Chapter 2

A few kilometers from Viridian City, and while riding his motorbike, Ash and Pikachu were surprised by a car heading directly towards them. Ash was driving on the other lane of the road inadvertently. The trainer tried to avoid the impact, but lost control of his bike and ended crashing into a building. Pikachu, who abandoned the motorbike before the crash, laughed at Ash.

A group of girls that witnessed the accident helped Ash, and took him to a Pokémon Center so he could be taken care of by Nurse Joy. When Ash arrived at the Center, he was taken into a room where the Nurse healed his injuries and checked his state, since he had a big concussion in his head. Shortly after he left the room, without knowing where he was and dressed only with a tight black boxer and with some bandages. At the entrance, he found the girls that helped him and his friend Brock, waiting for him.

- I heard that there had been an accident a while ago, and I thought that it could be you. It seems my assumption wasn't wrong…

- Well, you know how clumsy I can be sometimes…- answered Ash.

- Sometimes? I think every time, pal…- answered Brock, putting a hand into Ash's shoulder. - By the way, who are all those girls?

-Oh, they are some sweet girls that brought me into the Center. By the way, thanks! – said Ash, smiling to them.

The girls, that were already excited because Ash was in his underwear, went crazy when seeing his smile. Wreckage then ensued in the Pokémon Center… But, at the same time, a man that strangely looked like Nurse Joy came out of one of the rooms.

- Girls, if you want to talk, get out. There are a lot of sick Pokémon in this Center, and they need some rest. – said the man with pink hair.

- Where is Nurse Joy? – asked a disappointed Brock.

- I'm his cousin, Joe. Do you need anything? – asked the man while blinking an eye.

- No, nothing – answered Brock, deeply saddened because he didn't see one of the gorgeous Nurse Joys. – It's only that I didn't expect to see you…

But Nurse Joe was daydreaming, observing how his muscles moved.

- Eh? What did you say? I wasn't listening to you – said Joe after a while.

-Nothing… - answered Brock.

Brock looked around him, and noticed that everyone was looking to them while murmured. He then realized that Ash was wearing his underpants only, so he pushed his friend inside the room he had gotten out of.

- Didn't you notice that you are undressed? – asked Brock.

Ash blushed and covered himself in shame.

-I didn't, I'm used to be half-naked at home – answered Ash.

Pikachu jumped to Brock's shoulder, and Brock caressed his cheek.

Meanwhile, one of the girls waiting outside talked on the phone, with a mysterious yet sweet voice.

-Girls, we have to start doing plan B. We have to get his iDex so we can accomplish our mission. Don't fail this time or you'll get ranked down.

- No madam, we won't fail again. His last location is Viridian City's Pokémon Center, we are there waiting for him to come out. – said another girl.

After speaking, the boss thought to herself: "I am a diva!"

When both guys came out of the Pokémon Center the girls were waiting for them. One of the girls noticed that Ash was carrying his iDex, and took it from him while saying:

- Wow, an iDex! I've never seen one before!

- Hey, that's my iDex! – said Ash, trying to get it back from her.

- I'm only writing my phone number down for you, I want you to call me some day – answered the girl, after downloading a strange app into the device.

- You want me to call you for a Pokémon match, don't you? We can fight right here and now if you want to!

-We could play with my Poké Balls indeed…- said the girl while undoing a button of his shirt and blinking an eye, thinking that Ash was sexually flirting with her.

- Yes, sure! You haven't shown me your Poké Balls yet… - said Ash, misunderstanding what the girl meant.

- Wow, how straightforward you are! – answered the girl, blushing.

Everyone looked at him, not even believing how Ash could be so stupid.

-Well girls, I have to go, we have a long way ahead of us. Can I have my iDex back, please? – asked the Trainer smiling.

The girl gave him his iDex back and kissed his cheek to say goodbye.

- Hey, if Ash doesn't want to play with your Poké Balls, I want to! Eh? Eh? – said an excited Brock.

