Kanto region 7

"Wow, Saffron City is huge," said Misty, while looking at Saffron City from the top of the hill, outside of the City.

"Yeah, it's the biggest City in Kanto, and one of ten most populated City's in the world," said Brock from next to her, while reading a guide book.

"So, what is there in this City, besides the gym," asked Misty?

"There are few interesting locations, like Silph Co. Head Office, there is also a Fighting Dojo, where you will be given Hitmonchan or Hitmonlee if you defeat the Dojo master, there are some other stuff as well but those two and the gym are the most interesting," replied Brock.

"Where are we going first," asked Misty?

"I don't know," replied Brock. "What do you think Ash?"

"We should go and check in the Pokémon Center and get the rooms, since we will probably spend a day or two here, and we also need to have our Pokémon examined by Nurse Joy," said Ash, from next to Brock. "After that, we'll go to the gym and get that done, then we are free to do what we want."

"Ok then, let's go," said Misty and they started walking toward Pokémon center.

XXX

When the group got to the Pokémon Center, they booked two rooms and then left their Pokémon with Nurse Joy, while they had lunch. Once the lunch was over, Ash took his Pokemon with him, and went to the gym.

"We are finally here," Ash said as he, Misty and Brock stood in front of Saffron City gym. "Let's go in."

Once inside, Ash and the other's saw that this place is not just gym, but is also a school for Psychic's who want to learn how to use their powers. They continued down the hall until they got in front of the big door. Ash went ahead and pushed them open, before he walked inside along with Lucario and Pikachu, followed by Misty and Brock.

Inside, they saw a green haired girl, several years older than Ash, sitting on the chair on the other side of the field. The gym itself was a little shadowed and kind of spooky, but Ash ignored it and went ahead.

"I'm Ash Ketchum, and I challenge you to a battle for the Marsh Badge!" Ash said while looking at the girl.

The gym leader looked at Ash for a few seconds before she said. "I accept!"

The referee came from the other room and stood at the side of the battlefield, while Misty and Brock stood on the side and watched. Lucario and Pikachu are next to Ash, like they always were.

"This will be a one-on-one battle between gym leader, Sabrina and the challenger, Ash Ketchum! The battle goes until one of the Pokémon is unable to battle! Now, chose your Pokémon!" Announced the referee.

"Kadabra, come to battle," Sabrina went and released her Kadabra.

"Haunter, you are up," said Ash and let his Haunter out of his Poke ball.

Two Pokémon's stared down at each other like they were checking to see if the other is worthy of this battle, and after a few seconds they each smirked at each other and nodded their heads.

"BEGIN!" Yelled the referee.

"Kadabra, use Future Sight!" Sabrina started the battle.

Kadabra's eyes glowed for an instant and then nodded at Sabrina.

"Great, now use Psybeam," said Sabrina right after.

"Haunter, dodge and use Shadow Punch," said Ash.

Kadabra fired a multi colored beam at Haunter, who quickly dodged it and then rushed at Kadabra and tried to punch him with Shadow Punch.

"Teleport, Kadabra," said Sabrina and Kadabra instantly vanished which caused Haunter to miss.

"Haunter, Shadow Punch behind you," Ash said just as Kadabra vanished, which caused Haunter to turn around and punch forward, seemingly in the air, but that's when Kadabra appeared and got Shadow Punch, right in the face, which sent it flying backwards.

Sabrina got surprised look on her face. "How did you know where Kadabra will show up," she asked?

"You are not the only one with special powers," replied Ash with a smirk, which drew surprised gasp from Sabrina.

"You mean you are Psychic as well," she questioned.

"Yep," Ash shortly replied,

Sabrina smirked and said. "Kadabra, get up and use, Confusion."

"Protect," said Ash.

Kadabra managed to get up and his eyes flash red, as it tried to use its psychic powers to control Haunter, but Haunter activated a move he learned few days ago, and managed to block Kadabra's try to control him.

Suddenly, the wind blew strong, which caused Ash to widen his eyes and yell. "Haunter, Protect quickly."

