This here is part 1 of the sixth arc of a fanfiction of my own version of the Pokémon anime, called Ash's Pokémon Journey, where Ash begins his journey through the Unova region, with some new friends on the way as well, I hope you'll all like this. [Note: Please don't leave any mean or dirty comments about this story, other than that, please enjoy.]

Enter Unova and the future dragon master.
It was a nice when Ash and Pikachu were both taking a ride on a plane, as the next chapter of their journey takes place in the far away Unova region. Ash: “Well buddy, we're almost there…” Pikachu: [Yeah, the Unova region is almost upon us… and Professor Oak says that it's full of Pokémon that you won't find in Kanto, Johto, Hoenn or even Sinnoh.] Ash: “Yeah, this is gonna be fun…” unaware to the pair, the Team Rocket trio were on the plane too, waiting for the right moment to make their move. Jessie: “There's the twerp.” Meowth: “Along with the world's most powerful Pikachu…” James: “Yes, and it'll soon be in the hands of the boss.” Meowth: “That's right…” soon, Ash and Pikachu made it to the air port of the Unova region, and arrived to Nuvema town, which is supposed to be the location where Professor Juniper should be. Ash: “Hmm… I hope we're at the right place…” Pikachu: [Well Professor Oak said she should be at Nuvema town, and this is the place, so her lab should be close by…] just then, a large storm cloud appeared in the sky, and at the center of it looked like a large black dragon like Pokémon. Ash: “What is that?” Pikachu: [I don't know… but I think it might be a legendary…] Ash: “What makes you say that?” Pikachu: [Well it looks big, powerful, and majestic like the other legendaries we've met in the past… so it might be one too…] suddenly, the Team Rocket trio's balloon appeared and a robot arm with a rubber glove came out of the basket and grabs the unknown legendary. Jessie: “It might not be Pikachu, but it's a good catch.” James: “Yes, it's something the boss will like for sure.” Meowth: “That's right!” Ash: “Team Rocket!” that was when the unknown Pokémon used it's arm to break the robotic arm, and a powerful Thunderbolt was released to send the trio flying once more. It wasn't long before the mystery Pokémon came down and stood before the boy and Pikachu, who were both nervous, before the Pokémon, named Zekrom, spoke up. Zekrom: [Don't be afraid Ash, I mean you no harm.] Ash: “How did you knew my name?” Zekrom: [I know more than just your name… you are the chosen one…] Ash: “What do you mean?” Zekrom: “That will be explained when the time comes… but just to let you know, Unova will need your help in the future… which is why I came to wish you good luck.] Ash: “Uh… thanks I guess… who might you be?” Zekrom: “I am Zekrom, the legendary of Ideals, and I hope we met again…] said Zekrom, before he flew away from the scene, and the scene became clear again. Pikachu: [Uh… what just happened…?] Ash: “I'm not sure… but I think that legendary wants us to help it's home region in the future…” Pikachu: [Somehow… after what happened in the other regions… I'm not that surprised if that was the case…] that was when a woman in a lab coat, who was in fact Professor Juniper (voiced by Khristine Hvam) herself, came to the scene. Professor Juniper: “Are you alright, young man?, I saw Zekrom here and…” Ash: “I'm okay, and so is Pikachu, I'm Ash by the way.” Professor Juniper: “Oh so you're the boy Professor Oak told me about, I was waiting for you, come to my lab and we'll get you registered.” Ash: “Thanks.” soon, after getting into the lab, Professor Juniper updated the boy's Pokémon to not only have the data of the Pokémon native to Unova, but let Ash be registered to compete in the Unova league. It wasn't long before the boy noticed what looked like a little otter Pokémon with a scallop on his stomach, and he was looking sad. Professor Juniper: “Oh I see that you've noticed Oshawott over there.” Ash: “Is that what he is?” Professor Juniper: “Yes, one of the starters of Unova… unfortunately for this Oshawott, nobody ever picks him.” Ash: “Why not?” Professor Juniper: “Not sure… but I do know that Oshawott was looking forward to have a nice trainer to travel with… and the trainers before just aren't interested in him…” Ash: “Poor little guy…” suddenly, a girl with brown skin named Iris (voiced by Eileen Stevens), came to the scene, and acting like she was looking for something. Iris: “Where is it?, I know it came here…” Ash: “Uh… are you looking for something?” Iris: “Well kind of kid, the legendary Pokémon Zekrom, I know it was here in this town.” Professor Juniper: “It was, but it already left.” Iris: “What?!, oh man… I was so hoping to catch it…” Ash: “Are you sure that's a good idea?, I mean Zekrom might have a duty to do in Unova and it can't do that if it gets captured…” Iris: “What do you know?, you're just a kid.” Ash: “You're a kid too.” Iris: “Maybe, but I'm older.” Ash: “How would you know?, you don't even know how old I am, and I'm 10.” Iris: “Well I'm 12, which makes me older.” Ash: “Only by 2 years.” Professor Juniper: “Listen Iris, I know you want to catch powerful dragon types… but I don't think you're ready to take on a dragon type in the same level of Zekrom just yet.” Iris: “I am too!, and I will become a dragon master!” Ash: “Dragon master?, you mean you want to be a master at Dragon types?” Iris: “That's right, name's Iris by the way.” Ash: “Well I'm Ash.” Pikachu: [I don't know why… but she kind of reminds me of Misty for some reason…] that was when Iris noticed Pikachu, and she was confused. Iris: “What is that?” Ash: “That's Pikachu.” Iris: “Aww… it