A/N well, chapter 8 for you guys, and I know you will like it, and I'm sorry it took so long with all my stories. I haven't been able to update much this since there has been family loss and death lately.
Legend "Talking"
"Thinking"
"Pokedex"
"Inner Sakura and Kyuubi"
Chapter 8 the Waterflowers of Cerulean City
Ash and Co were making their way to Cerulean City, yet Sakura noticed Misty was missing and was worried about her female friend. "There is something up, ever since Misty saw that sign to Cerulean City, she has been acting weird, and now she is nowhere to be seen." Sakura thought as she then caught sight of Misty, who was running up to them.
On the other hand, Ash just smiled as he placed his hands behind his head and grinned. "You know it's days like this that you just want to sit back and relax and enjoy the sunshine," Ash said with a grin.
"Yeah, and while you're relaxing and enjoying the sunshine, Gary is catching more Pokémon," Brock said while Ash just sighed as Ash looked over at Brock, who was smiling still. "But, I guess a Pokémon trainer can catch Pokémon and enjoy the sun."
While Naruto just had a bigger grin on his face looking at Ash. "You seem to hate this, Gary, huh?" Naruto asked as he put his hands on the back of his head, all the while smiling.
"Well, it not like you can talk Naruto, I mean, just look at you and Sasuke," Sakura said with a smirk knowing just how bad they could get.
Hearing this, Naruto just fell to the ground and just looked up at Sakura. "Come, Sakura-chan, I'm not that bad dattebayo," Naruto said as fake tears came out his eyes, while all Sakura did was giggle at this.
On the other hand, Pikachu just looked back, wondering where Misty was, but the little yellow mouse soon saw the young red-headed girl running up to them. "Hey, wait a minute!" Misty yelled at the four, while Pikachu was happy that Misty was still with them and gave her a happy 'Chu.'
On the other hand, Sakura was also wondering what Misty was hiding. After all, she was smart and being a ninja, and she could tell that there was something that Misty was hiding from them. But Sakura couldn't tell what it was, was there something Misty was not telling them and the pink-haired ninja was determined to find out what made Misty not want to go to Cerulean City.
"Where do you think you're going?" Misty asked in a panicked voice, looking at her friends.
"Oh, I know where we're going, Misty," Ash said with a smiled as he looked at her with a smile on his face.
Naruto merely nodded and grinned even more. "Yeah, Misty Chan, we're going to Cerulean City."
"You don't want to go there!" exclaimed Misty, not liking the idea of the three going to Cerulean City of all places though she didn't want to give a reason for not wanting to go there due to something she wanted to keep to herself. "Especially as there could be something bad in the area, guys, and you should just skip it altogether."
"What exactly are you talking about?" asked Sakura, now curious about Misty's reaction all of a sudden and that there is something she wasn't telling them. "Are you feeling alright or something?"
"I'm fine, Sakura, it's just… warning you of some of the dangers of going there," Misty told the pink-haired girl, trying to come up with a good excuse for this whole mess.
"Don't worry, I'll protect you girls and show whatever is there whose boss, believe it!" yelled Naruto, looking forward to taking on this problem that Misty was talking about though she wasn't too thrilled with it and tried to come up with something else.
On the other hand, Pikachu let out a small sigh then glanced at Ash and the others without saying a word despite wanting to object to this. Whatever it was as it wouldn't be anything to worry about as they can deal with it. "Oh, really?" asked Misty. "You wouldn't be like that if you knew that it's full of scary Ghost Pokemon that look like this…" she did what she thought would be a scary face that a monster would have, but all it instead made Ash laugh at this.
"Nice face Misty!" Ash said, managing to control himself, then decided to continue heading for Cerulean City for his second Gym Battle, and he's sure that Naruto and Sakura would want to win second their badge. "Come on, guys."
"HEY, NOW JUST WAIT, A SECOND!" she called out to the others, quickly blocking their path once again and came up with a new idea to stop them. "What about Vermillion City? It's right near the water, and there's lots of awesome Pokemon, plus you can watch all the yachts docking into the harbor, and there's a little park that's way up on a hill where you can watch the romantic sunsets..." she decided to finish off that idea with some style. "It's much nicer than that old Cerulean City, so let's get going!"
"Okay, let's go!" Ash yelled with a massive grin on his face.
Misty was quite relieved to hear this; unfortunately, Ash wasn't close to finishing his sentence yet, and he concluded it with the following words. "To Cerulean City!" Only this shocked her to no end and caused her to land face-first onto the ground as Ash, Pikachu, Brock, Naruto, and Sakura continued heading to their location, much to her dismay. "I gotta win more Trainer Badges, and since there's a gym there…."
"That makes sense to me," added Brock, nodding to the younger man's enthusiasm at this upcoming battle while Misty got back onto her feet with an annoyed look on her face as now she didn't know what else to do.
"Oh, I never wanted to end up back there." Was all Misty said with a light moan at what was to come from going to Cerulean City? "But it looks like they won't stop." Misty thought to herself looked ahead, and just gave one last sigh
The next morning Ash and the others had arrived at Cerulean City. "So, this must be Cerulean City, the place Misty told us not to go to," Naruto said, looking around a little trying to find the monsters Misty was talking about in the first place. "Well, there are no monsters here. Maybe Misty was wrong," Naruto said while all Sakura could do hearing this just nodded her head.
Ash, on the other hand, was pretty amazed by the city as well. "Wow, this City is pretty amazing," Ash said, but when he looked back, he noticed that Misty. "Hey, look that odd. Misty's not following us anymore."
"She honestly didn't want to come to Cerulean City, did she?" Brock said, not seeing Misty with them.
"Yeah, it makes me wonder why Misty hats this place so much," Naruto said as it seemed like a beautiful place.
"Ahhh, we'll never understand, girls," Ash said, shaking his head.
"Hey, guys, go on ahead to the gym. I'm going to see if I can find Misty," Sakura said with a smile. "After all, she must be in this town as I think there was more to what she was letting on." The pink-haired ninja said as she began to run off in her search for her female friend.
Sakura looked around most of Cerulean City, trying to find Misty, knowing that her friend had to be here somewhere. After a little time, Sakura soon saw said girl coming out of a flower shop with some flowers in her arms. Sakura wondered why Misty had brought some flowers; Sakura knew she needed to get closer and used the skills that she was, after all, taught to get a closer look and to hear what was going on.
"What's Misty doing with those flowers?" Sakura asked, now looking at Misty's lovely set of flowers in her arms, which Ino would agree if only Ino were here.
