A month and a half have passed, since the end of the Indigo League Tournament and Ash's win over Cynthia.
After the League was over, Ash took a week to rest and prepare his Pokémon and then he challenged the Elite Four. The battle will be three-on-three, and he has to defeat one after the other if he wants to challenge the champion. Also, Ash had only a day free between each match.
His first opponent was Bruno, with his Fighting Type Pokémon.
In the first battle Ash's Electabuzz battled Hitmonlee, and won with some difficulty. In second battle Electabuzz battled Machamp, and the battle ended in a draw, with both Pokémon knocking each other out. In the third battle Primeape fought against Bruno's strongest Pokémon Hitmonchan and barely won.
Ash's second opponent was Lorelei and her Ice type Pokémon.
Like with Bruno, Ash used the same or similar type of Pokémon as his opponent, and in the end won. Ash's Vaporeon, Wartortle and Kingdra defeated Dewgong, Slowbro and Jinx. Ash lost his Wartortle and Kingdra but Vaporeon won the final battle.
The same went in his third match against Agatha were Ash won with only one Pokémon remaining. Agatha's Gengar, Arbok and Golbat proved to be strong opponents and only after he sent his Alakazam as a third Pokémon did Ash win.
And in the final match against Lance and his Dragon Type Pokémon, Amaterasu, Dragonair and Aerodactyl had to give everything they have to win against Lance's Dragonite, Gyarados and Tyranitar.
After he defeated all of Kanto's Elite Four, Ash challenged Kanto champion, Blue Oak. The battle was full six-on-six, and in the end Ash lost.
Some of his friends were surprised by this, while others weren't. While Ash is very strong and his Pokémon are just as strong, they didn't have nearly as much training as Blue's Pokémon did. And Ash didn't even use his Aura powers to enhance his Pokémon during the battle. On top of all of that, he didn't even have the desire to win, and has only challenged the Elite Four and Blue so he can train his Pokemon in battles against very strong trainers.
After the match against Blue, Ash went back in Pallet Town to spend some time with his family.
Cynthia went back to Sinnoh Region, Diantha in Kalos Region, while Brock and Misty went to their homes, where they will wait for Ash to call them when he starts his journey again. Leaf was back in Pallet for a few days, but decided to go on her journey again. The same goes for Gary, who doesn't like that Ash is so much better than him, so he went to train his Pokémon.
Now, a month since the battle against Blue, Ash is still in Pallet Town. He left all of his Pokémon on Professor Oak's, ranch, so they can have some rest, after all the training and battles they had in the last year and some, since Ash started his journey.
Ash spent a lot of that month with Amber, helping her train with her Pokémon, so that she can be prepared for her journey, which will start in less than a year. Delia was doing her own business around the house, while Red went on his job again and won't be back for a while.
One day, Ash was called by Professor Oak, to come in his lab as he has to ask him for some kind of favor.
"Professor Oak, you called me," Ash said as he entered in Oak's Lab!
"Oh, hey Ash I'm glad you came because I have something to ask you to do for me," said Professor Oak after he saw Ash.
"Ok. What can I do for you," asked Ash?
"I got a call from my colleague, Professor Ivy, and she told me something very interesting," responded Oak, making Ash curious. "She told me that she has found a strange looking Poke Ball, which has different color than normal Poke Ball, and that no matter what she did, she just can't open it. So, she asked me if I can send someone to pick it up since, apparently, the ball can't be transported through exchange machine, like normal Poke Balls."
"I don't have a problem going to pick it up. But why me, can't you just send Daisy to go for it?" Ash asked.
"I could send Daisy, but it will take her some time to go to Valencia Island and back and I don't know if I'll be able to take care of everything here by myself during that time," replied Professor Oak.
"Ok, I guess I'll go," said Ash.
"Oh, and I heard that there is a Pokémon League on the Orange Island's," said Oak after Ash agreed to go. "So if you want you can compete there and then bring the ball to me as it's not something that can't wait!"
"Yes, I know about the Orange Crew," said Ash. "It will be interesting to challenge them as the battles are not quite the same as in the normal gyms.
"When do I leave," asked Ash?
"You can leave as soon as you like," answered Professor Oak!
