Pokémon:

Heroic Heart and Super Soul

Episode 28

The Invisible Comeback

*Everyone is finishing cleaning up when the Christmas festivities happened on KidsWB. As they were the Jump gate opened. Everyone looks and sees the Absolution comes through. Tom comes in through the doors.*

Tom: Well now, Sara. We're now entering into a new year.

Sara: Not to mention, we'll be wrapping up with Transformers: Cybertron 2 – A New Beginning real soon.

Tom: From there, we'll update the version on fanfiction dot net and come out with another series.

Sara: There's so much to do.

Tom: In so little time. As for right now, are we ready?

Announcer: We are ready Tom. Really soon, we're going to be bringing in other series as well. For an example, Toonami and KidsWB will be featuring the series': Trasformers: Cybertron 2 – Universal Drift, along with Pokémon: Heart and Soul – Frontier Quest.

Tom: Not to mention: Finding the Disappearances. As for right now. Are we ready, Sara?

Sara: We're ready, Tom.

*on KidsWB, Ash and Misty get into the cab, it changes color and drives off on the set*

Tom: I love this job. *he taps the touchscreen buttons*

TP1

It wasn't long after Team Rocket had left the news crew station. Everyone was looking through all the paperwork. Plenty of it was missing, but they didn't know how important that paperwork was. As they did that, the meteorologists along with Mariah were discussing about what they needed to report.

Yet, on the table was a complete mess of papers. Everyone was a bit frantic ever since Team Rocket showed up and raided them. This wasn't even something they were prepared for. Despite all that, they knew they had to keep track of that hurricane, even as it drew MUCH closer to the Orange Islands. Mariah, however, was getting stressed out, knowing what all was at stake. She looked at the monitors and looked to her colleges as they were still being frantic.

"Don't make me tell you again! We got nothin'. Team Rocket just burst in here, remember!" the guy exclaimed.

"Maybe so, but we have to report it. The meteorologists are keeping everyone up to date. That'll buy us enough time." A woman stated.

Mariah rubbed her temple, getting very irritated. "I seriously think we should…" "Would you both STOP!" Mariah told them, getting incredibly irritated. "Listen. Yes! Team Rocket did come in and take what we were going to use, but we need to let the public know what has happened." She told them.

"That wouldn't be the best choice. Reporting that would cause a panic." Someone told her.

They looked and they saw their boss. "But sir…" "I know and I understand what you're saying, but we can't cause a panic right now. We'll inform them that a criminal organization did infiltrate us, and that a lot of stuff was taken." He told her.

"It might be our best bet. I just hope we're doing the right thing." Mariah commented.

(Beat) In a loud whisper: GOTTA CATCH 'EM, GOTTA CATCH EM, GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL! POKÉMON! (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 POKÉMON 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! POKÉMON.

It has been two days since the new Saint Anne was hit by a hurricane and turned over. Now Ash and Misty are reunited with their friends. Their friends and family members departed for home after staying with them the same night. May, Drew, Paul, Zoey, Dawn and Kenny rejoined them along with Iris, Calem and Serena. They all were grateful to be reunited with one another. They all had arrived in Saffron City, taking in the sights. They all were relieved to see that Ash and Misty were doing so much better after that voyage.

It had gone all over the news from what happened during the hurricane. Not to mention that the news station has lost some vital information about what happened. It was the previous day that they found out that all of the Orange Islands was hit by the hurricane as it continued its way towards the new island that was discovered a while back. This had many people puzzled as to why it was heading there, but others didn't worry too much.

As for Prof. Oak, he was incredibly worried about the researchers, and he was going to try and get in contact with them; if he possibly could. As for with Ash and his friends, they were now watching Ash as he took on a female trainer from the Orange Islands who was aiming to take on the Kanto League as well. Even though Ash and Paul were aiming for a rematch, Paul let her take on Ash to see how well she could do. Ash and the girl were each ready, with Calem acting as referee.

"I hope you're ready." Ash told her.

"More than ready." She replied with a lot of confidence.

"This a three-on-three match. Substitutions are permitted. Now start." Calem told them.

They both grabbed their pokeballs. "Go, now! Pidgeotto/Nidoran." They each called out. Pidgeotto announced himself as he flapped his wings, ready for a battle and everyone looked at the pink looking Nidoran

"A Nidoran, huh?" Serena wondered as she pulled out her pokedex.

Her pokedex made two beeps as it scanned the girls Nidoran. "It is small, but its horn is filled with poison. It charges then stabs with the horn to inject poison. It also raises its big ears to check its surroundings as it will strike first if it senses any danger." Her pokedex informed her.

"This might be an interesting battle." Dawn commented.

"Ash has an incredibly high chance to beat her." Paul told them. They looked over to him. "Despite his Pidgeotto not having enough training. He looks strong enough to win with a few blows." Paul commented.

"Go now, Nidoran. Use Poison Sting." The pink haired girl called out. Her Nidoran ran straight for Ash's Pidgeotto with its horn aimed right at it.

"Wait! Isn't Nidoran not as effective to flying types?" Iris questioned. Everyone realized she was right as they watched the battle.

"Fly high." Ash called out.

Pidgeotto flew up high in the air as Nidoran missed. "Uh oh!" she exclaimed with worry.

"Now, Pidgeotto! Use Gust." Ash called out. Pidgeotto flapped his wings incredibly hard which tossed Nidoran a couple of times, inflicting some damage.

"It doesn't look good for Nidoran, so far." Drew commented.

"Especially since he's against a Pidgeotto." Paul added.

