129 Safari Zone

It was a peaceful day, the grass was green and the sky was blue. A Rattata climbed down from the tree holding an Oran Berry in its mouth, it stepped onto the grass and started munching on its snack.

Then suddenly the ground started rumbling, and the leaves on the trees started falling, and some birds were flying away from the area. 

From the horizon a gray rhino was charging in its direction, Rattata quickly ran away dropping its Berry, then at the last moment it reached back and grabbed the Berry as the rhino passed by.

It was Brock's Rhyhorn and on top was everybody holding on for dear life.

"Brock, what's wrong with this thing, aren't rock types supposed to be slow!" Misty Yelled.

On the backside of the Rhyhorn holding onto the spike on the back was Psyduck who let himself out and regretted everything. "Psy-sy-sy!"

"I don't know, I don't exactly have control right now!" Brock said, holding onto the front horn.

"The only thing Rhyhorns have going for them is that they go fast after they charge, and when they start they ain't stopping!" Ash Yelled, Pikachu was holding on to Ash's hood meanwhile Dratini was just wrapped around his arm, and Abra was probably somewhere.

Yellow was holding on the side, "How much longer until we stop!"

"We are probably a few miles away according to the map!" Ash yelled

"Can I see it?!" Brock yelled over.

"Can't, lost it about 7 miles ago!"

"Alright, but how are we going to stop this thing!" Misty yelled over

"Well about that,"

"Fine I'll do it myself, Psyduck use Confusion!" Misty command.

Psyduck nodded as his eyes started glowing blue, and then he put his hands around his head, But before anything, he noticed everyone looking at him, so he looked at himself and noticed he let go.

Then he was sent flying back yelling, "Psyyyyyyy!"

"Psyduck nooo, duck overboard!" Misty said.

"Don't worry Abra's got him, probably," Ash said as they brought their attention back to the front.

"Hey guys I think I see the Safari Zone," Brock said.

"Ok but how do we stop!" Yellow asked,

Everyone looked at Ash, to which he just grunted, "Seriously, fine."

Ash went into his jacket and grabbed 4 Pokeballs, then sent a message to all of them with Aura.

When he got into position he yelled out, "Everyone brace yourselves!" Then Ash threw out the Pokeballs releasing Beedrill, Poliwrath, Machoke, and Primeape.

Immediately before anything Beedrill shot webs that latched onto Rhyhorn and then latched them onto the fighting types.

Each of them grabbed onto the web and dug their feet into the ground to start slowing the rhino down, after some time struggling, eventually they managed to slow down Rhyhorn as they rapidly approached the single building.

But eventually with everyone working together, the rock rhino came to a stop before it could crash into the building, letting everyone get a sigh of relief.

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{Meanwhile}

Abra was sitting on a rock eating a bag of chips as she watched.

Then Psyduck was slowly waddling trying to catch up, but he stopped to catch his breath and then started waddling again.

Abra was debating whether she should help the duck or not, but that changed when she saw Psyduck pass out not even 20 feet away from where he started.

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Eventually, the body of Psyduck was returned by Abra who somehow felt embarrassed for the duck, so Misty returned Psyduck so he could rest.

Brock returned Rhyhorn, Yellow, and Ash were more or less fine they didn't lose anything, Ash just returned everyone and looked at the large building/gate.

On the side, he saw a familiar car parked on the side near the gate and from the inside he could hear chanting, making him sigh.

The next moment the door was opened revealing an old man with two revolvers at his side and a cowboy-style suit, 

"You got your fill now, get out and don't come back." the man said, looking tired.

Out of the building, a group of cheerleaders walked out with Gary looking satisfied yet also slightly annoyed.

The Cheerleaders were doing their usual chants and Gary noticed Ash and Yellow, so he put on a smile, "Sup weakling!"

Ash smiled back, "Big talk from someone who hasn't beaten me in a fight yet."

"Yeah well, as far as I'm concerned you were the last of us to get your 4th badge so your 3rd place."

"So you admit Green is stronger than you," Ash said with a deadpan expression.

"I never said that either, I'm just saying the facts number 3."

Ash laughed, "Sure, anyway did you finally get 'that'."

Gary smiled and helped up a Pokeball, "Just caught her, now I just need to train her then beat you."

"Good luck with that, you're going to need it, cuz you're going to need 100 more years before you'll beat me."

"Right, well in my defense, I'm filling up the Pokedex so a lot of my time is in that."

Ash laughed, "Well still good luck, looks like you'll need it, with them still on your tail, seriously I don't even know why you keep them around." 

Gary shrugged, "They make good company, and Gramps recommended them, so why not."

"Welp can't argue with that logic, anyway I held you up long enough, word of advice if I were you I'd go to Celadon since the Fuchsia gym is closed for a while," Ash said, patting Gary on the solder and walking.

"That reminds me," Gary said as he went into his bag and tossed something over to Ash, which he caught. When he looked at it, it was a Moonstone.

"If we want that rematch you'll need that for your Nidorino," Gary said looking back and walking over to his car.

"Wellllllll" Ash said as he pulled out a Pokeball and released his Nidoking, "I kinda already have one."

