Chapter 14 Lavender Town

Ash and Alice arrive at Lavender Town, they are surprised to see that there is a Pokemon Contest held in this town, but after they sign up for the competition, it turns out that only two people enter the contest.

"What's going on?" Ash is confused by the fact that he just only needs to have a Contest Battle with his opponent, which is a girl named Reina. She is using an Umbreon to battle against him. "Now let the match begin."

Ash says, "Arcanine, let's start with the Fire Spin Roll!" The Arcanine uses the Fire Spin and then he jumps into it, using the Extreme Speed to give damage to the Umbreon.

"Use Dark Pulse and Shadow Ball!" Reina yells as Umbreon also deals some damage to Ash's points. "You are not bad." Ash says. "I can say the same thing to you." Reina says with a smile. "But now, let's try out the Confuse Ray and Moonlight combination!"

Umbreon uses the attack to create a giant moon, which not only heals itself but also confuses Arcanine. But Ash tells Arcanine to calm down and then uses the Bite and Extreme Speed, although a little reckless causes Ash to lose some points, in the end, Ash is still the winner as he is awarded the ribbon. Ash asks the Judge Mr. Contesta, "Excuse me? Why are only the two of us entering the contest?"

Mr. Contesta closes his eyes and says, "I am sorry, Ash. As you can see, this town is quite haunted due to the fact that this place is full of ghosts living in the Pokemon Tower. Not many people come here for the ribbon because they are scared of Ghosts. We are also reluctant to set a contest here..."

"Indeed, I asked them to try out this place." They turn around and see Reina approaching them. Reina says, "As you can see, I am the Gym Leader of this Town. So I try to use Contests so that people can come to this town without fearing anything. But in the end, it still failed."

Ash realizes the truth and he feels pity for the girl, he says, "Don't worry, it is better than nothing I guess. So you are the Gym Leader? Can I have a Gym Battle with you?"

"Why of course, but we should head outside first." Reina says as they bid farewell to the staff of the Contests. Ash also goes to meet up with Alice, who also introduces herself to Reina.


Reina takes the two to the Pokemon House, where they see a variety of Pokemon inside playing. Alice asks, "Reina? Do you live alone here?"

Reina frowns a little and says, "You see, I know it is not right to tell someone about my past, but I think I should, I never know my mother, according to my father, she died after my sister is born. So my father took care of me and my sister here in this town. Years after, my sister got a disease, and she also left us...my father and I were depressed, but due to the fact that my Dad is a scientist, he starts to research Cloning."

"Cloning?" Alice asks in surprise. "But isn't that illegal?"

"It is." Reina frowns, "So my father is secretly investigating until that man comes..." Reina grits her teeth and they are confused. "Who?" Ash asks.

"Giovanni, the Team Rocket's boss." Reina says, causing Ash to frown as he is his uncle, "He comes across my father and tells him that he would fund him with the project, but for one condition. That is to clone a Mythical Pokemon known as Mew."

"Mew?" Ash and Alice are surprised, then Reina continues, "Yes, in the end, Dad left me alone in this house with a lot of Pokemon to help me out, but I want to find out what happened to him, which is why I travel, eventually I came to an island and I found my father's diary. I found that he managed to clone my sister and Mew...naming them Ambertwo and...Mewtwo."

"Mewtwo?" Ash asks, "So he was the one that created Mewtwo?"

Reina nods and says, "But in the end, my sister's clone died...and Mewtwo breaks out of the lab and...he killed my family..." This causes them to cover their mouth in horror and Reina feels a little sad.

"I am sorry to hear that..." Alice says.

"It is fine...I don't know what happened to Mewtwo, but ever since that happened, I decide to train Dark Type Pokemon, since I have read that Mew is a Psychic Type and Dark Type are immune to it. Eventually, after years of living alone, I manage to become the Gym Leader of this town."

Ash nods and he says, "Listen, about Mewtwo..." Ash decides to tell the truth to Reina, and truth to be told, she is surprised that Ash almost died to the same Mewtwo that killed her father, and he also captured it. She shows her determination and says, "Very well. Then I am glad to accept your battle. If you tame the one who brings me the disaster, then I want to see how well it can go."

After they go to the gym, which is located in front of the Pokemon Tower, the referee says, "The match between the Gym Leader Reina and Challenger Ash is about to begin, each trainer will be using three Pokemon, and with one trainer loses all Pokemon, the other one wins."

"For my deceased father, my first Pokemon is going to use Honchkrow!" Reina sends out her first Pokemon, Ash notices that it is a Honchkrow and says, "It sure is Dark Type, but with the Flying Type...I have to watch out...Poliwrath, I choose you."

As the Pokemon appears, the match begins and Honchkrow uses Aerial Ace, but Poliwrath quickly dodges the attack, and then it fires Ice Punch, knocking it to the ground. "Not bad." Reina says, "But how about this? Use Psychic!"

Ash gasps as the attack hits Poliwrath, slamming it to the wall. "Poliwrath, are you okay?"

Poliwrath gets back up and nods, "Good, use Body Slam." The Pokemon jumps into the air, trying to land the attack, but Honchkrow dodges it and then Poliwrath slams itself to the ground.

