Disclaimer: I do not, nor have I ever, owned anything related to Nintendo's Pokémon franchise.
Legend:
"A human or a Pokémon is talking."
'A human or a Pokémon is thinking.'
"A machine is being used."
Chapter 21:
(Saffron City—Pokémon Center—Lobby)
It was a severely chastised Ash and a smiling Anabel that entered the lobby of their temporary residence, arms bearing the weight of their shopping bags. It had been a good day so far, bar Anabel chewing him out in that one store, but it was now it was time for lunch. They could have gone to one of the cafes or restaurants they had seen but neither of them wanted to eat before they had put away their recent purchases.
Ash had been tempted a couple of times near some restaurants with open doorways, but Anabel had pulled him away just before he could give in. She had told him that, when they finished eating, they wouldn't want to trudge their ways back to the Center with their bags. And, she had said, they also needed to feed their Pokémon.
"Do you want to head to that pizza place after we put our stuff away?" Ash asked as they made their way towards the elevator. Unlike most Pokémon Centers, this one had an elevator, because it had ten floors as opposed to the usual three or four floors. No sane person would want to walk up ten flights of stairs.
Anabel pressed the 'up' button and nodded, "I'm in the mood for pizza. Besides, I saw a couple of Pokémon in there, so ours should be able to eat there too." The elevator's door opened and both Trainers walked inside, "If we can't or it'll cost too much money, then we can just come back here and feed them."
Neither Ash nor Anabel noticed the purple-haired woman who had just entered the lobby. Nor did they feel the weight of the woman's eyes on them as the elevator's doors slid shut: too busy discussing what kind of pizza they wanted and asking each other about their favorite kind of pizza.
'I see, now...' The woman thought to herself as she took a seat on a nearby couch. She would wait for the two pre-teens to come back into the lobby before she made her move. She would have to make sure not to startle them, or get them angry at her. She didn't need to deal with the fallout if the boy, Ash, turned his gift on her.
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After putting their stuff away in their room, Ash and Anabel went back down the elevator and toward the Pokémon Center's entrance. Before they could get there, however, they were intercepted by a woman with pale skin, back-length purple hair, and dark-blue eyes. She was wearing a long-sleeved red shirt with yellow buttons, black pants, and black pants. "Can I talk to you two for a moment?"
The very sight of this woman caused Anabel to start staring at her in stunned awe. This was the woman that she had wished she could be when she was younger and her inspiration. One of the most powerful Psychics in the world, the Gym Leader of Saffron's Pokémon Gym, and the dutiful teacher of any Psychics that wandered into her care—
"Sure." Ash said.
The woman smiled a little bit, "Thank you. I don't believe you have heard of me, young man, but my name is Sabrina. I run the Pokémon Gym here in Saffron City, which is the only Psychic-Type Gym in Kanto."
Now it was Ash's turn to stare at the woman, Sabrina, with a shocked expression on his face. He honestly hadn't expected the woman to say that she was Saffron's Gym Leader. He had thought that she just wanted to ask him a question or maybe say he had dropped something from one of his and Anabel's' bags. What purpose did Saffron's Gym Leader have talking to them?
"Can we take this conversation somewhere private?" Sabrina asked.
"Yeah." Came the stunned response.
Sabrina thanked them with a smile before she withdrew a standard Poké Ball from her sleeve. The Poké Ball rose from her fingers to float into the air before, with the customary flash of light, one of Sabrina's Pokémon was revealed. It startled both of them to see it, as it looked like an older, more powerful, version of Abra. "Kadabra." It said.
Kadabra had two large ears of the top of either side of its head, a red star on its forehead, and two black eyes. Its eyes led down to its nose and mouth and its short mustache that grew out on the narrower section of its face. On both of its arms, there were brown sections that are located on the shoulder. Its arms were thin and consisted of yellow skin. Its hands each had three fingers. Its brown torso looked like a fauld with an insect-like abdomen below it, which had three red wavy lines. Attached to this abdomen was a huge, thick tail, which was mostly yellow with a brown band circling it. Its legs were very thin and yellow. Its feet each had three toes: two in the front on each side, and one in the back near the ankle.
'Kadabra... Teleport.' Sabrina commanded to her first, and most faithful, Pokémon. When it nodded and reached out to touch Ash and Anabel, she put a hand on Kadabra. "We'll be going to my office in the Saffron Gym to talk."