looks so cute, I've been around Unova, and I've never seen anything like it.” Professor Juniper: “That's because Pikachu and his trainer are from the Kanto region.” Iris: “Really?, so you're new here in Unova?” Ash: “Yeah, we just got here today to travel through Unova.” Iris: “Well good luck with that.” said Iris, before Ash and Pikachu head out to begin their journey through the Unova region. At first they didn't get much luck on catching any Pokémon, but eventually managed to catch a female pigeon like Pokémon called Pidove, and pulls out his Pokédex to find out more. Pokédex: [Pidove is a Tiny Pigeon Pokémon, and although it's not the sharpest, trainer still love them for their friendliness and it's cooing can be very noisy.] of course that was when Iris came to the scene, and she was in a panic. Ash: “Iris?, what's wrong?” Iris: “It's awful!, some people broke into Professor Juniper's lab and captured that poor Oshawott!” Ash: “What?!” Iris: “I followed them here and that was when I found you.” suddenly, a robotic arm with a glove appeared and grabbed Pikachu, leaving Ash and Iris in shock, before seeing the culprits themselves, which turned out to be the Team Rocket trio, riding on their balloon. Jessie: “Look at that, now that we finally caught Pikachu, and can give it to the boss.” James: “And with this Oshawott as a bonus.” Meowth: “That's right!” Ash: “Team Rocket!, should have known it was you!” Iris: “You know them?” Ash: “Yeah, they're a group of bad guys who steal Pokémon from other trainers, they've been after Pikachu for a while now.” Meowth: “Yes, and this time it's finally ours.” Iris: “How can that Pokémon talk anyway?” Meowth: “That's not for you to know, and we'll be taking that Pokémon in your hair too.” said Meowth, before he pushes a button that summoned another robotic arm out of the balloon, and it grabs Iris, and tries to pull her up when what looked like a little dragon type named Axew fell out of her hair and Ash caught it. Axew: [No!, mama!] Ash: “Iris is your mama?” Axew: [Huh?, how did…] Ash: “It's a long story… now I need to stop Team Rocket.” said Ash, before he sends out Pidove to battle, and she used her beak to pop the balloon, which landed on the ground, and Iris, Pikachu and Oshawott all landed on top of Ash, which was a bit painful for the boy. Iris: “Wow… thanks for the soft landing.” Ash: “You're welcome… now can you get off of me please…?” Iris: “Sure.” said Iris, before she, along with Pikachu and Oshawott got off of the boy. Oshawott: [Are you okay?] Ash: “Yeah… I'm alright, what about you, they didn't hurt you right?” Oshawott: [No, I'm fine… thanks for saving me…] Ash: “It was nothing really.” Oshawott: [But you saved me, that's the first time a trainer has ever done anything nice to me… they always ignore me and chose either a Snivy or Tepig…] Ash: “Sorry to hear that, if you ask me, I'm sure any trainer would be very lucky to have you on their team.” Oshawott: [Thanks for… wait… did you just… understand what I just said?] Ash: “Well yeah, I can talk to Pokémon.” Iris: “What?!, no way!” Ash: “Oh… I forgot you were still here…” Iris: “What do you mean by that?!, are you saying I'm invisible to you or something?!” Ash: “No I was more focused on Oshawott and his well being at the moment.” Pikachu: [Hey Ash, maybe you forgotten… but we still have to deal with Team Rocket.] said Pikachu, as the Team Rocket trio got back on their feet and ready to attack again. Pikachu was ready to battle, but it seems that Oshawott wants to join the battle too, and thanks to the water type, Ash was able to beat the trio again and sent them flying into the sky. Ash: “Wow Oshawott, that was one powerful Water Gun you got there.” Oshawott: [You really think so?] Ash: “Yeah.” hearing this made Oshawott very happy and went to hug the boy's leg. Iris: “I think Oshawott really likes you.” Ash: “Yeah… I think so too.” some time later, when the trainer pair got to a Pokémon center, Ash went to make a call with Professor Juniper, saying that Oshawott is okay. Professor Juniper: “Say Ash, would it be okay if you take care of Oshawott for me?, you have showed that you cared for the water type's well being and he seems to like you a lot.” Ash: “Sure, I'm Oshawott and I will be a great team.” said Ash, before Professor Juniper transport the water type's Pokéball and ended the call, and then the boy went over to Oshawott. Ash: “Hey Oshawott, Professor Juniper said that I'll be your trainer from now on, is that okay?” Oshawott: [Of course it is!, you're strong, awesome, and you think I'm awesome too, I'll be more than happy to have you as my trainer!] Pikachu: [Welcome to the team then.] said Pikachu, before Ash pulls out his Pokédex to find out more about his newest teammate. Pokédex: [Oshawott is the Sea Otter Pokémon, it can attack and defend itself by using the scalchop that can be removed from it's stomach.] that was when Iris came over. Iris: “I still can't believe that you can talk to Pokémon… do all trainers of Kanto do that?” Ash: “No just those with very powerful Aura like me.” Iris: “Aura?” Ash: “It's a long story… anyway, I should be off now.” Iris: “Hold on, do you even know which way to the next city is?” Ash: “Um… well now that you mention that… no idea…” Iris: “I thought so… tell you what, I'll accompany you as your guide through Unova, think of it as to thank you for saving me.” Ash: “Sure, it would be nice to travel with someone.” and so Ash has started his journey through Unova and gained a new traveling partner out of Iris, who knows what could be next for our heroes as the journey continues.

The three Striaton city gym leaders.