Just as Haunter managed to activate Protect, a sphere of rainbow colored energy come out of nowhere, and went at him, but it hit the barrier and caused the explosion, which raised the dust cloud around Haunter.

"Haunter, Poison Gas now!" Said Ash, and Haunter came out of the dust cloud, opened his mouth and released Poison Gas at Kadabra, who couldn't evade it and started coughing for a while, before he fell on his knees.

"Kadabra, get up," yelled Sabrina raising her voice for the first time since the battle started!

Kadabra tried to stand up, but that Poison Gas has made him feel sick, so his legs were a bit shaky.

"Haunter, finished this off with Shadow Claw," said Ash, and Hunter covered his right hand in shadow, which took the form of a claw and rushed at Kadabra, who was too weak to avoid, and slashed him across the face.

Kadabra, after that slash, fell to the ground, unconscious.

"Kadabra is unable to battle! The winner is Haunter, and the match goes to the challenger Ash Ketchum!" Said the referee.

"Haunter," Haunter cheered as he was floating around Ash.

"Great job Haunter, I'm proud of you," praised Ash, at which Haunter's smile widened and he nodded his head, before Ash returned him in his Poke ball.

"That was a great battle Ash, congratulation's, you deserve this badge," said Sabrina and smiled at Ash, while giving him the badge.

"So you do know how to smile, and here I thought that you were born without any feelings," said Ash with a smirk, which caused Sabrina to blush a little, but didn't say anything.

"Anyway, thanks' for a good match," said Ash and offered his hand for a handshake, which Sabrina accepted.

"Good luck on your journey from now on," Sabrina said, after Ash turned around to leave with Misty and Brock.

"Thanks." Ash replied shortly, and went out of the gym.

XXX

"Where are we going now," asked Misty as the group left Saffron City gym?

"I don't know," Ash replied, before he asked. "Where do you want to go?"

"I guess we can go and do some sightseeing, we are free now and not in the hurry," Misty suggested.

"That's a good idea, there are some interesting thing's to see here," Brock agreed with Misty.

"Then let's go. We can start with Silph Co. Head Office," said Ash.

After about 15 min. the group got close to the Silph Co. Head Office, but were surprised by who they saw in front of the building.

In front of the main entrance to the building, stood a normal looking guard, but the ones who were talking with him is what caught the group's attention. Jessie, James and Meowth were there, talking with the guard.

"What are they doing here?" Asked Brock while looking at Team Rocket.

"I don't know, but I'll find out," replied Ash and looked at Pikachu.

"Pikachu, use your enhanced hearing and tell me what they are talking about," Ash said to his small Pokemon, who nodded his head and started focusing his hearing.

After a few more moments, Jessie, James and Meowth walked past the guard and entered the building. Pikachu then stopped listening to them and looked at Ash.

"I think there is a problem there," Pikachu said using Telepathy, so that Misty and Brock could understand him as well.

Ash looked at him for a few moments, confused look on his face, before he asked. "What do you mean, what is going on?"

"Team Rocket has taken over the Silph Co. Head Office and are apparently searching for something," said Pikachu getting gasps from Brock and Misty, while Ash raised his eyebrow.

"Ok, go on," said Ash.

"Well, it looks like their boss is there as well, as well as some of Team Rocket grunts, and few of their executives. The employs of the building are being held hostage, and the President of Silph Co. is with the boss," finished Pikachu.

"This is bad," said Ash while looking tower the building.

"What are we going to do," asked Brock?

"We need to go and inform Officer Jenny and the police force," said Misty.

"No, that would be a bad idea, because that would cause commotion, and who knows what the Rockets are going to do to the hostages once they see they are discovered," said Ash.

"So then, what will we do," asked Misty?

Ash kept quiet for a minute thinking, before he said. "We will sneak in and try to free everyone and stop Team Rocket."

"Are you insane, we can't fight against the entire criminal organization," yelled Misty!

"I agree with Misty, Ash, that would be very risky," said Brock while looking at Ash.

