Last Time, Derik, A.K.A Missile, forced his pokemon to do intensive training, during a break they all talk about Derik's past, meanwhile he goes, and infiltrates a nearby Plasma outpost, and succeeds, the information is valuable, revealing that N is not the true leader, and that there is a base at Mistralton City, what will Team Rocket do next? Who knows, stay tuned to find out!

Back with Ash, and the gang…

The gang left Driftveil a day ago, and already past Chargestone cave on their way to Mistralton City.

stomach growls* "Oops, I guess that means I'm hungry" Ash said, scratching his head in embarrassment.

"Well, I guess we can stop" Cilan said. "We've been walking for a while after all"

"Yeah, let's all take a little break" Iris suggested, Ash, and the gang released all their pokemon, and Cilan cooked some lunch.

But then all of a sudden someone fell out of a tree, nearby.

"Whoa! Someone fell!" Ash said.

"Should we check on them?" Iris asked.

"I think you should, they could be hurt" Cilan said, getting closer.

Ash, and the gang inspected the bush the man fell into, only to find a red hair guy, wearing weird clothes.

"Hey need help?" Ash said extending down an arm.

"Yeah, thanks for helping an old man out" The guy said with a loud, but friendly voice.

"Whoa, Ash that's, that's Alder, the Unova Champion" Iris said, shocked.

"I guess some would call me that" Alder said, loud, and proud.

"Wow! Really? It's an honour meeting you" Ash said, estatic.

"What are you doing here anyway?" Cilan asked.

"Well I was just hanging out with the local Bouffalant, but uh I kinda got knocked into the air"

"That's something alright" Iris said.

"Hey, wait a minute" Alder said, looking at Ash. "You're that guy who won last year's Sinnoh league right?"

"Huh, oh yeah, I guess so" Ash said.

"Well, that's pretty cool" Alder said with a thumbs up. "Did you ever meet Cynthia?"

"Well, I've battled her, and lost, but yeah, I did" Ash said.

"Yeah, she has that effect on people, even beat me" Alder said proudly.

"Hey Alder we're having lunch right now, would you like to join us?" Cilan asked.

"Sure, I could use a rest from all these Bouffalant, they're quite an excitable bunch!" Alder said.

Ash, and the gang had lunch with Alder, and found that he was quite ravenous.

"Mmm mmm, man Cilan you know how to make a meal!" Alder said, gorging on some noodles.

"Why thank you, I've never been complimented by a champion before" Cilan said blushing in embarrassment.

"Iris you know a thing or two about berries alright, because these are delicious!" Alder also said, gulping down some Oran berry juice.

"It's nothing, really" Iris said.

"And Ash, you've got some spirit alright, I can tell you've trained your pokemon well! They're a strong bunch!" Alder said, gobbling up some soup.

"Thanks Alder, I'm sure pokemon are pretty strong too, hey do you want to have a battle?" Ash suggested, fire lighting up in his eyes, figuratively speaking.

"Sure, I always like a good battle, but don't think I'll go easy on you" Alder said.

Ash, and Alder got into battle positions, with Cilan as the referee, Iris, and the gang's pokemon were watching the battle.

"Alright, this is just gonna be a one on one, so let's make it count!" Alder said. "Bouffalant! Go!" Bouffalant

"Okay then, Pikachu I choose you!" Ash said.

"Alright, I'll let you have the first move" Alder said.

"Okay then, Pikachu Iron Tail!"

"Bouffalant dodge and use Head Charge!"

Pikachu jumped up, and dove towards Bouffalant tail down, but it dodged out of the way, and charged into Pikachu hitting him back.

"Pikachu use Thunderbolt!"

"Dodge it!"

Pikachu shot out a Thunderbolt, and it struck Bouffalant.

"Haha! Nice one Ash! Bouffalant Stone Edge!"

"Pikachu dodge it!"

The ground started rumbling, but Earthquake wasn't being used.

"Huh, what's happening?" Cilan said, confused.

"I can hear something in the distance" Iris said, concerned.

"Is that?"

