so confused. That was until all four of them heard an explosion coming from downtown.

"What was that?" Ash asked.

"It is coming from there." Guilmon pointed.

And that's when Ash saw it. A giant robotic machine something Team Rocket would use but more fancier. Since The Twin Terrors didn't resort to machines like his normal villains do, this must be a new threat. What ever it was, he had to find a way to help. Maybe this KND could find a way to get Ash back home. They saw five kids armed with weapons. I wonder if these kids are related to the KND.

"Give it up, Delightful Children From Down The Lane. Your plans never work so why do you think you can beat us now?"

"Your team couldn't beat of any of our previous Mach Machines so how will you beat us now?"

Ash really didn't like this. He had been practicing and Guilmon's Ultimate Evolution should take these opponents down. Ash would have used Pikachu but he didn't know how resistant this machine to Electricity.

"Hey, Delightful Dorks From Down The Lane! If you want to pick on someone, pick up me!" Ash said as he taunted his new opponent.

"Look's like we have a new challenge. Let's take care of him first then we shall destroy the Kid's Next Door?" The DCFDTL said together.

"Shouldn't we help him?" Number Five asked.

"Let's just see what this kid is up to. If he can do it, then we shall celebrate but we only help when he is in major trouble." Number One said.

Ash had his Digivice in his hand. Ash wanted to test the capability of Guilmon's next form and these brats were the perfect test. Ash pulled out the blue card and swiped it against the D-Arc. Suddenly, Ash and Guilmon were in an empty space. Both of them were grinning at each other. That's when reality hit in. It was time to strike.

"Time to reach the next level. Matrix Digi-volution Activate! " Ash shouted.

"Guilmon Matrix Digivolve to War Growlmon!"

Ash watched as his new buddy appeared on the scene. If The Delightful Children From Down The Lane weren't scared now, they would be soon. Ash was also amazed to see the size of War Growlmon. It dwarfed the DCFDTL's Machine and possibly any robot that Team Rocket came up with. Ash looked over at the KND. All of them were impressed, including Number One. Ash would have to get to know these guys and gals once this whole thing was over.

"You think we are scared of that thing. Don't make us laugh!" The Delightful Children From Down The Lane said.

"Yeah, but you aren't laughing. Ash, let's take care of these pest quickly. Remember we still have The Twin Terrors and company to take care of. I want to save all my energy so I can show them a thing or two." War Growlmon said to Ash.

"He certainly is persistent." Charizard said to Pikachu.

"Yeah, but he is powerful than any of us. I don't even think my strongest Thunder Attack could faze him." Pikachu said to Charizard.

"Oh come on. Don't put yourself down!" Charizard said.

"Okay, Charizard use Flamethrower on the Machine. Wargrowlmon, Digi-Modify! Subzero Ice Punch!" Ash yelled

Both fire and ice cause a direct impact on the Mach 3. Charizard's red hot Flamethrower hit the right side on the machine while Wargrowlmon's Sub Zero Ice Punch hit the left side of the machine. Ash could already see it spark. Ash look at the situation and it reminded him of the many times Team Rocket would mess up. Ash would attack and their machine would explode.

"Looks like some like it hot, and some like it cold … but their machine doesn't like both." Number 2 chuckled.

"You and your horrible jokes, Number 2! Why must you ruin the moment?" Number Five said.

"I am not ruining the moment!" Number Two argued.

"Will you quit down? I want to know how Ash and Godzilla beats The Delightful Dorks!" Number 4 said with an angry tone of voice.

"Actually, I believe that monster is called Wargrowlmon but I agree with you. I can't wait to see what is in store for TDCFDL." Number said while adjusting his glasses.

"Okay! Wargrowlmon, give it all you got!" Ash shouted.

"Okay, Ashmon. Ato … mic Blassstterrrrr!" Wargrowlmon shouted.

A beam of energy stuck The Delightful Children From Down The Lane's Mach 3 Machine and you could see the machine shaking. Sparks were flying everywhere. In the cockpit, all five of them were panicking. Finally, all of them at once hit the eject button. A piece of the machine tore off and removed itself from the cockpit.

"You might have won this time! But we shall be back!" The DCFDL shouted as they flew away.

Suddenly a big explosion erupted. Pieces of metal debris flew everywhere. It would have been worse but Wargrowlmon stood in front of our heroes to protect them from the flying metal shards. Ash smiled at Wargrowlmon but of course it would take longer his Digimon to go back to his rookie level. Ash then turned to Number One!

"That was great! You don't look like a teenager or an adult but I can't be sure. We are the Kids Next Door! We fight teenager and adult suppression." Number One explained.

"Do you mind if we can talk while I wait for my friend to return to its normal form?" Ash said.

"Sure, what will you do after that?" Number Five asked.

"After Wargrowlmon returns to his rookie form Guilmon, we will be returning home. There is a big threat probably even bigger than any threat here that is causing chaos in my world. Of course, I should make assumptions but compared to The Delightful Children From Down The Lane, The Twin Terrors are probably ten times worse." Ash explained to Number One and Number Five.

"I see. I don't think you four are a threat. Why don't you join us in our headquarters? We just confiscated a supply of candy from Number Four's nemesis Sticky Beard." Number One asked.

"Sure, I like candy. So does Pikachu and Charizard! By the way, my name is Ash Ketchum." Ash said.

"My name is Nigel Uno. I will introduce the rest to you when we get up to the tree house. By the way, your Charizard is an impressive creature." Nigel Uno said.

"Impressive but he once was a terror! I will explain everything once we all get relaxed." Ash chuckled.

So Ash and his new found friends headed up towards the tree house. Wargrowlmon decided to lay down and decided to sleep it off. Ash hoped that he might get some more power from the Kids Next Door to take down The Twin Terrors. As the old phrase goes, you have to fight fire with fire. As Ash accessed the whole situation at hand, he needed a whole lot of fire. But it wasn't time to think about that. Ash knew that he needed a break and he was about to get some. I wonder if they have any jawbreakers, Ash thought.