Sakura just kept on following Misty, making sure that the red-headed girl never saw her. "What are you doing, Misty?" Was all Sakura asked herself as she continued to follow Misty until she reached the graveyard of her hometown, making Sakura even more curious about this?
Misty, however, had reached two gravestones as she placed the flowers in front of them, and all Misty did was give a smile as she looked at the names, which read Julia Waterflower and Kirk Waterflower. "Hi Mum, hi Dad," Misty said as tears began to fall down her face.
Sakura just quietly moved forward to Misty; hearing what she said wand was shocked at this. "I miss you both so much." Misty continued as she said sorry for leaving home without saying goodbye to them.
"Misty?" wondered Sakura as she listened in to what was taking place and didn't say a single word until the red-haired Pokemon trainer took notice of this. "Oh, I'm sorry… I didn't mean to walk in on this moment, and…."
"Don't worry about it…" began Misty, giving her a sad smile, then allowed the pink-haired ninja to come closer towards the gravestone before her smile faded away, which made Sakura a bit concerned for her new friend.
"These are your parents, huh?" she asked Misty, who only nodded her head to confirm it was then and didn't know what else to say. "It must have been terrible having lost someone you cared about, doesn't it?" Once again, Misty nodded her head silently, causing Sakura to frown even more. "Misty, I'm so sorry," Sakura said as she placed her hand on Misty's left should to try and comfort her.
Misty merely smiled as she turned to look at Sakura and smiled lightly at the pink-haired girl. "Thanks, Sakura; this was just one of the reasons I just didn't want to come back home," Misty said, looking back to where her parents were both buried.
Yet this only made Sakura wonder why else Misty didn't want to come back. After all, this was her home. The place that she was born, why didn't she want to go back home. "So Misty, why didn't you want to come back home?" Sakura asked, knowing that Misty was still hiding something, and from the way the orange-haired girl was frowning, it was nothing good.
Standing up, Misty just began to walk away from the graveyard and gave a huff. "My sisters are the problem," Misty said while looking down at her feet as she tightened her fist. "They are the main reason for me not wanting to come back home, Sakura."
The more that Misty told Sakura, the more Sakura wanted to know why she hated her sisters. "Come on, Misty. They can't be that bad. I mean, they are your family after all." Sakura said but knew that she didn't know how it was like to be the youngest sibling being an only child.
"Sakura, you must be an only child, so you wouldn't know," Misty said to her with a deep sigh escaping from her lips. "My sisters are well; they can be vain still. I'm not sure what to think of it as they are still family."
"I see, you don't know the half of what I've been through…" explained Sakura with a frown on her face as she felt like Misty is like her in a way, even if she has family members left while she had none at all. "Then there's Naruto. He doesn't have any parents left either."
"Really? You're kidding, right?" asked Misty in shock at this, wondering why he never told her or Ash before as it didn't seem that obvious at all. "Why would he hide this from us this whole time?"
"I think he has his reasons for doing so…" answered Sakura, shrugging a bit as much as she could even she never knew the reasons for his parents being dead and what caused their deaths to begin with, but she didn't know who they are.
Sakura then smiled as she looked at Misty. "So you're the Gym leader then, or at least one of them?" Sakura asked with a grin on her face, and she couldn't wait to see what Naruto and Ash would say to this.
Misty just nodded at this and smiled. "Well yeah, but I would rather be a Water, Pokémon Master," Misty said as she smiled a little more.
Sakura just looked at Misty with a smile as she began to wonder who she would have to face. "So, who do I have to get the badge from then?" The pink Kunoichi asked.
Misty couldn't help but give a soft laugh at Sakura. "Well, we could, but it would have to be at the Gym, that if my sister didn't run the Gym into the ground," Misty said with a deep sigh.
Sakura just nodded as the two headed to the Gym, where they knew Misty's sister would give out badges. "I just hope they aren't messing up," Misty thought as she wanted to make sure that she was wrong in what her sisters were doing.
While this was going on, Ash, Brock, and Naruto were still heading towards the Gym. The three then saw a large crowd and even a few police, which made the three wonder what was going on.
"What happened?" asked Naruto, somewhat confused by this whole event that was currently taking place. They decided to see what was going on; this made Ash and Brock, in general, wondering even more as they arrived at the scene as several police officers were investigating the area.
"Excuse me, do you know what happened here?" Ash asked someone among the crowd, seeing that it had to be very important if the police were there.
"Some burglars broke into that store last night," answered the man in question, shocking the three males even more as to what those burglars in question would steal and why this place, to begin with but would have to leave this.
"Burglars, huh?" frowned Ash, not knowing what to make of this, and it was then that one of the officers took notice of them with a serious expression on her face.
"Just what do you know about burglars?" she asked them, slightly suspicious towards the three in front of her, and she looked very familiar to Ash and Naruto since they met someone like her back at Viridian City not too long back. "You three look very suspicious to me."
"You're Officer Jenny, that motorcycle officer from Viridian!" began Ash, looking as if he was genuinely happy to see her again though he would notice that she was quite surprised by this assumption, which made her even more suspicious of them.
"Ah, so that must mean you must have met my sister-in-law." She said with a smile at the three males.
Naruto looked at Officer Jenny and wondered how all the Joys he had seen, and now Officer Jenny looked the same. "What's going? How can all the Nurse Joys and all the Officer Jenny's look the same?" Naruto thought
"If you know my sister-in-law, that means you must have had trouble with the police in Viridian?" She asked as Jenny looked at all three boys who just backed away as she crossed her arms over her chest.
"Well, you see, I…." Ash tried to say, as he was now a little worried at what Jenny would do to him and his two friends.
"Now, maybe you stopped to ask her for direction, or maybe you found a wallet on the street and turned it into her." She said, and once again, she smirked at the three. "Or maybe you're a bugler who's broken out of jail!" She yelled as she took out a pair of handcuffs.
"I've never been to jail," Ash yelled in shock at this while Jenny just smirked at the three.
"Neither have I, ma'am," added Brock, looking slightly nervous at this and not only him, but Naruto was just as shocked as the other two males with him as there was something about this Jenny that was freaking him out.
"Hey, what's your deal? We're not criminals; we're just Pokemon trainers!" Naruto tried to explain as truthfully as possible, especially as they know that they never stole anything in their entire life. "We were just wondering about what was going on at this place."
"The criminals always return at the scene of the Crime," smiled Jenny, still thinking that they aren't who they say they are, especially as this gave Ash an idea that could help them out.
"Maybe this would help clear things up." Ash and Naruto both showed Jenny their respective Pokedex, which also serves as their I.D.s to prove that they are not criminals whatsoever. They learned from Jenny at Viridian City that they needed those items just in case.
