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Chapter 35: The Song

After the short adventure at Maiden's Peak, we find our heroes entering Saffron City.

"C'mon. Let's go to the gym!" Aaron said as he took off running.

"I really hope Sabrina is in a better mood." Ash said hopefully.

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Outside the gym, Ash and Aaron where trying to decide which Pokemon to use. Aaron had decided on using his Gastly which he had caught when he went to Lavender Town. Ash had decided to try what he called his secret weapon.

While they were talking, Brock and Misty had relayed the story of what happened last time to the other two trainers who paled.

"Hey guys. We're just going to wait out here." Misty said.

"Togi?" (Why?)

"Yeah. Can't risk another water bomb." Andy mentioned

"Chickens." Ash and Aaron sighed as they started to walk through the doors.

"Pikachu?"

"Static?"

The two Pikachus had not moved after hearing Misty and Brock's retelling the story.

"Pikachu" (Have fun)

"Oh no. It's bad enough these four are chickening out. I will not have my top Pokemon do the same." Ash said in a stern voice.

"Chuuu." (I don't want to face her again.)

"You won't. I have a secret weapon that would put the audience to sleep."

"Pikachu. Pi pika" (Ok. Let me get the earplugs)

"Is your secret weapon that boring?" Aaron asked.

"Not quite"

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Inside the gym,

"So Ash, what's this secret weapon of yours?"

"The one I threatened you with."

"Larvitar? THAT'S your secret weapon?"

"For your information, I don't have to capture Pokemon with you by my side at all times."

"Ah. So it's one that you've been keeping secret."

"Right."

"AND YOU DIDN'T TELL ME!"

"SHHHH. I was, but then everyone would freak. I want to try it in a battle first to see what I have to work on for training."

"Understandable."

"I've been expecting you two." A calm (in a scary way) voice rang through the gym.

Ash groaned.

"Please not again."

Just then, the voice laughed and Sabrina came out. "Calm down Ash. I just wanted to see your reaction."

"Very funny Sabrina. But then again, you have a lot of fun to catch up on don't you?"

"Correct. However, that Haunter you left here has helped a lot with that."

Just then, a Haunter appeared out of nowhere.

"Haunt Haunt" (Hi)

"Hi Haunter."

"I see that the plan worked." She asked Aaron.

"Huh? Oh yeah. I tend to forget you're Psychic."

"Most people do. I'm assuming you two came here for some training?"

"You don't have to be psychic to know that." The boys said.

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About an hour later outside the gym,

"What is taking so long?" Misty asked.

"Maybe Sabrina reverted back to her old self." Brock suggested.

"DON'T TALK LIKE THAT!"

Just then, Sabrina and Ash came out dragging a knocked out Aaron.

"WHAT HAPPENED?" The quartet yelled.

"Well, you see…" Ash began,

Flashback

After Aaron had defeated Sabrina's Mr. Mime, Ash was up next. During the battle, he had installed the earplugs just in case.

"KADABRA! GO!"

"JIGGLYPUFF! I CHOOSE YOU!"

"Oh. THAT'S your secret weapon."

"KADABRA! PSYCHIC!"

"JIGGLYPUFF! SING!"

"Ji-ga-ly-i-puufff, Ji-ga-lyyyy-i-i-puufff, Ji-ga-ly-i-puufff, Ji-ga-lyyyy-i-i-puufff, Ji-ga-ly-puff, Ji-ga-ly-puff, Ji-ga-ly-puff, Jiga-lyyyyyyy, Ji-ga-ly-puff, Jigalypuff, Jigalypuff, Jigalypuuufffff, Ji-ga-ly-i-puufff, Ji-ga-lyyyy-i-i-puufff, Ji-ga-ly-i-puufff, Ji-ga-lyyyy-i-i-puufff, Ji-ga-ly-puff, Ji-ga-ly-puff, Ji-ga-ly-puff, Jiga-lyyyyyyy"

Kadabra was instantly put to sleep. Along with Sabrina, Static, and Aaron.

"Oops. We need to work on that. Jigglypuff return. That's why Tracey and Professor Oak were so eager for me to take it back."

Ash ran over to Sabrina and shook her awake. As she woke up, Ash apologized.

"Sorry Sabrina. I had just recently caught Jigglypuff. I thought that since it now had a trainer,"

"Others would stop falling asleep." Sabrina finished.

"Yeah."

"That's fine. It was an accident. Nobody got hurt." Sabrina told him.

"Do you have any tips on how to get only to opponent to fall asleep instead of the bystanders?"

"Just focus the attack on that one person or pokemon. It also might help if you took away that microphone."

"Yeah. Should we wake Aaron up?" Ash asked as he pointed to his sleeping brother.

"Probably."

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The two trainers spent about 30 minutes trying to wake Aaron up.

"Sheesh. He's a sound sleeper." Sabrina complained.

"I have an idea. Grab his legs."

End Flashback.

"So do you think you can wake him up Marie?" Ash asked

"Sure. WAKE UP YOU IDIOT!" She yelled in Aaron's ear.

That did the trick.

"Ow Marie. I was planning on using these today."

"Why didn't you wake up earlier?" Ash asked

"Huh? Oh. I guess it was because I was so tired and the rest was great. I wasn't ready to get up yet."

"Hey Ash," Brock asked. "When did you catch Jigglypuff?"

"Mt. Moon. I was going to tell you guys, but you weren't in a hurry to see it."

"I was wondering about those scribbles on Tracey's face when we called about a month ago." Misty said.

"Yeah. Apparently, Jigglypuff and I need to work on aiming the song."

"You'll get it." Sabrina said with a smile.

TBC.

Preview:

"WHAT? WHAT IS THIS PICTURE DOING HERE?"

I had to. It wasn't fair to Ash to have him only have an embarrassing photo.

"This isn't embarrassing. This is torture."