"Welcome to the Pokemon center! How may I help you two?" Asked the nurse joy in Saffron as Gary and Brock walked up to the counter.
It was late out and they had spent the entire day walking.
"Oh nurse joy, your hair is the same color as my heart turns when I see you-GAHH" Brock tried until Gary punched him in his groin.
"Can you check up on my Pokemon and this Gengar. Just a warning, he may be a bit….tricksy" replied Gary as he placed Ashly's, Dawn's, may's and Serena's pokeballs on a tray on the counter along with Gengar's.
"Oh, and just so you know, four of these Pokemon are special" he added.
(Music: the illusionary Pokemon)
Nurse joy took the pokeballs back to where a series of machines were and placed them into a set of indentations in one of them.
Ashly, dawn, Serena, May (Pokemon forms), and Gengar all appeared in a set of glass covered chambers nearby, all of them were asleep, however They slowly began to wake up.
"Where are we?" Dawn asked in telepathy.
"Oh…so that's what your trainer meant by special. You are in the saffron Pokemon center. Please don't strain yourselves. Otherwise the recovery process will take twice as long" nurse joy answered.
"Strain ourselves? Why would we strain ourselves? This feels pretty nice…" Mumbled Ashly.
"That Dialga is so cute" joy gushed.
"What about us" dawn asked.
"Of course you are too! I've never seen chibi legendary Pokemon until now."
Serena yawned and wrapped her wings and tail around herself. Dawn on the other hand lay down on her side and May and Ashly on their bellies.
"If you don't mind me asking, how did a Gengar manage to knock out two legends and deal major damage to a third?" Asked a Chansey.
"Hehehehe…destiny bond. It's great for taking hostages as well as getting a mate" the Gengar laughed even though Joy couldn't understand it.
"Keep him away from me please…" The Chansey said to another one who was walking past.
"Don't worry, you aren't the first Pokemon he's creeped out in the last twelve or so hours…" Ashly said to it tiredly.
(End music)
Gary meanwhile was busy enjoying not being harmed or harassed by Ashly. He and Brock had been looking at a flyer for another Pokemon appeal contest taking place in Saffron in about a day from then…in Particular, the hot model on the front.
"Gary, when your team finds out what we've been doing, they are gonna kick our asses" Brock whispered.
"Heh heh…who said they have to know?" Gary laughed.
"Yeah….that's true…..hey, imagine how Ashly would look in a two piece?!" Brock asked. His friend did a spit take, somehow having acquired a water bottle in the past three seconds.
"Ok, dude, too far….way too far. First of all, she's a Pokemon, second she's your friend, third there's a huge age difference between you and her. If Officer Jenny or nurse joy find out about that, Ashly beating you up is gonna be the least of your worries"
"If Joy or I find out about what?" Asked the Saffron Jenny who was sitting next to them.
"Um…nothing…." Brock said quickly when he saw the book in her hands titled 'Pressure Points and How to Use Them"
Jenny nodded and went back to her book.
Back with Ashly's group, joy had returned them to their balls. Inside of those, a simulation of a lounge was present.
"That felt really nice…" Dawn sighed. She was resting on a soft pillow.
"Yeah…and even the inside of these pokeballs is rather pleasant. It's so nice and warm" Serena replied.
May nodded And looked over at Ashly who had been chasing a few simulated Butterfree.
Gary walked up to the counter and took back his Pokeballs which he clipped onto his belt.
"Now to face Sabrina" he declared while walking towards the entrance
"Not so fast young man! It's one minute till curfew so you aren't going outside until tomorrow!" Joy told him. She grabbed him by the back of his shirt and dragged him away from the doors.
Gary reached out in despair as he saw the shutters closing, cutting off his path to the gym for the remainder of the night.
"But Joy, I won't be able to sleep!" He complained.
"Well then I'm sure you can use this time to plan out your approach to the Pokemon expo coming up. It is part of the Chain Charged Circuit after all and according to your files, you entered the circuit. Now get to your room. I didn't check you into the center earlier for no reason" she replied as she pushed him into a room and shut the door behind him.
