Hey all! Here's Chapter 3. Hope you enjoy!

The room was very dimly lit.

It was a rather plain-looking room. There were no decorations in it at all, only a black desk, a chair, and a small lamp. The walls were bare, and there were no windows in the room. Simply just a chair, a desk, and a lamp.

Behind the desk sat a man dressed in dark clothing. A cat-like pokémon rested its head on his lap, as he gently pet its head. Its beige color made it clear it was a Persian.

The cat meowed gently as he pet its ears.

They were abruptly interrupted by a knock on the door.

"Come in." His voice was dark and deep.

The door opened and two men dressed in dark clothing entered. One of them was tall and skinny, the other was short and plump. A third stood outside the door, nodded at the man who was sitting at the desk, then closed it.

The dark man snapped his finger, and immediately the Persian stood back up from his lap and trotted into a corner of the room, where it laid its head down and began to nap.

The man looked at the two who stood before him, his gaze almost scalding. They flinched when they felt his eyes on them.

He then broke the silence. "I gave you two a simple job. I gave you strong pokémon to complete that job. And here you stand before me, failures."

"Sir," the tall figure interrupted, "Please just let us expl—"

"No." The dark man cut him off, his voice oddly calm. "Did you tell the police officers anything? About me or about the operation?"

"No sir! We didn't tell them anything!" They both look terrified out of their minds.

He sighed. "You're lucky you were important to my plans. If you weren't I'd have just left you to rot in jail."

The two men visibly sighed in relief.

"Now you may talk. Tell me what happened."

The fat grunt began to speak. "So, we had spent the past couple days chopping down trees and capturing any bug pokemon we found in them like you wanted. They should be stored here already."

The dark man nodded his head.

The tall grunt then continued. "So we already told you what happened after. We managed to find the rare pokemon you wanted us to, but a Machop got in the way. After we tracked it down we found two trainers aiding it. They looked young and inexperienced so we thought we could take them, but they thrashed us!"

"Interesting…" he said. "Tell me about these two trainers."

"Well one of them was dressed like a samurai, which was odd. He battled pretty well, but it was the other trainer who was incredibly strong. I swear, boss, he looked like he couldn't have been a trainer for more than a week and the runt completely destroyed us!"

"I see. Tell me about this trainer. What did he look like?"

"Well, he looked like just a teenager. He couldn't have been more than 17," the tall figure said.

The shorter figure then began to speak, "He dressed pretty normally for a trainer I guess. But he had black hair that was really messy. Oh! And he wore this red baseball cap with a white circle on it."

"Now that is quite interesting." He began chuckling darkly.

His chuckling began to unnerve the two men in front of him.

"Oh it's nothing," he said, "I'm just thinking about something funny."

The two grunts looked at each other and then back at the man. "Okay, boss, so are we done here?"

The man chuckled darkly again, and then stood, revealing his tall, imposing figure. He snapped his fingers, and the Persian got up and trotted back towards her master.

"You see, gentlemen, I got you away from Officer Jenny because you had information that I could not allow to be leaked. But now here you are, failures, who have told me everything I need to know, and who no longer have any use to me."

He snapped his fingers. "So yes, we are done here."

Persian began to stalk towards the men.

"Wait boss!" One of the grunts yelled. "I know we failed to capture the two rare pokémon, but we still caught a bunch of bug pokémon for you. Please, don't!"

He chuckled darkly before motioning with his hand to the feline. The two men screamed as Persian mauled into one of them, and raked its claws into the other. It made sure it got the job done, tearing through their throats with its claws. Their bodies lied limp near the door, as Persian walked back towards her master.

The darkly-dressed man sat back down and then whistled.

Immediately the door opened and another darkly-dressed man appeared.

"Clean up this mess."

"Right away, sir."

Another man appeared through the doorway and helped him drag the bodies out of the room. They managed to quickly get the bodies out, then shut the door.

Persian laid her head on her master's lap and sighed as he gently pet her behind the ears.

"Well, first of all I'd like to thank you both for your service to Viridian City," Officer Jenny said to Ash and Samurai, as they stood in one of the conference rooms of the Viridian Police Station. "I'd like to ask for your full names and for your pokedexes so we can scan them."

