SZ: So...six chapters in a row...wow. We are really on a roll here. So let us skip the pleasantries, and begin. GT, disclaimer and stuff?
GT: *still in pain from the Clefairy landing on me* We don't own anyone...ugh...neither do we own Pokemon nor BlazBlue...owie…
SZ:...Uh...Hikari? Assistance please?
Hikari the Ralts: Ralts…*uses Heal Pulse on GammaTron*
GT: Thank you.
Hikari: Ralts…*uses Confusion to lower the curtain*
Entry 005: Greetings once more from Cajun Feycott. On our way to Cerulean City for the next Gym, we had to make our way through Mt. Moon. As we arrived at the mysterious mountain, we were introduced to Seymour, a scientist from Pewter City's Museum that was researching Mt. Moon, being attacked by a swarm of Zubat. After we rescued him via Pikachu and Berry using Thunderbolt to scare the Zubat away, we find out someone was disturbing the environment within Mt. Moon…ugh. And it turns out said someone was Team Rocket.
Ashton, Brock, and I fended Jessie and James off with our team of Pikachu, Geodude, and Hikari. However...in our battle, Meowth was able to get away to pursue a Clefairy holding a Moon Stone. Fortunately, Berry and Misty's Staryu were able to protect it and send Meowth flying away. Though, it should have been physically impossible for something like that to happen. He should have burst or died of water poisoning or of drowning from all that water being forced into his body... But I digress… After some resting and Noel earning another follower from Brock's newly caught Zubat, Pikachu, Berry, and Clefairy led us to a small cave housing not only an entire group of Clefairy, but the core of the Moon Stone.
Unfortunately, we were not the only ones who had followed the Clefairy there as Team Rocket had done so in a balloon...resembling Meowth's head. So aside from being stalkers and possible pedophiles, they are also egotistic as well...ahem! Apologies. Getting off track here again...Just before a Pokemon battle ensued, James had ordered his Koffing to use Smokescreen to cover their escape, taking the Moon Stone Core with them. Fortunately for us, a Sandshrew that Mai had given her bottled water to seemed to know where they were heading and Onix pursued Sandshrew while we followed out of the cave. We managed to catch up to them after Onix used Rock Throw to pop their balloon, but Team Rocket used a combination of Sludge and Night Shade from Koffing and Ariados respectively to knock Onix down.
Seymour had apparently followed after Onix in his tunnel...with all the Clefairy. They proceeded to perform Metronome and, to my embarrassment, the others ended up following their fingers like a trance. The end result of the Metronome was most likely the move Eruption and not only sent Team Rocket flying into the distance, but shattered the core Moon Stone and the 'rain' of the shards induced evolution in some of the Clefairy into Clefable. Seymour decided to remain with the Clefairy and Clefable while the Sandshrew ended up becoming Mai's Pokemon, receiving the name Terra. The next morning, we were leaving Mt. Moon and ended up at a fork in the road. After inspecting the sign, we were much closer to Cerulean...but also this 'Gary' character had written that Ashton is, apparently, a loser and caused Ashton to run off towards the city to try to catch up. I can only wonder what adventures and new Pokemon lie ahead in this world.
"Ahh...Today's a great day!" Ash beamed as the group walked along the dirt road.
"What happened to wanting to catch up to this Gary guy?" Mai pondered.
"Well, he is ten years old," Cajun giggled as Hikari, on her shoulder, kept passing a ball of psychic energy to Butterfree, the two using Confusion to do so.
"That's a great idea having them practice their Psychic moves like that," Brock noted.
"Thank you," Cajun nodded, "This helps improve not only their casual use of the moves they currently know, but it improves their accuracy and how to adjust the level of power each time." she ducked a little, letting the ball go over her head and hit a tree, "A little too much power in that last shot, Butterfree."
"Reeee…" Butterfree looked apologetic.
"Hmmm…"
"Something up, Noel?" Ash asked.
"I feel like we're missing someone," Noel replied as she looked over the group.
"...Hey yeah. Where's Misty?" Makoto asked as she looked around.
"Risu!" Berry pointed, seeing Misty running up to them from behind.
"W-wait up!" Misty panted as she stopped before them, "Where do you think you're going?"
"...Uh. Cerulean City, duh," Ash replied.
"Gh?! C-Cerulean City?! What are you going there for?!" Misty asked nervously.
"Isn't it obvious? So I can challenge the Gym there and earn my next Badge," Ash replied, "I don't see what's the problem here."
"Um….well...you see…" Misty began nervously.
"See what?"
"..Oh! There are some very scary Ghost Pokemon here with faces like…" Misty paused as she made a face, "Monsters!"
"...Chi-papapapapa!" Berry cracked up, falling over in Makoto's tail so that only her tiny little feet kicking the air were visible.
"I don't think your monster face works," Makoto noted, "Now come on. I want to see this Cerulean City for m-"
"Wait! I got a better idea!" Misty shouted as she got in front of the group, "How about Vermillion City instead? It's right on the water, lots of neat Pokemon, there's a Gym there Ash can challenge, and you can watch all the giant yachts pulling into the harbor."
"Okay, let's go!"
"Really?" Misty asked.
"...To Cerulean City!" Ash finished his sentence, earning a face fault from Misty.
"Makoto, stop teaching him that," Tsubaki frowned at a snickering Makoto.
"Ah, come on? Is it a bad thing to teach him to earn funny reactions like that?" Makoto asked.
'Oh...of all places we had to go, why did I have to wind up back in Cerulean…?' Misty thought with a groan.
"Um, Brock?"
"Yes? What is it, Noel?" Brock asked, looking up from his pot of stew.
"Well...um, do Gym Leaders talk to each other at times? L-Like to talk about Trainers they've fought?" Noel asked.
"Oh? Why ask?"
"J-just curious and stuff."
"Well, we don't really talk to one another persay, but there is a website that we are encouraged to post videos of at least one Gym Battle each month," Brock explained, "I haven't been on it in a while, but I did give the email and password to my father for him to keep it up."
"O-Oh. S...So do you know what the Gym will be like for Ash in Cerulean?"
"..." Brock looked over his shoulder to see Ash doing training with Butterfree and Makoto working with Needles, "...So long as you don't tell Ash. I think it will be more important that he learns about the Types that the Gyms he challenges by himself."
"O-Okay…" Noel nodded.
