Hi, I'm back with the next chapter. I was just too busy with band camp and boyfriend-problems that I almost forgot to update. So don't think I had a full week of writer's block, you should know me and my writing, LOL! Enjoy!

Chapter 29: Dratini's Legend

Angelina is once again riding her 10-speed shiny-blue bike down the path toward Cinnabar Island. She was delightedly thinking over her defeat against the Fuschia City Gym Leader and earning her 6th badge Kanto badge. She was also enjoying the sights of Rhydon grazing, Tauros stampeding, and Nidoran nuzzle together lovingly.

Not too far ahead were her close friends: Ash, Misty, Brock, and Pikachu. They were singing, which slightly annoyed Angelina that she slowed down her bike and about to interrupt them when they were suddenly disrupted.

"Stop that infernal caterwauling!" screams an old male voice.

Everyone flinches, they look up and see a hard-bitten looking old man glaring at them angrily.

"Hey!" yells Ash. "What's wrong with you?"

"Do you want to get shot?" growls the man, pulling his gun out of his holster and pointing it at their faces.

Everyone was shocked, Angelina hopped off her bike and stepped in front of Ash and Co. protectively.

"Please sir," the young girl begged. "We're not bad kids and we're sorry for disturbing you. Honestly, don't shoot!"

The old man stares the trainers down for a few minutes, then puts his gun away. "All right, I'll let you go this time. Follow me, I'm Kaiza, the caretaker of this Safari Zone."

The young trainers do as their told and walk inside the building.

"You know, I would've done the same thing." Brock whispered, still nervous. "Thanks anyway."

"Hey, no prob," Angelina said, giving his hand an assuring squeeze. "It's the least I can do since I'm here."

While Ash is nervously watching the Warden, moving around to find what he's looking for and Pikachu relaxes on the couch, Misty is staring at the many photographs on the wall.

The Warden finds what he's looking for, presenting them with a large pail of green Pokeballs and a red fishing rod.

"Ahhh!" Ash laughs delightedly, reaching for them. "Safari Balls and a rod."

Instantly, the gun is pointed at Ash again, which causes him to leap back.

"You can only use the Safari Balls and this fishing rod," warns the Safari Warden. "And return all those you don't use. If you break the rules, my Thunderbolt will burn you guys, got it?"

"Thunderbolt?" Ash asked, and instantly the gun is pointed against his forehead. "I understand..."

"Hey, is that what I think it is?" Misty gasped happily, spotting something on one of the photographs she had been looking at. "Check it out! A Dratini!" she pulls the photo off the wall.

"Wow, you rarely see a Pokemon like that!" Angelina looked at the picture over Misty's shoulder with Ash and Brock. It revealed a very young Safari Warden settled down beside a small blue snake-like Pokemon with pointed ear-fins and a blue orb under its neck.

"I heard rumors of a Dratini being in this Safari Zone. Now I know that it is true!" Brock said.

Safari Warden charges up and rips the photo from their hands. "No! There is no Dratini here!"

"But its here in this picture!" Ash argues, but the Warden lightly fingers the firing hammer of his gun. "Hey, hey! Ok, I get it! there is no Dratini here!"

Safari Warden stares them down angrily for a moment, then turns and retreats out onto the verandah. This left the young trainers perplexed as he stares gloomily at the picture of Dratini.

"Why do he have to get so serious?" Misty wonders.

"There may be something behind this." Brock replied.

"Let's ask Professor Oak." Ash suggested, walking over to the video-phone and dialing Professor Oak's number.

"I know Kaiza well," the professor said.

"Why does he say there is no Dratini?" Ash asked.

"Thirty years ago, Kaiza himself found the legendary Dratini, and trainers all over came to get it. They got many other Pokemon in the process. That literally destroyed the entire Safari Zone, and since then, they only allow the use of safari balls there."

"And what happened to Dratini?" Ash then asked.

"No one found it, but there is a picture of it left. I do understand the people though, after all, it is a legendary Pokemon." the professor explained, then he looks worried. "You've got Safari Balls, right Ash?"

"Yeah, right here." Ash holds up a pail of Safari Balls.

"Good," the professor smiled in relief. "I'm looking forward to you getting more Pokemon. Well, goodbye." the connection ends and the video screen turns off.

"The legendary Pokemon Dratini!" Ash exclaims, getting to his feet. "I want to see it!"

"So do I!" Misty said excitedly.

"Me too." Brock agreed.

"What he said." Angelina nodded.

"You kids ready?" the Warden comes back inside.

"Yes, sir." Ash replied. "We know what to do."

"Good," the Warden opens the doors to the Safari Zone. "And remember, only use the Safari Balls."

