This here is part 1 of the third arc of a fanficion of my own version of the Pokémon anime, called Ash's Pokémon Journey, where Ash begins his travels through the Johto region, I hope you'll all like this. [Note: Please don't leave any mean or dirty comments about this story, other than that, please enjoy.]

Enter Johto at New Bark town.
It was a whole new day and new adventure for Ash and his friends, as they have just entered the Johto region, and off to New Bark town so Ash can meet Professor Elm, who will register him for the Johto league. Misty: “Wow… it's so foggy this morning…” Brock: “Yeah… you can say that again…” Ash: “Hey… what's that?” asked Ash, looking at what looked some some sort of Pokémon that was standing on a rock in the middle of a small lake. Before they can get a better look, the Pokémon went off to who knows where, and the group had no idea what they saw. Misty: “Was that… a Pokémon?” Brock: “I think so… but not any I've ever seen…” Ash: “I don't know what… but I think that was a legendary…” Misty: “Come on Ash, what makes you think that?” Ash: “I'm not sure… but with how majestic it looked… it had to be one… kind of like… uh never mind, let's just get to New Bark town.” said Ash, before he ran off to find the town where Professor Elm is living, while Misty and Brock had a puzzled look on their faces. Misty: “You don't think he's hiding something, does he?” Brock: “Well if he is, I'm sure he has a good reason, like his ability to talk to Pokémon for example.” Misty: “Yeah… but keeping it from us?” Brock: “Well… I'm sure whatever it is, it must be very important to stay as a secret.” said Brock, before he and Misty ran off after Ash. Soon, they finally got to New Bark town, where they discovered that the lab of Professor Elm was surrounded by police officers, and Professor Elm (voiced by Paul Frank) was being scolded by a Nurse Joy it seems. Professor Elm: “I said I was sorry… I had no idea what was going on while I was researching…” Nurse Joy: “Sorry won't get Totodile back!, how could you let some thieves steal it right under your nose all because you were busy looking through a microscope?” that was when Ash and the others came over to the pair. Ash: “Hey what happened?” Nurse Joy: “A Totodile was stolen not too long ago and Professor Elm let it happened because he was too focused on looking through a microscope.” Professor Elm: “Come on…” Ash: “Uh… what's a Totodile?” Professor Elm: “You don't know?, aren't you a trainer?” Ash: “Yeah, my name's Ash from the town of Pallet, me and my friends just got here from Kanto.” Professor Elm: “Oh so you must the one that Professor Oak told me about, well I would help you get registered, but first I gotta get Totodile back, which is the water type starter of Johto, like how Squirtle is in the Kanto region.” Misty: “So Johto has is it's own set of starters, right?” Professor Elm: “Correct, Totodile is the water starter, Chikorita is the grass starter, and finally there's Cyndaquil, the fire starter… unfortunately Totodile got stolen… and I don't have a clue who took it…” said Professor Elm, before Officer Jenny came over to the others and told them that she found some footprints on the ground, which no doubt belonged to the people who stole the Totodile. It wasn't long before they finally found the spot where the thieves were, who were revealed to be noun other than the Team Rocket trio themselves, and the Totodile was biting on Jessie's hair, much to her dismay. Jessie: “Get this stupid Totodile off of my hair!” Ash: “Team Rocket!” Misty: “Should have known you three were behind this!” Brock: “Give back Totodile!” Jessie: “Fine!, anything to get this thing off my hair!” shouted Jessie, before she wings her hair around with enough force to get Totodile off, and Professor Elm was able to catch it just in the nick of time. Meowth: “Hey!, we needed that Totodile!” Jessie: “Even so, that thing was about to ruin my hair!” James: “Uh… I think that's the least of our problems…” Ash: “You can say that again!, Pikachu, Thunderbolt them out of here!” Pikachu: [With pleasure!] so with that, Pikachu released a powerful Thunderbolt that sends the Team Rocket trio flying into the sky and out of the scene. Once Team Rocket was out of the way, Professor Elm was updating Ash's Pokédex to have info of the Pokémon native in Johto and get him registered to compete in the Johto league as well. Professor Elm: “Alright Ash, you're now registered to compete in the Johto league and your Pokédex has all the info you need for what you might encounter on your journey here.” Ash: “Thanks, and I sure hope whoever gets to be the trainer for Totodile will take good care of him.” Professor Elm: “I believe so, now good luck on your trip through Johto.” and so Ash has helped Professor Elm get the Johto starter back from Team Rocket and now he's off to begin his journey throughout Johto, who knows what our heroes will encounter as the journey continues.

Sappy encounters of some bug and grass types.
After their encounter with Professor Elm in New Bark town, Ash heads off to Violet city, the location of the first Johto gym leader. Right now our heroes were in some sort of forest, looking for a route when they noticed what looked like beetles with a single horn were feeding off some sap from a tree. Ash pulls out his Pokédex to find out more about what he was looking at. Pokédex: [Heracross is a bug/fighting type that while normally enjoys peace, it can put up one heck of a fight against powerful opponents.] Ash: “Wow, they look cool…” Pikachu: [Eating tree sap huh?, not the number 1 choice of food in my taste… but I guess it works for them…] suddenly, a group of of another bug types, called Pinsir, came to the scene and scared off the Heracross away from the tree and feed off all of the sap until there was nothing left, before after some more trees. Misty: “Ah!, more bugs!” Brock: “Still haven't grown out of your fear of bug types, huh?” Misty: “Come on!, bug types always creep me out!” Ash: “Never mind about that, those Pinsir are taking away all of the sap from those trees.” Brock: “You're right Ash, if this keeps up, this forest might not last long.” that was when another Pokémon, which had a leaf on her head, named Chikorita, came to the scene and tried to fight off the Pinsir, but she was beaten by them as they were not only bigger but stronger too. That was when a Heracross came and tries to protect Chikorita from the Pinsir, before Ash calls out Pikachu to send the Pinsir away with the electric type's Thunderbolt attack. Ash: “That was close… are you two okay?” Heracross: [Yeah… I think so… thanks for saving us.] Chikorita: [Those Pinsir were lucky that time, I could have taken them down with one attack.] Ash: “Which attack would that be?” Chikorita: [That's noun of your… wait… did you… understand what we just said?] Pikachu: [Yeah, Ash here has the ability to talk to Pokémon.] Heracross: [Really?, I've never heard of a human that can talk to Pokémon before… at least not one that can understand our speaking.] Pikachu: [Yeah, it surprised me too, but it's true.] Ash: “My name's Ash by the way, it's nice to meet you both, I know my Pokédex said you're a Heracross, but what about your friend?” Heracross: [She's called Chikorita, and she's a stubborn fighter, despite her size.] said Heracross, before Ash pulls out his Pokédex to find out more about the grass type of Johto. Pokédex: [Chikorita is the grass type starter of Johto, and the leaf on it's head gives off a pleasant smell.] Pikachu: [So that's what I've been smelling