"Cerulean City's Gym is known for their Water Type Pokemon. They've got all kinds of them from different Regions to make different teams for different Badge Runners. Say it's your first Gym. You'd be facing Pokemon like Horsea and Goldeen. If it's your last? I've heard that they have a Gyarados, Milotic, Clawitzer, Golisopod, Lanturn, and Toxapex for those battles. Though..." he frowned, "It's been years since any Trainer has gone to Cerulean, Vermillion, or Pewter for their last three badges."
"Really?" Noel blinked twice.
"Yeah," Brock nodded as he stirred his stew.
"S-So if someone came to Pewter for their last Badge…"
"Crustle, Golem, Gigalith, Rhyperior, Aggron, and Tyrannitar," Brock replied, "When we don't use the Pokemon, such as me preferring my Geodude and Onix, they're trained by hired Trainers that live in Pewter City or loaned to construction companies on jobs. Not sure about what other Gyms do, though."
"Oh...I-I see," Noel noted.
"Yeah," Brock nodded before his brow raised, "Uh, Noel? Are you sure you need to use that much cinnamon?"
"Of course. It helps make it taste even sweeter," Noel nodded, "Oh! Maybe I should add something spicy to make it have a sweet and spicy feel to it!"
'I'm now starting to understand just how she makes her 'food,'' Brock thought with unease, seeing it starting to start censoring itself slowly, while Makoto hugged a now-Kakuna Needles.
The following morning, the had arrived at Cerulean City, walking through a quaint neighborhood as they looked around.
"So this is Cerulean City, eh?" Ash asked as he looked around, "Cool."
"Yeah. It certainly has a...hmm?" Makoto blinked as she noticed someone missing, "...Misty's gone again."
"She seems to have an aversion to this place," Cajun noted.
"I'll go try to find her," Makoto offered.
"Okay. Meet us at the Pokemon Gym when you do," Tsubaki stated.
"Can do," Makoto saluted as she ran off.
"If anyone can do it, Makoto can," Cajun noted, earning a nod from Tsubaki, Mai, and Noel.
"...Hmm?" Mai blinked for a moment when she heard something, "...Sirens?"
"Sirens?" Tsubaki repeated before she and the others heard it, the noise coming from around the corner nearby.
Now slightly curious, the group walked over and turned around the corner, seeing a few police car parked in front of a store, a crowd of people surrounding the entrance.
"I wonder what happened," Ash noted.
"Yeah," Brock agreed before the six ran over and joined the crowd surrounding the entrance.
"Um, e-excuse me," Noel spoke up, catching a man's attention, "What happened here?"
"Some burglars broke into that store last night."
"Burglars?" Tsubaki repeated.
"Hey, you six!" a voice called out, catching Ash and the others' attention as they turned towards...Officer Jenny? "You look awfully suspicious to me…"
"Officer Jenny? ...Oh no, don't tell me you're Pewter City's Jenny's little sister," Tsubaki gawked.
"I'm her sister-in-law, actually," Jenny replied, "But how do you know her?"
"Well…" Ash began.
"Don't tell me. I know...maybe you stopped to ask her for directions. Or maybe you found a wallet on the street and decided to turn it in to her. Or…" Jenny began before she pulled out a pair of handcuffs, "Maybe you're a group of burglars who broke out of jail!"
"I've never been to jail!" Ash yelped.
"Neither have we!" Brock added.
"A likely story," Jenny frowned.
"We just got into town and saw the crowd and just came to see what was going on," Mai explained.
"...The criminal always returns to the scene of the crime," Jenny grinned.
"W-wait! That's not what I…" Mai began.
"Ash, Brock, show her proof," Tsubaki spoke up.
"Proof?"
"Your PokeDex and Badge respectively," Tsubaki stated as she looked over at Jenny, "I apologize, but you're assuming way too much. We just recently got here into town after passing through Mt. Moon."
"We also have this," Ash added as he held up Dexter.
=I am Dexter, a PokeDex programmed by Professor Oak for Pokemon Trainer Ash Ketchum= Dexter informed.
"Yeah. And I'm from the Pewter City Gym," Brock replied before pulling out a Boulder Badge that was around the size of a police badge, a stylized 'P' on it with his name written beneath, "I can also vouch for these four girls being with us."
"...I see," Jenny noted, taking a slow deep breath before she bowed down, "I'm sorry for the misunderstanding!" she stood up with a pondering look, "...Now I'm suspicious of my sister-in-law...she sure has weird taste in friends."
"Weird taste?" Tsubaki repeated under her breath in a huddle with Mai, Noel, and Cajun.
"Um...A-Are you okay, Cajun?" Noel asked as she saw Cajun scribbling frantically in yet another notebook.
"It's a herd of Dittos that are attracted to Jenny and Joy…" Cajun theorized, "That has to be it…"
"I think we lost her…" Mai sheepishly noted as they got out of the huddle to see Brock slumping a bit, "What the heck?"
"So what got stolen?" Ash asked.
"That's the strange thing, actually. No money was stolen, just a massive vacuum and a giant hose," Jenny explained.
"How big are we talking about?"
"It was meant to be used to help filter polluted water in the rivers, but the filtration unit wasn't installed yet," Jenny replied.
"But why would anyone want that stuff for?" Ash asked.
"I'm sorry, but that's police business," Jenny stated as she gently pushed him away, "I'm afraid you'll have to leave."
"...Just one more question," Tsubaki spoke up, earning the officer's attention, "Was there any sign of breaking and entering in the area the items were stolen from?"
"...Now that you mention it, there was signs of someone crawling through the ventilation shaft…" Jenny recalled, "...But that's all I have to say. Now please leave or you'll be arrested for disrupting the police."
"Of course, officer," Tsubaki nodded as she began to push the others away, "Thank you."
Jenny nodded before she moved to the crowd, "Okay! That's enough! Break it up people! Nothing to see here! Move along!"
"Nice call back there, Tsubaki," Mai commented.
"Yeah. Good thing I had Dexter and Brock had his badge," Ash added.
"Of course. Still…" Tsubaki paused as she held her chin, "What Officer Jenny said has me curious. What criminals would only steal a vacuum meant for filtering polluted water and a giant hose?"
"...It better not be those annoying nuisances again," Cajun frowned a bit, referring to Team Rocket, "but...let us worry about that later. For now...Ashton?"
"Please don't call me that…"
"Don't you have a Gym to challenge?"
"Oh, right!" Ash nodded.
"Do you have an idea of what the Gym's Type is like?" Cajun asked.
"...Not really," Ash replied.
"Then that means you'll be going in blind," Mai noted.
"Yeah...no biggie. I'll be ready for whatever Pokemon the Gym Leader has," Ash grinned confidently.
