Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon, If i did Ash would age and get laid!
A/N: I feel really sorry for Serena. Ash still clueless, that and she nearly lost him to another girl in the latest episode. However I will say this though. Penelope did look hot, I am still not thrilled with this new fairy type, however i suppose they had to come up with a new type. personally if they had a Fairy Eevee evolution then i would really like to see a Ghost Eevee evolution, or a steel type evolution.
Miken Island
Charizard and Pigeot touched down just outside the Pokemon Centre. Ash and Sabrina quickly dismounted, and once Charizard and Pidgeot had been recalled, they made their way towards the entrance of the Pokemon centre. Ash raced inside with Sabrina and Pikachu hot on his heels. He stopped in the middle of the centre. The place was huge. Ash wasn't sure what counter to go to. Just then he heard a sweet voice call out.
"Yes can I help you" Ash walked over to the counter and noticed a Nurse Joy was ready with her Blissey.
"Nurse Joy, I have an injured Lapras here. It was being taken care of in the Valencia Island Pokemon Centre, however something happened there and I was told to bring Lapras here."
Nurse Joy looked down at her screen. Unknown to Ash she had been expecting Lapras and I had been informed by her sister on Valencia island about what had happened. She already had a specialised unit ready for the injured Lapras.
"You must be Ash Ketchum, my sister mentioned that you would be coming here. I have already set up a specialised bay for your Lapras. If you follow me I will lead you to it."
Ash and Sabrina followed the Nurse Joy through some double doors. They then walked down various corridors, until the came to a ward which look liked it was specially designed for water Pokemon. Ash noticed Nurse Joy lead them to one of the room where a huge tank was inside. Ash noticed the Nurse Joy stopped them from going into the room.
"I am sorry, but only staff are allowed in. However you can view through the glass if you like. Could you please give me Lapras Poke ball."
Ash handed over Lapras Poke ball and then walked around to the glass, so he could watch everything in the room. He noticed Sabrina had grabbed his hand in support, which was helping his worries a little. Ash watched Nurse Joy release Lapras into the tank and then started to connect various wires to her. Once the wires were connected and the machines turned on. Nurse Joy left instruction with her Blissey and then exited the room.
"Your Lapras is just fine Mr Ketchum. However she will need to stay in over night for observation. If you like I can book you a room for the night."
Ash nodded and handed over his Pokedex. He then followed the Nurse Joy back through the corridor and back out to the main reception, where he waited at the desk while Nurse Joy booked them in for the night.
"Nurse Joy, I was told that there was a Orange league Gym on the island. Could you tell me where I can find it. I figured that if I am here for the night with Lapras then I could get my first gym badge while I was here."
Nurse Joy smiled and then scanned the Pokedex. She was surprised at the young trainers achievements. She then registered him for the Orange League. "Well it was good thing you did come here. After all you were not even registered for the league. However that has now been taken care of. The Gym is located not far from here, and it is ran by a Brother and sister. The gym leader is called Cissy. Well here is your room key and I hope you have a pleasant stay on our Island. Also if you ever want to see how Lapras is doing, you just need to ask and I or one of my colleagues will take you to see her."
Ash thanked Nurse Joy and then turned to Sabrina who now had Pikachu in her arms. "Well lets go up to our room, we can then drop all our stuff off, which will safe us carrying it all over the island." Ash noticed Sabrina move her mouth to his ear.
"Can we also see if that ran a daycare facility. As It's been while since we have done anything together." Ash's cheeks went red as he blushed at Sabrina double meaning. The two trainers then left the main reception and made their way up to their room.
Later That Afternoon
Ash and Sabrina was walking down a small path. According to a passer by this was the path that led to the Islands gym. Ash couldn't wait to win his first Orange League badge. Just then he noticed Pikachu jumped off his shoulder and starting to run ahead of them. Ash wondered what had gotten into his little friend and chased after him with Sabrina hot on his heels. Ash suddenly stopped as he noticed Pikachu was investigating a coconut that had fallen from the tree. Ash looked closely and could see a string was attached to it. Carefully he followed the string up the tree until he saw it was attached to a bucket. Ash eyes widened.
