Aaron

Today the gang walked through a small town, when they noticed a long line of people. 
"I wonder what's going on here." Ash said.
Officer Jenny noticed the gang.
"Are you kids here to observe?" She asked. "If you are, please go to the back of the line."
"Pardon me Officer Jenny, but what do you mean by observe?" Dawn asked.
"You kids don't know?" Officer Jenny asked them. "Aaron is holding a public training session here."
"Aaron?" Ash questioned out loud.
Dawn quickly opened up her backpack and took out a issue of Poke-chic. She also meant Officer Jenny was referring to Aaron of the Elite Four. 
Aaron was in a small stadium and he was commanding a Drapion and Vespiquen to attack some targets, while a Skorupi watched. He was a bug type Pokemon trainer. Everyone was impressed by Aaron's training, including the gang. 
"I can't believe we are going to meet another member of the Elite Four." Dawn said.
"Me either." Ash replied. "First we met Lucian, and now we will meet Aaron."
"Ah, the amazing Lucian who uses psychic type Pokemon." Officer Jenny said. "Bertha uses ground type Pokemon, Flint uses fire type Pokemon and Aaron uses bug type Pokemon. Of course, these four awesome trainers that reign over the Pokemon League form the Elite Four. But of all four of them, Aaron is the one who combines strength and popularity. He really walks the walks."
Officer Jenny was a big fan of Aaron and she couldn't stop talking about how great he was. She even said that Aaron was going to challenge Cynthia for the title of champion. 
"Oh, so Aaron was the challenger Cynthia was talking about back in Celestic Town." Dawn said.
"I can't wait to see that." Ash said.
Officer Jenny and the fans believed that Aaron would win the battle and become the new champion.
The training demonstration soon ended and Aaron thanked everyone for watching him then asked for their support when he battled Cynthia. The fans started to line up to give Aaron flowers and ask for his autograph. Officer Jenny quickly got onto her feet to keep everyone in line. Dawn went to line up to get a autograph from Aaron too.
What nobody knew was that Team Rocket turned up to see the training session too.
"Well, well, well fancy seeing a member of the Sinnoh Elite Four." Jessie said. "And that Vespiquen and Drapion are something else."
"I hope you're not suggesting we try and steal his Pokemon." James said. "You haven't forgotten how incredibly strong the Elite Four are, have you?"
"No, no, no James." Jessie said. "We aren't going after those Pokemon. We are going after his other Pokemon. That Vespiquen and Drapion seem to be his main battling Pokemon, so we'll go after the Pokemon that aren't his main battling Pokemon. They'll be weaker than Vespiquen and Drapion, so it will be easy for us to get them."
Meowth and James weren't sure this was a good idea, but Jessie did make a good point so it was a plan.
Right now Dawn was getting Aaron to sign her magazine. 
"Cynthia told me the Elite Four are strong, so she's not going easy on you." Dawn said.
"You know Cynthia personally?" Aaron asked. 
"Yes Ash, Brock, Tomo and I met her a few times before." Dawn answered.
"I can't wait to see you and Cynthia battle, Aaron." Ash said.
"Cynthia is definitely powerful, but I have been training a lot as well and my Pokemon are good to go." Aaron said.
"Apart from Drapion, Vespiquen and Skorupi." Ash said. "Do you have any other Pokemon?"
"I do actually." Aaron said. "Hey, why don't you kids come to my training center. It would be an honor to have visitors who are friends of Cynthia."
The gang said yes right away; it was the chance of a lifetime to visit an Elite Four member's training center.
Aaron brought the gang to a cabin next to a lake in the middle of a forest; this was his training center.
"What a gorgeous place." Dawn said.
"I built this cabin after I joined the Elite Four." Aaron said. "I love it here."
Just then some wild bug type Pokemon showed up; there was some Surskit, some Combee, a Venonat, a Mothim and a Ledyba. 
"This place is definitely a paradise for bug type Pokemon." Brock said.
Ash was thinking it was a good thing Misty wasn't here because she would have freaked out. Suddenly a Heracross, Yanmega and Scizor appeared. 
