I can't believe how many hits (1,046 hits at the time of writing this) and favs (2nd most faved with 15 favs) this fic got in such a short time. It was even added to a C2.
Anyway, to those who have been wondering, there are going to be other changes from the canon storyline, but you will have to wait for future chapters. Aside from different events happening, characters that were never in the animé will make an appearance in this fic, but again, you will have to wait.
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Name Translations:
Sato – Ash
Lila – Anabel
Takeshi – Brock
Kasumi – Misty
Kojiro – James
Musashi – Jessie
Junsar – Jenny
Sakura – Daisy
Ayame – Violet
Botan – Lily
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Walking down the road, the Sato-tachi were making their way to Cerulean City.
"Man, I can't wait to get to Cerulean and earn my next badge!" grinned Sato.
"I know that you will earn it, Sato-kun," smiled Lila.
"Hold it!"
The Sato-tachi turned to see Kasumi running up to them.
"What's up, Kasumi? Something wrong?" questioned Takeshi.
"C-Can't we skip Cerulean? We could go straight to Vermillion City, there's a gym there," said Kasumi.
The others looked at her in confusion. To Lila and Takeshi, it seemed like she was hiding something, but Sato didn't seem to catch it. That or he ignored it.
"Why? If there's a gym in Cerulean, why skip it when I can earn my next badge?" questioned Sato.
"Because…Cerulean is haunted with scary Ghost-type Pokémon!" stated Kasumi, making a scary face for emphasis.
Again, the others looked at her in confusion, until Sato then let out a laugh.
"Nice face, Kasumi. Maybe the ghosts will stay away if you keep making it!" laughed Sato.
Sato then turned and resumed his walk to Cerulean. Lila, Pikachu, and Takeshi were right behind him.
"Grr, Sato no Baka," growled Kasumi. She then got a look of worry on her face. "I really don't want to go to Cerulean."
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It was now night and in a dark room of building in Cerulean, walked three figures. They came to a stop when they found what they were looking for. In front of them sat a large machine and a huge hose. They could only smile in success.
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The next day, Sato and the others have arrived in Cerulean City…well, all but one.
"Oi, Sato? You noticed that Kasumi isn't following us anymore?" questioned Takeshi.
"Really?" replied Sato. He turned to see that Takeshi was right. Kasumi was no longer behind them. "I guess that explains the peace and quiet."
"Ne, Sato-kun, look over there," said Lila, pointing at a crowd of people gathered in front of a building.
"Wonder what's up," said Sato as he and the others went over to see.
When they got closer, they could see that there the police was there as well. They could hear the mentions that someone had broken in the building the night before. But what was interesting was the fact that the only things stolen were a large vacuum and huge hose.
"That's interesting. Why would someone just steal those items?" questioned Takeshi.
"You find it interesting? Why is that? Is it because you are the thieves!" exclaimed a voice. Sato was surprised to see that it was Junsar.
'J-Junsar? What's she doing here? Shouldn't she be in Viridian? …Unless its like with Joy and it was a relative,' thought Sato. "Look, officer, we're not the thieves and we can prove it. See?"
Sato pulled out his Pokédex, while Takeshi showed his Boulder Badge, showing Junsar who they really were. Luckily, Junsar didn't seem to question Lila.
"Oh! Gomen. I didn't mean to be suspicious," said Junsar.
"Its no problem," said Takeshi. "By the way, how about after your shift, I take you out to dinner?"
"Ha, I only date real men," said Junsar, making Takeshi hang his head in disappointment. She then started to push Sato, Takeshi, and Lila away. "Now then, I need everyone to leave so we can investigate this crime!"
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Now in the park, sitting on a bench, the Sato-tachi wondered what exactly happened and what to do next.
"I wonder why Junsar didn't question Lila like she did us," said Takeshi. He and Sato looked over at Lila, who blushed at the attention she was getting.
"Probably because Lila's all cute and innocent looking. Who would really think she could steal anything?" said Sato, not realizing how his words could be taken. Lila blushed even further when Sato called her cute. "By the way, Takeshi, since you're a gym leader, any chance you can give me some inside information on this city's gym leader?"
"Gomen, Sato, but I can't do that. Like you said, I'm a gym leader as well and that would go against the code," said Takeshi. He then stood up. "Anyway, I have some stuff I need to check out. I'll see you guys later."
With a wave, Takeshi left.
"What do you think he's going to do, Sato-kun?" asked Lila curiously.
"Probably going to find more girls to flirt with. Come on, Lila. Let's go find the Cerulean Gym."
"Okay."
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Walking around the city, Sato, Lila, and Pikachu found the gym. It was a pink and yellow dome-shaped building and had a large white seal-like Pokémon above the door. Upon entering, they saw that it was crowed as every seat was filled with people.
