Chapter 21

We finally reach Celadon City, and the first thing we do is contact Professor Oak in the Pokemon Center. When I tell him that I have three official badges only, Professor Oak told me that Gary and the other Pallet Town trainers already have 5 badges.

"It doesn't matter how many badges they have right now, what matters is that I reach the Pokemon League and defeat them." I say back to Professor Oak.

"Yes, you're the son of our Champion Aurora after all. However, there is a problem." Professor Oak says.

"What's the matter?" Serena asks.

"You see, one of the Starter Pokemon, Squirtle, is stolen." Professor Oak says, much to our surprise. "Your mother is already contacting the International Police to help, but we're still searching."

We are furious about what happened, and we also promised Professor Oak to find the culprit while on our journey. Misty asks, "To think someone would steal Squirtle. I know it is a cute Water Type, but how dare they..."

"I don't know." I sigh. "But first, we should explore this place."

We notice a building known as the Celadon Condominiums, and we are surprised to see the place is making a lot of Pokemon games.

"Ash, have you played those games before?" Yellow asks me, and I nod and say, "I have, and I really like the RPG style because I could know more about Pokemon."

"Me too. It is a good thing that our mother used to buy products such as 3DS and Switch for me." Insey says. "But no sign of the thief or Team Rocket around here."

"Yeah, that we have to worry about as well." Serena says as we head to the top of the building, they are surprised to see four Pokemon looking at them with a curious face.

"Those are Eevee...they are so cute in person." Serena squeals like a fangirl when she sees the Eevee. Pikachu also greets the Pokemon, and they also greet back and play with each other.

"Both Pikachu and Eevee were mascots back in the golden times, and Eevee is said to have a lot of evolutions." Brock says.

"What do we have here." The six of us are surprised as we turn around, and we see a man standing in front of us. We start to panic since we don't know what the man is going to do with us. "We are sorry, we didn't mean to come here..."

"Don't worry, I see you are new trainers, right? I remember I was the same as you at your age." The man laughs and says, "The name is Satoshi Tajiri. And I am the founder of this company known as Game Freak."

We gasp in surprise, and I say, "For real? We are the biggest fans of the works based on Pokemon. It is an honor to meet you."

Seeing all of us trembling in excitement, he laughs a little and says, "I see you like our games, but I want to know, what do you think of those creatures known as Pokemon?"

We look at each other and I say, "Pokemon are wonderful creatures here in the world. I want to befriend all of them."

Serena says, "Same here. It will be great to make more friends as well."

Satoshi Tajiri laughs a little and says, "I see, as you can see, those four Eevee were abandoned, so we decide to let them stay here until we find suitable trainers for them. And it seems like I found them."

All of us are shocked, I ask, "You mean...we can take those Pokemon?"

"Of course. But be sure to take great care of them." Satoshi says. Then we let the Eevee decides who they want to be with, and much to our surprise, all of them want to go with me and Serena.

Eevee: The Evolution Pokemon: Normal Type. Its genetic code is irregular. It may mutate if it is exposed to radiation from Evolution stones.

Before leaving, he also shows us around the place, and we are surprised to see Ken Sugimori, the one who manages to draw all the Pokemon in the game, and Jun'ichi Masuda, the one who thinks up the game's story. They also want to make deals with us, if we manage to fill out all the Pokedex, they will give us each a Diploma so we can put it in our houses. This is really tough, but I'm sure we can do it.

"Do you think you really can capture every single one of the Pokemon?" Misty asks.

"Of course, we can. But first, I think we should go to the Celadon Department store." Serena says.

We decide to go inside to purchase some items. On the second floor, we manage to buy some Technique Machines so that we can train our Pokemon with different moves, and then on the Fourth floor, we manage to purchase a lot of evolution items so that we can use them on the Pokemon. And in the fifth floor, we also purchase a lot of proteins and drugs so that we can give some boosts to the Pokemon.

I mostly purchase Fire Stones and the Stones for Eevee. Then we let them decide if they want to evolve. Unlike Pikachu, every one of them is evolving. Insey asks, "You know, Brother. Didn't we have a lot of stones on Mt. Moon? Why do you need to buy those stones since we could just ask Dad to bring us here."

"You might be right about that, but those stones are not all mine." I say. "Some of them also belong to Mark and the others."

"That's true." Insey nods.

Ninetales: The Fox Pokemon: Fire Type. Evolved from Vulpix with a Fire Stone. Very smart and very vengeful. Grabbing one of its many tails could result in a 1000-year curse.

Arcanine: The Legendary Pokemon: Fire Type. Evolved from Growlithe with a Fire Stone. A Pokémon that has been admired since the past for its beauty. It runs agilely as if on wings.

Vaporeon: The Bubble Jet Pokemon: Water Type. Evolved from Eevee with a Water Stone. Lives close to water. Its long tail is ridged with a fin which is often mistaken for a mermaid's.

Jolteon: The Lightning Pokemon: Electric Type. Evolved from Eevee with a Thunder Stone. It accumulates negative ions in the atmosphere to blast out 10000-volt lightning bolts.