"My full name is Ashton Ketchum," he said as he handed her his pokedex. "And I'm Samurai," his friend said, as he did the same. Officer Jenny accepted the devices, but frowned. "That's not what it says here in our database," she said, holding a separate device in her hands. "Your pokedex does work as identification, but I would like to give me your full name just to be sure."

Ash raised his eyebrow in curiosity. Samurai sighed, "My name is Josh Bushi, but I don't really like to go by it."

"I see," Jenny replied, "I'm sorry to hear that, but with that you should be good." She handed them back their pokedexes. "Please follow me to our video room. You can ask me any questions you'd like in there."

The two trainers followed her into a larger room with a desk in the middle of it, surrounded by four chairs. On the desk were the two mysterious pokéballs they had managed to rescue, and directly across from it was a large screen.

"So," Ash said, taking a seat, "I think Josh is a pretty cool name." Ash said, trying to cheer up his friend who he could tell was torn.

"Thanks," Josh responded, awkwardly. "I'm fine if you call me that in private, but please don't say it out loud in public, okay? I really don't want other people to hear you call me that."

Ash nodded, wondering just what had happened to his friend that would cause him to fear his own name so much.

Jenny cleared her throat, and got the boys' attention.

"Well, young trainers, like I said earlier, we'd like to thank you for helping us in capturing these criminals. We have confirmed that they are the ones responsible for the deforestation in Viridian Forest and that they are the ones who poached the two pokémon you rescued." She said, running her hands along the pokéballs. "We also suspect them of illegally capturing the bug pokémon from the trees they chopped down, in violation of the Viridian Forest catching quotas for trainers."

"Are there any questions you two have?" She asked, finished with her explanation.

"I have one," Ash responded. "Who were the two criminals that Josh and I helped capture? What's going to happen to them?"

"Well, the names of those two criminals are irrelevant I'd say. As of right now they're being questioned by our city's gym leader, Giovanni, and after that they're going to be behind bars for quite a while."

"Okay, good," Ash replied, relieved.

Josh asked the next question. "What about these two pokéballs? Just what kind of pokémon are in here?"

"And that is why I brought you into this room," Jenny replied. "Right now Professor Oak of Pallet Town and Professor Sycamore of Lumiose City in Kalos are on the line for video chat." She grabbed the remote from the table and pressed a button. The screen turned on to reveal the faces of the two men she had mentioned. They both looked rather exhausted, but they were pokéman researchers after all.

"Hello there, Ash!" Oak exclaimed, "I see you've run into trouble already!"

Ash laughed nervously and scratched the back of his head.

"I'd like to first say that I heard from Jenny about what you had done, and I'm proud of you. Now about the problem with those pokéballs I see on the table, well, I'll let my colleague explain the situation to you."

The Kalosian man then spoke. He looked much younger than Professor Oak, and his voice was slightly accented. "Well, first off, why don't you two open those pokéballs."

Ash and Josh opened them and were surprised to see two bug-type pokémon appear. The first one was a small blue bug with a horn on its head in the shape of a "C". The other was a small snail pokémon inside of a gray shell.

"The blue pokémon is a Karrablast and the other is known as a Shelmet. These two pokémon are native to Unova and I have been studying them lately because of their unique method of evolution. You see when these two have gained enough experience in the world and have grown strong to a certain degree, upon contact with one another they will both evolve."

"Do you know what they will evolve into?" Ash asked, curious. He watched the two pokémon as they stared at the area around them in curiosity.

"I do. Professor Juniper of Unova has already done rather extensive research on this, and has confirmed that Karrablast will evolve into Escavalier, a strong and sturdy warrior, whereas Shelmet will evolve into Accelgor, a speed-type pokémon."

"That's really cool!" Ash said, as he released Machop out of its pokéball. The two bug pokémon recognized it immediately and began to play with it. It chased them around the room playfully as the conversation continued.

"How did they end up in the Viridian Forest?" Josh asked.

"That would be my fault." Sycamore responded. "I flew down to Kanto just last week with those two pokémon to conduct research. I was trying to study the effects of different environments on their evolution."

Ash and Josh nodded, following along.

"But being my clumsy self, I accidently lost them in the forest… And of course I panicked! These two pokémon are exceptionally rare! But I had prior arrangements back in Kalos and I could not find them in time so I had to fly back. I asked Professor Oak if he could assist me, and I assume you asked the Gym Leader of the nearest city for assistance?"