"Bouffalant stampede!" Alder said returning his Bouffalant in panic. "Everybody run!"

Ash, Alder, the gang, and their pokemon ran in all sorts of different directions, scattering all throughout the forest, Dwebble, Krokorok, Oshawott, and Servine ran in one direction, Emolga, Rufflet, Axew, and Deino ran in a seperate direction, Alder, Iris, Excadrill, and Whirlipede ran in another, Ash, Pikachu, Cilan, and Pansage ran in another still!

With Ash, and Cilan…

*huff* *puff* "I think we got away" Ash said, wheezing from the run.

"But where are all the others?" Cilan asked.

"Oh no, I think we've been separated from everyone else!" Ash said, concerned.

With Servine, and the Clowns…

'Oh no! Where are we?' Dwebble said, shivering in fear.

'I don't know, but we better find the others' Servine said.

Krokorok began to speak 'This wouldn't have happened if you-'

'Just zip it please, I don't hear your stupid voice' Oshawott interrupted.

'Uh, you think you can just-'

'Leave it be Krokorok, I don't wanna hear your voice either' Servine said, coldly.

With Emolga, and the kids…

'Waaa! It's scary here!' Rufflet cried out loud.

'Oh man, I've never been away from Iris before, I don't know what to do!' Axew said, panicking.

'I don't want to be a wild pokemon, I don't know how to fend for myself!' Deino said, scared.

'Don't worry guys I'm sure we can find the others' Emolga said, not really calm herself. Oh what would Servine do?

With Iris, and Alder…

"Hey, it's okay, I know exactly how to get out of here" Alder said, with big proud smile.

"Really, then where should we go?" Iris said.

"I don't know, but if we keep walking in a straight line, then we'll get out of this forest eventually, I'm sure!" Alder said, scratching the back of his head.

"You're kidding right?" Iris said.

Just then, Nurse Joy walked by.

"Huh, hey! Nurse Joy!" Iris shouted, grabbing the attention of the nurse, and her Audino, they were both wearing curly haired wigs.

"Oh! Hello there, what are you two doing out here in the woods?" Nurse Joy asked.

"Well, I wanted to hang out with the local Bouffalant, then I met this group, we had a battle, and then a Bouffalant stampede happened, and we got seperated" Alder explained. "Also you look wonderful, and I bet you'd look even better without that wig"

"Speaking of which, why do you have a wig Nurse Joy?" Iris asked.

"Oh well, you see Bouffalant have those hairy heads right?" Joy said.

"Yeah, they do" Iris said.

"Well, it seems that that is how they identify friends from foe, so if you wear wigs, they won't attack you"

"Wait, they do?" Alder said, stunned.

"You really didn't know?" Iris said, disappointed.

"Yep, this is news to me!" Alder said, chuckling.

"Well, if you want some wigs, feel free to take some" Nurse Joy said, handing over some wigs.

"Thanks Nurse Joy, can you help find our friends?" Iris asked.

"Sure, I always do my rounds to help any travelers anyway, stay safe!" And with that Nurse Joy left.

Back to Servine, and the Clowns…

"Oh you guys must be from that group those two were talking about" Joy said, finding Servine, and the Clowns. "Don't worry they're just fine"

'Phew, I'm glad that's settled' Dwebble said, happily. 'But that's not everyone is it'

'No, no it's not' Servine said. Really hope Emolga's alright, and the kids too, they can't really fend for themselves

'Uh, Nurse Joy why are you wearing that wig?' Oshawott asked.

"You must be wondering about the wig, well you see it's to protect against the Bouffalant around here" Nurse Joy said. "Would you like one?"

'Sure, sounds great!' Oshawott said, happily.

Krokorok said. 'Heh classic-'

'Shut your face' Oshawott interrupted, Krokorok looked at him stunned.

"Well here you go" Nurse Joy said, putting a wig on Oshawott, she gave out wigs to everyone else too, making them look even more like clowns.

'I like these wigs!' Dwebble said.

