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"Wake up, Twerp!" Jessie shouted to Ash in a bright early morning, pulling off his blankets and opening the windows. Ash shivered as the wintry, morning air made contact on his flesh. Pikachu, much smaller than Ash, shivered awake. Ash glanced at the Pokemon Centers Clock and fell back onto the bed, desiring to sleep more.
"Hush…5 more minutes. It's only 6:30," Ash complained. Pikachu ran under Ash's covers and went back to sleep.
"Criss says right now. Wake up or I will force you too!"
"Do your worse…" Ash grunted, his mind falling back asleep.
"Meowth, use Slash!" Jessie said.
"This is going to be fun…" Meowth said before jumping off Jessie's shoulder and slashing at Ash's face.
"OWWWWW!" Ash screamed. Then, without reason, he slammed back onto his bed and went back asleep.
"Water always wakes people up," Meowth commented, firing an icy Water Pulse directly at Ash's face.
He jumped out of bed, the water making icicles over Ash's pajamas, and shouted, "I'm up! I'm up!" Ash quickly changed into his clothes, put Pikachu on his shoulder, and they both raced downstairs for breakfast at the Pokemon Center.
"Why do you need us?" Ash asked.
"Pika" Pikachu complained, probably meaning, "You piss me off."
"The sooner you receive your badges the sooner we can do more G Men work," Criss replied.
"Sleeping makes me hungry. I forgive you," Ash mumbled with a full mouth of three pancakes, five strips of bacon. Then, he chugged a glass of orange juice in the time it took Criss to bite one pancake.
"That was quick…" Criss grumbled. "I should have ate something before I woke you up. Now I have to order this as take-out." Criss and Jessie both stuff their whole meal in the take-out bag, while Meowth and Pikachu desperately tried to finish their food.
"Let's go!" Ash said. The trio than walked down the streets of Norma Town. Pikachu, on Ash's shoulder could see the colorful pink streets of Norma Town. Pikachu's mouth watered at the wonderful donut shops that lined every street, and the wonderful candy stores that gave off a pleasant aroma. As they walked past the chain of desert stores, the city suddenly went dull. The pink buildings that were normal in Norma Town turned grey. The only building that was eccentric was the center building of the city. The building was rainbow colored, and flat. It was as if someone tried to build a thirty floor sky scraper, but mistakenly built it on its side. This was the building the trio walked into. The trio entered. It looked like they just walked into a hotel. There was a large desk at the front, all with cute girls typing into their computers and making phone calls. The only thing that was peculiar was the fact that a young blonde haired lady was doing morning exercises while wearing a rainbow dress.
"WELCOME! ARE YOU A CHALLANGER?" Brit asked with her excessively loud voice, running towards the group.
"Isn't it weird to do exercises in a dress?" Ash questioned, still deaf from the shouting.
"Bad idea, Ash," Criss forewarned him.
"IT'S NOT WEIRD. EVERYONE WHO COMES HERE THINKS I'M WEIRD! I'M NOT WEIRD. I'M NORMAL. THAT'S WHY I CALLED THIS TOWN NORMA TOWN!" Brit ranted. As Brit was screaming, several Spearow sleeping on top of a tree scrambled away.
"You're scaring away birds," Ash tried to yell back. Of course, Brit had the louder voice, so she could not hear them. Pikachu, realizing that if the girl didn't shut up, he will be permanently deaf, charged up all his electricity and fired it from his cheeks. Brit suddenly shut up and fell to the floor, dress burnt and singeing from the shock. "All I want is a Pokemon battle. No need to make a fantod out of it."
"WHY DID YOU COME HERE?"
"Aren't you the Gym Leader?" Ash had a puzzled countenance.
"OH YEAH. TAKE YOUR PLACE AT THE BATTLE FIELD," Brit said, as she lead them down the hall way. The place was looking even more like a hotel. There were rooms with room numbers on them, and maids walking up and down the hallways. Brit walked towards a locked door, and typed a few numbers into the number lock. Ash walked into the battlefield.
The battlefield was elemental themed like the first gym. Instead of rocks, were little pillows and cushions. The whole battlefield was a cushion—even the walls were soft—an advantage to normal Pokemon as they have little defenses.
The referee then took his place at his stand and said, "This will be a 6 on 6 battle with only the challenger being able to substitute. Battle commence!"
"Alright, go Charizard!" Ash said. Pikachu looked glum on his shoulder. "You'll go after. Okay Pikachu?"