"Brock, when did you get in here?" He asked the breeder.
"Nurse Joy told me she wouldn't ever go out with me if I didn't come in here" Brock replied.
"You know she won't go out with you regardless, right?" Gary asked.
Brock fell to his hands and knees as the background blackened and a spot light shone on him. He began to here his mind's voice overlapping with itself.
'What does my life mean' 'Ashly is much younger and she already has a soulmate' 'I mean surely it's not too late to try online dating' 'well there has to be someone out there' 'Gary had a fan club on his first journey full of hot girls' 'POKEMON, GOTTA CATCH EM ALL!'
Gary sweatdropped, then he helped Brock up..
"Maybe you'll feel better in the morning" he said as he pushed him into a bed, then lay down in the one next to it.
As soon as the center opened the next day, Gary ran to Sabrina's gym and flung the doors to her arena open.
"I see you came back, so welcome. And I hope you have a ghost Pokemon" she greeted. Her Haunter flew over to Brock and waved.
"Oh hey Haunter. I met one of your friends" Brock greeted. He sent Gengar out and The ghost Pokemon both began to whack one another on the head with squeaky mallets comedically while laughing at each other.
"The battle between the challenger and The gym leader, Sabrina will now commence. Each side will use one Pokemon. The match will end when one side's Pokemon is unable to battle. Now, send out your Pokemon!" Sabrina's Dad announced as he telliported in.
(Music: kanto elite four/gym battle theme)
"Alakazam, Go" Sabrina said calmly as she levitated a pokeball off of her waist and onto the field.
"Let's go, Serena" Gary shouted as he sent her out.
"Last the battle begin!" Sabrina's dad called.
"I see you have a Dark type. This match could end up being very troublesome for me" Sabrina observed.
"You know it. Now Serena, use Hurricane!" Gary said.
Serena flapped her wings faster and faster until a large whirlwind had formed in the center of the arena. It began to pull Alakazam into it.
"Teleport" Sabrina told her Pokemon who complied and warped away from the attack.
"Change to Razor Wind!" Gary shouted.
The whirlwind separated into sharp disks of air and then began to shoot towards Alakazam. Some hitting him before he warped again.
Sabrina grinned "Use Dazzling Gleam" she said as Alakazam appeared behind Serena. It sent out many beams of light which sent her into the arena floor.
"Telekinesis!" Sabrina ordered.
Her pokemon's eyes glowed red and Serena was thrown into a wall then lifted into the air.
"Escape with Phantom Force!" Gary yelled.
Serena vanished from sight.
"Alakazam, search for it" Sabrina said.
It however looked around in confusion.
Sabrina looked on in worry.
"A-Alakazam? What's wrong? Can't you find his Pokemon?!" She gasped.
"Of course! Phantom force makes the user not only disappear but also unable to be located! Nice one Gary!" Brock shouted.
"Quick, Minimize and then Detect!" Sabrina commanded. Her Alakazam seemed to shrink, then it's eyes flashed white.
"Bad idea, Sabrina. Attack now!" Gary yelled.
A massive force struck Alakazam, sending it careening into a wall. The impact forming a small crater which it fell out of with swirl eyes. "Aaallllaaaa…." It groaned.
"Alakazam is unable to battle, the winner is the challenger" Sabrina's dad announced while Sabrina recalled her fainted Pokemon.
(End music)
(Note: Phantom force gets its damage boosted by a slightly notable fraction if the target used moves like minimize, detect, or protect. And the same goes for ones like Stomp. Phantom Force can also hit Pokemon even if they have used moves that would normally negate an attack used by their opponent. Combine this fact with Serena's type advantage over Alakazam and the damage she had already done to it and there really wasn't much Sabrina could do to delay, more or less stop the inevitable)
Gary ran onto the field and hugged Serena who was still in her Pokemon form.
"Gary….i can't breath…" He heard her say in his mind so he let her go. She flew over to where Gengar and Haunter were now rearranging one another's faces. "Thanks Gengar. I wouldn't have been able to win if you hadn't helped me" she said.
