Pokemon:

Heroic Heart and Super Soul

Episode 4

A Heartfelt Reunion

Tom: Time for another episode.

Sara: Were ready to launch.

Tom: In 5...4...3...2...

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After Ash was pushed forward by the explosion, They both fell down a small hill. He and Pikachu both were weak, but Pikachu was unconscious. Ash groaned from the pain the bombs caused; and just barely looked forward towards Pikachu. He slowly and weakly crawled towards him, to keep him safe.

'Hang on buddy! I'm coming.' he thought, as he was barely able to talk. Just shy a few inches, he stopped. He heard footsteps in the distance. A figure came up to them both, and looked at 'em. Ash barely looked up, as the figure was primarily a blur. He collapsed, unable to stay up.

After a bit Team Rocket was looking for them. Completely unable to find them. Looking frantically.

"Come on! We have to find them before the big mission tonight." Jessie told them.

"I know. I know." Jame's replied.

"When I said "Keep on until they're out cold" I didn't mean till they were out of sight as well." Jessie stated.

"We's gotta find em. We don't have long till the plane leaves." Meowth stated.

As they were looking, Serena hid on the other side of the trail. Panting heavily, she watched them and had to get distance from them. 'I hope you're okay, Ash. They're hunting us.' she thought and continued hiding behind the trees.

As for Ash, the figure was getting him away from the trail into a completely different direction.

(Beat) In a loud whisper: GOTTA CATCH 'EM, GOTTA CATCH EM, GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL! POKEMON! (Regular) I WANT TO BE THE BEST, THAT NO ONE EVER WAS! TO CATCH THEM IS MY REAL TEST. TO TRAIN THEM IS MY CAUSE. FOR EVERY NEW JOURNEY I FACE, OFFERS A NEW CHALLENGE. FROM NEW FRIENDS, TO NEW RIVALS! NEW POKEMON WITH NEW ABILITIES. BE A HERO, BE A HEERROOO. IT'S IN YOUR SOUL. BE A HERO. BE A HEERRROOOOO. THE POWER IS IN YOUR SOUL. JUST TAKE IT IN YOUR HAAANNNDD! POKEMON.

After a few hours it's night time and Ash is in a sleeping bag, tossing and turning. Grunting in pain and gripping the bag, he began to breathe faster.

"No! No! Please don't... No... AAAAHHHHHH!" Ash shouted as he shot up, panting heavily. Sweat on his face. "Uh, aaahhhh." he grabbed his side in pain. Still panting he looked to his side and saw Pikachu. He was curled up, resting. Not to mentioned he saw that they were in a tent.

Ash about got up, but still gripped his side and noticed the sleeping bag is red. This looked very familiar to him as he got up and unzipped it then the flap of the tent. Looking outside he saw a small campfire. Getting out, the pain shot back through him.

Grunting, he gripped his side tighter. "What the hey...?" he questioned, one eye closed. "W-where am I?" he wondered.

"Well, well. Looks who's finally up." a voice said, in a slight giggle; sounding happy.

That voice though. He knew who that had to be. Very angelic to him and loving. He looked to see a red head with a side pony tail. Wearing a yellow tank top hoodie, blue short shorts with a belt buckle. To finish off the outfit, the person was wearing white socks and red shoes with brown soles. She smiled at him as he stared at her.

She giggled a bit. "Long time no see." she told him.

"M-Mist...AAHHH!" he still had his side and she rushed over to him. Misty carefully held him. "Careful, Ash. You a bit banged up." she told him in a concerned tone.

"C-could've-eve-e fooled m-me." he told her sarcastically as he smiled.

"Oh boy! Come on." she told him as she helped him over to a log, still smiling. They sat in front of the fire, feeling it's warmth. "Tell me, Ash. How was your journey through the Battle Frontier and Sinnoh?" she asked.

"They were great. I won both the leagues, caught new Pokemon. Made new friends and rivals." he told.