'Eh, only because it'll protect against Bouffalant' Servine said, putting on hers. 'Please don't tell this to Emolga, she would laugh for hours'

'Why would you care? Aren't you friends?' Krokorok asked, putting on his.

'It's for personal reasons' Servine said, turning her head up, and blushing.

A little later, and now with Emolga, and the kids…

'Phew, I'm glad we're safe from Bouffalant attacks' Emolga said, now with a wig, Nurse Joy had just come around a bit sooner.

'So uh, what do we do now?' Deino asked.

'I want to find Iris!' Axew said.

'Yeah, I agree on that!' Rufflet said.

'Well, I guess we could, come on follow me' Emolga said, leading the way.

Back to Ash, and Cilan…

"Good thing we got these wigs" Ash said.

"Now we just gotta find the others" Cilan said, he thought for a bit, and then. "Hey Pansage, I have an idea, maybe you could signal to the others with Solar Beam"

'Hmm, yeah, that would work' Pansage charged up a Solar Beam, and shot it into the sky.

Back to Servine, and the clowns…

'Hey look up there!' Dwebble said, pointing to Pansage's Solar Beam.

'Why it must be signal!' Oshawott said.

'No crud Sher-'

'Alright, come on, let's go there' Servine said.

'Why does everybody keep interrupting me now?!' Krokorok said in anguish.

Over to Alder, and Iris…

"Hey look over there!" Alder said.

"What is it?" Iris asked.

"It's a herd of Bouffalant!" Alder said, excited.

"So?"

"So, that means that we're still in the forest!" Alder said.

"Really, that's it" Iris said, facepalming.

"Yep, better keep heading forward" Alder said, walking into the field of Bouffalant.

*sigh* "I hope everyone's alright, especially Axew" Iris said.

'I'm sure he's fine, Nurse Joy should have found him by now' Exadrill said, calming down his trainer.

'Yeah, I'm sure we can get out of here, and look back at how we got into this mess' Whirlipede said.

"Thanks guys, come on we gotta keep going" Iris said, moving forward as well.

Now some more shenanigans with Servine, and the clowns…

'Okay, the signal came, from just over this field' Servine said.

'Uh I don't really want to go pass all those Bouffalant' Dwebble said.

'But the way around is huge, and plus we have wigs, so they shouldn't attack us' Oshawott said.

*sigh* 'Alright, let's go then' Dwebble said.

Servine, and the clowns started crossing the field, but then Krokorok just had to open his mouth.

'You know, I kinda realized that I may or may not have done something a little bit rude' Krokorok said. 'Would you care to tell me what it is?'

'Fine let me tell you' Oshawott said. 'One, you're a prick, two, you always blame me for things I didn't do, three, you're as uncooperative as a Primeape, and four, you refuse to admit when you're wrong, even though it's insanely OBVIOUS!'

'Well, I personally think that it's just you, and clearly not me!' Krokorok said, being a prick as usual.

'And there he goes proving everything Oshawott just said' Servine said, slow clapping.

At this point Oshawott had enough, and used a quadruple super effective Fury Cutter, sending Krokorok flying, and taking off his sunglasses, and wig.

'Uh oh' Krokorok said, before being charged down by every single Bouffalant in that area.

'Should we just leave him?' Dwebble said.

'Yeah' Servine said, walking away.

'Dah! I'm not used to running on two legs!' Krokorok said, booking it as fast as he could.

Back over to Ash, and Cilan…

"Any luck Cilan?!" Ash shouted to Cilan, who was a good few yards away.

"No! Don't see anyone!" Cilan shouted from far away.

*sigh* "I really hope they're alright" Ash said.

'Hey Ash! I think I see someone' Pikachu said.

"Is that? Servine, Dwebble, Oshawott!" Ash said, jumping down from the tree he was in. "Hey Cilan, come over here!"

Ash, and Cilan, reunited with Servine, and the clowns, and Krokorok came running through the bushes soon after, bruised, and beaten.

"Hey look, Krokorok's here now too!" Ash said.

'I guess I kinda deserved that' Krokorok said, before fainting.

"Take a good rest okay" Ash said, returning Krokorok.