"Yeah, and I was the leader of the Pewter City Gym," Brock explained as Brock pulled out his badge to show Jenny that he was who he said he was.
"Well, that's evidence enough for me," She said as she put away her hand cough. "I'm so sorry I was suspicious of you three," Jenny said, a little embarrassed at what she had just done, and accused the three of the crime. "Now I'm suspicious of my sister in law she has such weirs taste in friends."
"Um, Miss, I was wondering, since I'm new in town, maybe we could get together tonight, and you can show me around?" Brock asked as he began to smile while both Naruto and Ash looked over at their friend with a frown on their faces.
"Well, I'm not off duty until past your bedtime, and I might even have to work round the clock to catch buglers," Jenny said as she closed her eyes and smiled, while Brock was a little disappointed to hear this. Ash and Naruto, on the other hand, just looked at him as they both laughed a little.
Naruto was a little more curious about what got stolen. "Um, what exactly did they steal?" Naruto asked.
"Well, that's the odd thing they didn't steal the money, just a massive vacuum and a giant hose," Jenny said as she crossed her arms also wonder why someone would take that and not the money.
"Why would anyone take something like that? You even said they could have taken the money unless they are planning something much bigger," Ash said, thinking it over, trying to work it out.
"I'm sure I have no idea, but I have better things to do than to play guessing games with three little boys." She said as she went back, trying to get the group to move on with their day.
However, this, in turn, made the three boys somewhat confused, but they decided against asking more on the subject, especially as they didn't want to do anything to make her mad, and headed off in the opposite direction. "This could have gone better…" muttered Naruto with a frown, which made him even more curious about what was going on, as were Ash and Brock, although Misty was still nowhere to be found.
"Tell me about it…" added Ash, slightly confused as well and Pikachu silently, especially with Brock finding it suspicious as to why anyone would steal from a place like this and had a feeling who would be behind the theft.
A while later, and still no sign of Misty or Sakura, all three males sat down on a bench, each one a little relieved that they had I.D. on them to show Jenny. "Man, it was a good thing we had our Pokedex Ash and that you had a spare badge Brock," Naruto said with a sigh.
Ash simply nodded at this as Brock nodded too and looked over at Ash and Naruto. "Hey, shouldn't you two head over to Cerulean Gym?" He asked the two. "After all, Sakura might be there already."
The two just nodded at this, knowing Sakura might already have her badge if she had found Misty. Naruto looked over at Brock and wondered if he knew anything about the Gym leader of this city.
It was a good thing that Ash was also thinking of this. "Hey, Brock, have you got any inside information on the Gym leader here?"
"Yeah, after all, it may help us beat the guy." Naruto also said with a grin on his face. After all, Ash and I need to know all we can before we have our match with him."
"Yeah, after all, know you enemy know yourself, and you hold the key to victory," Ash said with a smile on his face.
Brock just simple smiled at the two. "Well, I never meet the trainer here, but I do know what Pokemon he uses."
When Ash and Naruto heard this, both just smiled, knowing that this will be much easier than they first thought. "Dattebayo, can you tell us then?"
"I'm sorry you two, but I can't give you information, after all, I was a Gym leader too, so I can't you, out of respect, you can understand right," Brock told the two with a smile, but he did have faith that they could win.
"Well, that's not fair, but to be honest, I guess it couldn't hurt if we find out who the leader is ourselves, right?" suggested Naruto, yet Ash was still kind of disappointed with this and decided to go with his friend's wishes after all.
"That's cool…" began Ash; it was then that the three trainers decided to get up and head in the direction of Cerulean City. Even though the raven-haired trainer couldn't help but wonder what Brock was hiding from him and Naruto along the way, the former Pewter City Gym Leader stopped in his tracks.
"Well, I have some stuff that I need to do. You should go check the gym out," said Brock, gesturing for the two younger men to head off without him, and it ended up confusing them even more.
"What stuff?" asked Ash, wanting to know what Brock was talking about, let alone that he had some stuff he needed to do.
"Just stuff, see you two later," answered Brock, taking his leave. At the same time, both Ash and Naruto still couldn't believe it and figured they could at least make a few preparations before they have their Gym Battle with the Cerulean City Gym Leader, especially as their Pokemon could use some training.
"Well, let's get going," Ash told Pikachu and Naruto, with the blonde-haired boy looking forward to the training plus it was better to be safe than sorry when it came to their battle, not wanting to repeat what happened the last time Ash tried to face a Gym Leader completely unprepared.
"Hey, Ash, how about we train first? After all, my Kakuna needs some training," Naruto said as he gave a grin to his friend. "And it will help to get it closer to evolving."
Ash just smiled and nodded; he wanted to be ready after seeing how well Naruto and Sakura did with Brock, and they knew little of Pokémon, but Ash knew that was thanks to Misty and even Sakura. Naruto had told Ash that Sakura was the team's brains, something that made both laugh a little after all, Misty was the same in a way when telling Ash what to do, and Ash knew that Misty was trying to help even if it was only just a little.
Grinning like mad, Naruto just got one of his Pokéballs out as he stood in front of Ash while Ash did the same as he grabbed Butterfree's Pokéball. "Well, you better be ready, Naruto, as I won't be holding back just because you're my friend," Ash said with a confident smile.
"Well, I should say the same to you, Ash, so don't underestimate me, dattebayo," Naruto said as he smiled at Ash.
Two trainers just smiled at each other as they each threw their Poké Balls out, and in a white flash, their Pokémon were free, both looking over at their trainers. "Okay, this is going to be a practice battle you guys for our match at the Cerulean Gym," Ash said to his three Pokémon, who all just cried out with joy, ready to win this time.
Naruto just nodded as he looked at his own Pokémon Naruto just gave a fox-like grin over at Ash as he looked at his own three Pokémon, who were just as ready as he was.
Ash just looked at both Pikachu and Pidgeotto and smiled at the two. "Okay, I want you to both watching this; after all, this entire match is just with Butterfree and Naruto's Kakuna," Ash said, knowing that Naruto's Pokémon needed to reach its final evolution.
Both of Ash's Pokemon just nodded at this as Pikachu wished both like, while Eevee and Spearow wished Kakuna like. Ash just looked at Butterfree with a smile, already knowing what attack he should use first, yet Naruto was just a little faster as he already knew what to do. "Alright, Kakuna first uses Harden to protect yourself," Naruto said with a grin on his face.
Ash just gave a grin at this as he looked over to Butterfree. "Alright, Butterfree uses Whirlwind on Kakuna," Ash ordered with a smile Butterfree just nodded. Butterfree used the attack on Kakuna, sending him flying right into a tree since Kakuna could not move in its present state.