"Seems like you had fun. Wish I was there. Even though I did make trips there." she stated.

"You made trips to Sinnioh?" he asked as she began to unzip his vest.

"Of course I did. I do wish I could've met up with you and Brock. My sisters said I had no time. Even though I was able to sneak off and try to see you. I remember trying to see you one night. Got very close during the Wallace Cup. Until Daisy stopped me and hauled me off." she told him in her flashback.

"Wish I could've seen you as well. I had no idea you made trips to Sinnoh." he told her.

"My sisters decided to limit the amount of posters in Sinnoh. Once I was back in Cerulean, I resumed my duties as Gym Leader." she told him as she removed his shirt, seeing all the bandages she applied.

"What happened to me?" he asked her.

"I heard all the explosions and went to where they were. When I arrived I found you and Pikachu, out cold." she told him, trying to hide her worried tone. "When I saw you both like that. Brought up memories of what happened before your second battle with Sabrina." she stated.

Ash watched her as she was removing the bandages. He took her hand and she looked at him as he gave her a reassuring smile. "I'll be alright, Mist. I promise." he told her.

She wiped away a few tears that about emerged and continued to remove the bandages. When she was finished she saw how more toned his muscles were. He was more built than last time she saw him. Trying not to blush, she saw how banged up he still was.

"Geese! What happened?" she asked, completely concerned.

"It was Team Rocket." he informed her.

"Doesn't surprise me. They'll always do anything to get Pokemon." she stated as she began to re-bandage him. Secretly feeling his abs and chest in the process. 'Wow, he's gotten stronger.' she thought.

"Especially by using bombs once again." Ash stated.

"Yeesh! How many times is that?" she asked sarcastically as she finished. Ash grabbed his shirt and his vest, putting them on. "As soon as I heard screams and explosions, I rushed as fast as I could. When I saw you I carried you and Pikachu back here as fast as I could."

"You carried me back? How?" he asked.

"It wasn't easy. I managed to get you back here and bandage you up. Especially the condition you were in." she told him, still trying to hide her worried tone.

"What about Pikachu? How was he?" Ash asked.

"He's fine. A bit banged up as well. All he needs is rest as did you." she told him.

"Man, did it help...AAAHHHH." Ash screamed then hissed as he reached for a piece of wood. He gripped his hand.

"Here." Misty said as she gently took it. Gently poking it in a few places of where it hurt.

He flinched when she did that. "Definitely sprained." she said and gently bandaged it up. Afterwards she rubbed it. "Is this better?" she asked.

"Yeah, it is. You came prepared, huh?" he said, smiling.

"Course I did. We have to if we travel from time to time." she told him with a wink.

He sighed and looked up at the stars, seeing them as they twinkled in the sky. "After all these years, I hardly ever look at the stars." he told her. The next thing he knew was, he felt something on his shoulder. Looking he saw Misty's head on his shoulder, eyes closed. She looked so peaceful. 'She's definitely beat. Doing all that work. But, I thought she was interested in Tracey.' he thought.

She breathed calmly, staying close. "Best get her to bed." he said quietly and picked her up, bridal. He flinched a bit from his hand, but fought it. Her head remained on his shoulder as he took her to the tent and put her in the sleeping bag; then brought his out for some sleep.

During the night Misty stirred and woke up. She looked around, seeing that she was in her tent. Ash wasn't in there and she unzipped the flap to find out where he was. Looking down she smiled, seeing him in his bag. Quietly she got out of the tent and carefully brought Pikachu with her. Just to lay next to him. 'My gosh he's so cute and handsome.' she thought. Kissing his cheek she got into her bag.

The following day she stirred and woke. Still seeing Ash asleep next to her. Smiling, she got up, still a bit tired and stretched. "Wow! What a night." she commented. 'Not only did I get to travel for a bit, I got to meet up with...Ash.' she thought. She caressed his cheek before getting up and starting another fire, grabbing her nap sack to bring out the food to make breakfast.

