Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon. I do own Andy, Aaron, Marie, Eric, Sam, Bill, and Greg. Greg will only be talked about b/c he's in Hoenn. There might be some other characters later on.

( ): Pokemon Translation
Ages:
Ash/Aaron: 13
Misty/Marie: 14
Brock/Andy: 17

Chapter 5: The Return of a Friend

We find our heroes traveling to Azalea Town. Ash had sent Noctowl to Professor Oak so he can study what makes it different from any other Noctowl. Now Ash had room for a new pokemon in his party.

"What Pokmeon are you going to capture Ash?"

"I'm not sure Aaron. I guess I'll keep an eye out for one."

"Hey Ash."

"Yeah Misty?"

"Doesn't this place look familiar?"

"Are you suggesting I got us lost?"

"No Brock. It's just, it looks familiar."

The trail they were walking along was a very mountainous trail. Cliffs along each side making the path narrow.

"Hey Ash."

"What Brock?"

"Have you noticed something different? Like something's missing?"

Ash paused to think.

"No."

"Brock!" Misty got the gist. "Don't jinx it. I don't want to run into those idiots. It's too hot."

"Oh. I see what you mean Brock." Ash realized where his friend was going. "you're right though. It has been a while."

"I wonder what did happen to Team Rocket."

"It's probably better that we don't know."

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"Ok. Now it is starting to get HOT." Complained Marie.

"Oh. I don't know. I think it feels great."

"That's because you train FIRE Pokemon." Pointed out Aaron.

"Hello." A female voice called from one of the cliffs.

"Liza!"

"Hi Ash, Brock, Misty."

Liza jump down to join our six heroes.

"How are you doing?"

"We're fine Liza. Oh, this is my twin brother Aaron and his friends Andy and Marie. Guys, this is Liza. She runs the Charisific Valley."

"Hi."

"I knew I forgot to ask you something."

Everyone looked at Aaron.

"When we first got into Pallet, this boy named Tracey came up and asked about a Charizard. Pikachu told me what to tell him and I was going to ask you about it."

"Oh. Well, I used to have a Charizard. When we came here the first time, Charizard wanted to stay here to train with the other Charizard. I, of course, let him. He still comes to help me out though."

"Charisific Valley? What is that?" Andy asked

"How about I show you?" Liza asked. "HEY CHARLA"

At this call, a Charizard carrying a carriage appeared.

"Hop in guys."

"But there's not enough room for us all." Complained Andy.

"You have a Charizard, right?" asked Ash.

"Yeah but, Wait, how did you know?"

"I told him." Aaron answered.

"Ok, but what does me having a Charizard have to do with anything?"

"You mean to say you have a Charizard and you've never ridden it?" Ash asked while smiling at Liza.

"Why do I sense déjà vu?"

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"Whoa. Steady Charizard."

"Andy sure is having a little bit of trouble isn't he?"

"Yeah. Remind you of someone Ash?"

Ash blushed at that comment.

"So exactly what is the Charisific Valley?"

"The Charisific Valley is a natural reserve for Charizards." Liza explained, "It is off-limits to tourist."

"So we're lucky to be getting this opportunity."

"Yes. Here we are." Liza told them.

They landed in front of some stairs that lead to a steel door. On each side of the door, where statues of Charizard.

"Wow." Said Marie and Aaron.

"Hey." Brock realized, "Where's Andy?"

"Here I am!"

Andy's Charizard came swooping down towards the gang.

"Sorry I'm late. We had a rough start."

"No kidding."

"At least you came in flying." Misty said while looking at her boyfriend.

"Hey."

"Enough you two." Said Brock.

"Ash's Charizard came here walking and out of breath." Liza explained to Aaron, Andy, and Marie.

"Oh."

"Are you kids ready?" Liza asked.

"Yep."

Liza opened the steel door to reveal an area full of Charizard.

"Wow! Look at them all!" Andy exclaimed.

"They're HUGE!" Marie stated.

"Look at that one!" Aaron pointed out.

There standing on a rock, was the largest Charizard there.

"That's our strongest." Liza told him. Then turned and grinned at Ash.

"Hey Charizard!" she called, "Look who's here!"

The Charizard turned to see what Liza was talking about. There next to her, was his trainer. Charizard flew off the rock straight to Ash.

"Charizard?"

To answer Ash's question, Charizard used flamethrower on his trainer.

"Yep. That's Ash's Charizard." Misty stated.

As Charizard sat on top of Ash, licking him, Aaron could only stare at his brother's magnificent Pokemon.

"Wow Ash, that's your Charizard?" Marie asked.

"Yep. Charizard this is Marie, Andy, and Aaron." Ash introduced Charizard.

Charizard lifted his head to say hello to Ash's new friends. Although, that intention was soon forgotten as soon as he saw Aaron. Charizard did a double take after letting Ash up. After the double take, Charizard looked at Ash funny.

"Aaron's my twin brother." Ash explained to his pokemon.

"Charr" (Oh)

(A/N: I don't know how to write the sound Charizard makes so I'm just going to use his name like most Pokemon.)

As the humans talked Charizard turned to the Pikachus.

"Charrizzzard" (How come Ash never mentioned a brother?)

"Pikapi Pikachu" (Ash didn't know he had one)

"Char?" (How can you NOT know?)

"Pikachu pikchu" (They were separated when they were young so they don't remember.) Static chimed in.

"Charrizard?" (How did they meet?)

"Pikapi pika pikachu. Pikachu" (Ash got lost and met up with Aaron. Then they switched places to get their parents together.)

"Char" (Ok)

"Pikachu?" (How have you been?)

"Charizard. Char Charizard Zard. Charizard char char" (Fine. I made it to becoming the strongest Charizard here. I might go back with you guys if it's alright with Ash and Liza. I know Charla won't mind). With a hint of jealousy in his voice.

"Pikachu!" (Of course it's alright)

Back to the humans

"Charizard seems so strong now." Misty said.

"Yeah. Training here seemed to help a lot." Ash added.

"He is now the strongest Charizard in the valley." Liza commented

"Wow!" Everyone exclaimed.

"In fact," Liza added, "Charla had fallen out of love with Charizard, and since there is no reason for him to train here anymore, how would you like him back Ash?"

"Really? Only if it's alright with Charizard." Ash answered. Turning to the chatting pokemon, Ash called "Hey Charizard! Do you want to come back with us?"

"Char" (Yes)

While giving his answer, he used flamethrower on Ash.

"I'll take that as a yes" a burnt Ash stated.

"Pikachu"(Told you so)

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"Bye Liza!" our heroes called to the Charizard trainer.

"Bye guys. Good luck!" She called back standing at the enterance.

With that, Andy got onto his Charizard, Aaron and Marie got on Pidgeot, and Ash, Misty, Brock got on Ash's Charizard. (A/N: Pikachu is on Ash's shoulder while Static is on Aaron's)

"Hey Andy!" Ash called, "How come you didn't leave your Charizard?"

Andy and his Charizard looked at each other before answering.

"We already thought of that. However, Charizard wanted to stay on the road. He's never been a fan of staying in one place."

"Alright. Hey Brock! Where's our next stop?"

Brock looked at the map.

"It depends on the Pokemon. We can go straight to Azalea or stop at a smaller town."

Ash, Aaron, and Andy looked at their pokemon then at each other.

"Let's not push our pokemon" Andy said noticing his Charizard was becoming exhausted.

"Alright then, lets get at least to Bloomingdale"