"Are you forgetting who I am and what I can do," asked Ash while glaring at Brock and Misty with narrowed eyes? "As an Aura Guardian, it is my job to protect both people and Pokemon alike from all over the world, and that is exactly what I'm going to do now. I can't risk calling for help, because Team Rocket might hurt someone and do more damage than they would normally do, if they feel cornered."

The two of them gulped under Ash's glare, but also realized that he is right, and there is greater risk for someone to get hurt, if police force shows up, then if just the three of them enter into the building secretly and try to free the hostages.

"Ok. So what is your plan," asked Brock?

"This place must have back entrance somewhere, we will sneak from there and then I'll use my Aura to locate the hostages, and Rocket members. From there we will split, I'll go and face their executives and the boss, while the two of you and Alakazam will go free the hostages and deal with any Rocket grunts you encounter," Ash explained his plan.

"I see. That is not a bad plan, I think it might work," said Brock.

"So, are you in," asked Ash while looking at Misty and Brock?

Misty and Brock sighed and said. "Yes, we are in."

"Ok then, let's go," said Ash, and they all walked past the building like nothing is wrong, until they were out of sight of the guard, when they moved in the alley behind the building where they found the door. Once they got to the door Ash stopped them.

"Wait, I want to check and see if there is someone on the other side," Ash said, before he focused his Aura and checked if there is anyone behind the door, and surrounding area. When he saw that there is no one, he said.

"There is no one behind the door, but they are locked, so we will have to break in.

"Come out, Bulbasaur!" Ash called his Bulbasaur out of his Poke Ball.

"Ok, listen up, I want you to use, Razor Leaf, at the door, but only around the handle so the door would slide open," said Ash, at which Bulbasaur nodded his head. "But do it quietly to not drag too much attention."

Bulbasaur fired few Razor Leaf's around the handle of the door, which made a half circle around the handle so the door just slid open.

"Great job, Bulbasaur, return for now," said Ash, and then entered inside of the building. Once inside he use his Aura again, and located the hostages and Team Rocket members around the building.

"Ok, there are not too many grunts around, and there is only one guarding the hostages, their boss is on the top floor with two executives and those three idiots. The hostages are all being held in the basement two floors below us, while the President of Silph, is with Giovanni," Ash said before he released his Alakazam.

"How can I help you, father," asked Alakazam using Telepathy?

"Go with Misty and Brock and help them free the hostages and beat any Rocket grunt you encounter," Ash said. Alakazam just nodded and went ahead with Brock and Misty.

When Brock, Misty and Alakazam left to free the hostages, Ash looked up in one of the corners and saw a camera.

"I'm coming for you, Team Rocket," Ash said with a menacing smirk on his face while looking at the camera. He then started heading toward the top floor, followed by Lucario and Pikachu.

XXX

"How does this kid know we are here," roared Giovanni at his subordinates while looking at the monitor that was showing Ash, Misty and Brock breaking into the building, and then after Misty and Brock went to free the hostages, Ash looked at the camera, and told him that he's coming for them?

"Who is this kid anyway," asked Proton, one of the Team Rocket executives?

"I don't know. I never saw him before," replied Ariana, another of the executives.

"You three," yelled Giovanni while looking at Jessie, James and Meowth, who were shaking with fear now that their boss is looking at them!

"Yes sir," mumbled Jessie.

"I sent the three of you to follow him and to see if there is any weakness he has and if it is possible to steal his Pokemon, so why is he here now, and how does he know we are here," asked Giovanny?

"Well," started Jessie, "you see sir, after you got us out of prison we started following him like you told us. We quickly realized that we are not capable of defeating him in a straight out battle, but we continued to follow him like you said and try to find some weakness. But it appears he has none, and with his two friends always with him, it's impossible to steal his Pokemon."

After that Jessie stopped talking, and James continued. "After we followed him to here in Saffron City, he and his friends went to the Pokemon Center, and after a little while they went in the Saffron City Gym. Once he finished there he and his friends decided to go on a sightseeing around the city, and we came here to give our report, and see if there will be some changes in our assignment. Though since we weren't close to them we couldn't quite hear were they were planning to go."

