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    Ash consulted his gym design, as he entered a large oval room with a skylight.  He was pulling a wheeled cradle behind him.  Putting the plans away, he pulled out three Pok�balls.  The first ball he opened up contained the baby bird Pok�mon.  He gently picked up the small Flyer and threw the second ball.

    "Chansey, I choose you," he called, and caught the ball as it rebounded back after dumping its cargo.

    The pink Pok�mon looked around the room and then at her Trainer.

    "Chan?"

    "This is where I'm going to leave you and the baby.  We're going to be having a practice session in one of the arenas, and I don't want it to disturb this bird," Ash explained.  *I guess I really did overdo it a tad on my designs.*

    Chansey nodded and put the cradle to one side of the room.  The egg Pok�mon examined the size of the bed and the size of the bird.  Ash nodded at the questioning glance.

    "I know, Chansey.  It is a bit large for the bird, but it's all I could drag from our Pok�center.  According to Misty, it needs peace and quiet for right now.  I guess she knows what she's talking about, she did say she wanted to be a Pok�mon Doctor someday."

    "Chansey," Chansey said, while looking at the third Pok�ball Ash had in his hand.

    Ash bounced the ball up and down, debating on what to do.  He pressed his lips together and threw the ball.

    "Charizard,"  Ash's firey Pok�mon called.

    Charizard looked around and saw there was no one to combat and turned his gaze upon the human.  Shrugging, Ash put the small bird into the cradle.

    Taking out and eyedropper, Ash explained, "There's no one here, Charizard.  I'm just letting you out, so you can stretch your wings.  By the way, meet your new teammate: Chansey."

    The pink Pok�mon waved, "Chansey."

    Charizard nodded and watched as Ash fed the baby bird with an eyedropper.  The fire Pok�mon paid close attention as his Trainer kept the weak Pok�mon comfortable.  After a minute, Ash put the baby bird down and pointed his Pok�dex at it.

    "This Pok�mon is too young to be identified correctly," Dexter chimed.

    "Oh well.  Chansey, keep an eye on...hmmm.  What to call it?  I guess Sapphire, since I have no idea what species it is."

    "Chansey."

    "Charizard, please protect Sapphire and Chansey.  If not out of loyalty to me, out of loyalty to your teammates."

    Charizard humphed and lay down to go to sleep.  Ash shook his head and left, not noticing Charizard's eyes were not all the way closed.  After Ash left, Charizard opened his eye and took another look at Sapphire.  He shook his head as he felt a slight dampness in his eye.  As he lay back down, Charizard kept one eye open.  Chansey seeing this, explained how and why she joined up.  It took all of Charizard's will not to laugh.
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    Ash was standing in one of the indoor arenas of his gym.  Brock and Misty had given his rodents a good work-out.  He shrugged as he temporarily transferred control of his rodent Pok�mon to Brock.  After doing so, Ash held up a ball and activated it, pulling Misty inside.

    *Well, let's see.  Misty, Squirtle, Bulbasaur, Lapras, Muk, and Growlithe.  Glad I was able to call my other Pok�mon from Professor Oak's lab.  Which one should I use first?  Hmmm.  I'll go with Bulbasaur first.  He'll be good against Pikachu, Dugtrio, or Marril.  Pyromon might give me a problem.*

    Ash threw the Pok�ball.

    "Bulbasaur, I choose you."

    "Go, Nidoran!"

    The plant and the poison Pok�mon faced off.   Bulbasaur easily defeated the small purple rodent.  As the battle went on, Ash was able to call Pok�mon that had no disadvantage or advantage against his rodents.  Finally it came down to the last two Pok�mon.

    "Misty, I choose you."

    "Go, Marril."

    Misty appeared out of Professor Oak's prototype ball and faced her opponent.  Appearing out of the other ball was the fat blue mouse known as Marril.

    Ash called out, "Misty, use Nightshade."

    "Water Gun attack."

    Misty called forth a wave of terror and threw it at Marril.  The blue Pok�mon went back a few steps.  Shaking his head to clear it, Marril launched a bolt of water at Misty.  The water struck the genie and knocked her out in one blow.  Ash looked dumbfounded as Misty collapsed.

    "A Fire Pok�mon is weak against Water, Ash," Brock explained.  "Misty is Ghost/Fire.  She has all the weaknesses and strengths a Fire Pok�mon has.  The only exception is to Normal and Fighting attacks.  To those, she is immune."

    Ash recalled all of his Pok�mon and started walking towards their Pok�center.  "I guess we should heal everyone up now.  It's getting close to dinner."

    Brock nodded. "Right. You know, we really should have something other to do than sit around and train Pok�mon."