On the other hand, Naruto was just a little worried, but Naruto wouldn't give up; after all, even if Naruto's no longer in his world, he was still a ninja and would never give up on the battle no matter what. "Come on, Kakuna. We can't give up, no matter what happens!" Naruto cried out with determination, which both Eevee and Spearow saw and would both be just a determined as their trainer.
Ash merely smiled as he looked over at Naruto. "That's a good saying Naruto," he said to the blonde-haired male; just then… Kakuna started to glow as a sign that he was now evolving. They all know what Kakuna would become even Pikachu was in awe at this, hopeful that this won't be like when they were back at the Viridian Forest. "Look at that, Kakuna evolved into a Beedrill!"
"That's awesome!" Naruto was happy for his newly evolved Beedrill, and it looked for some serious payback on Butterfree for that Whirlwind attack he gave earlier, which made his trainer grin. "Alright then, use your Fury Attack!"
Beedrill buzzed and charged up towards Butterfree with both stingers ready for combat; Ash hopped, seeing that he might have an advantage this time around. "Dodge now!" ordered Ash, with the Bug/Flying-Type barely able to move out of the way of the attack from the Bug/Poison-Type's stingers.
"Oh yeah, use Poison Sting!" commanded Naruto, with Beedrill getting the stinger from behind ready to shoot out poisonous darts, which managed to catch Butterfree off-guard and hit him a couple of times. Naruto couldn't help but grin at the advantage he now had. "Now, it's time for a Twineedle to add to this!"
"Counter with Gust!" commanded Ash, which Butterfree was able to use a powerful Flying-type attack to push Beedrill away long enough to get the time needed to return to the sky. However, something was bothering Ash as the training resumed, even if it wasn't anything too serious. "Sometimes, I wish Serena were here to see this…."
"Huh? Who's Serena?" asked Naruto, having never heard the name before, and it made Ash frown a bit as there was something he needed to discuss with his friend.
Smiling, Ash just looked over at Naruto. "She's an old friend of mine from a long time ago," Ash said, already looking say. "As she lived in the same town as me before moving away." Ash then began to wonder what his old friend would look like now.
"You'll meet her again one day Ash, I am sure of it, dattebayo!" Naruto yelled with a grin as he punched his fist into the air. After hearing this just made Ash smile as he looked into the sky.
With that said, Ash got out the map of the city, and he began looking for the Gym. "Let's see Cerulean gym?" Ash asked as he looked up as both he and Naruto turned around a street corner.
Once they did, Naruto and Ash saw the Gym they had been looking for as they smiled. "Hey, there it is!" Naruto yelled, pointing over to the building shaped like a dome with a pink and yellow pattern around the roof, followed by a Dewgong then a wave-like pattern below the Pokémon.
"Well, it looks like that's the place," Naruto said with a grin as he began to run towards the Gym. He already wanted to win another badge, while Ash and Pikachu followed close behind the blonde ninja.
Once Ash, Pikachu, and Naruto were inside the building, they looked around and found it almost empty.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the stars of our show, the sensational Cerulean city synchronized swimming sisters!" A voice over the intercom cried out as Ash and Naruto looked over to see where a spotlight was flashing down on three girls.
They had then realized they had entered underwater bailey; Naruto used his ninja skills to look at the three girls; the first one had long blonde hair, green eyes, a mole under her left eye, and had a perfect body she was wearing a red swimsuit on her and was waving to the crowd.
The second girl was in the middle of the three girls, had long blue hair, brown eyes, and a perfect body like the blonde, and had a green swimsuit on her, and she too was waving to the crowd.
The last girl had long pink hair and lavender eyes wearing a yellow swimsuit, and like the other two, she was waving to the crowd and smiling at them.
The two boys and Pikachu just watched as the three girls jumped off the red diving board. At the same time, the crowd just continued to cheer them on, with a few calling out their names as well. Ash and Naruto looked on in complete confusion at the three girls and what they are doing while Pikachu was smiling at the three girls' performance to the people watching.
"But...wait, I thought this was a Pokémon Gym," Ash said, watching this as he scratched the back of his head, but Pikachu just watched the show even more as the three girls sufficed from the water while showing off their skills; this just made Pikachu's brown eyes shine at this sight.
Once the show was over, Ash watched as everyone cried out with joy and yelling how beautiful the three girls are. All Ash and Naruto could do were watch in a very confusing way and wonder what was happening.
After the show was over, the three girls left, including the crowd. Naruto and Ash had decided to go backstage, where the girls were already changing and drying off. "We're here for a battle!" Naruto yelled, opening the door to where the three were not thinking at this point and forgetting that they could be getting changed.
The three sisters just looked around and saw Naruto while Ash looked around just a few feet away at the few water Pokémon they had swimming in the pool. "I don't get it, Pikachu," Ash said, still a little confused.
The three sisters all looked at Naruto, seeing him opening the door as they are getting changed. "You pervert!" The three yelled as they began throwing stuff at Naruto, who just dodged while Ash, on the other hand, got hit with a plastic sword, a cape, and shoes as he fell on the ground as Naruto looked down at him with a sorry look to his friend.
Yet Ash just got back to his feet as he looked at the three older girls. "Look, can you just tell us where the Gym leader is," Ash said but was worried he would get hit by objects again.
"Well, you're looking at them," Lily said with a smile on her face as both Ash and Naruto were a little confused at this.
Daisy just crossed her arms over her chest and smiled. "The three of us are the Gym trainers here."
"We're the three sensational sisters," Lily added as she smiled at the two.
"We're world-famous." Violet finished with one hand on her hip.
"Huh, but what's with all that swimming?" Ash asked as right next to him, Pikachu was blushing like mad as he held his little paws together, and his mouth opens a little.
"Well, it's like our hobby, and our fans love to watch us perform," Lily said as she looked over at Ash and Naruto.
"I never heard of you until now," Naruto said jokingly to the three as he looked at them with a grin on his face while the three girls just looked at him in shock at what he said about not knowing who they were.
After this, the five just headed to the pool, in which Ash just looked over at the three. "Alright, Naruto and I challenge all three of you," Ash said, looking at the three sisters who just looked away when Ash said that. "What's the matter?" Ash asked as he saw the three sisters all look a little down.
"Yeah, come on, we need a battle, and so does our friend," Naruto said as he began to wonder where Sakura was anyway, she should have been here by now. "Sakura-chan should have been here by now. What's taking her so long." Naruto thought as he looked around to see if he could find her.