- I'm sorry, but my Poké Balls belong to Ash only. – answered the girl. – Bye Ash! We'll play another day.

- When did you start being so popular among the girls? – asked a jealous Brock.

- They may be my followers, and surely they'll want to fight against me. Wow, I feel like an Elite Four member! – answered Ash.

Brock chose to stay quiet, and so they continued walking to Viridian Forest. After such a long time without passing by it, the Forest was like new for Ash. Thick fog was in place, and there was no one in the surroundings, and they found a new Pokémon in the fog. He was injured, and a group of Beedrill were chasing him, hoping to make prey. Ash sent the Beedrill away with Pikachu's Thunder while Brock aided the Pokémon. He gave that new Pokémon a Berry, which helped him to calm down, but the Pokémon was still injured. Ash consulted his iDex to see what Pokémon they had encountered.

"Holycorn, the Sacred-type Pokémon. He generally is of a calm nature. When he feels danger, his hair blinds his enemies with a celestial light, allowing him to escape."

- A Sacred-type Pokémon, eh? I want to catch it! – said a hyped Ash.

- Wait! He's hurt, you can't fight against him – answered Brock.

Then an old man appeared, and he stood in front of the sacred Pokémon, as if protecting him.

-You can't capture this Pokémon; he's of a protected species! – said the old man.

- We didn't want to capture him, we just tried to help him when we saw he was hurt – answered Brock.

The old man realized what had happened, and when he checked out the Pokémon he told to the boys:

- Come with me, I want to show you something.

The man carried Holycorn in his arms, and guided the boys to his natural reserve of Pokémon. They couldn't explore it for a long time though, because they entered a big wooden house. Brock and the old man helped Holycorn to heal his injuries while Ash, bored, looked out of the window.

After a while, Holycorn was feeling better. The old man noticed that Ash couldn't help looking the Pokémon in his reserve, and asked the boys if they wanted to have a walk around the reserve. The boys accepted without a doubt.

The old man told them that he built the reserve for the Pokémon abandoned by their Trainers. After some newly typed Pokémon appeared, Kanto's President decided that the reserve would be a good place to protect them against hunters.

Apart from sacred Pokémon, they were also Pokémon of known types. A Pokémon that looked a lot like Eevee came close to the boys, and Ash consulted his iDex again.

"Beautyeon is an evolved form of Eevee. When he is fighting the brilliant powder on his tail glows and gives off mortal poison."

- Wow, it's beautiful! – said Ash while caressing the Pokémon.

-Do you like Beautyeon? He was abandoned by his Trainer some days ago, he didn't seem to see Beautyeon as a worthy member of his team – said the old man, saddened.

-Well, I think he can get to be very strong if he trains enough. A Pokémon needs the love and confidence of his Trainer if he wants to be powerful! – answered Ash.

Brock noticed that a Pokémon was standing against his leg. It was the Holycorn they healed.

- I think he likes you boy – said the old man.

Suddenly a giant robot with the shape of a Malamar appeared. Inside them there were two kids and a Persian. The robot kept throwing electrified webs that trapped all the Pokémon in the reserve. The old man ran to them and shouted:

- Kids, you can't take this Pokémon away! This is a protected reserve!

-Yeah, like we care… They are unseen Pokémon. We want them for our collection – said the voice of a girl.

Ash and Brock found the face of the kids familiar. Ash asked him;

- Are you Jessie and James? Have you shrunk or something?

The kids answered angrily:

- We have nothing to do with that bunch of losers, we are better than any member of Team Rocket! We are Team Rocket 2.0!

"To destroy the world's order

And to take full control,

Team Rocket 2.0 is a better version of the old!

Jimmy! Jenny!

Team Rocket takes off to the top

And we won't show any mercy at all.

The elegant Persian says it's OK to go! (Purr!)"