It was only after Ash and Anabel nodded their heads did the four of them teleport away. To the three Trainers, it felt as if warm water was being poured over their bodies while they were being squeezed through a narrow tube. To say the least, it was slightly uncomfortable but, before they could notice that, the group appeared at their destination.
"Whoa..." Ash said dizzily, almost falling to the ground, but managing to grab the edge of something to steady himself. If Eevee wasn't in her Poké Ball, as she was still grounded and they didn't want to leave her at the Pokémon Center, she probably would've fallen over a few times or threw up. He was feeling a bit nauseous himself. "What a rush..."
Anabel lay collapsed into a nearby chair, dizzy. "Yeah. I never knew that it was possible to teleport people..."
"It isn't possible for Psychic Pokémon in the wild to teleport other Pokémon or humans, but it is possible for trained Psychic-Type Pokémon to do such." Sabrina informed the two Trainers as she recalled her Kadabra and walked to the chair behind her desk. She smiled, "It's one of the services this Gym makes additional revenue."
"What?"
"You see, each Pokémon Gym receives a stipend from the city or town they are situated in. This stipend usually covers the basic necessities of the Gym, but not always. Gyms also make money if a Trainer loses against the Gym Leader or joins a program that the Gym makes available." Sabrina explained informatively.
Oh. All Gyms did that? Ash knew that Cerulean City offered some programs but he hadn't thought that other Gyms did that as well. Thinking about it, it made sense as well as bringing up some more questions. How much programs did a standard Gym offer? He knew that the one in Cerulean City offered swimming lessons (for both people and Pokémon), water aerobics, fishing lessons, and surfing lessons.
Did all Gyms have the same number of programs?
Seeing Ash and Anabel's interest in the subject, Sabrina continued talking. "This Gym's main service is 'Teleport Transport' where, for a small sum of money, we have a Psychic Pokémon transport someone to a destination of their choice. We have a number of businesses here in Saffron that hire us so that they can transport their merchandise." She then paused, thinking. "Some of the human Psychics here do mind or tarot card-readings, but that is on the side and not directly connected to the Gym."
'Teleport Transport' was a really amazing idea. Not only did the Gym made money, it would allow the user of the service to go anywhere they wanted to in the blink of an eye. Trainers probably used the service to teleport back home for a bit, pick something up in another city, go back to a place they had been to before, and etc. The possibilities seemed endless.
"Wow."
Sabrina smiled at the awed expressions on their faces, "Yes, we have quite the system working for us." Her smile vanished as she released a breath of air, shaking her head. "Unfortunately, though, I did not want to talk to you about about the Teleport Transport system. And I'm afraid that what we are going to talk about won't be as pleasant."
This statement caused both Ash and Anabel to snap to attention. Both of them had wondered why Sabrina would deliberately seek them out so that they could talk. 'Talk' about what was anyone's guess, though, judging by the expression on Sabrina's face, it 'wasn't pleasant'.
"Earlier this afternoon, I was in the Pokémon Infinity store when I spotted both of you. I wouldn't have taken that much until I detected a wave of sorts that was trying to influence my emotions: trying to make me feel more calm and happier than I was." Sabrina paused to take in both the confused and horrified expressions on their faces. "I traced back the source of the 'wave' to you, Ash."
"I'm sorry for—" Anabel, believing that the 'wave' to be her fault, began to say. She froze, mid-speech, as Sabrina's last few words reached her ears. "Wait... what?"
Ash looked equally confused, "What are you talking about? Anabel is the only one of us with powers..."
"While Anabel's Empathic gifts do play a factor into this, I can assure you that wave came from you, Ash. You seem to radiate a natural 'field' of calmness and safety that makes people naturally comfortable in your presence."
'... Could that be why Clefairy acted that way?' Ash wondered in dawning realization as he remembered his first meeting with Clefairy. Nurse Joy had told him that she had been crying when he had left the Pokémon Center and then rushed to him as soon as he returned. 'Could she have been running towards me because of this 'field'...?'
Anabel frowned slightly, "Not that I want to argue with you, Ms. Sabrina, but... like you said, I am a Empath. I think I would have sensed this 'field' you are speaking of if it existed."