"Okay!" Ash and friends reply in unison.

"Oh pul-ease!" mocks a familiar voice.

Everyone twists around, looking up at the top gateway to see Team Rocket staring back down.

"Hey! What are you doing? Get off of there!" yells the Warden angrily.

Jessie cackles evilly. "Prepare for trouble!"

"And make it double!" James added.

"To protect the world from devestation."

"To unite all peoples within our nation."

"To denounce the evils of truth and love."

"To extend our reach to the stars above."

"Jessie."

"James."

Mr. Warden whips out his guns and begins blasting away at a terrified Team Rocket.

"!" Jesse screams in super-speed terror.

"Surrendernoworpreparetofight!" cries James, just as fast as Jesse.

"Meowththat'sright!" cries Meowth.

Jessie and Meowth huddle in fear against James, whom is not scared. He scoops both his partners up in one arm and leaps off of the thirty foot high gate.

"JAMES!" screams Jesse in terror as they plummet towards the ground.

"Don't worry!" laughs James, "I have a parachute!" His parachute flies out, unfurling into the air behind them... and they crash hard into the ground before the soft, silken folds of the parachute drape over them.

The Rockets struggle mightily underneath the parachute before leaping free.

"Hey little boy, I'll fight fairly with you guys to see who gets Pikachu!" Jessie demanded.

"Fairly?" Brock said doubtfully.

"What a joke," Misty laughs.

Ash ponders in thought. "Well, I'm training to be a Pokemon Master and I'm NOT wasting my time on you," he said, then grins. "How bout whoever catches the most Pokemon inside the Safari Zone within a 20 minute time limit gets Pikachu."

"Are you stupid?" Angelina yelled in shock.

"Ash, you can't bet with Pikachu!" Brock cried.

"It's all right," Ash chuckles confidently, "I'm not going to lose, am I Pikachu?"

"Pi…. Ka!" Pikachu agrees a little hesitantly.

"Great!" Ash exclaimed. "It's on!"

"Bet you Team Rocket can't catch a single Pokemon," Angelina snickered.

"Failure is their namesake, what do you expect?" Misty giggled.

"Right," Angelina smirked, she follows Misty and they watch Ash and Brock capture some Tauros.

"Hey, what Pokemon is that?" Ash pointed at a grayish-rock Pokemon standing on its hind legs with a long tail and a long silver drill-like horn on its nose. He takes out his Pokedex, "Let's see what Dexter has to say."

"Rhydon, the Drill Pokemon." Dexter the Pokedex replied. "The evolved form of Rhyhorn. Its armor-like skin is so hard that it protects itself from the extreme heat and pressure fround beneath the surface of the earth."

"Be careful, Ash." Misty warned. "Rhydon can be dangerous."

"Yeah, I will." Ash grins. "And I'm gonna catch it!" he throws a Safari Ball, but a herd of Tauros stampede by again, catching another one. "Aww, not another Touros!" he whined.

"Maybe next time." Angelina reassured.

"Hey, I got an idea!" Misty said, going through her red bag and pulling out a box and opening it. "Let's fish!"

"Wow!" Ash and Angelina awed, looking at the varieties of different lures. There were Charmanders to Psyducks, and Seels to Magikarp.

Misty held up a small lure that looks just like herself. "And this is my absolute favorite, the Misty Special!"

"Cute!" Angelina smiled.

"It'd be cute if you got one too, Angelina." Brock nudged her, smiling.

"Really? I dunno since I rarely fish," Angelina blushed. "But yeah, it'd be cute."

Misty casts her line and instantly gets a bite. "Whoa, I got something!" she tugs hard on the rope and the fishing rod pulls her toward the water. "A LITTLE HELP!" she yelled towards the guys.

Together, the four friends pull the fishing rod as hard as they can and able to tear this fish-Pokemon out of the water. Surprisingly, it was a humongous Gyrados.

"AAAAAAAHHHH!" the young kids screamed as the sea-dragon Pokemon roars and plunges back into the water, snapping the fishing-line and taking the Misty-lure with it.

Meanwhile, laughter approaches and everyone saw the Warden in hold of a tickling robot.

"Pikachu, Thundershock!" Ash ordered.

"Pika," Pikachu nods, sending a shock of electricity toward the robot and Warden. "Chuuuuuu!"

"Kaiza, are you all right?" Ash asked while Brock helps up the Warden. "What happened?"

"It's Team Rocket." the warden growls. "They're going after Dratini!"

"DRATINI?" gasp Ash and Misty together.

"But didn't you say there was no Dratini?" Brock said.

"Oh there is," the warden sighed. "In the Dragon Valley."