"Ok, I'll call Misty and Brock and tell them to meet me in Viridian City if they want to go as well, and then I'll go," said Ash, and then he turned to leave.
Before he left Oak's lab, Ash told his Pokémon that he will go on the new journey and that he will only bring few Pokémon with him. Some of his Pokémon were a little sad that they won't travel with Ash for a while, but they know that some of the Pokémon in the group didn't have as much training and battles as the others, so they agreed.
After he left Professor Oak's lab, Ash went back to his house and called Misty and then Brock. He told them about his next journey and they agreed to come with him.
Ash left Pallet Town the next day, after saying goodbye to his mother and sister. He only brought Butterfree, Magenta, Larvesta, Ponyta, Tyrunt and Amaura with him. Everyone else, including Mewtwo and Lugia, were left in the Oak's Lab.
Few hours later, Ash was standing in front of the blimp, waiting Brock and Misty, when he heard Misty calling him.
"Hey, Ash," yelled Misty as she run at Ash! Once she was in front of him she jumped at him and kissed him straight on the lips, surprising him a little and making Brock, who was coming along with her, cry!
"Hey, Misty," said Ash after Misty let go of him. "I didn't know you missed me that much."
"We didn't see each other for a whole month, of course I missed you," replied Misty with a pout on her face, making Ash smile at her, before he kissed her.
"Ash, it's been a while," said Brock, who has stopped crying and came closer to Ash and Misty!
Ash looked at him and replied. "Brock, glad you are here!"
"So, what have you been doing for the past month," asked Ash to both of them?
"Well, I spent some time with my family," replied Brock. "My mother is back, so we were all together again after a while."
"I spent my time arguing with my sisters," said Misty with a frown on her face, making both Ash and Brock laughing at her!
Once Ash stopped laughing, he said. "Let's go."
Brock and Misty saw that Ash is going toward blimp and looked at each other, before Misty asked. "Hey Ash, are we going with that blimp?"
"Misty and I don't have tickets and they must be very expensive to buy," added Brock!
"My family owns 51% of the company this blimp belongs to," said Ash, surprising them both. "Now come on, let's go."
Unlike traveling with the ship, where the trip to Valencia Island would take a while, the ride on blimp only lasted a day, so the three of them were there before they even noticed it.
"Where are we supposed to go now," asked Misty? "Do you know were Professor Ivy's Lab, is?"
"Actually, I don't know where it is," replied Ash. "I guess we will go to the Pokémon center and ask."
"Then, let's go," said Brock, and the three of them went in the Pokémon Center and asked Nurse Joy for directions to Professor Ivy's Lab. After she told them were to go, the group left the center and went on the hill, not far from the center, were they saw a house, which they assumed, is Professor Ivy's Lab. They went inside and saw that there was no one there.
"Where is, Professor Ivy, or any of her assistants, if she has any," asked Misty while looking around the Lab?
"I don't know," replied Ash. "Maybe she is somewhere outside."
Just as Ash said that, three girls, who appeared to be identical triplets, came into the room, from the door on the floor and asked who they are.
Ash, Brock and Misty looked at them for a few seconds, before Ash said. "Hi, we are looking for Professor Ivy. Professor Oak sent us to collect the Poke Ball that Professor Ivy mentioned!"
"Oh, so you are the people that Professor Oak sent," said one of the girls!
"Professor Ivy is on the beach," continued the second!
"Come, we will take you to her," finished the third!
Ash and the others looked at each other, before they followed the three girls to the beach.
On their way to the beach, the girls introduced themselves. Their names are Charity, Hope and Faith. They also said that Professor Ivy is currently doing some research.
When they got to the beach, the group saw a woman in the ocean and a big Gyarados coming toward her. They were all shocked, when Gyarados just stopped in front of her and she pats him on the head. Professor Ivy climbed on Gyarados's back and came on the shore, where one of the girls hand her a lab coat, which she put on and then she introduced herself.
"Hi, I'm Professor Ivy. It's nice to meet you all."
"Hello, Professor Ivy. My name is Ash and these are Brock and Misty," said Ash and pointed at his friend and one of his girlfriends. "Professor Oak sent us for that mysterious Poke Ball."
"Ah, so you are the ones Professor Oak sent. I'm glad to meet you," she said. "Now come on, let's go back to the lab, so I can show you the ball."