"That is where in lies the problem, Anabel. I know you have fallen under the thrall of this field and your mind has latched onto it to protect itself from your gift." Sabrina responded before she sighed, covering her eyes with her hand. "Uncontrolled Empaths like yourself cannot deal with large 'waves' of emotions, so they usually avoid large crowds of people and towns. I'm sure that you have realized this?"
Anabel sat back in her seat, frowning. Of course she had realized that being around a large number of people had always given her headaches and gave her mood swings. It was the reason that her family had made her stay inside most of the time as, inside, she didn't have the mood swings and her headaches were practically non-existent.
It had been a chore to convince her parents that she was ready to become a Pokémon Trainer. She had to convince them that she was fine being around other people and had practiced schooling her expressions to hide the obvious signs of a headache. She had also had to control herself a bit more when around a lot of other people but, she had done it. Her parents had been convinced and she was allowed to go on her own journey.
Of course, it hadn't ended there. While she had been able to control herself more, she usually avoided large cities as she travelled. By time, she had made it to Mt. Moon and was training around it. It was where she had met Ash and offered to take him to Cerulean City, as she had thought she had gained more control over her powers to control herself in crowds. She had never expected all of the things that happened on Mt. Moon, becoming friends with Ash, and then developing a small crush on him.
Maybe the 'field' that Sabrina was talking about explained the reason she had been able to stand going into Cerulean City. But the question was how? How would this 'field' protect her from her own empathic powers?
"What are you talking about? 'Uncontrolled Empaths'? Anabel has been in control of her abilities since I met her." Ash said with a small frown on her face. The belief that Ash associated with his words caused Anabel's cheeks to flush as she lowered her head.
'Oh, Ash...' She thought.
"That is the point that I was going to bring up next: if a Empath can't control his or her abilities, they have the tendency to latch onto a specific person to 'achor' them." Sabrina explained, hands folding in front of herself on her desk. "These 'achors' are who the Empath focuses on most, which allows them to 'mute out' all but the strongest of emotions if they so wish."
Ash frowned, "So... you're saying that I'm Anabel's... 'achor'?"
"I am. Ordinarily it wouldn't be that much of a problem, but your calm field and Anabel's empathy are essentially feeding off of one another." Sabrina responded. There was only a moment's pause as she watched the two Trainers digest the information and then:
"What?"
"Anabel's mind has anchored itself to you Ash in an attempt to protect Anabel from her empathy. She 'feeds' off of you by drawing from your calm field and using it to sooth Anabel's headaches to the point where she can't notice them as well as get rid of her mood-swings." Sabrina answered grimly. "And Ash's calm field 'feeds' off of Anabel by using her powers to extend itself beyond the range that it is normally capable of."
"How is that bad, though?" Ash asked.
Sabrina began to tap her fingers on the desk, "It's 'bad' because, if you were ever to separate from Anabel, she wouldn't be able to deal with the influx of emotions that she could detect. They would overwhelm her mind and destroy it, as she wouldn't be able to control her powers, causing her to go insane. And without Anabel for your gift to feed off of, Ash, your gift will collapse in on itself while trying to find a way to sustain itself."
Throughout Sabrina's explanation as to her theories on what could happen to them, Ash and Anabel had paled significantly. They looked at each other and shivered. Not in a sudden disgust of the other, but a shared fear of what could happen to them if what Sabrina said was true.
The way that Sabrina spoke, however, made them believe that she was telling the truth. She seemed like a woman who wouldn't mince words, preferring to get straight to the point rather than idly chit-chat. The conversation about what her Gym did was to distract them from the tension of meeting her. She probably knew that they would need to be open minded, so she had waited until they were more relaxed and open-minded.
Very clever of her.
"So..." Ash paused to swallow a lump in his throat. "So... you're saying that... if Anabel or I leave each other, then she will..." He choked, unable to even think of what would happen to his friend, let alone say it.
Anabel simply looked horrified. She was was shaking in her chair, eyes wide with terror. She felt that same rush of something she had a couple days ago, calming her down slightly. She leaned into the comforting touch of it, of Ash's 'field', and tried to stop shaking.
Sabrina nodded, "That is if you and Anabel continued to be untrained in each of your respective gifts. While I am not am Empath myself, training to control empathic powers if very similar to a Psychic learning to control his or her powers." Her eyes glowed a bright blue as her left desk drawer opened and a small pamphlet levitated out of it and into Anabel's hands. "I can train you to control your powers so that, if you separate from Ash, they will not overwhelm you."