    Ash shrugged and replied, "We could always explore some caves I saw when I was gathering up my Pok�mon."

    "I guess.  Well as soon as Misty's refreshed and released, we can start to eat."
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    Back in Pallet Town, Professor Oak and Bill were going over Misty's file.  They were comparing the DNA of Misty's older sisters to her DNA.  Oak was a bit curious as to why all of Ash's Pok�balls had vanished.  A voice interrupted the two scientists' study.

    "Hymie!  Hyram Oak!  You have got a lot of explaining to do," a female voice called.

    Hyram Oak turned around and saw a woman about his age, standing in the doorway.

    "Agatha, What brings you here?" Oak asked a bit nervously.

    Agatha replied, "I had just received word that a new Ghost Pok�mon had been found and that it had been caught by one of the Trainers that you sponsor.  I'm a bit vexed that you didn't call me.  You know I'm the Ghost expert."

    "Er. I- Well-," Oak stammered.

    Seeing as his friend was a bit flustered, Bill said, "Hello.  I am Bill of the Lighthouse."

    "Sorry, I didn't realize Hyram had company.  I am Agatha Oak of the Elite Four.  I am also Hyram's wife.  We are separated now, because of our responsibilities."

    Stunned, Bill said, "I didn't know.  Um.  As to the new Ghost Pok�mon, there is a bit more going on here than just a discovery."

    "Go on."

Professor Oak and Bill took turns explaining on what happened to Misty and what they were up to.  Agatha asked some questions about the genie and her Trainer.  Finally, she had a clear idea on the situation.

    "I would like to meet this Misty.  Even if it is only going to be temporary, I still want to know as much as I can about her type of Pok�mon.  Where is she?"

    Professor Oak sighed and told Agatha about the shenanigans at the Tournament and the temporary exile of Ash and company.  Getting a promise of silence from his wife, Oak told her of the place they were spending their exile.

    Looking apalled, Agatha said, "If that island is where I think it is, then Misty and the others are in grave danger.  A fierce storm has been reported in the area.  The winds are at hurricane force and thundersnow has been seen coming from it."

    "Thundersnow?"  Bill asked.

    Hyram Oak replied, "It is very rare.  It is snowfall with thunder and lightning added to it.  I've been through a Thundersnowfall once.  I'd rather travel through thick fog at night, than go through that again.  At least, I would have more light."

    "This is no time for a meteorology course.  We have to go rescue those kids," Agatha said.  "Call the Indigo League president and tell him of the storm."

    Bill did as he was told.  After relaying the information, he received instructions on what to do.

    Hanging up the phone, Bill said, "The kids' exile will be suspended until the storm is over.  We'll have to get them off the island ourselves, though. He doesn't want to risk a security breach by taking more people into his confidence."

    "Well Hymie, you still have that old derelict you call a yacht?"

    "The 'Spitting Shellder' is not a derelict," Oak retorted.

    Agatha said, "I'll take that as a yes.  We'll have to use Water Pok�mon to help guide that wreck."

    Bill said, "I think I'd better call Misty's sisters.  I personally don't have any Water Pok�mon."

    Bill, Professor Oak, and Agatha made the necessary preparations they would need to make the trip.  At Pallet Town's only dock, the 'Spitting Shellder' was moored.  Bill saw exactly what Agatha meant.  Professor Oak's boat was painted a bright lime green with fluorescent pink trim.  Attached to the prow of the boat were bas relief sculptures of Shellders.  He turned away and saw the Sensational Sisters approaching.

    "Good day.  I hope you don't mind helping us."

    "Like forget it.  Misty is our little sister.  And, we like want to make sure she is all right," Daisy replied.

    The three sisters took a look at the craft that would transport them and felt a bit ill.

    "Like who painted that thing?  It is totally ugly," Lily commented.

    Violet added, "If this was like someone's idea of preventing it from being like stolen, It is like totally an original idea."

    Bill thought, *You might be right on that.  No self-respecting criminal would even touch this thing.  It's so ugly.*

    Professor Oak and Agatha stepped out from a cabin.

    Seeing that everyone was here, Oak called out, "Ready to go?"

    The four nodded meekly as they reluctantly boarded the ship.  Soon, the ship was making its way across open water.  The captain and passengers never saw the phony Gyarados following them.

    Inside the Gyarados, Meowth of Team Rocket said, "We'll get Pikachu this time as well as the girl.  We just have to follow Professor Oak to where they're hiding.  Don't lose it."

    Jesse replied, "How can I?  That thing is definitely something that you can't lose.  No matter how much you want to."

    "Well, it certainly is unique," James said.

