Chapter 15 Trade Evolutions
After staying at Reina's place for a night, the couple bid farewell to the Dark Type Gym Leader as they are heading to Route 8, Alice asks, "So where are we going next? Ash?"
Ash says, "I decide to go to the Celadon City first, although I can challenge the Saffron City, but trust me, Sabrina is a strong trainer and I don't think I can beat her right now."
"Really? How strong is she? Are you afraid of her that much?" Alice asks in confusion. Ash sighs, "Believe me, it took me three tries to beat her in the one on one Gym Battle, and the reason I got the badge is not that I won against her Pokemon, but because I gave her a Pokemon that causes her to become positive."
"But now you have already become the World Champion and a Regional Champion, why are you still worried about it?" Alice asks.
Ash decides to tell her the story of how Sabrina was cold and was able to turn them into dolls, and how Brock and Misty have been victims until the final battle. At first, Alice thinks that Ash is joking, but due to the seriousness, she can tell why Ash doesn't want to go there yet, and maybe she might turn into a doll as well. So Alice decides to say, "Then it sure sounds hard. How about we capture some new Pokemon so that we can train ourselves a little?"
"That sounds great." Ash says as they go to the grass to find some Pokemon.
Once they go to the grass, they notice two Pokemon fighting against each other. One is using his arms, trying to use the Karate Chop on the opposing Pokemon, while the other one is using the Psychic Powers to dodge the attack and uses the Psychic to stop the Pokemon.
"Is that a Kadabra and a Machoke? Those sure are strong Pokemon..." Alice says in surprise.
"I won't doubt their strength, since I know how strong they are." Ash says with a smile. "But you know, it sure is rare to see the two of them together in the wild, and the fact that those two are fighting against each other is quite odd..."
"Odd? I don't think it is very odd to me..." Alice says with a shrug, "You know, both of them get equal power...but due to the Type effectiveness, I say that Kadabra is going to win this."
"But still, Kadabra has weak defenses. And that Payback sure must be hurt..." Ash winces after seeing how Kadabra is wincing in pain after getting hit by the Dark Type move. "But you know, once the two of them evolve into Alakazam and Machamp, one can achieve the Mega Evolution and one can achieve the Gigantamax."
"Really?" Alice says, and their talking catches the two's attention. Kadabra and Machoke walk over to the two trainers and Kadabra asks, "Do you know how to evolve us?"
Ash and Alice are surprised at the sudden question. Ash asks, "Why are you asking this?"
"Wait, you know what we are saying?" Kadabra asks in surprise. Ash says, "Both of us have the powers of Aura, so we can know what you are saying. So let me ask again, why are you asking this?"
Machoke says, "As you can see, we have been training together when we are Abra and Machop, but after we evolve into Kadabra and Machoke, we have been trying to evolve ourselves into Alakazam and Machamp like our friends, but no matter how hard we train, we still can't evolve ourselves into our final form. Do you know what we did wrong?"
Ash and Alice look at each other, and Ash says, "Well...at first I also thought that you evolve just by training and nurturing, but if that is not how you evolve...then..."
Alice asks, "How about we look at our Pokedexes to find out the truth?"
Ash nods as he calls out his Rotom Phone and Alice does the same. Ash types the Machamp and says, "It evolves from Machoke when traded. Using its heavy muscles, it throws powerful punches that can send the victim clear over the horizon."
Alice types Alakazam and says, "It evolves from Kadabra when traded. Its brain can outperform a super-computer. Its intelligence quotient is said to be 5,000."
Ash and Alice then look at the two Pokemon, who look dejected. Kadabra says, "You mean...we have to become a trainer's Pokemon and we have to give out to other trainers in order for us to evolve?"
Machoke says, "Yeah...how can fate do such things to us...how are we going to find a trainer that will accept us and then trade us out to another trainer?"
Ash and Alice feel bad for the two Pokemon, and Ash says, "How about we can help you?" This causes confusion for the two Pokemon. Ash says, "You see, I can capture the two of you, and then I'll trade it to my girlfriend here, and after that, we will give you a choice, either you want to come with us, or you want to be in the wild like you did. How is that sound?"
The two Pokemon look at each other, first, they have met two trainers who are Aura users, from what Kadabra has learned, Aura users are always the good people who think of Pokemon first rather than humans like themselves. And second, they are going to help them and even give them a chance to join them or be like they used to be. Machoke says, "Kadabra, what do you think?"
Kadabra says, "I think we should join those two humans, after all, they help us and we can help them as thanks."
