PART II: KANTO (A/N: Sorry I didn't put one on for Part I)

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

Chapter 25: Here We Come Kanto!

After our heroes took a pit stop in Violet Town to check on Andy's mother, they headed toward New Bark. On the way, they came across some familiar terrain.

"Hey Marie! Remember this place?"

"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.

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After stopping in New Bark, we find our heroes in the same forest where Ash and Aaron met.

"THIS TIME WE ARE HOLDING HANDS WITH EVERYBODY!" Misty and Marie yelled.

"What? Afraid we'll switch again?"

"Basically" the other four added.

"That takes all the fun out of everything." Aaron complained.

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When they got closer to Pallet, they found a familiar flock of Pidgey and Pidgeotto.

"It looks like the Spearow and Fearow haven't been bothering them." Ash said.

"Pidgeot" (Ash!)

"Pidgeot! How are you?"

"Pidgeot. Pidg. Eot ot" (Fine. The Fearow had been captured by some trainer.)(A/N: See NOTES on my Profile if you want to know who caught Fearow.)

"What about the Spearow?"

"Geot" (Left)

"That's great. Would you like to come back with us?"

"Pidgeot" (Yes)

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After Ash got his old Pokemon back, they made their way back to Pallet.

"Just like last time." Aaron mused.

"And this time we know it's you" Misty told him.

Aaron just smiled

"So do you want to go home first, or visit Professor Oak?" Ash asked.

"Let's go home. We can visit our Pokemon and the Professor later."

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"Hello?"

"Mom? We're home!"

"I guess she's out."

Ash, Aaron, and Co. went inside the house. They looked in the kitchen and the garden, but their mother was nowhere to be found.

"Hey. Look at this." Misty called from the kitchen.

On the refridgerator, was a note:

DEAR DAN,

I'VE GONE SHOPPING WITH MIMEY. I'M GOING TO GET SOMETHING FOR THE BOYS FOR WHEN THEY COME HOME. I SHOULD BE BACK LATER TONIGHT. IF I'M NOT HOME BY DINNER, THERE IS SOME LEFTOVER MEATLOAF IN THE FRIDGE.

LOVE,

DELIA.

"I guess Mom's not home then." Aaron stated.

"Yeah. I guess we can head over to Professor Oak's then." Misty said.

"You four go ahead. We'll catch up." Ash said.

"Alright."

After they left,

"Why aren't we going with them?"

"Didn't you want to see the painting?"

"Oh yeah."

The two boys ran up the stairs and went into Ash's room. Ash unlocked and opened his very messy closet.

"Messy enough?"

"I keep it messy so that the picture won't be noticed. I keep it locked so that Mom or Mimey won't clean it." Ash informed him.

"Good plan."

Ash dug through his closet moving various shirts, pants, old toys, comics, magazines, and practically anything else you'd find in a boy's closet.

"It's interesting," Aaron said, "You have all these clothes, yet I've only seen you wear that one outfit."

Ash answered with only two words, "Pot. Kettle"

"Point taken." Aaron said as he started digging.

"Maybe one day I'll wear something different just to see reactions." Ash stated.

"We should wear matching outfits one day."

"How about next April."

"April 1st?"

"You bet. Here it is!"

Ash pulled out a framed painting of a tall black-haired man wearing a blue outfit and holding a scepter with a blue orb. (The same picture he showed his Grandfather)

"That's him."

"I can see why you would want to spend so much time thinking about it." Aaron said. "There are so many mysteries in this painting."

"Yeah. I already have some questions answered by Grandpa and the Diary."

"Which ones?"

"Who is he? Where did he live?Any lovelife?That's about it so far for answered questions."

"What about the unanswered?"

"What's the scepter for? Where did he disappear to? Something tells me that in order to get answers to those, I'll have to finish the Diary and go to where he was last seen."

"You already told me about that."

"You are coming right?"

"You bet. It's the others I'm worried about."

"Same here." Ash said as he looked at the painting.

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At Professor Oak's lab,

"So Ash and Aaron stayed at the house? Why?"

"We're not sure Mr. Ketchem. They said that they'll catch up to us" Andy told him.