"Ladies and gentlemen! Please put your hands together for the Sensational Sisters!" announced the announcer, gaining cheers from the audience.
A spotlight then turned on and focused on the high dive. Atop of the diving board were three girls in their late teens. One was blonde-haired girl in a red two-piece, one was a blue-haired girl in a green two-piece, and the last one was a pink-haired girl in an orange two-piece.
"Whoa…" said Sato, staring with wide-eyes. Lila felt her chest tighten for reasons unknown to her. All she knew was that she didn't like how Sato stared at the three girls on the high dive.
The three sisters then dove into the water and started to perform a water ballet. The crowd continued to cheer at the sisters' beauty and elegance.
"As great as this is, I came here for a gym battle," said Sato. "Come on. Maybe we can find the gym leader somewhere in the building."
Sato then left the room with Lila and Pikachu right behind him. The three headed to the lower level of the building where they found a large aquarium, which seemed to fill the hallway.
"Look at all the fish, Sato-kun!" exclaimed Lila, her eyes shining with awe.
"Hmm? Never seen fish before, Lila?"
"Not this many at once."
It was then that they heard voices coming their way. Looking down the hall, they saw the Sensational Sisters heading towards them.
"Excuse me…" called out Sato.
"Gomen, but we're not giving out autographs," said the blonde sister.
"…But I don't wan an autograph. I was wondering if you could tell me where I could find the gym leader. I'm here to earn my next badge," explained Sato.
"You're looking at them," giggled the blunette sister.
"Nani?" questioned Sato, his eyes widening.
"I'm Sakura," said the blonde.
"I'm Ayame," said the blunette.
"And I'm Botan," said the pinkette.
"And together, we are the gym leaders of Cerulean City!" exclaimed the sisters.
'They're the gym leaders? Takeshi missed out on this one,' thought Sato with an internal grin. "So if you're the gym leaders, what was with that ballet stuff?"
"Its something we like to do from time to time," said Botan with a smile.
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The Sensational Sisters had led Sato and Lila to the battlefield, which was the pool they had performed in earlier.
"So, ready for a battle?" questioned an eager Sato. When he saw the sisters hesitate, he became confused. "Is something wrong?"
"Its just that…we don't…have any Pokémon," said Sakura, looking away.
"Nani?" exclaimed Sato and Lila.
"All of our Pokémon are at the Pokémon Center after they had to battle three trainers consecutively," explained Ayame.
"The only Pokémon we have that is capable to battle is this," said Botan, sending out a Goldeen from its Poké Ball.
"Aw man. I was hoping for a battle," sighed Sato as Goldeen was returned.
"Tell you what, seeing as how you came all this way…" started Sakura. She then clapped her hands and out of the water came a small white seal-like Pokémon that had a small horn on its head.
"Ano, can't that Pokémon battle?" asked Lila.
"Gomen, but Seel is more of the gym's mascot than a battling Pokémon," explained Sakura. Seel stuck his tongue out further, revealing a badge in the shape of a water droplet. Sakura then picked up the badge. "Here. It's the least we can do."
"I don't know. It wouldn't feel right unless I earned it," said Sato, disappointed.
"Then I'll battle you!" said a voice.
Everyone turned to see Kasumi standing at the entrance, a look of determination on her face.
"Kasumi? What are you doing here?" questioned Lila.
"I live here. You are looking at the forth Sensational Sister!" declared Kasumi.
"Technically, there are only three Sensational Sisters and one runt," deadpanned Botan, receiving a glare from Kasumi.
"Wait, these are your sisters?" questioned Sato, looking at Kasumi and pointing at Sakura, Ayame, and Botan.
"Hai?" replied Kasumi, wondering where he was going with this.
Sato looked back and forth between the girls until he settled his sights back on Kasumi.
"You were adopted, weren't you?"
"Nani?" exclaimed Kasumi.
"I mean, how could you have such pretty sisters when…you know?" asked Sato.
"Why you…" growled Kasumi, her fists clenched and eyes glaring.
"Aw, so kawaii!" cried Ayame, grabbing and hugging Sato to her chest. She then gave Kasumi a grin. "You know, Kasumi, if this is your boyfriend, I think you actually gained some good taste."
Sato, Kasumi, and Lila all became red-faced for different reasons. Sato was red-faced because of where his face was, in the valley of two large mountains. Kasumi was red-faced because of her sisters thinking that Sato was her boyfriend. Lastly, Lila was red-faced, not out of embarrassment, but out of a feeling she rarely felt. Anger. She stomped forward, grabbed Sato by the back of his shirt, dragged him away from the other girls, and when they were far enough, she started shaking him out of his daze.
"Sato-kun! Stay focused!"
"Huh? Lila?"
