Disclaimer:I don't own Pokemon or any such stuff.

Hello everyone, and welcome to the sixth chapter of The Journey. I know, I am like five six months late with the Chapter. I had four different exams in these six months...and my computer broke, so writing on the tablet is frustrating...and I have been watching different animes and stuffs for elements and inspiration I could use in the story, Including the Journey anime. So, anyways, here is the sixth chapter. The Vermilion sec I have been planning to make a four part chapter instead of a single big chapter... The is to all the people who have read and reviewed the previous chapter...and with that being said, sir back and enjoy.

Chapter 6: Vermilion...Part 1: Preparations

"Another two days in waste", Ash grumbled himself, exiting the newly constructed Vermilion Gym with his trusted Dartrix perching over his shoulder. He had come all way to challenge the gym leader only to find the gym is hosting some kind tournament in two days...which in one way is awesome, but he doesn't understand the need to stop the gym battles.

" So, what are you gonna do now? ", Ash asked Dartrix. Dartrix hooted back in his own language to which Ash responded,"Yeah... let's head towards the park. Let's see if we can battle someone strong there".

The battle park was very near to the gym. Just a couple of turns and he reached it pretty easily. As expected there were plenty of trainers...and plenty of battles going on...and his pokedex started beeping already.

Trainers nowadays doesn't have to go around looking for opponents. All the pokedex holders no matter what region they are from, when under the coverage of any region, can check if there are any trainers nearby through the GPS. Not only that, a battle invitation could also sent just like he received one.

Ash took out his pokedex and checked it quickly...yup... an invitation by a guy Mike Jamison. And by GPS, he is...very near.

"Behind you", a sudden voice spooked him up. Ash and freaked out for a moment and turned around to find another guy behind him.

" Got scared", Mike jabbed. "What me...Scared! No way...I am just...glad to find you", Ash replied.

"Glad huh! And we don't even know each other. Anyways, I am Mike...Mike Jamison, from Pallet Town. You up for a challenge", Mike said.

The name, Pallet Town struck a nerve, but he kept a smiling face," Oh really! That means you must have got a Kanto starter ". Inside he could feel a bit uncomfortable for the door cause of all troubles, or is it? The only reason he wished to start in Kanto is because he could find allies here which could lead him to the truth.

"Yup, Charmeleon is my boi!", Mike said," Hey look, that battlefield got cleared. Let's get quickly before it gets filled up", saying this he ran to one side of the field like it was the last train he had to catch. Ash followed him slowly, taking his time to reach the field. Some people were either sitting in benches or standing around the field watching the battles going on. There are other fields also were battles are going on, and in the middle of each field there was a small drone flying- the Rotom drones. What Ash had heard is these drones are occupied by trained Rotoms to judge the countless unofficial battles occurring all over the region.

Ash took the other side of the field as the drone started speaking in a mechanical voice, "Welcome, Welcome, Welcome... This is going to be 1v1 battle between the trainers Mike Jamison and Ash Aether. This battle isn't registered under Pokemon World Championships, so world rankings won't be affected. The standard bet decided is 50 pokedollars. Trainers sent out your first pokemons..."

Mike and Ash selected their pokeballs and released their first pokemons, " Pikachu/Mimikyu, Go for it/I choose you", they said simultaneously.

Two kind of similar pokemons solidified out of the pokeballs, one was a yellow electric mouse on all fours, brown strips, a lightning bolt shaped tail and electric sparks flying from its cheek... and another is a creepy rag doll version of the previous pokemon. Once Mimikyu's eyes fell on Pikachu, she became stiff and two claws of void appeared beneath its hide, and eyes it's opponent like a predator observing its prey. Is it just me, or Mimikyu seems to be overpumped for the battle, Ash thought.

Mike and Pikachu were stunned by Mimikyu's appearance as the Rotom drone announced, "Mike have chosen Pikachu and Ash have chosen Mimikyu...Let the battle begin"...

Mike took out his pokedex to scan Mimikyu, but the response was No data found. Mike huffed in frustration and said, " I don't know what that thing is...but you are not going to win. Pikachu Thunderbolt! ". Pikachu fired a bolt of lightning towards Mimikyu, but it's nothing Mimikyu can't handle. Without a command, Mimikyu jumped out of the way of attack and rushed towards towards Pikachu charging up a Shadow Claw.

