"heh yup it's me alright. I must say you've changed quite a bit since we last met in unova. you're stronger" says trip smiling
"yeah, looks like you are too. so what brings you all the way out here to pallet town?" says ash
"well a few reasons. for one I wanted to check out the place. I must say, for the boonies.. I mean for a small town pallet is pretty cool. plus I had heard that a certain someone had won this region's pokemon league and pallet town was holding a celebration in his honor, so naturally I came hoping to meet you once again ash. just wanted to say congrats" says trip
"ah thanks trip" says ash
"I also kinda wanted to battle you to see just how strong you are, but it looks like... I've got some competition" says trip glancing at the others
"yeah, back of the line buddy boy. I'm beating ash next" says gary pointing at trip
"hm? who are you supposed to be?" says trip
"heh you don't know? you must live under a rock. I'm gary freaking oak, and don't you forget it!" says gary
"never heard of you. wait, gary oak? don't tell me you're related to professor oak, are you?" says trip
"that's right kid, I'm his grandson" says gary
"wow, can't believe a poser like you is the grandson of the prof. oak" says trip shrugging
"poser? ha, you're gonna regret those words chump" says gary
"I heard this event here in pallet town is gonna have an exhibition battle tournament of some kind. maybe we can battle then, little oak" says trip grinning
"you're on, punk" says gary staring at trip
"hey ash, since this is your event and all perhaps I'll get a shot at you too. should be fun" says trip
"yeah, I'll be ready for any challenge heh" says ash
"an exhibition huh? interesting..." says paul
"whoa, all these guys are seriously intense. a chance to battle any of these strong trainers? heh I'm down for it" thought tyson
as the group stared at one another stephan and bianca approached them while walking down the center of the pathway.
"hey ash, right on time. me and my girl bianca were just about to hit those arcade games, get some high scores and shit. wanna come along? it'll be fun" says stephan
"I love arcade games, so exciting!" says bianca
"hmm? what's going on here ash? ah I see trip is here too" says stephan
"oh, you guys again?" says trip looking at them
"oh stephan, these are some guys I battled before in the past. we were talking about an exhibition tournament that supposed to be held here" says ash
"exhibition eh? count me in!" says stephan
"oh me too! me too!" says bianca
a little ways up the path a girl about ash's age walks calmly humming a tune to herself. she's wearing a yellow jacket with brown stripes with a white t-shirt, white shorts with thin black stripes and a white hat with a lightning bolt logo on it. she also has long purple hair with 2 ponytails that split left and right. her name is casey, an acquaintance of ash from the johto region who has also grown in size since they last met. she keeps walking looking straight forward humming to herself. eventually she glances a little to the left and sees ash standing there about 50 feet away immediately recognizing him.
"huh? is that... ash?... it is him!" she thought smiling as she stops walking looking at him
"wow, I remember him from the johto region. he's grown so much.. and also... he's much cuter than I remember too" she thinks to herself while blushing
"I think I'll go say hi, yeah!"
casey then starts running towards ash going around all the people on the path in her way. as she gets closer she waves to him.
"hey ash! it's me ca-"
once she gets close enough she sees ash surrounded by his rivals and stops then surveys the scene.
"huh? who are all those other guys? they look like trainers, strong ones. feels like a fierce battle is about to start" thinks casey
"heh.. so all my old rivals are here. this will be more interesting than I thought" thinks ash looking around at them
everyone around him looked at each other as the tension in the air got stronger. meanwhile clemont and bonnie have finally arrived at ash's house luckily without injury as clemont was finally able to stop his jet powered rollerskates. while clemont sits at the beginning of the walkway working on his invention and making adjustments bonnie stands in front of the door of the house having knocked and waits.
"clemont, no one's answering. ooh I hope this is the right place" says bonnie
"just knock again, they might not have heard you. I'm sure this is his house" says clemont
"k" says bonnie
she knocks on the door a few more times and waits. seconds later the door opens and mr mime stands in the doorway.
"mime?" says mimey
"eeeek, it's a talking mime!" says bonnie steping back spooked
"haha no bonnie that's a pokemon. it's name is " says clemont
"oooh haha I see now. so this owns this house then?" says bonnie
"uh I doubt it" says clemont