right now…] Chikorita: [I might smell nice, but that doesn't mean I'm weak, I just had a run in of bad luck on battles lately…] Heracross: [Come on Chikorita, admit that you need help on getting stronger.] Chikorita: [I told you!, I can stop those Pinsir all by myself!] said Chikorita, before she runs off to who knows where, leaving Heracross and the trainers behind. Heracross: [Sorry about Chikorita… she's been like this ever her trainer abandoned her here, proving that she can be stronger all by herself…] Ash: “She was abandoned by her trainer?” Heracross: [Yeah… I've been trying to help her ever since I met her… if only that trainer treated her better…] said Heracross, while Ash couldn't help but feel sorry for the poor grass type. Meanwhile with Chikorita, the grass type noticed another Pinsir, but it was badly beaten up, much to her surprise. Chikorita: [Hey, what happened to you?] Pinsir: [That giant Pinsir… it took over our part of the forest… and helping some bad humans to steal the sap… that's why my swarm's here… I tried to fight it off… but it was too powerful…] Chikorita: [Hmm… where is it?] Pinsir: [It's at an opening not far from here… but if you wanna stop it… then you'll need help…] Chikorita: [I don't need help, like I told Heracross, I can handle anything all be myself, I don't need any trainer, especially no trainer like the one I had once…] said Chikorita, before she leaves the scene and head off to where this big Pinsir should be. Unaware to Chikorita, Ash and the others were following her, and talked to the injured Pinsir, who got healed by the help of Brock, and the group learned that Chikorita is going after the big Pinsir to save the forest from destruction. Soon, Ash got to where the big Pinsir should be, only to learn that it was really a robot that was being controlled by the Team Rocket trio, who is using to steal the tree sap in hopes to make some money out of it. Jessie: “Oh great… the twerp…” James: “He always has a knack of showing up when we don't want him.” Meowth: “That's right.” Misty: “We can say the same with you jerks!, don't you realized that you're hurting the forest here?!” Jessie: “Who cares about some stupid trees, we're about to make millions with this sap.” Ash: “Not on my watch!” said Ash, before he sends out his Charizard to battle the robot, which didn't take very as it was meant to handle bug types rather than powerful fire types like Charizard. Just then, when the robot was ready to blow, Ash noticed that Chikorita was passed out next to it, as she tried to fight the robot earlier but failed. Left with no other choice, Ash rushed to the grass type and took her away from the robot just when it blew up and sends the Team Rocket trio flying into the sky and out of the scene. By the time Team Rocket were gone, Chikorita woke up and Heracross told her what happened. Chikorita: [You… saved me?, but why?] Ash: “Because if I didn't… you could have gotten badly hurt from the explosion… and I couldn't let that happen.” Chikorita: [I… thank you… for saving me… even though I'm just… a weakling…] Ash: “You're not weak, you just need help on getting stronger… and if you want, I can help you, me and the rest of my Pokémon.” Pikachu: [Yeah, we won't force ya though, it's up to you.] when Chikorita sees Ash smiling at her, she couldn't help but blush a little, and felt like her heart began to race a little, especially when she realized that she was in the boy's arms. Chikorita: [Well… I guess I do owe ya for saving me… and you seem to be a nice trainer… so I'll join ya.] Ash: “Good to hear.” Heracross: [Um… do you mind if I tag along too?, I like to get stronger too, and I doubt that I can do that by staying here in this forest…” Ash: “Sure, I was hoping to catch a Heracross ever since I got here, it would be a real honor to have both of ya on the team.” said Ash, before he catches Heracross and then Chikorita, as his newest catches. Of course since Ash has only brought Pikachu and Charizard with him, he was able to carry both Heracross and Chikorita without them being transported to Professor Oak. The wild Heracross and Pinsir thanked our heroes for stopping Team Rocket and saved their forest, before saying goodbye to them as they went off to Violet city. Once they got to the city, they met the gym leader, who used flying types. Once Ash got to the gym, he went to use Charizard and Pidgeotto, which had evolved into Pidgeot, and managed to beat the gym leader and earned the Zephyr badge. Ash: “I managed to get my first gym badge of Johto… meaning I have 7 more to go…” Misty: “Where's the next gym?” Brock: “According to the map, it's at Azalea town.” Ash: “Wait… isn't that the town where Kurt lives?, the man that Professor Oak wants us to give the GS ball to for research?” Brock: “Yes, I believe so.” Ash: “Then what are we waiting for?, let's go.” and so Ash has caught his first Pokémon of Johto and earned his first Johto gym badge, who knows what's next for our heroes as the journey continues.

Good quill hunting at Azalea town.
After catching both Heracross and Chikorita, and earning his first Johto gym badge, Ash went off to Azalea town, the location of the next gym and where they'll find Kurt, the special Pokéball designer who might be able to solve the mystery of the GS ball. Once they got there, they noticed that there were some Slowking laying on the ground. Turns out that the people there believed that when the Slowking yawn, rain will fall upon their dry town, which is a blessing to them. While training Chikorita, our heroes had a run in with a certain that noun of them hope to see again, which was Damian himself. Ash: “What are you doing here?” Damian: “Well it's noun of your business, but I'm here for a wild Cyndaquil that's hanging around here and I want to catch it.” Ash: “You don't don't deserve any Pokémon after what you did to Charizard!” Damian: “You mean that wimp Charmander evolved?” Ash: “That's right, and he's a lot stronger now, no thanks to you.” Damian: “Well whatever, just stay out of my way.” said Damian, before he leaves the scene, and Chikorita was glaring at the mean trainer until he left. Chikorita: [That's him… the trainer that abandoned me…] Pikachu: [Damian was your trainer?!, no wonder your old trainer sounded familiar…] Ash: “Hmm… I have to catch that Cyndaquil.” Misty: “Look Ash, I know you want to catch more Pokémon, but don't ya think we should find Kurt first?” Ash: “That's not what I meant, remember what happened to Charizard when he was Damian's Charmander?, if he catches Cyndaquil… what's gonna stop him from abandoning him if he doesn't win any battles?” Brock: “I think we see your point… you don't want this Cyndaquil to go through the same thing.” Ash: “Right, so I gotta get to this Cyndaquil before Damian does… and fast.” but trouble brewed for Ash and his friends, for when Damian stepped on a Slowpoke's tail, he puts the blame on our heroes so the townspeople would chased them out. But luckily for our heroes, a talking Slowpoke (voiced by James Carter Cathcart), helped them by getting them to wear some Slowpoke costumes so the townspeople won't find them. Misty: “Man… I really hate that Damian guy…” Brock: “No kidding… to think he would step on a poor Slowpoke's tail on purpose like that…” Misty: “And put the blame on us too…” Ash: “I'll bet he did it just to keep us out of his way…” Slowking: “Sorry to hear that, but perhaps if you can help me, I can help you clear your name.” Ash: “Sure, what is it?” Slowpoke: “There are some people trying to steal the Slowpoke in their