After a while Ash's nose caught the scent of breakfast. As he stirred, his eyes cracked open to see Misty's sleeping bag. "Hmm?" he wondered and sat up.

"Someone's finally up." Misty said as he looked at her. She was smiling as she cooked. "You ready for breakfast?" she asked sarcastically, knowing him.

"You know I am." he responded as he got up. She giggled as he came on over. Pikachu's ears perked up as he got up and looked.

"Pi? (Huh?" he wondered and saw Misty. His eyes instantly lit up. "PIKACHUPI! (MISTY!)" he exclaimed as he jumped into her arms.

Misty giggled as she laughed. "Hey there, Pikachu. Miss me?" she asked, beaming at him.

"Pi pika-pi. (Yes I did.)" he replied. Misty scratched behind his ears. "Chaaaaa. (Aaaahhhhh.)" he cooed, high pitched.

"Man he's gotten stronger. Definitely been training over the years." she stated.

"You know. Especially with all the new Pokemon I caught." he told her as he now cooked.

Not too long after they had breakfast and packed up camp, to not a trace.

Ash got up with his stuff. "I'm ready. Are you?" he asked.

Misty came up to him. "I am. Huh...?" she looked up, a bit bewildered. Noticing that Ash was now taller than her. "Wow!" she commented. Ash was smiling, also noticing. "Seems like someone had done some growing." she stated.

"Could've fooled me on that, ha ha ha." he told her. She giggled once again and they departed, right near the path of where Ash traveled on. Each chatting, all about what they've done and accomplished. Laughing as well and not even knowing it, their hands took hold of each other.

"You have no idea how close I was to capturing Pokemon. Either certain events happened or they belonged elsewhere. Possibly to someone else." he told her.

"Even though you want to capture it, you can't always capture them all." Misty said as she smiled.

"I still remember what you said when Gary's and my Dex were scanned. "It's quantity, not quality."" Ash stated.

"Wow! I can't believe you remember that from all those years ago." Misty replied.

"There's still a lot I have to learn." he told her. He then remembered. "Oh no." They both stopped.

Misty looked at him. "What is it?" she asked, sounding worried.

Ash looked to her. "It's, Serena. A new trainer. I accidentally left her behind when Team Rocket attacked." he told her.

"What happened?" Misty asked.

"Well, I knocked her out of the way of the bombs, barely enough time for me." he said. Misty nodded as they continued walking. "We need to find her. I know she might be okay, but I need to be sure." he stated. Misty gave a nod and they got back on the path and started to look. Ash was on the other side of he trail as that's where she was when he pushed her out of the way. He looked and felt the pain of where his bandages were.

"Gotta change them." Misty told him. Ash groaned a bit as he removed his vest and shirt. Misty removed the old ones and applied new ones, trying not to blush. She even changed them on his hand, being careful. Afterwards he put his shirt and vest on and they resumed.

Not knowing it, again. They took each others hand and still looked. Ash saw her nowhere in sight. Misty placed her hand on his shoulder, not even knowing it slipped out of his hand. He looked at her and she gave him a reassuring smile. He returned it and knew that out of all the new friends he met. They could take care of themselves.

As they walked down a figure with dark violet thick hair that was thin going down and a cream colored top with pink cuffs and collar appeared, upside-down, from a tree. "Hmm? Someone is missing?! Seems like we have a job to do." the person said.

"Ew ew. (Yes yes.)" their Pokemon said, excitedly. The person disappeared back into the tree.

Not too long after, they came up to a stream. Misty beamed at this and grabbed her rod. "Time for some fishing." she claimed. Their hands released from each other as she ran to it.

Ash smiled, shaking his head as he looked down, eyes closed. "Some things never change." he commented and walked to the stream.

"Pika pika. (Agreed on that.)" Pikachu responded.

Misty cast her lure in and waited as she sat down. Ash joined her, by sitting right next to her. She got out a second lure and handed it to him. "You wanna go as well?" she asked.