"Now Nidoran! Use Double Kick." She called out. Nidoran ran up to attempt a Double Kick.

"Counter it with Quick Attack." Ash countered. Pidgeotto flew in quickly and managed to hit Nidoran before he could get a hit in.

Nidoran flew back and bounced off the ground a couple of times. "Her Nidoran took even more damage." Kenny commented.

"I wonder how much more he can take?" Misty questioned.

With Ash and the girl, he saw how much damage her Nidoran took, seeing he was panting a bit. "I'm not for sure how much more your Nidoran can take." Ash warned her.

She looked at him, seeing how much damage was inflicted. "Are you able to hang in there?" she asked him. He looked at her and gave a nod. "Gotcha. Try to use Peck." She called out. Nidoran ran for Pidgeotto once again, but much slower.

"Her Nidoran won't last much longer." Zoey told them.

"Ash…" "I know, Mist. I got this." He told her as Nidoran got close. "Now use Whirlwind." He told Pidgeotto. Pidgeotto flew up a bit and began to flap his wings hard once again. This time making what looked to be a tornado and Nidoran was picked up and flung hitting the ground a couple of times once again and the girl was about to call out another attack. "I would call your Nidoran back." Ash told her. She looked at him and saw he had a serious expression. "Trust me. Your Nidoran doesn't have the strength." He informed her.

"Listen to him." Calem told her. She looked at him as well. "Your Nidoran has done its best." He told her.

She looked at her Nidoran as it could barely stand, and she knew they were right. "Return Nidoran, and rest." She told him as the red beam returned him and looked at her poke ball. "You did your best." She started and exchanged his pokeball for another. "Come on out, Spinarak." She called out and Spinarak came out of its poke ball in a white light, saying its name a couple of times.

Serena looked surprised to see this Pokémon. "A Spinarak, huh?" she wondered as she opened her pokedex again.

It made a couple of beeps. "Spinarak, the String Spit Pokémon. It lies still in the same pose for days in its web, waiting for its unsuspecting prey to wander close. It spins a web using fine-but durable-thread. It then waits patiently for prey to be trapped." Her pokedex said.

"I must say, it looks rather cu…" Dawn was about to say until she saw Misty shaking a good bit, gritting her teeth, looking incredibly scared. "Misty…?" Dawn questioned.

"She still hasn't gotten over her fear of bug Pokémon." May commented.

"Wait! She's scared of bugs?" Serena asked, being very surprised.

"B-bugs bug me!" she stated. "I'll admit. It's cute, but Spinarak still creeps me out." She stated.

"Don't worry, Mist. You'll be alright." Ash reassured her. She looked at him as he pointed his pokeball at Pigeotto. "Return." He ordered. The red beam withdrew Pidgeotto and he looked at the pokeball. "You did great. Get some rest." He told him before he switched pokeballs. "Froakie, I choose you!" Ash called out. The ball burst open and Froakie showed it was ready.

"Wait! Isn't this Froakie's first time battling?" Iris questioned.

"It is, but I'd say that Ash knows what he's doing." Misty reassured her.

"Of course, I do. I did some research and I know what Froakie's attacks are." Ash told them.

"I'll go first. Use Poison Sting." She called out. Spinarak fired multiple poisonous shots.

"Dodge and use Bubble." Ash called out. Froakie jumped out of the way just in time.

"Frroooaaaa-kkiiieee! (Heeeerrrreeeee gooooeeessss!)" the Bubble Frog Pokémon fired a lot of bubbles and hit Spinarak.

"Woah! Ash's Froakie has some strength behind it." Kenny commented.

"I agree. Especially, from what I can tell since that Pokémon has been a Prof. Oak's lab for some time." Paul stated.

"Great job Froakie. Now use Lick." Ash ordered.

"Counter it with Night Shade." The girl ordered.

Spinarak attempted Night Shade, but it barely had any affect on Froakie as it licked Spinarak, but not as much force.

"Use Poison Sting." She called out. With quick speed, her Spinarak fired more stings at Froakie which managed to hit. "Now use Leach Life." She called out. From there, Spinarak ignited its fangs in a white light and charged towards Froakie.

"Dodge and use Pound." Ash called out. Froakie managed to jump up high, avoiding the attack.

"Frrrooooooaaaaaaa kkiiiieeeeee. (Heeeeeerrrrrrreeeeeee goooeeeesssssss.)" the Bubble Frog Pokémon stated and ignited his fist and arm in a white light before delivering a blow onto Spinarak. From there Froakie landed at a small distance from Spinarak, but the String Shot Pokémon wasn't all that much damaged.

Ash noticed this as he saw how strong her Spinarak was. "From what I can tell is that your Spinarak is very strong and fast." Ash complimented her.

"Thanks. Your Froakie is strong as well." She replied, but gave off a sly smile. "I do wonder, how strong. Let's go! Use Constrict." She called out. Spinarak fired it's string at Froakie.

"Dodge and use Water Pulse." Ash ordered. Froakie jumped and dodged it and fired pulsing water from its mouth, damaging Spinarak a bit more. "Now use Lick." Ash ordered. Froakie stopped Water Pulse and began a quick approach.

"Jump and use Leech Life." She ordered. Spinarak jumped back quickly enough, ignited its fangs and about bit into Froakie.

"Froakie, use Bubble then Lick." Ash ordered. Froakie fired an array of bubbles at Spinarak before going in and licking the String Spit Pokémon.

After all that, Spinarak had swirly eyes. "Spinarak is unable to battle. Victory goes to Froakie." Calem announced.