"So as you can see boss, we don't know how he knows we are here as we didn't have any interactions with him since Viridian City Pokemon Center." Finished Meowth.

"Silph Co. Head Office is a big touristic attraction here in Saffron City, so they probably decided to came here right after the Gym, and have seen you enter the building, and managed to recognize you," said Giovanni?

"We are sorry boss, we weren't expecting him to come here at all," Jessie, James and Meowth apologized at the same time, but Giovanni just looked at them with a scowl on his face and said nothing.

"You three and Ariana, I want you to go and stop that kid however you know, Proton will stay here, and I'll send the rest of the grunt's to deal with those kids trying to save the hostages," ordered Giovanni after being silent for some time. The four of them saluted and turned around to exit the office.

"Just know that if you fail, and we end up having to escape from here without acquiring what we came here for, there will be no place for you to hide because I will have your heads," Giovanni warned them, while they were exiting the door, which brought a shiver down the spines of Jessie, James, Meowth and even Ariana. Then they left.

While they were talking, the President of Silph Co. was sitting, tied up, in the corner of the room. He was listening to them and was wondering what is going on, and is someone coming to save him and the people who are working with him.

XXX

When Misty, Brock and Alakazam separated from Ash, they went to the stairs and then two floors down into the basement, to free the hostages. Right now, they are running down the hall to the room, where Alakazam can sense that the hostages are being held.

"Ok, stop here," Alakazam suddenly said and stopped Misty and Brock.

"What's up," asked Brock after they stopped on the corner of the hallway?

"There is one Rocket member standing in front of the room in which the hostages are," replied Alakazam. "I'll deal with him and then we go in and save those people."

Alakazam then looked at the grunt and used, Confusion, which lifted, now surprised Rocket grunt, and then slammed him into the wall, face first, which caused the grunt to pass out after he got his nose broken, and probably got a concussion on top of it.

"Ok, the path is clear, let's go," said Alakazam, and then all three of them went in front of the door of the room in which the hostages are.

"Hey, is anybody there," asked Misty once they got in front of the door?

"Yes, there are people here, but who are you," said the voice from inside of the room?

"We are here to get you out, move away from the door, because we will bring them down," said Brock!

"Ok," someone said!

"Graveler, come out and bring that door down," said Brock and let his Graveler out of his Poke ball, who then used Rollout on the door, and destroyed them completely.

Once the door was broken, Brock and Misty entered inside, followed by Alakazam. "Is everyone Ok," asked Misty, while looking at the people who were inside of the room?

"Yes, we are ok," replied one of the captives.

"Ok, then let's get you out before someone else shows up," Brock said, and lead the group of people out of the room and toward the exit, where they first entered.

But just as they were about to reach the end of the hallway, several Rocket grunts showed up and prevented them from continuing.

"You are not going anywhere," said one of the grunts and released his Zubat! After him, all the other grunts released their Pokémon. Soon, the hall was filed with a bunch of Zubat and Koffing.

"Stay back, we'll deal with them," said Brock to the group of people, who all moved behind Brock, Misty and Alakazam.

"Golbat, come on out!" Shouted Brock and released his Golbat.

"I'll help you," said Alakazam, and moved next to Golbat, before he looked at Misty. "You stay behind and protect those people if it's needed."

Misty nodded and stayed back.

"Zubat, use Supersonic," yelled several of the Rocket grunts!

"Koffing, use Smog," yelled the rest of them!

Alakazam went ahead and used Confusion, which stopped all of the attacks, which Rocket's Pokémon fired at them.

"Golbat, use Supersonic and send all those attack's back at them," said Brock, and then his Golbat released multiple light-blue circles from his mouth, which than reflected his opponent's attacks back at them. All those Zubat and Koffing become enveloped in Smog and then confused from their own Supersonic, and Golbat's Supersonic.

Alakazam fired Psybeam, at all of them, which was powerful enough to blow them all back through the wall and outside of the building.

When he turned back he saw that all of the people there and even Brock's Golbat had their mouths on the floor from what they just saw. "Ahm, what's up," asked Alakazam looking at everyone's expressions?