"Time for action, go Jigglypuff!" Brit said. "Jigglypuff, sing!" Jigglypuff took out her trademark microphone-pen and started singing. Brit gingerly but earmuffs over her head.
"Charizard, cover your ears!" Ash said, doing the same.
"Perfect," Brit said, "Use roll out on Charizard's stomach!" Jigglypuff gave a squeal before curling up into a ball. Jigglypuff began spinning in place. The mat on the floor started denting and ripped slightly. As Jigglypuff gained max speed, it rolled into Charizard's stomach. Charizard grunted in pain but stood its ground. After a good deal of damage, Jigglypuff rolled off of Charizard's stomach; however, it then started encircling Charizard as it gained speed. "Jigglypuff, go into the air!" Brit commanded. Jigglypuff stopped rotating around Charizard, and it revolved in place. As Charizard walked over to stop it from rotating, Jigglypuff leaped into the air. At the pinnacle of the rotation, Jigglypuff twirled onto Charizard's head. Jigglypuff stopped rotating. In a singsong voice it shouted its name before hopping off of Charizard's head.
Charizard collapsed onto the floor. Gathering all its energy onto its legs, it struggled back onto its feet. "Alright, use Seismic Toss!" Ash encouraged. Charizard grabbed Jigglypuff in a tight hug.
"Char!(Payback time)" Charizard screamed, a flame erupting from its mouth. Charizard flapped its wings, making him rise tens of feet into the air. Then Charizard started spiraling downwards. Just before the ground could make contact, Charizard swerved to the side, slamming Jigglypuff onto the ground.
"Not good enough," Brit chanted, "Jigglypuff has the terrain advantage. That attack can't do anything because of the cushions! Jigglypuff, use another roll out." Jigglypuff bounced off the floor and curled up into a ball. It then charged up some mediocre speed and hit Charizard on the leg, causing Charizard to fall flat on its face.
"Use Flamethrower when it tries to hit you again!" This time Jigglypuff came back with greater speed. As it rolled towards the fallen Charizard's head, Charizard slowed it down with a flamethrower. Jigglypuff picked up so much speed, it rolled right through the flamethrower, cutting it right in half albeit it got burned in the process. Charizard, as a last resort, stuck out its hand and caught Jigglypuff in its claws. Grabbing onto Jigglypuff tightly, it blew a direct flame right into Jigglypuff's face, before throwing Jigglypuff into the cushioned wall.
"Use Reflect!" Brit said and Jigglypuff surrounded itself in a pink box. Jigglypuff hopped off the wall, angrier than ever. Jigglypuff charged at Charizard, ready to curl up in a ball. Unexpectedly, it fell flat onto its face, as it was taken out by its burn. "Not bad… but time for another one. Go Rattata!" A purple mouse appeared out of its Pokeball. "Use quick attack!" In a flash, Rattata dashed to the left, the right, and ended up tackling Charizard's white abdomen. Charizard, already weakened by Jigglypuff, was somehow blown off its feet by the little rat, and collided into the cushioned wall, fainted from the battle.
"Alright, go Pikachu. A mouse against a mouse!" Ash commented. "Pika(Finally. You let me fight!)" Pikachu said. Pikachu animatedly bounced off his shoulder, a devilish grin started to form on Pikachu's face. "Start it up with a Thunderbolt!" Pikachu charged its cheeks with electricity, and fired a massive amount of electrical energy at Rattata.
"Dodge with a quick attack!" Pikachu fired a straight, single bolt of lightning at Rattata. Rattata waited for the last second, and was barely able to jump to the left, its fur getting charred by the electricity.
"Use Quick Attack to get above Rattata!" Ash said, "Now use Iron Tail!" Pikachu expeditiously jumped, then slammed its tail on Rattata seconds after the command was given. Rattata fell onto the floor, almost knocked out!
"Endeavor," Brit commanded, calm unlike her usual self. Rattata in a quick frenzy started biting, scratching, chewing Pikachu until it returned the previous damage dealt by Pikachu. Both Rattata and Pikachu breathed heavily, panting, as sweat perspired on their fur.
"Use quick attack!" Ash shouted, enthusiasm level almost matching Brit's.
"You use quick attack too!" Brit shouted, fists pounding in the air. Both mice charged headfirst at each other. Pikachu was so close to Rattata, he could reach out with his nose and touch Rattata's whiskers. They were about to ram head first into each other.
