Team Aqua and Team Magma

Ash, Tomo and Brock were enjoying their journey through the Hoenn Region along with May and Max even though this was their first journey. They had been to new places, seen and caught Hoenn Pokemon and met different people. The one thing that was bothering Ash was Team Aqua and Team Magma, who the Officer Jenny in Rustboro City told him about. He could tell that those teams were bad news, except he hadn't met Team Magma yet and he still wondered what they were really like; were they like Team Rocket or not?

Right now Ash and the others were training along a beach on another part of Dewford Town. They were jogging along the beach, with Brock in charge. Ash, Tomo and Max were doing well, but May, not being a fan of sports, wasn't enjoying herself. Suddenly Brock told everyone to stop; he saw a man climbing up the edge of a cliff. The man was Prof. Birch and he was looking at a Wingull's nest. Unfortunately for him, the Wingull wasn't happy about him peering into her nest and she pecked at him until he fell off the cliff. Luckily for Prof. Birch he landed in some trees which managed to break his fall, so he wasn't seriously injured.

The gang was surprised to see Prof. Birch and asked him what he was doing.

"I was studying a Wingull's nest." Prof. Birch explained. "Wingull build nests on the edge of cliffs."

"Ah I understand." Ash said. "It's your way of studying Pokemon and their habitats right?"

"That's correct." Prof. Birch said. "The best way to study Pokemon is to be up close where the action is instead of seeing them from a distance, that's my opinion."

"It's Prof. Oak's opinion as well." Tomo said.

"So tell me what brings you all here?" Prof. Birch asked.

Ash explained that they were doing some training for the Dewford Gym.

"I see." Prof. Birch said. "And how has your journey been so far?"

"It has been fantastic." Max said.

He started to talk about what he and the others had gone through so far.

Meanwhile in a cave Jessie, James and Meowth were hanging around in a secret base. A secret base was a special area that people could create in caves, special shrubs and special trees. Jessie's Granbull knew Secret Power and Secret Power had the ability to create secret bases.

"Ah it's so good to have a place where we can relax." Jessie said. She was resting on a sun bed. "And we won't need to worry about anything here."

"Except the fact that there aren't any good Pokemon here for us to send to the boss." Meowth remarked.

"Oh don't get your tail in a twist Meowth." Jessie said. "There are still plenty of places here in the Hoenn Region to look for rare Pokemon. So just relax."

Meowth didn't think that he could relax.

"Jessie's right." James said while working on a computer. "There are still places where we haven't been yet, so our time in Hoenn hasn't come to a end yet."

Meowth just sighed.

Jessie and James thought there was nothing to worry about at the moment, but they were wrong. Outside the cave a helicopter was coming in to land and there was a submarine that just rose out of the sea. The helicopter had a big red and black mark that looked like a big capital M; this helicopter belonged to Team Magma. The submarine had a big white mark that looked like a skull and cross bones, but with a spike on top; this submarine belonged to Team Aqua.

Back with the gang, they had just finished telling Prof. Birch about what they had gone through on their journey so far, and they told him about the new Pokemon they had captured.

"Wow you kids seem to have gotten into quite a few adventures." Prof. Birch said. "And I hope you are in the mood for an adventure today."

He explained that he was going to visit a cave that was just up ahead and asked the gang if they would like to join him.

"Let's do it." Max said immediately. "It won't be every day that we'll get to explore with Prof. Birch."

The others agreed too and Prof. Birch led the way to the cave. What he didn't know was that the cave was where Jessie, James and Meowth built their secret base.

Back in the secret base, Jessie and James were enjoying themselves. But then they heard the sound of drilling coming from outside their base.

"Hey what's that noise?" Jessie asked.

Before her question could be answered, a group of men in red and black clothes barged into their secret base; they were members of Team Magma.

"Hey what's the big idea?!" Jessie shouted.

"Yeah this is our place, so get out!" James shouted.

They released all of their Pokemon; Arbok, Cloyster, Wobbuffet, Granbull, Sneasel, Seviper, Wurmple, Loudred, Weezing, Vileplume, Victreebel, Jumpluff, Chinchou, Teddiursa and Cacnea to battle. Meowth joined in too. The Team Magma grunts called out a lot of Mightyena, Golbat and Houndoom from their Poke Balls. Meowth and the other Pokemon put up a good fight against the Mightyena, Golbat and Houndoom. The Team Magma grunts had enough, recalling their Pokemon and then leaving the secret base.

"Hey, we won!" Meowth cheered.

"Yeah, but now our secret base isn't secret anymore." Jessie said. "We'll have to find a new secret base somewhere else."