"You know it." he replied as he took it and cast it in. Pikachu got off his shoulder, going to the front of them. They both waited for any bites as Pikachu stood at the ready for anything. Ash felt a tug. "Huh?" he wondered. Given his reaction, he pulled on the lure and reeled in what was on the other line.

"Let's see what you catch." Misty said as she watched.

Ash pulled the creature out of the water and it was a Remoraid. "Gotcha. PIKACHU, THUNDERBOLT." he ordered.

Pikachu's cheeks sparked. "PiKAAAA-CHUUUUU. (Here GOOOEEEEESSSSSS.)" Pikachu said as he unleashed a Thunderbolt onto the water Pokemon. As it hit Remoraid had swirly eyes. Ash grabbed his Pokeball and enlarged it. "GO, POKEBALL." Ash called out. It bounced off Remoraid and withdrew it. Shaking a few times, the light on it turned off. Ash picked it up and did his pose. "YEEESSSS! I CAUGHT A REMORAID." he stated.

"There's our future Pokemon master." Misty commented sarcastically. Ash went over to her. She looked at him blushing as he held her hand, facing the palm up and putting the ball there. She looked really confused.

"For the future Water Pokemon Master and Current Gym Leader." he told her.

"But wha..." "I know how much you wanted a Remoraid back in Johto. That's why I caught this one." Ash told her.

She smiled at this, still loving him. "Thanks Ash." she said in a sincere way. They continued fishing for a while.

"Want to try and go swimming for a bit?" Ash asked.

"Sure thing." Misty answered. They both changed into their swimwear and hopped in. Ash dunked his head under as Misty watched. She saw him stay down there, holding his breath. "I wonder what he's doing?!" she questioned.

Ash then began to swim while he was near the bottom. Misty was enjoying the time with Ash. It had been a few years since they had done something like this. Even Pikachu was enjoying his time. Kicking his feet lightly, going around. Misty giggled at that, seeing it being cute. It wasn't long until a pair of arms wrapped around her from behind and she gasped. Ash laughed as he lifted her and she turned around to face him, placing her hands on his chest as he put her down.

"Very funny, Ketchum." she told him, as she giggled. She loved being in his strong arms and seeing how much of a tan he had.

"Gotta pull something on ya, hahaha." he replied, with laughter.

"Pika pika. (Oh boy.)" Pikachu said, knowing how his trainer is with her.

Ash set her down and let go. She smiled at him and they resumed swimming. Not too long after, they got out, dried and put on their clothes before resuming on their journey. Ash and Misty continued on until something hit Ash. "Hey, Mist?" he questioned. She looked at him. "Why aren't you at the gym? Don't you have your duties?" he asked.

"I'm taking some time off. A gym leader needs a break now and then. I told my sisters that they need to take charge more than me. I might have been a leader for a few years. Even after I returned. But I still like to go out now and then." she told him.

"But back then. When you had to leave us to take care of the gym. I should've stayed with you till your sisters returned. Then you might have been with me on my other journeys." he told her, feeling a bit guilty.

She looked to him. "It's okay Ash. You had your journeys to go through. I had to return home for my duties. I was a gym leader there before my journeys with you." she told him.

"As for right now, I'm on another journey." he told her.

"Where to?" she asked.

"Going back through Kanto to take on the League. I know I'll win it." he told her.

"How are you sure about that?" she asked, giving off a sarcastic smile.

"Because of how much I know about Pokemon. I've learned many strategies over the years and I know I'm ready for the next league." he told her.

"Pi pikachu. (I agree.)" Pikachu said as he nodded with his eyes close and arms crossed.

"Could've fooled me on that one. I've seen the way you battle." she told him.

"You do realize I've improved now. I'm fifteen years old and I can pull off the next challenge." he told her.

"Only picking with ya. I know how well you battle these days. Especially how you took on the Battle Frontier." she commented. 'I've never been more proud.' she thought. Especially how she watched on tv with her sisters as he took on the tough trainer, Tobias, in Sinnoh. Sceptile and Pikachu were his primary strongest Pokemon during that round. They barely lasted against Tobias' Pokemon.