"Jump!" Ash shouted, "Now use Thunderbolt!" At the last second Pikachu used its front paws and pushed off of Rattata. Rattata fell onto the floor, crumpling from Pikachu's weight, only to get singed by Pikachu's thunderbolt.
"OMG! Return Rattata!" Brit sobbed, cuddling Rattata's Pokeball. "You Pokemon hurter!" Brit pointed at Ash, anger flaring in her eyes. "I kill you! Go Meow…," Brit was interrupted by a red burst of light. A silver cat, more trimmed than trained, lazily lied on the floor. "I didn't call on you Glameow," Brit pouted. "Come back into your Pokeball."
"The Gym Leader is not allowed to substitute Pokemon," the referee interjected.
"Oh come on. Remind me to fire you when this match is over," Brit sulked, "Oh well, use shadow claw!" Glameow, with a sudden burst of speed, charged at Pikachu, claws glowing purple. Its claws made contact with Pikachu's face, sending it flying towards Ash. Pikachu landed on Ash's feet, face down but still able to battle. With a heavy grunt, it stood up on its paws, electricity sparking from its cheeks.
"Quick attack!" Ash shouted. Pikachu got up and charged. Although it looked like both Pikachu and Glameow's heads would collide, Pikachu slide under Glameow's legs. It then lifted Glameow with its head and flipped Glameow into the air. "Now, use thunderbolt." Pikachu then fired all its electricity and energy at the airborne Glameow. Glameow fell to the floor, fur burnt and black from the thunderbolt.
"Awww," Brit complained, "Glameow was only a show Pokemon, not a fighting one. I'll kill you for this. Go Meowth!" Jessie's Meowth was uninterested in the battle until now. Meowth's head lifted so he could see someone of his own species fight. However, this Meowth was unordinary. Instead of the usual cream-colored fur, this Meowth had a slight orangish-golden fur. "Meowth, use Night Slash." Meowth bolted towards Pikachu, claws raised over his head. At the final second Meowth jumped up to flip over the unsuspecting Pikachu. It gathered all the dark energy it could into its nails, and it slashed with its left hand. Quickly retracting its left hand, Meowth turned around, its right paw smacking Pikachu in the face. Meowth leaped away, leaving Pikachu damaged on the floor.
"Pikachu, get up," Ash encouraged. Pikachu panted as the world revolved around him. Something that looked like a Meowth was slowly staggering towards Pikachu.
"Is Meowth trying to steal me?" the fatigued Pikachu thought. Pikachu's moments with Team Rocket flashed by as Pikachu was fading in and out from exhaustion. Drawing the last bit of his energy to his cheeks, Pikachu fired an immense thunderbolt at what appeared to be the Meowth before collapsing. Pikachu's thunderbolt sailed towards Jessie's Meowth, and provided a shocking experience for the tiny cat. Brit's Meowth chuckled feverishly at the incident.
"Good try, Pikachu," Ash said, running over the battlefield to pick him up. Clutching Pikachu in his arms, Ash called out his Sceptile. From the Pokeball, his Sceptile materialized. "Sceptile, absorb energy and charge up a Solarbeam." Sceptile gathered energy in its yellow bulbs from the light.
"Now Sceptile can't move much. Meowth, use Iron Tail!" Meowth's tail grew heavy and strong as it darted towards the immobilized Sceptile. Meowth jumped in the air and did a flip, her iron tail slapping the back of Sceptile's head. Sceptile flew a few yards before landing face first onto the cushioned floor. Finally, Sceptile found himself finish absorbing solar power. Sceptile transferred all the energy from his bulbs towards his mouth. A greenish orb of light established in front of Sceptile's mouth. "Look out!" Brit warned Meowth.
"Sceptile, get close to Meowth." Sceptile ran towards the waiting Meowth, who was prepared to leap over Sceptile's head. "Sceptile, shoot your Solarbeam into the air." Sceptile fired a continuous beam of energy above his head, predicting that Meowth would jump over him. However, Meowth stood its ground after hearing Ash's command. Sceptile, angry at using a pointless Solarbeam, grabbed Meowth by the throat. The leaves on Sceptile's arms grew wider and longer.
"Meowth, use Fury Swipes on Sceptile's face." Meowth thrashed its claws around Sceptile's face, unable to control herself. Sceptile, as a last resort, threw Meowth into the air and was about to slash her with his leaves, but crumpled to the floor in pain. Sceptile then collapsed, unable to bear the Fury Swipes.