"Yes and I've got the feeling that those Team Magma grunts are still here in the cave." James said. "We should follow them and see what they're up to."

Jessie and Meowth agreed to his idea.

Meanwhile Prof. Birch and the gang were inside the cave and Prof. Birch kept an eye out for any Pokemon.

"What Pokemon do you normally see in this cave?" Max asked.

Before Prof. Birch could answer, Growlithe saw a grey and white insect with pale green wings and it wasn't looking very happy.

"That's a Nincada." Prof. Birch said.

Tomo looked Nincada up on the Pokedex.

"Nincada, the Trainee Pokemon. Nincada lives underground for many years in complete darkness. This Pokemon absorbs nutrients from the roots of trees. It stays motionless as it waits for evolution."

"This Nincada doesn't look very happy to me." Ash said.

He asked it what was wrong, and the Nincada spoke to Ash.

"Nincada says that some people are drilling in the cave."

"If there are people drilling then something must be up." Prof. Birch said. "We should check this out."

Ash asked Nincada if it could show them where the people that were drilling are and Nincada agreed.

Right now the Team Magma grunts were looking around some sort of ancient ruins. A man, who was also a Team Magma member, was giving orders to the grunts. Jessie, James and Meowth saw them while hiding behind some rocks.

"Who in the world are they?" Jessie whispered.

"Team Magma from their uniforms." James said.

He informed Jessie and Meowth that he overheard some police officers talking about Team Magma and Team Aqua the other day.

"Gosh." Meowth said. "But if that's Team Magma, then where's Team Aqua?"

As soon as Meowth said that a woman and some men wearing scuba diving gear jumped out of the water.

They were wearing blue, white and black clothes and they looked like pirates; they were members of Team Aqua.

"Does that answer your question Meowth?" Jessie asked.

Prof. Birch and the gang arrived and they saw Team Aqua and Team Magma too.

"So that's Team Aqua and Team Magma." Ash said.

"I've heard of them." Prof. Birch said. "They cause trouble wherever they go."

Ash didn't like the look of them.

The man from Team Magma and the woman from Team Aqua began to speak with each other.

"Well well, what brings you here Shelly?" The man asked.

"I will ask you the same thing Tabitha." The woman said.

"Team Magma is here to explore these ruins and we got here right so please leave." Tabitha said.

"The ones who will be leaving will be you and your team." Shelly said. "And Team Aqua will explore these ruins."

Prof. Birch and the gang listened to what Tabitha and Shelly were saying.

"It's obvious Team Magma and Aqua know each other." Ash said. "But it doesn't sound like they get along."

Prof. Birch and the others didn't like the sound of that. Shelly and Tabitha continued to talk.

"I'm afraid you won't find the power you seek here, unless you found the Blue Orb." Tabitha said.

"So does that mean you have the Red Orb?" Shelly asked. "Ha the power of the sea will prevail over the power of the land."

"You should never underestimate the power of the land Shelly." Tabitha replied.

Just then a Team Magma grunt told Tabitha that the ruins were just ordinary ruins that people worshiped in a long time ago.

"So this place isn't the Cave of Origin." Tabitha said.

He told his men to retreat. Shelly also told her men to retreat; Team Aqua was looking for the Cave of Origin too. Then Team Aqua left by jumping back into the sea and Team Magma left on their drill.

Prof. Birch and the gang were puzzled with what Tabitha and Shelly had been talking about.

"What are the Red and Blue Orbs and what's the Cave of Origin?" May asked.

"I don't know about the Red and Blue Orbs." Prof. Birch said. "But the Cave of Origin is a hidden cave said to be located somewhere in the Hoenn Region. I have no idea where it is."

"If Team Magma and Team Aqua are dead set on finding the cave, it can't be good." Brock said.

Prof. Birch agreed. It was now time to get out of the cave. Tomo captured the Nincada from earlier because he thought it was a cool Pokemon.

"Today was certainly exciting." Prof. Birch said. "Even though we ran into Team Aqua and Magma."

"We better be careful though." Ash cautioned. "I get the feeling we'll cross paths with Team Aqua and Team Magma again."

"If you do, let Officer Jenny know immediately." Prof. Birch said.

The gang agreed to do so.

Meanwhile Jessie, James and Meowth were also discussing Team Aqua and Team Magma.

"From what that man and woman were talking about the powers of land and sea, I'd say they were really power hungry." Meowth said.

"Yes and since those two were the commanders, I'd hate to think what their bosses are like." James said.

"Boys for Team Rocket's sake, we stay far away from Team Aqua and Team Magma, agreed?" Jessie said.

"Agreed." James and Meowth said at the same time.

So the gang had finally encountered Team Aqua and Team Magma. What was their motivation though?