cave, and I need you to stop them… and the Cyndaquil you told me about is in there too.” Ash: “Really?, thanks Slowpoke.” Misty: “Um… how can you talk by the way?, if you don't mind me asking?” Slowpoke: “Well… I can tell you that later, right now we need to focus on saving the Slowpoke in the cave.” said the talking Slowpoke, before he and our heroes reached the cave, went inside it, and see some cages with a lot of Slowpoke in them. One of the cages had the wild Cyndaquil in it, and she was scared. Cyndaquil: [Someone… please… anyone… help me…] said the Cyndaquil in fear while crying a little, which Ash heard loud and clear. Ash: “We gotta help her… and fast…” Misty: “Wait… that Cyndaquil is a girl?” Ash: “Sure sounds like she is to me.” Brock: “Hey look over there.” said Brock, who sees two familiar faces looking at the cages, who were Cassidy and Butch of Team Rocket. Cassidy: “Well with all these Slowpoke, we'll make a lot of money with their tails.” Butch: “Yes, not to mention the Cyndaquil too.” said the Team Rocket duo, before Ash and the others came out of hiding and took a stance. Ash: “You're not getting these Pokémon on our watch!” Cassidy: “A talking Slowpoke?!” Butch: “Wait… it's voice sounds familiar somehow…” that was when Ash removed the mask, revealing himself. Ash: “It should Cassidy and Biff!” Butch: “The name is Butch!, can't you get it right?!” Cassidy: “Hey you're that twerp who interfered with some of our plans in the past a few times.” Butch: “Pay back time.” said Cassidy and Butch, before they send out their Raticate and Primeape to battle our heroes, while Misty and Brock send out their own Pokémon to battle. As for Ash, he was focused on getting Cyndaquil out of her cage. Ash: “Hi Cyndaquil, are you okay?” Cyndaquil: [I think so… thanks for helping me… but who are you?] Ash: “My name's Ash, and I'm gonna be a Pokémon master.” said Ash, before Cassidy and Butch noticed him and ordered their Pokémon to attack him, only for Cyndaquil to use Flamethrower to burn them up enough to knock them out cold. Cassidy: “If we can't have the Slowpoke, then no one can!” shouted Cassidy, before she pulls out a remote, pressing a button, and some explosives went off, causing the cave to fall down. Luckily for our heroes, they weren't too far from the exit, and they managed to escape, along with the now freed Slowpoke group. As for Cyndaquil, she was amazed by ash's bravery on how he was willing to risk his life on protecting her from the falling rocks. It wasn't long before Damian showed up and was ready to attack Cyndaquil with his Sandslash, only for Ash to stop him and tells Damian to leave Cyndaquil alone. It was then that Damian challenges Ash for a battle between them to see who gets to be the trainer for Cyndaquil, and the fire type decided to battle for Ash. The battle was tough as Sandslash was more experience, but Cyndaquil was able to pull through and defeat Sandslash, much to Ash's joy. Damian: “You blasted fire type!, I'm gonna catch ya if it's the last thing I do!” shouted Damian as he pulls out a butterfly net in attempts to catch Cyndaquil. Ash: “Hey that's cheating!” Damian: “Who asked you?!” as she had enough of Damian, Cyndaquil used a powerful Flamethrower to burn up the trainer enough to make him run away out of the scene. Misty: “That's what you get for being a cheater!” Brock: “Maybe you should train yourself before you train any more Pokémon!” with Damian gone, Ash went over to Cyndaquil, who went over to the boy and gave him a big hug. Ash: “You were awesome out there.” Cyndaquil: [Only cause you believed in me… thanks, I'm happy to have you as my trainer.] said Cyndaquil, before Ash pulls out a Pokéball to catch the fire type, making her the boy's newest catch. Pikachu: [Hey Ash… you think Cassidy and Butch survived the cave in?] Ash: “I didn't see them get out… but I doubt we seen the last of them either…” soon after that, our heroes learned that the talking Slowpoke was really Kurt, the special Pokéball designer in a Slowpoke costume, and he managed to clear our heroes names that Damian was the real culprit and the townspeople's apology was accepted. Ash then takes a look into his Pokédex to learn more about his new catch. Pokédex: [Cyndaquil is the Johto fire type starter that has flames on it's back when it gets upset or in need to defend itself.] after putting his Pokédex away, he went to Kurt's place, where he sees that Kurt was working on solving the mystery of the GS ball. Kurt also gave Ash, Misty and Brock their own special Pokéball, a fast ball for Brock, which he used to catch a Pineco, while Ash and Misty get a Lure ball, which are used to catch water types. Kurt: “I have to admit… out of all the Pokéballs I have seen or designed, noun are anything like this one… this is a real mystery…” he said to himself. Later, Ash went to have his challenge with the Azalea gym leader, who uses bug types, much to Misty's dismay. It was a tough battle, but thanks to Cyndaquil and Heracross, Ash was able to win and earned himself the Hive badge. When Ash came back to Kurt's place, he tripped and landed on top of Kurt, and once that happened, the mysterious rainbow feather that Ash got on the day he first left Pallet fell out of Ash's glove, and the GS ball landed on top of it. Once that happened, the GS ball glowed and finally opened up, much to everyone's surprise, especially when a green fair like Pokémon appeared in front of them. Ash: “What is that?” Kurt: “My goodness… it's Celebi!” Misty: “Huh?, Celebi?” asked Misty, before Ash pulls out his Pokédex to find out more. Pokédex: [Celebi is a mythical Pokémon of Johto that is said to have the power to travel through time.] Ash: “Whoa… a time traveling Pokémon?” Celebi: [Oh… finally I'm out of that thing… I've waiting for so long for a human with either a Rainbow or Silver feather to come along…] Ash: “A Rainbow or Silver feather… you mean this one?” asked Ash, holding the Rainbow feather in his hand. Celebi: [So you're the one that Ho-oh deemed worthy… I am forever in your debt.] Ash: “It was nothing really… but how did you end up in the GS ball in the first place?” Celebi: [Well… a long time ago, a human created the GS ball by using a Rainbow father for the top and a Silver feather for the bottom… and used it to capture me in hopes to control all of time… and to control both Ho-oh, owner of the Rainbow feather, and Lugia, owner of the Silver feather… but he lost it at sea and I've been inside it for who knows how long… it was like I was a genie trapped in a lamp for eternity…] said Celebi, as she began to cry a little, before Ash went to give her a hug for comfort. Ash: “It's okay now, you're finally free.” Celebi: [Yes… thanks to you… and if we ever meet again… I will return the favor… see ya.] said Celebi, before she glowed and vanishes without a trace. Kurt: “My word… so not only was there a Celebi in that Pokéball… but you can talk to Pokémon too?!” Ash: “Huh?, oh right, forgot I wasn't alone… yeah… but it's supposed to be a secret…” Kurt: “Sure, not like anyone would believe me if I told them anyway.” Misty: “So… what do we do about the broken GS ball?” asked Misty, looking at the now broken GS ball, before Kurt picks it up. Kurt: “I'll continue to research the remains, see how it worked from the inside out.” Ash: “Well good luck on that.” Kurt: “Thanks, and good luck on your journey too.” and so Ash has caught a Cyndaquil, won his second Johto gym badge, and discovered some secrets of the GS ball, who knows what could be next for our heroes as the journey continues.

