Chapter 42
We are watching Gary battling his fourth round, but much to our surprise, Gary loses the match as the Golem beats his Nidoking. I was shocked, I say, "I can't believe it... Gary lost..."
"That just shows how tough the competition is..." Serena says.
When we decide to find Gary, he just smiles and says, "That trainer got lucky and I was distracted by how many people cheering for me."
I frown as Gary gets into the car with a bunch of crying cheerleaders. Yellow asks, "Well..."
"I knew it will be happening." I sigh, "He is too full of himself and arrogance can lead to downfall, I just hope that it is a harsh lesson for the mighty Gary Oak..."
"But the good thing is that we don't need to listen to his bragging for the whole tournament now." Insey says as we nod.
My fourth match has begun, and I am facing a girl named Jeanette Fisher, a girl who is also famous with a lot of followers as well.
"I am honored." She says to me. "Same here." I reply back.
I start with Venusaur, while she starts with Beedrill. The Bug-type Pokémon is about to hit Venusaur with Poison Sting, but Venusaur dodges the attack despite having a huge body to move. Venusaur uses Leaf Storm, but Beedrill counters with Twineedle. Venusaur dodges the attack again and she says, "Good! Now Poison Sting!"
Venusaur continues to dodge the attack, and Misty seems to think that Jenette doesn't have any strong Pokemon. I say, "Leech Seed!"
Good thing that the attack hits and Beedrill's energy is sucked up. In the end, I tell Venusaur to use Double Edge, and it finally makes Beedrill faint.
"This one won't be so easy!" Jeanette then sends out her next Pokémon, Scyther. Venusaur launches a Razor Leaf at it, but Scyther uses Double Team to evade the attack. Scyther gets in a few hits before I get the idea to use Vine Whip on all the duplicates. After destroying the copies of the Scyther, Venusaur finally manages to hit the real one, and Scyther is knocked out by the attack.
"Okay, Venusaur." I say. "Two down and there's one to go."
Unwavering, Jeanette sends out her last Pokémon, which is a Bellsprout. I think, "A Bellsprout...with her level, it should have been a Victreebel...I wonder why she didn't evolve her Pokemon..."
Venusaur goes for the Double-Edge, but Bellsprout bends away in a wobble-like matter, and it dodges the attack with ease.
"What happened?" Insey gasps.
"I can't believe what's happening..." Serena adds.
"That Bellsprout is absorbing Venusaur's attacks and sends it back against him!" Brock says.
I am amazed at how Bellsprout manages to use Vine Whip at a heavy Pokemon like Venusaur, and it repeatedly slams him into the ground and knocks him out in the end.
"Oh no!" I decide to go with Lickitung as my next Pokemon. And Lickitung takes a lot of hits from the Bellsprout. With the Wrap attack, Lickitung manages to tie Bellsprout up, and with the Slam attack, Bellsprout is defeated.
After the Bellsprout is defeated, I was surprised to see that my Dad bringing Mark, Gina, Lillie, Alice, and even Professor Oak to the match. "Dad! Professor Oak! You guys have come!"
"We heard about your recent wins. Congratulations on getting into the Indigo Stadium." My Dad says.
"Although Mom has to discuss with Mr. Goodshow, she'll join us with dinner." Gina says.
"Cool." I say with a cheer.
"I'm very proud of the way you battled out there, Ash." Professor Oak says. "Although it is quite a shame that Gary lost the battle."
"There you are." Now my Mom has arrived, and I hug my Mom. "Look at you, already in the top 16. I'm very proud of you. You have to keep your strength up, so I've decided to cook a meal for you."
"You are, Mom? Didn't you just finish the League work? Besides, where are you going to cook around here?" I ask.
"Just leave it to me." And much to our surprise, my Mom already booked a private restaurant all for ourselves, and because she's the Kanto Champion, the chefs are either too scared to stand in her way from cooking.
"To think we're able to have Mom's food even in the Indigo Plateau." Insey says.
"Of course, there's nobody cooks very well like our Mom's cooking." Big sister Gina says.
Lillie says, "So Ash, do you know that if you win the next battle, you'll be able to use up to six Pokemon per match? Have you decided on which Pokemon you're using?"