Surprised as they were to see Team Rocket back, they decided to help the Pokémon of the reserve. Brock took out a Pokémon unknown to Ash, so he consulted his iDex for the 3rd time this episode:

"Dralyx is the evolved form of Steelix. He is a dragon made of steel, and he can fly. His unbreakable skin and his huge force make him a fearsome enemy in land as when flying."

They forged a plan: Ash would fight with Bayleef, and he would use Vine Whip while Dralyx used Rock Smash. It worked, but when they were going to take the Pokémon out of the webs they realized that the Pokémon where already gone. The kids had climbed into the trees, each one of them carrying a bag with Pokémon.

Do you think that winning would be that easy? – asked the boy, while climbing down of the tree and running outside the reserve.

Beautyeon and Holycorn decided to help- Beautyeon climbed atop Holycorn, and when they caught the kids Beautyeon used String Shot to make the robot come close to him. After that, Holycorn Headbutted a tree and the kids where soon surrounded by hives of Beedrill. The Pokémon ran into the reserve while the kids run out, shouting:

- Team Rocket 2.0 has fear to no one…!

When the Pokémon saw that their Trainers where worried, they ran to meet them.

- Holycorn, you were hurt! Why did you do that? – said Brock, worried.

Holycorn looked down, saddened; but Brock said, smiling:

- You did it very well, you are fast!

Holycorn and Brock were already bonding.

- They are strong Pokémon, they should protect the reserve! – said Ash, getting closer to Holycorn while holding Beautyeon in his arms.

- You two sure love Pokémon – said the old man happily.

- I am a Pokémon doctor and Ash wants to be a Pokémon Master – explained Brock.

- I have no doubts that you will achieve your dreams – answered the old man.

After a while the old man remembered that Viridian Forest stopped being transited some years ago, and he was puzzled to see those two boys, so he then asked:

- Where were you going between all these trees?

- To Pewter City, we want to go to Neoball Island – answered Ash.

- Don't you know that they've built a Cycling, Motorbiking & Roller-Skating Route that goes directly into Pewter City? – asked the old man.

The guys didn't know that, but Ash then remembered that his motorbike was on the repair shop; and, ashamed, told the old man that he had had an accident in Viridian City. Soon enough the three of them were laughing wholeheartedly.

-You are clumsy indeed… - said the old man while laughing.

- I've known him for eight years, and the only thing that has changed are his looks – answered Brock.

- Hey, I can be clumsy, but I can stop being it whenever I wa…! – He couldn't finish the sentence because Bayleef Headbutted him into a pool of mud where a bunch of Tepig where bathing. Bayleef did that because she was angry of the time she spent waiting for Ash to take her on a trip again. Meanwhile, Brock and the old man were still laughing.

The Tepig that bathed in that pool of mud decided to splash him, while the cheekiest one decided to Flamethrow Ash's butt. He ran away and Pikachu, trying to help him calm down, Thundershocked him, but the only result was Ash's hair getting spiky and burnt. Everyone laughed at him.

- You should take up comedy, son! – said the old man.

The three girls that showed up in Pallet Town and Viridian City were keeping watch on them from the top of a tree, while they talked with the mysterious voice on the phone again.

- Boss, the plan worked perfectly. The app is showing us where he is in every moment, but we would need some sort of flying vehicle to chase him from the sky – said one of the girls.

- Well done girls, I mean, I didn't expect less from you. I'll send in another agent with a camouflaged Jiggly-balloon. I mean, it is very cute – said the mysterious voice.

When saying goodbye, Beautyeon and Holycorn had become so united with the boys that they couldn't say goodbye, so they decided to go with them on the trip. The old man told them, surrounded by all the Pokémon in the reserve:

- Take good care of Beautyeon and Holycorn!

The next destination of our guys if Pewter City, where new and exciting adventures await.

PS:Explanation note: We are a group of Spanish writers, and this is a translation of the original. We are grateful for any grammatical correction you can make. And we do hope you enjoy the story as much as the writers (and the translator!) do