"We are going to your house Ash." Mewtwo said before he teleported the whole group to Pallet town just yards away from the front door to Ash's house. "Now you can either stay here for a few days Ash or you can travel with your friends, I have some things to find." Mewtwo said before teleporting away.

" I wonder what it meant by that." Delia Ketchum said as she was walking around the fence to tend to her garden seeing Mr. Mime already outside with a watering can and heading for the Waterhose to fill it up.

" Who cares what Mewtwo meant, come on Ash I've heard of a Pokemon that eats metal in the Hoenn region maybe we can get one to eat that collar and get you away from Mewtwo permanently." Misty said turning to the open road leading out of town.

" Umm I'm not sure how comfortable about having the jaws of a Pokemon near my neck, let alone one that eats metal Misty. Although I would like to go with you guys again." Ash said thinking about how he could learn even more moves and battling all kinds of strong Pokemon.

" He's got a point there Misty, just about any Pokemon could potentially break bones with their powerful jaw muscles but an Aron and any of it's evolutions could easily take off a limb." Pro. Oak said thinking about how horrible of an idea the tomboy had.

" I agree with Professor Oak. Misty after all who is to say that the Pokemon doesn't stop with the collar or we lose Ash somewhere again and the other Pokemon hurt him badly." Brock said thinking of several reasons why Misty's idea wasn't such a good idea.

" Besides didn't you guys say that he liked the collar, if so then why do you want to remove it so badly?" Questioned Tracey as he was really confused.

" Maybe she's jealous of Mewtwo." Ash said teasingly.

" What? No I am not jealous of a Pokemon." Misty screamed. " Anyway we need to get to Vermilion city once there we can catch a ferry to Lily cove."

" But Misty how are we going to make it there in just a few days? " Ash asked.

" You could teleport us. You know like when you just appeared out of nowhere on Shamuuti island." Misty said reminding them of Ash's newest power. " Or you could get Charizard and Pigeot to fly us there." She finished her suggestions looking straight at the two Pokemon.

" I can't teleport there, I've never been to Hoenn. And Charizard can't carry more than me and at most a couple of Pokemon, also I don't know how much Pidgeot can carry as the most he has carried was Maren." Ash said to the fiery redheaded tomboy.

" Ash, Vermilion city is in Kanto. You have been there, your so stupid some times." Misty said while dragging her hand down her face in exasperation.

" Oh, Right everyone place their hand on me or someone who is already touching me." Ash said and closed his eyes to concentrate on his destination once he had a clear mental picture of the area and they were gone in an instant.

(Vermilion city)

Ash then opened his eyes to see the Pokemon center in Vermilion city. Everyone else stumbled upon their next step even Ash since he is not used to traveling by teleportation and bringing passengers was more taxing than his first solo trp.

" See we're here so much faster. Now we just need to get the tickets and we'll be off in no time." Misty said as she walked towards the docks where many ships were moored and waiting for passengers to board or disembark from their travels across the sea.

" Well yeah but now I got to rest a little, that took a lot out of me." Ash said panting with his hands on his knees. Brock looked concerned for his friend.

" Hey Misty why don't you go get the tickets, we'll meet up with you once Ash has rested." Brock said. Walking over to a nearby bench helping Ash along the way as the boy's knees wobbled under his own weight, Pikachu was right beside them and Pichu was happily perched on Ash's shoulder. Misty nodded and started walking towards the ticket booth and getting into the already growing line, as she waited for her turn she counted up the amount of money she would need for each ticket. It took several minutes to get to the booth and when she finally stepped up to the teller a blast of colorful confetti came out of the booth's top.

" Congratulations, you are the one millionth costumer for the luxury liner, you win three free tickets for the cruise of your choice." The ticket booth operator said in a dramatic fashion some of the surrounding crowd clapped and some were jealous.

" I'd like three tickets to Hoenn please." Misty politely and happily said also glade she didn't need to purchase the tickets and thanking her luck. She started to walk towards the ship after getting her tickets, entering the line for the ship she met up with Ash, Brock, Pikachu and Pichu, she swiftly handed the others their tickets as they waited to board the luxury liner. Running back to her group Misty showed the tickets to them. Ash and Brock took one each before they all walked to the ship wondering what will happen next in their adventures together.

(the next day)

Ash, Misty, Brock, Pikachu and Pichu were wandering around the ship looking at all the various Pokemon. They were getting familiar with the layout of the ship and seeing all the different people and Pokemon the trainers had with them enjoying the sunshine and breeze as it blew around the deck. Pichu was constantly looking around as this was his first time on a luxury liner and seeing so many people and Pokemon bunched up together. The group got familiar with the layout of the boat fairly quickly so they wouldn't get lost.

(three days later)

Ash was excited to see the new country as he walked in front of his friends down the gangplank to the dock.

" Wow, look at the size of this place." Ash said the awe clear to his friends.

" Well Ash, Slateport is one of the larger cities in the world." Brock said as he read a travelers guidebook on the region.

" Now we need to find another ship to take us to the island that the Pokemon I heard of lives." Misty said as she looked around the area.

" Acording to the guidebook Aron lives on Iron Island, mostly." Brock said with his new guidebook in hand.

" I still say we find one of them." Misty said grumbling with her arms crossed.

" And I keep telling you, Misty that I'm not removing this collar, nor am I comfortably with the idea of such a Pokemon's mouth near my neck. Now drop it, I'm not doing it. Let's just find something else to do okay." Ash said with Pikachu nodding in agreement.

" Well it says here that there is a new amusement park between here and the next town over, it also says both humans and Pokemon are welcome but no Pokemon are to be left in their pokeball not even water Pokemon like Magikarp." Brock mentioned with his eyes glued to his travelers guide.

(on the road)

" So Brock how far is that park you mentioned?" Ash asked while checking on Pichu within his arms to make sure he was alright.

" It is roughly half way between Slateport and Maulville city just off of the bike trail." Brock answered.

" That's cool, so it's not too far away from here, well I'm going as a Pikachu that way me, Pikachu and Pichu can go as a family even though I don't have to transform to be family, I still want to." Ash said as he placed Pichu on the ground before his body began to shift and shrink until Ash was a female Pikachu. Walking out of Slateport city towards the bike trail where several loaner bikes were parked at a bike rack Misty got on a red one with scale like designs and Brock grabbed a slate gray bike, both with a basket on the front where something could be placed Pikachu climbed into the basket on Misty's bike while Ash and Pichu got into the basket on Brock's once they were sitting comfortably both trainers started off on their way to the new amusement.

Once the group arived at the amusement park the were in awe at the sheer size of it as they could see several buildings with pathways going from one to another. One building looked like a mirage with the heat distorting their veiw of it while another looked as if fog was constantly coming off of it, another had constant sparks of electricity bouncing around the structure and there was one that even appeared to absorb the surrounding light giving of a dreadful feel and many more structures that seemed to be themed around the many different types of Pokemon. The entrance was big enough to accommodate some of the larger Pokemon like Onix, the double doors was a dark Iron Oak varnished to glisten in the sunlight with a couple of torches that were not burning in the day but the group could tell that they would be once the sun went down at the end of the day.