Chapter 15 Galar Route 4
"Look, there is the exit!" Gloria yells as they see the light shining from outside. The six of them rush towards the exit of the mines, and they see the gym up ahead.
"This route is so different, we can see the big stadium even we are still at the entrance of the route..." Lillie says.
"Indeed." Ash says. "Let's see what we can capture there."
"Not so fast twerp!" Just then, Ash, Dawn, Serena, and Lillie flinch as they know the source of the voice.
"Prepare for trouble." "And make it double." Then they see four figures jumps in front of them.
"To protect the world from devastation." "To unite all people within our nation."
"To denounce the evils of truth and love!" "To extend our reach to the stars above!"
"Jessie." "And James." "Team Rocket blast off with the speed of light." "Surrender now, or prepare to fight!"
"Meowth, that's right." "Wobbuffet!"
Ash groans as he thought he had already stopped Giovanni and his evil deeds, he says, "Team Rocket, you are here in this region as well?"
"When are you guys going to learn?" Dawn sighs.
Mark says, "So they are the infamous Team Rocket that stalks you for 8 years?"
"Yeah...it is starting to get annoying..." Ash says, but then he realizes Meowth is not the usual Meowth, considering that it has greyish-brown coat resembling a beard, as well as yellow eyes and a toothy grin. The coin on it also becomes black.
"Hey, what happened to your Meowth?" Serena asks.
"The blasting off caused parts of my body into iron, and I couldn't take it off this time. But twerps, we are not going to take Pikachu." Meowth says.
"Why should we listen to you? How many times you have fooled us?" Lillie asks.
"But this time Team Rocket is no more." Jessie says, causing them to be surprised. "Really?" Alice asks.
Ash checks their hearts and then he says, "So Team Rocket is destroyed by my Mother, huh? Considering that your boss is her brother?"
"Wait, what? We are related to the leader of Team Rocket?" Trenor asks, and the other girls are also in shock at the truth.
James says, "Yes, twerp...I think I should call you Ash instead. Team Rocket has been changing good thanks to the help of your father."
"See, the reason we come is that I want to become your Pokemon, twerp." Meowth says.
"You? My Pokemon?" Ash asks in confusion.
"Are you serious?" Serena asks in shock.
Jessie says, "He has been yelling about this for a while, we couldn't stop him."
"I see. Welcome to the team." As Ash tries to take the Pokeball, he says, "Wait, twerp. I want to be like that Pikachu, I am not going inside the ball."
"Okay. But I have to register you first." Then he captures Meowth and immediately sends it out. Dawn asks, "Then what about you two?"
Jessie says, "I am going to Unova for my movie career." James says, "And I decide to return to Kanto since I have to face my family problems."
"I see, I hope you have a good journey." Then the Team Rocket members leave. Lillie says, "I still can't believe that they have a change of heart."
"Yeah, but it doesn't matter since people change." Ash frowns. While Ash has the former Rocket Meowth which becomes the Galar Form. Rotom also scans the Pokemon to see more information.
Meowth Galarian Form, the Scratch Cat Pokemon: Steel Type. Living with a savage, seafaring people has toughened this Pokémon's body so much that parts of it have turned to iron.
As they continue to walk forward, Serena falls down to the ground thanks to a Grass Knot, Ash rushes towards her and asks, "Are you alright? Serena?"
"I am fine...but what's going on?" Then the ground starts to split and then a Pumpkaboo appears. "A Pumpkaboo?"
"I guess it was resting inside the ground." Lillie says.
"Well, I think I will like a Ghost-type for my team." Trenor says as he throws a Poke Ball on the Pumpkaboo, and just with one try, it is captured.
"What? You caught it that easy?" Ash asks.
Meowth says, "It is possible, consider Jessie did the same thing back in Kalos."
Then they spot 3 Eevee playing under the tree. Pikachu wanted to join in the fun, so they played together for a day. As for Ash, he decides to train up his Pokemon so that some of them can evolve into strong Pokemon.
