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( ): Pokemon Translation
Ages:
Ash/Aaron: 14
Misty/Marie: 15
Brock/Andy: 18

Chapter 24: The Silver Conference

It's been two months since the gang was in Alto Mare. Nothing too big happened. Ash got Brock the latest gear in Pokemon Breeding and Aaron got Andy the latest book on fire types which included the Hoenn Pokemon.

As for Pokemon capture during that time, Aaron had captured Raikou and Entei with his Lengend balls and Ash had captured Suicune. (Won't Eusine be jealous). Also, Tryanitar decided that Larvitar was ready for a trainer. Naturally, it went and found Ash.

Flashback

Ash and Co. were sitting just outside Mt. Silver.

"You ready for the Silver Conference."

"You bet."

"You two still need to tell us where Celebi came from."

"Isn't that Marie's department?"

"It isn't Marie's department." Aaron said to his brother. "You see Misty, when two Celebi really love each other..."

"YOU KNOW WHAT I MEANT!"

"Relax. I'll tell you one day." Ash said before she could kill Aaron

Just then, there was a rustle in the bushes.

"You check it out." Ash quickly told Aaron.

"Why me?"

"Because every time I do it, something big happens. I'm not in the mood."

"But what if it's a you-know-what wanting to go with you?"

"Then get my attention and drag me over there. I'm just saying to check it out."

"Alright." Aaron gave up arguing

Aaron parted the bushes,

"Larvitar!" (Hi Ash)

"Ash. It's for you."

"Now what? Larivitar?"

"Larvitar!" (I found you guys!) It said as it jumped into Ash's arms.

"What's Larvitar doing here?" Misty asked

"Is this the Larvitar you mentioned back when Aaron got his Iglybuff?" Marie asked.

"Yeah. But what's it doing here?" Brock said.

"Who knows?"

They found out from the Park Ranger that Larvitar was ready to have a trainer. Partly because it had hatched in the presence of humans, so it was more adapt as a trainer's pokemon. Naturally, it went with Ash.

End Flashback.

Now Ash and Aaron where ready for the Silver Conference. After signing up, they found a familiar figure selling balloons.

"MR. GOODSHOW!"

"Huh? Well if it isn't Ash, Brock, and Misty. Oh and I see you met Aaron, Andy, and Marie."

"Yes sir. I'm assuming you know about the relationship?" Ash said to the older man.

"Twins?"

"You listen to DJ Mary too?"

"No. I just remembered your last names. The same one."

Everybody face faulted.

"Oh well. I guess we can't expect everyone to listen to DJ Mary."

"Imagine what it's going to be like in Kanto." Misty said. "The furthest East DJ Mary goes is Pallet, Viridian, and Pewter."

"Great. More shocked faces."

"We get those anyways."

0000

"I swear if any girl makes a pass at Ash, I'll…"

"Whoa. Calm down Misty. I'm sure that no girl besides Marie would come within five feet of me." Ash said as he looked down at his hand which was being held by Misty's

"Misty won't let them." Aaron laughed "Where is this coming from?"

"Last year," Ash explained, "I helped out a girl's Vulpix. She kind of developed a small crush on me. And she was a fire trainer which made things worse."

"They always make there hatred of water pokemon known. The only fire trainer I can stand is Andy. And there are days…" She said.

"Calm down Misty." Andy said holding his hands up in defense. "I have become more tolerant of water pokemon."

0000

Everyone had split up. Marie and Misty went to the Pokemon Center. Ash had gone back to the room for some privacy. Brock and Andy were hitting on every Officer Jenny (and Nurse Joy and any other girl in Brock's case). Aaron, however, was hungry. After he got some food, he saw a black-haired boy wearing a cap. There was a Pikachu on his shoulder.

"Hey Ash!" he called.

The boy didn't turn around, so Aaron ran up to him and tapped him on his free shoulder.

"Hey Ash? Didn't you hear me?"

The boy turned around. It was not Ash.

"I'm sorry." Aaron quickly apologized. "You looked like my twin brother."

"It's ok." The boy said. "It was an honest mistake."

"Pikachu" (That's right)

"Thanks. I'm Aaron Ketchem originally from New Bark, but now my parents live in Pallet." Aaron said as he held out his hand.

"I'm Travis from Kumquat Island." The boy said while taking his hand.

"Pleased to meet you. Kumquat Island? That's in the Orange Archipelago isn't it?"

"Yeah. My Mom's the gym leader."

"Really? I think my brother may have battled her."

"Really? Oh no." Travis groaned.

"What's wrong?"