Ash, Misty and Brock followed her back to the lab, along with the triplets.
Once they got there, Professor Ivy took the ball and showed it to them.
"This is the ball I was talking about," she said!
"I see what Professor Oak meant when he said that the ball has different color," commented Ash.
"But what's so special about this ball except the color and those letters," asked Misty and pointing on the letters G and S?
"Well, the problem with this ball is that we can't open it," replied Professor Ivy. "No matter what we tried, we couldn't open it, so I thought that maybe Professor Oak will know something more about it."
"We named it, GS ball, because of the letters on it, said Hope.
"Ok, that's interesting," commented Ash. "I have never seen Poke ball that can't be opened."
"It was the first one for me as well," said Professor Ivy! "Which is why I hope Professor Oak can find a way to open it."
Ash took the ball from Professor Ivy and looked at it. He tried to sense with his Aura and Psychic powers and find out if there is a Pokémon inside, but for some reason, he couldn't sense a thing.
After a few more moments of looking at the ball, Ash looked at Ivy and said. "Don't worry, Professor, we will give this ball to Professor Oak, and I'm sure he will call you if he finds something about it."
"Thanks, Ash," said Ivy. "Now, why don't you all spend the night here? There is no point going in the Pokémon center since we have free rooms."
"Thanks, Professor, we appreciate it," replied Ash, and then he, Misty and Brock were led to the rooms in which they will spend the night.
Later that day the three were led by Professor Ivy and her assistance's through the outdoor environment, which serves as an extension of her lab. The three noticed a Vileplume, but it was a different color than normal. They also noticed some other Pokémon, who were differently colored then what they all saw before. Brock voiced his question about that.
"I have raised all the Pokémon on this island and I have come to conclusion that they are different color than normal because of the effect of the tropical climate," replied Professor Ivy!
"That is interesting," commented Brock! "It would be good to spend some time here and do some research on this."
"Well, if you want you are more than welcome to stay, Brock," said Professor Ivy. "We could use some help in taking care of all of the Pokémon that live here."
"Ok. I'll think about it and decide until we leave tomorrow." Ash and Misty were surprised that he didn't chose to stay right away, since they both know how he behaves around beautiful woman, and there is no denying the fact that, Professor Ivy is very beautiful.
"Professor Ivy, this Butterfree still refuses to eat anything we give him," said one of the sisters! "What are we going to do?
"I don't know," replied Ivy with a sigh.
"What's the problem with this Butterfree," Brock asked, as he, Misty and Ash came in front of Butterfree and saw that he doesn't want to eat the food he was given?
"Butterfree refuses to eat anything we give him, and I just don't know why," said Professor Ivy with sadness in her voice. She is very worried about Butterfree as it has been days since he ate anything.
"Hmmm… let's see," said Brock as he approached to the food that was given to Butterfree and took a little taste. As soon as he tried the food, he knew what the problem was.
"Aha! I got it!" Brock run away somewhere confusing everyone there. He came back few minutes later with some Berries in his hands.
He then smashed them and sprinkled the solution onto the food. As soon as he did that, Butterfree came down in front of the food and started eating.
"Brock that's amazing," commented Professor Ivy in ave! The others agreed with that. "What did you do," she asked?
"Pokémon often want their food to taste good," said Brock. "So it's important to know what each Pokémon likes and what they don't like!
"That's amazing," said Professor Ivy. "You got to stay here with us, we can learn so much from you!"
When they got to the living quarters, the group saw that the place looked like a dump. Upon seeing this, Brock was reminded of his own house, so he put on his gear and started to clean the entire house. He even prepared dinner for everyone.
Professor Ivy and her assistances were all in ave with Brock, and how he is multi-talented.
Later that night, while Ash and Misty were asleep, Professor Ivy and her assistants were watching Vileplume mark his territory, when Brock approached them.
"Professor Ivy, what are you doing," asked Brock? "And what is that Vileplume doing"?
"Oh, hey Brock," Professor Ivy said once she noticed him and took a rice ball that he offered her!
"We were just watching Vileplume mark his territory," she said. "Some Pokémon do that so that they can feel safe."
"I see," said Brock. Just as he said that, they saw a Raticate entering the pollen cloud, made by Vileplume.