"Awe man." The girl said in a very sad tone before she withdrew her Spinarak and looked at its pokeball. "You did great, Spinarak. Get a good rest." She told her Pokémon before the switched her pokeballs.

"Froakie, return." Ash called out as he returned the Bubble Frog Pokémon. From there he looked at his pokeball. "You did great. Get a good rest." He told 'em before switching pokeballs as well. "I choose you, Infernape." Ash called out and Infernape emerged from his pokeball calling out his own name.

"Come on out, Dratini." She called out. From there, Dratini burst out and landed on the ground, making its usual call.

"Oh my gosh! A Dratini" Dawn exclaimed in pure awe as she gasped, pulling out her pokedex.

Her pokedex beeped a couple of times. "Dratini, the Dragon Pokémon. It is born large to start with. This Pokémon is full of life energy. It repeatedly sheds its skin as it steadily grows longer." Her pokedex informed her.

"That Pokémon is so cute. Much cuter than Spinarak." Serena commented.

"You do realize that Spinarak evolves into Ariados." May informs her.

This got Serean's curiosity as she attempted to look that up, but had a bit of a hard time. Dawn began to assist her with that. "Here." She told her as she hit the buttons.

From there the image of Ariados appeared on screen. "Ariados, the Long Leg Pokémon and the final evolved form of Spinarak. It spins string not only from its rear but also from its mouth. Its feet are tipped with tiny hooked claws that enable it to scuttle on ceilings and vertical walls. It constricts its foe with thin and strong silk webbing. The string leads back to its nest." The pokedex stated.

Serena cringed a bit as she gritted her teeth slightly. "Yikes. That's one creepy Pokémon." Serena commented.

"Yeah, but not as creepy as some other, heh heh heh." May laughed nervously a bit.

Back with the battle, Ash looked very surprised. "Wow! I didn't expect this." He told her.

"I'll admit. I was very lucky enough to catch one and from what I can tell. This Dratini is incredibly strong. Hopefully it'll be ready to evolve." She told Ash.

"Then let's see how strong it is. Go, Infernape! Mach Punch." Ash called out. Calling out his own name, he ignited his fist as it glowed white.

"Use Agility to dodge then use Dragon Rage." She called out. Dratini managed to lighten its own body and moved out of the way quickly and prepared for its attack.

"Use Flame Wheel." Ash ordered. From there, Infernape engulfed himself in flames and spun like a wheel towards her Dratini as it fired its Dragon Rage. It hit the Flame Wheel, but nothing happened to Infernape.

"Wait! What happened to Infernape? Iris questioned in a surprised tone.

That's when they saw Flame Wheel emerge from the Dragon rage and many of them, including the girl gasped. "Now use Flame Thrower." Ash ordered. Infernape unleashed a massive flame from his mouth which engulfed Dratini.

"Dratini, use Slam." She ordered.

Dratini maneuvered quickly and got into position. Right before Ash could call out another move, Infernape started to fight at close range. Many of them could tell what this was, even Paul.

"Th-that's…" "That's Close Combat!" Kenny exclaimed.

Ash watched in awe, seeing how Infernape was doing. "Great job Infernape! You learned Close Combat." Ash told him, very proud of him.

"Ehh…use Dragon Rage." She ordered. Her Dratini attempted to do so.

"Get into it with Flame Wheel." Ash ordered. Infernape prepared his attack and Dratini fired another Dragon Rage attack.

From right there Infernape went inside of it and that amplified his Flame Wheel that time.

"I see what he's doing now." Paul stated. They looked at him. "He's using the heat from Dragon Rage to amplify his Flame Wheel." He informed them.

After hearing that they looked and saw that Flame Wheel emerged and Paul was right. Ash used Dragon Rage to intensify flame wheel.

"Oh wow! That's amazing." Dawn complimented in awe as she lightly gasped.

"It's a no wonder how I almost lost to him when he entered a contest in Sinnoh. He's just amazing with battles." Zoey commented as she recalled the events in her head.

"Oh my gosh. It's no wonder how you've become the victor in three of the regions." The girl commented. But it was from right there that Flame Wheel hit her Dratini, damaging it greatly.

"I strongly doubt that Dratini can take anymore." Iris stated. They all looked and saw that Dratini could barely move.

After seeing how Dratini was, Calem knew what he had to do. "Dratini is too injured to battle. The victory and match go to Ash." He announced as he pointed his hand to him.

The girl went up to her Dratini and knelt down to it. "You did your best Dratini. Return." She told it and the red beam returned Dratini. She smiled at her pokeball as Ash and Infernape came up to her and she looked at him.

"You did a great job and you've definitely trained your Pokémon well." He complimented her.

"Thanks, but I do wish I was at your level. You're far stronger than I had anticipated." She told him.

"That's because of all the training he's done." Paul told her as he came up. The little girl looked at him and the rest of Ash's friends.

"I must say. I'm pretty impressed. You have a lot of great skill as a Pokémon trainer." Misty told her.

"R-really?" she asked, very surprised.

"Most certainly. It'll take a while, but if you play your cards right. You'll be strong enough to not only take on Ash, but just about anyone." Dawn told her.

"As for right now, you best get your Pokémon to a Pokémon Center." Ash told her.

"Okay. Thank you for the battle, Ash." The girl replied.

"Any time." He replied back. From there she happily went on her way to the Pokémon Center.

Misty went up to him and kissed his cheek. "You most certainly have a strong reputation." Misty told him.

