A little explanation behind this fanfic. This is right after the Silver Competition but it is before Misty leaves. So you won't see any of the new Pokemon in this fanfic. This is mostly a crossover fanfic with three parts.
Now that is settled, here is chapter one.
Chapter 1
A Portal Plan Divided
Ash and company finally arrived at Pallet Town. Gary was also traveling with them. Ever since the Silver League Competition, both had decided that they would work out their differences on their trip back to Pallet town. Ash had beaten the Elite Four and so had Gary. Although both of them could have remained champions, they had decided to keep on becoming Pokemon Masters. Supposedly, there was another league that was much tougher with new pokemon. Ash and Gary would take on that league as their next challenge. Both had caught new pokemon and triumphed in all eight gyms. Of course Ash Ketchum had experienced more than Gary. That was an indicator that slow and steady is always better than fast and quickness.
“Well, Ash. Looks like we are off to another league. Maybe we will both get better as time passes.” Gary said as he shook Ash’s hand.
“Well, Gary. I would have to admit even though I did beat you. You are a better trainer than me.” Ash said to Gary while shaking Gary’s hand.
They headed for Professor Oak’s lab because there was a celebration in honor of them. Both were happy but made sure that this party was secure. Team Rocket crashed the party last time and they could do it again this time. Misty was proud how Ash become more mature and she was proud that he had grown up to become a better trainer. Brock was happy that Gary and Ash would get along though it wouldn’t last. They would be rivals as soon as the new league began. Ash wished that they would become friends rather than rivals but that was fate for him.
Fireworks went off and exploded in the sky. Professor Oak had set up this celebration and he had made everything fireproof just in case of Charizard. He knew that Ash had trained Charizard well but he was still worried from the last celebration they had. He could remember it as if it was yesterday. Team Rocket had just attacked and Ash used his Charizard. His Charizard didn’t obey him very well but it did attack when Team Rocket ruined some food that Charizard wanted. After Charizard blasted Team Rocket off, it went on a rampage. Professor Oak didn’t want that to happen this year. Ash and Gary just walked towards Professor Oak.
“Ash and Gary, I am very proud of you two. I could believe it when I watched it but you two both beat the Elite Four. Although your battle against each other was brutal, it was necessary to prove that you were ready for battle the Elite Four.” Professor Oak explained.
Both of then agreed to that and it really worked. Beating the Elite Four was tough. Will’s psychic pokemon were a challenge. Koga’s bug and poison pokemon were tricky. Bruno’s Fighting and Rock pokemon were devastating. Karen’s Dark and Grass Pokemon were mysterious. Finally, Lance’s Dragon Pokemon, which not all were consider Dragons (Of course, Lance was a weird person to begin with), were the hardest pokemon of all. Lance’s Dragonite was much more skilled than Drake’s Dragonite.
“Well, Ash and Gary, what are we waiting for? Let’s Party!!!” Misty yelled.
Ash and Gary had to agree. They deserved a break from all the battling. They ran towards the food platters. Meanwhile, Jessie and James were watching the party from some bushes. They already had a plan to steal not only Pikachu but they were also going every pokemon in Professor Oak’s Laboratory. Plus they were also going to steal Gary’s Pokemon. Both Jessie and James agreed that should make the boss think that they weren’t hopeless.
“So we plan a surprise attack on them. We do nothing like last time.” James explained.
“Yes, that spicy Rocket plan backfired on us. Of course, all our plans backfire on us but we do our best to make them backfire.” Jessie said.
“Well, we have to make sure this plan is full proof. Nothing must go wrong.” Meowth replied.
The trio looked at each other and snickered but kept on watching from the bushes. Meanwhile, Ash was loading up on meats and cheeses. He kept on looking for Team Rocket to pop up since they crashed the party the last time. Then Ash shook his head and got a raspberry lemonade and sat down. Misty has just finished her drink and headed over to Ash. She sat down near Ash. Misty smiled at Ash and started eating her food. Ash glared at her strangely. Misty smiling? Something has to be up, Ash thought.
“Misty, is there something you would like to tell me?” Ash asked.
Misty turned to see Ash as he asked his question. Now it was Misty who was doing the glaring. What did Ash mean by that? Maybe she was smiling too much but she was happy that Ash had beaten the Elite Four. She watched Ash struggle through it. The members of the Elite Four were much more powerful than any trainers that had Ash had faced. Lance was more of a challenge than Drake. Drake might have had a Dragonite, but Lance had more than one Dragonite, which made the battles a little tricky. Plus Lance’s Dragonite was at a higher level than Drake’s Dragonite.
“The reason why I was smiling … is that I am happy that you were able to beat the Elite Four. That’s all. There are no secrets that I can hide from you, Ash.” Misty explained.
Ash sighed immediately. Ash thought it was something serious. Gary walked over and invited Ash inside Oak’s house. Ash and Gary entered a room that said “Gary’s Private Place. Keep Out!!” Ash hesitated a bi t but Gary said it was okay. Ash entered and he saw something wonderful. There were video arcades everywhere. There were Arcades Games from Gauntlet Legends to Virtual Ops to even Tekken Tag Tournament. Ash was surprised that all of this existed inside a Pokemon Professor’s Laboratory.
“To be truthful, both Grandpa and I feel that we should take breaks from Pokemon. Whenever he is not researching, he is playing. Whenever I am not training, when I am at his Laboratory, I am playing also. I haven’t beaten every game fully since I only play them for a hour or two.” Gary explained.