    Meowth said, "Nothing can go wrong now."
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    On Greystice Island, Ash was selectining equipment for an exploration of the caves he spotted earlier.  He pulled out his Pok�dex and tried to figure out which Pok�mon would be the best to take with him.  Laying on a table, Pikachu wacthed.

    "Well, Pikachu.  Who should I take?  You, definitely.  I want to cover as many types as possible."

    "Pika," Pikachu said, as it yawned.

    "I think I'll take you, Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Diglett, and Lapras.  I'll leave Chansey here to look after Sapphire.  But, I stil need one more.  Any ideas Pikachu?"

    Pikachu leaped up and pressed a button, summoning a Pok�ball for Ash.

    "Misty?" Ash asked, a bit flustered. "I hadn't even considered her."

    "And, why not?" came from behind Ash.

    Spinning around, Ash saw that Misty was glaring at him, still in her Pok�genie costume.

    "I want to check out those caves as well as well.  No to mention, I also want to get better at my skills," Misty continued.

    Ash ran his index finger between his collar and neck, gulping nervously.  "I thought you'd still be a bit upset at that one hit knock-out that Marril gave you."

    Misty sighed.  "Ash, I know that I'm weak against Water, and that Brock was throwing Pok�mon at random at you.  If I didn't want to fight Marril, do you really think I would have tried to Nightshade it? I would have refused to fight."

    "Er.  I guess."

    Misty nodded.  "Now that that's settled, which ball are you going to carry me in?  I'm going to let you do all the hiking."

    "Um.  I guess you should get used to being in the prototype."

    "Fair enough," Misty replied.

    Ash pulled out a Pok�ball and pointed it at Misty.  She was pulled inside the sphere by the beam of red light.  After putting Misty inside the ball, Ash put it and the other four Pok�balls in his winter coat pocket.

    "Ready to go, Pikachu?"

    "Pika."

    Ash and Pikachu headed for the door of the gym, where they met Brock.  Looking at the sky, Brock held his arm in fron of Ash.

    "I think you'd better wait until tomorrow to go.  I don't like the looks of those clouds.  I think a severe storm is brewing."

    Gazing at where Brock was, Ash noticed that the sky on the horizion was filled with dark grey, almost black, clouds.  Occasional flickers of purple light came form the clouds.

    "I guess the caves can wait,"  Ash reluctantly said.

    "It's probably for the best that you wait."

    Sighing, Ash headed for his room and hung his coat up.  Seeing that Brock's Pok�mon were still being cared for by Chansey, Ash decided to take a nap.  Going under the bed, Pikachu curled up and also took a nap.

    Before going to sleep, Ash thought, *I have this feeling that I'm forgetting something.  Oh well, it can wait until later.*
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    Speeding along, the 'Spitting Shellder' was making good time on getting to Greystice.  Bill kept casting glances at the fast moving clouds, hoping they would make it in time.  He walked and entered the steering room for the ship.  He noticed a VCR and a small television in a small cabinet.  The devices looked like they were wedged tightly into the cabinet.  Misty's sisters were giving Professor Oak some very sick looks.  From the televison a voice was singing.

    "The mate was a mighty sailing man.  The skipper brave and true.  Five passengers set sail that day on a three hour tour."

    Bill, wincing, said, "Professor, don't you think that show is in bad tatse?"

    Hyram Oak looked at his passenger and flicked the televison off.

    "Sorry.  There shoud be a tape with Teenage Mutant Ninja Squirtles among the tapes somewhere.  Just look in one of the drawers," Oak replied.

    Violet said, "Like I think we'll pass on the entertainment.  I'm more concerned about Misty.  Like how long will it like be?"

    Oak shrugged, "I'd say another forty minutes.  We're making good time."

    "Well..." Daisy began to say.

    A powerful gust of wind rocked the boat.  Looking out the forewindow, Oak saw that the sky had turned black.

    "We're in trouble," Oak stated.

    Everyone looked at each other and grabbed hold of something that was nailed down.  The "Spitting Shellder' started pitching from one side to the other as large waves bounced it like a volleyball.  Professor Oak did his best to keep the ship on a course for the island.

    *I hope we get through this.  I also hope that Ash and the others are all right.*
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    Under the waves, Team Rocket's sub was being rocked by the storm as well.

    "Meowth.  This isn't good.  I thought we would have an easy time of it."

    Jesse replied, 'Well, Meowth.  Here's another mess you got us into.  How are we going to get out?"

    James added, "Yeah, Meowth.  How?"

    "Listen you mugs.  I didn't know about this storm."

    James said, "I don't think it's going to matter."