"Well, we will have to have a celebration." Professor Oak spoke up. "Tying for 1st at the Silver Conference is quite an achievement."

"When will it be?" Brock asked.

"Later tonight." Daniel Ketchem said.

"Yeah. Gary's on his way too. Just don't tell Ash." Tracey spoke up.

"At least GREG isn't on his way." Marie said spitefully.

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"Well Mimey. It looks like we made it home before Dan." Delia Ketchem told her pokemon as they walked in the door.

"Mime Mime" (Record time)

"I wonder when my boys will be back."

Her boys were on the top of the stairs listening.

"Little does she know we are back." Ash said.

"Hey Ash! Do you want to…" he whispered something into his ear.

"Yeah. And let's leave it like that for when the others get here too."

"They are so going to freak." Aaron said as they walked into Ash's room.

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Delia was trying to decide what to make for dinner. Should she heat up the leftover meatloaf, or cook something else? She was pondering this when something caught her eye.

Right next to Ash's Orange League and Extreme Pokemon Trophies, there stood a bigger one. She walked over to it and read it.

SILVER CONFERENCE FIRST PLACE: AARON AND ASH KETCHEM

"They're home." She whispered now knowing what to cook.

"MOM!"

Two identical boys ran down the stairs after noticing that their mother saw the trophy. They both hugged her as she hugged them back.

"Oh my boys. You're home. Let me look at you." She said as she pulled them out of the hug.

When I said identical, I meant IDENTICAL. Both boys had their hats and jackets off. Ash had lent Aaron one of his plain black shirts. Now Delia was looking at two boys, both with messy black hair, chocolate brown eyes, plain black shirts, and pairs of jeans.

"This is so not funny." She said smiling.

"Yes it is. Especially when Andy and Brock get a glimpse of us." Aaron told him mother.

"Yeah. They were always complaining about the unison thing." Ash continued. "This should make them grateful that we don't do this constantly."

"Well. You two will HAVE to tell me about everything that has happened." Delia said. "Just let me call your father real quick."

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RING RING RING! RING RING RING! PHONE CALL! PHONE CALL!

"Professor Oak's Lab. Daniel Ketchem speaking. Oh Hi Delia. Ok. Well don't let them start without us. I'm interested too. Ok. Yeah. Gary just got here. Ok. See you in a few. Love ya too. Bye"

"Delia?"

"Yeah. She's not going to let the boys out of her sight for a while."

"She'll have to eventually." Gary spoke up.

"Yeah. Give her time though. We better get down to the house before those two start blabbing on about their adventures."

"We could fill you in on anything we missed." Misty said.

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When Daniel, Misty, Marie, Andy, Brock, Tracey, Gary, and Professor Oak got to the house and opened the door, they were greeted by a wonderful smell.

"Smells like Delia's been hard at work." Dan said "I'M HOME!" he called.

"We're in the kitchen!"

Everyone entered the kitchen to see Delia hard at work cooking and the two look alikes were setting the table.

Seeing Ash and Aaron in matching outfits earned a groan from everybody.

"Please don't do this to us." Gary complained.

"Gary?" Aaron (or was it Ash) said, "What are you doing here?"

"I watch the Silver Conference. Good job you two."

"I'm actually glad they tied." Tracey whispered to his employer. "At least I won't have to worry too much about screwing up which is which with the congratulating."

"Yes. I have to admit they do look almost too much alike."

"Why did you two do this?" Andy complained.

"Give you guys a taste on what we are capable of doing" they said in unison. "So stop complaining about the unison thing. It's not our fault we're on the same wave length"

"You guys have been on the same wave length too long." Brock commented.

Misty and Marie were digging in their backpacks. They eventually found what they were looking for: Markers and Name tags. They wrote their boyfriends' names on them and walked up to the twins. Both girls stared at each boy for a while. When they were certain which was which, they stuck the name tags on the respected twin.

"The scary thing is that they were right." Aaron whispered to Ash during dinner.

TBC

Preview:

"Hey Misty." He said as he made his way over to her.

"What is it Ash?"

"What are you doing?"

"Fishing?" She wondered where he was getting at.

"Ah. Going to see if you can't fish electric pokemon and their trainers out of the river?"