Ch.5: Mt. Moon
As they were travelling, Brock discovered that Misty was one of the weirdest girls he has ever met. She was following Ash for a BIKE? The other disturbing thing was Misty's fear of bug. When they stopped to take rest, Misty screamed when Ash and Leaf brought out Yanmega and Beedrill from their PokéBalls.
During the rest, Leaf managed to get herself a female Nidoran, which appeared to be a tough fighter. She knew some pretty strong moves, like Poison Fang and Shadow Claw, and she also scanned Ash's Pokémon with her updated PokéDex.
When Brock saw all the Pokémon Ash had, he was in shock. He was impressed when he saw Steelix, but he sure wasn't expecting to see two Pseudo–Legendary dragon–types. For all these years as a Gym Leader, he didn't expect to see someone having Salamence and Hydreigon.
After a few more minutes, they went back to the road as Ash described his general life story to Brock.
"Ash, what's Vaniville Town like," Brock asked.
"It's a lot like Pallet Town. It's a nice and quiet place where a lot of kids dream of becoming a trainer. You have to go to Lumiose City to get your starter, but Professor Sycamore usually finds a way to get you your starter to where you live," explained Ash.
"How do you know so much about Pallet Town? You said you're from Kalos," asked Misty.
"I was actually born in Pallet Town before I moved to Kalos," replied Ash.
"You're from here? Then why did you keep asking me about Kanto," asked Misty.
"I may have been born in Kanto, but I was 6 when I left. A lot of things have changed. I don't remember people driving like they're running from a herd of Tauros, or challengers swinging samurai swords and the whole Team Rocket nonsense. Those three we met must've been the biggest morons I've ever known.
Inside a pit trap said morons were trying to get out with a power drill which lacked batteries. Then the team sneezed simultaneously.
"Hey, do you ever wonder if that old story that "if you sneeze then someone is talking about you" is true," asked James.
"It's probably those twerps cowering in fear from us," replied Jessie. "And stop changing the subject, it's all your fault!"
"If you don't mind me asking, why did you leave? Kanto's a nice place to live in," asked Brock.
Ash smiled as he thought back to Serena and how badly he wanted to see her.
"The thing is during a summer camp when I was 6, I met a girl named Serena," said Ash and Brock's jaw hit the ground in shock and his ears were paying attention. Leaf and Misty also paid attention as they wanted to hear more about Serena.
"She came from the Kalos region and was with us because her mother was a Rhyhorn racer and had some interregional races and had no one to leave Serena with so Professor Sycamore told her about Oak's summer camp in Kanto and told her Serena could go there. Serena was really homesick and one day got lost in the woods in Pallet and I found her while chasing a Poliwag. I helped her out and took her back to camp and told her I could be her friend. I didn't have many friends so I spent the whole summer with Serena. Those had to be some of the happiest times of my life."
Ash then took a slightly sadder tone. "Then when we were on our last week, we realized that we would probably never see each other again. Serena's mother couldn't come here as there were no Rhyhorn races so I decided to take a leap of faith. I asked my mother if we could move to Kalos so I could be with Serena. She somehow knew it would happen so we moved right next door to Serena. Mom got us both citizenship in Kalos so we could buy a house and stay there as permanent residents. There was hardly a day we didn't spend together and before we knew it, we became more than just best friends," Ash said and his tone got much lighter and happier as he continued.
"You wouldn't have become a couple if it weren't for me and Delphox," muttered Greninja.
Misty realized just how much Ash loved Serena so had to drop any growing affections for Ash while Brock silently wished he could get a girl as easily as Ash and Leaf had tears of joy forming in her eyes.
"That's so romantic," said Leaf as Greninja offered her some tissues to wipe out her tears. "To leave home for the girl you love."
"Another thing I wondered was how do you know so much about Pokémon? You have way more experience than a normal trainer and really powerful Pokémon, like Greninja, Steelix and the two dragons," said Brock.
"Well, it would never have happened if I hadn't met Greninja," said Ash and pointed at Greninja.