Picking his jaw from the floor, one of the former hostages asked a barrage of the questions. "What was that, how can you fire such a powerful Psybeam, and how can you even talk?"

"I had a lot of training. That is the answer to all of your questions," said Alakazam to the surprised people, before he looked at Brock and Misty.

"Come on, we need to get them out of here and call the police."

"Are all of you here the only hostages in the building, or is there more," asked Misty?

"No, we are the only ones here today, since its Sunday, so no one came," Answered one of them. "Oh, yeah, the President is with them."

"When did Team Rocket come here, anyway," asked Brock?

"They came last night after almost everyone went home, and we and the President were the only ones left," said one of the woman, while running away from the building. "And since today is Sunday and the Company doesn't work on Sunday's, they could spend the entire day here and no one would know that there is something wrong."

"Ok then, let's go find Officer Jenny," said Misty while running away from the building toward the police station, along with everyone else!

XXX

While Misty, Brock and Alakazam were freeing the hostages, Ash was running through the hallway from one to another floor and checking every room, because he discovered that there were several Pokémon that are being held by Team Rocket, and he wanted to free them.

Once he finished, he went to the stairs and continued to go directly to the top floor, but just as he got to the tenth floor, he ran into Jessie, James, Meowth and Ariana.

"You again," said Ash while looking at the three of them, before he looked at Ariana. "And you are one of the executives, I presume."

"You are right, I am one of the executives, and this is the end of the road for you, we are stooping you here," said Ariana and took one of her Poke balls.

"Come on out, Vileplume," she released her Vileplume!

"Weezing/Arbok come out," yelled Jessie and James!

Ash looked at them with a bored look on his face, he's not even angry at them at this point because he knows they are so pathetic.

"I hope for your own good that you are much better trainer then they are and that your Pokémon are much more powerful, because if they are not… you will suffer." Ash looked at Ariana and said with a dark look on his face, which sent shivers down their spines even more than when Giovanni threatened them before.

Ariana quickly pulled herself together and said. "Vileplume, use Sludge Bomb!"

"Weezing, use Poison Gas," said James!

"Arbok, use Poison Sting," said Jessie!

Meowth jumped and used, Furry Swipes.

"Lucario, Protect," Ash said, calmly.

Vileplume released globs of brown sludge at its opponent's from its mouth, Weezing released a thick brown toxic gas from its larger mouth, and Arbok fired a bunch of whitish stings from its mouth. All of the attacks as well as Meowth with Fury Swipes headed at Ash and his Pokémon, but were very easily stopped by Lucario's Protect, which surprised Ariana but not so much Jessie, James and Meowth, who already saw that before.

"Pikachu, Thunderbolt," said Ash, and then Pikachu sent a powerful Thunderbolt, which struck all four of Rocket's and all of their Pokémon, and sent them colliding with the wall behind them.

Once Pikachu's attack was over, Ash approached them and saw that they were all compactly burned and some of their body parts were twitching from electricity. They are all also unconscious and barely alive.

"You really are pathetic," said Ash, then turned around and continued to the eleventh floor, where Giovanni and Proton are, along with President of the Silph Co.

XXX

"That brat!" Giovanni screamed, after witnessing Ash defeat Jessie, James, Meowth and Ariana like they were ants.

"Proton, prepare yourself, he's coming here," said Giovanni, after which Proton went to the President of Silph Co. and pulled him up to his legs, from his chair.

"Don't worry boss, I've got this covered," said Proton while holding a knife at President's throat.

After about half a minute, there was a loud bang, and the office door flew open, to reveal Ash, along with his Lucario and Pikachu. Ash looked around the room and saw Giovanni sitting on the President's chair, which surprised him since he recognized him from Viridian Gym, and in the corner of the room, Proton who was holding a knife at the throat of the Silph Co. President.

When he saw Ash break the door and enter the office, Giovanni almost immediately wanted to jump at Ash and kill him, but he was able to control himself, and asked with raised voice.

"What are you doing here, and how did you found out about us being here?"