"Good try Sceptile," Ash sympathized, "Finish this Meowth off. Go Gabite."
"Meowth, attack with a Slash." Meowth, again, scrambled towards Gabite, and in perfect timing, she jumped in the air and landed behind Gabite. Gathering strength in her claws, Meowth slash at Gabite's back, sending it flying towards the cushioned wall.
"Gabite, Meowth is weakened. Try your Draco Meteor." Gabite fired a luminescent orb from his mouth high into the air. The orbs then split into many spheres, which came pummeling down towards Meowth. The explosion caused Meowth to go flying towards Gabite, which in Gabite's mind appeared to look like a rock. Gabite quickly sprung and bit onto Meowth's head, not letting go. Meowth danced around for a bit in pain, before collapsing from fatigue. Brit recalled Meowth back into his Pokeball, but Gabite did not notice Meowth was gone, and stayed in his current position.
"Good job Meowth. You were able to take down two Pokemon. Time for action Pichu!" Brit threw a yellow Pokeball into the air, and a yellow mouse appeared from thin air. "Pichu, start it off with Sweet Kiss." Pichu made kissing motions towards Gabite, but Gabite was too absorbed into biting onto "Meowth".
"Gabite, Meowth is underground. Use dig," Ash deceived Gabite. Gabite, yearning something to bite besides cushions, quickly ripped its way under the mat and dug itself right under Pichu. "Gabite, spring up and use Dragon Claw." Gabite spiraled itself out of the cushions, but instead of attack Pichu with claws, Gabite bit onto Pichu's head. Pichu ran around in circles in attempts to thwart Gabite and knock him off, but to no avail. Pichu panted from the heat inside of Gabite's mouth. Pichu threw his head around frantically, fired massive thunderbolts, and sprinted in circles. Finally, Pichu's sprinting turned into jogging, jogging to walking, and walking to fainting. Gabite was lying on the floor, not even realizing Pichu was back into its Pokeball. "This is way too easy. I have three Pokemon left, and you only have one," Ash taunted.
"WELL, SCREW YOU," Brit yelled back. Eyebrows arched in the shape of the devil's trident, and eyes full of blazing anger, she gripped onto her last Pokeball and tried to throw it at Ash's head. Even though it only made halfway through the battlefield, Brit was satisfied. "Munchlax, let's take this conceited little bastard down. Use Natural Gift."
Munchlax was sitting in the middle of the field; a necklace containing a Pomeg Berry was chained upon his neck. Munchlax put both hands on the berry, and a green aura was radiated from the berry. The orb of light grew stronger and the area it touched grew wider. Suddenly, many green orbs of light were given off by the berry, which set off several explosions. Gabite, who was lying peacefully on the floor, suddenly got hit by several ice-cold blasts which sent him flying towards the cushioned wall. The blast was powerful enough to make Gabite faint.
"Good try Gabite. Gliscor, it's your turn for action."
"That's a bad idea Ash. Munchlax's natural gift is ice type. Gliscor will be destroyed in one hit," Brit grinned wickedly. Munchlax, intelligent enough to act independently, touched its berry once more, firing even more blasts of energy. Gliscor felt cold, like ice was spreading around his body. It wasn't long until Gliscor was blasted back by this strong attack; Gliscor felt himself go limp as he tried to apologize to Ash. As Gliscor tried to raise its claw, he felt a large, heavy weight on him, crushing his internal organs. Using the last bit of his energy, he turned around to see Munchlax breathing on him.
"Good try Gliscor. Looks like it's time to use Mew," Ash tried to have a condescending tone, "Surprised?"
"Not really. Many weird things are happening right now. Munchlax, use Metronome." Munchlax wiggled its index finger and danced around in circles. A light was encircling his finger, and with a 'ding!' the light disappeared. Munchlax then fired a purple ball of energy from its mouth. "Oh, a shadow ball. How lucky am I?" Brit boasted. The purple ball of energy hit the tiny Mew in the abdomen, sending it back a few feet. The blue Mew quickly got up and started levitating in the air again.
"Mew, use Mega Punch."