A lure ball chase and a shiny Pokémon trick.
After catching Cyndaquil, earning his second Johto gym badge, and learned some secrets of the GS ball, Ash and his friends were out doing some fishing, in hopes to catch some water type Pokémon. Ash: “Man… I'm bored… how long do we have to wait…?” Misty: “Don't be so impatient, it'll be worth it once a water Pokémon comes.” Brock: “Well either way, it's nice to have some peace and quiet once in a while.” suddenly, Ash's fishing rod began to be tugged, alerting Ash that he got a bite, and the boy was doing his best not to let go. At last, the mystery Pokémon burst out of the water, which revealed to be a Totodile that likes to dance around happily, and Ash pulls out his Pokédex to find out more. Pokédex: [Totodile is the Johto water type starter, trainers beware, for it loves to use it's teeth.] Misty: “Aw~, it's so cute!, I gotta catch it!” Ash: “Hold on, I caught it with my fishing rod, so I get to catch him.” Misty: “Well it's a water type, and my goal is to be a water Pokémon master, so I should catch it, and besides, I haven't caught anything since back in Kanto, so it's about time I catch something.” Totodile: [Hey you two, if one of your Pokéballs catch me first, I'll be yours.] Ash: “Really?, but why?” Totodile: [Huh?… did you just understood what I said?] Ash: “Yeah… it's a long story…” Totodile: [Wow!, that's so cool!, a trainer that can talk to Pokémon!] said Totodile as he dances in joy. Ash: “Wait… so you'll let yourself be caught to whoever catches you first?” Totodile: [Yup, I know you have to battle me, but where's the fun in that, how about a chase instead?, for I want to stretch my legs a bit.] Ash: “Alright, it's a deal.” Misty: “Huh?, what did Totodile say?” Ash: “He said that we should have a chase game with him, and whoever catches him with our Pokéballs first gets to keep him.” Misty: “Alright then… let the chase begin!” once Misty had said that, Totodile makes a run for it, with a happy carefree attitude as he dances and run at the same time. Brock: “That Totodile sure loves to dance around…” Ash: “Yeah… but never mind that, he's getting away!” said Ash, before he and Misty make a run for it, going after the Totodile. Meanwhile, the Team Rocket trio were not far behind. Jessie: “There's the twerp, and it seems that he's chasing a Totodile…” Meowth: “Perfect, we can have a second chance to catch a Totodile for the boss.” Jessie: “I don't know… last time we tried to get a Totodile, my hair was almost bitten off.” James: “Don't worry, just wear a helmet, and didn't you caught a new Pokémon that can help us?” Jessie: “You mean Wobbuffet?, well I don't know if it can be a big help… I mean we don't even know what attacks it can use.” Meowth: Well we'll find out soon enough.” said Meowth, before he and the other Team Rocket members make a run for it, following our heroes who are following the runaway Totodile. One thing's for sure, nobody would expect that a Totodile would have lot of energy to run as long as this one has, while the trainers were starting to tire out as they entered a part of a forest that was really dark. Misty: “Wow… Totodile sure can run…” Brock: “And it looks like he's not tired at all…” Totodile: [Come on, don't tell me you guys are tired already, the chase was just getting started.] Ash: “I know, which is why I'm not giving up!” shouted Ash, before he throws the Lure ball he got from Kurt to catch Totodile, much to Misty's dismay as she wanted to catch Totodile herself. Misty: “No fair!, I wanted to catch Totodile…” Ash: “Sorry Misty, but maybe you'll have to be patient, the wait will be worth it.” Misty: “Did you just use my own words on me?” Ash: “Uh… maybe…” suddenly some of the tree branches shook up a little, alerting the others that there was something in the trees, which turned out to be some Owl like Pokémon, which was called an Noctowl, and Ash pulls out his Pokédex to find out more about it. Pokédex: [Noctowl is an owl Pokémon that's the evolved form of Hoothoot, and it normally comes out at night.] Ash: “But it's the middle of the day.” Brock: “Well it's so dark in this part of the forest that maybe Noctowl believe it's night.” Misty: “Hey look.” said Misty, as she and the others noticed another Noctowl, but it was not only smaller, but in a different color as well. Ash pulls out his Pokédex to find out that it was a shiny Noctowl, and shiny Pokémon were those of a different color compared to the rest of their kind. Ash: “Wow… that's pretty cool…” that was when the Shiny Noctowl had his eyes glowing red, and it wasn't long before Ash's eyes glowed red too, and then Ash noticed that Pikachu wasn't moving at all, only it wasn't really Pikachu, but a rock that looks like Pikachu to Ash's eyes it seems. Misty: “What's going on with Ash?” Brock: “Noctowl must have used Hypnosis on Ash and now he thinks that rock is Pikachu.” so with little choice, Misty slapped Ash back to his senses, before the shiny Noctowl was on his tree branch laughing at the boy. Noctowl: [Ha, ha, ha, ha!, you should have seen the look on your face!] Ash: “Hey what did you hypnotized me for?!” Noctowl: [Why wouldn't I?, you seemed like you were easy enough to mess with.] Ash: “Well you're wrong!, I am not someone you should mess with!” Noctowl: [Wait… you can understand me?] Ash: “Sure can, and I'm not letting you make a fool out of me and get away with it!” Pikachu: [I agree!, so let's do this bird brain!] so the battle between Pikachu and the shiny Noctowl has begun, and Noctowl had the advantage at first due to his Hypnosis. But Pikachu was able to avoid the attack by closing his eyes and used his other senses to battle and used a powerful Thunderbolt to give the owl Pokémon the shock of his life, allowing Ash to catch him with a Pokéball, meaning the shiny Noctowl has become Ash's newest catch. Suddenly, the Team Rocket trio showed up, and they had a new Pokémon with them, which was called Wobbuffet, and Ash pulls out his Pokédex to find out more about it. Pokédex: [Wobbuffet is the patient Pokémon, it never attacks first and the only attacks it has is County and Mirror Coat, but trainers beware, both attacks can send the opponent's attacks right back at them.] and it turned out to be true, for when Chikorita used Vine Whip on Wobbuffet, who used Counter, the attack was sent back at her, which put a lot of damage on the grass type. Jessie: “Ha!, looks like we're winning this time.” James: “Meaning Pikachu will finally be ours for the taking.” Meowth: “That's right.” Ash: “Not if I have anything to say about it!” said Ash, before he sends out Noctowl, used hypnosis on Wobbuffet, which worked as it wasn't a physical or elemental attack, so Wobbuffet couldn't deflect it. Soon, Pikachu used a powerful Thunderbolt that sends the Team Rocket trio flying into the sky. Team Rocket trio: “Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!” shouted the Team Rocket trio, as they blasted off into the sky and out of the scene. Once the Team Rocket trio were out of the picture, Ash introduced his team to their newest members. Ash: “Well guys, I hope you'll get along, cause you're teammates now.” Chikorita: [Wow Ash, only you can catch all 3 of the Johto starters.] said Chikorita while blushing a little. Cyndaquil: [Uh… hello, I hope we can be friends.] Totodile: [Sure!, happy to meet you all.] Heracross: [Hmm… it seems you have a full team now.] Ash: “Yeah, and it might get bigger in the future, but now let's focus on getting our next gym badge.” and so Ash has caught not only a Totodile but a shiny Noctowl too, and is off to get the next Johto gym badge, who knows what's next for our heroes as the journey continues.