Oak nodded. "That's quite right. I asked the Viridian Gym Leader to aid in the search of these two pokémon. I assume word must have been leaked somehow, which is how those poachers heard about them."

"But Professor Sycamore," Ash interjected, "Weren't you at all scared for the well-being of the pokémon. I mean, what if they had been eaten by some predator?"

"That's a valid question, Ash. But those pokémon had been trained to hide in situations such as this one. And well, all I could really do was hope they were alive." Sycamore scratched the back of his neck in embarrassment. "I was planning on flying down today with my schedule cleared so I could find them, but I see you have already done that for me. For that, I thank you."

"So what happens now?" Josh asked.

"Well, that depends on you," Sycamore responded, cryptically.

"What do you mean?" Ash said, confused.

"Well, you see, my main focus of study is Mega Evolution and the factors that can affect this. That is why I also study regular evolution as well. The goal of my research with Karrablast and Shelmet was to see the effects of living in a different environment than Unova on their evolution." Sycamore cleared his throat and then continued. "And here I am with two talented trainers who managed to find and protect them from poachers. Who would make better candidates to help me with this research than you?"

"So you want us to raise these two pokémon for you?" Ash asked.

"Well close." Sycamore replied. "I want to give them to you."

Josh gasped in surprise. "But, Professor! These pokémon are so rare!"

Sycamore chuckled. "I understand that. But it's not as if I would get nothing in return. All I ask is that when they are ready to evolve, you bring them to me, in Lumiose City, so I may do some research. I want to be able to witness their evolution in my lab so that I can study any differences they might have. It should only take a few days, and you'll have a few days to explore the city. My lab would fund the cost of your trip as well, of course."

"How will we know when they're ready to evolve?"

"Good question." At this point, Machop and the two bug types sat on the floor in front of the screen, listening closely to the professor. "In the state they are now, these two are mere babies. They are very far from evolution, and you will have to work hard to train them. I would not recommend using them for battle whatsoever until you have trained them sufficiently. And if you want to know when they are ready to evolve, all you need to do is ask them!"

"This is amazing!" Josh said, "As a bug lover I've always wanted to have one of these pokémon on my team! They are some of the strongest bug-types out there!"

Professor Sycamore chuckled. "I appreciate your enthusiasm. All I ask is that you raise them well and bring them to me when they're ready to evolve. Judging from your actions I'm sure you'll train them well, better than I could; after all, I'm the one who lost them! And believe me it might seem odd, but all you need to do is ask them when they're ready to evolve. They'll know."

Ash nodded at him, then looked at Josh with a grin. "So, Samurai, which pokémon do you want?" The two bug-types looked up, curious as to who would become their new trainer.

Josh grinned and pointed at Karrablast. "Escavalier is both a sturdy defender and a hard hitter, so I definitely want Karrablast!" The Karrablast nodded excitedly.

Ash chuckled. "We're on the same page then, because I want Shelmet! Accelgor would be an awesome addition to my team." The Shelmet flopped up and down in excitement.

"Well, if that's all," Sycamore said, as if he was in a hurry to go do something, "I'll leave my contact information here with Jenny for you, and with that I'll have to go. Thank you!"

And with that his face disappeared from the screen.

Professor Oak chuckled. "Oh Sycamore, always in a hurry and always forgetting things. To be young again."

Ash gently pet Shelmet and introduced it to the rest of his team. Josh did the same.

"Well, Ash," Oak said, getting both of their attention, "I'll have to leave you now as well. Do remember to call your mother!" He turned to Josh this time, "And young man, remember to train that Karrablast well; it will become a monster in battle!"

Josh nodded, and Oak's face disappeared from the screen as well.

"Well," Jenny said. "All that is left to do is to help you register those pokémon as your own. If you have your own pokéballs we can switch them from those black market balls and transfer their ownership to you."

Ash and Josh both nodded, and followed Jenny to another room. After they finished with the necessary procedure she walked them out of the station.

They thanked Jenny and turned to leave when she called them back.

"One more thing, boys. The two poachers you managed to capture may be a part of a larger organization that has been causing trouble in the Kanto and Johto regions. The Police Forces across both the Kanto and Johto regions are on high alert. Although nothing has been confirmed about them, I want to give you a formal warning before you continue your journey about this organization and their suspected name—Rocket."

Ash and Josh lounged on the comfortable couches of the Viridian Pokémon Center. Their pokémon were with Nurse Joy and they sat idly, discussing their plans.