"Oh no," yelled Professor Ivy, and run to save Raticate, but was caught in the pollen, which weakened her!
"Professor Ivy," her assistants yelled and run to help her along with Brock!
"Are you OK," asked Charity
"I'm fine," Professor Ivy said weakly. "Call Pokémon center and inform Nurse Joy, we need to help this Raticate.
After they called Pokémon center, Nurse Joy came and took Professor and Raticate to the center, where she treated them both. Few hours later, she entered in the room were the Professor was, along with Brock and sisters.
"Don't worry about Raticate, he will be alright. But be more careful next time to not injure yourself when you try to save a Pokémon," said Nurse Joy with a stern expression on her face. She didn't like how Professor Ivy has put herself in danger like that, even though she would have probably done the same to save a Pokémon!
"Thanks' a lot, Nurse Joy," thanked Professor Ivy. "And I promise I'll be more careful next time.
"We will make sure of that," added Hope.
The next day, Ash and Misty are prepared to leave, but they noticed that Brock is not with them.
"Hey Ash, where is Brock," asked Misty?
Ash looked at her and said. "I don't know."
Just then, they both heard some noise, coming from the roof of Professor Ivy's lab, and when they looked up, they saw Brock was there, fixing the roof.
"Hey Brock, what are you doing," asked Misty? "We are supposed to go!"
Brock stopped what he was doing and looked at them. "Sorry guys, but I'll be staying here for a while."
"I see," said Ash. "So you want to spend some time here and learn something new."
"That's right, Ash. Professor Ivy has a knowledge about a lot of stuff that I don't know, and I think I can also help her with some stuff," said Brock.
"Ok, Brock, if that is what you want, then we will respect your decision," said Ash, and Misty agreed.
"Thanks, guys," said Brock!
Ash and Misty said goodbye to Brock and left toward the port, were they will catch the ferry for the next island.
Ash and Misty caught a ferry, few hours after they left Professor Ivy's lab, and went toward the next island.
It took few hours of traveling, but they finally arrived on Tangelo Island, which was considered the first Island that trainers from different Regions visit once they get on the Orange Islands.
Once they came down from the ferry, Ash and Misty decided to go to the Pokémon center to check in and then go and look around the Island a little bit.
While on the beach, they saw something that made Ash and Misty quite angry. A group of three guys were beating a defenseless baby Lapras, who was just standing there, crying.
"Hey, what are you doing!?" Ash yelled, after he run in front of them.
"Go away kid, what we do is none of your business," said one of the guys.
"It is my business," yelled Ash with an angry look on his face, and then he narrowed his eyes at them! "Now tell me, why are you beating this Lapras?"
The look on Ash's face made the three guys a little unnerved, but quickly shock it off and one of them said. "We are planning to challenge the Orange Crew, so we are going to capture this Lapras."
Ash narrowed his eyes even more and said. "Not if I can help it." Ash then took out one of his Poke balls and let out his Larvesta.
"So you want to battle," said one of the guys, and took his Poke ball! "Well, if that's what you want than let's see what you got."
The guy let his Spearow out, while the other two released their Hitmonchan, and Beedrill. "Go, Spearow, Hitmonchan, Beedrill," yelled all three of the guys at the same time!
"Go, Larvesta," said Ash!
But before any attacks are launched, someone calls out for them to stop.
They all looked at who told them to stop and saw a guy, around 15 years old, wearing green shirt, red shorts a headband on his forehead and a large backpack on his back. He was doing some measuring and sketching of all Pokémon, which made everyone confused as to why he is doing that now, when they were about to have a battle.
"This Spearow is vitamin-deficient, Beedrill's coloring is poor, and Hitmonchan is lacking exercise," the guy suddenly said, while pointing on the three Pokémon, and then he turned toward Larvesta.
"But this Larvesta looks perfect, the color, the fur, everything about her is great, and I can tell that its very close to evolving," said the guy while taking some sketches of Larvesta!
"Hey, we were in the middle of the battle," yelled one of the guys! "Now get away from there!"
"Hitmonchan, go," ordered the guy, and the others did the same!
All three of their Pokémon run at Larvesta, and then Ash said. "Larvesta, Flamethrower!"