She hugged his arm, being so proud of him. Ash smiled at her and she released, blushing. They each gave off a laugh as they continued down the path. "Tell me this. Do you plan to make your Pokemon stronger before the League?" she asked.

"Of course I plan to. I just need to know how I'm really ready for it. I need something that can channel all my Pokemon strengths, weaknesses, defenses and much more. Something that will push me and them." he informed her.

"Hmm! I know the gyms won't be able to. The Elite four can but you'd need to win the League. Plus they'd be too much of a match for you." Misty stated.

"If there is a way, I want to know. I'll go far to get stronger." Ash told her.

Misty knew he would. Even if he was stronger, it wouldn't be enough. The Elite Four was too strong for him, especially the Champion. There had to be a new challenge to help Ash get stronger. Pikachu patted the back of his head and he looked at him.

"I know, buddy. I know. But, we'll figure it out." he told him.

"That we will. This won't be easy, but I know we can find out." Misty said.

After a while they stopped for a break. Ash got out the chow for Pikachu, studying how Brock made it. Misty got out her lunch as did Ash.

"Tell me this! Why isn't Brock with you?" she asked.

"Simple. He decided to become a Pokemon Doctor rather than continuing to be a breeder!" he told her.

"Huh? Since when did he decide that?" Misty asked, surprised.

"Since he had to provide medical care for a Pichu on a boat in Sinnoh." he told her.

"Did not see that coming. I thought he only wanted to become the worlds best breeder." she said.

"I'm guessing some people change over time. Much like with you and your leader duties." he told her. "During your journies with us, you wanted to become Water Pokemon Master." Ash stated.

"Then we had to go our separate ways." Misty said sadly, her hair making a shade over her eyes. Ash looked at her. Noticing the sad tone.

"Hey, Mist?!" Ash said as he put a hand on her shoulder after they stopped. "You okay?" he asked.

She gave off a few nods. "I-I am." she told him.

Ash didn't look convinced as he decided to get in from of her. "Come on, Mist. You know you can tell me. I know something is bothering you." he told her.

"I-I just missed you a lot. That's a-all." she told him.

He still wasn't convinced. "When you're ready, just tell me. Ok?" he asked. She gave a few nods and about resumed walking with him; until he gave her a hug. She returned it her arms around his neck as his were around her waist.

Pikachu patted her back. "Pikachu pi. (We're here.)" he said.

"Th-thanks Pikachu." Misty said and buried her head into Ash's chest.

They then continued as she wiped away the tears. Ash saw this and helped her. She looked at him as he still walked. She saw more and more of his loving and caring heart. As they did continue he saw even more of the new Pokemon. She saw how he gazed at them and looked at his hand, wanting to hold it.

"Geez, there's a lot of Pokemon. Which one should I capture?!" he wondered.

"You'll decide on one. You always do, ha ha ha." Misty said in a joking way.

"What was that?!" he said jokingly as well.

"It was nothing." she replied and ran for it.

"I know better, ha ha." Ash said as he chased her. Pikachu jumped off right before he ran and sighed.

"Pika pikachu pi pika pika. (Why can't they just get together.)" he said as he lowered his ears.

The two teens laughed as they ran around. That was until Ash tackled Misty playfully and they both fell down a small slant of hill. Both tumbled down, holding onto each other, laughing, till they stopped. Misty was on the top as he was below. Their faces were very close as they smiled at each other. Ash brushed a few bangs out of her hair.

She still smiled at him, lost in his eyes and he hers. They each leaned in, their lips nearly touching. "Pika. (Guys.)" Pikachu said. They both looked up and saw Pikachu at the top of the hill. They looked back at each other seeing how close they each were. They got up fast and dusted themselves off.

"Um...L-let's continue." Ash said.

"Y-yes. Let's." Misty replied.