"There is still a round with three Pokemon. I want to see who I'm going to battle first." I say.
"If you always remember to do your best, you're still a winner even if you lose." Professor Oak says as we keep that in mind.
But just before we are leaving the restaurant, someone asks us to stop the elevator. It is a boy and he notices my Pikachu, after saying that it's mine, he says, "You're really lucky! I can see you did a great job raising Pikachu."
"Thanks. It wasn't always easy." But much to our surprise, the power turns off, we try the emergency button, but it is also no use.
"It's probably just the power outage." Professor Oak says.
"This is unacceptable. The staff told me that they just checked them... unless..." My Mom says.
But the new boy is quite smart, he's already trying to fix the elevator and he also asks my Pikachu to help. And the elevator starts moving as we arrive at the first floor. Then after we thank the boy, he finally introduces himself as Ritchie.
After he leaves, we heard an announcement of Pokemon's physical examination. They also hear from a loudspeaker that if Trainers do not comply with the examination, they will be disqualified from the Indigo League. I flinch and gasp, "That's Team Rocket's voice!"
My Dad heard it and asks, "Team Rocket? Didn't you defeat Giovanni?"
My Mom sighs, "Giovanni was defeated and went to hiding of course, but there is a specific group of trio that keeps doing bad stuff around my son for a while."
"Dad, they were also the ones who destroyed our Rock Manor a few months ago." I say.
It seems that they are trying to do some Pokemon inspection, and they have already stolen a lot of trainers' Pokeballs, including Ritchie's Pokemon.
"We have to stop that van!" We chase after the van, and we manage to get in front of the van, causing them to swerve off the road, and Team Rocket drives into a river, going away upstream.
"I can't believe they just got away like that..." Insey says.
"But we're not going to give up." I say.
We follow a set of tracks and discover the van along with a sleeping Team Rocket. We creep through the camp and into the van, where we find the stolen Poké Balls. However, Team Rocket wakes up, finds them, traps them in the van, and drives off. However, We decide to use the hundreds of Poké Balls in the van at our disposal. They send out a Drowzee, Slowbro, and even a Magikarp before Pikachu sniffs out a Bulbasaur's Poké Ball. Bulbasaur uses Tackle and Razor Leaf on the van wall but to no avail.
Ritchie sends out his Charizard, Zippo, and orders it to slash open the van wall. The tactic is successful, and the wall breaks to reveal Team Rocket. Jessie sends out Arbok, but before Pikachu could use Thunderbolt on it, James swerves the van, causing Pikachu to lose balance and leaving it vulnerable to Arbok. Ritchie has Sparky, his Pikachu, out to help Pikachu.
Jessie orders an attack, while Sparky and Pikachu both counter with Agility. Arbok is overwhelmed, and both Pikachu Thunderbolt the van. The front portion explodes, blasting Team Rocket off, but the back of the van is still driving towards a cliff.
Pidgeot and Ritchie's Butterfree, nicknamed Happy, use Whirlwind as parachutes, catching us, the Poké Balls, Pikachu and Meowsie. We land safely as a group of SUVs, which turns out to be the people my Mom and Dad sent to help us.
Once they are done, we head back to the Pokemon Center and find out that I'm battling Ritchie at the Top 16. Ritchie says, "Hey, Ash, looks like we are battling each other."
"You are right, let's give it all we got." I say back.
But the next day, I got a call from Ritchie as he wants to meet me outside. I was confused, but just as I step outside, I notice that it is a Ritchie doll and Team Rocket is the one making the decoy call and they trap me in a net. Then they try to take me away in a van.
"Damn it... they think they can make me lose the match?" I grit my teeth as I have Starmie to fill the truck with water, which causes the truck to overflow and we quickly escape the van.
"We have to hurry." I say while recalling Starmie and sending out Rapidash. Much to my annoyance, Team Rocket is also chasing after me. "Rapidash use Fire Spin!"
We manage to trap Team Rocket, but they still manage to get out of it and chase after me. They try to stop me with Weezing's Smokescreen, I decide to recall Rapidash and steal one of their bikes to continue forward.
(Serena's POV)
When Ash hasn't shown up, I rush towards Ritchie who is on the field, and demands, "I want to know what you said to Ash!"