It was a nice day at the Unova region, when Ash and Iris arrived to Striaton city, the location of the first Unova gym leader. Ash: “So this is Striaton city?” Iris: “Yup, and this is the place where the first Unova gym leader should be.” Ash: “Great, I am so ready.” Iris: “Don't be surprised that you might lost on your first try.” Ash: “What are you talking about?, I challenged gym leaders before, this is just the fist one I went in Unova.” Iris: “Whatever, you still have only Pikachu, Pidove and Oshawott, and they're not fully evolved Pokémon.” Ash: “Maybe not, but a Pokémon doesn't have to be super strong just from evolution, Pikachu has proven that many times before.” that was when a teen with green hair, named Cilan (voiced by Jason Griffith), came to the scene. Cilan: “Greetings, are you new here?” Ash: “Yeah, I'm Ash.” Iris: “And I'm Iris.” Cilan: “Well I'm Cilan, a Pokémon connoisseur.” Ash: “A what?” Cilan: “Oh they're those who specialize in identifying the compatibility between trainers and their Pokémon, though they're currently only known in the Unova region.” Ash: “Huh… say do you happen to know where I can find the gym leader here?” Cilan: “Of course, I can take you there right away.” Ash: “That's great.” soon, the trio were on their way to the gym, when Pikachu noticed something in an alley, which turned out to be a little orange pig like Pokémon that had his snout tied up to a pole, unable to get away and he was starving as her was skin and bones. Pikachu: [Ash!, over here!] Ash: “Huh… oh my gosh!” said Ash, before he went over to the Tepig, who was surprised to see someone coming to him. Iris: “Oh the poor thing…” Cilan: “Who could have done this?” Iris: “Hey Ash, ask Tepig what happened, I mean you can talk to Pokémon after all.” Cilan: “He can what?” Ash: “Iris, that's supposed to be a secret.” Iris: “Oh right, I forgot about that…” Cilan: “Can you really talk to Pokémon?, that's amazing.” Ash: “Yeah, I sort of have it due to having strong Aura.” Cilan: “Aura?” Ash: “It's a long story, never mind about that now, Tepig, can you tell me what happened?” asked Ash, before removing the ropes from the fire type's snout. Tepig: [Well… my trainer said he needed to go somewhere and it was too dangerous for me to go with him, I refused to leave him, so he tied me up here so I can't follow him.] Pikachu: [Tepig… I hate to tell you this but… I think he abandoned you…] Tepig: [No way!, Damian wouldn't do that!… would he…?] Ash: “Damian?!, that sorry of an excuse of a trainer is here in Unova?!” Tepig: [Wait, you know him?] Ash: “Yeah… I met him before a few times in the past… and he's the worst trainer I've ever met…” Iris: “Huh?, was this Damian guy really as bad as you say?” Ash: “Worse… he's the one trainer you never want to meet… trust me…” said Ash, which left the others puzzled, while Pikachu had an angry look while thinking of his past encounters with the bad trainer in question. Soon they got to the Pokémon center, where Tepig was having a big meal, which soon got him back to full health. Tepig: [Wow, I couldn't remember the last time I had a really yummy meal!] Ash: “I'll bet, I mean you were skin and bones… just when I thought Damian couldn't go any lower than he did in the past…” said Ash, before Tepig started to cry, due to the thought of Damian abandoning him was too painful for his poor little heart. Of course that was when Ash went to hug Tepig to give him comfort, and Iris and Cilan were touched by the boy's kindness. Iris: “Wow… he might be a kid… but he sure knows how to help a Pokémon feel better.” Cilan: “That's for sure… a trainer with a pure heart…” said the pair, as they continued to watch Ash giving Tepig comfort. Ash: “It's okay Tepig… if you like… I can be your trainer…” Tepig: [Huh?, for real?] Ash: “Yeah, I promise that I'll make you as strong as possible, show Damian that you're not weak.” Tepig: [… Thank you…] soon, Ash catches Tepig, and then pulls out his Pokédex to learn more about his newest catch. Pokédex: [Tepig is the Fire type starter of the Unova region, it shoots fire out of it's snout when in good health, but puffs out smoke from it's snout if it gets sick.] Iris: “Come to think of it… Tepig was puffing out smoke when we found it, but then shoots out fire after we treated it here…” Ash: “Hey Cilan… can you still take me to the gym?” Cilan: “Why of course, it'll be a real honor.” said Cilan, before the group went to a restaurant, which was also the Striaton city gym, and it turns out that Cilan, along with his brothers, Chilli and Cress, were the gym leaders, much to Ash's surprise. Cilan asked Ash which one of the gym leaders would he battle, and the boy decided to challenge all three of them, much to their surprise, but smiled as it should be interesting. Ash went to battle Chilli first, and managed to beat him, but lost to Cress, then it was Cilan's turn, and the last battle will break the tie and decide if Ash will get the badge or not. The battle was tough, but Ash was able to pull through, and was able to beat Cilan, meaning that Ash has earned the Trio badge. Ash: “Alright!, I got the Trio badge!” Pikachu: [Awesome!] Cilan: “Say Ash… I was wondering… would you like me to travel with you?” Ash: “Not at all… but what about the gym?” Cilan: “I talked to my brothers and said it was okay, they can take care of it while I'm away, and I wanted to expend my skills as a Pokémon connoisseur, and I can perhaps learn something from you.” Ash: “Alright, sure, the more the merrier.” and so Ash has caught a Tepig, earned his first Unova gym badge, and gained a new traveling companion out of Cilan, who knows what could be next for our heroes as the journey continues.

Night at the Nacrene city museum.