Ash blushed out of bashfulness and rubbed the back of his head. "Nah. Not really a reputation. Just somewhat famous from the leagues I've won." He told her before he stopped rubbing the back of his head and opened his eyes.

"Either way. You have shown that you've gotten stronger over time. I'm very impressed." Zoey complimented him.

"Same with me. That's why I want to take you on again to see if you can beat me." Paul added. "As for right now, I'm going to wait a bit longer." Paul finished.

From there, Ash returned Infernape and they all headed to the Pokémon Center as well. As they did three heads appeared around the corner. "You see how much stronger he has gotten!" one of them exclaimed.

"Are you sure we can take him?" another one questioned. After that questioned, their leader hit the both of them on their head with his fist.

"You dolts. Don't forget. We're not after him. We're after the girl. Keep focused." Their leader reminded them in a very irate tone.

"We've managed to find her during the Princess Festival, I'm surprised we didn't get her there." The second one stated.

"Do I need to remind you that that wasn't even the right time." The leader reminded him. "The timing is today, and we'll deal with her REALLY soon." He stated before he went off and the other two followed him.

As they followed the group. Ash, Misty, and those began to come up on the Pokémon Center. Upon seeing the place, they went inside where the girl had just given Nurse Joy her pokeballs and she departed to find her room. As she did, Ash and Misty went up next.

"Hello there. Welcome to the Pokémon Center. How may I help you both?" she requested cheerfully.

"Can you take care of my Pokémon, please?" Ash requested as he handed her his pokeballs and Pikachu.

"Also, we're here to check in as well, along with our friends." Misty told her.

"Most certainly." Nurse Joy replied. She put their names down in her computer and checked them in. Afterwards, she gave them their keys and took Ash's Pokémon. "Each of your rooms are upstairs. I hope you all enjoy your stay." Nurse Joy told them and went on her way to check on the Pokémon.

After all that, Ash and Misty went to the others as they were chatting. "Well, we got two rooms." Ash informed them.

"Fantastic. I've been needing a bed for some time now." Dawn mentioned.

"Same with me. I like to go on journeys, but my legs need a breather sometimes." Iris added.

They all began to head for their rooms until Drew grabbed May's hand and she looked at him as she stopped. "Hay, May. Would you like to go out on another date real soon?" he requested.

May had a wide grin on her face, "Of course. I'd love to go on another date." May replied before she kissed his cheek and went on her way with the girls.

After that, Drew turned to the boys and saw they were giving him certain looks. "Hmm? What is it?" Drew asked.

"How did you do that? How did you just calmly ask May out?" Ash questioned.

"Even I'm trying to work up the nerve to ask Dawn out, yet you managed to calmly ask May out?" Kenny questioned.

"Well, guys." Drew began to reply before he flipped his hair. "This is my eighth time asking her out." He informed them. This completely shocked them as their faces were gawking. "What? I've been asking her out since we went to Johto." He continued to inform them.

"It took me a bit of time before I asked Misty out." Ash stated. "Yet, I was incredibly nervous." He finished.

"I was nervous too until I finally asked her." Drew told them.

"But you're calm cool and collective, aren't you?" Kenny asked.

"At times, no." he told Kenny before he looked over to Paul and Calem. "I'm surprised you two aren't questioning my methods." He told them.

"To be honest. I don't even know if the girl I'm traveling with even likes me like that." Paul told him firmly.

"Not to mention, I'm not sure if I'm fully interested in the girl I'm traveling with." Calem stated.

"Either way, you all should let them know how you each feel." Drew told them before he walked off.

"I guess we both still have a lot to learn." Kenny commented.

"Yeah! No kidding." Ash added before they both followed Drew.

Yet, right around the corner was Zoey as she heard them, especially Paul. This made her think a good bit. "Paul. Do you have the same feelings for me as I do for you?" she wondered.

With the other girls, they were getting their beds set up and their outfits ready for anything. As for May, she was in the bathroom getting ready for hers and Drew's date. She took a quick shower and was brushing her hair. As she was Dawn knocked. "Hmm! Who is it?" May asked.

"It's me, Dawn. Do you need any help?" she asked.

"Nah. I got it. Besides, this is the eighth date he's taking me out on." She informed her.

"Wait! Eighth date?" Dawn asked in shock.

"Yep." May replied as she came out, a towel covering her body.

"Is he your boyfriend, by chance?" Iris asked.

May looked at her, rubbing her head, her eyes closed as she blushed bashfully. "Uuhhh, not yet." She replied.

"He best make his move real soon, I'd say." Serena commented.

"Trust me. Once the time comes, he'll be asking me." May told her as got back to normal and was about to remove her towel until the door opened and closed.

"Speaking of that. I wonder when Paul is going to make the first move." Zoey told them. They all looked and saw her as she had her back against the wall, letting out a content sigh as she smiled, her eyes closed.

"Why? What happened?" May asked as she removed her towel and started to get dressed.

"Well, I have learned that Paul might have the same feelings for me." Zoey informed them.

"WHAT!" Dawn shouted, completely surprised.

Misty and Serena let out a loud squeal of joy and grabbed her up as did May, and she wasn't fully dressed.

"Shouldn't you get fully dressed, May?" Dawn asked, teasingly.

May opened her eyes and saw that Dawn was right and managed to get the rest of her clothes on. Serena and Dawn went over to assist her, and Zoey walked over after recovering from the group hug.

"I'm surprised you're not actually getting dressed up for this date." Zoey commented.

"Well, I don't expect to go anywhere expensive." May told her.

"But tell us Zoey. Why do think that Paul has the same feelings for you?" Misty asked.