"Pikachu, don't touch that!" Ash had tried to grab Pikachu however it was too late. The little electric mouse Pokemon had grabbed the coconut and now both trainer and Pokemon were soaked. Ash heard laughter from behind one of the trees. He noticed a boy with spiky hair, dressed in a yellow top with green combat pants laughing.
"Boy you and your Pokemon must really be dumb to fall for the trick." The boy carried on laughing, however Ash didn't see what was so funny.
"That was a dirty, trick, who are you anyway. I came to challenge the island Gym leader."
The boy stopped laughing, his face suddenly turned serious. "Oh really, well if this is anything to go by, then Cissy will wipe the floor with you. In fact I don't think your good enough to face Cissy, so we are going to battle, if I win you leave, however if you win then I will take you the gym."
Ash was about to grab a Poke ball when he heard a female voice behind the boy.
"Oh really? and went did we make this rule. You know I am the only one who can defend this gym so why don't you ran back to your room and tidy it up, like I have asked you a million times before."
Ash noticed the girl was taller than him, she had a pink top and long black skirt. "I apologise for my brothers rudeness. My name is Cissy, and I am the Gym leader for this island. I assume you still wish to challenge correct."
Ash shook the girl hand and then nodded. "Yes, I have already entered the Indigo league Championships and now thought I would try the Orange league."
Cissy eye widened. "Really, the Indigo League. if you don't mind me asking, where did you finish exactly."
Ash smiled and then opened his coat to show the badge that proved he had won the Indigo League. " I am Ash Ketchum and I finished first, this badge is proof of my accomplishments."
To say Cissy was surprised, was an understatement. A league Champion was challenging her for a badge. If this kid had already won the Indigo league, then there was no doubt he would give Drake the Orange League champion a run for his money. However to gain the privilege of facing Drake the challengers had to collect all four badges.
"Okay Ash, however you should know that the gym battle here in the Orange Islands are a lot different to the mainland gyms. In fact only two of our leaders will actually give you a Pokemon battle. I unfortunately will not be one of them. You see my gym test a trainers Pokemon skill. So instead of having a Pokemon battle, we have a sort of contest, however I will explain everything once we get inside the gym."
Ash and Sabrina followed Cissy into the gym. They found themselves in a huge hall. On the floor outlined was a battle field. Ash kissed Sabrina and then went and stood in one of the boxes. Ash then waited while Cissy took up her position.
"Okay Ash listen closely. We each choose one Pokemon to face each other. However that Pokemon must know Water Gun, for this is a water gun challenge."
Ash stood confused, however he noticed Cissy's brother had some sort of control panel in his hands. "You should have walked away when you had the chance. My sister is going to crash you." Ash then noticed the boy pressed a button on the panel, he turned to hear the sound of one of the walls sliding down. There behind it was a small wall and on the wall stood a row of metal cans. Ash then suddenly felt the ground move as the training field began to split revealing a deep pool of water.
"Okay Ash our first challenge is target shooting. We each choose one Pokemon, the Pokemon, who hits the most cans in the fastest time wins. Seadra I choose you!" Cissy threw her ball into the pool, it suddenly opened up revealing Horsea evolved form and Kingdra pre-evolved form.
Ash was in a pickle, he didn't have any Pokemon that could use water gun. The only water type he had was Blastoise. Of course he had Mew, but thought using Princess would be a little over kill. then again she wasn't battling so maybe he could get away with it. Pulling his cap down, he removed her pink ball from his belt.
"I choose you Princess!" The ball opened up to reveal Mew floating around and looking around her surroundings.
Cissy eyes widened. Was she seeing things, or was that Mew now in front of her. Cissy had never seen a legendary only pictures of them in books, so for a trainer to actually use one in her gym was a real honour.
"Ash is that really Mew?"
Ash nodded his head. "Yes it is, you see I don't have any Pokemon that can use water gun. All I have is my Blastoise and he forgot water gun a while back. However Mew is capable of learning every move, so I was wondering if you mind me using her for the challenges."
Cissy shook her head. "No that's fine Ash, Mew is a Pokemon, and there are no rules regarding legendaries not being allowed. So if you are ready then we will begin. As the challenger you can go first. Remember its the fastest time to knock down all the cans."
Ash turned to Mew. "Okay Princess I want you to use Water gun on all those cans. You need to hit every single one. Are you ready?"