Predictable, Ash thought. Some things can't be learnt without a proper mentor. Predicting the opponents moves is one of them and Professor Kukui is the best person to learn from. Professor and his pokemons had years of experience in fighting Battle Royale under the alias of the Royal Mask...he in the ring often gets ganged up by other competitors. There Professor learnt to predict the moves of his opponent by their initial movements, like a game of chess. And he had been passing this technique to him and Gladion as they are his favourite students. When he was a kid, he had a habit of asking questions with How, Professor would suggest, Its not the answer of How you should seek...It's the answer of Why you should seek. His current opponent is too...rushed in initial thoughts. So his battle attacks should also be pretty straight, though exceptions happen.

"Quick attack to dodge", Mike ordered, as Mimikyu edged nearer to Pikachu. Pikachu engulfed itself in a white streak of light and zoomed away as Mimikyu dugged her claws in the ground where Pikachu was standing before. Pikachu zoomed away almost half way to the other side of the field before making a sudden U-TURN, and raced back with eyes locked towards Mimikyu this time.

"Shadow Sneak! Behind you! ", Ash said. Within a blink of eye Mimikyu turned backwards and her shadow extended forward stopping Pikachu on its track in an half paralysis condition. A shadow figure resembling Mimikyu rose up from the other end of the shadow and started started slashing the poor trapped mouse mercilessly. Mike started panicking, shouting, encouraging to try to escape as the attacks became more and more vicious, the cuts started to draw out blood as the yellow fur started developing some red stains.

"Use your tail, and fire Electro Ball to escape", Mike shouted. Pikachu despite great pain managed to lift his tail and fired a cloud of electricity from it. It was not a ball...but got the job done. The shadow figure got dispersed and the shadow retracted back, Pikachu is free once again and despite bruises got ready for fight.

The battle, especially Mimikyu, gathered quite a crowd around the battle field. Even other trainers who were battling before in other fields came to watch the match. Mimikyu wasn't common or like mostly unseen in Kanto, so people around tried to scan or take pictures and started discussing among themselves. Some of the people cheered loud for both the trainers and a few trainers betted between themselves as who will win. Ash had heard of this insane betting in Kanto, they even bet for soda drinking competition.

"Wood Hammer!", Ash commanded, switching to offense. Mimikyu leaped forward and ran through air with its tail glowing green. "Volt Tail", Mike countered as Pikachu also rushed forward with electrically charged tail and clashed with Mimikyu's Wood , and a tail fencing began. Pikachu defended itself quite nicely either avoiding or blocking attacks and managed to land a clean hit on finding an opening, but Mimikyu's Disguise ability saved it this time.

Ash felt quite relived as the match progressed, Mimikyu is gaining the upper hand and Pikachu was wearing down faster...the only thing that he is worried of is a surprised mid evolution pulled by Pikachu if it's instincts kick in. The things which seem to be fun on one end can be pretty annoying on the other end. Pikachu is strong...but lacks skills, as Ash analysed. Mike seems to have focused more on power rather than agility, reflex etc. etc. But he must admit Pikachu is strong as he didn't go down after quite an amount of blood loss.

"Electro Ball...multiple! ", Mike commanded. Pikachu jumped back and maintained a distance and started firing several Electro Balls at a pretty mediocre rate. Lampent fires his attacks much faster than it, Ash thought, "You know what to do", Ash said. Mimikyu jumped in the air and spun her tail to send the ball back. Pikachu did his best to dodge the redirected attacks using Quick Attack, but one of the Electro Ball hit the ground just behind Pikachu causing a mini eruption and Pikachu to slid and loose balance and fall face flat.

Mike cursed under his breath and before anyone could say anything, Mimikyu jumped on Pikachu and slapped it with Shadow Claw causing Ash and Mike to flinch. Pikachu gave a loud cry as he was sent sliding on the ground with blood immediately started to flow through the major cut which ripped a part of its fur skin. Ash started to develop a sickening feeling in his stomach as he debated whether to call the fight off before it gets overboard, but Pikachu got up to its feet glaring murderously at Mimikyu. Electricity cracked in its cheek as within a fraction of second a massive bolt of lightning was sent straight towards Mimikyu with no chance dodge it. The thunderbolt struck with such power that Mimikyu was pushed back and pinned on the ground. Dazed by electricity, Mimikyu was defenceless against the next whatever attack Pikachu was preparing but suddenly everything stopped and Pikachu fell on the ground...unconscious. The Rotom drone hovered over the fallen Pikachu and Mimikyu and once detected small signs of movements in Mimikyu, it declared,

"Pikachu is unable to battle...The winner of the battle is Ash Aether and Mimikyu. The prize money will be transferred through bank within thirty minutes", saying this it flew away to wherever it came from.