"Alright, now we just got to find Iris, Alder, and all our other pokemon" Cilan said.

'Maybe we should check the field, it is pretty big' Oshawott said.

'Yeah, alright come on let's go' Servine said.

"I wonder what they're talking about" Cilan said.

"I think they want to check the field" Ash said.

"Well, let's go then" Cilan said.

Now going to Emolga, and the kids…

'Uh, Emolga I don't think you're going the right way' Deino said.

'Why do you think that?' Emolga asked.

'Because there's a cliff right in front of you!'

'Whoa!' Emolga tripped, and dropped her wig, but she flew back up.

'Well, there goes you wig' Deino said.

'It's not gone, I can always fly down, and get it back' Emolga said.

'Not if it's being swept up by that river' Deino said, indeed there was a river in the cliff, and by now Emolga's wig had gone out of sight.

*tears up* 'Waaa! We're never getting back now!' Rufflet cried, flailing about.

'Rufflet careful, you're gonna-' Axew couldn't finish his statement before Rufflet knocked his, and her own wig down the cliff. 'Make us drop our wigs'

'Well, at least I still have mine' Deino said, before a huge gust of wind blew his wig off, and down the cliff. 'Well that was unfortunate'

'Okay, it's gonna be fine, we may not have our wigs anymore, but we can make it back just fine I'm sure' Emolga started walking away from the cliff.

'Uh, Auntie Emolga'

'Yes Axew?'

'There's a Bouffalant right there!' Axew said, pointing to a very angry Bouffalant just off to the side.

'Grrrr, what's this? Trespassers?! You four will pay for entering our territory!' It said.

'Is now a good time to run?' Deino asked.

'Absolutely, RUN!' Emolga, and the kids began booking it, as a very angry Bouffalant chased them.

Now some quality time with Iris, and Alder…

"Ugh, we've been walking through this field of Bouffalant for hours" Iris said, starting to get exhausted.

"Come on, I'm sure we'll find a way out of here, we just gotta keep going!" Alder said running forward.

"Huh, is that Cilan? Hey Cilan! Over here!" Iris shouted.

"Oh! Iris I'm glad you're okay, is that Alder over there?" Cilan asked.

"Yep, hey Alder! I found Cilan!" Iris shouted.

"Huh, oh that's good, glad we finally found someone" Alder said, smiling.

Ash came over too, and most of everyone was reunited.

"Glad we could all come together again" Ash said.

"But wait where's Axew, Emolga, Deino, and Rufflet?" Iris asked.

"Maybe over there!" Cilan said pointing to the four missing pokemon, being chased by a Bouffalant.

"Oh no! It's seems they lost their wigs!" Alder said.

'I got this!' Dwebble then said. 'Excadrill, help me uproot this bush'

'Alright then' Excadrill tore up a bush, and Dwebble quickly fashioned it into four grass wigs.

'Servine, catch!' Dwebble then threw the wigs over to Servine, who then proceeded to chuck them all onto Emolga, Axew, Rufflet, and Deino's heads.

'Hmm? I thought I was chasing' The Bouffalant said confused. 'Ah nevermind' It said, before walking.

'Wow Dwebble, that was pretty good' Oshawott said.

'I never would've thought of that' Whirlipede added.

'You saved us' Emolga said.

'Aww, thanks' Dwebble said, but then he started glowing blue, he got bigger claws, and felt the rock on his back getting bigger too somehow.

"Wow, Dwebble you evolved into Crustle!" Cilan said, ecstatic.

'Huh, I guess I did! Hooray!' Crustle said, excited.

"So how are we gonna get out of here?" Alder then said.

'I think I might know' Deino said.

Later…

'When we came across this cliff I noticed a bridge, and saw that it was the exit to this place' Deino explained.

"Well, looks like this the end of our time together" Alder then said.

"What do you mean?" Ash asked.

"Well, I think I'm gonna stay here, and hang out with the Bouffalant some more, especially since I now have these wigs" Alder said, scratching his wig.

"Alright then, until next time then" Ash said.

"Until next time" Alder said.