Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon. I do own Andy, Aaron, Marie. There will for a fact be some other characters later on that I own.

( ): Pokemon Translation
Ages:
Ash/Aaron: 13
Misty/Marie: 15
Brock/Andy: 17

Chapter 19: Extreme Pokemon

After battling Morty, our heroes are now on their way to Mahogany Town.

"Before we battle Pryce," Ash suggested, "let's go to the Lake of Rage."

"Why there?" Misty asked

"You do know there's nothing their but Magikarp right?" Brock asked

"Good way to keep Team Rocket away." Ash tried, "You know how much James hates Magikarps and Gyaradoses."

"Good point." Misty said remembering the St. Anne.

"To the Lake of Rage!" Shouted Aaron.

0000

"Hey. What's going on?"

People were traveling on skateboards being pulled by Pokemon.

"Hey. It's Extreme Pokemon!" Ash realized.

"Extreme Pokemon?"

"It's a race where Pokemon and their trainers travel carrying an egg. It was the means of transporting eggs to Day Cares before cars. Now it's a sport." An old man explained walking up to them.

"Hi Mr. Tamazo"

"Hi guys. So, what did the egg hatch into?"

"I'll show you." Ash said as he pulled out a Pokeball and released the Pokemon.

"Phanpy" (Hi)

"It looks healthy. You did a good job raising it."

"Thanks."

"So are you going to participate this year?"

"Nah. I think I'll retire from Extreme Pokemon."

"Too bad. That last race was exciting."

"That's because I was facing my rival."

"I'll do it." Aaron spoke up.

"Alright. And you are…"

"Aaron Ketchem. Ash's twin brother."

"Right. I heard you on DJ Mary's talk show a few weeks ago. I was impressed."

"Thanks."

0000

After Aaron won the race, (nothing exciting happened like Ash's race) Mr. Tamazo and his wife gave him a pink egg.

"What is it?" Aaron asked

"An egg." Marie stated

"I know THAT." Aaron said. "I meant what will it be?"

"You'll have to wait until it hatches."

"Awww."

0000

"I wonder what it is." Aaron stated.

"Wow. A new record." Andy mentioned.

Everybody looked at him funny.

"Aaron went 5 whole minutes without asked that question."

"Shut up."

"I see where he's coming from though. You have been asking that question a lot since you got it." Ash said.

"Yeah. Ash didn't even ask that much." Brock mentioned

It has been a few days since they got the egg and Aaron was dying of curiosity.

"I just wish it would hurry up and hatch." Aaron told them.

"No kidding. We never would have guessed." Marie said sarcastically.

Aaron glared at her.

"Maybe," Misty suggested, "if you put it in your shirt, it will hatch faster."

Everybody looked at her funny.

"What? It worked for Larvitar."

"She's right." Ash said.

"I know. Wait. DID YOU JUST SAY I'M RIGHT!"

"Wow. Is today a day for setting records?" Brock asked amazed.

"Hey. When she's right, she's right. That doesn't mean it happens all the time." Ash defended himself.

Misty started to lunge at him, but decided otherwise.

"I knew it was too good to be true."

Aaron decided to take Misty's advice.

'He looks so funny.' Marie thought to herself.

Just then, his stomach started to glow.

"Guys. I think it worked."

"Well. Let's see."

Aaron lifted up his blue shirt to reveal a sleeping pokemon.

"It's an Iglybuff." Ash remarked.

Just then the Iglybuff woke up and looked around.

"Igly?" (Huh?)

"AWWW" everybody cooed

"Hello." Aaron said in a gentle voice. "My name's Aaron. I'm your trainer."

"Galy." (Hello.)

Just then, the jumped from Aaron's lap and started exploring the world around it.

"Awww. It likes you Static." Marie cooed.

The Iglybuff was playing with Static's tail.

"Don't shock it Static. It might frighten it." Ash warned.

"Pika chu." (He's right.)