Ash looked at Giovanni and said. "I'm guessing you are the leader of Team Rocket, right!"

"Yes, that is me," replied Giovanni. "Now answer my damn question!"

"I saw those three morons enter into the building and I got suspicions. Then I told my Pikachu to listen to their conversation with the guy that was guarding the entrance and found out that Team Rocket is here and are holding everyone here hostage," explained Ash how he found out they were here. "And I'm here to free the people held hostage and send you all to jail."

"And how exactly are you planning to save the President here? We have him in our hands, you can't do anything!"

"Well, what I will do depends on what will you do," said Ash, which confused everyone.

"And what do you mean by that, asked Giovanni?

"If you surrender now and let him go, I'll just hand you over to Officer Jenny," said Ash which caused Giovanni and Proton to laugh at him.

"And what makes you think that we will just surrender to you?" Asked Giovanni. "We have the advantage if you can't really see."

"If you don't surrender," started Ash, and narrowed his eyes at Giovanni. "Then I'll throw you out of the building through the window," threatened Ash.

Hearing this everybody was caught off guard because this is not what they expected to hear. You don't hear a ten year old kid often say to someone that he will kill them and sound like he really mean's it.

"Hahaha, that was rich kid, but you can't really kill us, or anyone else really because you are just a small kid, and even if you have some strong Pokémon they can't do anything to help you or this old man here," laughed Proton while still holding a knife at Silph Co. President.

"I'm the Aura Guardian, and a Psychic, it is my job to protect people and Pokemon from people like you, and if it means I have to do something that everyone would consider bad to protect them, then I'll do it even if I don't like it." Said Ash with convictions in his voice, and a serious look on his face, which unnerved Giovanni a little, though Proton, being a fool, had to open his mouth again and said.

"I still don't believe you are going to do anything, simply because you can't. You are just a preteen who has a big mouth, but in the end it is all talk."

Ash dropped his head down and closed his eyes, before he stated chuckling.

"What's so funny kid," asked Proton getting annoyed because of Ash laughing at him?

Ash then brought his head back up and opened his eyes, which were now glowing yellow, and then he extended his right hand toward Proton and said. "This is why I'm laughing."

Suddenly, Proton was enveloped in the same yellow glow as the color of the glow in Ash's eyes, which surprised both him and Giovanni, who was still seating in the President's chair.

"WH-What are you doing, what is this," asked Proton while trying to move but for some reason he couldn't move a muscle?

Ash didn't say anything at first, he just started moving his arm to the side, and Proton, who was removed from Silph Co. President and was now floating, was being moved along with it.

"I'm doing what I said I'll do," Ash said in a cold tone, though you could see a hint of guilt in his eyes because of what he was about to do, and then he just moved his right hand in front of his body and Proton was thrown through the window and out of the building, which caused him to fall down on the ground from eleventh floor and die on the spot.

When Proton's body fall on the ground, it caused a lot of commotion because there were a lot of people on the street when he fell down. Misty and Brock were also there along with Officer Jenny. When they saw what happened Misty and Brock quickly turned around and almost started throwing up because of Proton's nearly completely destroyed body lying in the middle of the street.

Officer Jenny and several other policeman run to the body to see whose it was and after seeing that he was a member of Team Rocket, they quickly started moving the crowd back, so that they can secure the body and have forensics do their job.

Back in the President's office, Ash was now staring at Giovanni who had his eyes widened because he couldn't believe that Ash just throw Proton out the window and killed him just like that.

While Ash was glaring at Giovanni, Lucario went to the Silph Co. President and untied him. "Thank you very much," he said to Lucario, who just nodded his head.

"Are you ok mister," asked Ash now looking at the President, though his voice was a little low, and hollow sounding?

"I'm ok, my boy," replied the President with a small smile. "But can you tell me who are you, and how did you do that," he asked, and pointed to the window from which Proton got thrown out?

"We will talk later, I don't feel like explaining things right now," answered Ash.