"What... What about Ash?" Anabel whispered.
"I... have not seen or heard of anything similar to Ash's powers except within vague mentions in texts. I also cannot train him, as his power comes more from his body while your empathic and my psychic abilities come from the mind." Sabrina admitted with a frown.
"What does that mean?" Ash asked.
"Empathy and psychic powers stem from and are directly related to the brain. This is because psychic abilities require you to use your mind to use the abilities associated with it, which is the same with empathy." Sabrina explained. "Your ability, however, stems from your body. It seems to permeate from your skin and travel in continuous 'pulses' towards the edge of the 'field'."
"I see." Ash said, though he really didn't.
"What do you think is going to... happen... to Ash if I learn to control my empathy, Ms. Sabrina?" Anabel asked.
Sabrina closed her eyes for a moment, "I believe that, if you learn to control your powers, you will become able to sever your anchor with Ash over a period of time that could wean his 'field' off your powers. I don't know how long that would take, or how well it worked, but, if you do that, it should prevent either of you from experiencing negative side effects should you spilt up."
"... Can we go now?"
Sabrina and Anabel turned to look at Ash, who was looking at the floor. He seemed decidedly uncomfortable based on his posture and their was a slight shaking to his shoulders. Sabrina took a brief, unnoticeable, glance at his thoughts and before she inclined her head.
"Of course you can." She withdrew Kadabra's Poké Ball and released her to the right of her, 'Kadabra... would you mind Teleporting these two back to the Pokémon Center?'
Kadabra gave a brief nod, 'Of course, Sabrina...' She teleported over to the space in-between Ash and Anabel's chairs before she put a hand on each of their heads. 'Hold on. We will be leaving... now'
As soon as Kadabra said 'now', she and the two pre-teen Pokémon Trainers were teleported away. Sabrina looked at the places where they had been sitting and felt for them. She had just dropped a major bombshell on them that would probably make them question their friendship with each other. She already knew that Ash had started to think that way but she knew that it wasn't her place to interfere.
They would need to work that out themselves.
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(Saffron City—Pokémon Center—Anabel & Ash's Room)
"Ash..." Anabel asked as she entered the room, seeing her friend laying on his bunk with his back to her. She was concerned since he had practically stormed away from her the moment Ms. Sabrina's Kadabra had deposited them back. She was hurt though she could feel that Ash was hurting a lot as well. "Ash... are you okay?"
Ash was silent for a couple of moments, "I... No, I'm not."
Of all the things that he had expected today, he had never expected for this. He had never for Saffron City's Gym Leader to accost him and Anabel in the lobby, teleport them into her office, and then drop a bomb of epic proportions onto life as he knew it. He was still reeling from what he had learned and beginning to doubt everything.
Did his Pokémon like and obey him because his 'field'? If he was to suddenly lose it, would they still want him as their Trainer? And what about his friends? Had they really been his friends or had his 'field' drawn them to him and made them his friends? How could he even face them after this revelation?
How could he face Anabel?
"Ash... I know what Ms. Sabrina said was a bit... disturbing... but she has offered to help us." Anabel said, taking a step toward her friend. "None of the consequences she mentioned will happen if we follow her directions and—"
"Then what?" Ash interrupted with an unseen frown. "Then what will happen, Anabel? Will you leave me once you get your powers under control and discover that my field has been making you like me?" He angrily wiped away his tears, still not facing her. "Will you start to... h-hate me because of it? Or W-Willow or Harry?"
What? Anabel's own eyes teared up as she began to understand what Ash was saying. Ms. Sabrina had dropped a huge bombshell on them and it had shaken Ash's belief in himself. It was making him start to doubt that if his friends were really his friends or not. He was afraid that they weren't and that his field had made them become his friends.
"Oh, Ash... I could never hate you." Anabel said. When he didn't respond except to shake his head, she walked the distance separating them and climbed up to his bunk. "I could never hate you, Ash." She reached over and pulled him over to her, "And I will always be your friend: field or no field."
"H-How do you know that the field isn't making you say that?" Ash whispered.
"Because I didn't become your friend becuase your field comforted me or made me feel safe. I became your friend because I talked to you and got to know you on Mt. Moon. I became your friend because of how strong and confident you are and how you treat your Pokémon." Anabel answered, eyes soft. "I became your friend because I like you Ash."