"Well," Brock got up from the benches they were at, "I have some stuff I need to check out."
"Huh? Stuff?" Ash repeated, "What kind of stuff?"
"Just...stuff," Brock replied, "I'll meet you all at the Pokemon Center if Ash wins or loses at the Gym."
"O-Okay," Noel nodded as Brock began to walk away, "...Um...does anyone know where the Cerulean Gym is exactly?"
"Well, all we need to do if find that symbol that was on Brock's Gym," Cajun noted, earning looks from the others, "That symbol is on all Pokemon Gyms. It recognizes them as an official Pokemon Gym."
"Oh...of course," Ash nodded as he stood up, "Then come on. Let's go find the Gym so I can win my badge!"
"R...right."
"Seriously, where is she?" Makoto muttered as she looked around for Misty.
Berry poked out of Makoto's tail and looked around, "Chi?"
"What is it, Berry?" Makoto asked.
"Chipa-pa," Berry pointed her tiny paw.
Makoto looked just to see Misty entering a large building with a large seal-like Pokemon sign hung on top of the roof, "There she is." she blinked twice, seeing the sign's eye was actually a familiar symbol, "Hey. That's the same symbol that was on Brock's Gym. Guess this is the Cerulean Gym then...wait. Does that mean...I gotta see this for myself to make sure."
With that, she ran over to the doors and quietly went inside, making sure not to alert Misty as she began to look around.
"...Huh...reminds me of an aquarium…" Makoto noted with a whisper as she looked around, seeing a few 'windows' filled with various fish-like Pokemon, "...Guess that means this is a Water Type Gym then…"
"...Pachi-su chi-pachi."
"If you're saying that Pikachu's gonna own this Gym, then I agree," Makoto nodded before her ears twitched, "Eh?"
=Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the stars our of show!= a voice called out from somewhere =Behold the Sensational Cerulean City Synchronized Swimming Sisters, the Waterflowers, Lily, Violet, and Daisy!=
"Huh?" Makoto blinked as she walked forward, seeing a pair of doors slightly opened.
She then quietly opened them to see a large stadium's worth of people sitting with the stands, looking down at a large swimming pool. Though...what they were really looking at were the three beauties standing on the tall diving board, with either long, blond hair, shoulder-length red hair, or mid-back blue hair.
"Chipa," Berry hopped onto her shoulder and pointed at the highest part of the stands.
"..." Makoto looked up, "She's up there." quickly, she made her way without being noticed, "Misty."
"Gh?!" Misty froze up before turning her head to see Makoto, "M-Makoto?"
"What're you doing here?...You're not mysteriously the Gym Leader of this place, are you?" Makoto asked.
"N-Not exactly," Misty replied as Makoto sat down beside her.
"..." Makoto looked at one of the screens set up for the audience further in the back to see the three up close, "...They're your sisters, aren't they?" Misty looked at her with wide eyes, "I was in a military academy before my friends and I came here to Kanto. I excelled at the investigation courses. Aside from minor details, you all sport similar features. Now come on. Why don't ya tell big sis Makoto what's wrong."
"...my sisters…" Misty replied, a slight frown on her face, "Before I left, they always picked on me by saying they were better at everything. Whatever clothes I got were always hand-me-downs from them."
"...I see now. You left because you wanted to prove them wrong, right?"
"..." Misty nodded.
"And you feel you're back way too early to prove them wrong, right?" another nod from Misty, "Oh…" she pulled Misty into a side hug, "Well, frankly? I think you're a great Trainer."
"...But will they think so?" Misty asked, referring to her sisters.
"Maybe. Take it from me. I come from a big family myself," Makoto stated, "And by big, I mean I have at least twice as many siblings as you do. And we both know how many sibs Brock has."
"...True…"
"Yup. So what if they tease ya? They're still your sisters deep down," Makoto added with a soft smile, "...Tell ya what? Why don't ya try and talk with them after the show's over? I'll even be there to support ya."
"...Yeah. Thanks, Makoto."
"Hey, no problem," Makoto grinned, "And if they don't like it, we let Berry shock 'em."
"Makoto!" Misty had to force down the laugh.
"What? Nobody mocks my friends and gets away with it."
"It's like an Aquarium…" Ash noted as he, Noel, Tsubaki, Mai, and Cajun walked through teh halls of the Gym, "...How can this be a Pokemon Gym?"
"Maybe it's to let people see what kinds of Water Pokemon are out there," Tsubaki guessed.
"C...cute…" Noel whispered, seeing a small seahorse like Pokemon swim by in one of the tanks as Yuki followed its movements.
"..." Mai blinked twice as she looked at a bullet-shaped, dark-blue shark-like Pokemon, 'The sharks here are weird.'.
"That's a Sharpedo," Cajun noted, seeing the look on Mai's face, "They're extremely fast and dangerous Pokemon in the water, even capable of shattering rocks that're in their way."
"...It sounds like they put 'Shark' together with 'Torpedo,'" Mai sweatdropped.
"True, but the Pokemon itself is still interesting," Cajun said as she looked at it, her notebook out as she drew a diagram of Sharpedo.
"..." Tsubaki slowly blinked as she looked at a pair of strange fish like Pokemon swim by, one orange and looked like a carp and the other a pale and blue bass, "..."
"Those are Feebas and Magikarp," Ash noted as Tsubaki looked at him while he held up his Pokedex, "Dexter told me."
"Ahh…" Tsubaki nodded before she heard someone coming down the hall, "Hmm?"
"The crowd was totally awesome."
"I know. It was so great."
"Daisy, the dive you did was, like, super."
"Thanks. The practice really paid off."
"Totally."
"What the heck am I hearing?" Mai questioned as they saw three girls in swimsuit and swim jackets over those coming down the hall, 'It sounds like something the oldest maid back home would say.'
"...Um, excuse me?" Ash spoke up, earning the attention of the three girls, "D-"
"I'm sorry, but if you want an interview, you have to, like, call our manager," the girl in the yellow swimsuit stated.
"What? No. It's not that. I-" Ash began once more.
"We don't do autographs," she stated once more.
"No no. I don't want one," Ash shook his head, "I really just wanted to know if this is a Pokemon Gym."
"Oh...It sure is," the blunette nodded, "Why?"
"Oh good. Well I'm looking for the Gym Trainer," Ash explained.
"Oh. Well why didn't you just ask?" the blonde asked, causing him to blink, "...You're looking at them."
"Huh?!"