"Ah I see, you three have done your exercises then?" Aaron asked them.
The three Pokemon nodded yes. 
"That's good, now take a break." Aaron said.
He released his Vespiquen and Drapion from their Poke Balls and told them to relax too.
"So Heracross, Scizor and Yanmega are your Pokemon too Aaron?" Dawn asked.
"Correct." Aaron said. "And now it's time for me to train."
There was some exercise gear in the cabin and Aaron put it on. 
"My Pokemon would make fun of me if I didn't train myself too." He explained.
"That's understandable." Brock said.
While Aaron was doing his exercise, Dawn noticed a photo on the desk. The photo was Aaron when he was younger and a Wurmple was with him. Dawn looked at it in wonder.
Meanwhile...
Team Rocket was staring at Aaron's Pokemon while hiding in a bush. They were planning to go after Scizor, Yanmega and Heracross.
"Okay, so how do we nab them without that Elite Four member sending us blasting off?" James asked.
"I suggest we use some honey to lure the Yanmega, Heracross and Scizor over here and then nab them." Meowth said.
"It won't work." James reminded him. "Remember when we used honey to lure out wild Pokemon? Pokemon we didn't want like Munchlax kept coming to eat the honey and we barely managed to get the Pokemon we did want."
"Good point, look over there." Jessie said, pointing to a tree.
There was a Munchlax eating some berries.
"Okay, so how do we get them then?" Meowth asked.
"We use our Pokemon vacuum machine." Jessie said.
"But they never work when we use them." James pointed out. "The Pokemon attack the cleaner from the inside and that brings the balloon down, smashes the machine and then the Pokemon escape."
"Ah but I have an idea of how we can get away with the Pokemon without them attacking the machine." Jessie said.
She had a mean plan in her mind.
Back at the cabin...
Aaron was taking a break from his training.
"Hey Aaron." Dawn said. "I noticed a photo of you with a Wurmple."
"Oh, Wurmple was the first Pokemon I caught." Aaron explained.
He once climbed the tallest tree in a forest, but it was so high up he couldn't get down. Fortunately a Wurmple was there and helped him get down. He was thankful for Wurmple's help and gave it a hug. 
"It wasn't long before Wurmple and I became best friends." Aaron said.
He then showed the gang a photo album with pictures of him and Wurmple.
"It's nice having a Wurmple on your team." Ash said.
"I caught two Wurmple and had them evolve into Beautifly and Dustox." He explained.
Aaron thought that was nice.
"Hey Aaron, how's Wurmple doing these days?" Dawn asked.
Before Aaron could answer Dawn's question, a strong gust of wind blew and Pikachu, Growlithe, Piplup and Skorupi were blown away. Drapion, Vespiquen, Scizor, Heracross and Yanmega were blown away as well. They had been sucked up by Team Rocket's vacuum machine.
"Team Rocket again?!" Tomo shouted.
"Hello again twerps, thanks for the Pokemon." Jessie laughed.
The balloon started to fly away with the machine.
"No you don't! Come back here!" Ash shouted.
Aaron and the gang gave chase.
The balloon was flying over the forest. Naturally Pikachu, Piplup and Growlithe were angry about being captured and started attacking the machine.
"Oh-ho the Pokemon are attacking." James said.
"Meowth, press the button." Jessie said.
Meowth pressed a button and then a paralyzing powder entered the inside of the machine. All of the Pokemon were paralyzed.
This was Jessie's mean plan; she decided to have her Dustox fill the machine with Stun Spore. So if the Pokemon attack the machine, Stun Spore will paralyze them and prevent them from continuing their attack. 
"That was a great plan Jessie." Meowth said.
"Of course. Stun Spore has always worked and it always will." Jessie said.
That wasn't exactly true, but Jessie liked showing off.
Unbeknownst to Team Rocket, a Ledian observed what had happened and flew off to tell Aaron; it was a friend of his.
Meanwhile
Aaron and the gang continued looking for Team Rocket.
"Team Rocket definitely came this way." Ash said.
"We have to find them!" Aaron shouted angrily. "Skorupi, Drapion, Vespiquen, Yanmega, Heracross and Scizor are my Pokemon and my best friends!"