"You're right." Machoke says. Then they agree to do this, so they go to the Pokemon Center back in Lavender Town and they do the trading process. Alice is surprised to learn about the trading room and she says, "Ash...are you sure it will be fine? I don't think I have done this before..."
"Don't worry. Trading Pokemon is quite common in this world, as some Pokemon deserve to be with other trainers."
Alice nods as she places the ball with the Machoke in one slot while Ash puts the ball with the Kadabra in the other slot, after that, it starts the process and then the balls switched, and Ash takes the ball with the Machoke while Alice takes the ball with the Kadabra.
"Come on out." Ash and Alice send out the Pokemon, and they immediately start to evolve, Kadabra starts to gain the second spoon while Machoke starts to gain two more hands. In the end, they are now fully evolved and they look amazing.
"Wow...this sure is an unusual experience..." Alice says in awe at the sight of the two Pokemon. Ash says, "So how do you like it? Alakazam? Machamp?"
The two Pokemon show their gratitude as Alakazam says, "It sure looks amazing, and we have decided that we are going to join you guys on your journey. Is that okay with you guys?"
Ash and Alice are surprised as they manage to persuade two strong Pokemon. Ash says, "Of course, we like to have you guys on our team."
Alice smiles and gives them a hug and they hug back, she says, "Indeed, welcome to our team."
After recalling the Pokemon, they decide to head back to Route 8.
Taking the underground pathway, they skip the Saffron City as they are now at Route 7. As they are walking on the road, they notice two Victreebel hopping around. Ash says, "Victreebels, huh? I don't think I have some pleasant memories about this Pokemon..."
"And why is that?" Alice asks, and just then, the female one notices Ash and she quickly rushes to him, chopping down on his head and it causes Alice to get surprised. "Ash!" Alice yells as she tries to help, but then she hears a laugh from Ash and she is confused, as well as Pikachu and Eevee.
"Hahaha...it sure has been a while Victreebel." Ash laughs after getting out of the supposing mouth. Alice immediately rushes towards Ash and gives him a hug, she says, "You idiot...you have scared the hell out of me, how can you do this?"
Ash is surprised at the sudden outburst, as he says, "I..."
"I thought you were going to be eaten by a Pokemon! What if it happened?" Alice keeps crying and Ash says, "I am sorry, Alice. I didn't know Victreebel was going to do that as well, since it sure has been an old friend."
After comforting Alice, she asks, "So how did you know this Victreebel?"
Ash says, "Well, it sure has been a long story, it was from Team Rocket, to begin with." Ash says. "Back in the Johto Region, she has been released into the wild and they have been together. After a while, I found them again back when I was traveling for the Battle Frontier, and at first, they try to attack me as I sometimes beat Team Rocket and send them flying, but after helping each other, we have been friends."
Ash turns to the Victreebel and says, "But what are you two doing here?"
"We are just passing by until we spot the two of you." The male one says. "Is she your mate?"
Ash and Alice blush a little and Ash says, "We don't say mate as humans, we say that she is my girlfriend. But we are kind of together."
The Victreebel are happy at them, but when the female one tries to chomp down on Alice, this causes Ash to quickly stop her. Ash says, "I know that is how you show your affection, but please don't do it in public, since it looks like you are about to eat us."
The Victreebel rubs her leaf with embarrassment and she nods. Then Ash asks if they want to join the team, and this causes the two of them to be pondering. After asking why, they realize that when they were released, the female one is actually traded away by James to the Magikarp Salesman, which Ash knows that it is a fraud, but then they got a Weepinbell which is the male one, and the fact that Jessie kicked the male one away while the salesman did the same thing, it is what causes them to be together.
"I am sorry to hear that...no wonder you are angry the last time when you saw us..." Ash frowns a little and both Pikachu and Eevee are pitying the two Pokemon. The two Pokemon don't seem to care as they finally decided to join their group. Ash and Alice smile as they manage to capture the two Pokemon.
"Wow, so how many Pokemon have we captured?" Alice asks Ash, who has been counting the Pokemon, he smiles, "I am not sure, but we did manage to fill the first 71 Pokemon in the Pokedex due to the pre-evolutions of our captured list."
"Yeah, we are making good progress." Alice smiles as they finally are about to arrive at Celadon City.
Here is a new chapter, and in this chapter, Ash and Alice have captured the Alakazam, Machamp, and two Victreebels, as you can see, the trade evolutions aren't very common in the Anime until the Best Wishes, so I decide to make some in this story, and my story is not actually the same as the anime, as I will try to add some new plots so that it will be cooperating with my story. I hope you like how Victreebel shows affection to Ash. The next chapter is going to be the Celadon Gym, will something be different in the next chapter?