    Before Meowth or Jesse could ask what he meant by that, they felt their sub being lifted up.  They were caught in the crest of a forming tidal wave.   Carrying its unwilling passengers, the wave moved rapidly in the direction they were going.

    Team Rocket chorused, "It looks like Team Rocket is waving bye-bye again."
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    Waking up from his nap, Ash looked out a window in his room.  Shivering a bit, he noticed the black sky and the snow fall being pushed into an almost horizontal direction by winds.  Putting his ear against the window, he barely heard the whistling of the wind.

    "Misty really did a good job on the walls.  I don't think I could have slept through that otherwise."

    Grabbing his coat, Ash went off in search of Brock.  Looking back, he saw that Pikachu had crawled a bit from under the bed and was yawining.

    "You can go back to sleep if you want, Pikachu.  I'm just going to check on Brock."

    "Pi," Pikachu said as it burrowed his way back under the bed.

    Ash shook his head and left his bedroom.  He decided to check out his new Pok�mon and see what skills they had.  There was a machine in his Pok�center that would not only display the skills that a Pok�mon had, but skill they would pick up later.  A stray thought came to him.

    *I've been relying on Bulbasaur, Squirtle, and Pikachu too much.  I really should use some of my other Pok�mon.*

    Pulling out the five balls in his coat, he mumbled, "I know, I'll pretend to start all over again.  I'll choose one of theese Pok�mon at random and whe the storm is over, use it to gather new Pok�mon."

    Using his Pok�dex, Ash programmed it to send all the balls away except the one he would hold in his hand.  Dropping the balls on the ground, Ash picked one of them up and held it.  He watched as the other four vanished in a sparkles of light.

    "I'll explain to Pikachu what I'm up to later.  I hope he won't mind," Ash said to himself, while bouncing the ball up and down in his hand.  "This ball feels weird.  Oh well.  This Pok�mon will be the core of my secondary team."

    Ash put the ball on his belt and checked up on Sapphire.  He walked into the large room where the small bird was being cared for.  Feeling his presence, Charizard opened one eye and gazed thoughtfully at Ash.  Another of Ash's Pok�mon was in the room, keeping an eye on Sapphire.

    "Hi, Chansey.  How's Sapphire doing?"

    "Chan," the egg Pok�mon said, while smiling.

    "I came to feed it," Ash stated, as he pulled some birdseed out of his pocket.

    Ash carefully fed the baby bird one small seed at a time.  Afterwards, he used an eyedropper to give Sappire water to drink.  All the while, Charizard watched the proceedings intently.  The giant Fire Pok�mon felt a slight dampness in his eyes and turned his head away.  Chansey and Ash were so busy making sure that Sapphire was okay, they didn't notice Charizard's behavior.

    Walking out the door, Ash said, "See you later guys.  Please keep an eye on Sapphire for me."

    "Chansey."

    "Charizard."

    Ash shrugged, as he was a bit startled to her anything coming from Charizard.  He hoped that the time out of the ball would make Charizard more disposed to listening to his orders.  He walked on and found Brock in the kitchen.

    "Yo, Brock-o.  What's up?"

    Looking up, Brock answered, "Oh, I'm just cooking some food for the three of us.  By the way, where's Misty?"

    "Er.  Uh oh," Ash said, as he threw the only ball he was carrying.

    The ball opened up and bounced back, leaving a globe of light behind.  The light condensed into the figure of Misty still wearing her genie costume.  Her back was arched backwards slightly and she had her arms out to her sides, with fingers extendend.  Misty's head was tilted back and she had her eyes closed.  Her head tilted forward and she went into a fighting stance.  Seeing nothing around, she turned towards Ash.

    "Sorry, Misty," Ash sheepishly began. "It's like this---"

    Ash then went on to describe the storm and how he forgot about relasing her.  Misty glared at him, but said nothing.  She did notice that the only Pok�ball that her Trainer was carrying was the one she was in.

    "Ash, why do you only have one Pok�ball?" Misty asked.

    Ash sweated and hesitantly explained what he was going to do.  The genie looked at her Trainer and smiled very sweetly.

    "Why, Ash.  Thank you for choosing me for special training.  I'm sure Pikachu won't mind when he finds out that you are training me," Misty said. *Too bad, Ash.  You chose at random and now you're stuck with me.*

    Brock coughed, covering a snicker. "You might as well give it up, Ash.  I checked your Pok�dex and found that until you refill your slots, you can't change Misty out or call any others."

    Ash shook his head in frustration and held up the Pok�ball.  Misty shrugged and tapped the ball with her finger.  It opened up and Misty became a silhouette of red light, before being pulled inside.

    Before going into a trance, Misty thought, *I wonder if spending time with Ash as his only Pok�mon will help me win him.*


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