It was close to evening when Ash and his new traveling companions, Iris and Cilan, arrived in Nacrene city, the location of the second Unova gym leader, and right now they were checking out the city's museum. Ash: “Wow… this place looks amazing…” Iris: “Yeah… but we better go, it's almost closing time.” Cilan: “Shame that we didn't get here sooner.” Iris: “There's always tomorrow.” suddenly, the lights went out, and the group were surprised by this. Ash: “Hey, what happened to the lights?” Iris: “It can't be closing time already… right?” Cilan: “I don't think that's the case…” that was when Pikachu noticed something moving in the shadows, and the electric type had sparks on his cheeks, ready to attack in case it was an enemy. Ash: “What's wrong?” Pikachu: [There's something moving in the shadow…] Ash: “Huh?” said Ash, before he looks at the direction Pikachu was glaring, but saw nothing. Iris: “What is it?” Ash: “Pikachu said he saw something moving in the shadows… but I don't see anything…” that was when Oshawott came out of his Pokéball, looking around. Oshawott: [Hey, is it dinner time yet?, I'm hungry.] Ash: “Now's not a good time for that, the museum's power went out and Pikachu thinks he saw something moving in the shadows.” Oshawott: [Really?, let me see…] said Oshawott, before he went off to the direction where Pikachu saw the unknown figure, and was out of sight. Ash: “Oshawott!, come back!, you can get lost!” said Ash, before he went off to follow Oshawott, while Iris and Cilan followed behind. By the time the boy found Oshawott, he had hearts for eyes and having a hard time balancing himself. Oshawott: [Wow… what a beauty… I think I'm in love…] Pikachu: [Oshawott, what happened?, snap out of it!] said Pikachu, before he slaps Oshawott on the face a few times, which got the water type to come back to his senses. Oshawott: [Huh?, what?, where did she go?] Pikachu: [Where did who go?] Oshawott: [That pretty Snivy girl.] Ash: “A Snivy?” Oshawott: [Yeah, I saw a female Snivy, and when I got closer to her… she winked at me and hearts appeared… and the next thing I knew… I feeling like I was in love… but hey… she was a real looker…] said Oshawott while blushing a little. Pikachu: [Hmm… sounds like she must have used Attract on you, the attack that makes the opponent fall in love with the user… at least that's I've heard it does…] Oshawott: [Really?] Pikachu: [Yeah, and since it worked on you, it means this Snivy was a girl as you said, for attract only works if the user was the opposite gender of the opponent.] Ash: “Oh man… that could be a problem, as most of my Pokémon are male…” Pikachu: [You have Pidove, she's a girl too.] Ash: “Oh yeah, nearly forgot about that… but hold on… what's a Snivy doing here in the first place?] Pikachu: [No idea… but I'm wondering if she was the one who turned off the power…] Oshawott: [No way, I don't believe she did it.] Pikachu: [Are you just saying that because you like her?, you only just met her.] Oshawott: [Well… maybe… but still… even if she is an enemy… I can't hit a girl… it's wrong…] Ash: “You have a thing for girls, huh?” Oshawott: [Yeah… it's kind of one of the reasons why the other trainers never picked me… I'm sorry…] Ash: “Don't beat yourself up, you're just trying to be a gentleman, and I respect that.” Oshawott: [Really?] Ash: “Yeah.” that was when a little green snake with leaf like arms and tiny legs showed up, who was in fact Snivy herself. Snivy: [So you're the boy I heard rumors about, the one who can talk to Pokémon.] Ash: “Yeah, and I'm guessing you're Snivy, right?” Snivy: [Correct, and in case you're wondering, no I didn't shut down the power in the museum.] Oshawott: [Yes, I knew it!, no way a nice girl like you would do that.] Snivy: [I don't know if I'm really nice, I did used Attract on you.] Oshawott: [Yeah… but it's not like you really needed to for your beauty alone has already stolen my heart.] Pikachu: [Smooth Romeo.] said Pikachu while rolling his eyes a little. Snivy: [Thank you, but I don't think you're my type.] Oshawott: [Maybe a few dates could change your mind.] Pikachu: [Now is not the time or place for asking that!] Snivy: [The yellow one is right, for there are some people here trying to cause trouble here, ones they call Team Rocket.] Ash: “Team Rocket's here?!” Snivy: [Yes, they're the ones who shut down the museum so you can't escape, and they planning their next move even as we speak.] said Snivy, before an evil laugh was heard, and the Team Rocket trio themselves made an appearance, just in time for Iris and Cilan to come to the scene. Jessie: “There's no escape from us this time twerp.” James: “The Pikachu is ours.” Meowth: “And we'll take the rest of your Pokémon too.” Cilan: “Wait… is that a Meowth?, and he can talk?!” Ash: “Yeah, but be careful, Team Rocket are a group of bad guys who steal Pokémon from others.” Iris: “Yeah, they tried to steal Oshawott one time.” James: “But this time we'll win, for we have new teammates, go Yamask!” Jessie: “You too Frillish!” called out James and Jessie, before they send out a ghost type that was carrying a mask, and a large pink floating jellyfish, and Ash pulled out his Pokédex to find out more about them. Pokédex: [Yamask is the Spirit Pokémon that wanders the ruins of ancient civilizations.] [Frillish is the Floating Pokémon, and it numbs it's opponents with it's poison as it binds them with it's thin veil like tentacles.] Ash: “I see you have new Pokémon.” James: “Yes, and now witness their power.” said James, before Yamask used it's psychic to make a skeleton of a Dragonite move and attack the group. That was when Snivy used her Attract on Yamask, which was very effective, much to the Team Rocket trio's dismay. Frillish tries to grab Ash, but Pikachu then used a powerful Thunderbolt to zap her and the trio, causing them to be sent flying out of the museum and out of the scene. That was when the lights came back on and the police came, asking the kids about what happened, which they were happy to explain. After leaving the museum and heading to the Pokémon center, Snivy asked the boy if he would like to be her trainer. Ash: “Why do you want me?, is it because I can talk to Pokémon?” Snivy: [That's partly the reason… but you see I'm looking for a trainer that has a kind heart, and when I heard the rumor about you, I had to see you for myself, to check if you have what it takes… and there's one more test… if you can beat me in a battle, I'll join you.] Ash: “Fine by me, I'm sure you'll be a great addition.” Pikachu: [Hold on Ash, Snivy knows Attract, so if you send either Oshawott, Tepig or even me to battle… well…] Ash: “That's why I've decided to use Pidove.” Pikachu: [Good idea.] so with that, Ash goes to battle Snivy by using Pidove, and because they were both girls, the Attract won't work. It was still a tough battle, but Pidove was able to pull through and beaten Snivy, allowing Ash to catch her. The boy then pulls out his Pokédex to find out more about his newest catch. Pokédex: [Snivy is the Grass type starter of the Unova region, normally have a cool, calm, collected personality, and it also uses photosynthesis to collect energy with the leaf on it's tail.] Ash: “Well… it looks like we got a new member.” Pikachu: [Yeah, we better get back to the Pokémon center now though, it's getting late.] Ash: “Yeah, good idea.” said Ash, before he and Pikachu went back to the Pokémon center to get some rest. When the next day came, Ash gets to challenge the gym leader, who uses her normal types. The battle was tough, but Ash was able to pull through and beaten her, allowing him to win his Basic badge. Cilan: “I have to say I was a bit worried, but you managed to do it.” Iris: “Yeah, you did well… for a kid anyway.” Ash: “I might be a kid, but I have experience dealing with gym leaders.” Cilan: “So this is your second gym badge, right?” Ash: “Yeah, meaning there are six more to go, I can't wait to battle the other gym leaders.” and so Ash has caught Snivy, had an eventful night at the Nacrene city museum, and earned his second Unova gym badge, who knows what could be next for our heroes as the journey continues.