"If you thought I was your brother, then my mom must have thought he was me. That must have been so embarrassing."

"Why?"

"My mom refuses to believe that I can grow up. Is it ok if I meet your brother?"

"I don't see why not. C'mon."

0000

A few minutes later,

Ash was lying in bed reading the Diary and letting Pikachu, Eevee, and Dratini run around (or in Dratini's case, slither).

Just then there was a knock at the door.

"Who is it?"

"It's me. Your brother."

"Come on in Aaron."

Aaron entered followed by Travis.

"What's with the "KNOCK FIRST" sign?"

Ash pointed to Dratini.

"I'm not entirely sure how to tell Misty about him."

"She's going to have a heart attack."

"That's why I'm still trying to decide how to tell her. Who's that?"

"This is Travis from Kumquat Island. Travis, this is my twin brother, Ash."

"Nice to meet you." Travis said.

"Same here. Kumquat hmm. You're not by any chance the gym leader's son are you?"

"Yeah. That's why I wanted to meet you. I'm so sorry if my mom did anything embarrassing."

"It's ok. She said it must be "Wishful thinking". She also wanted me to tell you, if I ever saw you, that she misses you."

"I miss her too. I was thinking about going home after the Silver Conference for a visit."

"Hopefully, you can have her see you in the Hotel instead of on the beach." Ash told him remembering what had happened.

"Oh yeah." Travis said knowing what his mother was going to do.

"Would someone please explain?" Aaron said.

"Close the door Aaron. I'd hate for Misty to see Dratini before I can think of a way to explain."

Aaron closed the door.

"Alright. You want an explanation. Well it was back when I was participating in the Orange League…."

Flashback

Luanna: SONNY BOY!COME TO MAMAWAMA!

(Hugs Ash)

Luanna: OH MY SON!MY PRIDE! MY JOY! YOUR HOME!

Ash: Excuse me. Who are you?

Luanna: Travis? You don't remember your own Mommywammy?

End Flashback

"She eventually realized that I wasn't you, Travis, and apologized for the mistake."

Travis was blushing such a bright red.

"I am so sorry. If I wasn't gone for so long…"

KNOCK KNOCK

"Who is it?" Ash and Aaron said in unison.

"ASH/AARON KETCHEM! WHY IS THERE A "KNOCK FIRST" SIGN ON THE DOOR!"

"Dratini return." Ash whispered. "Come in girls."

"Are you going to explain?" The two redheads said dangerously.

"What if we weren't decent?" Aaron asked.

"S... Good point. Who's this?" Marie pointed out.

"This is Travis. Travis. These are Misty and Marie. Our girlfriends." Aaron answered

"You remember Luanna from Kumquat Island, Misty." Ash continued.

"Oh. You're THAT Travis?"

"Yeah. Ash just got finished telling me about that."

"It's ok. Have either of you seen Brock or Andy?" Misty asked.

"No, but I bet where there's a girl, you can find Brock." Ash said.

"And you can find Andy if there's an Officer Jenny." Aaron put in.

0000

A few weeks later, at the final round,

"Can you continue Static?"

"How about you Buddy?"

"Pi..ka..chu" (I.. don't… thinkso)

The two Pikachus fainted.

"This battle is a draw" the ref announced.

Ash and Aaron had both made it to the final round of the Silver Conference (A/N: I wasn't going to bore you with the details. There are more important matters to discuss.)

Their face off was spectacular. It was finally down two one pokemon each. Both boys called out their Pikachus. Finally, the Pikachus couldn't take each other's power and both fainted.

"We Have a Tie for the Silver Conference!" the announcer said.

"Is that even possible?" Misty asked

"Yes." Mr. Goodshow came up from behind them.

0000

After the closing ceremony, the gang walked back down the mountain together with Travis.

"What are you going to do now Travis?" Ash asked

"I think I'm going to head back to Kumquat."

"That's probably a good idea. We should head to Pallet ourselves." Aaron said.

"Yeah. Mom and Dad would be so happy to see us."

TBC

END PART I: JOHTO

A/N: Sorry if that wasn't too good. I can't believe it. 24 Chapters later and they finished Johto. I'm not sure if Kanto will be as long or not, but keep a look out for the next chapter. HERE WE COME KANTO! (That's not a bad title for the next chapter). In fact, here's a preview:

"Yeah. This is where you trashed my scooter."

"Oh come on. I paided you back for it. I was going for: This is where we met."

"Oh yeah. Almost forgot about that."

"I really hope we don't run into that Fearow."

"Same here" Ash told his brother.