"Three Gym Leaders for one Gym?" Tsubaki pondered.
"Of course. We're the Sensational Waterflower Sisters," the red/pink haired girl nodded.
"We're world famous," the blunette added.
"...Then...what's with the swimsuits?" Ash asked in confusion.
"Oh these? It's part of, like, our hobby, and our fans love to watch us perform," the red/pink haired girl answered.
"Yup. We pool our talents to make a big splash!" the blunette joked as all three laughed.
'Oh god! That pun was terrible! It was Makoto-level of bad!' Tsubaki thought.
"...Um...n...nice...joke?" Noel tried to complement, but...even she could agree that pun was bad.
"Oh why thank you, little boy."
"..." Noel slumped at that, a depressing aura around her as Yuki looked at her in slight confusion and concern.
"...Is he, like, alright?" the blunette asked.
"Noel's a girl," Mai deadpanned.
"...Uh…" Ash slowly blinked before he shook his head, "We're getting off track here! I'm here to challenge all three of you!"
"...ooh…" the three cringed, making him blink in confusion.
"Um, about that…" the blonde began, "We don't feel much like battling anymore..."
"Pardon me? Are you not Gym Leaders?" Cajun questioned, "You are aware that as Gym Leaders, you cannot refuse any challenge on risk of your Gym being shut down, your licences revoked, and a rather hefty fine, correct?"
"True, but...you see, we totally got our butts whooped three times by kids from this nowhere place called Pallet Town," The blonde replied.
"Yeah. It was just one defeat after another," the blunette added, "I mean, my eyes were spinning from all the losses."
"All of them with one Badge?" Cajun asked.
"Totally," the bluenette nodded before pointing at a small, white sea lion-like Pokemon with a tiny horn on its head swimming around before ending up running headfirst into a coral formation when it waved at them, "Our only Pokemon left for two Badge Runners is Seal and he, like, only knows two moves."
"Yeah. So there's no point in battling," the blonde stated.
"Now instead of having matches, we have time to make ourselves more beautiful than ever," the red/pinkette added.
'And more bitchy than ever,' Mai mentally snarked.
"But what if someone wants to battle you?" Cajun asked.
"...Hmm...good point…" The blonde muttered, "...oh! I heard this one Gym Leader in Unova came up with something less stressful called Evaluation battles."
"Evalu-what battles?"
"See, we send out a Pokemon or two and, like, depending on the typing and how well it would do in battle, one of us would win," the blonde explained, "Like say we use Gyarados and the trainer facing us uses like say a Grass Type or Water Type, we'd win because Gyarados can learn Ice Fang and Thunder Fang."
"..." Mai, Cajun, Tsubaki, Noel, and Ash just shared incredulous looks of disbelief.
"But considering all we have is Seal at the moment…" the blonde began, pondering for a second, "...I guess we'll just give you your Cascade Badge."
"Just like that?" Ash blinked twice.
"Yup. Might as well," the blonde nodded.
"Plus it'll give us less time to wait to practice our routine further," the red/pinkette added, "Besides, a Badge is a Badge. No biggie."
"Seal~" the bluenette waved at the Pokemon in the tank.
Seal shook its head before seeing the blunette waving. Seal waved back before the bluenette was pointing to beside her. Seal tilted its head before its eyes widened. It gave a salute before it turned to swim off...only to smack face first into the coral formation once more. The bluenette sighed.
"Well, he has, like, the Cascade Badges," the bluenette explained to the confused looks she was getting, "Most because he, like, comes out and claps whenever a Trainer or we win a Gym Battle."
"...I...I am literally at a loss for words here…" Tsubaki groaned, rubbing the bridge of her nose to quell the incoming migraine.
"Oh, don't worry. Once the kid gets his Badge, you can leave," the Blonde stated.
"NO YOU'RE NOT!" a voice snapped, making everyone turn to see Misty standing a few feet away from them, a very annoyed look on her face.
"Misty?" Ash pondered.
"Hey, guys…" Makoto sheepishly waved a bit as she and Misty walked over.
"Makoto? What's going on?" Mai asked, "Why's Misty here?"
"Turns out….Misty's a Trainer from here as well."
"That's right! I'm the fourth Sensational Waterflower!" Misty stated.
"Um, correction," the red/pinkette spoke up, earning an annoyed look from Misty, "There are only three Sensational Waterflowers and one runt."
"Speaking of said runt, surprised to see you back so soon, little sister," the blonde admitted a bit.
"?!" Ash looked back and forth between the three beautiful older girls and Misty, "S-SISTER?!"
"Oh don't worry about her," the blunette spoke up, "She's just a little girl with a big mouth who said she wouldn't return until she was a great Pokemon Trainer."
"...So that's why Misty was so dead set against coming here," Cajun realized a bit.
"Yeah. Because she wanted to prove her three sisters wrong," Makoto stated, shooting a bit of a glare at said sisters, 'And I definitely see why Misty acts the way she does.'
"Well obvious she failed because she couldn't compare with us, because we're obviously much more talented, cute, and beautiful than she is," the red/pinkette stated in a sorta mocking, confident tone.
"Chipa-chi…" Berry gave out an annoyed noise.
'Even Berry agrees with me,' Makoto thought as the two approached.
"So what brings you back here, little sister? Couldn't make it as a Pokemon Trainer?" the blonde asked.
"No. I came back because Ash needs a proper Gym Battle," Misty frowned, "And considering you three aren't willing to give it to him, I will!"
"That so?" the blonde asked as she looked at Ash, "...Well, he's totally not someone I'd choose for a boyfriend. He's more of a….three, maybe four out of ten."
"He's a twenty compared to what you three probably share beds with," Makoto snarked.
"Shut it, cosplayer. The big girls are talking," the blonde waved her off.
"Cospl-?!" Makoto grit her teeth.
"Big? Heh. Not really," Mai noted, crossing her arms under her bust, "Right, Makoto?"
"Huh? Oh yeah…They're probably wearing fakes with waterproof application," Makoto grinned, crossing her arms under her own impressive bust, "Not like us, Mai. Au natural."
'Mai, I am either impressed at how you turned it around or annoyed,' Tsubaki thought, covering Ash's eyes, while the three sisters glared at the two friends.
"Hey, what gives?" Ash asked.
"We're getting off track here!" Misty snapped as she turned towards Ash, "Ash, if you want that Badge, you'll have to battle me for it! I wasn't gonna challenge you until you paid me back for my back, but this is good a time as any!"
"Fine, I accept!" Ash replied.
Misty nodded before walking off, "I need to get ready."