Naruto just turned back to look at the three. "Well, you see, we don't feel much like battling anymore," Daisy said as she put her hands behind her head, and Naruto could tell that she was not all that bothered by it, the same with her two sisters.
"Huh, why not your Gym leaders!" Ash yelled as he looked at all three as both he and Pikachu had a sweatdrop.
"Well, you see, we just got beaten three times in a row by these three kids from this no place called Pallet town. It was just one defeat after another," Violet explained as she spins her fingers around. "My eyes were spinning from every lose we had by the three kids."
Little did the five know is that Sakura and Misty had already arrived at the Gym. The two girls were hiding and listening to what they were now saying to Naruto and Ash. "So, they are your sisters, then?" Sakura asked with a whisper in her voice as she looked over to Misty.
Misty just nodded as she watched her sisters talk and gave off a silent huff at them. "Yeah, and don't let them fool you. They always made me do things I didn't want to do when I was younger," Misty said to Sakura.
"We like had to rush all our Pokémon to the Pokémon center," Daisy said as she simple held onto her arm and looked away from Ash and Naruto.
"This is the only one we have left," Lily said as she took out the only Pokémon they had left as she realized it, and both Naruto and Ash looked to see it was nothing more than a Goldeen who was just flopping on the ground that she was on.
"WHAT!" Naruto yelled as his face fell slightly as Lily just recalled Goldeen back to it Poké Ball. "That can't be all the Pokémon you have?" Naruto asked with a frown on his face, not wanting to miss out.
"If it would evolve into Seaking, maybe we could use it, but all it can do now is its horn attack, even if it did evolve. We would only be able to battle just one of you," Violet explained to the two knowing that only one of them would be able to battle the sisters.
"So there no point in really battling you two," Daisy said as she just smiled while from her hiding spot. Misty still frowned at her sisters.
Lily, on the other hand, just giggled at this and just smiled. "So now, instead of battle, we get to be more beautiful than before." Lily finished with a smile as she held onto her face and smiled even more.
Ash and Naruto, on the other hand, didn't like this as they looked at each other, while Daisy just looked at the two and smiled at them both. "I know what the two of you want." She said with a smiled as Daisy turned around to face the pool and clapped her hands together. "Seel." She called as Ash and Naruto looked over to the pool as they watched a Pokémon jump out.
The two trainers just looked at Seel as it stuck out its tongue with something on it; the two saw that it's Cascade badge. Daisy grabbed hold of it as she was about to hand it over to Ash while Lily got another for Naruto. "Here, it's the Cascade badge you wanted, right? Just take it," She said, while from her hiding spot, Misty was getting angrier with her sisters and what they were doing with Ash and Naruto.
"Uhmmm, thanks, but Ash and I would you know rather earn them, and I'm sure Sakura would feel the same," Naruto said with a frown. "After all, it just doesn't feel the same if you give it to us."
Upon seeing happen it caused, Sakura and Misty smiled at what Naruto had told the three, but that all changed with what Daisy said next to the two boys. "Take it; after all, a badge is a badge. " She with a kind smile that showed she didn't really care about the battle and just wanted to give them out. "After all, it would be much easier to do that?"
Sakura saw this and wondered why Misty reacted like this wasn't the first time they had done this. "Misty..." Sakura started but saw the glint that she had in her sea-green eyes.
"They always do this, Sakura," Misty began as she tightens her fist in anger. "It's not just how they act Sakura, I mean, they treat me like the runt of the family always have, and maybe they always will," Misty said with a frown on her face. "But, it's just how they sometimes give away the badges to people I thought they had stopped to," Misty said as Sakura looked over at the three sisters with a frown and was worried that the three would get worse.
It was then the two girls saw that Ash was about to take the badge from Daisy, and he looked reluctant to do so, while all Naruto did was cross his arms and looked away from the three. "I still want to battle one of you." He said, yet the three sisters didn't pay any attention to what he said.
Acting Fast, Misty stood up from where she was and looked down at the five. "Hold it right there!" She yelled as Misty crossed her arms over her chest and kept her eyes on her sisters and Ash.
Ash and Naruto and the three sisters just looked over to see Misty and Sakura, as the two girls were standing up in the stand looking down on them all. "Misty, Sakura," Ash said, looking over towards the two girls, while Pikachu just looked over at Misty happy to see her once again.
Once they are spotted, Misty and Sakura jumped down from the stands, which they were on and right in front of everyone. "Alright, Daisy, if you won't battle them, then I will!" She yelled, looking at her older sister with a scowl on her face.
Hearing this, both Naruto and Ash just looked at Misty in shock. "What are you saying, Misty?" Ash asked as he looked at the redhead.
Misty just looked at both her friends with a grin on her face. "Oh me, well, you're looking at the Fourth Sensational Sister," Misty said with a smile on her face.
"It's true too," Sakura said with a grin on her face as she looked at the shocked expressions that Ash and Naruto had on their faces.
Yet she was cut off by Lily, who shook her finger at Misty. "There are only three sensational sisters and one little runt." She said as Misty just looked at her sister in anger at what she had said.
However, Sakura just frowned at hearing this, not genuinely enjoying the way they talked about her. "Hey, you shouldn't talk like that about your sister!" Sakura yelled at the three as she crossed her arms over her chest.
Yet the three paid no attention to Sakura as they all looked at Misty. "So little sister is sure is a surprise to see you back here so soon," Daisy said as all three of Misty's sisters had their arms crossed their arms over their chest.
"That little girl with the big mouth who said she was going to be the best water Pokémon master, and she wouldn't come back until her dream came true, didn't you say that," Violet said in a snub voice.
The others who traveled with Misty saw her look away from her sisters when Violet said this to her. "Well, I guess I said something like that."
"Well, this explains why Misty didn't want to come here," Naruto said, seeing how Misty's own family was treating her.
"Misty, you left here pretending you wanted to become a Pokémon master as you couldn't compare to us," Lily said with a smirk. "As it's so oblivious, we are all so much more talented and far more beautiful than you are, Misty," Lily went on as she smiled and crossed her arms over her chest and closed her eyes.
All three of her friends just looked worried when they heard Lily say this "What, that's not why I came back here at all!" Misty yelled angrily at Lily while Sakura slowly understood why Misty didn't like them all that much.
Daisy just sighed at this as she just closed her eyes and had her hand near her face. "Well, I guess you came back because you couldn't handle being a Pokémon trainer."
"Hey, it wasn't my idea to come back here, you know!" She yelled as she pointed over at Ash and Naruto, who just looked a little shocked when Misty pointed to them, but Naruto knew it was mainly Ash since he was right next to him.