Ash grabbed at the shoulders of Anabel's shirt and put his head on her chest, sobbing. The majority of him wanted to believe what Anabel was saying was true but another, smaller part, didn't. It made him question if Anabel meant it and if she really had become his friend because she wanted to be.
"Just remember that I chose to be your friend, Ash." Anabel asked of him as she began to pat his back. "I make my own decisions and I chose to become your friend. I chose to travel with you past Mt. Moon. I chose to stay with you in Cerulean City. I told you that I would stay with you as long as you need me and that I made that decision on my own."
"I-I'll... I'll try..."
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"Foon-gus, foon-gu~!" Foongus chanted as she patted down the soil around a newly planted flower. When she was finished, she looked up to her mommy and smiled. "Foongus Fo, Fo-gu! Foongus gus Foon Fo-gu~!"
Delia smiled at her little Pokémon, "Yes. You did a wonderful job, Foongus." Starting to get up, she reached out and grabbed Foongus, who chattered happily. "Okay, Foongus... Let's go inside and get cleaned up. Then we can have lunch!"
"Gus? Foon!" Foongus cheered.
"Ring, ring, ring! Phone call! Phone call! Ring, ring, ring! Phone call!"
"Who could be calling now?" Delia wondered as she walked into the living room. She adjusted Foongus a little bit before she picked up the phone, "Hello? This is the Ketchum Residence. Delia speaking."
"Hello, Mrs. Ketchum." A feminine voice began. "You might not know of me, but I am Sabrina, the Gym Leader in Saffron City."
Delia's eyes widened. Not know of Sabrina? Of course she knew about Sabrina; everyone did. Sabrina was one of, if not the best, human Psychics in Kanto. She was mentioned every time someone talked about Psychic-Type Pokémon. And the woman's list of achievements in that field, well, they were simply amazing.
"O-Of course I know about you." Delia finaly answered. Her eyebrows scrunched up in confusion, "But... Why are you calling me?"
Sabrina sighed through the phone, "You see, Mrs. Ketchum, I met your son recently and I wanted to ask you a few questions. Before you ask, I will tell you that he is fine right now but he could be in a bit of trouble."
"Tell me everything."
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(Meanwhile—Saffron City—Team Rocket base)
"What is the plan of attack for the operation?"
In response to that question, Domino clapped her hands and the lights flickered off. At the same time, a 3D projection of Saffron City appeared on the meeting table with several red spots on it. "As I am sure that all of you know, the main point of this operation is to invade Silph Co.'s HQ and steal the blueprints for the supposed 'Master Ball' they are developing."
Everyone else in the room nodded. They knew, for the Boss' plan to come to frutition, Team Rocket needed to be able to make a Master Ball; a Poké Ball said to have the power to catch Legendary Pokémon. If Team Rocket got their hands on that, then their next operation would be made much, much easier.
"To complete this operation, we will need to incapitate Sabrina's Pokémon Gym, Kiyo's Pokémon Dojo, the Magnet Train station, and the Pokémon Center at the same time. These areas will provide the most trouble for us once the operation begins, so we will need to attack them while the main operation is going on." Domino explained, pointing at a red dot that corresponded with each location she mentioned.
Sabrina was one of the most powerful Psychics in the world. She could read minds, levitate, teleport, form force fields, and use telekinesis. She had also been rumored to have the ability to transfer someone's consciousness into small toys (during the period of time in which she had been completely insane). Adding to this was the fact that Sabrina wouldn't be alone, as she had an arsenal of budding human Psychics and Psychic-Type Pokémon.
To take her out, the Boss had ordered for two platoons of their best Bug-Type and Dark-Type Pokémon-wielding grunts to storm the Pokémon Gym when the operation begun. Team Rocket hoped that the type advantage they would have would allow them to cull Sabrina's powerbase and make her unable to join in the defending of the city. Of course, the higher-ups were aware that those grunts may not come back, but they would be acceptable losses.
Unlike Sabrina, though, Kiyo had no extraordinary abilities to speak of. What made him a thorn in Team Rocket's side was the fact that he was physically powerful and, like Sabrina, had a small platoon of martial arts practioneers to back him up. Not to metion his Fighting-Type Pokémon, which Kiyo was continously training to become ever-better.
