Chapter Two

A few days later finds our hero entering Pewter City in northern Kanto. As Ash entered the city, he couldn't help but wonder how Brock was doing. Let's see. The last time I saw Brock was when I left Sinnoh. He said that he would be attending pokémon medical school here in Pewter. I might as well visit him. And so Ash made his way to the Pewter gym.

"I told you trainers already. We don't have any Commissioner Coins! Cerulean gym is the closest gym that has a coin."

"Uh, hello Flint."

"Pikaka, Chuchu!"

"Oh. Ash, is that you? It's good to see you. Sorry about the rude greeting. Most trainers assume that all the gyms have a coin to offer. Say, are you participating in the Commissioner's Cup?"

"Yep. But, I'm here to visit Brock. I was passing through Pewter to get to Cerulean anyway."

"Sure. Give me a sec while I call Brock. BROCK!" Flint shouted at the top of his lungs.

"God Dad. Calm down. I'm coming. Ash!"

"What's up Brock?"

"Pichu ka!"

"I'm almost down with medical school. I just need to get practical experience to get my degree. I have to travel to five different regions and heal pokémon."

"Why don't you come with me and Pikachu? I'm participating in the Commissioner's Cup so I have to travel through Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, and Unova. You can travel with me, heal our pokémon, and get your degree."

"That's a great idea Ash. I'll go pack."

And so the pair plus Pikachu made their way out of Pewter and headed to Mt. Moon. After getting lost and running around Mt. Moon for a long time, our heroes entered Cerulean City. As they made their way to the gym, Ash and Brock discussed strategies for taking down Misty.

"Well, Misty tends to do three on three battles and her signature pokémon is Gyarados. So you're going to need electric and grass types."

"Perfect, I have Pikachu, Sceptile, and Leavanny."

"Leavanny?"

"It's a bug/grass type pokémon I trained in Unova. He's really strong and will be useful against Misty and Sabrina."

"Good thinking Ash. Finally planning out your battles beforehand."

"Brock! I'll have you know I always plan out my battles."

"And that's why you always improvise?"

"Look, I've gotten better. I know what I'm doing."

"Good. You now have a chance of winning the Commissioner's Cup."

"Whatever."

And so they entered the gym. It looked the same as it had before. Swimming in the pool was Misty and her Azurill. She still had her weird side ponytail and she was wearing a red one piece swimsuit. Misty quickly exited the pool when she noticed Brock and Ash.

"Hey guys! I haven't seen you in a while. Ash, you've gotten taller. You're not a midget anymore!"

"Misty!" Ash whined.

"Hello Misty." Brock chuckled.

"Chu pika!"

"I'm here to challenge you for my coin!"

"Oh and you think you can beat me? I'll have you know that I've gotten a lot and better and I beat you last time too."

"Well I've gotten better too!"

"Really?"

"Really!"

"Really?"

"Really!"

"Really?"

"Really!"

"Guys, can you just battle already." Brock said exasperated.

"Oh right. Brock, can you referee this match? My sisters are out."

"Sure thing Misty!"

And so the two combatants made their way to their respective sides of the battlefield while Brock walked to the referee box.

"This will be a three on three battle between Leader Misty and Challenger Ash Ketchum from Pallet town. Since this battle is for the water coin rather than the cascade badge, neither side is allowed to make substitutions. The battle will be over when all three pokémon of one side are unable to battle."

"Go Starmie!"

"Ok then. A water and a psychic type. I choose you, Leavanny!"

Both Starmie and Leavanny entered the field. Leavanny towered over Starmie, but Starmie did not look intimidated at all.

"Oh Ash, I didn't realize you've been to Unova."

"Well then Misty, you're in for a shock! Leavanny use leaf blade!"

"Vanny!"

Leavanny charged at Starmie as one of its arms started glowing. Starmie jumped at the last minute and avoided the attack.

"Now Starmie, ice beam!"

Cold energy erupted from Starmie and was sent hurtling towards at Leavanny. Direct hit!

"No! Leavanny! Can you keep battling?"

"Lea." It struggled to get up.

"See, Ash? You can't win."

"We'll see. Quick, use razor leaf and then x-scissor!"

"Vanny, lea!"

As leaves hit Starmie, Leavanny charged at the unsuspecting starfish and aimed x-scissor straight at Starmie's core. Starmie struggled to get up and collapsed.

"Starmie is unable to battle! The winner is Leavanny!"

"Return Starmie! Wow Ash. I'm impressed! You actually managed to beat one of my pokémon! But you're not the only one with Unova pokémon. Go Jellicent!"

A large jellyfish like pokémon appeared in the pool.

"Finish off that Leavanny with shadow ball!"