"You're not using your Pokemon?" Makoto asked as she followed Misty.
"Not this time," Misty replied, "I'm getting two that are Gym trained...from the three Badge run."
"Are we, like seriously letting her do this, Daisy?" the pinkette/redhead asked the blond.
"Well, she is the only one with Pokemon, Lily," Daisy replied as she walked up to a podium between two sides of the large pool, now sporting floating discs in it.
"This is kinda neat," Ash noted as he stood on one side of the pool in a green box painted on the ground.
"Well, it's not going to be neat when you lose," Misty replied, making Ash turn to see her enter wearing a white one-piece swimsuit with blue trimming and her hair let loose, a white sports jacket over that.
"Huh? Misty?" Ash blinked a few times as she stood on a red box painted on the other side of the pool.
"I'm not going easy on you, Ash," Misty informed, "That's why it'll be a Three-on-Three!"
"Three-on-Three?" Ash repeated.
"That's right. I can't substitute at any time while you're allowed to," Misty replied before looking over at Daisy, "Are you refereeing?"
"Uh…" Daisy began before shaking her head, "Yes. This is a Three-on-Three Gym Battle between Misty of the Cerulean Gym and Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town! As stated, each will send out one Pokemon at a time, but only the Challenger may change Pokemon at any time!"
"Okay. Let's go, Butterfree!" Ash called, sending out the Bug/Flying Type.
"Misty calls…" Misty kissed the PokeBall she pulled out before throwing it, "Poliwhirl!"
"What?!" the three sisters gasped.
The PokeBall landed before transforming. Poliwhirl was a blue, bipedal Pokémon with a spherical body. It had bulbous eyes that protruded from the top of its head. A black and white swirl covered its belly, which Cajun realized were actually its organs showing through its thin skin. It appeared to have white gloves on its hands and rounded, digit-less feet.
"What's wrong?" Noel asked.
"That's a Pokemon for Trainers that are going for their third Badge," the bluenette, Violet, replied.
"Well...it kinda makes sense," Mai noted, "I mean, Ash's Pikachu can destroy Stealth Rocks while hurting an Onix...with a Thundershock."
=Poliwhirl, the Tadpole Pokemon and the evolved form of Poliwag. While Poliwhirl is capable of moving on land, it prefers to stay in freshwater ponds and lakes. When out of water, it sweats to keep its skin moist. It is always covered in an oily fluid that allows it to slip away from enemies. All of its skin feels this way except where its swirl is, which is very smooth. The swirl on its belly undulates slowly, and staring at it induces drowsiness= Dexter analyzed.
"Poliwhirl, start off with Rain Dance!" Misty ordered.
"Poli!" Poliwhirl nodded as it began to start a dance.
"Rain Dance?" Ash pondered before Poliwhirl released a blue sphere into the air that popped, forming into storm clouds that started raining on the pool.
"R...raining indoors?" Noel blinked as she shielded Yuki, preventing her from getting wet.
"Rain Dance is a move that causes a rain storm to happen for a little while," Cajun explained, "It helps power up Water and Electric Type moves while giving Pokemon with the ability, Swift Swim, a power boost in terms of speed."
"Shoot down that Butterfree!" Misty ordered.
"Butterfree, dodge whatever it throws at you and hit it with Confusion!" Ash ordered.
"Do you think Misty could really win?" Violet asked as she, Daisy, and Lily watched Poliwhirl's attack missed Butterfree and get hit with Confusing, causing it to stagger back.
"Like, in her dreams maybe," Lily stated,
"Poliwhirl, dive into the water and use Belly Drum!"
"Belly Drum?" Ash repeated as Poliwhirl dove into the water.
The water rumbled as beneath it, Poliwhirl slapped its belly repeatedly like a drum. It began to glow as it finished it drumming.
"Now use Waterfall!"
"Waterfall?" Ash repeated before tensing up as Poliwhirl shot out of the water, "?!"
"Poliwhirl!" Poliwhirl shouted as the water followed it like a reverse waterfall, slamming into Butterfree and knocking him onto one of the platforms.
"Butterfree! Are you okay?!" Ash called out in concern.
"Reee…" Butterfree replied as he got up, shaking water off his limp wings.
"...I see," Cajun spoke up, "Poliwhirl must have Swift Swim. By having it use Rain Dance, followed by Belly Drum, it becomes a fast and powerful Pokemon."
"Poliwhirl, use Water Pulse!" Misty ordered.
"Poli…" Poliwhirl held its hands close together, forming a sphere of glowing water, before throwing it, "WHIRL!"
"Butterfree, Wrecking Ball!" Ash quickly shouted.
The Water Pulse slammed into the platform, creating an explosion of water that send the platform out of the pool. Poliwhirl looked at the water as it settled from the attack, not seeing Butterfree.
"Poliwhirl, look out!" Misty called.
Poliwhirl looked to the right just s a glowing Butterfree holding onto a String Shot slammed into him, knocking him across the water into another platform. Butterfree chittered as he swung around and landed on one of the remaining platforms. Ash sighed in relief.
"For a second, I thought it wouldn't work…" Ash admitted, "But Harden still works."
"Poli…" Poliwhirl groaned as it slowly got back up on the platform it hit, staggering a bit.
"When a Pokemon uses Belly Drum, they lose a bit of health in trade for the booster attack," Cajun explained.
"Like, wow," Lily blinked twice, "No wonder Misty's using the Three Badge Team. That kid's, like, a bit unpredictable."
"That Butterfree's like a Tarzan," Violet nodded.
"Totally," Daisy added.
"Not bad, Ash, but can Butterfree handle this?! Poliwhirl, use Scald!" Misty ordered.
"Poli!" Poliwhirl shouted before blasting a stream of water at Butterfree, the water steaming.
"Ah! Butterfree, start swinging!" Ash called.
"Ree!" Butterfree yelped as he quickly fired a String Shot at the ceiling and swung on it.
"Keep going, Poliwhirl!" Misty called.
"Poli!" Poliwhirl complied as it kept firing Scald at Butterfree, who kept firing String Shots to swing out of the way of each shot.
"Even with his wings unable to fly, Butterfree's still able to move about quick," Tsubaki noted.
"Thank Arceus that he kept those moves from his pre evolved forms," Mai sighed in relief.
"Butterfree, Wrecking Ball!"
"I don't think so! Poliwhirl, Hypnosis!"
"Poli~" Poliwhirl chanted as its eyes began to glow.