Bugs in the Pinwheel forest.
After catching Snivy and earned his second Unova gym badge, Ash and his friends were on their way to Castelia city, which is the location of the third Unova gym leader. Right now, the gang were in the Pinwheel forest, which was between Nacrene city and Castelia city. Suddenly, without any warning, a small bug type Pokémon, called Sewaddle, came to the scene, tried to attack Pikachu, who tries to attack back, only to hit Ash with his Thunderbolt instead. Sewaddle: [Ha!, you're really bad at aiming!] Pikachu: [Hey!, what's the big idea on attacking?!] Sewaddle: [I want to see if you can give me a challenge, after all, I'm the toughest Sewaddle in this forest.] Ash: “Oh… is that a fact?” asked Ash, who managed to recover from Pikachu's attack and the bug type was surprised. Sewaddle: [Wait… did you just… understood what I just said?] Ash: “Yeah, I can talk to Pokémon, it's a long story though.” Sewaddle: [Huh… I never heard of a human that can talk to Pokémon before…] suddenly, a robotic arm with a rubber glove came down and grabbed Sewaddle, much to everyone's surprise. Turns out that the arm came from the Team Rocket trio's balloon, and Sewaddle was struggling to break free. Jessie: “James, why did you catch that bug?” James: “Me?, but Meowth's the one with the remote.” Meowth: “Well it's hard to see what the arm grabbed when you're as short as I am compared to you two.” Ash: “Team Rocket!” Iris: “Not them again!” Cilan: “Let that Sewaddle go!” Jessie: “Fine by us, we were trying to capture Pikachu anyway.” said Jessie, before ordering Meowth to let Sewaddle go, and the bug type was sent flying, forcing Ash jumped to catch him just in the nick of time. Sewaddle: [You… saved me… why?] Ash: “Because if I didn't, you would have gotten seriously hurt, and I couldn't let that happen.” Sewaddle was touched by this, never had a human ever been so kind to him before. Jessie: “Alright, now it's time to capture Pikachu for real.” James: “You got it, probably should have let me done it in first as Meowth's too short to see what he's grabbing.” Meowth: “Hey!, it's not my fault that I'm shorter than you!” Jessie: “Whatever, just catch Pikachu!” Ash: “That's not gonna happen!” shouted Ash, before Sewaddle used String Shot to trap the Team Rocket trio into a big ball of silky string, and they were having a hard time getting out. Meowth: “I don't believe this!, we couldn't have lose to a little bug of all thing!” Ash: “Okay Pikachu, Thunderbolt!” Pikachu: [You got it!] shouted Ash and Pikachu, before the electric type unleashed a powerful Thunderbolt that sends the Team Rocket trio flying into the sky and out of the scene. Once the danger was over, Ash went over to Sewaddle. Ash: “Thanks for helping us.” Sewaddle: [Well you saved me first, so it was only fair that I returned the favor… hey um… can I ask you something…?] Ash: “Sure, what is it?” Sewaddle: [Would it be okay if I join the team?] Ash: “Sure, I was hoping I would, you were really awesome.” Sewaddle: [Thanks.] soon, Ash pulls out a Pokéball to catch Sewaddle, and then pulls out his Pokédex to find out more about his newest catch. Pokédex: [Sewaddle is the Sewing bug type Pokémon, it hides from it's enemies by covering it's head with a hood made from a leaf, and would eat it if food is scarce.] Iris: “Looks like you caught it.” Ash: “Yeah, I can't wait to train him.” sometime after that, Ash and the others finally arrived to Castelia city, and the boy finally gets to battle the gym leader, who uses bug types. The battle was tough, but thanks to Sewaddle evolving into Swadloon, Ash was able to beat the gym leader and earned himself the Insect badge. Ash then pulls out his Pokédex to find out more about the new form of his latest catch. Pokédex: [Swadloon is the evolved form of Sewaddle, it's body is covered with leafs to protect it from the cold.] Pikachu: [This is awesome, not only did we get the third Unova gym badge, but Sewaddle also got to evolve.] Ash: “Yeah, I can't wait to see what other surprises that Unova has to throw at us.” Iris: “You are such a kid…” and so Ash has caught a new bug type and earned himself the third gym badge of Unova, who knows what's next for our heroes as the journey continues.

Movie making in Unova.