"Are you sure I can't change your mind?" Josh said, giving Ash a sad look.

"Yeah, I have to catch up to the other Pallet Town trainers! I'm going to leave tomorrow at first light."

Josh nodded. "Well I'm going to stick around here a little longer and train my Karrablast in the forest. Can't you wait just a day longer so I can finish my business in Viridian, then I could accompany you at least until we reach the Viridian Forest?"

Ash shook his head. "I'm sorry. I can't afford to lose even a day if I want to catch up to Gary."

Samurai nodded in defeat. "Well then, at least we can hang out for the rest of today. It's still afternoon after all. Let's train together?"

"Sure, I'd like that." Ash grinned.

They took their healed pokémon and headed for a nearby training ground. As they walked they discussed various topics and training techniques. When they arrived they saw a decent amount of trainers training their pokémon or battling, but there were still many battlefields open. Ash was in utter awe of all the powerful pokémon he saw nearby them. He saw a large Nidoking collide against a Lairon as they fought. He saw an Ursaring roar as it beat its arms against its chest.

Josh snapped him out of it and they released all of their pokémon. "Okay, guys. We're going to do some training. Bulbasaur, why don't you head over and work with Josh and his team. Machop, I want to work with you since we haven't done any formal training yet! Shelmet, stay right there and watch what I do with Machop."

Bulbasaur nodded and headed over to Josh's side of the battlefield. It then began a mock battle with Josh's Heracross. Machop pumped its chest excited and Shelmet stood to the side, curious. "Okay, Machop. It looks like the moves you know are Karate Chop and Low Kick. Although you don't have a high move count like Bulbasaur, I know your individual skill with your moves is very strong!"

Machop nodded, excitedly.

"Okay, so what I want you to do is use Karate Chop and Low Kick in that order."

It nodded and did so, unleashing a powerful blow with its right arm followed by a kick from its leg. The timing between the attacks however was off. It was like it was using two separate moves, instead of chaining moves together like Bulbasaur had.

It growled in frustration.

"Don't worry, Machop! I worked with Bulbasaur on this earlier. Keep practicing, and you'll get it!"

Machop nodded, determined.

As Machop continued to practice using its moves sequentially, Ash turned to Shelmet. "So, Shelmet, do you want to train too?"

Shelmet jumped up and down, shouting in excitement.

Ash nodded and reached for his pokedex. "Okay, so it looks like the moves you know right now are Acid and Leech Life. Can you show me them?"

It did so, and Ash trained his pokémon for a couple more hours, until it was almost evening. Machop got better at utilizing multiple moves in succession, and Bulbasaur honed its already trained skills. Shelmet was proving to be very difficult to train, but it was an investment Ash was more than willing to make.

"That was a good training session, don't you guys think?" Machop, Shelmet, and Bulbasaur, who had come back for individual training at this point, all shouted their agreement at him.

"'Saur!"

"Machop!"

"Shelmet! Shel!"

Ash smiled and pet all of his pokémon, then looked to Josh's side of the training field. There were two other trainers there in front of Josh, and from the shouting Ash could hear it seemed they were harassing him. "Come on guys, let's go see what's going on." His pokémon nodded and followed him.

"What the hell is with the Samurai costume, bro? Are you one of those cosplay geeks?" The two trainers laughed to themselves, at Josh's expense, who Ash could also see was getting red in embarrassment.

Josh looked like he badly wanted to speak, but he couldn't get the words out.

"Come on! Got nothing to say? Are you retarded? Is that why you're in this stupid costume!?" His friend began to chuckle even louder.

Ash looked at the two trainers. They were both rather tall, taller than him and Josh. The taller of the two had brown hair, slicked back by way too much hair gel, and his friend, the shorter one, had shorter blond hair. They definitely looked like experienced trainers, or at least like they had been trainers for longer than a week, unlike Ash…

But Ash never let fear stop him from doing what was right. "Hey guys!" He yelled, getting their attention. All three trainers looked at him. Josh seemed slightly relieved.

"How about we talk less, and let our actions speak instead of our words? You seem to like making fun of my friend; why not settle this with a battle instead?" Ash said, a gleam in his eyes.

The two trainers grinned viciously to each other. "That sounds like a good idea," the taller one said to the shorter one. They began to reach for their pokédexes. "I'm always willing to make money."