They continued down the path. After two weeks they were nearing Viridian City.

"Man! Been a few years since we've been here." Ash commented.

"Longer for me. I haven't been here in over five years. Time does fly." Misty stated. Ash nodded as they continued to the entrace to Pewter City.

When they did enter, they saw Flint in a decent sized on the hill. He was stocking up on rocks and boulder he had collected in a open cabin shack.

"Hey, Flint." Ash said.

He looked and saw them. "Hey kids. Long time no see." he said to them.

"Still in this business?" Ash asked.

"Of course I am. Wouldn't be if I was home constantly." he told him.

"Well this is my first time meeting you." Misty said.

"You must be Misty!?" he claimed as he got out.

"You got that right." she replied.

Then something began to knock the shack around. They all looked at it, seeing as some boulders and rocks fell to the ground. All three of them were confused at this until flint thought of something that it could actually be.

"There's no way! Can it?" he wondered. Both Ash and Misty looked at him, confused.

On the islands, Team Rocket had landed. They walked to a building that was built there. As they entered they saw more Rocket grunts.

One approached them and gave a salute. "Sir, ma'am and Meowth! Our agent has reported from the zone. Seems like the archaeologists have started digging and found fossils." he told them.

Jessie, James and Meowth smiled deviously.

"How long till we get further word of the site?" Jessie asked.

"Probably a few hours or so. Give or take." he told them.

"Good! Have everything prepared before then." James told them.

"Check over it all as well. We want no mistakes on this mission." Meowth ordered.

"Yes!" he responded and went off. They looked at each other.

"Fossils already? Seems interesting." James said.

"Agreed on that, James. Whatever the cause, we'll get what we came here to get." Jessie stated.

"Excuse me sir, ma'am and Meowth." a female grunt said. They looked back at her. "Your equipment is here and is set." she told them.

"Very good. We'll head out immediately." James told her. She went off.

"We got woik to do. So let's get crack-en." Meowth said.

Back at Head Quarters, Giovanni was looking over the files of his members and the enemy teams in the regions. He had an evil smile on his face, knowing that with the other teams out of the way, his top agents will have completed their missions and world domination will be his. Then there was a knock at his door. His head looked up slightly up, as his eyes did. "What is it?" he demanded.

A Rocket grunt came in. "Sir! You are going to want to see this." he told his boss.

"Really!? Let me see." he ordered. The Grunt handed him the file and he looked through it. "It can't be. There's no way." he claimed, surprised.

"What are we to do about this, sir?" the grunt asked.

Giovanni looked at him. "We keep everything going as planned. No stopping." he told him.

"Sir!" the grunt responded and left.

Giovanni went to his window, looking outside. "I thought that there were no others, but there are. I even thought this was nothing more than a legend. A myth." he stated. "Even so. They won't get in our way." he finished.

Announcer: Seems like a lot is still happening. Stay tuned.

I WANT TO BE THE BEST, THAT NO ONE EVER WAS! TO CATCH THEM IS MY REAL TEST. TO TRAIN THEM IS MY CAUSE. FOR EVERY NEW JOURNEY I FACE, OFFERS A NEW CHALLENGE. FROM NEW FRIENDS, TO NEW RIVALS! NEW POKEMON WITH NEW ABILITIES. BE A HERO, BE A HEERROOO. IT'S IN YOUR SOUL. BE A HEERRROOOOO. THE POWER IS IN YOUR SOUL. JUST TAKE IT IN YOUR HAAANNNDD! POKEMON.

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Tom: We got more of this marathon, underway. (Hits touchscreen buttons.)

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Tom: Hopefully, next year (2017) on Toonami! TimPrime1 is in the works of his sequel series to hopefully a trilogy of Transformers. Next year though, we'll be giving you all new chapters of Transformers: Battle Core, Pokemon: Regional Traps an all the others. Hope to see you all soon. Just remember, to stay gold. Only Toonami.

Me: Till next time.

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