Larvesta straightened up and blew a big Flamethrower, from her mouth. The attack flew at the three Pokémon and took them all down in a flash.
Once the three guys saw their Pokémon taken down just like that, they quickly returned them in their Poke balls and run away.
"Thanks, Larvesta, that was great," said Ash while petting Larvesta, and then he returned her in the Poke ball.
He and Misty then looked for the guy that was sketching Pokémon, and saw him in front of Lapras.
"Hey, who are you," asked Misty once Ash and she came closer to him?
"It's not time for introductions, this Lapras needs Nurse Joy," he said and handed Ash a bottle with medicine.
"I'll go and get Nurse Joy, you give that medicine to Lapras," he said and ran away!
Ash looked at Misty, and then back at the medicine, before he came in front of the Lapras. "Hey, Lapras, I'm going to give you this medicine so that you can be better, so try not to move," said Ash while holding the medicine in front of Lapras.
Lapras looked at him and the medicine before she knocked it away from her head, but before the bottle can fall down and break, Misty threw herself on the ground and caught it.
"Lapras why did you do that, I only want to help you," asked Ash while looking at Lapras?
Lapras cried a little and turned around, not looking at Ash and Misty, but she had a few tears in her eyes.
"Hm, now that I think about it, why are you even here all by yourself," asked Misty, while looking at Lapras?
"Yea it is strange, this Lapras is quite young, it should be with its family," said Ash, and noticed that Lapras now started to cry!
"Tell me what happened, Lapras, maybe I can help you," said Ash!
Lapras looked at Ash and Misty, while still having tears falling down her face and then said something that Ash understood perfectly well.
"I see," said Ash. "So you got separated from your family in the storm and got here."
Lapras nodded with her head, confirming what Ash said.
"What are we going to do now," asked Misty? "Can we help her find her family?"
"Listen, Lapras, you are hurt and you need to take this medicine," said Ash and took the medicine from Misty and held it in front of Lapras, who looked at the bottle in front of her!
"I will help you find your family, but you must heal first because you can't travel while hurt," said Ash, after seeing that Lapras is not sure if she should accept the medicine!
Lapras let out a few cries and basically asked Ash if he will truly help her. Ash just needed his head.
"I just came to the Orange Islands and will be traveling from Island to island for a while, so I'm sure we will meet your family somewhere if they are still here on the Orange Archipelago," said Ash, and Lapras let out a happy cry and accepted Ash's help.
Ash sprayed the medicine on Lapras's injuries, before few minutes later, Nurse Joy came with the guy that gave him the medicine, and they transported Lapras to the Pokémon center.
"How is Lapras, Nurse Joy," asked Misty after Nurse Joy came out of the operation room where she and Chansey were healing Lapras?
"Don't worry, Misty, Lapras will be alright, but she is afraid of humans. Probably because of how those guys treated her," said Nurse Joy.
"Oh, well then we should let her rest for now," said Misty, and then she and Ash went to talk with the guy that came out of nowhere earlier.
"So, are you going to tell us who you are," Ash asked the guy?
"Oh, I'm sorry about earlier. My name is Tracey Sketchit, and I'm a Pokémon watcher," said Tracey, and offered his hand for a hand shake.
Ash took his hand and introduced himself. "I'm Ash Ketchum, and this is Misty Williams, we are a traveling trainers."
"It's a pleasure meeting you," said Tracey!
"What's a Pokémon watcher," asked Misty, since she has never heard about Pokémon watcher's before?
"Pokémon watcher is a person who studies Pokémon, observing them under the ownership of a Pokémon Trainer and in their natural habitat," explained Tracey to Misty, who nodded her head in understanding. She then looked at Ash who was silent.
"Did you know what Pokémon watchers are?" Misty asked and Ash simply nodded?
"Let's go and have lunch before Lapras wakes up, so that we can see her," said Ash. "You can join us if you want, Tracey!"
The three of them went in the Pokémon center cafeteria, where they had lunch and talked with one another. Misty was quite curious about Pokémon watchers and Tracey was happy to explain her everything and even showed her some of the sketches he has drawn.