They then began to tap buttons into their pokédex, to register a battle. Josh did the same. Upon watching, Ash realized the mistake he had made with Trent, the red-haired trainer Paul had saved him from. Although it was not required to register a trainer battle with the League, it gave credibility, and ensured the victors would receive the monetary reward from the battle.

Ash realized he should have never accepted the battle against Trent when the red-haired asshole had not registered the battle at all. It had completely slipped Ash's mind to ask him to do so, as well. He wanted to beat himself up for being so stupid, just a few days ago, in the same exact location he was in now. Ash brushed away those thoughts and pulled out his pokédex.

"How does a double battle sound?" Ash asked. "It'll be a two-on-two, and each of us will put in 250 pokédollars. The winning team will walk away with 1000 pokédollars."

The two trainers looked at each other, then nodded to Ash. They looked gleefully delighted, like predators stalking their prey.

Ash looked to Josh. He put his hand on the shorter boy's shoulder. "Are you good with this?" Josh nodded, with a more determined look in his eyes. "Let's do this."

Ash's pokémon stood behind him looking excited.

"Sorry Machop, but I'm going to go with Bulbasaur for this battle. You've been working really hard and I promise I'll use you for a battle soon, but right now I want to work with Bulbasaur." Machop nodded to him as Bulbasaur moved to stand in front of Ash. The two pokémon nodded to each other as Bulbasaur walked past it. Shelmet leaned against Machop, excited to watch the battle.

Ash and Josh stood together on one side of the battle field, while the other two trainers stood on the opposite side. Skorupi appeared in a flash of light in front of Josh, and Bulbasaur ran up and stood in front of Ash.

On the opposing side, a medium-sized Wartortle appeared across from Bulbasaur and a Ponyta materialized across from Skorupi.

Shit! A fire-type. We're both going to be weak against it.

As if knowing this, the enemy Ponyta charged at a rapid speed towards Bulbasaur and Skorupi, then unleashed an Ember attack at them. A torrent of flames filled the area they had been standing in; they'd barely managed to dodge out of the way. The Wartortle then charged at them, accidently bumping into its ally, but continuing on its path. It landed a devastating Tackle onto Bulbasaur as the Ponyta charged and rammed into Skorupi with a Tackle attack as well.

Bulbasaur tried to respond with a Vine Whip at the Wartortle but it was easily dodged.

"Bulbasaur, use Vine Whip on Wartortle again!"

"Skorupi, use Poison Sting on Ponyta!"

Ash and Josh tried their best to hold their enemies off, but their individual power was too strong. The enemy pokémon either dodged or simply shrugged off their attacks.

Skorupi was sent flying back by the Wartortle's Water Gun. Ash tried to respond by commanding Bulbasaur to use Razor Leaf, but it easily dodged the projectiles.

"What's the matter? You guys can't keep up?" The brown-haired trainer taunted.

Bulbasaur was sent flying back by another powerful Tackle from the Wartortle, and Skorupi was forced to retreat as the opposing pokémon pushed them even further back. Ash realized he needed to think of something fast.

They're using the type advantage of their Ponyta as a threat to push us back. I've been trying to do the same with Bulbasaur against Wartortle, but it keeps dodging!

Upon seeing the Wartortle bump into its ally Ponyta again, Ash realized something else..

These pokémon are definitely super strong, but they don't seem to be working together at all. They keep bumping into each other and just using brute force to push us back. They aren't coordinating their attacks at all, even though this is a doubles battle. Wait a minute… neither have we….

"Samurai!" Ash yelled. "Do you remember Viridian Forest, against the Beedrill?"

Josh nodded, realizing Ash's plan.

"Bulbasaur, use Razor Leaf!"

"Skorupi, use Pin Missile!"

The opposing Ponyta and Wartortle were sent flying back for the first time in the battle, as razor sharp leaves and missiles bombarded them from the sky.

"Dammit, get back up and use Ember!" Yelled the brown-haired trainer.

"Wartortle, get up and use Water Gun!" The blond trainer exclaimed.

The two pokémon got up and used their attacks, but were surprised by the steam that filled the air as their attacks crossed paths in mid-air and cancelled each other out.

"What are you doing, man!?" The blond yelled.

"What do you mean!? I told my Ponyta to use Ember before you made a command!"