The Warden leads Ash and friends down to the lake, across from them is Jessie, James, and Meowth- or known as Team Rocket.

"Relax Jessie, I got an explosive idea," says Meowth, lifting up a small pack of dynamite, "You see, we drop this dynamite into da water, it goes off with a bang and Bang! We got us our Dratini, plus whatever other Pokemon is living under the water."

"That's a great idea Meowth," laughs Jessie.

"Good work Meowth!" beams James.

"I know," laughs Meowth.

"That plans going to blow up in your face!" quips Ash.

"Hey twerp," laughs Jesse, "How did your little contest idea go?"

"Looks like we won," chuckles Ash, holding up a pail filled with Safari Balls, each one holding a Tauros, "I caught them all."

"You win, twerp, but we get the prize," laughs Jesse, and with that throws the dynamite into the water.

"NO!" cries the Warden, "If that bomb explodes, all the Pokemon in the lake will..." he then dives into the water.

"Kaiza, let me help!" Ash said, but Misty grabs his arm and pulls him back.

"NO ASH!" Misty cries, "You won't make it!"

"Trust me," Ash laughs, twisting his cap around, "I can handle this." With that he leaps into the water.

"No, there's just no way he'll make it." Misty throws out a Pokeball, revealing a ten-sided purple star-shaped Pokemon with a red ruby in the center. "Starmie, go help Ash and Kaiza!"

Starmie nodded and dives into the water, but no sooner had it then resurfaced with the Warden on its back and gasping for air.

"Kaiza, where's Ash?" cries Misty.

"He went for the dynamite!" gasps the Warden.

"WHAT?" Brock, Misty, and Angelina gasp and exchange worried expressions.

Suddenly, it begins to rain as Ash's friends cast their eyes toward the sky and see a bolt of lightning strike down and a massive whirlpool strikes up the lake before a giant beam of light shoots up.

"LOOK!" Angelina points upward and everyone sees a blue serpent-like Pokemon rise up and Ash sitting on its back.

"Whoa, it can't be!" Angelina takes out her Pokedex and points it toward the Pokemon in the air.

"Dragonair, the Dragon Pokemon." Dexette the Pokedex replied. "This magical and gentle Pokemon has the amazing ability to change the weather."

After that said, the extremely fast storm disappears.

"Hey Team Rocket!" Ash cries, "This belongs to you!" He throws them their dynamite back.

Jessie catches the dynamite, Angelina could clearly see the timer just hit zero.

"Oh..." Jessie starts.

"Shi..." James begins to finish.

Meowth just stares up at them with a worried smile, and the bomb explodes and sends Team Rocket into the air.

"Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!" Team Rocket screams and disappears out of sight.

The Dragonair lands and Ash jumps off, rejoining his friends while the Warden reunites with the Dragonair.

"Oh, wonderful," cries the Warden and hugs the Dragonair. "You're that Dratini with the same scratch I've met so long ago. You've grown well, and this must be your child." He noticed a Dratini swimming around.

"I like these situations," Ash smiles.

"Its an emotional rendezvous," Brock agreed, holding the hand of a slightly teary-eyed Angelina.

"I wish I can meet my Pokemon like this," Misty said.

Everyone returns back to the Warden's cabin, then Ash places a call back to Professor Oak explaining of his adventure and sends through the Pokemon captured at the Safari Zone.

"So Ash, did you catch many Pokemon?" asks the professor casually.

"Ahh, kind of," Ash chuckles, just as he hears the Tauros stampede through the Lab.

"ASH! OF ALL POKEMON, WHY TAUROS!" screams Professor Oak, charging away.

"Well, gotta go, bye!" Ash quickly says and hangs up the phone. "Great, I'm in trouble now when I get back home."

"Oh, don't worry," Angelina reassures. "They're just Pokemon, more to fuss from Professor Oak. He'll know what to do with them."

"Okay," Ash smiles. "Well, better got going for my next badge."

The Safari Zone is a place with many Pokemon and a man with a kind heart. Ash and friends wave goodbye to the Warden, hoping they might be a day when they return as they head off towards their next adventure.

§To Be Continued§

*Angelina, Ash, and gang explore the Safari Zone.
*Ash catches thirty Tauros, and fails to capture a Rhyhorn.
*This chapter is based from the episode "The Legend Of Dratini" which was banned because the warden threatens everyone with a gun and swearing.
*Misty uses her special fishing lure to catch a Gyrados.
*Angelina, Ash and gang (and Team Rocket) encounter a Dratini and Dragonair.
*Professor Oak explains about the Warden and the Legend of Dratini

Yep, not an episode that no one has seen except for the people in Japan. Thanks for reading, chapter 30 is on the way!