Mike silently returned Pikachu with a small frown on his face. Ash also returned Mimikyu, who was still a bit stunned from the shock, and walked towards Mike scratching his head, " Well ", he started, " Sorry for it...that wasn't how I was expecting it to end ".

"Huh?", the frown in Mike's face changed to confusion, "What are you apologising for?". "Well, your pokemon got critically injured...and I am sorry for that", Ash replied in a low voice.

Mike stared at Ash for a moment and laughed a bit," No worries Ash. Thanks for showing your concern though, but Pikachu have been through far worse than this. Infact, today's injuries is one of the minimum he had sustained. Yeah...I know that the battle had drawn blood, but atleast nothing is broken...or I assume so".

Ash couldn't believe his ears, he thought he has gone overboard, but this guy is telling its nothing and there is worse to come, "Umm...well how bad pokemon match is actually?" .

"Let's get to the centre, we can talk there", Mike said as they started walking towards the Pokemon Centre with Ash occasionally responding to some 'Congratulations' and 'What was that Pokemon' asked by some people who were watching the battle.

Ash wasn't surprised when Nurse Joy said everything was fine and no major damage had happened, he kinda expected it. Mimikyu would be fully fit within the next couple of hours while Pikachu will need a night rest but would be fine tomorrow. He and Mike are enjoying some snacks and chatting over battles, " So, how many badges so you have?", Mike asked.

"Huh?!", Ash looked up chewing his food and swallowed it before answering, "None actually ", he said scratching the back of his head," I have come for my first gym battle here".

The firm dropped from Mike's hand as he stared at Ash with jaws dropped, "You ought to be kidding me!", he said but it was hardly audible," How can your pokemon get so strong without any Gym experience...well that explains how you lack the knowledge of how brutal a pokemon battle can be".

"Would you like to throw some light because I am in darkness", Ash asked. Mike thought for a bit and said," Well, there is no clear cut definition of how brutal a pokemon battle can be but I can give some instances which can give you a picture of it. When I first became trainer, I went to challenge the Pewter City Gym, but the fight got over in one minute with Charmander in Emergency, bruises and broken bones. Took four days to fully recover. And in the League Conference, sometimes Pokemons get so injured that they are not able to make it, and the League term then as 'Unfortunate Accidents '", Mike said quoting the term with his hands, " Those assholes ".

Ash took some time to process the information. It was made him feel wierd, but cannot help it, "In Kanto, new trainers try to stay away from pokemon gyms in the beginning. They generally battle other trainers until their pokemons evolve and become strong enough to take on the weakest gyms. I have won only one badge in three months, the YAS badge from the gym in Dark City".

"Never heard of it", Ash said. "Figured, YAS is one of the new gyms in Dark city, always in competition with the KAS gym, but that's another story. The thing is gyms are tough, new trainers have absolutely negligible chance of entering the League, the system the level, the competition isn't really in favour of us. But how are you that strong? ".

" Well, I am from Alola, my mentor... Professor Kukui is the regional professor there, he is one of the trainers who reached Lance in the Indigo Conference".

Mike stared at him wide eyed, " You ought to be kidding me! You are learning from an world class trainer...and still don't know how hard pokemon battles are? ".

" I guess he was holding back", Ash said wondering, " Or I was shielded from actual battles, Kukui was just teaching me how to train".

"Whatever is it pal, I don't get it what are you doing here instead of training under your mentor, but that's really not my business. So you here for the League Conference, right. I don't know you are aware of not...but this league season is going to be more competitive". Mike said, on seeing Ash's questioning look he continued," Agatha will be retiring, so the winner of this League season will directly get the opportunity to join Elite Four as well...trainee...apprentice...intern...whichever you want to call".

"That's better...wouldn't have accepted otherwise. Challenge helps us grow stronger", Ash said. Mike nodded his head, "I would love to stay and chat, but I have some business to attend. See ya at the tournament ".

"Will you be participating? ", Ash asked. Mike shook his head," No, but I will be watching. Maybe I can take a few pointers from the battle".

After Mike left, Ash pondered over what the tournament officials said, this is a private sponsored tournament. You may use any pokemon.

"Looks like you are finally going to battle buddy" , Ash whispered, taking out a pokeball. It seemed the pokeball shook slightly in return.