During the conversation, Ash mentioned that he is from Pallet Town and that he knows Professor Oak. When he did though, Tracey went into a fan boy mode and started talking how Professor Oak is the greatest Pokémon researcher in the world and how he would like to meet him and show him his sketches. Ash had no other choice then to call Professor Oak and introduce Tracey to him. The two spent the next two hour talking over video phone, while Ash and Misty just set in the Pokémon center hall and waited for Lapras to get better.
Once Lapras was healed and ready to leave Pokémon center, Ash, Misty and Tracey came to her. "So, are you ready to start traveling with me and search for your family," Ash asked surprising Tracey and Nurse Joy with the question, as they didn't know that Ash and Lapras have become friends?
Lapras nodded her head and gave a happy cry before she nuzzled her face with Ash's, which made him and everyone else, smile at the sight.
"Well then, let's go," said Ash and he and Misty said goodbye to Nurse Joy and left toward the port to catch a ferry to the next Island, where Ash's first gym battle in the Orange Island's will be.
"Hey Ash, can I come with the two of you and travel together," asked Tracey while following Ash and Misty?
"Why," asked Misty?
"Well you two seem like a nice people to be around and I'm sure I'll be able to see a lot of different Pokémon if I travel with you," replied Tracey. "Besides, if I come with you, I'll eventually reach Pallet Town, were I'll be able to meet Professor Oak in person."
Misty groaned after she heard that and said. "I guess those two hours you two talked to each other on the phone were not enough."
As she said that, Tracey blushed a little and rubbed the back of his head. "Yea, sorry about that, I guess I got a little carried away," Tracey said.
"It's Ok, you can come, it's no problem," said Ash, and Misty just shrugged.
After that, the three of them continued toward the port.
It has been about half a day since Ash, Misty and Tracey have left Tangelo Island and are now about to reach, Mikan Island, which is the site of the first gym on the Orange Island's.
"Hey Tracey, do you know something about this Orange crew, as they call them here," asked Misty, as the three of them came down from the ferry and are now walking toward the gym?
"Well, the only thing I know is that there are four gyms you have to beat, and then you can challenge the leader of the Orange crew," said Tracey. "But that's about it."
"So it's not like the Indigo League in Kanto Region," commented Misty, but this time Ash replied.
"No Misty, it's not like in Kanto. Here there is no actual tournament, all you have to do is defeat all five gym leaders and you will be the winner. Also, the gym battles are not like in Kanto or in other Regions, so I'm expecting something very challenging since it has been some time since I've done something other than training and battling."
"Do you have any idea what those challenges will be," asked Misty?
"No. Every gym leader has something different so I wasn't able to find out what exactly I'm supposed to do," replied Ash!
As the three continued to walk toward the gym for another ten minutes, they came in front of the coconut, just about 50 meters from the gym.
Once Ash saw the coconut, he just stopped and looked at it.
"Ash, what's the problem, why did you stop," asked Misty?
Ash then looked in the direction of the tree that was next to the road and said. "Do you think we are so stupid that we will fall for such a trap?"
Misty and Tracey looked at one another, wandering who Ash was talking to, when there was a kid, about 7 years old, jumping from behind the tree.
"Hey, how did you know I was there and that this coconut was a trap," the kid asked, surprising both Misty and Tracey, that he was there and that they could have fallen for a trap, if Ash didn't stop walking?
"I'm psychic," Ash replied simply, causing the kid to fall down on his face, and Misty and Tracey to laugh at him.
"Don't mess with me or I'm going to kick your ass," screamed the kid! "Now tell me why you are here?
Ash just sighed at the kid and said. "I'm here to challenge the Mikan Gym."
"What!? You can't challenge this gym! You are not good enough, now beat it!" Yelled the kid.
"And who are you to tell me that I can't challenge this gym," asked Ash while getting annoyed by this brat?
"I'm Senta and my sister is the gym leader here, so if I say you are not good enough then you are not," said Senta!
Ash was about to say something, but was interrupted by a girl coming from behind Senta and hit him a little over the head. "What do you think you are doing, Senta," she asked?"
"Hey sis. This guy says he came to challenge the gym, but I told him he is not good enough and he needs to go away," Senta said to his sister.
Cissy then looked at Ash, and after a few seconds recognized him. "You are Ash Ketchum, aren't you," she asked surprising everyone that she knew him?
"How do you know me," asked Ash? "I don't think we have meet before!"