"I met him as a Froakie in the woods of Vaniville Town, which is where I lived. When Serena and I were exploring the woods, I nearly died trying to save some Pokémon that were caught in a storm the previous night. Froakie helped me save them and also saved my life. Then he became my friend and followed me home and played a bit with Serena after she was done chewing me out for almost dying. Then Professor Sycamore told us why there was a Froakie running around Vaniville Town, because it isn't normal. Froakie was a real picky starter Pokémon. He didn't like a lot of trainers he was given to ad he wasn't happy that if the trainers blamed their Pokémon and ran from trouble when they could help. Froakie decided to go with me and the Professor couldn't change that so he let me keep Froakie. I also asked Professor Sycamore if he could teach me about Pokémon and battling and the essentials that all trainers need and so did Serena. We both learned a lot and happened to befriend Pokémon by chance. I met Salamence when he was a Bagon and he had a pretty hard time back then as he had to do a ritual, which was to jump of a cliff. When he did the ritual, one of Hoenn Elite Four members, Drake, came to Kalos to send Bagon back to Meteor Falls, but he refused. Drake challenged us to a battle, which we won after Bagon evolved into Shelgon and learnt Draco Meteor. The situation with Hydreigon is pretty much the same as it is with Greninja. He was mistreated by a lot of trainers at the Village of Dragons. We had some hard time at first, but we eventually became friends. As for Steelix, it's kinda hard to explain. Let's say that he was traded between a lot of trainers only for him to evolve," explained Ash.
Brock, Leaf and Misty were surprised, but didn't say a thing as he knew Ash wasn't finished.
"I had to come back to Kanto to compete in the Indigo League as Oak's summer camp is a way for him to find potential trainers and sent to to the league so I have to compete when I turned 10 so I'm here now. Serena wanted to be a coordinator and performer which is focusing on the beauty and style of Pokémon and she wanted to come with me since she's my girlfriend. She has to wait a bit to turn 10 and then she'll be able to travel with me I Kanto," concluded Ash.
"I think the identity of Mrs. Ketchum is nearly set in stone," smirked Leaf.
"You know my mom? And what stone did you see this on," asked Ash confused. Leaf, Brock and Misty just stared at him and Greninja face–palmed at how dense Ash still was.
"She's talking about Serena," explained Brock with a smirk, which caused Ash to blush.
"Look guys, I appreciate it, but Serena and I are not even teenagers to think about stuff like marriage just yet," said Ash and Leaf's jaw hit the ground, followed by Misty and Brock just fainted while Greninja laughed at their reactions.
"OK, enough about love lives. Let's focus on our adventure," said Leaf after a moment of silence.
"You're right and Cerulean City is where we're going," replied Ash.
"Cerulean City," screamed Misty. "Why don't we go somewhere else, like Saffron City or Vermilion City?"
"Misty, in order to get to those cities, we need to go through Cerulean City," said Brock.
"Besides, Cerulean City is where Leaf and I will have our second Gym Battles," continued Ash.
"I heard the Cerulean Gym specializes in water–types," said Leaf. "I guess I'll go with Bulbasaur."
"I wouldn't be so confident," said Brock warningly. "A year ago at a conference between all regional professors, gym leaders, elite four members and champions, everyone got interested in one thing, Mega Evolution. Professor Sycamore explained it and soon nearly all gym leaders started using, including the Cerulean Gym. From what I heard the Saffron, Celadon and Veridian gym leaders also have Pokémon that can Mega–Evolve, but they use them only against tough challengers. Not only that, but Mega–Evolution was also allowed to be used in the Pokémon League."
"So I guess I'll have to battle quite a lot Mega–Evolutions," said Ash to Greninja.
"I guess you'll use either Lucario or Salamence as they're your only Pokémon that can Mega–Evolve," said Leaf.
"That's not quite true. Steelix, Houndoom and Gallade also can Mega–Evolve, but I don't have their respective Mega–Stones. And I've got a secret weapon, but I don't want to spoil the surprise," said Ash with a wink and continued down the road to Mt. Moon.
As they reached the base of Mount Moon, Ash and co. came across a man wearing a lab suit being attacked by wild Zubat and were shocked to see wild Pokémon behaving like that.
"Somebody help," yelled the man as the Zubat swarmed him.
"Pikachu, use Thunder Shock on the Zubat," said Ash and Pikachu electrified the poison/flying–types and they were down for the count.
The man in lab coat was surprised by such skillful display and rushed to Ash and wildly shook his. "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" the man repeated and Ash was starting to lose all feeling in his arm. Greninja saw this and his fist glowed white, preparing to use Aerial Ace. The man realized what he was doing and stopped.
"I'm sorry for getting carried away like that. It was rude of me. My name's Seymour the Scientist and thank you again for saving me," Seymour said as he calmed himself down.
"It was no problem. My name is Ash and these are my partners Greninja and Pikachu," said Ash and Leaf, Brock and Misty also introduced themselves.
