Second chapter update. Took me only a day to complete it and gonna get started on Chapter 2. So, without further ado...

Ash and company finally woke up from their slumber at the edge of and will start moving onwards to Pewter City which was right ahead but not before having breakfast together.

"Yum…. I sure will miss eating Brock's cooking." A hungry Max said to one of his travelling companions who also happened to be the chef.

"Eat up all you can Max." The cook said to his hungry friend.

"Thanks Brock" The boy said before grabbing more plate onto his food. Coincidentally his appetite for food was acting up in a similar behavior to his sister when eating breakfast today. This could be that he was becoming more and more like his sister May. Or that he was simply just going to miss Brock's delicious cooking.

"Hey Max, looks like you're eating in a similar fashion to May and Ash" Brock the chef said to the boy eating.

"Hahahaha…. Becoming more and more like your sister, eh Max?" Ash said to the young fellow.

"Humphhh….. I was just hungry, that's all" Max said to his older friend

May playfully nudged Max's head with her shoulder. "Yeah right Max… Who wants to follow the footsteps of her older sister? I see all hands pointing to you." May said before messing his brother's hair with her hands.

"I'd rather be like Brock. But I really want be like Ash. So particularly you're the last on my list of who'd I like to follow." Max said as he started fixing his hair.

The gang had one last laugh together before finishing up and heading towards Pewter City.

When they arrived in Pewter City. Max had to say goodbye to his friends and sister before leaving them as the fairy to Littleroot Town was soon departing.

"Well looks like this is the end of the line for us Max. I sure hope you can come back later on and travel with us again." Brock said to his leaving friend.

"Yeah I sure hope so" Max said to Brock.

Brock then gave more food supplies to Max before he went on to exchange goodbyes with Ash and May

"What's this for? You already gave me food" A question Max turned to Brock expecting for an answer.

"Well just in case you run out of food early and also because you like my cooking so much" Brock answered the cunning boy.

"Thanks Brock. You're one of the greatest cooks and also a very good friend. Good luck being a Pokemon breeder Brock." Max said to Brock before hugging him and leaving to talk to Ash and May.

"Good luck on your journey little brother. Take care of yourself as well as your Pokemon and keep out from danger. And also tell Mom and Dad that I said 'Hi'. You're the best brother I can have Max and I love you very much. Now, Bye Max and remember to be a good boy" May the proceeded to give a tight hug to his brother to which he also responded by hugging her back.

"Thanks May, I will. Take care of yourself too as well as your Pokemon and keep an eye out on Ash and Brock too. Good luck in your journey as well as your dreams too. You're the best sister anyone could ever have and I love you too very much." Max said. He then started crying before letting go off the hug from his sister. Max then turned to Ash and began walking up to him.

"Good luck Max with your journey and winning the Gym Badges. I hope you have a good time travelling and form a special bond with your Pokemon enjoying and sharing all the experiences together. We will always be behind you to support you no matter what. Be a good boy and avoid getting into trouble and always take care of your Pokemon. Thanks for being my friend Max." Ash said to Max.

"Thanks for everything Ash, you are my best friend and always will be. Good luck with your dream to become a Pokemon master. I want to be there to see that day happen and I hope I can rejoin you guys. Again thanks for everything and take care of your Pokemon and my sister as well." Max said to Ash before hugging him and wiping the tears from his face.

Ash soon responded the hug. And then Pikachu came to hug Max also "Pika pika pikaka kakachu pika ka chu." Pikachu said to Max.

"Thanks Pikachu" Max said and cuddled Pikachu closer to him. Then all four of them came together to do a group hug with Pikachu

"We will all miss you very much. Now hurry Max. You have a ferry to catch" Ash said to Max

"Ok thanks." Max said as he ran to approach the ferry. The S.S Anne now had a port built up in Pewter City. Max then came running back to hug his sister one last time before going back. As the ferry was starting to depart Max started to say goodbye once more from the deck. "Thanks and bye everyone! I'll miss you all. Good luck with everything!" Max waved goodbye before the ferry left to depart."

After the ferry left to depart Ash, May and Brock took a break in a nearby park and after visiting some stores for May to do more window shopping to cheer herself up from his brother leaving much to Ash and Brock's dismay. They headed towards Pallet Town with Ash and May walking together in the front and Brock in the back.

"This is as far as I can go" Ash and May looked back to see that it was Brock's voice.

"Huh? What do you mean Brock?" Ash turned to question Brock.

"Well since we reached Pewter City. I'm afraid I have to go back to live with my parents and siblings and cannot travel with you guys for some while."

"What! Why didn't you tell us earlier?" May turned towards Brock.

"Well if I told you earlier. You guys would be even more upset about Max leaving that you'd also have to worry about me." Brock told and answered May's question.

