CHAPTER 9 – A NEW GOAL TO PURSUE

*Note: Little by little, more people are reading this fic, the support is growing, there are more and more comments and lots of feedback (which I am very happy).

Thank you very much for all this support :)

By the way, shiny Charizard, Venasaur and Blastoise or not? It's your decision.

...

"Team Rocket!" – Celeste exclaimed.

Celeste couldn't believe that as soon as she talked about them, they would appear!

"That's what happens when you talk too much..." – Celeste's grandmother said.

"Hello? Here we are the center of attention" – James said.

"Nya, that's right, so give us all your Pokémon if you don't want to get hurt" - Meowth nodded.

"No one will give you anything" – I said sharply.

The trio looked at me and smiled.

"Wow, it looks like we have a brave guy here, great, you'll be the first to give us your Pokémon, I choose you, Koffing" – James said.

"Ekans, I choose you!" – Jessie said.

"Come on, Pikachu" – I said with a smile.

Do you think you can beat my Pikachu equipped with a Light Ball? Now you will see.

"Hahaha! A Pikachu? What are you going to do with a Pokémon as weak as Pikachu?" – Jessie laughed.

It could have been any other Pokémon, but... A Pikachu? Pikachu are just a cute Pokémon and not strong at all.

"Do you think so? Then you won't mind giving me the first turn" – I smiled.

"Go ahead, we will crush you to set an example for others" – James said.

It didn't matter if he attacked first, anyway, she was just a Pikachu.

"Pikachu, use Thunder Shock at full power!" – I exclaimed.

There's no need to hold back, we'll show you all our power, this world may not know it, but I'll show this world that Pikachu can also be terrible enemies capable of knocking out legendary Pokémon.

"Pikaaachuuuuuu!" – Pikachu said.

Pikachu sgathered all her electrical power and launched a powerful electric attack, which, together with the Light Ball, became an even more powerful attack.

"Awawawawawawa! What is this power?" – James said as he was electrocuted.

"Send them flying!" – I exclaimed.

Pikachu used all her strength and increased the power of her attack so much, that there was a small explosion and Team Rocket flew out of the place where they entered.

"We'll be back again!" – said the three of them.

But as they flew, at that very moment, they understood that the Pikachu that had knocked them down with a single attack was not normal, it was a Pikachu that had something special, and what would happen if they gave their boss that special Pokémon? A promotion, more money, being their boss's right-hand? They would find out in a few days, when they caught that Pikachu.

…

Minutes after the incident.

"Thank you very much for saving us, I wouldn't know what to do if someone stole my precious Bidoof" – said a child.

Yes, right now I had just been thanked by a child, but it wasn't the first because all the trainers and normal people in the Pokémon Center thanked me for stopping Team Rocket from stealing their Pokémon.

"The truth is that you have done great, is this your first battle?" - asked Celeste's grandmother.

"The second one, but the first one was against a wild Pokémon" – I said.

Technically it is true.

"Is this only your second battle? Mom, I think we have a genius before us" – said Celeste's aunt.

"It's been incredible Ash, I can't wait to go on adventures and live situations as exciting or more than this!" – Celeste exclaimed.

Seeing him battle like this, Celeste's heart jumped, he looked so handsome while fighting, it was as if almost all of Ash's beauty stood out when he battle.

"Hehe, of course it's amazing, besides, it seems that I will soon have a pretty nice and talented son-in-law" – smiled the grandmother.

"Grandma!" – Celeste exclaimed angrily.

"Just kidding, anyway, thank you so much for saving this Pokémon Center and the people here" - Celeste's grandmother said.

"You're welcome, it's normal that I helped, but... What will happen to the roof?" – I asked curiously.

If you looked at the ceiling, you could see a huge hole through which sunlight entered.

"It's okay, today I'll call a construction company and some Machoke will come to help, with them the work will be done in a jiffy" – said Celeste's grandmother.

"Yes... Machoke... with those muscles..." – Celeste's aunt said.

But when we hear that, we all stared at her with a raised eyebrow.

"I mean that with those muscles the work will be finished in no time!" – Celeste's aunt said in a hurry.

Could it be that this woman is Pokephilic or something?

The truth is that this was not the case, it turns out that Celeste's aunt had a fetish with muscles and it just so happened that the Pokémon Machoke had muscles all over its body.

"Ehem, anyway before we leave I would like to be sold an incubator" – I said.

"An incubator? Do you have a Pokémon egg?" – Celeste's aunt asked.

"Yes, look at this" - I nodded.

Then, I took the Manaphy egg out of my backpack.

"That's ... Quick, let's go to another more private place!" – Celeste's grandmother said.

Then, they led us into some sort of room and closed the door.

"How did you get that egg?" - asked Celeste's grandmother.

"I found it" – I said casually.

Damn, maybe I shouldn't have shown the egg.

"But that egg is special, grandma, that egg is..." – Celeste said surprised.

"That's right, that egg is an egg of Manaphy, one of the Mythical Pokémon of the Sinnoh region, are you sure you found it on your way to Viridian City?" – Celeste's grandmother asked.

"This... it was in the riverbed and I just picked it up" – I lied.

Now I can't tell the truth... and I can't tell the lie I told Pikachu either, damn it... how you can tell that I have only been in this world for a few hours.

Celeste's grandmother was no fool, she had dozens of years of experience in the Pokémon field and has taken care of dozens of Pokémon and trainers, so she knew how to read facial expressions perfectly and knew perfectly well that Ash was hiding something.

"Either way we will give you the incubator, just don't casually take out the egg until it has hatched" – Celeste's grandmother sighed.

"How exciting, a Manaphery egg, it's the first time I've seen it!" – Celeste said hugging the egg.

"And probably the last one, the Manaphys only lay one egg in their entire lives, if what Ash says is true, then this egg was somehow misplaced and ended up in Kanto, we don't know how it happened, but we can't leave this egg in anyone's hands, just take good care of it" – said Celeste's grandmother.

"I will" – I nodded.

But just at that moment, Celeste's aunt came into the room with an incubator.

"Here you go, this incubator will keep your Pokémon egg safe" – Celeste's aunt said with a smile.

"Thank you" – I nodded.

Then, happily, Celeste laid the egg in the incubator and sealed it.

Then, I put the incubator in my backpack, which was left with very little space left.

"How much does it cost?" – I asked curiously.

My mother had given me a little money.

"It's free" – Celeste's grandmother said.

"Huh? Why?" – I asked without understanding.

"I forgot that you are a newbie, the Pokémon Center offers this type of item to the Pokémon Trainers for free, however, when your Manaphy comes out of the egg, you will have to return the incubator to the nearest Pokémon Center" - Celeste's grandmother said.

"Ok, perfect!" – I nodded.

No idea, I didn't remember that.

"And since you didn't know that, you must remember that, as a Pokémon trainer, you have free accommodation service in all Pokémon Centers, you will only have to show your smartphone to Nurse Joy of that town or City and she will give you a room, by the way, badges are also useful, but in that case you will have to prove that they are real badges" - explained Celeste's grandmother.

"Thank you very much for everything" – I thanked.

The truth is that his explanation has helped me because I didn't know if in this world the accommodation in the Pokémon Center was free as in the anime, but it seems that it is the same as anime, Pokémon trainers can stay for free in any Pokémon Center.