"Well, at least it's not me." Naruto thought with a grin as he looked over at Ash.
"The only reason I'm even here in the first place was that he wanted to come for a badge," Misty said as she looked right at Ash.
Daisy, however, looked over at Ash and Naruto. "Well, Misty, the kid with the hat is someone I wouldn't pick for a boyfriend," Daisy said as Ash fell to the ground while Daisy looked over to Misty and gave a smile to her younger sister. "But you're no prize yourself, Misty, so that must be why you picked the blonde as your boyfriend."
When Naruto heard this, he fell to the ground and right next to Ash. "They have to be joking, right." Naruto thought as he looked up to see Misty blush when Daisy had said this.
"What, it's not like that at all!" Misty yelled as Sakura thought she saw the girl's face go a little red when her sister said this. "Besides, Naruto is not my boyfriend!" Misty yelled in anger, and Naruto was not offended by this; after all, he already had one girl on his mind.
"If I battle Ash, then it will prove I'm not a quitter, and I'm just as good as you three, maybe even better!" Misty yelled as she just looked into Daisy's eyes.
"Well, you are the only one of us that has Pokémon that can battle."
Misty just smirked as she looked over at Ash, who just backed away a little. "Alright, Ash, are you ready to rumble?" Misty asked as she looked right into Ash's eyes, while said trainer looked at Misty with a worried look but couldn't help but smile.
Both Naruto and Sakura looked over at each other and then at Ash and Misty as both got ready to face each other. They all made it towards the arena and saw a large pool with three yellow platforms floating in the water in the middle, and on the right was a red one which Misty was standing on, and to the left was a blue one which Ash and Pikachu were standing on. While everyone was ready to watch Ash and Misty's battle, they were about to have.
"You know I wasn't planning on battling you until you paid me back for my bike. Besides, if you want that Cascade badge, then you're going to have to beat me," Misty yelled over to Ash; after all, it was a large pool.
On the other hand, Ash looked over to where Misty was and smirked at the girl. "Oh, it will be my pleasure, Misty," Ash said as he looked down at Pikachu already know how he would do this but needed to know how Naruto and Sakura were going to get their badges. "Misty, what about Naruto and Sakura? How will they get their badge?" Ash asked in concern for the two.
Misty just smiled at Ash as she looked over to Sakura, who was just smiling back. "Well, Ash Sakura already has her one," Misty said with a smile as Sakura just nodded at this as she showed her badge.
"Well, I battled Misty just before we came in here," Sakura explained as she just gave a cheeky grin at Naruto and stuck out her tongue.
Ash just looked back from Sakura and then to Misty as the red-headed smirked. "So, Ash, you ready to lose?" Misty asked as she couldn't help but grin at Ash and grabbed hold of one of her Poké Balls.
It was then Misty got an idea as she looked over at Naruto and smiled. "Hey Naruto, how about you and Ash have a double battle with me?"
When Naruto heard this, he just smiled as he jumped on the water platforms standing next to Ash and gave off his Uzumaki smile at Ash. "Well, Ash, let's get ready for a win and a smackdown," Naruto said as he looked over at Misty and smiled at her. "No offense, Misty," Naruto said to her with a smile.
Misty just smiled back at Naruto, knowing he meant well. While Ash just smiled as he looked from Naruto then down to Pikachu. "Alright, Pikachu, this is going to be easy." However, Pikachu looked up at Ash with a worried look in his eyes, not wanting to battle Misty.
On the other hand, Naruto looked over at Misty, wondering just how many Pokémon the three trainers should use for this battle. "So Misty, how many Pokémon will we be using?" Naruto asked with a grin.
"This will be a two on two battle, so pick wisely, Naruto," Misty said with a grin as she had already picked her two Pokémon and was ready.
Once again, Ash smiled, knowing what Pokémon he most possible use as he picked Pikachu up, ready to throw him on the battlefield. "Alright, then Pikachu, I chose you!" Yet, to Ash's shock, Pikachu held onto his hand and jumped down next to him as both Ash and Naruto looked down at Pikachu, wondering what was wrong.
"Pikachu, what's the matter?" Ash asked as Pikachu pointed over at Misty with a sad look on the little yellow mouse face while Ash just looked over at Misty. "Are you saying you don't want to battle Misty?" Ash asked his friend, which Pikachu just nodded while giving a light 'Chu' to Ash. "Well, I guess it's alright since you don't want to fight a friend," Ash said with a deep frown.
"Pikachu, you're a Pika pal!" Misty yelled over as all Pikachu did was smile over at Misty.
While all Ash could do was look down at Pikachu with a frown, Naruto laughed a little. "Well, Pikachu sure likes the ladies Ash." To which he looked at Naruto with a slight glare.
"Anyway, let's get this over with," Ash said as he grabbed his Poké Ball and looked over to Misty and knew that she was ready as well. With that in mind, Ash pulled his cap backward and threw his Pokéball. "Alright, then Pidgeotto, come on out!" Ash yelled with a smile as he wanted to use Butterfree, but he had already battled Naruto's Kakuna.
Naruto just gave a grin as he was just as ready as Ash was. "Well, it's my turn, Spearow; it's your turn to shine," Naruto said with a grin on his face.
"Well, in that case, come on out, Staryu and Starmie," Misty said as two star-like Pokémon came out from the Poké Balls as all three just looked at the two Sakura had already seen Staryu but not this new one.
"What that?" Ash asked as he looked at the two and took out his Pokedex, while Naruto did the same. After all, it would help to know just what they were.
"Staryu, the core of this water Pokémon shines in a rainbow of seven colors. A core that's deeply and also plus highly valued to many as a type of jewelry."
"The center section is named the core. People think it is communicating when it glows in 7 colors." Naruto's Pokedex said.
"Well, trust a girl to show off her jewelry," Ash said while Naruto just nodded at this.
"Well, it won't matter as we are going to win dattebayo!" Naruto said as he couldn't help but grin as he looked at his Pokémon.
"Do you think Misty could really win?" Violet asked as she crossed her arms and looked over at the battle that would soon happen with the three.
"Like, in her dreams, maybe," Lily replied dryly as she just crossed her arms over her chest.
On the other hand, Sakura frowned at the three and what they are saying about Misty. Sakura didn't like this at all or how they were talking to their sister like this. "You know you really shouldn't talk about own your sister like that," Sakura said with a scowl, not liking her; they were treating Misty and had no faith in her.
"Well, let's get this battle started!" Misty yelled as she smirked. "After all, there is no way that I'm going to lose." She said as Misty smiled.