"That's true…" May said softly.

"Well, thanks Brock for everything, being a great friend and cooking us meals. Hopefully we can meet again" Ash said to Brock.

"Awww…. No problem buddy. Don't worry I'll be back again." Brock said then walked towards Ash.

"Yeah, thanks Brock. I am really grateful for you being an older brother to me and providing food for us all. I will really miss your cooking" May turned towards to say it to Brock.

"No problem May. I will miss you all too and your company. Thanks for your compliment about my cooking. I really appreciate it." Brock said turning towards May.

Pikachu leapt from Ash's shoulder towards Brock. Brock then picked Pikachu up

"Pikaka chu chu kaka pi pika chu chu pika?" The yellow mouse questioned the Pokemon breeder.

"I'm afraid so Pikachu, but here's a little gift from me." Brock replied to Pikachu and gave him a small wrapped box. Pikachu immediately opened the box to find a few can of Pikachu's favorite Pokemon food.

"Pika pika chu pi ka Pikachu." Pikachu thanked Brock for the gift.

Brock then gave some food prepared himself to Ash and May. "Wow food for us? Thanks Brock, you're the best." Ash said to Brock after taking the food from him and giving some to May while he placed the rest in his backpack.

"No problem guys. I know you two are big eater so I cooked a whole lot for you two." Brock said to Ash. While May was placing the food she got on her small pack. Brock came over to Ash and started whispering to him.

"Pssssst…. Buddy can you hear me? I wanted to wish you good luck with May. I hope you don't screw your relationship up. And if you ever need any romantic advice, you can always call me." Brock whispered to Ash.

"Hahahahaha….. No thanks Brock. I'm fine on my own and thanks for wishing me luck. And don't worry, If I need your help with these type of stuff, I will always call you" Ash whispered back.

Brock then turned away and headed to the gate of Pewter City. "Thanks for everything you two. I wish you all luck and safety on your journey, especially you Ash. Be seeing you two, Bye!" Brock waved one last goodbye.

"Thanks Brock. Good luck with you too and be careful. Bye!" Ash and May waved goodbye to Brock before continuing onwards to Viridian Forest while Brock headed back to Pewter.

"Wow, what a bummer, first Max now Brock left us." Ash said to May.

"I know but cheer up Ash. And look at the good side. We finally have some time alone together." May said back to Ash.

"Well if you look at it that way… Anyways headed up is Viridian forest than Viridian City and finally Pallet Town. We are going to go through Viridian Forest which is full of bug and poison type Pokemon so be careful" Ash started giving information to May.

"Eeek! Did you say bug and poison type Pokemon. Eeeee…. creepy." May was now shivering.

"Don't worry. You can hold onto my arm for safety." Ash tried to calm down May.

May gulped and held onto Ash's arm and together they went through Viridian Forest. Inside there, they encountered some caterpie and weedle and rarely some pikachu also.

After going through Viridian Forest and Viridian City. They were now at route 1 where they were travelling to reach for Pallet Town. As they were stepping out from route 1 to enter Pallet Town, they saw a similar figure right ahead of them. Ash immediately took notice of this and recognized him by his brown fashioned hair style. Yes it was none other than Gary, who was trying to free his captured Pokemon. Ahead of Gary was Team Rocket with the captured Pokemon. Gary was wearing a lab coat over his clothes. Under his lab clothes were a black t-shirt and purple cargo pants. And he was also wearing his lucky pendant given to him by his grandfather, Professor Oak. The captured Pokemon looked like a yellow tiger like giant. Its body was yellow with black stripes all over it. It had kind of thin legs but made up for it with bulky arms. It's had small red eyes with black stripes beside it. I had a small black dot on it forehead. From the back of the Pokemon, came out two large wires with a hint of red at the top.

"What Pokemon is that?" Ash said as he took out his Pokedex

No data. The recorded voice of the Pokedex said.

'Must be a Pokemon from a different region.' Ash thought to himself.

"Look who it is, the love twerps." Jessie turned to say to Ash.

"Hey, but where are the rest of them." James turned to reveal himself.

"Mustv ditched thoze two so they would be alone, awww…. how sweet." The talking Meowth said. It had a pale white-yellowish body brown like markings at its tail. It had claws in its arms and had wide open eyes. It had four whiskers emanating from both sides of his cheek and two more beside a large golden pendant on top of its head. It had triangular ears and a tail curled up with brown markings at the end. Uniquely, this Meowth could talk and understand the human speech.

"Ash…?" Gary said out to Ash but was interrupted by Team Rocket.

"Well anyways. Prepare for trouble from the skies!"

"From beyond the stars, a nasty surprise!"

"An evil as old as the galaxy..."

"…sent here to fulfill our destiny!"

"Plus, there's me!"