Rest of the day Ash spent in buying supplies. Since he is now in Kanto, he will be trekking his way in foot, even though Kanto now has public transportation within cities. Ash went to the local pokemart and bought everything needed, starting from food and water, medicines to camping gears. It did add quite a bit of luggage which he knows won't be able to carry on his own. Maybe he will ask Wyvern to carry some. Ash decided to head back to the Centre and rest for a bit. He have a long night ahead.


At midnight


Ash opened the window of his room and released Wyvern out, before jumping out on his back. He went to head out through the front door, but one of Nurse Joy's assistant sent him back...About unsafe to go out at night, but when did it stop Ash. He was determined to get some training done, so he decided to sneak out through the window.

Once outside, he flew to the outskirts of the city near the forest, found out a plain area and started his setup. He took out a notebook, to keep records of progress of his different pokemons. There is so many pokemon, each needing a different type of training, and everything is impossible to keep on head.

He released Wyvern, Jangmo-o, Ralts, Poipole and Dartrix and addressed, "Alright Folks, we will be having a midnight session. There is a tournament to be held day after tomorrow, and Wyvern will be my go to pokemon". Wyvern eyes widened comically as Ash continued, "You people will have your chance in gym battles, but Wyvern will not. That's why I chose him. I hope you guys don't have a problem".

All the pokemons gave their respective cries of no objection. Ralts even went and patted Wyvern on his thighs, probably saying Goodluck. Wyvern was nervous and gave Ash a look of unsureity.

Ash smiled and said,"Keep the thought of winning and losing out of your mind. Someone told me, loosing is nothing to be ashamed of, if we can make ourselves better out of it. Just give your best, and learn from the experience" .

Wyvern cracked a grin and roared, showing he his ready. Ash once again addressed his pokemons, "Thanks for understanding, you people are definitely the best. Now, these two days...or should I say nights, I will be busy. But that doesn't mean you get to slack.

So, without wasting time, Ralts, practice your psychic moves. Poipole, will use her attacks and you need to deflect it with psychic power. Jangmo-o start running laps, you will need to improve stamina if you want to master Dragon moves". Jangmo-o gave a saluting roar and started to run across the area, while Ralts and Poipole went towards a rock.

" There is so much to do, with so little time", Ash sighed. He looked at Dartrix, "I want you to stay by my side". Dartrix hooted and perched himself over his head. Ash rolled his eyes and focussed," Look, Wyvern...I don't think there is something I can teach you in like 2 nights. So, we will just practice what you already know". Wyvern gave a node of approval, "Ok, till now, you have been mainly doing physical moves. Slash, Slam, Tackle, Seismic Toss. Aside from it, we have been practising Ember, followed with initials of Flamethrower. Most of these moves are depends on the physical strength of user. So that's what we will do, revise and improve your physical strength and flight capabilities. You in!".

Wyvern gave a grin...and so, the night began...


2 days later...


Ash found himself once again on the Vermilion Gym, waiting with other participants for the tournament to begin. The newly renovated Vermilion Gym is quite impressive. If one asks, it's a large...fancy auditorium, situated in the middle of the city...in the middle of a large park, with a green area surrounding the main building. A bigger field, about three -fourth the size of the ones in League stadiums, gallery facilities and a retractable roof to reveal the sky, Kanto sure had put quite an amount in it...a perfect example of modern architecture.

The rounds had been declared a while ago, there were 67 participants divided into four groups cotraining 17, 17, 17 and 16 players each. Each participant in the group will face each other in a battle royal out of which, four lasting players will be selected from each group. With 16 players sorted out, there will be 1v1 rounds till finals.

Ash had been placed in group C, with Group B battle currently going on...on the big television screen. Ash had been feeling confident, as he made some new discoveries.

Last night when he was training, Poipole and Ralts managed to upset a group of Spearows and their leader, who was in the verge of waging war. But one roar from Wyvern was enough to scare them away.

Talking with Professor Kukui regarding the matter he learnt its a sort of psychological gameplay. Pokemons like Charizard, Gyarados puts an instant fear in the minds of opponents due to their violent reputation.

Also most of the trainers in Group A and B are unevolved, as if trainers just caught the pokemon and appeared for tournament. And Wyvern isn't that weak either, atleast not in physical perspective. Combining the factors, he has a pretty decent chance of qualifying to the next round.

Minutes passed by as his turn came. Seventeen trainers lined up all around the field with pokeball in hand.