Grookey is battling some Goldeen and Arrokuda in the river nearby, and thus it gains much experience and evolves into a lighter green-colored monkey with two drumsticks.
"So this is Grookey's evolution...Rotom, what is it called?" "Leave it to me, Roto."
Thwackey: The Beat Pokemon: Grass Type. Evolved from Grookey at LV:16. The faster a Thwackey can beat out a rhythm with its two sticks, the more respect it wins from its peers.
Then they also notice a female Pikachu hiding in the yellow grass with a small blush after seeing Ash's Pikachu. So Pikachu decides to approach the Pokemon. And then the two of them feel comfortable with each other as they start to nuzzle. Ash giggles, "So Alice, why don't you capture this Pikachu?"
"Me?" Alice asks as the female Pikachu prepares for a battling stance. "So you want me to battle you?" It nods and then Alice sends out Sobble.
"Why are you using a Water Type like Sobble?" Serena asks.
"I trust Sobble to handle this. Use Water Pulse." As the attack tries to land, Pikachu uses Thunder Shock to reflect it. Then it uses Tail Whip, causing the Pokemon to lower its defense.
"That won't scare me, use Pound." Sobble charges, but then Pikachu winks and then hearts appear. "Oh no, it is Attract!" Ash says.
Pikachu suddenly feels uneasy as he sees how Sobble is acting towards her. But Sobble's evolution causes him to break out of it and then defeat Pikachu.
"Wow, Sobble evolved." Gloria says as she scans the Pokemon.
Drizzile: The Water Lizard Pokemon: Water Type. Evovled from Sobble at LV:16. A clever combatant, this Pokémon battles using water balloons created with moisture secreted from its palms.
Alice uses the chance to capture the Pokemon in the end, but like Ash, it refuses to go inside the Pokeball.
"Now I'm going to capture a Ferroseed of my own." Gloria says as she sends Scorbunny to battle the Pokemon. With the Blaze Kick, it manages to deal some damage. Ferroseed tries to use Bullet Seed, but Scorbunny dodges it, only to be hit by Ferroseed's Iron Head.
"Scorbunny, are you okay?" Gloria says as she tries to take out Drillbur to help, but Scorbunny stops her and then evolves, using the Flame Charge to knock out the Steel-type Pokemon.
"Now it is a Raboot." Rotom says.
Raboot: The Rabbit Pokémon: Fire Type. Evolved from Scorbunny at LV:16. Its thick and fluffy fur protects it from the cold and enables it to use hotter fire moves.
"Nice work, Raboot." Gloria then takes out a Poke Ball and then captures the Unova Pokemon. "And a new partner for my team."
As for Dawn, she notices that her Buneary is feeling heartbroken after seeing how Alice's Pikachu is close to Ash's Pikachu. She tried to break them apart, but she got scolded by Ash's Pikachu, causing it to be sad.
"I feel so sorry about Buneary..." Dawn frowns.
"I agree." Ash says, "She got rejected. What are you going to do?"
"If only there is a way to cheer her up..." Dawn frowns. "I really hate to see how sad Buneary is..."
"Maybe you should let her have some time." Alice says, and Dawn can only recall the Pokemon.
Lillie is relaxing with Snowy by her side, she says, "Snowy, it looks like the Melemele Meadows, don't you think?"
Snowy barks and then they see a Cutiefly resting on the fox Pokemon. "It seems like you have a Cutiefly approaching you."
Snowy at first is a little scared, but with Lillie's persuasion, she gets relaxed and then Cutiefly feels comfortable. Lillie then decides to capture the Pokemon in the end.
"Now I guess it is time for us to go." Ash says, but before they leave, the three Eevee that played with Ash's and Alice's Pikachu want to come with them. After a game of rock paper scissors with everyone except for Ash, the ones who get Eevee are Lillie, Gloria, and Alice.
As they are down going the hill, they hear someone yells, "Wooloo, where do you think you are going?"
They turn around and see a Wooloo rolling down as it stops as Alice is the one that it bumps into.
"Not again..." Alice groans as the Wooloo is on top of her.