Flareon: The Flame Pokemon: Fire Type. Evolved from Eevee with a Fire Stone. When storing thermal energy in its body, its temperature could soar to over 1600 degrees.

In the end, we decide to stay on the rooftops, and we decide to purchase some Lemonade and Soda Pops to drink. Once we're done, we notice a smell. Brock says, "Something smells heavenly."

"Yeah, I think it's perfume." I say. "And I think there is a Perfume store nearby."

When we arrive at the perfume store, Brock is now having his face on the window, Yellow asks, "Uh, Brock? What are you doing?"

"I think this is my kind of town. I think we should stay here for a while." We notice that he is not looking at the perfumes, but the girls at the counter.

"How about we all enter the store instead of watching here like perverts?" Misty says with anger after punching Brock on the head.

When we enter the store, we notice a lot of perfumes on the shelves. I notice one of the perfumes and turn to one of the staff members. "Excuse me, how much does this perfume cost?"

"Why you have a professional taste, this is our best aroma in this store, it is made by our gym leader, Erika. It costs 1500 Pokedollars." The staff member says.

"1500 sounds really expensive..." Yellow frowns.

"Don't worry about it." I say while heading to the counter. We notice two people and I say, "Mr. Ringo, Ms. Reina!"

The two adults notice us and they are surprised. Ringo says, "Oh my. Ash, Serena, Insey, is that really you?"

"We heard from Aurora that you have become trainers, but to think you have come to Celadon on your own." Reina says.

Brock asks, "Ash... you know these two?"

I say, "Mr. Ringo and Ms. Reina are friends of my parents. Mr. Ringo here is a Garden designer, and Ms. Reina here is a flower arranger."

Serena says, "They are Brock and Misty, they are Gym Leaders in Pewter and Cerulean. And this is Yellow, she's also a new trainer like us."

"It's nice to see fellow gym leaders. Our daughter Erika would be happy to see you." Reina says.

"Well if it isn't Scarlet?" I flinch and turn to see the same girl in a kimono walking towards us. But still, Serena and Insey share a hug with Erika and Serena says, "It sure has been a while, Erika."

"Indeed. But are you sure you're still going to call me that?" I ask. "That reminds me. Congratulations on being a Gym Leader."

"Thanks. So I assume you're here to challenge my gym, Scarlet?" Erika says with a little tease in the end.

"You really can't drop the Scarlet joke, can you?" I sigh, Serena and Insey were just chuckling a little. Misty asks, "What does she mean by Scarlet? Ash?"

This causes Erika to realize that we're not alone, and I say, "Don't worry, those three here already know that I'm Arceus and also about Team Alpha."

Insey says, "Scarlet is Brother's female form, how about you show them?"

I sigh as I concentrate and change my form. In the end, I'm having long hair and my body seems to be similar to Serena's style. Misty, Yellow, and Brock can only stare at us with awe and surprise.

"You're so perfect..." I really don't like seeing Brock drooling over my female body. So I quickly change back into my male self.

"Well, we Legendary are said genderless in the Pokedex, but because we can have both." I say.

Insey says, "Well, I also liked to be a male as well. But I was taught as a female while my brother is taught as a male."

"And as for why Erika is calling Ash Scarlet, it relates to one of the incidents in the past. When we're playing hide and seek when we're younger, Ash decides to disguise himself as Scarlet to hide from us, but then he doesn't know how to change back into his male form." Serena says.

"And our parents decide to punish him by staying with Ms. Reina and Mr. Ringo, and they will teach him how to act like a girl." Insey says.

"Really." Yellow says. "I think that's funny."

"Yeah, but being a girl is kinda fun to me. But I still think being a male is better." I say.

Erika says, "So Ash, I heard that you're going to challenge my gym. I'll be over there to prepare, so don't get late."

"Of course not, we'll go there after we purchase some perfumes for my liking." I say as Erika left for her gym.

Here is a new chapter, and as you can see, you can see the Game, Anime, and Manga combined into one in this chapter. I hope you like it. The next chapter will be the Gym Battle and also meeting a mysterious person.

Ash + Serena's Pokemon:

Ivysaur, Charmeleon x2, Wartortle, Butterfree x2 (One Shiny), Beedrill, Pidgeotto, Raticate, Fearow, Arbok, Pikachu, Sandslash, Nidoqueen, Nidoking, Clefable, Ninetales, Wigglytuff, Golbat, Vileplume, Parasect, Diglett, Meowth, Primeape, Arcanine, Alakazam, Machop, Victreebel, Geodude, Farfetch'd, Gengar, Onix (Crystal), Drowzee, Voltorb, Mr. Mime, Gyarados (S), Eevee, Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon

Insey's Pokemon:

Ivysaur, Butterfree, Beedrill, Pidgeotto, Fearow, Golbat, Vileplume, Parasect, Victreebel

Misty's Pokemon:

Horsea, Goldeen, Staryu, Starmie

Yellow's Pokemon:

Caterpie (Egg), Raticate, Pikachu, Geodude

Brock's Pokemon:

Zubat, Geodude, Onix