Cissy smiled and said. "I recognized you from Indigo League tournament. Congratulations for wining."
"What, are you telling me that this guy won the Indigo League!?" Yelled Senta, which earned him another smack on the head.
"Yes, Senta, he did, now be quiet, you are too loud," Cissy said!
"Well, anyway, if you are here to challenge me then come, we don't have time to waste," Cissy said, and then turned around, before she started walking toward the gym, followed by her brother and then Ash, Misty and Tracey.
After they all entered the gym, Cissy said. "Here on the Orange Islands, we do things a little different than in Kanto. What you need to do to earn the badge, is to defeat me in a competition."
"What kind of competition," asked Ash?
"Senta," Cissy called her brother, who took some kid of remote controller and pressed a button, which caused a wall big door on one side of the wall to open and show clear sky.
"The first challenge is a Water Gun match-up, where a Pokémon's accuracy is tested by shooting down as many cans as your Pokemon possibly can." Cissy explained, and Ash nodded, but then asked.
"Would you mind if I exchange some Pokémon before the match, since I don't have any Water Pokémon with me?"
"I don't see the problem with that," Cissy said, but when she was about to tell Ash where the exchange machine is, she saw him take out his Pokedex and called Professor Oak. He told him to send him one of his Water Pokémon.
A minute later a Poke ball appeared above Ash's Pokedex, which he then took and said. "I'm ready!" (Think of it like this. The Pokedex has a chip that allows a teleportation of Poke Balls from one place to the other. The Poke Ball just appears above the Pokedex)
Senta and Cissy looked at him for a minute and thought. "That is one good Pokedex!"
"Come on out, Seadra!" Cissy released her Pokémon!
"You are up, Wartortle!" Wartortle came from his Poke ball!
"Ok, let's begin," said Cissy, and then Senta pushed some buttons and some disks flew from the machine, strait into the air.
Cissy told Seadra what to do, and Seadra fired a Water Gun at the disk and destroyed it.
In the next turn, Ash's Wartortle did the same. A few more rounds later, both Pokémon were going for the same target, and both hit it in the same time, which ended the match in a draw.
"Ok then, let's go outside for the second match," said Cissy, and then they all followed her outside and came to the beach!
"The second challenge is, Wave Ride. You have to climb on your Pokémon and then ride it all the way to flagged buoy and back. The one who comes first, wins," Cissy explained, and Ash called his Lapras!
"Hey Lapras, will you help me win this race," asked Ash while patting Lapras on the head? She cried happily and nodded her head.
"Great, then I'm ready," said Ash!
"Blastoise, you are up," Cissy released her own Pokémon!
Both Pokémon stood on the edge of the sea, with Ash and Cissy on their backs and then Senta shouted.
"BEGIN!"
"Let's go, Lapras/Blastoise," yelled both Ash and Cissy, and the two Pokémon started swimming toward the flagged buoy.
At first, the two were evenly matched, but then Cissy gained a little advantage and managed to turn around flagged buoy few seconds before Ash and Lapras.
"Come on, Ash, you can do it," cheered Misty, while waving at Ash!
"Ash, Cissy, look out," yelled Tracey when he saw a tidal wave coming from behind the two!
"Oh fuck," said Ash as he looked behind him.
Lapras then turned her head around and fired an Ice Beam, which managed to freeze the wave that was coming at Ash.
"Wow, that was great, Lapras, I didn't know you can use Ice Beam," said Ash with a smile, and Lapras just blushed a little.
"Come on, Ash, lets finish this race," said Cissy who was thrown from Blastoise after the wave hit her, but Blastoise managed to catch her and now, they were tied with Ash!
"Yeah, let finish this," said Ash! "Lapras fire Ice Beam all the way to the shore and then jump on it!"
Lapras did what Ash said and after a few moments she came to the shore, less than a second before Blastoise.
"Well done Ash, that was great," said Misty as she came closer and kissed him on the cheek. She didn't want to give him a real kiss, in front of the people they don't know!
"Thanks, Misty," replied Ash!
"Congratulations, Ash, you won fair and square," said Cissy and took a badge, which looked like a shell, and gave it to Ash. "Here is the Coral-Eye Badge, and good luck on your next challenges."
"Thank you, Cissy," said Ash and then he left, along with Misty and Tracey.