After catching Sewaddle, which evolved into Swadloon, and earning his third Unova gym badge, Ash and his friends head off to Nimbasa city, the location of the forth Unova gym leader. Pidove evolved into Tranquill and Ash checked out his Pokédex to find out more. Pokédex: [Tranquill is the evolved form of Pidove, and it's always able to return to it's trainer, no matter how far apart the distance is between them.] as they entered Nimbasa city, our heroes noticed a boy with what looked like a black fox like Pokémon called Zorua. The boy's name was Luke (voiced by Billy Bob Thompson), and he was a trainer and a filmmaker, and right now he was trying to make a film, but was having a hard time getting Zorua to cooperate. Luke: “Come on Zorua… why can't you try to play other characters…?” Ash: “Hey, what's wrong?” Luke: “Huh?, oh hello, I was just trying to convince Zorua here to try playing the other characters for my film… but it won't cooperate…” Ash: “I wonder why…?” Zorua: [What's it gonna take for him that I only want to play the princess?] Ash: “Why do you want to play only the princess?” Zorua: [Because I'm a girl, that's why, and it feels weird for me to play roles of males and… wait… what did you say?] Ash: “I simply asked why you want to play the princess only?” Zorua: [You… can understand me?!] Luke: “You can understand Zorua?!” Ash: “Oops… uh…” Iris: “And you complained about me letting out your secret… what a kid…” Ash: “Um… yeah… I can talk to Pokémon, but don't tell anyone, okay?” Luke: “Sure, not like anyone would believe me anyway, so what's wrong?” Ash: “Well from she just said, Zorua finds it weird to play roles of male characters due to being a girl.” Luke: “Really?… huh… that actually explains a lot about her… I understand now… sorry for not realizing it…” said Luke, apologizing to Zorua, who accepted it with a lick on the cheek. Iris: “Um… how could she play the role of someone anyway?” Luke: “That's easy, Zorua can make illusions to make herself look like other Pokémon, and people too.” said Luke, before Zorua changed into Iris, much to the real one's surprise. Ash then pulls out his Pokédex to find out more about the dark type. Pokédex: [Zorua is the Tricky Fox Pokémon, it likes to hide it's true form by changing into other Pokémon and humans, and likes to surprise people.] Luke: “That's how I was planning to make some films, with Zorua as the lead actor… or actress as I learned just now… but since she only wants the role of the princess… what am I supposed to do…?” Ash: “Hey I have an idea, how about we join in the movie making?” Cilan: “That's a great idea.” Iris: “Yeah, I always wondered what it'll be like to be a movie star, even just once.” Luke: “Hmm… it just might work…” suddenly, a hole was formed on the ground, and out came a group of Pokémon. One that looked like a crocodile with glasses called a Sandile, one that looked like a little rock with feet called Roggenrola, and one that looked like a large tadpole with feet called Palpitoad, and last but not least was what looked like a lizard that had skin that was like pants it had to carry called Scraggy. Ash pulls out his Pokédex again to find out what he and the others were facing. Pokédex: [Sandile is the Desert Croc Pokémon, it digs into hot desert sands to keep itself from losing any heat.] [Palpitoad is the Vibration Pokémon, it has a long sticky tongue to capture it's prey, an it can live on both land and in the water.] [Roggenrola is the Mantle Pokémon, and it's body contains an energy core which is harder than steel from being compressed underground.] [Scraggy is the Shedding Pokémon, and the lower half of it's body is covered by a tough rubbery skin and when someone makes eye contact, it responds with a Headbutt attack.] Sandile: [So there you are… the trainer who can talk to Pokémon…] Ash: “Uh… you've heard of me?” Palpitoad: [Yes, and we're here to battle you.] Ash: “Why?” Roggenrola: [Cause our last trainer treated us like dirt, and Sandile and Palpitoad refused to be caught by another trainer… but they know that having a trainer would help me and Scraggy here.] Scraggy: [I don't really need a trainer… at least not one so cruel as the last one…] Sandile: [And when we heard about you, we decided to see if you have what it takes to be our trainer…] Zorua: [Can you boys wait for that?, this trainer and his friends are gonna help my trainer make a movie right now.] Roggenrola: [A movie?, that sounds fun, mind if we join in?] Palpitoad: [Hold on!, who said we should…] Scraggy: [What's a movie…?] Sandile: [I think it's sort of like a story… but on a screen that people can watch… I think…] Pikachu: [Well it's a little more than that, but I'm sure it's fun to make one too… and if you guys help, it'll be done faster, and then we can have our battle.] Sandile: [Hmm… well I guess it wouldn't hurt to give it a try…] Ash: “Great!, so let's get started.” Luke: “Uh… any idea what they were saying?” Ash: “What do you mean?” Iris: “Don't tell me that you forgotten that you're the only one here who can talk to Pokémon… what a kid…” Ash: “Oh right, sorry… well they want to battle me to see if I have it takes to be their trainer… but they agreed to do that after they help us make the movie.” Luke: “Oh that's great!” so with that, they begin making the movie, which had the title of 'The Legend of the Pokémon Knight', and Ash has the role of the hero, while Zorua gets the role of the princess. Cilan plays the role of the villainous pirate, while Iris plays the role of a Dragon master to help the hero train in order to defeat the villain. It took some time, but they managed to finish most of the movie, with only the final battle needed to be completed. But trouble brewed when the Team Rocket trio showed up and tried to capture Zorua for her ability. But Cilan decided to add lib a little to explain the trio's appearance, by saying Team Rocket were the real villains that were controlling him. Ash managed to defeat the trio and sent them flying out of the scene. Soon the film was completed, and gave the film to Luke's manager, Mr Matthews, who really liked it. Some time later, just like he promised, Ash battles the four wild Pokémon, and in the end, Ash beat them all and caught them. But once that happened, the Pokéballs glowed and vanished without a trace. Iris: “What the?, what happened to the Pokéballs?” Ash: “You mean you didn't know that if a trainer catches more Pokémon when they already have a full team of six, the rest get teleported to where they got their Pokédex from?, what a kid.” said Ash with a smirk, which made Iris glared at him. Iris: “Did you just used my words against me?” Ash: “Maybe, about time I give you a taste of your own medicine.” Cilan: “Now, now you two, try not to fight each other.” Iris: “Whatever…” soon after that, Ash gets to battle the Nimbasa gym leader, who uses her electric types. The battle was tough, especially with the gym leader's Emolga using Attract, but thanks to Snivy, Ash was able to pull through and won the battle, allowing him to earn himself the Bolt badge. Ash: “Well… four down… four more to go…” Cilan: “Yes, and I have to say that battle was shocking… pun not intended of course.” Iris: “Yeah, you weren't so bad, but you still have a few more gyms to go.” Ash: “Yeah… I can't wait.” and so Ash helped Luke make a movie, caught four new Pokémon, and earned himself his forth Unova gym badge, who knows what's next for our heroes as the journey continues.