Gary looked at them and sighed mumbling, 'Of course you do.' But he got back up, "Well then give it to Green next time you see her, she has that Nidorina."

But Ash just whistled at the ground and handed the stone back to Gary, "About that."

Gary tossed his hands into the air, "Well what's the point then, if you just have everything."

"I mean, you could use it, no one's stopping you from using a Nidoqueen or Nidoking."

"It's the principle, I have one of each but I'm not going to use it against you or Green cuz then you'll say I'm just copying you guys."

Ash put his arm on his chest, "I will not say you are copying me, but I can't say anything about Green,"

Gary rolled his eyes and hopped in his car, "Whatever, but thanks for the advice, I'll give you one don't bother looking for the Dratini, it probably doesn't exist, Smell you later."

Then he rode off into the sunset with his cheerleaders, Yellow raised her finger to say something but Ash just lowered her finger, "It's better for his mental health if he doesn't know."

Brock and Misty walked over after finishing doing whatever they were doing, and Ash just said "It's Gary-related." as they left it at that.

Eventually, the old man waiting at the door called out to them, "Hey, you brats, are you here for the safari zone or are you just here to loiter."

"We're coming!" Misty yells out as she drags Yellow with her, Ash and Brock follow behind.

As they got inside the old man started talking, "So this is the Safari Zone as you realised, my name is Kaiser not that you'd care, this place is meant to be a place where Pokemon can be protected and breed if they are endangered."

Then he pulls out a crate of Pokeballs, "As such you will only be allowed 30 Pokeballs each, and Pokemon are not allowed to battle. Also, there will be some areas where Pokemon not native to Kanto are being kept, those areas are off limits."

"Some mambo jumbo about introducing new species to the environment of Kanto, so it's not illegal for you to catch any of them you find, but you are not allowed to enter their habitats, do I make myself clear," Kaiser said as he pointed his gun at them.

Ash raised his hand, "Easy now you wouldn't want to scare the babies," Then from out of his sleeve came the small Dratini.

Kaiser nearly dropped his gun as he saw Dratini, he came closer and observed her, "I don't believe it, you actually own one of the Legendary Dratini."

Ash put Dratini on the table as everyone started discussing what they wanted to do.

"So I already know what I'm going for but what about you guys, any plans?" Ash asked, leaning on the desk.

Misty put her finger on her chin, "I was just going to go fishing and catch any water Pokemon I Could find, then send the extras back over to my Gym"

Brock nodded, "That's pretty much what I wanted to do too, though I would like to see if there are any that catch my eye."

Ash nodded and looked over to Yellow, "What about you Yellow, you wanna catch anything."

Yellow looked a little nervous, "Well, uh not really, I'm happy with the Pokemon I have now, besides I just got Chuchu so I wanted to just go looking around."

Everyone collectively thought the same thing, "Yellow~"

Misty put her hand on Yellow's shoulder, "I don't know if I say this enough Yellow but please never change."

Kaiser eventually coughed out of his trance and coughed, "Well I apologize for my actions, I am just surprised you have a Dratini, a young one at that, well I suppose if that's the case I can trust you lot well enough, take 30 and catch whatever you want, then Send them to me and I'll transfer them to regular Pokeballs."

Everyone nodded and grabbed their 30, Yellow also grabbed 30 but gave 10 to everyone, making Misty pat Yellow again, and after that, they all split up to go do their own thing.

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Ash wasn't going to be extremely picky like he usually is, usually, he would find a Pokemon check it, and not catch it if he didn't like what it had, but this time he wasn't going for Pokmoen that could fight.

Sure if he found something cool he wanted he would catch it, but if he didn't then that meant that all of his Pokeballs would be used for one reason and one reason only, to catch Tauros.

Now on paper, this seems like a stupid plan that serves no purpose, but about a month ago he was talking to Damian, the same rich kid he met during his side adventure.

And the conversation went something like this.

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{Fire Lizard appreciation chat}

Richkid: Man this is annoying, since I came back my dad is trying to make me the new successor so I need to make a business he will invest in.

Pokemonenjoyer: What does your father do actually? I know you're stupidly rich but like are you Pokemon trainers, suppliers, potion makers, etc?

Richkid: Well it's kinda like a trade company, the basic gist is we buy or hire something and send it over to where it needs to be

Pokemonenjoyer: Well if that's the case what if you had somewhere to get Pokemon and send them, like a transportation service?

Richkid: Yeah that would be perfect depending on the Pokemon, especially since the company is starting to make some connections in Paldea.

Pokemonenjoyer: Well in that case, I think we can help each other, if you can get some land I can take care of the Pokemon, we can take care of the business side later, but do we have a deal?

Richkid: Sure, at this point I have nothing to lose let's get a little crazy

Pokemonenjoyer:🫱

Richkid:🫲

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With that deal, his short-term plan will be easier, so he needs Tauros, and thankfully there just so happens to be a few herds, and the leaders are an extra prize altogether.

So with a smile on Ash's face, he started catching.

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Trade deal!

You give: Powerstones

You receive: Extra chapter