As Zoey began to explain as they each helped May, Drew had just taken his shower and was about ready to go get May.

"It still surprised at how you asked May out." Kenny told Drew again.

"How are you still surprised? Haven't you asked Dawn out?" Drew asked him.

"Uhhh…" "Too nervous?" Ash asked.

Kenny gave off a defeated sigh. "The main thing is this. I don't think I'm good enough for her." Kenny told them. This surprised Drew, Paul, Ash and Calem. "Ash, I know you remember back when I called her DD a lot." Kenny reminded him.

"Yeah. I do recall that." Ash replied as he recalled.

"Well, I don't think I'm worthy enough for her. Hence is why I wanted to travel with her, to make up for everything back in Sinnoh." Kenny told them.

"Hey, as long as she knows you're sorry, then you have nothing to worry about. Just see if she'll go out with you for a good time." Drew told him reassuringly.

"Are you sure that'll work?" Kenny asked him.

"Sounds to me like it'll work. Just give it a shot. That'll show how much you care about her." Calem added on.

"Actually, it's not just caring. I actually love her." Kenny told them. This caught them by surprise as they had no idea he was in love with Dawn.

"That's something I didn't expect. You're in love with her?" Drew questioned. Kenny merely nodded, showing his emotions were true.

"Seems like you need a confidence boost." Calem commented.

"Is this the real reason why you wanted to travel with her?" Ash asked.

Kenny nodded again. "I've been wanting to tell what I feel for her. That my heart belongs to her." Kenny told them.

"I know what you mean." Ash replied as he began to take out a small box. The others looked at him, wondering what he was doing. "You see, I was going to…" he started to say until he opened the box and revealed a silver ring.

"Wait! Were you going to ask Misty to marry you?" Drew asked, completely shocked.

"Oh, no, no, no." Ash replied, blushing a tad bit with his eyes closed, waving his hands a bit. "You see…" started as he got back to normal. "I was going to ask her to be my girlfriend and to always be hers." He told them.

"Dude! That's awesome. You have a lot of dedication to her." Calem complimented.

"As for me, I have a dedication to take May out on another date." Drew told them as he was fully dressed in his usual attire.

"Are you not going to dress up?" Paul asked him.

"Nah. We sometimes go out like this. It feels more comfortable. But we don't mind dressing up sometimes." Drew told them.

"Hope you guys have a good time." Kenny told him.

"Thanks. Also, ask Dawn out for a bit. Take her some place. I know she'll love it." Drew told him.

Kenny blushed at that a bit out of embarrassment. "W-will try." Kenny replied.

From there, Drew departed, and Ash was contemplating about asking Misty for another date. He looked over to Kenny who left out of the room as well. Possibly to try and asking Dawn to go out for a walk or something. As he did, Misty began heading by the boys' room and saw Ash and Paul having a conversation. Seeing they probably needed this, especially if this was about a battle, she decided to leave them be, and head on out.

As she did Drew went past her and she knew what he was ready for. With a couple of knocks and the door opening she heard 'Are you ready' and a content sigh from May, after sniffing the rose he gave her 'I most certainly am' and they both headed on out as well.

As they all headed out, she went in a different direction, not knowing where they were going to, and the three figures saw her and one of them was incredibly antsy until the leader knocked on his head with his foot. "Not yet, you knuckle head." He stated before he looked back to Misty. "The right timing is close, but not right there yet." He finished.

They drew back and began to stay close to her. As they did that, Ash headed over to the girls' room and knocked and Serena answered. "Oh, hey Serena. Is Misty in there?" he asked her.

"She left for the time being. Did you need her for something?" Serena asked as she informed him.

"Uuhhh… I was going to ask her something, but I'll wait until she gets back." He told her before heading off.

Serena watched him and wondered what was going on.

"Do you have a crush on him?" Iris questioned.

This made Serena freak out a bit as she turned around with a freaked-out face. "No, no, no, no, no. Well… I might have had one for a while, but not anymore." She replied as her arms flailed a good bit.

Iris looked at her, a suspicious look and an eyebrow raised. "You sure about that. It seemed like you were about to do something else." Iris pointed out.

"N-no. Trust me. I don't have a crush on him." Serena told her, insisting she didn't have a crush.

"Okay then. Whatever you say." Iris replied as she stopped pushing. Serena gave off a sigh of relief. Glad she got Iris off her back.

From there she began to go through her things as Ash went up to the front desk. That's when he heard the recovery sound and Nurse Joy came up to the front. "Ah, Ash. Perfect timing. Your Pokémon are fully healed." She informed him.

"Thanks, Nurse Joy." Ash replied as Pikachu jumped onto his shoulder and he grabbed the rest of his Pokémon. "Are you ready to head out for a bit buddy?" he asked him.

"Pika pika! (You bet!)" Pikachu exclaimed. From there, they both headed out.

As for with Misty, she was now leaving a grocery store with a few supplies in hand. "This looks good so far. I'll make some additional rounds of shopping really soon." Misty said to herself.

As she did that, Kenny ran into Dawn as she was beginning to feed her Pokémon. Once he came up she looked at him, a small puzzled look on her face. "Hey, Kenny. Did you need something?" she asked as she got up.

He gulped a bit, not even being remotely used to this. "Uuhhh-uuhhh…Dawn." He said incredibly nervously. 'Don't worry. You got this.' He said to himself.

"Hmm? Is everything okay?" She asked.

"Uhh, uhh…would you like to go out for a walk with me?" he asked, in a bit of a speedy tone, but she understood him and smiled.