"Cent!"

A dark glob of energy collided with Leavanny. Coupled with the damage from the ice beam, Leavanny collapsed on its platform and was unable to rise.

"Leavanny is unable to battle! Jellicent wins!"

"Alright then. Leavanny, return. You did a great job buddy! Go Sceptile!"

As Sceptile landed on a platform it pulled out a twig and started chewing on it.

"Shadow ball once more!"

"Counter with leaf storm!"

Most of the leaves collided with the glob of dark energy and canceled each other out. Some stray leaves ended up hitting Jellicent causing massive damage.

"Quick Jellicent, use will o wisp!"

Purple fire was sent hurtling at Sceptile. However, it didn't appear as though Sceptile had taken any damage.

"Okay then. Sceptile, use leaf blade!"

As Sceptile charged at Jellicent, its arm started glowing and Sceptile scored a direct hit on Jellicent's head. However, Jellicent got up second later without appearing to have taken a lot of damage.

"Ash, will o wisp burns a pokémon. That means that Sceptile's attack stat is lowered and that he takes damage every turn."

Sure enough, red aura surrounded Sceptile who then started to breathe heavily.

"He he. Oops. Then let's try a special attack. Use leaf storm!"

Once more, Sceptile summoned a large amount of leaves and sent them hurtling at Jellicent. Jellicent was too slow to dodge and took the attack head on. It resurfaced in the water with swirls in place of its eyes. Sceptile was once again surrounded by red aura.

"Jellicent is unable to battle. The winner is Sceptile!"

"Jellicent, return! Well Ash, you've managed to defeat two of my pokémon. Can you guess who's next? That's right. Go, Gyarados!"

The atrocious pokémon entered the pool and roared. Sceptile didn't even seem fazed in the slightest.

"Sceptile, use leaf storm once more!"

"Gyarados, use flamethrower. Burn these leaves to a crisp!"

Gyarados opened its jaws and unleashed a torrent of fire aimed straight at Sceptile and his leaves. The flamethrower attack scorched the leaves and kept going. It slammed into Sceptile who was propelled into the wall of the gym where he left a crater. Sceptile fell to the floor with swirls in its eyes.

"Sceptile is unable to battle! Both trainers are down to their final pokémon!"

Gosh that Gyarados is tough. Misty wasn't kidding when she said she got tougher. I guess I'm gonna hope for the type advantage.

"I choose you, Pikachu!"

"Pika!"

"Alright Pikachu. Let's use thunderbolt!"

"Counter with flamethrower once more!"

"Pika!"

"Raah!"

Yellow electricity and red fire collided between the two pokémon. The attacks created an explosion which resulted in smoke. When the smoke cleared, both pokémon appeared unharmed.

"Thunderbolt again!"

"Counter with flamethrower!"

With similar results, Ash was forced to improvise. Let's see. Attacking Gyarados directly isn't working. He just counters it with that flamethrower. I just have to figure out a way to hit Gyarados without actually aiming at him. Wait, that's it!"

"Pikachu, use thunderbolt on the pool!"

"Pikaka chu!"

As Pikachu unleashed its electricity, the entire pool became covered in it. The light was so harsh that the three people had to turn away. When the light show ended, Pikachu stood on its platform breathing heavily and Gyarados was floating in the pool unconscious.

"Gyarados is unable to battle! Misty is out of pokémon which means that the winner is the challenger!"

"We did it buddy!" Yelled Ash as he hugged Pikachu.

"Wow Ash, you sure impressed me. I wish I could travel with you but I have to stay here to hand out coins. Speaking of coins, here's the water coin!"

In Misty's hand lay a small aquamarine coin with the words "The Commissioner's Cup" engraved around the edge of the coin.

"Woohoo! I just won the water coin!"

"Hey Misty, why don't you join as at the Battle Coliseum to watch the Commissioner's Cup live?"

"That's a good idea Brock. Once the Cup starts, I'll make my way to the Coliseum in order to see how poorly Ash will do."

"Hey! I'm going to win!"

"Will not!"

"Will too!"

"Will not!"

"Will too!"

"Will not!"

"Will too!"

"Will not!"

"Will too!"

"Will not!"

"Will too!"

"Guys, enough!"

"Sorry Brock." Ash and Misty said simultaneously.

"Hey you hear that?"

"What is it Misty?"

"It sounds like something is roaring which is weird because Gyarados is knocked out."

"That's just my stomach. I got hungry after battles."

As Misty, Brock, and Pikachu sweat dropped, Ash stood there rubbing his stomach.

"Why don't you guys have dinner with me and then you can head out tomorrow morning."

"Sounds like a plan, Misty."

"Yeah. I'm starving!"