The Goldenrod city gym battle.
After his latest catches of Totodile and Noctowl, Ash and his friends arrived to Goldenrod city, the location where Ash will have his third Johto gym battle, and hopefully the third gym badge. But once they got to the gym, there was a sign that said the gym leader was out for the moment, much to Ash's dismay. Ash: “Oh man… I was looking forward for my third Johto gym battle…” Misty: “Don't worry Ash, how about we go shopping a little while we wait for the gym leader to come back?” Brock: “Yeah, we need to resupply anyway.” Ash: “Well… okay, I guess it's better than just stand here and wait…” Pikachu: [Who knows, we might run into the gym leader while we shop.] Ash: “I don't know if we're that lucky on finding the gym leader like that.” Pikachu: [I'm just saying of course.] so with that, our heroes went to go shopping, in order to resupply and stuff. During their shopping, Pikachu slipped on a banana peel, which was eaten by someone and missed the trash can, and the electric type hit his head on a wall. Ash: “Pikachu!, are you okay?” Pikachu: [Yeah… I've went through worse… though I wished someone threw that banana peel away…] that was when a teenage girl with pink hair, named Whitney (voiced by Megan Hollingshead), came to the scene and ran up to Pikachu. Whitney: “Oh you poor thing!, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to throw that banana peel on the ground… come here and let me make that booboo feel better~.” said Whitney, before she picks Pikachu up right off the ground, gave him a big hug and then kissed him on the forehead, which made the electric type to blush a little. Ash: “So that banana peel was yours?” Whitney: “Yeah, sorry about that, I guess I should have checked to see if it landed in the trash can before I turned around… I'm Whitney by the way.” Ash: “I'm Ash, and Pikachu happens to be my Pokémon.” Misty: “I'm Misty.” Brock: “And I'm Brock… I must say it's a real pleasure to meet a lovely lady such as you.” Whitney: “Thank you, but I better be off, and it was nice meeting you though.” Misty: “Where are you going?” Whitney: “To the Goldenrod gym of course, I'll a trainer must be waiting for me by now.” Ash: “Wait… you mean you're the gym leader?!” Whitney: “Yup, and I'm guessing you want to battle me for the Plain badge?” Ash: “You bet I do.” Whitney: “Then we better get to the gym, where we can have our match, but let me warn you, I'm not that easy to beat.” Ash: “Funny, the saying would go the same for me.” so with that, the group went back to the gym, and Ash and Whitney get to have a three on three match. The first two Pokémon Whitney sends out were Clefairy and Jigglypuff, which were beaten by Ash's Totodile and Pikachu. But then trouble brewed when Whitney sends out her last Pokémon, which was a cow like Pokémon called Miltank, and Ash pulls out his Pokédex to find out more about it. Pokédex: [Miltank is a cow Pokémon that produces lots of good milk and has a powerful Roll out attack.] and that was when Miltank winked at Totodile, and the water type's eyes glowed pink before they turned into hearts. Ash: “What the?, Totodile what's wrong?” Whitney: “Nothing really, Totodile is just under the effects of Attract, which is a move that makes the opponent fall in love with the user for a short time, preventing them to attack back… meaning Totodile can't dodge this… Miltank use Roll Out!” called out Whitney, before Miltank used her Roll out attack to knock Totodile out cold. Ash then sends out Noctowl but got hit by the Attract and Roll out just like Totodile, and the same for even Pikachu, meaning Whitney was the winner, much to Ash's shock and dismay. Ash: “I can't believe it…” Whitney: “Sorry if I got a little carried away… I really hope I didn't hurt your Pokémon too badly…” Ash: “Don't worry… they're tough… though I wished we did better…” Whitney: “It wasn't your fault or your Pokémon, you just need a strategy to county the Attract and Roll out.” Ash: “Yeah…” Whitney: “Tell you what, how about you and your friends come with me to my uncle's dairy farm, you might find it interesting.” Ash: “Uh… okay…” so with that, the group went to the Miltank dairy farm, and there were lots of Miltank being in a grass field, and some were being milked by the use of a machine. Whitney was teaching the kids on how to brush a Miltank, and Ash learned from the hard way that Miltank don't like having their tails pulled or get a kick in the face. Ash: “Ow…” Pikachu: [You kind of deserved that…] Ash: “Yeah… my bad…” Miltank: [Honestly, you boys need to learn how to treat a lady better.] Ash: “Yeah, I'll try working on that…” Miltank: [Wait… did you… understood what I just said?] Pikachu: [He did… it's a long story though…] Ash: “Yup, it sure is, sorry about pulling your tail, I'll try to be more gentle.” Miltank: [Well… alright, I guess since you're new here and you said you were sorry, I'll forgive you.] Ash: “Thanks.” Whitney: “You can talk to Pokémon?!” asked Whitney in shock, as she was next to Ash and heard his conversation with the Pokémon, and the boy gulped in a nervous way. Ash: “Uh… well um… maybe?… but you can't tell anyone okay?, it's supposed to be a secret.” Whitney: “Sure, not like anyone would believe me about it anyway.” Ash: “Fair enough, it's not a common thing to believe in…” suddenly, a giant barrel, which was really a robot, controlled by the Team Rocket trio, came to the scene, and they were after both Pikachu and the Miltank. A pair of robotic arms popped out of the sides of the barrel robot, which grabs both Whitney's Miltank and Pikachu. Jessie: “Ha!, at last we caught Pikachu!” James: “And we got a Miltank as a bonus!” Meowth: “That's right!, and now we can take them both to the boss.” Ash: “Not on my watch!, Cyndaquil, Totodile, I choose you!” called out Ash, as he sends out Cyndaquil to tackle the robot, while Totodile used Water Gun to carve trenches on the hill to make the robot bounce and shake around so hard that James broke the controls, allowing Pikachu and Miltank to free themselves. It wasn't long before Pikachu released a powerful Thunderbolt that sends the robot and the Team Rocket trio flying out of the scene, blasting off once more. Sometime later, Ash asked Whitney if he can have a rematch, which she agreed of course, only this time his three Pokémon against the Miltank. The battle was tough, but thanks to Ash telling Totodile to use Water Gun on the ground to make a trench, and Pikachu keeping his eyes closed so he can't see Miltank when she uses Attract, the electric type was able stop Miltank and her Roll out attack and zaps her until she was defeated. Ash: “Alright!, we won!” Pikachu: [Awesome!] that was when Whitney came up to Ash and gave him the Plain badge, much to the boy's surprise. Whitney: “You earned it well.” Ash: “But it wasn't an official gym battle.” Whitney: “Maybe not, but you managed to beat a gym leader, and your strategy on how to stop Miltank was very impressive, so you deserved it.” Ash: “Wow… thanks Whitney… alright!, I got the Plain badge!” Pikachu: [Alright!] and so Ash has beaten Whitney and won his third Johto gym badge, who knows what could be next for our heroes as the journey continues.