"Why were the Zubat attacking you," asked Leaf.
"Some stupid idiots have been placing lights throughout the cave and it's disturbing all the wild Pokémon like Paras, Zubat and some Pokémon with big ears and unleash loud sound waves," answered Seymour harshly.
"Big ears and unleash sound waves. It must be Noibat," said Ash ad turned to his friends. "Guys, let's find out who put up the lights and put a stop to it. The Pokémon clearly are in danger because of the idiots who did this."
"Ash, can I hold on to you while we're here," asked Leaf shyly.
"Oh yeah, because of your nyctophobia," said Ash and grabbed Leaf's hand.
"What's nyctophobia," asked Misty.
"Fear of darkness," answered Ash.
Seymour asked if he could go with them and Ash agreed and the team went into Mount Moon.
As they moved through the cave, the damage was apparent and Ash removed each light and so did the others while Greninja destroyed them with Water Shuriken. They offered water and food supplies to any hurt Pokémon in the cave.
To take their minds of the monsters, who would do such a thing Ash, Leaf and Seymour were discussing about the Clefairy and the Moon Stone, which was the reason why Seymour was here in the first place and probably why those villains were here as well.
"I believe there's a massive Moon Stone inside this cave and from the data I collected it is very possible," said Seymour.
"A massive Moon Stone? I don't remember evolutionary stones coming in different sizes," said Ash.
"True, which makes this one so special. "It is possible that the Moon Stones used are possibly fragments from this one," replied Seymour.
"Well then that can't make sense. Moon Stones of normal sizes can be found in faraway regions like Sinnoh and Unova so not all Moon Stones can be fragments to the larger one in this cave as it would be impossible for fragments to reach other regions when they're stuck inside a cave in the middle of a land mass. My point is that there could be massive Moon Stones like this one in the other regions," Ash rebutted.
"These are some very value points, Ash. The continental idea is also possible as the Moon Stone in here is rumored to be over a million years old, but we would need to carbon date it to be sure. But that isn't the interesting part, no these fragments might possibly boost power in Pokémon and I speculate that the Moon Stone might be from outer space. The minerals present in the stones are impossible to form on our planet so the obvious idea would be that it's not from Earth. Then it could be assumed that Pokémon themselves are beings from outer space and they might've even come here on the Moon Stone! I firmly believe that the Moon Stone should be left alone. I want to see my findings, but there's no way I'm disclosing the location of the stone if I find it," said Seymour.
Ash thought about Seymour's theories and they sounded a bit too far–fetched. "I'm sorry, but your idea is not quite right," said Ash and Seymour turned to him and Ash continued.
"Moon Stones may not be generated on Earth, but that is only in the current conditions of the planet. They could've been formed in prehistoric times, but we wouldn't have the knowledge of the conditions in that era, but they must've been very different as most resurrected fossilized Pokémon like Aerodactyl or Cranidos usually find some difficulty adapting to the new environment of the planet so it's possible to think that the climate was different then. As for the Moon Stones giving power, I think you might not be using a lot of different species of Pokémon. Near Moon Stone sites you're bound to find Clefairy who react with the energy output from the Moon Stone and gain power to evolve. But there're also other Pokémon who use the power of the Moon Stone to evolve, like Nidorino and Nidorina. As for Pokémon and their origins, I choose to believe in the legends of Arceus and Mew. It may seem like fairy tales but I read in articles how the champion of Sinnoh, Cynthia has conducted research into mythological Pokémon and the only known Pokémon that came from space for certain is Deoxys. There are some Pokémon rumoured to have extraterrestrial origins such as the Cleffa evolutionary line for their common presence near meteorites and the moon stone evolution. Staryu and Starmie have been recorded to emit radio signals into space and flash their cores in different patters with the stars. In the Hoenn regions, two pokémon known as Lunatone and Solrock gain their power from the sun and the moon and are again discovered near meteorites. The legendary Pokémon Jirachi, while considered mostly myth from the fact that it is only seen once every 1000 years is linked to a comet that only passes the planet every 1000 years so could be extraterrestrial. Finally in Unova they have mysteriously discovered Pokémon known as Elgyem and Beheeyem in the Desert resort and a supposed link to a UFO sighting but that's all the Pokémon that I know of. It could even be possible that Arceus created them, regardless of being present on our planet or not as legends state that Arceus and the creation trio are extra-dimensional Pokémon. Nevertheless I have no conclusive data in my opposing arguments as lots of legends have warped to myths and fake stories are always present so it could still be that you were right"
"How on Earth do you know so much," asked Leaf shocked by the speech Ash gave.