"Munchlax, use Body Slam." Munchlax was able to get to Mew first. Using all of its leg muscles, Munchlax leaped a few feet above Mew, and with the help of gravity, Munchlax crushed Mew under its insane weight. Mew, struggling under Munchlax's stomach, charged up her fist and punched Munchlax into the cushioned ceiling. Mew panted heavily but was free from the wrath of Munchlax, although several electric bolts could be seen passing through Mew. "Hah, looks like Mew is paralyzed. Munchlax, quickly get off the ceiling and get Mew with a body slam." Munchlax was holding onto the cushioned ceiling with all its strength in its arms. Munchlax was desperately afraid of heights, and in this building, five Steelix piled on top of each other could barely touch the ceiling. Munchlax stared down, and it appeared to him as if the ceiling was getting farther from the ground every second. Summing up all his courage, he let go, turned himself horizontal and closed his eyes. At least, Mew would slow down the impact between him and the floor.
However, Munchlax did not notice Mew escaping from under. Mew pulled himself across the mattress, escaping from Munchlax's free fall. Munchlax opened its eyes, realized his mistake, and tightened his abdominal muscles to prepare for impact. The cushions were able to slow his fall, but it was enough to knock the wind out of his diaphragm. Munchlax quickly stood up, taking deep breaths.
"Munchlax, use last resort!" Munchlax gathered all the power it has used from previous attacks. The quantity of the potential from the previous attacks was so enormous, energy began gathering around Munchlax, creating images such as stars. Munchlax broke out into a run as it prepared to take on Mew. Mew tried to slow down the Munchlax with Psychic, but Munchlax kept on running. Mew conjured a blue orb around it to shield itself and soften the blast.
Munchlax made contact with Mew's orb. The stars that were encircling Munchlax, now encircled Mew. The stars first expanded around Mew as they gained speed. The stars used to speed to reverse directions, and started crunching in on Mew, shattering the orb as they slashed at Mew. Mew was heavily blown by the damage, and could only lift itself a few feet off from the air.
"Come on Mew, use all your energy in this last mega punch." Mew's paw glows white as it draws in towards Munchlax. With a sudden boost of speed, Mew punches Munchlax right at his kidney. Munchlax is sent flying towards the wall, bounces off, and lands on the spot where he began the battle. Mew, now lethargic and out of energy, sat on the floor, recovering from the battle. Munchlax was lying on the floor, immobilized by the punch.
"Good job. I'm sorry for insulting you. I'm just energetic from the battling. OH YEAH. I DRINK TOO MUCH COFFEE. DO YOU LIKE COFFEE? I LOVE COFFEE. COFFEE TASTES EXACTLY LIKE COFFEE CANDY. WHAT A COINKIDINK!" Brit blissfully shouted before handing Ash the badge. Brit then skipped over to Criss, grabbed his hand, and dragged him into the room.
"I need to tell you something Criss," Brit said, calm for once.
"Yeah. What's up?"
"You know, my sister Lucy?"
"Pike Queen Lucy?"
"Yeah," Brit nervously replied, "A shiny Uxie came up to her the other day and asked her to be her trainer. She said that Lucy needed to join something called the J Men? Uxie said that Criss could help, and that Lucy would need to come to me to find you. Do you know what the hell is going on? Is this related to the natural disasters that are occurring? IF THEY ARE, I WILL NEED COFFEE!"
"Can your sister come with me? Everything that came out of your mouth is classified information, and I need you to forget all of it."
"How is coffee classified? Coffee is the only thing in the world that is not a government conspiracy. Are you saying coffee is a government conspiracy? I LOVE COFFEE!" Brit shouted before running off. As she opened the door to leave, she winked at Criss.
"Another legend person appeared. I want you to go to the third badge. It is in Sapphire City and specializes in water Pokemon. Walk there and do not fly. There are Salamence that fly in the skies above Sapphire City. I will take this new legend for testing. When I get back we will continue our journey," Criss explained to them before walking off with Pike Queen Lucy,
"Let's go save Dawn," Ash said, "Criss is so occupied, he'll never know."
"You heard Criss's orders. The other G men are looking for her and their base. We can't do anything! He also wants you to get the 3rd badge," Jessie attempted to convert Ash's thinking.
"Fine. We get my badge by flying quickly to the city and then we try to find a GW base," Ash said.
"But…" Jessie said.
"You're either with me or you're by yourself," Ash said, "Even though Criis may not value Dawn as valuable, I don't want them to torture her."
"Alright. Tomorrow I will help you get the badge. I'll help you save Dawn, but I'm not going to beat up bad guys or anything," Jessie said with a yawn.
Meanwhile…
"Is phase one complete?" A shadow sitting at a desk asked another shadow dressed in a clown suit.
"What's phase one. I just went to get some coffee," a teenage male voice said.
"Go, complete the petty distractions phase. We need the police occupied!"