The bells of the Tin tower.
After earning his third gym badge, Ash travels to Ecruteak city, the location of Ash's forth Johto gym battle, and hopefully his forth Johto gym badge. Once he got to the gym, Ash learned that the gym leader, named Morty (voiced by Andrew Rannells), uses ghost types, and they tough to beat. But thanks to his Noctowl teamwork of his other Pokémon, Ash was able to earn the Fog badge, much to the boy's joy. Now Ash and his friends were at the Pokémon center to heal up their Pokémon. Suddenly, the sound of bells were heard and they were coming from a building called the Tin tower, much to Nurse Joy's surprise. Nurse Joy: “The Tin tower?!, how could that be?” Brock: “What's wrong?” Nurse Joy: “The bells in that tower have never been able to rung for centuries… no wind or anything was able… legend say that they would only ring when… Ho-oh is coming…” Ash: “Ho-oh?, the legendary Rainbow bird Pokémon?” Nurse Joy: “That's right…” Misty: “Whoa… does this mean we'll get to see Ho-oh for real?” Brock: “Maybe…” Ash: “I have to see her… maybe she can answer me why she gave me one of her feathers…” meanwhile, Morty, and another man named Eusine (voiced by Ted Lewis), came to the top of the tower and saw something that shocked them. Morty: “The crystal bells!, they're gone!” Eusine: “Somebody must have come up here and stolen the crystal bells.” Morty: “Then I guess the other bells were ringing to alert us.” Eusine: “We better find them fast… for if the legends about them were true… then the harmony between Pokémon and humans could be in jeopardy…” elsewhere, the thieves of the crystal bells, who turned out to be the Team Rocket trio, tried to make the bells ring to summon Ho-oh, but no sound came out of them. Jessie tried to swing them really hard and fast, only for one of them to fall out of her grip and it got smashed into a million pieces. Once that happened, a lot of of the wild Pokémon appeared and they were very angry. Once Ash and his friends got close to the Tin Tower, the Rainbow feather under the boy's glow started to glow, like it was trying to tell him something. Morty and Eusine came out just in time to see Ash holding out the feather, and they were shocked. Eusine: “That's… a Rainbow feather…” Morty: “Ash… where did you get that?” Ash: “Oh… uh… it's not from Ho-oh… it's probably… uh…” Misty: “Ash, you might as well tell them, they might know something about it.” Morty: “So… where did you get it?” Ash: “Well… on the day I left Pallet to start my journey… I saw a Pokémon that was like a rainbow bird… and she dropped one of her feathers to me… Professor Oak told me that it might have been Ho-oh… but he also told me to keep it secret.” Morty: “Yes… if the wrong people found out about your connection with it… they might try to use you to get Ho-oh.” Eusine: “But why would Ho-oh show itself to this kid, let alone give one of it's feathers to him?” Morty: “Well if I had to guess… it must be his kind heart for Pokémon, of course I'm only guessing.” Ash: “To be honest, I like to know why myself, espeically after what Celebi told me…” Eusine: “Celebi?!” Ash: “Yeah, I met her after she came out of a Pokéball, called a GS ball, that was made from a Silver feather and a Rainbow feather.” Morty: “Hmm… interesting…” Ash: “So… what happened?” Morty: “Well…” soon, Morty began to explain about a legend that long ago, Ho-oh used to come to the Tin tower to give her blessings to the people. However, many thieves attempted to capture Ho-oh and use her power for evil, as a result, a huge fire burned down the old Tin Tower, and three Pokémon were killed in the process. Ho-oh then used her flames to give new life to the Pokémon, and turned them into legendaries, Suicune, Entei and Raikou. As for the Tin tower, while a new one was built, the original remained untouched as a reminder to all about what happens if any let greed get the better of them. The bells were moved to the new Tin tower, but have not rung since the last time Ho-oh or her legendaries visited, which was hundreds of years ago. Misty: “So the bells have not been able to ring…” Brock: “Until now?” Eusine: “Yes, they all rang today as a signal to us that the legendary Crystal bells were stolen.” Ash: “But who would do that?” Morty: “Most likely someone who believes they can summon Ho-oh through them… though Ho-oh would never show itself to someone with a greedy heart…” said Morty, before he shows the group a book that had pictures of the bells, Ho-oh and the legendary guardians of Johto. Then when Ash got a look at one of the guardians, he gasped. Ash: “Wait… I think I seen this Pokémon before…” Eusine: “What?!, Suicune?!” Ash: “Yeah… on the day me and my friends first arrived in Johto… I didn't get a good look, but I recognized that shape.” Morty: “You managed to see not only Ho-oh… and Celebi, but Suicune too?, you're lucky.” Eusine: “That's not possible!” Ash: “I know it sounds crazy… but it's true.” Eusine: “I am the greatest Suicune expert!, and you're lying!, Suicune would only show itself to the most skilled trainers!, so prove yourself!” Ash: “A Pokémon battle?” Morty: “Hold on Eusine, the bells are…” Eusine: “Forget those bells!, Suicune's honor is more important, and I will not let some foolish boy dishonor it!” Misty: “Wait a minute!, Ash might be an idiot sometimes, but he would never dishonor any Pokémon!” Brock: “That's right, and you saw the Rainbow feather, right?, so there must be a reason why Ho-oh gave it to him!” suddenly, a group of wild bug type Pokémon appeared and started to attack the people of Ecruteak city, much to the group's surprise. Then Ash heard one of the bug types