Both Ash and Naruto just looked at each other and nodded, and they knew that they would have to work as a team to beat Misty. "Well, I'm ready, Pidgeotto; use Quick Attack on Starmie."
Naruto just nodded at this and returned the smile. "Spearow, now it's your turn, use Razor Wind on Staryu!"
Misty saw this and knew she had to act fast. "Starmie, Staryu, dive underwater, and use Water Gun on them both."
With that said, both water Pokémon dived into the water just as the two flying Pokémon's attacks missed with Pidgeotto had stopped just in time before crashing into the water. All Ash could do was moan at this, which Naruto saw and knew that both Misty and Ash had a rivalry going on with each other.
"It seems they both want to show which one is the best." Naruto thought as he looked at the two even more.
Misty just smiled as she nodded her head. "Alright, now it's time to counter-attack you two," Misty called to her two Pokémon, as she saw that the two flying Pokémon couldn't attack as her Pokémon were underwater.
It was then that the two star-like Pokémon jumped out from the water and tacked both flying Pokémon as both Ash and Naruto watched and thought about what they should do to keep from losing the match. "Hurry and fly high." The two called to their flying Pokémon.
Misty just gave a slight smile at this as she watched the two flying Pokémon fly higher to avoid the danger from her Pokémon's attacks. "Well, I have to say that was some good thinking, you two." She said with a grin. "But don't let that go to your head. You haven't won yet."
Naruto just simply grinned as he rubbed the back of his head. "Well, what can I say?" Naruto said, still having a big grin on his face.
Seel just started clapping, apparently finding the argument amusing. "Whose side are you clapping for?" Violet asked the white Pokémon while Seel continued to clap.
"Hey, Naruto, I have an idea on how we can win, but we have to time it just right," Ash said with a smile as Naruto wondered what the plan was. "We'll combine our attack into one, but we also need to time it just right," Ash whispered to Naruto, who just nodded as the two looked over at Misty and the water, which they knew her two Pokémon hiding inside the water.
Misty just looked on at the two wondering what Ash had said, but she knows they had thought of a plan to beat her maybe, but Misty was not going to beat that easy. "Well, whatever your plan is you, I'll have you know," Misty said as she continued to smile. "Okay, no more talk, Staryu Tackle attack Spearow, and Starmie to use Hydro pump on Pidgeotto."
Ash just smiled at this as he looked over at Naruto and nodded. "Alright, guys, it's combine time!" Naruto yelled as the two flying Pokémon nodded at each other.
"Alright, Spearow, use Drill Peck," Naruto ordered with a grin on his face as Spearow nodded and got ready for the attack.
"Alright, Pidgeotto, hurry and use Gust to help out Spearow's attack move faster," Ash said with a grin as at that moment in time, he saw both water Pokémon jump out of the water.
It was then that both flying Pokémon combined their attacks into one, which caused Misty to watch, surprised. Misty saw the combined attack hit her two water Pokémon, which slammed the two Pokémon right into the wall as Misty just watched them both fall to the ground.
All anyone could do was watch as it seemed like neither side was willing to give up. "Come on, you two, please hold on," Misty begged as she looked at her water Pokémon as she soon noticed their red gems flashing.
On the other hand, Ash just smirked at this, knowing that Naruto had won or came close to winning. "Alright, we've almost won!" Ash yelled with a grin on his face.
Just as both Ash Naruto were about to tell their Pokémon to take out both Staryu and Starmie, that was until an explosion caught them all off and looked in the direction it came from as the wall to the side of the Gym came down and a sizeable tank-like machine came crashing in.
"Oh no, please don't tell me it's them," Sakura said with a groan in her voice as she saw her three friends recall their Pokémon as Naruto jumped over to Sakura as Ash was picking Pikachu up.
"Naruto, is Misty okay?" Ash asked as he saw Naruto help misty on his back, and using his ninja skills, he jumped over to where Sakura was and went back for Ash.
"Check out that hair," Violet said, apparently trying to make fun of either Jessie or James.
"Like, who invited the party crashers?" Daisy wondered as she looked at the three who had crashed into the Gym.
"Sorry to break in on you, ladies."
"Allow us to introduce ourselves."
Jessie was the first as always to start as she flung her hair. "To protect the world from devastation."
"To denounce the evils of truth and love."
Jessie said as she smiled at the trainers. "To extend our reach to the stars above."
"Jessie!"
"James!"
"Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of light."
"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"
"Meowth, that's right!" Meowth said as he jumped down from the top of the machine.
"The Water Pokémon may have the advantage," James said as he couldn't help but smile and looked down at the trainers.
"But if we steal that water away…." Jessie started as she smiled light and closed her eyes.
"The Pokémon are ours for the taking!" James finished as he smiled, seeing the two ninjas. "Not only that, but we may also get them as well." He said, pointing over to Naruto and Sakura.
"And Meowth knows just how to do it!" Meowth said with a smirk looking at Naruto and Sakura. After all, they needed to get more information on what Naruto and Sakura could do.
"What are they trying to prove?" one of Misty's sisters wondered as they just looked at the three oddballs.
"Huh?" everyone wondered when some kind of giant hose shot out from the giant machine and straight into the pool; as it was only then they saw the machine started up, the hose began to suck up the water.
"A massive vacuum and a giant hose," Ash said, remembering what he had learned before arriving at the Gym. "Team Rocket, are the robbers who broke into that store back there! "I should have known it was them!"
Sakura raised an eyebrow towards Ash, wondering what he was talking about, but decided against asking since Team Rocket needed stopping right now.
"Our swimming pool, you weirdoes, stop that!" Daisy yelled out as she watched it get sucked up.
"They're sucking it dry!" Misty shouted as she and her friends knew that they needed to stop Team Rocket and fast.
"That's our water!" Lily said as none of them noticed the smirks that the three criminals gave to them.
"Right… I should give it back to you then." Meowth said as he flipped the switch down, causing the hose to lift out of the water.
Naruto figured what was going to happen next and did the first thing that came into his head. He grabbed Misty and held her down to make sure she wouldn't get pulled into the water once the hose shot a massive blast of the water at all six of them.
"We've got to save the Pokémon!" Naruto shouted, knowing they had to stop Team Rocket as fast as they could.
"Like, what about my hair?" Violet argued, figuring her beauty was more important than Pokémon.
"Alright, guys, now's the time to suck 'em up!" Meowth said as he flipped the switch back up.
The hose then went back down into the water and started to drain the pool again while Naruto just growled at the two as he stood up.
Unfortunately, Seel had fallen into the water and was now heading right for the hose. "Ah! Come back, Seel!" Violet called out.