"Sure." She replied.

Kenny looked surprised. "Wh-what?" he questioned as he was very puzzled.

Dawn merely giggled, walked up to him and kissed his cheek. "Sure. I'd love to go out on a walk with you. It'll be kind of like a date." She told him as she took his arm. This was something he didn't expect. Before they headed out she looked back at her Pokémon. "Togekiss. You're in charge." She told her.

"Kiss kiss toge-kiss. (I won't let you down.)" Togekiss replied with a simple bow, bringing her wing in.

From there, the two of them left the Pokémon Center. After they left, Serena Calem and Iris started to head out as well for some extra supplies. As they did, Iris noticed how they each had someone to be with since Ash and Misty, Drew and May, Dawn and Kenny, Paul and Zoey and possibly Serena had Calem. She was starting to feel alone, but she knew it might take a while for that to change.

Paul and Zoey, however, went out to get more supplies for the Pokémon.

As everyone was out, they all were doing their own little thing. Ash was kind of looking for Misty, but he went by a couple of stores. Pikachu looked at him, a bit confused. Ash smiled at him and scratched his chin. "I know what you're probably thinking, but nothing to worry about, buddy." Ash informed him. "I know I'm wondering where she is. It's mostly do to my question to her." Ash told Pikachu. Pikachu nodded with a 'Pika.'

With Misty, she was walking along a small area in the city, smiling. Ready to get back to the Pokémon Center. As she was, she didn't know that something was about to happen. "POISON STING!" a voice called out.

"Wait! What?" Misty questioned and even Ash heard this, but the attack happened and it hit right near Misty and she screamed a good bit as she flew back.

"What the! That was Misty!" Ash exclaimed as he ran in the direction of her scream.

As he did she panted, a bit of smoke in front of her. "Rats! I thought that would've gotten her." A familiar voice stated. Upon hearing the voice she barely managed to get up and looked around.

"What in the world? Who was…" "Hit her with your tentacle." The same voice called out. Misty definitely recognized that voice, but unfortunately a tentacle came out of the smoke and went right towards her. 'oh no' is all she could say. She closed her eyes, waiting for the impact until a body got in front of her and took the hit head on. She didn't feel anything, and this confused her. Opening her eyes, she looked around and saw a body not too far from her.

She recognized the body, and it was Ash's. She hasped seeing him laying face down and Pikachu rushed in as well. She picked him up and held him, carefully shaking him. "Ash, Ash. Please say something." She begged. She looked over to Pikachu, surprised to see that he wasn't out as well. "I'm surprised you're not knocked out as well." Misty told him.

"Pika pikachu pi pika pi pika pichu pika. (Ash threw me off before he blocked the attack.)" Pikachu informed her.

Misty then looked at Ash. "Isn't he going to be alright?" she questioned.

"Not as long as we're around." The same voice stated. Misty looked over in the direction the voice came from as the smoke cleared. When it did she saw three very familiar boys from the day they all had to part ways. "Oh jeez! Not you guys again!" she exclaimed.

"Yep. It's us again and we're here for payback." The leader told her.

Misty started to growl until Ash began to regain consciousness as he started to groan. She looked down at him with a very concerned look. His eyes flinched a bit and his eye lids started to open. His vision was incredibly blurry, but he managed to see the beautiful redheaded girl holding him in her arms. "M-M-Misty?" Ash said as he slowly attempted to get up.

Misty kept a hold of him, knowing he must've been badly hurt from that strike. "Be careful, Ash. You're hurt." She warned him.

"M-Maybe so." Ash started to grunt. "But I'm not about to let them hurt you." He told her as he was barely able to stand.

"Then we'll end this, right now! Use…" "Hyperbeam! Go." "Use Solarbeam." Two voices ordered.

"Whaaaaa?" the three boys started as the two attacks hit in the middle, preventing the Tentacruel from attacking.

"What in the world!" the leader stated as the three looked incredibly confused as to what had happened.

"You really want to mess with our friends!" one of the voices exclaimed.

"Then you'll have to get through us, first." The other stated.

As the smoke cleared, Paul, Zoey, Iris, Drew, May, Serena, Calem, Kenny and Dawn were standing in their way. The Pokémon they used were Paul's Ursaring and Drew's Roserade.

"If you know what's good for you. You three will leave." Calem warned.

"I'd suggest that you three listen and do as he says." Zoey added.

"Least likely to happen." One of the three stated.

"Who are you three anyway?" Serena questioned.

They each did their action motions and said their names: 'Kim' 'Kale' 'Kai'. "The Invincible Pokémon Brothers!" they exclaimed.

The others just sweat dropped at that.

"Please tell me their joking." Iris requested.

"Unfortunately, no. Still, if you're invisible. Then disappear." Misty told them, doing the same head stance from the first time she met them.

"You have some nerve to talk to us like that." Kim stated.

"We're ready to get back at you from three years ago." Kai stated.

"We've been tracking you ever since we found your location in Silver Town." Kale told them. "Just don't ask us the rest." He added, not wanting to go into full detail.

"I strongly doubt we would ask." Serena replied with another sweat drop.

"As for right now. We're her to get her back for our first encounter and what happened at the Cerulean Gym." Kim stated.

"You guys went all the way to the Cerulean Gym! You best not…ugh." Ash attempted to say but grunted when he tried to take a step forward, but Misty grabbed him.

"Ash! You're in hardly any condition to do anything." Misty cautioned him.

"I don't really care right now. I want to teach these three a lesson." He told her.