"Heh heh, no problem kiddo. I'm gonna' stay here with my pal Haunter. Maybe we'll send Ghastly a postcard too. Nice meeting ya' though" it replied.
Sabrina levitated a marsh badge over to Gary Who took it and struck the same pose he had with the thunder badge.
As he walked out of the gym with Brock on his right and Ashly (human form) on his left he walked ahead and turned to face them.
"So we got some time to kill before the expo. What do you say we go and try paid volunteer work out?" He asked.
"I'm not gonna work unless it involves me eating. You were in such a rush to fight Sabrina that you didn't feed any of us" Ashly told him angrily.
"We'll eat after we make some money, Ashly. I'm really not too concerned about your unending need to consume the world's food supply" Gary replied rudely while turning back around only to feel someone tapping his shoulder.
He turned back slowly and saw Brock glaring at him with enough anger to make a Mega Tyranitar run for its life.
"A trainer's first priority is the health and wellbeing of their pokemon. If you aren't going to feed your team, then I'll make them a meal…OUT OF YOUR DEAD BODY" Brock yelled.
(We are so proud of you, Brocko)
"Ok…food first then" Gary whimpered as he shrank under Brock's glare.
About fifteen minutes later, Gary, Brock, May, Ashly, Dawn, and Serena (the girls were in their human forms) were all sitting in a Restaurant booth together.
"That was a good battle, Serena!" May congratulated.
"Yeah, you were awesome!" Agreed Dawn, to which Ashly nodded and took a drink of her water.
"Thanks…but how were you able to see it if you weren't out at the time?" Serena asked.
"Well apparently, pokeballs can show you the outside world if you want to see it" Ashly answered.
"Well well well, if it isn't Gary and his harem" laughed a voice.
Jack walked up and grinned at them. May clenched her first while Serena looked away. Ashly and dawn just glared at him angrily.
"I'm not in romantic relationships with any of them. I hope you managed to get back to Pewter to challenge the gym's substitute" Gary replied.
"Yeah, I did. And I have the badge to prove it" Jack retorted as he held up a boulder badge.
Brock leaned over to Gary. "I have to say… that badge is genuine" he whispered.
"So I thought you had died on the ship, mind telling me how you managed to escape?" Jack asked.
"Simple. We made our own escape" Ashly replied.
"After that, Then we got lost on some island full of giant Pokemon for about a day or so…" Added Dawn.
"Oh, you mean Pokemon land? The tourist attraction that offers viewers a look at heavily scaled up versions of wild pokemon in the form of robots?" Jack asked.
"Yeah….I think last time we were there, we broke everything" Brock chuckled.
"Then we made our way to Porta Vista" finished Serena.
"Well it was fun catching up. I just hope you can beat me tomorrow at the expo" Jack told them as he left.
After leaving the restaurant, Gary took them all to the Silph Company building.
"Hello and welcome. How may I help you all?" Asked a lady at a counter.
"We needed a bit of cash and thought we could do some work for you for a bit of the day" Gary explained.
"I see. We may have some jobs for you. Follow me. I'll show you to the locker rooms" she said.
The lady brought them to a room containing several changing stalls and several rows of lockers. Upon looking inside of some of them, they found some folded up rubber suits, and tool belts.
"Gary, this shows off my breasts too much" Ashly complained as she walked out of a stall wearing one of the suits which was clearly skin tight.
"Wow….those are sure are nice…." Brock said as he stared at her. May walked up behind him and kicked him between the legs.
"Thanks, May" Ashly called, nodding at her.
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As they were walking into the Pokemon center later, Brock looked over at Ashly. She was covering her face with her hands in embarrassment.
"What's with you?" He asked.
"So many people were staring….." She whined.
(After an exciting gym battle with Sabrina and a few minor mishaps at Silph Co, our heroes have laid down to rest. The next Pokemon expo is tomorrow and only one question remains…will they win it? Find out next time on Pokemon)