"I spent most of my childhood learning from Professor Sycamore," replied Ash. He was a great mentor, and Serena and I worked alongside him for creating and submitting some of his theories to the Pokémon League".
"Oh I remember you now! Ash Ketchum I read one of Sycamore's theses that he submitted and he wrote that he was given invaluable help by two apprentices called Ash and Serena" he said while recalling.
"Wait you submitted professor grade theories" Brock said astounded while Ash just chucked, "Come on, it wasn't that much. Professor Sycamore usually would throw a theory a us and we would try to prove him wrong until he had to be right!" he said back to him.
"What planet are you living on! Submitting theories like that is a big deal, you would have to be extremely intelligent to submit those" Misty said back at him.
"Thanks for complimenting Serena and me, Misty" he said a bit smugly while Misty just realized she complimented him by accident.
As they team were walking by a Clefairy holding a stone walked across their path and stared at them. The adorable sight of a clefairy skipping across them was bursting something in all women and there was one of those present among them.
"SO CUTE!" Leaf said with a squeal and even the others had to agree it was adorable.
Misty was going to catch it but Seymour stopped her and asked her politely to let all the Clefairy remain here with the Moon Stone that they need and Misty obliged but by the time they looked up the Clefairy was gone.
Then from one of the tunnels the scream of a clefairy could be heard and that instantly alerted the team. They rushed forwards to see Meowth towering over the Clefairy with Jessie and James behind Meowth.
"Hey, its you jerks again," Ash said as he recognized the idiots. The said idiots smirked and broke into their motto.
"Prepare for trouble!"
"And make it double!"
"To protect the world from devastation!"
"To unite all peoples within our nation!"
"To denounce the evils of truth and love!"
"To extend our reach to the stars above!"
"Jessie!"
"And James!"
"Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light!"
Surrender now or prepare to fight!"
Meowth, that's right!"
"Did you really need to do that," Ash asked deadpanned while the others agreed. Brock and Seymour were confused, but even they had to admit that was poor poetry.
"Shut it twerp. We spent months practicing it," said James.
"Months of practice and that's all you can come up with," asked Misty, taunting the trio.
"You know nothing about poetry," said Jessie.
"So it was you idiots who placed lights all around the cave, wasn't it," said Ash, changing the subject quickly and glared at villains.
"How were we supposed to find our way through the tunnels," asked James.
"That's terrible. Your selfishness has put all the Pokémon in the mountain at risk. Even for Team Rocket you three are scum" Brock exclaimed as he had heard of the criminal organization and was tasked to protecting Pewter city from it.
"Who cares? When we find the Moon Stone we can use it to super-charge Team Rocket's Pokémon and then we will be unstoppable" Jessie said back at him.
"Like we're gonna let you dorks take the stone. Misty, Brock, take Seymour and Clefairy to safety," said Ash as he pulled out a PokéBall and Leaf did the same. Misty, Brock and Seymour backed away, but so did Meowth.
"If it's a battle you want, it's a battle you'll get," said James as he and Jessie pulled out a PokéBall.
"Let's go Koffing!" "Go get them, Ekans," said James and Jessie as they brought out their respective poison–types.
"Nidoking, I choose you," said Ash as he brought out the 'Drill Pokémon".
"Bulbasaur, I need your help," said Leaf as she brought out her starter.
"Koffing, use Tackle on Bulbasaur," said James.
"Ekans, hit Bulbasaur with Poison Sting," said Jessie.
"Nidoking, counter Tackle with Brick Break and then use Shadow Ball to counter Poison Sting," said Ash.
"Bulbasaur, jump above Nidoking and use Leech Seed on Ekans, followed by Tackle on Koffing," said Leaf.
Koffing charged in with Tackle, but was overpowered by Nidoking's Brick Break, who then fired his Shadow Ball to counter Ekans' Poison Sting. Then, Bulbasaur jumped high and landed his Leech Seed on Ekans and struck Koffing with Tackle.
"Leaf, tell Bulbasaur to jump on Nidoking and to use Sleep Powder," said Ash.
"You got it, Ash. Bulbasaur, jump on Nidoking and use Sleep Powder on both Ekans and Koffing," said Leaf.
Bulbasaur did as what he was told and jumped on Nidoking and put Team Rocket's Pokémon asleep with Sleep Powder.