"I doubt you can. Especially since we've become far better from last time." Kale told them. From there all three of them swung off their clothes to reveal Team Rocket uniforms.

A vast majority of them sweat dropped seeing this. "You three joined up with Team Rocket?" Dawn questioned.

"You call that an improvement?" Misty added in an annoyed questioning tone.

"Talk about pathetic." Paul stated as his eyebrow was raised as he questioned this as well.

"Hey! This organization is great. Not only do we get paid, but we get to steal as many Pokémon as we like." Kim gloated.

"I wouldn't go that far with the organization." May told them with an annoyed expression.

"Says you. Get 'em Tentacruel." Kim ordered. All three Tentacruel charged for May.

"Solar Beam." Drew called out. From there, Roserade charged up its Solar Beam and fired it quickly, knocking all three back.

"Hey, that wasn't even fair." Kim called out.

"You should really talk for yourself." Zoey told him.

"Attacking our friends like that wasn't even fair on them, so we don't want to hear about it." Kenny added.

"We'll show you what fair is." Kai attempted to retort.

"Are they even sure they can?" Drew questioned.

"I'd say it's best not to find out." Misty replied, completely annoyed.

One of the brothers grabbed another poke ball. "I'll show you guys how fair we can be! Go Steelix. Use Rock Throw on them. A large quantity." Kim ordered.

From there, Steelix burst out of its poke ball, roaring, grabbed up some rocks and threw them at the group. Everyone scattered when that happened, but Serena was a bit prepared.

She grabbed her poke ball and had a very serious expression. "Time to show these clowns a thing or two. Go Swablu!" she called out. Her ball burst open and out came her Cotton Bird Pokémon that looked yellow.

Ash and Misty were very surprised to see this. "When did she get that?" Misty wondered.

"I got this Pokémon while you guys were on your cruise." Serena explained as she was ready to take them on. "Use Fury Attack." She called out. From there, Swablu pecked Steelix repeatedly and that only annoyed the Iron Snake.

Kim noticed this and was annoyed as well. "Just get rid of that pest and deal with the girl were after." He ordered.

Steelix lifted its tail and swung at the Cotton Bird. Serena has to act fast. "Quick! Dodge it." She ordered. Swablu managed to dodge at last second, just getting grazed by the tail.

Before Steelix could attack Misty, without an order from Ash. Pikachu jumped onto the Iron Snake and jumped up high from its head and his tail glowed in a white light and he struck Steelix on the head, officially knocking it out.

"You've got to be kidding me! One hit with Pikachu's attack?" Kim stated. He then looked over to Misty and growled in annoyance. "Even if Steelix is out. We'll still get her back. Tentacruel, use Poison Sting on her." Kim ordered. The Tentacruel aimed right at Misty and lifted their stingers and readied to fired.

Misty saw this and gasped. "Oh no." she said to herself.

Even Ash saw this, and despite being injured still. He managed to get up, just barely and started for her. Kim only gave off a sinister smile. "Fire." He ordered.

From there the Tentacruel fired at her and it was like watching everything in slow motion.

"MISTY!" everyone exclaimed. But as it reached her she was shoved out of the way and hear a loud scream. She looked at it came from Ash who managed to shove her out of the way. He was taking the Poison Sting at full force, his body constantly getting stung by those poison needles. Jolting with every hit. Everyone watched in complete shock as he got hit, but then the attacks stopped, and Ash went limp.

Misty only looked at him, her words caught in her throat, not knowing if Ash was okay or not. "A-Ash?" she requested, hoping he would at least respond, but he didn't. "Ash?" she requested again, but still no response, even as she got up. "P…please! Say something?" she continued to request. That was until Ash fell down and she gasped and ran over to him. "Ash…!" she called out as she ran to his side, knelt down to him and picked him up. "P-please. Say something." She pleaded with him, but no response.

The others only watched, horror in their eyes, seeing how limp Ash was. This caused Misty's rage to flare up as she glared at the Invincible Brothers and Pikachu's cheeks sparked. "You three severely hurt Ash. You three will pay for this!" she spat out at them as she got up and grabbed another poke ball. "It looks like you three will have to face mine and Ash's ace Pokémon!" she warned them as she enlarged her poke ball. "Misty calls Gyaradose." She called out. Her poke ball burst open and Gyaradose roared as it appeared, but glared at the Invincible Brother, remembering them.

"Oh man!" Kai exclaimed, fearing for his life.

"This is NOT good." Kale stated.

"RUN!" Kim ordered.

Before they could Misty pointed right at them. "Gyaradose, use Hydro Pump. Pikachu Thunderbolt." Misty ordered.

Both Pokémon, enraged at what had happened, unleashed a fury of their attacks. They both spun together, and the Invincible Brothers couldn't get away or return their Tentacruel in time. They screamed as the attacks hit and they created an explosion and they were launched into the air.

"I can't believe it!" Kai stated.

"We had her right there!" Kim exclaimed.

"We'll probably have to try again at another time." Kale added as he shrugged.

"We're blasting off right now!" they said in unison as they flew off into the distance.

With Ash and Misty, she returned looked at him and the others came up. Misty had tears in her eyes as she felt horrible for what happened. Everyone didn't know what the effects of Poison Sting would do to him until he started to groan. They looked at him as his eyes opened slightly. His eyesight wasn't in full focus as things looked incredibly wavy. From right there he passed out.

"We need to get him to the Pokémon Center and see if they know how to treat him." Kenny stated.

Paul crouched down, his back to Ash. "Get him on. I'm the best bet of getting him there quickly." He told them. They all nodded and carefully put Ash on his back.