"Sato-kun!" yelled Lila, shaking him harder.
"Gah! I'm awake! I'm awake!"
"Pikapi…" sighed the Electric-type, shaking his head.
The Sensational Sisters watched the interaction between Sato and Lila. All three of them came to the same, but semi-off, thought.
'So she's his girlfriend? She's so kawaii! I hope Kasumi doesn't make it hard for them.'
Kasumi watched the two with a look of annoyance. It was now her turn to stomp over to Sato and drag him by the back of his shirt.
"K-Kasumi! What are you doing?" questioned Sato.
"We're going to have our battle, Sato no Baka! Unless you don't want that badge?"
"I want the badge! Now let go! I can get to the challenger's side of the field myself."
Sato walked over to one end of the pool and jumped to a floating blue platform, while Kasumi did the same, but jumped to a red platform. The Sensational Sisters, Seel, and Lila stood at the side of the pool, waiting for the battle to start.
"This will be a two on two Pokémon battle," announced Kasumi. "I'll let you go first, Sato."
"Okay then. You ready Pikachu?"
"Pika…" Said Pikachu, shaking his head.
"Nani? Why not?"
"I think Pikachu doesn't want to fight against Kasumi, Sato-kun!" shouted Lila from her position.
"Looks like Pikachu likes me more than you, Sato!" yelled Kasumi, a smug grin on her face.
"Grr, shut up! I'll still win even without Pikachu's help! Go Butterfree!" called out Sato, sending out his trusty Bug-type.
"Ree! Ree!"
"Should've known he'd use that disgusting bug," muttered Kasumi, a Poké Ball in hand. "Go Staryu!"
"Kya!"
"Weird looking Pokémon," muttered Sato, taking out his Pokédex.
Staryu, the Star Shape Pokémon. Even if its body is torn, it can regenerate as long as the glowing central core remains intact. At night, the center of its body slowly flickers with the same rhythm as a human heartbeat.
"You ready, Sato?" questioned Kasumi.
"You bet! Butterfree, use Tackle!"
"Staryu, try and dodge it!"
The Butterfly Pokémon flew down at Staryu. The Water-type tried to dodge, but Butterfree was faster and got hit by the Tackle.
"Staryu, use Water Gun!"
"Kya!"
The Water-type blasted a few streams of water at Butterfree, hitting their mark. Luckily, even though Butterfree was damaged, it was thanks to his water repellent wings that he was able to stay airborne.
"Use Stun Spore to stop it!" called out Sato.
"Ree!"
Butterfree fluttered across the battlefield, releasing a glittering orange powder as he did so. The powder landed on Staryu, paralyzing on contact.
"Oh no! Staryu's hurt!" cried Kasumi.
"How can you even tell? It doesn't have a face!" exclaimed Sato, confused.
"Shows how much you known!" yelled Kasumi, glaring at the boy across the battlefield. "Staryu! Into the water to wash it off!"
The Star Shape Pokémon fell into the water as told to. When it came back up, it was healthy as if it was never paralyzed to begin with.
'Kuso! It must have the Natural Cure ability. We'll just have to make sure Staryu can't use it then,' thought Sato. "Butterfree, use Sleep Powder!"
"Ree!"
"I don't think so! Staryu, into the water again!" cried Kasumi.
"Kya!"
Butterfree once again fluttered across the field, this time releasing a glittering blue powder. Unfortunately, his attack missed as Staryu jumped into the water to avoid it.
"Now use Rapid Spin to send that bug into the water!" called out Kasumi.
The Water-type came shooting out of the water, spinning like a shuriken at Butterfree. Because Butterfree didn't see it coming, the Bug-type was hit and crashed into the water, where it couldn't swim.
With Kasumi's sisters, they were amazed by Kasumi's battling skills.
"Wow. I didn't think Kasumi was this good!" stated Ayame.
"I know! Maybe we gave her too little credit as a trainer," said Sakura.
"Butterfree, return! Go, Pidgeotto!" called out Sato.
"Pidgeotto!" cooed the Bird Pokémon upon release.
"This will be even easier. Staryu, return!" said Kasumi, returning her Pokémon. "Go, Starmie!"
The Pokémon Kasumi sent out looked like a larger version of Staryu. The difference though, was this Pokémon was purple in color instead of brown, had a second upside down star attached to its back, and its core looked more like a perfectly cut gem.
"Hoh."
"Another one? What's with you and jewels?" asked Sato.
"Shut up and just call an attack!" screeched Kasumi.
"Fine! Pidgeotto, use Gust!"
"Pidgeotto!"
Pidgeotto started to flap his wings, sending wave after wave of powerful winds at Starmie, making the Water-type skid back on the platform it was standing on.
"Starmie, jump into the water and then use Rapid Spin on Pidgeotto!"