"What do you mean?" Ritchie is confused.
"Ash got your call in this morning and never returned! What have you done to him?!" I grab his shirt and demand.
"I've never done something like that!" Ritchie says. "Honestly, I didn't. I never called anything to Ash."
Ash's mom already knows something is going on, and she quickly rushes to the referee and says, "It was those people who made the fake examination yesterday! They kidnapped my son! The match is postponed and bring Officer Jennies to come with me!"
So it's Team Rocket again? Ritchie asks, "So what's going on?"
"It's those people who stole your Pokemon yesterday." I say. "They must have faked your voice so that they could kidnap Ash for our Pokemon."
Ritchie gasps and also asks to come with us to find Ash, and Ash's siblings also come with his mother to help find Ash as well.
I still can't believe that Team Rocket manage to get the hot air balloon and grab me in mid-air. I have Pikachu on Pidgeot and attack Team Rocket, causing them to blast off again. But without anyone to control the hot air balloon, gravity is causing us to fall.
"Pidgeot!" Pidgeot tries to grab the hot air balloon, but because of how heavy it is, she's getting lower and lower. Much to our delight, I find my Mom, Serena, the others, and also Ritchie.
"Guys!" I rush towards them and frown, "Wait, what about the match? I mean... I missed the match, that means I lost by default, right?"
My Mom hugs me and says, "Thanks to your friend Serena here, I realize that Team Rocket must have kidnapped you and I ask to postpone the match."
"Judging by the balloon, those three again?" Gina asks.
"Yeah." I turn to Pidgeot and recall him. My Mom turns to the police, "The kidnappers have escaped, search around the area and arrest them immediately. Also, enhance the protection!"
"Yes ma'am!" With the police searching for the Team Rocket trio, we manage to head back to the stadium and we can finally have our match.
Now that the battle is on, Ritchie says, "I'm sorry that you have to suffer such a thing, but are you ready for your biggest battle ever?"
"Of course, I'm ready when you are!" Then Ritchie sends out Happy, his Butterfree, and I decided to go with Starmie. Starmie goes with Hydro Pump, which manages to hit the Butterfree. But he goes for Sleep Powder, causing Starmie to fall asleep.
"Starmie! You have to wake up!" I say, but it is no use. I decide to switch Pokemon and go for Pikachu. Pikachu beats Happy with a Thunderbolt, giving me the first win.
Ritchie recalls Happy and sends out Zippo, his Charizard. Pikachu uses Dig to dodge Zippo's Flamethrower, but just as it gets out, Zippo goes for Slash and hits Pikachu, sending him backwards.
"Pikachu! Electro Ball!" I command, but Zippo dodges the attack, and in the end, with a Dragon Claw, Pikachu is defeated.
"Pikachu...no..." I frown since I have only two Pokemon to battle. I frown and take out the last Pokeball. "Charla! I choose you!"
I throw the Pokeball, but much to my shock, the one appearing from the ball is not Charla, but the Charizard that refuses to listen to me. When he starts to sleep on the field, everyone is shocked.
"Wait, you're not Charla!" I gasp.
Serena says, "Oh no... don't tell me that he took the wrong Pokeball today..."
Zippo looks at the Charizard with confusion, he tries to use Flamethrower, but Charizard just stares at him and gives him a Dragon Breath, knocking him out.
"I guess that work..." I gasp. "I'm so happy for you, Charizard!"
Ritchie says, "Maybe it's risky, but maybe it's my chance to win!" Then his final Pokemon is Sparky, the Pikachu. And much to my shock, Charizard just sleeps on the field, ignoring Sparky. As time goes by, the audience is getting angry. My Dad says, "What's going on with that Charizard?"
"Don't tell me that he refuses to battle Pikachu because he's cute..." Alice says.
I grit my teeth and yell, "I forfeit Charizard! Return!"
I recall Charizard and the referee decides to deem Charizard unable to battle, so my only Pokemon is Starmie, who is still asleep and weak to an Electric type like Sparky. But just as Starmie wakes up after taking damage from Thunder Shock, I say, "Good, Starmie. First, use Reflect Type!"
Now Starmie is the same type as Sparky, and Ritchie gasps, "No way!"