saying 'we shall make humans pay for their greedy hearts!, stealing and destroying the crystal bells was the last straw!', and he gasped. Ash: “One of the bells got destroyed?!” Morty: “What?!” Misty: “Where did you get that idea?” Ash: “One of the bug types said so.” Morty: “You mean… you can talk to Pokémon?!” Ash: “Yeah… but it's supposed to be a secret… and to be honest… I don't know how I do it either…” Eusine: “But if what he said is true…” Morty: “Yes… then there's no doubt that the Pokémon here want revenge on the greed from us humans… and will not stop until we're finished… believing a world without humans would be a better place for Pokémon…” Ash: “But it can't!, Ho-oh wanted the world to have both humans and Pokémon live together!, we gotta find those bells and stop this!” said Ash, before he runs off into the forest and begins his search for the crystal bells, while the others followed not far behind. Soon, the boy finally found the bells, but he also found the Team Rocket trio trapped in some webs. Jessie: “Oh great… you again…” Ash: “Team Rocket?!, you were the ones who stole the bells?!” Meowth: “Were you expecting Cassidy and Butch?” Misty: “And you smashed the bells?!, do you have any idea what you done?!, now the Pokémon here want to get rid of all humans!” Brock: “Speaking of which…” said Brock, before the wild Pokémon showed up and getting ready to attack. Pikachu tried to reason with them, but the wild Pokémon won't listen to reason, especially a trainer's Pokémon. Ash tried to use himself as a shield for Pikachu from the wild Pokémon, when suddenly, a loud and majestic roar was heard, and came to the scene was Suicune herself, along with Entei and Raikou as well. Ash pulls out his Pokédex to find out more about them. Pokédex: [Suicune is said to be the legendary Pokémon of the North Wind, and guardian of Ho-oh and Johto, and can purify even the most polluted water.] [Entei is the legendary Pokémon of the Volcano, and it's supposed to be the guardian of both Ho-oh and the region of Johto.] [Raikou is said to be the legendary Pokémon of Thunder, and the guardian of both Ho-oh and the region of Johto.] Ash: “Whoa… Suicune… Entei… and Raikou…” Suicune: [You… the boy with the Pikachu… come here.] Ash: “Uh… me?” Entei: [Yes, she means you.] Raikou: [Come here so we can see you ourselves.] Ash: “Uh… okay…” Pikachu: [If you're mad about the bells, it wasn't his fault, so don't you dare harm him…] Suicune: [Do not fear little one, we're not here to harm the boy… in fact, we came to meet him… and to thank him as well.] Ash: “Thank me… for what?” Entei: [For showing us that this world still has kind people in it…] Raikou: [Otherwise she wouldn't be here now.] Ash: “Who?” before the legendaries could answer, the sound the crystal bells began to ring, much to everyone's surprise. Suddenly, a loud screech was heard, and everyone gasped in awe as they Ho-oh herself came to the scene, and landed in front of Ash and Pikachu. Ho-oh: “Greetings boy… I see you're still the kind person you are when I saw you in Kanto.” Ash: “So… it really was you… the Pokémon that gave me the feather… but why?, I mean I was told that you showed yourself to me because of my pure heart… but is that true?” Ho-oh: [Yes, but there's more to it… you are the one human that was chosen to help us legendaries to keep the world in balance… fear not though, it won't stop your journey, in fact, your journey is needed for helping us legendaries.] Ash: “Really?” Ho-oh: [Yes… and if you're lucky… some of us legendaries or mythical Pokémon could join your team for their upcoming battles.] Ash: “Wow… that's so cool… but am I really worthy of such an honor?” Ho-oh: [That's something you'll have to find out and prove for yourself and the others… as for the bells, while one of them smashed, the others will do just fine… and I'm sure the wild Pokémon here see now that there is still hope for the harmony between us and humans… I hope we meet again…] Ash: “Before you go… can I check what my Pokédex says about you?” Ho-oh: [Be my guest.] said Ho-oh, before Ash pulls out his Pokédex to find out more about the rainbow bird. Pokédex: [Ho-oh is the Rainbow bird Pokémon that is the legendary of Johto, legend has it that it give anyone who sees it eternal happiness and that flames from it's feathers can give new life to both humans and Pokémon.] Ash: Wow…” Ho-oh: [I hope we meet again someday… farewell.] said Ho-oh, before she flew away while the legendary guardians left the scene. As for the wild Pokémon, they all finally calmed down and went back to their normal selves and head off to who knows where. Misty: “Wow… that was amazing…” Brock: “Yeah… I'm not 100% sure… but I think Ash just became friends with Ho-oh and her guardians…” Morty: “Wow… never in my life that I would see Ho-oh in the flesh…” Eusine: “Or Suicune for me… incredible…” sometime later, Ash and the others placed the crystal bells back into the Tin tower where they belonged, while the Team Rocket trio were sent flying by Pikachu's Thunderbolt, causing them to blast off once again. Ash: “Well this has been a very eventful day…” Misty: “No kidding… we not only got the crystal bells back…” Brock: “But we get to meet not only the legendary guardians of Johto… but Ho-oh herself…” Ash: “Yeah… ah man!” Misty: “What is it?” Ash: “I forgot to ask Ho-oh about if she knows anything on how I can talk to Pokémon…” Brock: “Don't worry Ash, maybe you'll find out some day.” Ash: “Yeah… maybe…” and so our heroes have rescued the crystal bells and get to meet Ho-oh herself, who knows what's next for our heroes as the journey continues.

The mysterious Pokémon X.