"Hoh!"
Doing as told, Starmie jumped into the water to get away from the wind and then shot out spinning like a shuriken, just as Staryu did before.
"Send it back with another Gust!" yelled Sato.
The Flying-type flapped his wings with all his might so he could push back his opponent. It worked as the winds had sent Starmie slamming into the wall behind Kasumi. The Mysterious Pokémon slid down and when it reached the floor, its core started blinking, showing that it was fatigued.
"Starmie!" cried out Kasumi, her eyes wide with surprise.
"Nice job, Pidgeotto!" grinned Sato. All of a sudden, there was a rumbling sound. "Nani?"
The next thing everyone knew, the wall on the other side of the field, away from everyone else, cracked and then exploded as a large machine came through. Riding the machine was none other than Team Rocket.
"Not again," muttered Sato. "What the hell do you three want now?"
"Same reasons as always, kid. We're here to take any and all Pokémon," said Kojiro.
"And this is how we're going to do it, nya!" exclaimed Meowth as he pulled a lever.
Out of the machine came a large hose that went into the water and started to suck up the liquid.
'A large vacuum and huge hose? So they're the ones who stole them from that warehouse," thought Sato.
"Let's speed things up, nya!" declared Meowth, pulling another lever. This increased the suction power.
With the power increased, the water was whipping around violently. This caused waves to rise up and splash those at the side of the pool and in the process, made Seel fall in and get sucked up.
"Seel! Seel!" cried out the little Water-type.
"Seel! No!" cried out the Sensational Sisters, scared and worried for their friend.
Pikachu was the next to be swept away by the waves.
"Pikapi!"
"Pikachu! Wait, Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!" yelled Sato, knowing what will happen.
"Pika! Pikachuuuuuuuuuuu!"
Thanks to the conductivity of the water, the electricity of Pikachu's attack traveled up the hose and into the vacuum, shocking Team Rocket with many a volt.
"Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
Sizzling with burn marks, Team Rocket fell into the pool and were sucked up, only to be shot out the other end into the sky and sent over the horizon.
Team Rocket may have been gone, but Pikachu was still in danger of being vacuumed up. Sato quickly made it to the machine and turned it off before Pikachu was lost. Sato sighed in relief, knowing that Pikachu was safe.
"Man, look at all this damage," surveyed Sato as he rejoined the others and stood next to Lila.
"I know. We didn't even get to finish our battle," said Kasumi.
"You may not have finished, but I think Sato still earned this," said Sakura, holding out the Cascade Badge.
"Huh? Why?" questioned a confused Sato.
"How come he gets the badge? He didn't even win!" complained Kasumi, also confused.
"Because, had Team Rocket not interfered, Sato's Pidgeotto would've won against your Starmie. Besides, if Pikachu would've battled to begin with, you would've lost no matter what happened," explained Sakura.
"Oh…" sighed Kasumi in defeat.
"It still doesn't feel right to just take without winning it," said Sato, looking disappointed.
"Then think of it as thanks for getting rid of those crooks," said the blonde as she placed the badge in Sato's hand.
"Hehe, arigatou," grinned Sato.
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The sun was setting and everyone was standing outside of the gym, the Sato-tachi ready to depart.
"So you're going to continue to travel and try to become a Water-type Master, Kasumi?" asked Sakura.
"Of course! Why do you think I left in the first place?"
"I thought it was because you couldn't handle the pressure of having such beautiful sisters," teased Botan, earning a glare from her younger sister.
Before Kasumi could say anything…
"Oi, guys!"
…Takeshi came walking up.
"Hello, Takeshi," greeted Lila.
"Oi, Takeshi. Have fun flirting with girls?" smirked Sato. Takeshi stiffed a bit.
"…I have no idea what you're talking about."
"Sure you don't," grinned Sato. He then held up his new badge. "Anyway, look what I got."
"Cool."
"Hai. Now we can head to Vermillion City for my next badge!" said Sato as he, Lila, Pikachu, and Takeshi started walking away from the gym.
"Hold it, I'm still coming with you!" declared Kasumi, catching up with them.
"What for?" questioned Sato.
"Did you forget? You still owe me a bike and I'm not letting you out of my sight until I get it!" yelled the tomboy.
"Not this again," sighed Sato.
With a farewell to the Sensational Sisters, the Sato-tachi headed off. With his second badge in hand, will Sato be able to acquire his third?
TO BE CONTINUED…
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I had fun with this chapter, especially with changing the meeting with Sakura, Ayame, and Botan, so I hoped you liked it. I also hoped you liked that I made Sato a little more…girl conscious. He won't become like Takeshi, but he will notice them from time to time. It will also make things interesting between him and Lila, but I assure you, this will become Abilityshipping as promised.