For a brief moment, Butterfree's eyes glowed as it swung at Poliwhirl. Butterfree felt tired...like he had just flown through a hurricane level of tired. He let go of the String Shot as he fell asleep in his swinging.
"Ah! Butterfree!" Ash yelped.
"Water Pulse!"
"PoliWHIRL!" Poliwhirl roared as he fired one last Water Pulse, slamming into Butterfree and sending him right into the water...where he floated with swirls replacing his eyes.
"Ree…" Butterfree groaned.
"Butterfree is unable to battle! Poliwhirl is the winner!" Daisy declared.
"Vul…" Yuki whined a bit.
"I know. He was doing so good too…" Noel whispered as Ash returned Butterfree to his PokeBall.
'Attagirl, Misty!' Makoto mentally cheered.
Misty looked over the panting Poliwhirl, barely standing, "...Daisy, I'm withdrawing Poliwhirl from the battle. He wouldn't even last a hit from his next one."
Daisy nodded, "Both are down to two Pokemon each. Send out your Pokemon!"
"Misty calls Vaporeon!" Misty called, throwing out her Pokeball.
"I choose you, Pidgeotto!"
"Pidgeo~!" Pidgeotto called as Misty's Vaporeon formed.
Vaporeon was a composite creature sharing physical traits of aquatic and land animals. It was a quadruped with three small toes on each foot and dark blue paw pads on the hind feet. Vaporeon's body was light blue with dark blue marking around its head and a ridge down its back, reaching down to a split tailfin. It had a white ruff around its neck, and three fins around its head made of cream-colored webbing.
"Vaporeon!" the blue Pokemon barked.
"Oh, so cute!" Noel gasped as Ash checked Dexter.
=Vaporeon, the Bubble Jet Pokemon and the evolved form of Eevee from a Water Stone. It has been mistaken for a mermaid in the past due to its tail. It is said that rain will come within a few hours if Vaporeon's fins begin to vibrate. Vaporeon is mostly found in urban settings and is rarely seen in the wild, but it can also be found near clean, fresh lakes. It has evolved to become better suited to an aquatic lifestyle. In addition to developing gills, it has a cell composition similar to water molecules. This structure allows Vaporeon to melt into water at will and keeps it camouflaged as it swims= Dexter analyzed.
"Begin the battle!" Daisy declared.
"Vanish!" Misty ordered as Vaporeon jumped into the water and seemed to melt into it.
"What the?! Where did he…" Ash began.
"She. Vaporeon is a she, Ash!" Misty corrected, "Also Vaporeon, use Aurora Beam!"
An beam in the colors of an aurora shot out of the water and Pidgeotto barely avoided it. More soon followed and the Bird Pokemon began to start playing the Dodge the Ice Type Move game.
"Mmm...where is she…?" Ash muttered as he tried to keep an eye out for where Vaporeon was, "Maybe...Pidgeotto, use Aerial Ace!"
"Huh?" Misty pondered.
"Pidge!" Pidgeotto flapped backwards before shooting down at the pool, coated in a white energy that left a trail, "PIDGEO~!"
"Why would...Vaporeon, hurry and use Protect!" Misty quickly ordered.
A barrier of sorts appeared on the spot Pidgeotto was aiming at, causing her to bounce off it as she flew back to regain momentum. Vaporeon's head reformed seemingly from the water itself to give a raspberry at Pidgeotto.
"Got it," Ash grinned, "Pidgeotto, Gust!"
"Pidgeo~!" Pidgeotto declared as she began to flap quickly, making a tornado form.
"Like, why would he use Gust?" Lily asked before the tornado hit the water...and began to suck it up into a waterspout, "Oh!"
"I see now," Cajun noted, "Ash is concentrating all the water into one spot where it constantly moves."
"...I don't think so," Misty frowned after hearing that, "Vaporeon, Hydro Pump!"
"Vap!" Vaporeon's voice shouted as she burst out of the water, landing on one of the platforms before firing a large blast of pressurized water at Pidgeotto.
"Noble Strike!" Ash shouted.
Pidgeotto flew right at the Hydro Pump as her wings began to glow with Steel Wing. Upon contact, she combined it with Aerial Ace. Halfway through, the water dispersed as Brave Bird piled on top. Vaporeon could only give a yelp as she was slammed with the three-in-one attack, sending her flying into the air and land in Makoto's arms, the Beastkin grunting a bit from the strong impact. She looked down at Vapreon to see swirls in her eyes.
"Ooh...Uh, I think she's out," Makoto informed.
Daisy walked up the steps and looked at Vaporeon before nodding, "Vaporeon is unable to battle! The winner is Pidgeotto!"
"Nice work, Pidgeotto!" Ash cheered as Pidgeotto landed on the closest platform to him with a nod before cringing as blue sparks came off her as she took the recoil.
"Not good…" Mai whispered.
"No...Let's just hope she can survive long enough against Misty's last Pokemon," Tsubaki added.
"Misty calls Starmie!" Misty called as she sent out her last PokeBall.
The PokeBall transformed. At first, Ash thought it was a Staryu, but it was a rich shade of regal purple with ten limbs instead of five. The gold formation around its center jewel was more of a star-like pattern instead of being held by one limb.
=Starmie, the Mysterious Pokemon, and the evolved form of Staryu. Starmie's jewel core, which can glow in seven colors, has developed to resemble a cut precious stone. Starmie can emit electrical waves from the core that are powerful enough to reach the furthest parts of the universe. It can sometimes launch itself out of the water and fly through the air for short periods. The multi-color glowing of its core is also believed to be a method of communication inside the species= Dexter analyzed.
"Hmm...nothing we can't handle. Pidgeotto, u-" Ash began.
"Starmie, use Ice Beam!"
Before Pidgeotto could take flight, a blue-tinted beam of lightning slammed into her, causing her to start freezing up in ice.
"Pidgeotto!" Ash gasped
"Now use Psychic!"
Before Pidgeotto knew it, she was blasted back by a strong force of psychic energy, sending her crashing into the wall behind Ash. She collapsed onto her stomach, swirls replacing her eyes.
"Pidgeotto is unable to battle! The winner is Starmie!" Daisy declared.
"Holy…" Makoto whispered with wide eyes, "That's one powerful star."
"I've never seen that one in the Three Badge Pokemon," Violet whispered.
"Like, didn't Misty give that girl we, like, pay to train up the Gym Pokemon her Starter before she went out?" Lily asked.
"Great job, Starmie," Misty smiled as she patted the Mysterious Pokemon, a happy noise coming from Starmie.