After earning his forth Johto gym badge and his encounter with Ho-oh, Ash travels to Olivine city in hopes to get his next gym badge. However, when he got there, he learned that the gym leader can't be at the gym until her sick Ampharos, which has a job to keep the lighthouse running, gets better. Wanting to help the poor Pokémon, Ash decided to go get some medicine from a Pokémon pharmacy at Cianwood city, which happens to have a gym leader too. While on the way, Chikorita evolved into Bayleef, and Ash pulled out his Pokédex to find out more about her. Pokédex: [Bayleef is the evolved form of Chikorita, it has a smell that's like some spice from the leaf on it's head.] once Ash got to Cianwood city, he got the medicine, and got to challenge the gym leader, who uses fighting types. It was tough, but thanks to Heracross and Bayleef, Ash was able to win and got himself the Storm badge. After Ash and the others got back to Olivine city and gave the medicine to the sick Ampharos, it was starting to feel better, but still need time to make a full recovery, meaning the gym leader still needs time before she can resume her duty. So Ash and the others went to a place called the Whirl islands to pass the time, and during their time there, Misty used her Lure ball to catch a Pokémon called Corsola, which she was really happy of as she finally caught a Pokémon in the Johto region. After Misty's catch, the group heard rumors about the mysterious Pokémon X that lives in the seas of the Whirl islands. Misty: “Hmm… I wonder what this Pokémon X be like…?” Brock: “Who knows… it could be a really rare and powerful Pokémon.” Ash: “Maybe even a legendary.” Misty: “Don't be silly, the chances of us seeing a legendary is very small.” Ash: “Uh… what about what happened at the Tin tower?” Misty: “Oh… good point… but that was one time, we shouldn't see be able to see another legendary so soon after that… right?” Brock: “You never know…” suddenly, they saw something that looked like a shadow under the water's surface. Ash went to take a closer look, and that was when a Pokémon, called a Lugia, which this one is a baby, burst out of the water. Baby Lugia: [Hi there, wanna play?] Ash: “Sure… I like that, but who are you?” Baby Lugia: [Who me?, my name's Silver, and I'm a Lugia, a legendary of Johto like my mama.] Pikachu: [Your mama?, you mean that you're a baby?] Silver: [Yup, but someday, I'm gonna grow up into a power Lugia just like my mama.] Ash: “I'm sure you will grow up into a strong Lugia someday.” Silver: [Wait… you can understand me?, I thought humans can't do that.] Ash: “Most can't… but I'm a special case.” Silver: [Wow!, I met a human that can talk to Pokémon!, so cool!] Ash: “Hey uh, we heard rumors about the mysterious Pokémon X, do you know what it is?” Silver: [Sure, cause that's me.] Pikachu: [You're Pokémon X?] Silver: [Yeah, though I don't know why, but it sounds pretty cool.] Ash: “Yeah, it does sound pretty cool.” Misty: “Hey Ash… what did it say?” Ash: “Apparently this little Lugia is the mysterious Pokémon X we heard about, and it's a baby legendary too.” Brock: “Really?” Misty: “Wow, never would have thought this Pokémon X could be such a cute little baby legendary.” suddenly, a submarine with a big red 'R' on it, came out of the water, and the Team Rocket duo, Cassidy and Butch, came to the scene. Cassidy: “There's one of our targets.” Butch: “Proceed to capture.” Ash: “Team Rocket!” Misty: “But it's Cassidy and Buzz!” Butch: “The name's not Buzz!, it's Butch!, can't you at least to try to remember my name?!” Cassidy: “Great, it's these kids again… we can't let them get in our way again.” Butch: “You're right, should we capture them too?” Cassidy: “If it can stop them from messing with us again… yes.” said Cassidy, before she throws a small ball that lets out some sleeping gas that knocked out the group and the baby Lugia as well. By the time they woke up, our heroes find themselves in a cage, next to the cage that has the baby Lugia inside. Ash: “Oh man… what is it with Team Rocket and sleeping gas…?” Misty: “Never mind that, they not only got us trapped, but they got the poor baby Lugia too!” Silver: [I'm scared… I wanna go back to the water… with my mama…] Pikachu: [Don't worry, we'll find a way out of here and get you back to your mother… somehow…] suddenly, a man with a mustache named Professor Namba (voiced by James Carter Cathcart), came to the scene. Professor Namba: “Well it's about time you got the baby Lugia… but what's with these children?” Cassidy: “They're the ones who interfered with some of plans in the past, we're just making sure they don't get in our way again.” Butch: “And besides, their Pokémon would make good test subjects for your newest creation.” Professor Namba: “Excellent, I was in need of some Pokémon to test them out recently.” Pikachu: [Did they just say… test subjects for an experiment…?] Ash: “What do you mean test subjects for your creation?!” Professor Namba: “I'm glad you asked, you see I invented a collar that controls the emotions of a Pokémon, getting them to feel nothing but rage, which will make them stronger, maybe strong enough to allow us capturing the one Pokémon that escaped from us back at Viridian city gym.” it wasn't long before Ash realized what Pokémon they were talking about, which was Mewtwo, and the thought of a device that makes a Pokémon feel rage against their will made him sick. Ash: “You sick twisted fiend!, controlling a Pokémon through rage against their will is not only wrong, it's inhuman!, just thinking about it makes me sick!” Misty: “Same with me!” Brock: “And me!” Professor Namba: “Complain about it all you want, it won't stop us from achieve our goal for world domination.” suddenly, the mother Lugia came in front of the submarine and attacked it, causing it to shake around enough for the cages to break, freeing Ash and the others at last. Ash went to the cage where Silver was in, and with Pikachu's Iron tail attack, the baby Lugia was free too. Then there was trouble, the mother Lugia released a powerful Hyper Beam that left a hole on the Submarine, causing it to be flooded and sinking. Luckily for our heroes though, Silver helped Ash and the others to escape the submarine, before running into his mother. Silver: [Mama, we gotta help these humans, they're my friends and that saved me.] Mother Lugia: [Are you sure?] Silver: [Yes, please help them.] Mother Lugia: [Well… if they're your friends… then I guess it's fair…] Silver: [The one with the hat is really cool, he can talk to Pokémon like us.] Mother Lugia: [Really?… hmm… I wonder if he could be…] Silver: [Could be what?] Mother Lugia: [I'll tell you later, but first we need to get them to the surface.] said the mother Lugia, before she and her baby carry Ash and his friends out of the sea and back to dry land, allowing them to breathe again. Ash: “Oh man… that was way too close… thanks…” Silver: [You saved me first, so me and mama had to return the favor.] Ash: “Yeah… I guess that's fair.” Mother Lugia: [So… you're the human that lady Ho-oh told me about…] Ash: “She told you about me?” Mother Lugia: [Yes, it's a pleasure to meet you… and thank you for saving my child from those people.] Pikachu: [Speaking of which… do you think that… they're gone for good?] Ash: “I don't know… we thought they were finished in that cave where we met Cyndaquil… and yet they survived… meaning that they could have survived the sinking submarine too… maybe…] Mother Lugia: [Well if there's a chance they're still alive… I'll have to teach them a lesson on not to kidnap my baby.] Ash: “Hey would it be okay if I check out with my Pokédex?” Lugia: [Be my guest.] said Lugia, before Ash pulls out his Pokédex to find out more about the legendary and her baby. Pokédex: [Lugia is the legendary Pokémon of the Johto region, while Ho-oh is covered in the legendary Rainbow feathers, Lugia is covered in the legendary Silver feathers.] Ash: “The Silver feathers… like for the bottom of the GS ball… hmm… I wonder if there's a connection between Ho-oh and Lugia…” the boy asked to himself quietly. Mother Lugia: [Well we better be going now, say good bye your friends.] Silver: [Okay… bye everyone, I hope we meet again someday.] Ash: “Us too!, see ya!” said Ash, before the Lugia duo went back to the sea. Some time later, Ash went back to Olivine city, where the Gym leader was finally back to her duties, and was waiting for him. The battle between Ash and the gym leader, who uses Steel types were tough, but thanks to Cyndaquil and the teamwork of the rest of the Pokémon, Ash was able to win and earned himself the Mineral badge. Ash: “Alright, 6 badges down… two more to go before I can enter the Johto league…” Misty: “Yeah, but be careful, for I wouldn't be too surprised that the last two gym leaders are gonna be the toughest ones in Johto.” Ash: “Yeah, but that's what makes it more fun.” and so Ash has earned his fifth Johto gym badge, saved a baby Lugia from Team Rocket, and finally earned his sixth Johto gym badge and now off to get the last two. Who knows what could be next for our heroes as the journey continues.

Here is link to part 2 of story's third arc. https://www.furaffinity.net/view/54950967/

Here is link to story's Prologue. https://www.furaffinity.net/view/54928638/