A legendary battle on Milos island.
After catching new Pokémon and earned his forth Unova gym badge, Ash travels to Driftveil city, the location of the fifth Unova gym leader. However, the gym leader said he was too busy to challenge Ash, but made a deal that he will accept the boy's challenge if he can get some medical herbs, namely Revival Herbs. So Ash and the others went off to the only place where the herbs should be, known as Milos island. But when they got there, a lot of the plants there were dried up and dead, even the Revival Herbs. Ash: “I wonder what happened here…” Iris: “It looks like a drought came here…” Cilan: “Maybe… I mean it looks like there has not been any rain here for a while now…” Ash: “But this is surrounded by water…” Iris: “It's sea water, it won't help land plants grow, what a kid…” Ash: “Oh right… forgot about that… but still… what am I gonna do… if I can't get any Revival Herbs, I'll never get my gym battle…” Cilan: “Yes, that does represent a problem…” suddenly, storm clouds started to appear, but something was wrong as Pikachu could sense something off about it. Pikachu: [I don't like those clouds… there's something off about them…] Ash: “What do you mean?” Pikachu: [Look closer.] said Pikachu, before Ash looks at the clouds again, and saw shapes of some beings inside them. Ash: “Hey… there's something hiding in those clouds…” Iris: “What?” Ash: “I don't know… Pokémon maybe…?” Cilan: “Wait… I heard of a legend that this island was the home of a trio of Legendary Pokémon… Tornadus… Thundurus and Landorus… the forces of nature… who have the power to control the weather of Unova…” Ash: “Really?, you think… they can be what's hiding in the clouds?” Cilan: “I don't know… but it's a possibility…” Iris: “Oh please, the chances of us seeing legendaries is very little.” Ash: “Says the girl who wants to find Zekrom.” Iris: “Okay… good point, but my chances of finding it are much higher than you seeing a legendary.” Ash: “Actually… I kind of ran into some legendary Pokémon during my trips in the other regions…” Iris: “Yeah right, I would believe that when I see it.” Cilan: “Well don't forget that he can talk to Pokémon, so there's a chance he's telling the truth.” Iris: “Whatever, we came here to get these Revival Herbs, not to talk about who saw a legendary or not.” suddenly, the storm clouds started to get more wild and out of it came Landorus, Tornadus and Thundurus, who all three crashed into the ground, badly hurt, before three little flying cubes flew down and they created force field cages to capture them, much to our heroes' surprise. That was when the Team Rocket trio showed up, riding on jet packs it seems. Jessie: “Well look at that, these new gadgets really did the trick.” James: “Now we can deliver these legendaries to the boss.” Meowth: “That's right!” Ash: “Team Rocket!” Iris: “Not them again!” Cilan: “It looks like they're trying to steal the forces of nature!” Iris: “Yeah we kind of already figured that when we saw them getting trapped in some energy cages!” Jessie: “Oh great, it's the twerps again.” James: “I can't tell if we're the ones following them or the other way around…” Meowth: “Never mind that, let's get out of here before they mess things up again!” shouted Meowth, before pushing a button on a remote, which turns off the energy cages, releasing the legendary Pokémon, much to the trio's shock. Jessie: “You idiot!, you pushed the wrong button!” Meowth: “It's not my fault!, the buttons weren't labeled and I was in a rush!” James: “Um… guys… I think we're in trouble… and make it a double…” said James, before the legendary forces of nature used their attacks to send the Team Rocket trio flying out of the scene. Once the danger of Team Rocket were gone, the legendaries fell to the ground, feeling weak and tired due to Team Rocket used gadgets to hurt them in order to capture them earlier. Ash: “Oh no!, we gotta help them, and fast!” Cilan: “Hey look!, I found some Revival Herbs, we can use them to help them.” Ash: “Good, than let's hurry.” said Ash, before he and the others use the herbs to heal the legendaries, who soon felt better and floated up into the air. Landorus: [Thank you chosen one.] Ash: “Again with the chosen one thing…” Iris: “What are you talking about?” Ash: “It's a long story…” Iris: “Yeah… you said that before a few times in the past…” Ash: “Well let's just say this is not the first time I helped out a legendary.” Landorus: [No it is not, nor will it be the last… and now that we're free, it's time to restore the life on this island.] said Landorus, before he and the other legendaries used their powers to restore the Revival Herbs on the island, more than enough for Ash to give the gym leader to, before the trio vanished without a trace. Pikachu: [Wow… look at all the Herbs…] Ash: “Yeah, this should be more than enough, now let's get some and beat the Driftveil city gym leader.” Pikachu: [Yeah!] soon, after getting the herbs and returned to the gym, Ash finally gets to challenge the gym leader, who uses ground types. The battle was tough, but Ash was able to pull through when his Sandile evolved into Krokorok and Roggenrola evolved into Boldore, and finally defeated the gym leader and earned himself the Quake badge. After the battle, Ash pulls out his Pokédex to find out more about the new forms of his recent catches. Pokédex: [Krokorok is the evolved form of Sandile, and the special membrane that covers it's eyes detect heat, which allows it to see in the dark.] [Boldore is the evolved form of Roggenrola, and because it can't contain it's massive energy, orange crystals formed on it's body, which glow when it's energy overflows.] Ash: “Well… five down, three more to go…” Iris: “Yeah, but I have a feeling that the last three gym leaders are gonna be much tougher.” Ash: “That's what I'm hoping, for I love a good challenge.” and so Ash has helped out the forces of nature and earned his fifth Unova gym badge, who knows what could be next for our hero as the journey continues.