"Ok," the Silph Co. President said. He can fell the guilt in Ash's voice, and see it in his eyes, so he didn't want to push the boy right now, though he did thank him. "Well anyway thank you for saving me. I just hope that the people that work in the building are not hurt."

"Don't worry, they are fine," Ash reassured the old man. "I sent my friends to free them after we entered into the building. I sensed them all leaving the building some time ago."

"Oh, that's great news," said the President, with some happiness in his voice.

Ash then looked at Giovanni, who was looking back at him with fear in his eye, and said in a voice that was not very high, but had a lot of hate in it. "This is your fault you know. That guy didn't have to die. All you had to do is surrender, but you didn't, so his death is on you consciences now. So, are you going to surrender now, or are you going to join your former employee."

Giovanni expression changed from fear to rage, and now he looked at Ash with rage in his eyes because of what he did, but he couldn't really do anything to him because of his powers. Ash being Grand Master of the Aura Guardian's means that he is really strong, but he's also a Psychic, and Giovanni can't beat that.

"I-I surrender," said Giovanni, and bowed his head.

Giovanni's Persian, who was next to him the whole time, looked at his master, and after a few second's he also bowed his head. He knew that there was nothing else they can do.

Giovanni got up from the chair and moved towards the exit from the office, but just as he was about to go out, Officer Jenny showed up along with several other policeman.

"Hold it right there," she yelled and looked at Giovanni.

"Officer Jenny, you are here. Giovani is the leader of the Team Rocket and he just surrendered before you came, so you can take him to prison now," said Ash while pointing at Giovanni.

Officer Jenny looked at Ash a little surprised by what he said, but decided to ask.

"Are you Ash Ketchum?"

"Yes, that is me," replied Ash. "I'm assuming Brock and Misty told you who I am."

"Yes, they did. After they saved the hostages, they called me and explained what is going on," replied Jenny while smiling. "Ok then, let's get out of here," said Officer Jenny, and then put handcuffs on Giovanni's hands and took him out. She was followed by Ash and Silph Co. president.

XXX

When Ash and the others got out of the building, it was around 6 in the afternoon, and since it was summer, the sun was still up. Once Misty saw Ash, she quickly run at him and hugged him as hard as she could. Apparently she was worried for him ever since she saw Proton drop from the window and fall into his death. Ash told her that he's fine and that nothing happened to him. Though judging by the sound of his voice, and the look in his eyes, Misty knew that he is not fine, and that he probably feels guilty because of what he did to Proton.

For the next few hours, Ash and his friends were in the police station where they were questioned about everything that happened. Ash told Officer Jenny everything that happened and he said that he's the one who threw Proton through the window.

Anyway, after the entire night of being questioned in the police station, Ash was finally released and was not arrested for murdering Proton, because Silph Co. President said that Ash saved him and his workers and that everything he did was for their safety.

In the end everything turned out ok. Giovanni was arrested and taken to prison, Jessie, James, Meowth and Ariana were taken to the hospital to be healed, after which they will also go to jail, and all of Rocket grunts were taken to prison as well. All of the people who worked at Silph Co. were saved and are all fine and without any injuries.

The next day the news was spread all through Kanto, and then all the other Region's about Team Rocket being disbanded and their leader being arrested. The news also mentioned how Ash and his two friends were the ones who stopped Team Rocket, and saved all the people in Silph Co. Head Office. Though, the news didn't say anything about Ash throwing Proton through the wind from eleventh floor and into his death. That news said that Proton fell out of the window by accident. So now Ash won't have to deal with people being scared of him and avoiding him because of what he did.

Once the word spread out, Ash, Brock, and Misty were called by their families and friend's to see if they are all ok and to check what happened. Ash even got a big scolding from his mother because he put himself in danger.

Though his talk with his father was different, since Red knew what Ash did, and gave him the talk that reassured Ash that what he did was for the better of the innocent people, and that he shouldn't feel guilty, though he should try to avoid doing something like that again in the future, because it wouldn't be good if he continues to kill people.

Now it's the already night of the day after the day on which chaos happened in Silph Co. and everything after, and Ash, Misty and Brock are at the Pokémon center. They had very tough last night and todays day and have decided to have some rest.