"To denounce the evils of truth and love!"

"To extend our reach to the stars above!"

"Jessie!"

"And James"

"And Meowth are the names!"

"Wobbuffet!" A large blue body came out from Jessie's Pokeball by itself and did a salute. It had long blue arms and small circular feet. It's eyes were kind of squinted and it had a small dark tail with eyes looking up.

Team Rocket did the usual motto. However Jessie was disappointed. "This motto is getting old, we need a new one" she said.

"But I kinda like this one." James answered.

"You two! We'll deal with that later. First we take care of those two twoips!" Meowth said.

"Right." Both of them shook in acknowledgement and sent out their respective Pokemon.

"Go Serviper!" Jessie said as she sent out her Pokeball.

"You too Cacnea!" James sent out his Pokeball too.

From Jessie's Pokeball came a large purple-black serpent. It had gold hexagonal designs all over its body and had two red colored menacing eyes and fangs from the mouth. Lastly it had a huge tail with an edge of red at one side. And from James's Pokeball hailed a cactus like Pokemon. Its body was colored green it had two small arms with green spikes at the end. It had holes for a mouth and below it were green diamond shaped designs. Its legs were two green triangles and on top of the head it had a crown-like feature.

Cacnea went back to give his trainer a hug much to his annoyance.

'What's Gary doing here?' Ash thought.

"Who's that?" May tried to question Ash.

"I'll tell you later." Ash turned back to face May.

"Alright Electivire, free yourself from the net and give them a thunderpunch." Gary called to his Pokemon.

Electivire cut through the net with a thunderpunch and aimed another one at Cacnea and Seviper.

"Seviper, poison tail!" Jessie shouted to the serpent Pokemon.

"Cacnea, needle arm!" James commanded his Pokemon.

But it was too late as Electivire had delivered the thunderpunch to both of them pushing them back to Team Rocket and sending them flying.

"Looks like we're blasting off again!" The three rocket's shouted.

"Wobbuffet!" The blue Pokemon again did a salute as the rest of the rocket's were blasting off.

"Nice work Electivire. Return." Gary said as he recalled his Pokemon to a Pokeball which emitted a flashing red light to recall his Pokemon.

"Hey Gary! What are you doing here?" Ash called to Gary as he ran towards him.

"Well well, if it ain't Ashy-boy. I came out here to do some research on Pokemon. The next thing I know, Electivire was captured by those three. What are you doing here?"

"I'm on my way to back to Pallet after defeating the Battle Frontier here in Kanto." Ash gloated at him defeating the Battle Frontier in Kanto.

"Heh… So you defeated the Battle Frontier? Same old Ashy-boy." The both of them had a laugh while May was coming up behind Ash. "So Ash, who's you're girlfriend there?"

"She's not my girlfrie-…!" Ash was trying to say but all he got was a glare from May. "Fine she is my girlfriend…" Ash was blushing while admitting it. "Gary, I'd like you to meet May, one of the best Pokemon coordinators."

"Hi, I'm May." May held out her arm for a handshake.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Gary Oak. Grandson of the famous Professor Oak and a Pokemon Researcher." Gary accepted the handshake.

"May, this is Gary, one of my childhood rivals."

"Yeah I know, you keep telling me all about him." May answered to Ash and looked back to Gary and let go of the handshake.

"Hey Gary, how come my Pokedex can't fill up the data of the yellow Pokemon you own." Ash questioned Gary.

"It's obvious that it's from a region called Sinnoh. It's the evolution of Electabuzz and it's a electric type." Gary answered back to Ash.

"Huh? Sinnoh? Where is that?" Ash questioned again

"It's South-West from Pallet Town. But it's quite far away. Hey maybe you should travel there if you have nowhere to go!" Gary answered back to Ash again

"Wait… Does it host a Pokemon League? Ash asked Gary.

"Yeah and I also think that it holds Pokemon Contests as well if remember. So your girlfriend can also go there if she has no place to travel to." Gary said

"Ok, but we'll think about that later. First I want to fight that Pokemon of yours!" Ash answered excited for a battle.

"Ok you got a challenge. I wanna see much you improved since we last fought." Gary said to Ash.

"May, can you be the referee for our match?" Ash turned to May.

"G-gulp… Ok Ash" a nervous May said to Ash.

"U-ummmm…. This will be an o-one on one b-battle." 'God, how does Brock do it?' May said and thought to herself. "P-please send out your Pokemon"

"Go Electivire!" Gary sent out a Pokeball and out of it came the same Pokemon from before.

"Go Pikachu!" Pikachu leapt from Ash's shoulder to the grassy battlefield.

"B-begin!" May shouted.

Battle between Ash and Gary is gonna start in the next chapter as well as Ash returning to Pallet Town. So until then, goodbye :)