Mew twirled in the air and then got ready. She watched as the green light turned on, and then heard her daddy shout.
"Water Gun Princess!" Mew used water gun in rapid fire mode, finally the last can had been knocked off the wall and the clock showed 0.20 seconds.
Cissy eyes widened. That was fast, Seadra best time was 0.25, so she had to hope that Seadra could match Mew's time. "Okay Seadra your turn. Get ready, now Water gun!"
Seadra used its own water gun and hit all the tins, amazingly the time again had stopped on 0.20 seconds. it was tie.
Cissy smiled. "Wow a tie, okay, that means we get one point each. the next challenge will decided the match. It seems your Mew can hit standing targets, but let's see how could she is with moving targets."
Ash looked at Cissy confused once more, however he noticed her brother again pressed a button. This time the whole wall slid apart giving Ash a view of the sea and a few palm trees either side. he turned back to Cissy and waited for her to explain the rules of this challenge.
"Okay Ash I am going to give you a demonstration of what the next challenge is. You ready. Okay bro fire when ready!"
Ash watched again as Cissy's brother pressed the button on the panel. He noticed a small red disc flew into the air. he then watched as Seadra used Water gun and smashed it dead centre. Ash turned back to Cissy.
"Okay we will start with one disc, then three. if Mew manages to hit all the targets, then one more will be fired. However this time the one who smashes it first wins. Okay Seadra, get ready, go Water gun!"
Seadra focused and then sent a water gun shattering the disc.
"Good Seadra and now let's go for three!" Seadra again focused and shot three water guns smashing each target.
Ash eyes widened. That was good. he now had to match Seadra or he would lose the match. "Okay Princess you're up. Water Gun!"
Mew frowned she wasn't going to be beaten by some water Pokemon. She hit the first disc dead centre and then hit the other three matching Seadra.
"Okay seeing how we both tied again. This is the decider. Ready...go! Water Gun!"
Both Pokemon fired their water gun at the same time, and both hit the target at the same time. It was another draw."
"Well Ash this means we go into our tie break challenge. Wave surfing!" Cissy then recalled Seadra and lead Ash and Sabrina out to the beach area. Ash could see a red marker out in the ocean. He turned to face Cissy and waited for her to explain the final tie breaker challenge.
"Okay Ash this is it. We each choose one Pokemon, we then have to surf on their back to the marker out their. We then go around the marker and come back. The winner is the person who gets back to shore first. I choose you Blastoise!"
Cissy snapped open a Poke ball which revealed a powerful looking Blastoise. It flexed its muscles ready for the challenge.
Ash grinned. "Okay Blastoise let's go!" Ash opened his ball and out came his own Blastoise, who measured up the competition. Ash then climbed on the back of Blastoise and took up his starting position next to Cissy. He noticed her brother was now holding a green flag.
"Ready, steady go!"
Ash and Blastoise surfed towards the marker. He noticed that Cissy was just a head. Both Pokemon then swam around the marker, however Ash had the outside while Cissy had the inside. Ash knew he no chance now. However an idea came to his head. it was crazy, but he didn't want to lose this match.
"Blastoise use Ice beam towards the shore, and then belly slide!" Blastoise thought his trainer was off his rocker, however he shot a beam of ice and then jumped onto it and belly slid all the way to shore. the trick had paid off as soon they had passed Cissy, who looked on stunned. Ash noticed that Blastoise wasn't stopping and both trainer and Pokemon collided with a tree.
"That's not fair you cheated, so I declare Cissy the winner..." Ash watched Cissy brother about to raise the flag, however Cissy stopped him.
"Ash won fair and square, bro. I said we had to get to the marker and back, surfing was an option, however he was allowed to use any means possible. I must admit using Ice beam was a very clever Ash, and so I present you with the Coral eye badge. congratulations. "
Ash couldn't believe it he had won his first Orange League badge. He did his trademark pose, "How cool is that. Thank you Cissy for the great match, It was interested to see how the Orange league was different to the other gyms on the mainland. However Sabrina and I must get back to the Pokemon centre."
Cissy smiled and then waved at both trainers as the waved good bye to her and then turned their back and started to walk towards the Main city.