"That happened to Phanpy." Ash explained. "Team Rocket tried to steal Phanpy after it hatched and Pikachu shocked them away. Unfortunately, Phanpy accidentally got caught in the shock. It didn't have a huge affect, just shook it up a lot."

"Oh."

Just then, the Iglybuff fell asleep.

"IGLYBUFF?"

"It's just tired from running around too much at once." Brock explained

"C'mon Iglybuff time to go into your Pokeball." Aaron called his new Pokemon

"Am I the only one who doesn't put babies in Pokeballs?" Misty asked

"Looks that way." Everybody answered.

0000

That night,

"I can't believe I got an Iglybuff

"Neither can I. Well. Next week is our birthday."

"Our first birthday together."

"What about when we turned 1?"

WHACK

A pillow hit Ash's head.

"Smart Aleck."

"Anyways. Anything you want?"

"Nothing. I'll just consider Iglybuff an early birthday gift."

"Maybe we'll make it to the Lake of Rage in time."

"That would be fun."

"I bet we'll be spoiled to death."

"Are we going to introduce the others?"

"I'm not sure. A part of me is saying "Yes." But another part is saying "No. It will be too embarrassing." Plus I kind of want to do this either alone or with you. I don't want to include the others in case it gets dangerous."

"I understand Mr. I've Had About 32 Death Experiences."

"Shh. The others don't know about some of them."

"Well. If it makes you feel better, I've had a near-death experience once."

"Really? When?"

"Lavender's Haunted Tower. A chandelier fell on me and Static while Marie and Andy waited outside."

Ash started laughing.

"What is so funny? I don't laugh at your near-death experiences."

"Sorry. It's just, that's one of mine. I was trying to capture a ghost pokemon…"

"…To defeat Sabrina?" Aaron asked.

"Yeah. Her, I later found out, Father told me that was the best chance I had with her. So I went; a chandelier fell on me and Pikachu; and…"

"… You spent the rest of the time as a ghost." Aaron finished.

"Yeah. Don't tell Misty or Brock though. For all they know, I was just knocked unconscious. I, uh, had a little bit of fun when I was a ghost."

"What kind of fun?"

"Oh, just picking her up off the ground; dropping her on top of Brock so that he'd cushion her fall. After she landed on Brock, she figured that something must have happened to me. She must have been really worried because she told me that she would never set foot in that tower again."

"Wow. Just like my time there. Did you capture a ghost pokemon?"

"Eeh. I wouldn't say CAPTURED. It more like FOLLOWED me."

"What was it?"

"A Haunter."

"You didn't happen to have left it with Sabrina did you?"

"Yeah. Why?"

"When we entered the Saffaron Gym, a Haunter came up to us and licked Marie, and handed a water bomb to Andy. Being a fire pokemon trainer, you can guess his reaction when it went off."

Ash laughed at that picture.

"No wonder it didn't prank me." Aaron continued. Then he slapped his head. "I am so STUPID."

"What makes you say that?"

"Sabrina hinted to me about you. She said, 'when you meet a boy named Ash, tell him I said Hi and good luck with your parents.' It made no since at the time, but now I understand what she meant."

"Well, she is Psychic." Ash stated.

"Good point."

"We better get to sleep. At the rate we travel, it will take us a week to get to the Lake of Rage and another week to get where we're going."

"Not if you don't play dumb. Why do you do it?"

"Ho-oh asked me that already. I told him so I can concentrate on what I told you about when we first started to travel and we had these midnight conversations about life before training. I guess I kept it up so Brock and Misty won't get suspicious."

"When we go home, you'll have to show it to me."

"Tell you the truth, I snuck it out of the attic and hid it in the back of my closet and put a sheet over it."

"You'll still have to show me."

"Alright. Good night Aaron."

"Good night Ash."

TBC

I know you guys want a preview, so here it is:

"What are you two arguing about?" Ash asked Brock and Misty.

"Nothing." They said simultaneously.

Ash, who didn't buy it, decided to let it go.

"They're plotting." He whispered to his twin.

"So are Andy and Marie."

"We better be on our guard."