"My, are you OK?" They see the First Gym Leader, Milo rushing towards them. "You took that Tackle head-on..."
Alice is held by Ash and Ash says, "She is fine, you don't need to worry."
Milo sees Ash and says, "Oh my, the Prince of Galar. It is an honor to meet you, I saw you and you two girls at the opening ceremony, and I liked your speech."
"Why thank you." Ash says.
"My name is Milo as you know. I am a Gym Leader and rather partial to Grass-type Pokemon. I've been itching to see just how good the prince and the Champion-endorsed Gym Challengers are. Let me find out at the Gym Stadium. Just head on through this route and you'll run right into my stadium. See you there."
Gloria says, "Thank you."
As Milo is about to leave, the Wooloo is still nuzzling Alice. Milo says, "Come on, Wooloo, we have to go, we can't let the gym trainers wait."
Wooloo then pouts as it goes with Milo. Alice sighs and says, "I just don't get why Wooloo tends to get close to me..."
"Who knows?" Serena says, "But I know how you feel."
Just then, they notice a poacher having a bag full of Pokemon as they are calling for help. They hide in the corner and Ash asks, "Rotom, what are those Pokemon?"
"They are Milcery." Rotom replies.
Milcery: The Cream Pokemon: Fairy Type. This Pokémon was born from sweet-smelling particles in the air. Its body is made of cream.
"From the looks of it, there are a lot of them inside the net." Serena says.
"We have to save them. That's for sure." Ash says as he decides to face the poacher head-on. The poacher doesn't care who Ash is as he tries to attack him with Tyranitar, but Ash has Pikachu use Iron Tail, slamming him to the ground. At the same time, Mark manages to call officer Jenny to arrest the poacher, and the others break the net to let all Milcery set free.
"Now you guys are free to go." Ash says with a smile, but much to his horror and shock, all of the Milcery want to come with Ash.
"Hold on a second...I can not bring all of you to my team! There are a number of 64 of you guys!" Ash says in horror.
"I can take one if you want." Mark says as he captures the one who is interested in him. "But for the others..."
Ash decides to call his father for help, and Adam arrives with the help of Flying Taxi. He has Hoopa teleport all 63 of them to the castle, and he decides to make a room for those Milcery to live in.
"I was expecting to capture some new Pokemon...but I wasn't expecting to capture a total of 63 same Pokemon..." Ash mutters. "This sure is a disaster."
"We all know." Trenor says as the other girls chuckle a little.
Team Rocket is disbanded in the story and the trio splits up. And Meowth is now a Galarian Pokemon and he will be another traveling companion for Ash. As for Milcery, Ash is going to have a hard time evolving all of them, he is lucky to have a castle as his home, or else he doesn't know how to take care of a number of 63 Milcery. I hope you like it and the next chapter will not be the gym yet. I have a surprise in the next chapter.
Ash's New Pokemon: Thwackey, Skwovet, Rookidee, Dottler, Nickit, Gossifleur, Wooloo, Chewtle, Yamper, Carkol, Arrokuda, Zigzagoon (G), Meowth (G), Milcery x63
Mark's Pokemon: Blaziken, Magikarp, Arrokuda, Milcery
Trenor's Pokemon: Skwovet, Oddish, Swampert, Pumpkaboo, Onix, Basculin, Noibat
Alice's Pokemon: Wooloo x30, Butterfree (Pink), Sizzlipede, Drizzile, Gossifleur, Pikachu, Eevee
Gloria's Pokemon: Minccino, Pidove, Purrloin, Raboot, Chewtle, Ferroseed, Eevee, Woobat
Dawn's Pokemon: Buneary, Hoothoot, Mudbray, Duskull, Piplup, Quilava, Wingull, Oddish, Pachirisu, Mamoswine, Togekiss
Serena's Pokemon: Bunnelby, Pancham, Drifloon, Budew, Combee, Drilbur, Braixen, Bounsweet, Nuzleaf, Sylveon
Lillie's Pokemon: Eevee, Tyrogue, Magearna, Shellder, Yamper, Cherubi, Vulpix (A)