"So, what are we going to do now, and where are we going," asked Misty while sitting in the room with Ash and Brock?

"We will rest tonight and continue on our journey in the morning," replied Ash. "I don't think there is anything else to see here."

"I agree with Ash," said Brock.

"Ok, but where are we going next," asked Misty?

"The closest gym is in the Celadon City, that's where we should go next," said Ash.

"That is fine with me," said Brock, and Misty just nodded her head signifying that she is ok with it as well.

"Ok then let's get to sleep, we didn't have a good night sleep since two days ago," said Misty, and then got up and went to her room. Good night.

"Good night Misty," said Ash and Brock and then they all went to sleep.

XXX

Next morning Ash, Misty and Brock woke up at around nine o clock, and after having breakfast they decided to leave.

"Hey Ash, wait up," someone called right after the group left Pokémon center.

When they turned around, Ash and the other's saw the Silph Co. President heading toward them, which surprised them.

"How can I help you, sir?" Asked Ash.

"It's good I managed to get here in time, I thought I'll be late and you would be gone already. I wanted to give you and your friend's something," said the President. "Consider it a gift for saving me and my workers and for stopping Giovanni from getting what he wanted."

"Now that you mention it. What is it that he wanted from Silph Co," asked Ash?

"He wanted this," replied the President, and showed them a Poke ball which he pulled from the bag he was caring with him, though it is a bit different than any Poke Ball they saw before. This Poke Ball, like all Poke Balls, is spherical in shape. The top and bottom halves are divided by a horizontal black band, on which the button is found on all Poke Balls. The top half of the Master Ball is purple, with a white letter "M" on the front, with a pink circle on either side.

Ash and the others looked surprised that Giovanni did all that he did just to get some Poke ball, but then Ash asked. "What is so special about that ball, that Giovanni would want it?"

"This Poke Ball is called a Master Ball and is very special because it can capture almost any Pokémon, even Legendary Pokémon," said the President of Silph after which jaws of Brock and Misty dropped on the ground, while Ash's eyes widened.

"This was something that Silph Co. created and Giovanni found out about it and wanted it for himself," he continued.

"And now that I saw how some people can come after us because of this ball, I came to a decision. I'm going to give this Ball to you as a gift, and then I'll destroy the blueprints and never create another one," he said and offered Ash the Master Ball.

Ash looked at the Ball for a few moments before he asked. "Why are you giving this Ball to me? If you wanted to give me something as a gift you could chose anything, but you chose this ball."

The President sighed and answered. "Since I decided to destroy the blueprints and never make another one, I thought that this one that I already made should be given to someone who would use it for good or never use it at all."

Ash continued to look at the Ball for a few more minutes before he sighed. "Ok I'll accept it, even though I don't think I'll ever use it since capturing Legendary Pokémon is not my thing," said Ash and took Master Ball from him.

"Great, I'm glad you accepted it," said the President of Silph Co, and then looked at Misty and Brock who were standing behind Ash all the time.

"As for the two of you, I also have something to give you," he said, and took something from his bag.

Brock and Misty came closer to him, and then he said.

"For you Brock I have a full set of all Potion's that were made by Silph Co. and a grooming kit for Pokémon. Since I heard you want to be the best Pokémon breeder I thought that this would be the best gift."

"Wow, thank you very much," thanked Brock with wide smile on his face and accepted the gift.

"And for you Misty, I give you this Pokémon egg," said the President, and gave Misty her gift's, which made her eyes shine and her smile grow almost to her ears.

"Thank you very much sir, this is amazing," Misty thanked.

"Yeah, I thought you will like it since you want to be the water Pokémon master, and the Pokemon that will hatch from the egg might become Water type if you so choose" he said, and Misty looked at the egg wondering what Pokemon can become a Water Type if she wanted it to.

"Well, that is all I wanted," he continued after he stood in front of them all. "I wish you all good luck on your journey."

"Thank you sir," said Ash, Misty and Brock at the same time, after which, they turned around and left.

Their next destination. Celadon City.