"Oh, Pikachu…" Ash cried out, watching in fear seeing Pikachu was dangerously close to the pool's edge; the water caught Pikachu as it was getting drained, and it pulled Pikachu towards the hose.
"Damn..." Naruto cursed out as he looked at the water and knew it would be hard to water-walk on it to save Seel. "I need to learn how to throw my clones after this is over," Naruto mumbled, knowing it might come in handy later.
"Just hang on, Pikachu!" Ash cried out. "Hey, hold on a second… Water conducts electricity," Ash said aloud, which Aaron had heard.
"Let's move away from the pool, Misty," Sakura said as she gently grabbed her arm and moved away from the edge of the pool. "Hey, you three move your butts to unless you want to get fried!" She yelled at Misty's sisters
"Pikachu, Thunderbolt!" Ash called out to Pikachu.
"Pi-Ka-Chuu!" Pikachu cried out, letting out a strong blast of electricity that went up the hose and straight to the giant vacuum machine and electrocuted Team Rocket.
"You know it's times like these that make me want to go straight," James said once Pikachu's attacks finished them off, and before himself, Jessie and Meowth fell into the water to be sucked up by the very machine they were using. "Now I know how it feels to be all washed up."
"We'll never come clean," Jessie said; soon, the three members of Team Rocket were sucked up by the hose and shot out the back of the vacuum while Seel was outside clapping at what was going on.
"Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!" the three of them shouted before blasting out from the building with a scream sent flying through the sky once more.
However, there was still trouble, namely the vacuum still sucking in Pikachu, who couldn't swim safely to the others.
"Oh, no, we need to do something!" Daisy shouted as she saw.
"Pikachu!" Misty cried out.
Ash ran around the pool towards the vacuum. Pikachu was then immediately pulled under the water, and just as it was entering the hose, Ash jumped onto the vacuum.
"Pikachu!" Ash cried out as he jumped for the lever, pulling it down. The hose then rose out of the pool and shot Pikachu back out. The small electric rodent flew through the air until it landed in Daisy's arms. Once the event that took place had ended, everyone calmed down a bit.
"Hey, we never got to finish our match," Misty realized.
"Yeah…" Ash agreed as he gave a deep sigh at missing his chance to beat Misty and get his second badge. "And I was just about to win it, too."
Naruto just nodded at this, but he did smile. "Yeah, but I have to say the double battle was sweet, and maybe we should do it more often." He said as he gave off his fox smile.
"What?" Misty asked as she looked over at the two but smiled. "Yeah, that double battle was fun. I just wish that we could have seen who would have won. After all, Naruto, you, and Ash were both good."
"You could say your match had to be postponed, like, due to… drain," Violet said in an attempt to make a joke.
"At least nobody lost," Lily said as she smiled but stopped from saying anything else.
"I guess Naruto and I won't get that Cascade Badge then," Ash said, somewhat disappointed at getting the badge.
"Well, you would be wrong there, Ash," Daisy said with a smile. "We're giving this badge to you and Naruto for saving the gym and the Pokémon." Daisy then held out the badge to Ash and Naruto, which confused the two.
Misty was shocked by this as she looked at her three sisters for an answer. "Pikachu was the one that, like, totally saved us all. And if he'd used Pikachu from the start, there was no way your Water Pokémon could've won," Daisy replied.
"True, but Pikachu didn't want to fight Misty, so it doesn't count." Sakura with a grin on her face.
"Take the badge; you both deserve it after all," Daisy said, handing Ash and Naruto the Cascade Badge.
"Gee, thanks a lot, Daisy," Ash said, accepting the badge along with Naruto. "We'll take it!"
Naruto, Sakura, Misty, and Ash then walked out of the Gym's front doors, followed by Daisy, Violet, and Lily. The sun was now starting to set over the horizon as Misty's sisters said goodbye to her. "Misty, you just go right on trying to be a Pokémon trainer," Lily said as she smirked at her little sister. "You might as well be good at something, 'cause you'll never be stars like us."
"You keep that up, and you'll be seeing stars!" Misty shouted, earning a quiet laugh from her three friends.
"Chill out, Misty," Violet said, trying to calm down her little sister.
"Misty, just be careful out there. You know we love you, right?" Daisy asked as the two sisters shared a hug, making Sakura smile.
"Yeah, I know, Daisy, I know," Misty said with a smile on her face.
"Ash! Hey, man!" the three trainers heard someone say.
They all then turned around to see Brock running towards them. "Yo, Brock-o!" Ash said with a smile on his face.
"So how'd it go, you three?" Brock asked the three trainers with a smile.
All three just smiled at Brock's question. "See for yourself, Brock," Ash answered as the three showed Brock their new badge.
"Cool! Let's go," Brock said as he turned around and started walking away from the Gym.
"Right," Ash said in agreement.
"You're not leaving without me!" Misty yelled towards Ash and Brock while Naruto and Sakura just followed her.
Yet Sakura just looked back at the three sisters and just ran back at them. "Just so you knew, we shall look after Misty, but please let her leave her life and train some more in battles okay, you need to look after her."
"You know Ash, if Team Rocket hadn't busted in, I would've destroyed you," Misty yelled as she tightened her fist.
Ash just scoffed at her as he looked away. "You're lucky they showed up. You were about to lose," Ash yelled back. "Besides, I had Naruto as backup, so there is no way I could lose," Ash said with a grin.
"Hey, you two leave me out of this!" Naruto yelled, not wanting to get involved in their fight, knowing it would just get him in trouble
"Lose? I was just getting started!" Misty yelled back.
"Oh yeah!" Ash yelled at the redhead with a glare at the red-headed girl.
"Yeah!" Misty yelled back at Ash, earning a sigh from Pikachu, who just shook his little yellow head at them.
"Oh, brother, here they go again." Brock cried out as he whispered the last few words to the two ninjas, while Naruto and Sakura just nodded at this; they all headed out of Cerulean City, while Naruto and Sakura just sighed hearing this.
A/N well, another chapter is done. It was not easy, sadly as I'm sorry that it took this long had a hard time getting this done, but that is why I will be asking for a co-writer on this fic as not only will it get done much faster, but you as the co-writer can add ideas if they like just PM me. Also, should I cut out The Path To The Pokémon League and The School Of Hard Knocks or add them in or not?
On another note, I have gotten some readers asking a few questions: Will Naruto get more girls now? I'm still thinking about it, and I may do that as some want Ash to get two girls for him. And sorry if the battle was not good been trying to do this for the last three weeks, and I'm still not happy with it, but no matter what, I feel that I will never be pleased with it.
Update I fixed this chapter on 31/07/2021