"Ash..." Alice is worried for him as Ash's attack keeps getting dodged. Eevee asks, "Why is she battling this cruelly against Ash?"

Pikachu sighs, "Maybe the fact that Ash has Mewtwo, the killer of her father...or there is something else..."

"We can't give up now." Ash says, "Poliwrath. Rain Dance!" This causes confusion to Reina, but then as the rain appears, Poliwrath suddenly goes faster as he keeps dodging the upcoming Wing Attack.

"The ability is Swift Swim..." Reina says, "Interesting. Use Steel Wing!"

As Honchkrow charges at the frog Pokemon, Ash says, "Submission now!"

After the attack, both Pokemon faint in the end, but both of them didn't show surprise as they know about it. The referee also says that it is a tie, and Reina recalls her Pokemon.

"Well done, Ash. You manage to push my Honchkrow this far." Reina says.

"The same goes for you." Ash replies. "Now my next Pokemon is going to be Houndoom." Reina says, seeing how the rain stopped.

"Primeape, it is your turn." Ash sends out his Pokemon and the match starts. Primeape uses Karate Chop, but Houndoom manages to dodge the attack and then uses the Fire Fang, leaving a burn on the Pokemon.

"Not bad." Ash says, "But use Stomping Tantrum."

Reina says, "Snarl, don't let it do it!" The attack from the Houndoom causes him to stop attacking, and then a Flamethrower in the face knocks back Primeape.

Ash says, "What power..."

Reina says, "What's wrong? You are able to tame Mewtwo, but you can't fight against my Pokemon?"

"Of course not." Ash says, and Reina smiles, "Good, then show me more of your attacks."

"If you say so. Primeape, use Stomping Tantrum again." This time the attack hits Houndoom as it takes a lot of damage. But Reina says, "Use Foul Play!"

Just then, the attack is a critical hit as Primeape is getting more damage than usual, but much to her surprise, Primeape gets very angry and Ash says, "Good, the ability Anger Point has activated. Use Outrage!"

"Outrage?" Reina is surprised as Primeape starts to beat up Houndoom wildly, eventually knocking down the Pokemon in the end.

"Houndoom is unable to battle, Primeape wins." Ash manages to calm Primeape down and then he quickly recalls him. "I am sorry, Reina. My Primeape..."

"It is fine. I can see why you are strong, Ash." Reina says. "Referee. I forfeit the match, give the winner to Ash."

This causes the others to get surprised, Alice asks, "But why? You still have one more Pokemon..."

Reina says, "The gym battle has already started ever since I participate in the Contest, as you can see, the only one that enters the contest is Ash, I just don't want him to feel like he didn't do anything to win the battle, so I also enter the contest with the help of my status. And as you can see, my signature Pokemon and my first Pokemon is my Umbreon, it is a shame that Ash uses Arcanine to defeat it within five minutes. So I lost all three Pokemon."

"Okay..." Ash says, feeling sorry for her as she takes out the badge, "Don't worry about me, here is your Gym Badge, the Grey Badge." She takes out a badge with a circle with the color grey on it, and Ash takes the badge.

"And Ash, if you may, I want to meet the killer of my father, Mewtwo." Reina says. "Everything I have been prepared is for today. I want to meet him."

Ash and Alice feel worried about her, as Ash takes out the Pokeball and sends out the Pokemon. Mewtwo turns to Ash and asks, "Why am I being sent out?"

Ash says, "Mewtwo, you have a person that wants to meet you." Mewtwo turns to Reina, who isn't scared at his appearance, she is surprised that the girl has a strong resemblance with Amber, he asks, "Who are you? Why do you look like her..."

Reina says, "The her you mentioned, is my sister, Amber, right?" Mewtwo flinches as he didn't know that Amber has a sister and is much alive. "After losing everything except my Pokemon and my life, I learned about you from my father's diary, about how you and my sister's clone have become friends. But eventually, you are the only one that survived."

Mewtwo nods and Reina says, "You killed my father, just because my sister died. I was scared, fearing that you might also come and kill me. It is the reason why I am a Dark Type Specialist in this region. Now that you are here, I do not wish to fight you, I do not want you to make the same mistake that has been haunting your life."

"I..." Mewtwo says, "You really are similar to Amber...the way you talk, the way you show your determination..." Mewtwo lands on the floor and much to his surprise, Reina gives him a hug, Mewtwo eventually hugs back and he says, "I am sorry, I let my anger bested me..."

"It is fine, I am sure that now you are Ash and Alice's Pokemon. And Ash has defeated me in a Gym Battle. I just hope that we can still be friends instead of enemies."

Mewtwo nods and then Reina turns to Ash, who recalls the Pokemon. "Now the rock in my chest is gone, thank you for helping me out."

"No problem, I guess..." Alice says. Then the sky is getting dark and Reina offers them to stay at the Pokemon House with her, and they agree.


This chapter seems complicated to write, but I decide to put some facts of the first movie inside. I hope you like it and the next chapter will be continuing the Pokemon capturing.