The Mistralton city gym battle.
After helping out the forces of nature and earning his fifth Unova gym badge, Ash and his friends head out to Mistralton city, the location of the sixth Unova gym leader. When they got to the city, they saw a plane flying in the sky, doing some tricks in the air. Ash: “Wow… that's amazing…” Iris: “Yeah, whoever is flying must be quite a pilot…” Cilan: “Indeed.” soon after watching the plane, they got to the gym, but there was also a long line of trainers waiting to battle the gym leader as well. It wasn't long before the plane from earlier landed, and out came a teenage girl named Skyla (voiced by Sarah Natochenny), who was not only the pilot, but the Mistralton city gym leader as well. However, her style of battling is different, for she asked the challenger to show her their Pokémon, and then she thinks about how the battle will turn out in her mind, and if she thinks that they'll win, she gives the badge, but is she think she'll win, the trainers get no badge. Skyla calls it air battles, and it was not something either Ash or Cilan liked at all. Cilan: “This is not how a gym leader should see if the challenger deserves a badge or not!, as a fellow gym leader, I would know.” Skyla: “What's the big deal?, everyone else don't mind it.” Cilan: “That's because they don't know that it's not the right way for a gym leader to challenge a trainer.” Skyla: “Look, it's not like I hate battling the old fashioned way, it's just that with so many trainers who want to challenge me, I hardly have time to do any hobby of flying my plane, and I'm quite strong, so it's no big deal.” Cilan: “We'll see about that, for I challenge you to a battle!, and in the proper way!” Skyla: “Oh please, your Pokémon don't stand a chance.” Cilan: “We'll see about that!” so with that, the two gym leaders went to battle, but in the end, Skyla won, much to Cilan's shock and dismay. Skyla: “See, my sky battles are never wrong, so if you excuse me, I have to go back to my plane.” Ash: “Wait a minute!, you still need to battle me!” said Ash, before showing the Pokémon he'll use, which would be Pikachu, Krokorok and Tranquill. Skyla: “Oh please, I already predicted that your Pokémon, will lose by mine, so there's no use.” Ash: “You're wrong!, and we're gonna prove it!” Skyla: “Alright, we'll have the battle tomorrow, but don't say I didn't warn ya.” said Skyla, before she leaves for her plane. When night came, Ash was thinking of a strategy on how to beat Skyla. Pikachu: [Hey Ash… are you okay?] Ash: “Yeah… it's just… I hope that I don't lose… otherwise she'll never realize that her sky battles are pointless…” Pikachu: [Don't worry, there's no way she'll beat you easily, I mean how many trainers are there that managed to beat not only a Darkrai, but a Latios too back at the Sinnoh League?” Ash: “Well… not any I know of besides myself… but I only beat them with Mirage Mew and Latias, and they were either mythical or legendary, and my current team here are not in that level yet… well other than you of course.” Pikachu: [Maybe… but I doubt they'll be beaten as easily as Skyla believes.] Ash: “Yeah… you might be right… you always know what to say to cheer me up… and it really helps as I can understand what you're saying…” Pikachu: [And even if you didn't, I'm sure you would have figured it out.] Ash: “Yeah… now let's get some sleep, we have a big battle tomorrow…” said Ash, before he and Pikachu went to bed. When morning came, a lot of trainers were watching Ash getting ready to battle Skyla, who was not worried in the slightest. Skyla: “Well kid, I hope you're ready to lose.” Ash: “Don't think I'll lose before the battle starts, for you might be surprised.” said Ash, before he sends out Krokorok first, while Skyla sends out her Swoobat to battle. In the end of the first round, Swoobat won while Krokorok was no longer able to battle. In the second round, Skyla sends out her male Unfezant to battle, while Ash sends out Pikachu, and in the end, Pikachu won while the male Unfezant was defeated. It was now time for the final round, which was Skyla sends out her Swanna, which was trained to deal with electric types like Pikachu, so Ash had no choice but to recall him and sends out his Tranquill to battle. The battle was tough, but the tables have turned for the better on Ash's side when Tranquill glowed and evolved into a female Unfezant, much to Skyla's surprise. Ash pulls out his Pokédex to find out more. Pokédex: [Unfezant is the evolved form of Tranquill and final form of Pidove, the female Unfezant have flying skills that surpasses the skills of the male.] this caught Skyla completely off guard, and it wasn't long before Unfezant takes down Swanna, meaning Ash has won the battle. Skyla: “No way… he won?” Ash: “Alright!, we did it!” Pikachu: [Way to go Unfezant!, you did it!] Unfezant: [yeah, I guess I did.] Skyla: “I don't understand… how could I have lost?” Cilan: “Because you forgotten how unpredictable the battles can turn out in the end, which is why a real gym leader challenges trainers through real battles, to see if they really deserve the badge or not.” Iris: “He's right, even if real challenges take more time, they really show the trainer's the way to get better.” Skyla: “Hmm… I guess you're right… hey Ash, sorry for underestimating you.” Ash: “That's okay, but I hope that from now on, you give your challengers a real battle.” Skyla: “Sure thing, I just need to make a schedule to do my flying and gym battles, and by the way, here is the Jet badge.” said Skyla, before she gives Ash the gym badge of Mistralton city. Ash: “Thanks Skyla… alright!, I got the Jet badge!” Pikachu: [Awesome!] Cilan: “Way to go Ash, now you only need two badges left.” Iris: “Yeah, and once you get them all, you'll be able to compete in the Unova league.” Ash: “Yup, I can't wait.” and so Ash has convinced Skyla that real battles are the only way to test a trainer and earned his sixth Unova gym badge, who knows what's next for our heroes as the journey continues.

Here is link to part 2 of this story's sixth arc. https://www.furaffinity.net/view/54961229/

Here is link to story's Prologue. https://www.furaffinity.net/view/54928638/