The trainers' eyes momentarily left the battlefield as they argued.

This is our chance!

"Follow my lead!" Ash exclaimed to Josh who nodded. "Bulbasaur, use Razor Leaf and aim only at the Wartortle!"

Bulbasaur released another hail of razor sharp projectiles at the turtle pokémon, as Skorupi began to do the same with its Pin Missile. Wartortle managed to dodge most of the Razor Leaf, but when Pin Missile began to reinforce it it became unable to dodge as effectively.

It cried out in pain as it was bombarded by the two attacks, which drew the attention of its trainer.

"Shit! Dude let's just focus on the battle." The blond yelled as he shouted at his pokémon to get up.

Skorupi continued its Pin Missile attack on the Wartortle as Ash commanded Bulbasaur to charge towards the Wartortle.

"Ponyta, get that Skorupi while it's busy using Pin Missile!"

"No! What are you doing?! Help Wartortle!" The blond yelled. But the command had already been made and Ponyta charged at Skorupi, passing Bulbasaur who charged at the winded Wartortle.

"Bulbasaur you need to take him out quickly!" Ash commanded.

"Skorupi, aim Pin Missile at Ponyta now!" Josh yelled. The hail of projectiles changed direction as it began to significantly slow the advancing Ponyta.

Bulbasaur reached the Wartortle first. Its trainer commanded it to use Water Gun, but Bulbasaur continued its charge, shrugging off the ineffective move. It was slowed down, but still continued to move forwards. The Wartortle grew tired and was forced to stop, giving Bulbasaur its chance.

"You know what to do!" Ash exclaimed, as Bulbasaur wrapped its vines around the injured Wartortle and reeled it in as it used Tackle, amplifying the effect of the move and sending it flying backwards. Bulbasaur then jumped and slammed its vines into the Wartortle as it fell, then ended it with a barrage of Razor Leaf. The Wartortle could not withstand the barrage of super-effective attacks, and fell.

"Wartortle, no!" The blond yelled.

Ash sighed in relief.

I'm glad I taught Bulbasaur those combos!

He then looked back to Skorupi, who became too tired to continue its Pin Missile attack. The Ponyta began to close the distance.

"Bulbasaur! Help Skorupi! Razor Leaf!"

"Ponyta, use Ember! You need to take it out quickly!"

Ponyta growled as it released flames towards the tired Skorupi. Skorupi managed to roll slightly out of the way of the attack, but was still badly burned. The Ponyta tried to use another Ember attack, but its attack was thrown off as a barrage of leaves pelted into its back. Ponyta turned around and growled, facing the charging Bulbasaur, but grunted out in pain as Skorupi unleashed a Poison Sting against its back.

It turned its back again, to take out the downed Skorupi with Ember, only to get lashed in the back by a powerful Vine Whip, pierced in the front by another Poison Sting, then knocked down to the ground by Bulbasaur's Tackle. It fell to the ground, unconscious.

The enemy trainers returned their pokémon, stunned.

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Bulbasaur walked back towards its trainer, carrying the injured Skorupi in its vines. It placed it down in front of Josh, who began to apply a potion.

"You did great out there!" Ash exclaimed, Machop and Shelmet shouting in agreement. Bulbasaur grinned with pride.

The two trainers began to approach. Ash expected them to hurl more insults, but was surprised when they offered their hands to shake.

"We underestimated you guys." They said as Ash shook their hands.

They then turned to Josh. "You may dress funny, but you sure know how to battle."

Josh nodded and shook their hands as well.

"The money you guys won should be transferred to you now." Ash nodded as he saw the proper notification appear on his pokédex.

The two trainers waved at them and left, heading for the Pokémon Center.

Ash and Josh fistbumped. "Your strategy was great, Ash! You led us to the win!"

"Thanks," Ash grinned, "But it would've failed if Skorupi hadn't been able to hold out for so long. You guys deserve credit too."

He pet the scorpion gingerly, as it was still recovering.

"Let's head back to the Pokémon Center." Ash said, returning his pokémon. Josh nodded and did the same.

As they made their way into the relatively busy Pokémon Center, Ash looked down at his pokédex which had buzzed.

He had received another notification, a message from Officer Jenny.

Ash, before you leave tomorrow morning, please head to the Viridian Gym. The Gym Leader, Giovanni, would like to have a word with you, to thank you personally before you go off to continue your journey.