It was ironic, to Domino, that they would be taking out Kiyo's Dojo with their own human psychics/Psychic-Type Pokémon. Fighting-Type Pokémon had a natural weakness against Psychic-Types and, if the Pokémon of Kiyo's Dojo couldn't attac, then the dojo would fall pretty quickly. And once the Fighting-Type Pokémon had been taken care of, they would simply have to knock Kiyo and his students unconscious.
The Magnet Train station would be one of the places where the most Pokémon Trainers, beside the Pokémon Center, would be. It was because of that fact that the Magnet Train needed to be stopped, as they could not allow all of those Trainers there to 'help out' in the defending of Saffron City. If they did, it would severly complicate the upcoming operation and more difficult than it had rights to be.
Team Rocket would take out the Magnet Train station by detonatting the explosives that they had set on the rails the night before the operation. This would disallow the Magnet Train from reaching Saffron City, as it was curently in Johto, thus limiting the number of Trainers there. Even so, the Boss had ordered three platoons worth of Rockets to storm and then occupy the station.
The Pokémon Center, though, would require a not as firm 'hand' depending on the time the operation would begin. Most Trainers would've left after that time, so they probably wouldn't need to send more than fifty to a hundred Rockets to it. After all, Nurse Joy and her team of nurse Pokémon wouldn't be able to fight, let alone stand up against fifty Rockets.
Explaining all of this to the leaders of each group that were going to be involved in the operation, though, was very difficult. Domino simply couldn't understand why the majority of people were so incompetent and hard-headed. 'Oh, well...' She thought with a hidden smirk. 'That just makes them all the more... expendable.'
Ash's Pokémon Team:
Eevee (Female): Level 20.
Attacks: Tackle (Normal), Sand Attack (Normal), Scratch (Normal), Tail-Whip (Normal), Helping Hand (Normal), Growl (Normal), Bite (Dark), and Quick Attack (Normal).
Pidgeotto (Male): Level 17.
Attacks: Sand Attack (Ground), Tackle (Normal), Gust (Flying), Peck (Flying), and Whirlwind (Flying).
Rattata (Male): Level 19.
Attacks: Bite (Dark), Tackle (Normal), Quick Attack (Normal), Hyper Fang (Normal), Scratch (Normal), Pursuit (Dark), and Quick Swim (Normal).
Beedrill (Male): Level 18.
Attacks: String-Shot (Bug), Poison-Sting (Poison), Bug-Bite (Bug), Fury Attack (Normal), and Twineedle (Bug).
Clefairy (Female): Level 14.
Attacks: Sing (Normal), Pound (Normal), Metronome (Normal), DoubleSlap (Normal), and Defense Curl (Normal).
Paras (Male): Level 17.
Attacks: PoisonPowder (Poison), Stun Spore (Grass), Sleep Powder (Grass), Spore (Grass), Leech Life (Bug), and Fury Cutter (Bug).
Anabel's Pokémon Team:
Abra (Male): Level 22.
Attacks: Teleport (Psychic), Psyshock (Psychic), Confusion (Psychic), and Psychic (Psychic).
Butterfree (Female): Level 17.
Attacks: Confusion (Psychic), Poisonpowder (Poison), Stun Spore (Grass), Harden (Bug), Sleep Powder (Grass), and String Shot (Bug).
Sabrina's Pokémon Team:
Kadabra (Female): Level 40.
Attacks: Psychic (Psychic), Teleport (Psychic), Psyshock (Psychic), Confusion (Psychic), Kinesis (Psychic), Disable (Normal), Miracle Eye (Psychic), Ally Switch (Psychic), Psybeam (Psychic), Reflect (Psychic), Telekinesis (Psychic), Recover (Normal), Psycho Cut (Psychic), and Future Sight (Psychic).
A/N: Author's Note: I bet none of you guys expected that when Sabrina mentioned that Ash and Anabel were feeding off of each other. But, if you look closely, you will find some hints as to what Sabrina said was true. I also hope you guys liked how I described some of the Gym's services and would like your opinions on Saffron City's Teleport Transport.
Also, for you readers who were curious about what was going on with Team Rocket... here you go. You get to see the layout of their plan while wondering and worrying when it is going to happen as well as how well it will go. And what's up with Sabrina calling Delia? Any guesses...?
And this is not a piece offering to those waiting for Amity's Arrancar's next update... I just had alot of inspiration to write this, finished it, and well... I uploaded it.