"Let's finish this. Nidoking, use Earth Power on Ekans, followed by Flamethrower on Koffing," said Ash.
Nidoking slammed his fist on the ground and knocked out Ekans with Earth Power and then fired his Flamethrower to knock out Koffing. Both Pokémon were blown away by the force and hit Team Rocket and they were blown away to the dark depths of the cave with their usual blasting off nonsense.
"That was awesome. We won our first tag battle," said Leaf cheerfully.
"I couldn't have done it without you," said Ash when he realized something. "Wait a minute! Where's Meowth?"
Leaf got serious and they both came to the same conclusion. "BROCK and MISTY!" They returned their Pokémon and ran off to protect their friends.
But they underestimated their travelling partners as Brock easily managed to trump Meowth with a Zubat and send the talking Pokémon flying. They then stopped for the evening and Ash, Leaf and Brock both competed with the quality of their Pokémon food. They were dead equal by the Pokémon judges but they agreed to share recipes from all they learnt. Clefairy wanted to reward the humans that saved her by letting them watch some festival with the moon stone. They followed clefairy to a small cave with an open ceiling and it was already night time by the time they got there so the moon was full and the moon light was covering the area. As they entered the cave they saw a giant rock slightly glistening in the moon light and Clefairy was placing a stone near the bottom of the large one. As she set the stone it started to glow very brightly and Clefairy from the corners of the cave walked closer to the stone. The Clefairy all gathered around the Moon Stone and they began the festival. The Clefairy danced and hopped around the moon stone in harmony and it was clear that this was some sort of ritual and since it was never reported and hence it must be a rare one to see.
"What are they doing?" Ash asked Clefairy and Clefairy told him "We're praying to the moon stone".
The other three tried to guess what they were doing until Leaf asked "What did Clefairy say?" to Ash.
"They're praying to the moon stone" Ash replied and Brock and Seymour were confused at how Ash understood pokéspeech, "I can understand Pokémon, I'll explain later Brock" Ash said and they focused back to the Clefairy. As the prayer continued Greninja heard movement behind them and signaled to Ash to turn around.
"It's you jerks again," Ash exclaimed and the festival stopped and Ash was glaring at Team Rocket. The others turned around and saw the trio of nitwits as well.
"We're Team Rocket, you twerp! Show us some respect," Jessie yelled.
"Respect to three stupid idiots, who don't know when they're beaten. I think I'll pass," said Leaf.
"That's it! Koffing use smokescreen now" James said and released Koffing who immediately burst out a thick smoke that blanketed the area. Ash and co. were struggling to breathe and in that moment of distraction Team Rocket took the Moon Stone. As the smoke cleared the Moon stone was gone.
"Look there's a hole" Misty said and they gathered around it.
"Team rocket must have taken the stone by digging underneath it" Brock deduced.
Ash gritted his teeth a pulled a PokéBall out of his belt. "Steelix, I choose you," said Ash and the 'Iron Snake Pokémon' materialized.
"What's wrong, Ash," asked Steelix.
"Team Rocket took a large moon stone from these Clefairy. They went through this hole so you try to follow them" Ash said and Steelix started digging after Team Rocket.
"Brock, Misty, Seymour, you guys stay here and make sure the Clafairy are alright. Leaf, you're with me," instructed Ash and Leaf followed him while Brock, Misty and Seymour stayed to see if there were any injured Clefairy from the smoke.
As the idiots were sliding down the mountain on a platform with the moon stone tied on it and were gloating, Steelix emerged from the ground and appeared in front of them and Team Rocket collided with the Pokémon and were throw off.
"Since when there're trains down here," groaned Meowth.
"Good job, Steelix," said Ash as he and Leaf managed to catch up to the trio.
"Koffing hit them" "Ekans fight" Jessie and James yelled at the behemoths in front of them and Ekans and Koffing went in to hit Steelix.
"Greninja, use Water Shuriken," said Ash and Greninja leapt into the sky and shot several shuriken made of water and struck Koffing and Ekans and stopped them.
"It's the twerps again," growled Jessie.
Suddenly Seymour popped out of the hole and with him came all the Clefairy from earlier and they all gathered in front of Team Rocket. They then started to move their fingers and started to chant "Clefairy" over and over.
"What are they doing," asked James.
"That's Metronome! Aything could come out of it. Steelix, your body is solid enough to shield us," said Ash and Steelix shielded everyone from whatever attack was gonna come out of Metronome.