"And here we are folks, for our third Battle Royal. You know the rules, the last four surviving participants will move on to the next round", the announcer boomed.

Crowds cheered and roared on excitement and not at all patiently waiting for the next round. Ash tried to find Mike in the crowd but couldn't see him. He knows he had arrived, he had come to wish him luck before the tournament began. Five Rotom drones are hovering over the battle field with two referees on each side of the field. On a separate gallery, he could see Lt. Surge, who seemed to be asleep, beside him another teenager, one older than Ash... People call him Surge's apprentice, Pisces, along with a couple of other trainers in military like uniform. Ash frowned a bit on seeing them, already starting planning ways to win the Vermilion badge.

"Trainers, release your pokemons", One of the referees called out, snapping him out of his thoughts. Ash had his pokeball ready and released Wyvern out, along with several other trainers.

Flashes of lights engulfed the field as seventeen pokemons were standing. Almost of half them are Spearows, three Raticates, four Mankeys, one Victreebel, one Charizard which is Ash's, a huge Gyarados, one Rhyhorn. It's surprising that there are no electric pokemons used in this group. The crowd gave another cheer and started becoming guesses which trainers would be moving to the next round.

The pokemons readied themselves for the all out brawl, and Ash could see tension in most of the other trainers face...Ash tried to put up his most confident and cocky smirk he could manage...and truthfully, there is nothing to worry about...except the gyarados.

As soon as the referee gave the signal...all he'll broke loose. People began ganging up stronger pokemons as it's the only way they could proceed. Two spearows, two mankey and the Victreebel fell on Wyvern while the rest attacked Gyarados.

"Wyvern FLY!", Ash ordered urgently as soon he saw Victreebel releasing some spores. Victreebel could use Stun Spore, Sleep Powder and Poison Powder, and Ash isn't going to wait around which it was. Wyvern with a thunderous roar flapped his wings and took to the sky, along with a Mankey who was Karate Chopping on his back.

Orders were passed by other trainers and soon the two spearow chased after him while the Victreebel desperately tried to grab him with Vine Whip...But with just one vine, it was proving fruitless.

The Spearows went for fury attack and successfully managed to scratch Wyvern who was having a busy time with the Mankey.

"Start spinning" , Ash said, "Trust your instincts...like before". Yesterday Ash had made Wyvern fight his other pokemons and some wild pokemons on the forest on its own, training him to not be heavily dependent on his orders.

A malicious grin grew on Wyvern face as it started spinning like a top in mid air. Wyvern could feel the grip on his back loosening and as soon as Mankey finally fell from his back, Wyvern slammed his tail on it, accelerating its fall and sending it crashing on the ground, not getting up anytime soon. One down. The Mankey was recalled and the trainer was eliminated.

As the Spearows made a return, Wyvern readied itself for another attack, when suddenly "DUCK!", Ash ordered. Immediately Wyvern dove down, narrowly avoiding a huge stream of pressurized cold water.

Ash looked on his side and saw the Gyarados in a similar situation than Wyvern. It had the Rhyhorn wrapped up and the Hydropump was meant for one of the Spearows, but apparently it missed.

"Watch where are you hitting! ", Ash shouted. The Gyarados trainer scoffed, "This is a Battle Royal...not a tag team round".

Ash fumed inside but thought the he had a point. Unfortunately, for Ash, when Wyvern dove down to escape the Hydropump, he came in range for Victreebel to wrap vibe whip around his neck and bring him down on the ground.

"Sleep Powder", Ash heard. He panicked inside as if the attack hits, he would be in trouble. "Burn it with Ember" , Ash countered as Victreebel opened its mouth to release spores.

Wyvern also opened his mouth breathing out flames and aiming it towards Victreebel's mouth. With a quick jump Victreebel moved out of he way of flames, but the spores it was releasing caught fire causing a small explosion. The explosion made Victreebel to loose balance and the grip around Wyvern wavered.

Wyvern took the chance to get up and rushed towards Victreebel. As it got near avoiding a peck from one of the Spearow, Wyvern pulled his hand back and Slashed the soft outer skin of Victreebel with all its might. Victreebel bowled in pain as the attack left a deep gash with its inner fluids flowing out. Victreebel narrowed its eyes and shot a series of spinning sharp bladed leaves, but Razor Leaf barely scratched Wyvern, thanks to his thick scales.

Once again Wyvern dove towards Victreebel with razor sharp claws, but with quick command from its trainer, Victreebel dodged out of the way and keeping a good distance prepped another spore attack. Wyvern suddenly got some sort of idea, as he grabbed a Mankey two was charging at him and threw it at the spores cloud while he flew to maintain a distance.