"Pidgeotto, return!" Ash called out as he returned the Flying Type, "You did great." he looked down at Pikachu, "Alright, Pikachu...it's up to you."
"Pi…" Pikachu began uneasily, not really wanting to battle a friend.
"Chi-pa-su!" Berry cheered.
"...Pika!" Pikachu jumped onto one of the platforms, his cheeks sparking.
"Looks like Berry became Pikachu's personal cheerleader," Mai noted.
"Y-yeah," Noel nodded in agreement.
"Seal, seal, seal…" Noel looked to her left to see Seal beside her, clapping with a happy look.
"Alright...battle begin!"
"Pikachu, Thunderbolt!"
"Starmie, counter with your own!"
"What?!" Ash gawked as Pikachu and Starmie let out blasts of lightning, creating an explosion on impact.
"Surprised?" Misty asked, "Starmie is meant to be a Weakness Beater."
"Weakness Beater?" Ash repeated.
"As in 'any weaknesses that Water Types have, Starmie can beat down,'" Misty smirked, "But enough talk! Starmie, use Swift!"
"Pikachu, deflect with Iron Tail!"
"Pi…" Pikachu began, getting into position before the area began to rumble, "Pi?"
"Does Swift mean 'use Earthquake' or something?!" Makoto yelped.
"Wh-what's going on?!" Violet asked before something large crashed through the wall, startling everyone as they turned to see a large armored vehicle emerged.
"What the heck?! Is that, like, a giant vacuum?" Lily asked.
"...Vacuum?" Cajun repeated before feeling a headache coming as villainous music blared from the machine, "Them again…"
"Sorry to burst in…" Jessie's voice began as she and James began to rise from a small platform within the vehicle, the latter holding a light blue rose.
"Allow us to introduce ourselves…" James added.
"To protect the World from deve…"
"Oh great. It's Team Stalker again," Makoto deadpanned, causing the two to face fault.
"Just once...Just once can our motto not get interrupted?!" Meowth demanded from inside the machine.
"As long as you keep stalking us? Nope," Makoto countered, "So what crazy scheme are you planning this time?"
"First of all, it's not crazy, cosplay twerpette," Jessie stated, "Second of all, we're here to steal not just the water, but the Pokemon here as well."
"Let me guess; you're gonna use that vacuum/pump there to do it?" Mai asked.
"..." the two frowned, "...Do it, Meowth."
"With pleasure," Meowth replied as the hose went into the pool and began to suck up all the water.
"Hey! That's our water! Give it back!" Lily demanded.
"Wit pleasure," Meowth replied before the hose came out of the pool and blasted everyone on the stands.
"Chipa!"
"Vul!"
"Ah! Yuki! Berry!" Noel gasped as the two fell into the pool before the suction began once more.
"Hikari, hurry and use Confusion to catch them!" Cajun called out as she prepared to throw her Premier Ball.
"Oh no you don't! Ariados, Night Slash!" Jessie ordered as she threw her PokeBall out.
"Ariados!" Ariados roared as it sent out the blade of darkness out, striking the Ralts as she finished coming out.
"Ralts!" Hikari yelped as she was sent back onto the ground.
"I'd have Berry use her Thundershock, but with Yuki in there…" Makoto grit her teeth.
"...Oh! Yuki!" Noel called, "Powdered Snow!"
"Vul!" Yuki quickly nodded before she blew a blast of cold wind at the water being sucked into the machine, causing it to freeze up.
"What da?! It's stuck!" Meowth gawked as he tried to get the machine to work..
"Pika!" Pikachu shouted as he jumped into the pool and swam over to Berry, who was trying to help the panicking Yuki in trying to stay afloat.
"Why you...Ariados, use Electro Web to grab them!" Jessie ordered.
"...Now's a good chance to help out," Mai whispered as she pulled out a PokeBall, "Terra, let's go!"
"Sandshrew!" Terra called as he came out...before seeing all the water, "SAND?!" he jumped up into Mai's arms, "Sandshrew?! Sand-sandshrew-sand?!"
"S-sorry! I was hoping you'd block the Electro Web!" Mai yelped.
"Sand?" Terra saw the incoming web aimed at the half-empty pool with three Pokemon in it, including a hatchling, "SAND?!" Terra narrowed his eyes before jumping up and at the web, "Sand…" he curled up into a ball and began to spin rapidly, "SHREW!"
"He's using Rapid Spin," Cajun noted as Sandshrew got in the way of the web and sent it right back with his spinning.
"Ari?!" Ariados tensed as the net engulfed him and Team Rocket, shocking them immensely.
"...It's times like these that make me wanna go straight," James groaned.
'...Did he just admit he was gay?' Makoto thought after hearing that.
"Starmie, Hydro Pump!" Misty ordered.
Starmie gave a confirming cry before all ten points aimed at Team Rocket. A massive blast of water erupted from each tip and combined into a single large blast of water. The trio and Ariados screamed as the attack slammed into them and sent them flying through the hole and into the sky.
"Now I know how it feels to be all washed up," James noted.
"We'll never come clean!" Jessie declared.
"Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again~!" Team Rocket shouted as they flew through the sky, a twinkle in the sky the only thing left visible.
"Like, bummer…" Lily sighed as the police were finishing up their reports while getting a retrieval team for the machine, "It'll take, like a while for the hole to be filled and the pool to be refilled."
"Well, what about our match?" Ash asked.
"Well...you could say it had to be postponed due to drain," Violet joked a bit.
"..." Makoto tried hard not to laugh, 'Don't laugh, dammit. You're supposed to be mad at them.'
"At least nobody lost," Lily added before looking over at where Pikachu was using Terra's tail as a pump while Berry jumped up and down on Terra's belly, causing him to spit up water like a fountain, "Aside from your little adorbs Sandshrew when he fell into the water…"
"You did a good job, Terra," Mai scratched the top of Terra's head, "And sorry about all the water again."
"Guess I'm not gonna get that Cascade Badge until it's all fixed up here," Ash noted, a bit glum.
"Nope!" Daisy replied before whistling.
Seal popped out from behind some rubble and barked twice. He quickly started hopping over before he landed on a wet patch of ground. He yelped and ended up flipping into the air before landing on his face by Daisy. Slowly, Seal got up and began to clap happily.
"...That is one durable Seal," Makoto noted.
"Badge please," Daisy spoke before Seal stuck his tongue out, revealing a badge resembling a drop of water on it, "We're giving this Badge to you."
"What?!" Misty exclaimed.