Suddenly Clefairy stopped moving and several powerful attacks, like Hyper Beam, Zap Cannon, Solar Beam, Sludge Wave and Dragon Pulse were fired at Team Rocket, which sent them blasting off.
As the light cleared there was a large crater where Team Rocket stood and from the sky small shards started to fall.
"We forgot to protect the Moon Stone," said Ash bitterly as Steelix let Ash and co. out.
The shards touched some of the Clefairy, and to everyone's surprise the Pokémon evolved into Clefable.
"Right, Ash said that Clefairy need to touch a moon stone to evolve" Misty said in understanding and the rest nodded. The remaining fragments left over were being gathered by the Clefable and the Clefairy who didn't want to evolve and the rest of them helped out. Everyone gathered all the fragments for the Clefable and they carried them back to the cave. As the moon light bathed the shards the group noticed the rocks starting to fuse together.
"Look the moonlight is fixing the Moon Stone" Seymour said as the rock eventually merged into one large but a bit smaller rock again.
When they reached the cave the rock was whole again and Steelix gently wrapped the stone in his tail and set the rock down back where it came from and soon after the Clefable started to dance around the Moon Stone again. As they were finishing their prayers Seymour made a startling announcement.
"You know, I have decided to stay here with the Clefairy and Clefable" Seymour said as they finished and everyone looked at him in shock.
"Are you sure?" Brock asked, "That's quite a decision".
"This has always been my dream. To find the moon stone but after seeing you kids in action my new dream is to protect the Moon Stone and learn more about and and maybe one day go into space with the Clefairy" Seymour said with a dreamy expression.
"OK, this guys is nuts. A rock can't shoot you into space," said Steelix.
"Clefairy, Clefable, what do you think? Will you accept this weirdo in your community," asked Greninja.
"After you left to get the stone back it was this man who inspired us to fight back and protect our sacred Moon Stone. We gladly accept him as one of ours," the Pokémon replied.
"The pokémon seem happy to accept you Seymour" Ash said, "So I think it will be fine and if you do go into space, do come back and let us know about it!" Ash said with a smile.
Seymour was thrilled and joined in with the dancing of the Clefairy and Clefable while Ash and co. slightly sweatdropped at the man.
"It's official. This guy is a complete wacko," said Pikachu as he made circles in the air with his paw.
Ash and co. left the cave and wished Seymour goodbye and continued the trek to Cerulean City for the next Gym Battle.
"Ash, how do you talk to Pokémon," asked Brock.
It was daybreak and the group were continuing on the path to Cerulean City. After leaving Seymour Ash returned Steelix back to his PokéBall and they travelled a few kilometres from Mount Moon before stopping from exhaustion and everyone had a quick dinner before sleeping. Then after getting up, eating breakfast and packing up their camp the trio continued back on the road.
"It's a weird story but I can use Aura like the Aura Guardians from the books" Ash explained, "And no it's not a fairytale I know another Aura Guardian who was from Sinnoh and he helped me get the basics" Ash explained.
"Using Aura I can communicate to Pokémon but you can do a lot more with it so I'm just an Aura Guardian-in-training," Ash explained.
"Wow" Brock said and was surprised that the stories were real and he could talk to Pokémon, that's a skill most breeders would give an arm for! "Can you teach me how to talk to Pokémon? I really want to talk to my Pokémon and ask them about my breeding and care techniques" Brock asked.
Ash said, "No, you have to be born with the ability to use Aura so it can't be taught but they all said you're a wonderful human and your skills are already quite good" while Brock looked happy that his Pokémon thought so highly of him.
As they walked they reached a signboard that said "Cerulean City" and stopped at it.
"Well looks like we're heading in the right direction" Leaf commented while Misty looked down and slightly depressed but the others didn't notice.
"Hey look there's writing on the sign" Brock said and a message was written in a Sharpie saying "Gary was here! Ash is a loser!"
"Gary is the loser if you ask me," said Pikachu.
"Yeah, I mean, his Squirtle lost to Gliscor," said Greninja.
"He's just a sore loser," said Leaf and Ash told Greninja to use Water Shuriken to clean up the poor attempt at humour and the company walked forwards towards Cerulean City.
To be continued…
Here's chapter 5, everyone. Sorry it took so long. I was planning to post it last week, but I got ill. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Leaf now has a female Nidoran and next time will be Ash's and Leaf's Cerulean Gym Battle. I'll see you all soon and until then, have a nice day.
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