Zoey went up to him quickly and kissed his cheek. "Please hurry." She requested.

From there, he did something none of them expected. He put two fingers on her chin, tilted her head up slightly, closed his eyes and gave her a real brief kiss. This caught her completely off guard as her eyes were incredibly wide, but she managed to close them, slowly; only able to return it briefly before he broke it, her eyes still closed, but she slowly opened them as he opened his. "Take your time getting there. It might take some time until they've given him aid." He told her before running off. The other boys followed in behind, but Zoey stood there in shock as she gingerly touched her lips after feeling Paul's lips on hers.

Dawn went up to her. "Hey, Zoey. Are you okay?" Dawn asked.

"I-I don't believe it." She told them as she was blushing.

"Zoey!" Misty exclaimed. Zoey looked at her before finding herself in a BIG hug. "That was incredible" she told her.

"Paul kissed you. He must have strong feelings for you." May told her.

"How do you feel?" Iris asked her.

"I-I feel…" Zoey started as she put her hand over her heart. "I-I feel like I'm in love." She told them.

They all squealed, and they were incredibly delighted to hear Zoey say that. But they all knew they had to head to the Pokémon Center to see if Ash would be okay. It wasn't long after that they all departed for the Pokémon Center and Misty returned her Gyaradose. As they did another person was watching. Merely smirking at the sight.

"Well then. Seems like I might have been right the whole time." He said to himself.

In Sinnoh, days before this. Gary was still in the room, listening to the woman. He was completely stunned. After all this time. Hunter J was still alive. This is something he didn't expect.

The woman was given a cup of warm tea to help calm her nerves. The warmth of the cup relaxing her hands as she held it. Some of the hot liquid in her belly still. She merely looked down at her cup as the steam floated in the air.

"What all happened? I know you're probably still in shock, but what happened?" Gary requested.

She took a deep breath before drinking a bit more tea. "It all just happened so fast." She told him. "I-I was still new, and I didn't even know what all was going on." she told him. "Ever since she was saved from the lake. Things seemed just fine from her employee's perspective." She told them.

"What all happened after that? Over time." Officer Jenny requested.

Her eyes were glossed over a bit, showing that tears were forming. "Her employees discussed with me about doing something other than Pokémon hunting. They knew something that I didn't. As they discussed that, it's just Hunter J knew, or something." She told them.

Officer Jenny looked at Gary and he her and they looked back to the girl. "How long ago was this?" Officer Jenny asked.

"It happened a couple of weeks ago. Her henchmen knew something was up, but they didn't want to say anything to her." She told them.

"I take it that they knew that the poaching business was over with?" Gary questioned her.

"They did. They knew, but still. With what she had done. It was just horrible." She told them.

"There's one thing I want to know about." Gary told her as he walked in front of her and put his hands on the table as he still stood. She looked at him and he her with a very serious look on his face. "How did she survive?" he asked her.

(Beat) In a loud whisper: GOTTA CATCH 'EM, GOTTA CATCH EM, GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL! POKÉMON! (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 POKÉMON 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! POKÉMON.

TP1

Tom: From how things are going so far, TimPrime1 is wanting to let you all know he's going to gradually be working on this and he'll be starting a new project.

Sara: The trailer is ready, Tom.

Tom: You guys ready!

Announcer: We certainly are, Tom.

Tom: Let's kick it. *he hits the touchscreen buttons*

Ash has just finished the Johto League and is now heading for Hoenn. On his way he meets up with a new Pokémon trainer, soon to be coordinator, May. Now…hey wait! Is that Misty? Are her sisters back early? Why is she in Hoenn? *Misty's sisters are at the gym with her. She packs her bags and is now in Hoenn. Ash looks surprised to see her but is very happy to see her though. May and Max meet her as well, smiles on their faces as they're glad to meet her* Seems like something happened since Misty's sisters are back at the gym. TimPrime1 and Toonami are proud to present Pokémon: Advanced Quest. Coming soon. Only Toonami and KidsWB.

Tom: A bit of a quick trailer, but he might edit it later on. For right now, a new series is set to premiere. We're still working on a few things and have made a decision about some of his old work.

Announcer: That's right Tom. Right here on KidsWB and Toonami, more Pokémon along with the next Transformers series. Are we ready for that trailer?

Tom: You know it. Kick it. *he hits the touchscreen buttons*

After the events of Transformers: Cybertron 2 – A New Beginning. The Autobots and Decepticons head to different universes where the cyber keys are. On their way, they are hit with many new challenges. Not to mention more Transformers appear, new and old. With how things have went, how will these humans react to the Transformers? *Metroplex and the others meet the Battle Brawlers. Override arrives on a planet with a human who helps to save the world. Aang and his friends meet a Transformer and are incredibly curious about him* TimPrime1 and Toonami are proud to present. In association with Wishmaker and KidsWB. Transformers: Cybertron 2 – Universal Drift. Coming soon.

Tom: A lot to do in so little time. With this new stuff coming out, he's hoping to change things up and keep things as fresh as possible. Especially on his birthday.

Me: TOM!

Tom: Whoops did I say that? *laughs a bit* Anyways, continue to check out his work on and ao3 – archive of our own. Also, credit for Swablu and another Pokémon Serena will have goes to /1ChampionSerena for the art and /yswcUdldSMP2tsh for sharing it. As for right now. Just sit back and relax, as I push the button. Only Toonami.

Me: Till next time everyone.

TimPrime1 out

Me: You're in trouble Tom, ha ha ha.