Two weeks later Officer Jenny turned up knocking on the gate to the villa. When she was let in, she entered into the villa to find that Cynthia and Ash were eating breakfast. She said, "Uhh...I apologise for interrupting your breakfast, but we have caught the person that was impersonating you."

"Really?" Ash asked.

"Yes."

"I don't suppose that you know why he chose me to impersonate?"

"Well, apparently, since you hadn't appeared for some time, and never in this region, he thought that he could pass off as yourself. After all, it is inconceivable that you would not change in over two years."

"I see. Well, thank you. Would you mind if I talked to him."

"No. After all, he has been asking to speak to you as well."

"Really?"

"Yes"

"Any idea why?"

"No. But, in accordance to Unova Region law, an accused does have the right to see their accuser."

"Alright than, uhh...would you mind if I finished breakfast first?"

"No, go right ahea..." before Officer Jenny could finish what she was saying Ash had blurred through the rest of his breakfast and announced that he was done. Ash then went to the room that he had been using whilst he was staying in the villa and got his cloak on and then returned downstairs before following Officer Jenny out and down, into Undella Town. When they reached it they entered the Undella Town Police Station. Once inside Officer Jenny led Ash to the interrogation room that was holding the impersonator.

Once there the impersonator jumped up and, eyes wide, asked "is it you? Is it really you?"

"Of course it's me," Ash stated. "Now what the hell are you doing trying to impersonate a Pokémon trainer for?"

"Well, it's just that, when I'm me, I feel unsure of myself. That's all...really!"

"Eh?" Ash sighed and said "Alright then, look. I've seen your type before and believe me, even if it is a defence mechanism of some sort; it's not going to do you any good in the long run."

"How would you know?"

"I've met someone else who was exactly the same," Ash stated as he thought back to Narissa when he was going around the Sinnoh Region.

"Wha...?"

"A girl named Narissa. She's from the Sinnoh Region and she tends to dress up as Flint of the Sinnoh Regions' Elite Four." Ash sighed and continued, "She goes around with her two Ditto. When I met her she was boasting that she was the best trainer as she'd been challenging some trainer and a Zapdos flew by. But I'll ask again. Why me specifically? I mean, there is a lot of other, better, trainers than me."

"Well, I'm originally from Magenta City and went to Professor Oak's Pokémon School. He used you and Gary as examples all the time. One time he told me that I remind him of you, so I figured..."

"Wow, I didn't think that I'd see another Kanto native so soon."

"Well, in all fairness, I didn't think that I'd run into the real thing over here either...I'm awfully sorry."

Ash sighed and said, "It's fine. Just don't go giving my name, or anybody else's for that matter, as your own. Or something like this may occur again..." Ash looked at Officer Jenny and asked "Officer Jenny, since the only thing that he's really done wrong is impersonate me, is it possible to, you know, let him off with a warning?"

"Well, if you aren't going to be pressing charges, then there is really no other choice."

"Well, that's settled then, if there's nothing else that you need me for, am I allowed to continue on with my journey?" Ash asked. After he was told that there was no longer anything to prevent him from leaving Undella Town he left the police station and headed back to the villa to collect his things.

When Ash had bidden Cynthia farewell and left the gates of the manor he found that the kid that had been impersonating him had actually followed him to the manor. Before he could ask what the kid was doing, the kid said, "Ash, please let me come with you."

Ash looked at the kid as if he were crazy and asked, "Why do you want to do that?"

"Because, I'm really not all that good, and I could use some help along the way, you know."

Ash sighed and said, "Look kid, I'm not going to think for you."

"I wouldn't ask you to."

"I'm not even sure what I want to do while I'm here."

"Aren't you entering the Pokémon League Competition?"

Ash sighed, looked into the sky and said, "A friend of mine once told me that you can't go around challenging gyms forever. In my time off I came to realise that. That's why, when I came here, I came to get a fresh start."

A girl that was passing by heard their conversation and said, "If the Pokémon League isn't your cup of tea, why don't you try contests?"

Ash asked, "They have Pokémon Contests here too?"

The girl replied, "Yeah, this year is actually the first year that they have been held."

"Thank you...umm..."

"Clarissa," said the girl providing her name for the two trainers. "There's actually one being held in one week's time over in Black City. It's also on the way to Nimbasa City. There's a Pokémon Gym there too."

"Alright, thanks Clarissa."

"No problem."

"Well, sure then, I suppose that I can travel with you, at least for a while...what was your name again?"

"Tristan, Tristan Waterflower."

"Waterflower? Are you related to the Cerulean Gym Leaders?"

"Yeah, they're my cousins, why?"

"Oh great," Ash groaned.

"Is there a problem?"

"No no, just ignore whatever Misty says about me, alright?"

"Okay, uhh...why?"

"Because, it won't be anything good, believe me."

"Why not?"

"We travelled together for a while when I was just starting out and, well, I wasn't exactly the same as I am now."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, I used Pikachu in a battle against the Pewter City Gym Leader."

"Huh? Why'd you do that?"

"Well, in fairness, all I had at the time was Pikachu, Pidgeotto and Butterfree and Butterfree went down like a ton of bricks."

"Then there's no shame in that, Pidgeotto is really weak against rock types."

"Yeah, but your cousin didn't see it that way. She still doesn't."

"Oh, alright then, so Black City it is."