"Well, he did win two of the three matches you fully finished," Daisy noted as Seal presented the Badge to Ash, "And against Pokemon we use for just Trainers with two Badges and not one."
"Hey, you haven't seen what he can do."
"Sure we have! Just, like, now!" Lily replied.
"Aw come on…" Misty sighed before Daisy placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Misty...That was an amazing battle you gave. Honestly, none of us ever tried those kinds of strategies like you did," Daisy spoke.
"Wh-What?" Misty blinked twice.
"Yeah, like combining Poliwhirl's Ability in Rain Dance with a Belly Drum for a super fast heavy hitter? Like, totally awesome," Violet noted.
"And even if it didn't work fully, we never really thought of, like, having Vaporeon attack while she's all watery and stuff," Lily added.
'Are….are they actually complimenting me?' Misty thought.
"Misty, you keep doing what you're doing. It seems like it's really bringing out an awesome Water Type Pokemon Trainer in you," Daisy informed.
"Wow….th-thanks, g-" Misty began with a smile.
"Yeah. But in truth, you'll never be stars like us," Lily added.
'And just like that I'm back to hating them,' Misty thought with an eye twitch.
"But in all seriousness, you just be careful, Misty," Daisy informed, "You know we love you, little sis."
"...th-Thanks…"
"So, like, any ideas where you'll be heading next?" Lily asked the group.
"Well...considering Misty brought it up before, maybe Vermilion City," Ash replied, causing the three older Waterflowers to cringe, "?"
"You sure you want to head there?" Daisy asked.
"The Gym Leader there is a pretty tough guy," Violet added.
"And, like, a real jerk," Lily added.
"...He can't be that hard, can he?"
"From what we've heard, every Pokemon his have fought end up in the emergency room," Daisy replied, "And, well, Misty, show them the latest video from his gym when you got the time? Password's still the same for the site."
"...Okay," Misty nodded.
"Hey, guys. So how did the Gym go?" Brock asked as the group entered the Pokemon Center.
"Good news; Ash got his Badge," Makoto replied as Ash held up said item, "Bad news...we heard some pretty nasty rumors about the Vermillion Gym."
"Really?" Brock asked.
"Y-Yes," Noel nodded as Yuki gave a sneeze while Misty, in her traveling clothes, went over to the computer/phones and sat at one of the seats.
"Okay...Password…" Misty mumbled as the screen displayed a website, "Okay. I'm in. Now to pull up Vermillion City…"
"So what are these rumors?" Brock asked.
"Every Pokemon the Gym Leader's Pokemon goes against end up in the Emergency Room," Tsubaki replied.
"Really?" Brock raised a brow.
"Okay. Ah, he put up a video today," Misty noted as everyone crowded behind her, "Alright. Let's see if..."
=Now, give 'em yer strongest Thunder!=
=RaiiiiCHUUUUU!=
"I know that girl," Ash gasped as the Ivysaur on the screen collapsed, burns all over its sparking form, "She's one of the Trainers who was getting a Pokemon on my first day."
=Ivysaur, come on...you can do it..use Synth-=
=Raichu, give it another Thunder!=
Noel hid her face behind Makoto while Yuki buried her head into Noel's chest, both trembling as they heard Ivysaur's cries of pain amongst the powerful electric shocks.
=Had enough, little girl?=
=No...we won't give up=
=...Fine. Have it yer way. Raichu, give it a nice big Discharge!=
Brock turned off the video as he trembled, "That...What was that?"
"How...how horrible…" Mai whispered with wide eyes, "He...he never even let her get a chance to let Ivysaur recover."
"Pika…" Pikachu frowned.
"...We have a lot of training to do before we reach there for your battle," Tsubaki frowned as she looked at Ash.
"Y...yeah…" Ash nodded, slightly trembling a bit as his hand balled up.
"Professor Cajun's Pokemon Corner!"
The newly refurbished curtains rose up, revealing a new laboratory backdrop. A mahogany desk was set before it with Hikari sitting on it, TV beside her and remote in hand. Beside the desk was Cajun, wearing her lab coat once more.
"Greetings once more. As always, we come to this omake to talk about some of the Pokemon that appear in the chapter," Cajun explained, "Today, we have…" the screen turned on, showing a split image of Staryu and Starmie, "The Staryu evolutionary line. First let's start with Staryu. Hikari?"
"Ralts…" Hikari nodded as she pressed a button, causing the screen to change to an image of Staryu shown from the front and back.
"Like the Starfish from our world, Staryu and Starmie can regenerate lost limbs that are severed. However, unlike where one of the limbs has its brain, a Staryu and Starmie's brain is the core itself," Cajun explained as the screen changed to show a damaged Staryu and Starmie, their cored flashing, "When critically damaged, these two start to flash a light from their cores to signal distress."
"Ralts…" Hikari changed to show the cut off pieces of Staryu and Starmie regenerate into new Staryu and Starmie.
"What is interesting is that these two are genderless and that the pieces torn from them have a miniscule chance of regenerating into all new Staryu and Starmie," Cajun went on before a drop of water landed on her head, "...Hikari?"
"Ralts…?"
"We did make sure to fix the hole in the ceiling from Clefairy's self destruct, right?"
"Ralts…" Hikari shook her head before the heavens opened above them.
"..." Cajun sighed as the curtains closed.
GT: Hoo boy...That is rather ominous in the main story…
SZ: Indeed...let's hope Ash is well prepared for what's to come when they get to Vermillion City
GT: Indeed. Especially with how ruthless the Gym Leader is.
SZ: Very much so...anyways, before we end things off...GT? Anything you want to bring up?
GT: Not really, no. You?
SZ: Hmm...not much. Just...wow. Six chapters...that's a lot of chapters done in one go for a new story.
GT: Eeyup. But it is a great idea and such a great roll we're on.
SZ: Very true. So let us end things here for now. Be sure to read and review folks...oh, and before we end things off here...GT?
GT: Yes?
SZ: Present the list if you will.
GT: Okay! *pulls out a list*
Ash Ketchum: Pikachu [Starter], Butterfree, Pidgeotto
Misty: Goldeen, Staryu, Starmie [Starter]
Brock: Geodude, Onix [Starter], Zubat
Makoto Nanaya: Berry(Pachirisu) [Starter], Needles(Kakuna)
Noel Vermillion: Yuki(Alolan Vulpix) [Starter]
Tsubaki Yayoi: N/A
Mai Natsume: Terra(Sandshrew) [Starter]
Cajun Feycott: Hikari(Ralts) [Starter]