"With that, Starmie is now an Electric Type! That means the electric attacks are not going to be super effective!" Insey says.
"Now use Recover!" I let Starmie recover his health, and it seems that Ritchie is out of options, so I decide to finish Sparky with Psybeam.
"Congratulations, Ash." Ritchie comes and shakes my hand, and he says, "You have to win the next one for me. Ritchie."
When we get back, my Dad wants to look at my Charizard. Then he contacts Palmer since he's usually the one who takes care of my Fire Pokemon.
"I've called Palmer and it seems that your Charizard really has an attitude problem." My Dad says.
"Yeah... even though I already get all the badges, it still refuses to listen to me... Charla on the other hand listens to us." I say.
Serena says, "Ash, this is Charla's Pokeball. You mistook her Pokeball with Charizard's..."
I sigh, "At least I'm still in the game thanks to Starmie."
The next day, since Team Rocket isn't there to annoy me, I guess everything goes smoothly in my battle.
"Rapidash, finish it up with a High Horsepower!" Rapidash runs forward and crashes Electabuzz in front of him, knocking it out.
"Electabuzz is unable to battle, Rapidash is the winner, which means Ash Ketchum will advance to the semi-finals." The referee says and I cheer with Rapidash.
"What a battle, Rapidash made a comeback of High Horsepower after being cornered by Electabuzz's electric attacks! Now our final contestant that will be in the final 4 has decided, we will post the next match-ups in the evening! Be sure to stay tuned and watch it!" The announcer says.
"Wow, your Rapidash is so beautiful." Alice says to me.
"Thanks, Alice. I couldn't have won thanks to her." Rapidash licks me with a smile.
"Well, now that you are in the final 4, how about we go celebrate for a while?" My mom asks.
"Sure. Mom. But where is Dad?" I ask in confusion since I haven't seen him this morning.
"Well, he needs to get back to Sevestar for some business." Gina says to me.
When we go to the restaurant, I see a blue-haired boy who is sitting there laughing with his friends. I gasp as I recognize that boy.
"Ash, what is wrong?" Mark asks.
"It is Damian…" I frown. Then Misty proceeds to explain how he abandons Ash's Charizard and makes them pissed off.
"He's also in the final 4, there is a chance that you and him will battle." My Mom says. "But your Charizard still refuses to listen to you..."
"This sure is a worse nightmare..." I mutter.
Here is a new chapter, and as you can see, I was mad when Ash lost the Pokemon League in Kanto, so I made my own version. I hope you like this chapter.
Ash + Serena's Pokemon:
Venusaur, Charizard x2, Blastoise, Butterfree x2 (One Shiny), Beedrill, Pidgeot, Raticate, Fearow, Arbok, Pikachu x2, Raichu, Sandslash, Nidoqueen, Nidoking, Clefable, Ninetales, Wigglytuff, Golbat, Vileplume, Parasect, Venomoth, Dugtrio, Persian, Golduck, Primeape, Arcanine, Poliwrath, Alakazam, Machamp, Victreebel, Tentacruel, Golem, Rapidash, Slowbro, Magneton, Farfetch'd, Dodrio, Dewgong, Muk, Cloyster, Gengar, Onix (Crystal), Hypno, Kingler, Electrode, Exeggutor, Marowak, Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Lickitung, Rhydon, Chansey, Tangela, Kangaskhan, Seadra, Seaking, Starmie, Mr. Mime, Scyther, Jynx, Electabuzz, Magmar, Pinsir, Tauros x30, Gyarados (S), Lapras, Ditto (Shiny), Eevee, Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, Porygon, Omastar, Kabutops, Aerodactyl, Snorlax, Dragonair, Mewtwo, Mew
Insey's Pokemon:
Venusaur, Butterfree, Beedrill, Pidgeotto, Fearow, Golbat, Vileplume, Parasect, Venomoth, Victreebel, Farfetch'd, Dodrio
Misty's Pokemon:
Psyduck, Poliwag, Horsea, Goldeen, Staryu, Starmie, Togepi
Yellow's Pokemon:
Caterpie, Raticate, Pikachu, Geodude, Doduo, Omanyte
Brock's Pokemon:
Zubat, Geodude, Onix, Vulpix