"Simmer down." Ash told him.
"Oh sorry." Aaron apologized, calming down.
"When I was a kid I was always a cry baby and I constantly lost Pokemon battles." Aaron explained. 
He went on to recall yelling at his Wurmple and abandoning it. Later that day he realized how harsh he had been and wanted to apologize, but Wurmple disappeared. 
"Because of what I said my best friend was gone." Aaron said. "Since that day I worked harder to better understand bug type Pokemon. That's why we have to get my Pokemon back; I never want to lose my best friends again."
"That won't happen because we will get them back." Dawn said.
Suddenly Ledian arrived and told Aaron where Team Rocket was.
"Okay let's go." Ash said.
They pursued them once again.
At that time Team Rocket was still flying over the forest. In the machine the Pokemon struggled to try and fight again, but being paralyzed made it difficult. Suddenly Hyper Beam struck the balloon and it crashed to the ground with the machine.
"Alright who did that?!" Jessie shouted.
The attack came from Brock's Probopass.
"Give us back our Pokemon!" Aaron shouted.
Just then the machine opened up and the Pokemon weakly came out.
"What have you done to our Pokemon?!" Dawn shouted.
Jessie and James didn't answer. Instead they released Seviper, Weavile, Carnivine and Roserade. Meowth went to fix the machine. Tomo took some Cheri Berries out of the backpack. 
"Here guys, eat these!" He shouted, tossing the berries to the Pokemon.
Pikachu managed to catch the berries, ate one and then gave the rest to the others. The Pokemon immediately felt better.
"Time to teach you crooks a lesson." Aaron said. 
"Attack Seviper with Hyper Beam." He ordered. "Scizor, Bullet Punch. Vespiquen, Slash. Heracross, Megahorn." 
Team Rocket's Pokemon took a lot of damage.
Suddenly there was another gust of wind. Meowth fixed the machine and balloon.
"Time to get our prizes back." He said.
Brock quickly returned Probopass so it wouldn't be sucked in. Aaron quickly held onto Drapion and Vespiquen, while Scizor, Heracross and Yanmega grabbed him. Pikachu, Growlithe, Piplup and Skorupi quickly grabbed hold of a tree branch to save themselves.
"Hang on all of you!" Ash shouted.
"Grr we have to stop this." Brock growled.
Meowth turned the power of the machine up to make it stronger. Aaron, the gang and all the Pokemon were in big trouble.
Out of nowhere a Solar Beam destroyed the machine and balloon. It's source was a Beautifly.
"Look at that Beautifly." Brock said. "Solar Beam must have come from it."
Aaron felt something familiar about Beautifly.
"Is that you Wurmple?" He asked. 
Beautifly nodded; it was Aaron's old friend. The gang couldn't believe it.
"So Beautifly evolved from Wurmple and returned after all this time." Dawn said.
Beautifly started to talk.
"Beautifly said it wanted to get stronger so it went off by itself to train." Aaron stated. 
"So that means your friendship with Wurmple didn't end after you left it alone." Ash remarked. "It wanted to come back after it was stronger."
Team Rocket wasn't about to give up.
"Go." They ordered their Pokemon to attack again.
Aaron had his Pokemon go on the offensive and Team Rocket's Pokemon were quickly knocked out. Pikachu, Piplup, Growlithe and Beautifly then sent them flying with Thunderbolt, Bubble Beam, Flamethrower and Solar Beam. 
"Thanks for your help." Aaron told Beautifly. It then rejoined his team.
"This time we'll be a team forever." He promised.
Beautifly happily accepted because it wanted to be with Aaron again. 
The gang was happy Aaron had his old friend back; his team was bigger and better.
After that the gang got ready to leave. 
"Well Aaron, we'll be watching you on TV when you and Cynthia battle." Dawn said.
"I promise you I'll give it all I've got." Aaron told them. 
The gang waved goodbye to Aaron and his Pokemon, then went on their way. Today had been a great day for the gang; they met a member of the Sinnoh Elite Four and watched the reunion between him and Beautifly.