That thrown Mankey almost immediately fell fast asleep on inhaling the spores in front of Victreebel. Victreebel unsure what to do looked at his trainer for orders, his trainer nodded his head and Victreebel brought down a vine, slamming it on Mankeys neck knocking it out...resulting in a verbal commotion of the Mankey trainer and the Victreebel trainer.

In the mean time Wyvern covered a Spearow with Ember, giving it probably first degree burns and threw it in the ground with sheer force. Ash looked at Victreebel prepared to fight once more and looked up, "Slash!" , he said. In response he heard, "Leaf Blade, counter it", from his opposing trainer.

Wyvern flew down with glowing claws as Victreebel stood on his place, one of his leaf was glowing with green energy too. Both the pokemons striked at the same time as they fought for dominance. But Wyvern quickly managed to overwhelm the pitcher plant pokemon and pinned it on the ground.

As a final blow Wyvern pulled his head back to breath hit flames at point blank range while pinned on the ground, Victreebel tried to release its spore, as a final act of defense when

Riiiiiiinnnnnnnngggggggg...

The bell rang off... And every fighting stopped, the Round was over...

Wyvern released Victreebel out of his grasp and flew straight in front of Ash. Ash looked around to see the four trainers who will proceed to the next round. Unsurprisingly Gyarados, Wyvern, Victreebel and surprisingly a Spearow. That Spearow seemed to get away with small battles avoiding facing bigger opponents, Smart.

"And here are our qualifying participants moving to the next round. Please give a round of applause for them. And for the other trainers who got eliminated, Vermilion Gym thanks them for participating and wish they good luck for their trainer careers", the announcer announced.

The crowd clapped, cheered...yelled wildly at them, while most of the trainers groaned and some threw a tantrum. Ash went to congratulate Wyvern and they walked together towards the exit. The next round, would take place in an hour, so he need to get Wyvern checked before that. This is his first win, that matters, and his first step towards Lance..But there is so much more to go...Ash's eyes hardened on his thought as he kept walking...

To be continued in part 2...

And this wraps up the sixth chapter. They next chapter would be continuation of the tournament and the gym battle.

As for the comments

Poseidon3000: Thank you. Much appreciated. Thanks for reviewing.

Chelita: Thanks... I just want to develop Ash as a knowledgeable and smart trainer...But still retaining the classic Ash tactics. Thanks for reviewing.

Aareev: Yeah...I won't be including shipping currently. It will be like much later in the story, once I got the story to flow. Now, character development and world building. Thanks for reviewing.

zarc4d: Not Iris shipping though...But Iris will be much better...like in Journey, Iris returned as the champion of Unova with Axew fully evolved to Haxorus...like in B2W2 games. The episode was pretty well handled with mirror match of two Dragonites showing clearly the difference in personalities and Ash Dragonite learning Draco Meteor. My only issue was the next episode could have been dedicated to Iris story, how she became champion and how Axew evolved. It's like Iris was brought for one episode for fan service...everything and then Bye... The Gary's return episode felt more rushed, with so many things occurring just in one episode. But anyways thanks for reviewing.

wjluquer: Yeah, shipping would be for later, I will be focussing on the main story first. Thanks for reviewing.

Haha Saffari: Catching Giratina...no. Giratina is a God like pokemon, I want to keep him like a God...even the world champion couldn't catch Giratina. Befriending...probably in sequel to this story.

Mark Andrew: Don't worry about long reviews. I like reading them. Actually, I didn't plan on making all male pokemons, it's that their are so things, I forgot which one was male and which one was female. I will rectify it in the next chapter. And thanks for Poipole idea, it definitely fits. Poipole would start getting development after the Vermilion sec when Ash will start travelling on foot. And Rocket Trio won't be stupid, that's for sure. They will have their own agendas aside from...It's the Twerp...take his pokemons. Thanks for

Darkprince9080: Thanks for such kind words. But could you please be more specific with the problem with unorganization, it will definitely help in rectifying which area I shall work with. Thanks for reviewing.

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IcySneasel: Thanks, and here I am back with another chapter.

Here's an announcement, I maybe late with chapter...But I won't be abandoning the story. So thanks for all your patience and I will see you in the next chapter.

Thanks everyone for reading and reviewing. Suggestions and Criticism are welcomed.

Fafnir Out ~~~