Gary soon asked Ash if he would want to play some of the games. Ash didn’t even hesitate. He immediately said yes. He asked Gary which game he was playing. Gary said that he would be trying out the Maximum Force Machine and that Ash should try out the Virtual Ops Machine. Ash rushed over to the Virtual Ops machine. They were two chairs, which indicated that it was a two -player machine. He sat down in the left chair. He looked at the screen. It said Engage or Go Solo. Ash wondered why it was on this screen.
“Sorry, My grandpa was playing on it earlier. If you look to your left, there is a bucket that contains coins. Professor Oak tried to get it without this function but the industry wouldn’t allow. So we came up with a device that allows the money put in the machine to returned back the recipient.” Gary explained again.
Ash fully understood. Since Gary wasn’t playing along with him, he decided to go Solo. Ash read how to control the character on the arcade sidelines. A screen came up with many bots. Ash chose Raiden as his Bot. He wanted to shout to say Raiden, I choose you but he didn’t know what Gary would say. The game was fun for one round until there was a knock on the door. Ash wondered who it is was but Gary obviously knew the answer.
“Grandpa, I knew it is you. Come on in.” Gary said.
“Hello, Professor Oak. Sorry I am at the machine that you were playing earlier. I can stop playing if you want to.” Ash said.
“Don’t worry about it, Ash. Though you two should come out. We are going to celebrate with cake and ice cream.” Professor Oak said.
Ash and Gary turned towards each other. They left the machines playing since they would run out of time, which meant that the machines would turn back to status mode. Ash and Gary headed outsides to celebrate even more. They heard some screams and ran even faster. They turned to the area where the noise was coming from. There was a cake and …
“Team Rocket!” Both Gary and Ash shouted.
“Let them eat cake, so prepare for trouble.”
“You going to have your just desserts, so make it double.”
“To protect the world from devastation.”
“To unite all peoples within our nation.”
“To denounce the evils of truth and love.”
“To extend our reach to the stars above.”
“Jessie”
“James”
“Team Rocket eating cake at the speed of light.”
“Give us ice cream to go along with this cake or we will be forced to fight!!”
“Wobbuffet!!”
“Meowth, that’s yummy!!! I mean Meowth, that’s right!!!”
Team Rocket was already eating Ash and Gary’s victory cake. Ash could see dangerous glares from Misty and Brock while hearing the shouts to Team Rocket. Misty was yelling at Team Rocket for ruining the party. Brock was angry with Team Rocket for eating the cake that he baked for Ash and Gary. Ash sighed because he expected this. What he didn’t expect next was for other Team Rocket members to show up. Even Jessie and James were shocked but they still kept on eating the cake. Ash’s Mom came up with her Mr. Mime, which she called Mimy.
“We are looking for Ash and Gary, “ said one of the Rockets.
Ash and Gary stepped up. Pikachu ran up behind him. (Pikachu was busy chasing after Togepi while Ash was eating and playing video games.) Misty and Brock backed both of them. Misty was holding Togepi in her hands. Jessie, James and Meowth stopped eating cake to confront these Rockets even though it would upset Giovanni. A scientist came with a strange looking alien device. Ash knew it had nothing to with pokemon. Team Rocket had a plan of action. Gary reached for a pokeball and released Umbreon.
“Whatever you are going to do … is going to fail. Pikachu, short-circuit that machine with Thunder.” Ash shouted
“Let’s make sure these Rockets never both us again. Umbreon, Hyper Beam that machine.” Gary yelled.
As Gary and Ash ordered their pokemon to attack, the scientist was turning on the machine. It started humming and the portal was about to open when both of the pokemon attacks hit the machine straight on. Instead of opening one portal, it opened three portals and that’s not all it did. Somehow the combined power of Pikachu’s Thunder and Umbreon Hyper Beam caused the machined to make the portals like suctions holes. Gary recalled Umbreon while he was flying towards the first hole. Ash and Pikachu flew with them. Misty, Brock and Togepi flew towards the second hole. Then Jessie, James and Meowth with the cake flew towards the last hole. The suctions power sucked all of them up. Once that was done, the portals closed down and disappeared. Ash’s Mom started to cry. Professor Oak couldn’t believe that any of this was happening.
“It did turn out differently than we expected but we got rid of the twerps plus the bumbling rockets.” The Scientist said.
The Scientist ran off towards a helicopter. Soon the helicopter lifted off into the air and flew out of the area. The Rocket Members did the same things. Soon it was just Professor Oak and Ash’s Mom. Tracey ran out to ask what just happen. Soon the police came to find out what was going on. Professor Oak and Ash’s Mom had trouble explaining it. Ash’s Mom had trouble talking since she lost her son and she didn’t know where he was. She knew that Professor Oak must be worrying about his Grandson Gary. This had to be the darkest day in the history of the Pokemon world. Professor Oak knew Giovanni was behind this and somehow had to figure out a way to get Ash, Gary, Misty, Brock, Jessie, James, and Meowth back from wherever they had been sent. If they didn’t, who knew what would happen to the Pokemon world? With two of the champions out the way, Team Rocket could strike at any moment. Professor Oak took Ash’s Mom inside to calm her down. Both hoped that their son or grandson would be okay. They hoped that they would be okay. That was only a hope but they both knew that to keep their hopes up, something might happen. It had to … if they wanted to see Ash or Gary or Brock or Misty or Jessie or James again.