Two Shiny Pokemon

While on the way to Saffron City, the gang entered a forest. Here May planned to try and catch more Pokemon for the Kanto contests; sure she thought her Pokemon were brilliant but she still wanted new Pokemon.

"What sort of Pokemon do you want to capture May?" Brock asked.

May was reading a book about Pokemon you find in Kanto.

"I've been thinking about it." She said. "And I want to catch a Butterfree because they are so beautiful and cute like Beautifly."

"Then you will have to search for Caterpie." Ash said. "That's the best way to get a Butterfree."

He remembered when his Butterfree evolved from Caterpie and Metapod.

Suddenly a person the gang didn't expect to see ran past them; it was Drew.

"What's Drew doing here?" May gasped.

"He must be here to participate in the Pokemon contests." Ash said.

"Drew certainly seemed to be in a hurry." Brock noted. "I wonder what's up."

The gang decided to find out and caught up to Drew.

"Drew!" May called out.

Drew was surprised to see May again, but he figured she'd wanted to enter the contests in Kanto.

"Hey Ash, I saw you win the Cerulean ribbon on TV." Drew said.

"You won any ribbons yet?" Ash asked.

"Only one, but I'm just beginning." Drew said.

"So what were running in a hurry for Drew?" May asked.

"Haven't you heard." Drew replied. "A shiny Zangoose and a shiny Arcanine are lurking around these parts."

"You're kidding right?!" Max gasped.

"Nope and I plan to capture them." Drew said. "See you later."

Then he left.

"Why don't we go look for these shiny Pokemon too?" Max asked the others. "I've never seen a shiny Arcanine or shiny Zangoose before."

Everyone else agreed.

"We better split up to search for the shiny Arcanine and Zangoose." Brock suggested. "Because we have no idea where they might be."

So the gang split up to find the two shiny Pokemon; Brock was with May, Max was with Tomo and Ash looked by himself.

The gang weren't the only ones interested in finding the shiny Arcanine and Zangoose. Jessie, James and Meowth had heard about the two shiny Pokemon lurking around the area, and they wanted to catch them for Team Rocket.

"That shiny Zangoose and Arcanine will earn us a lot of money." Meowth said.

"You're right Meowth." Jessie said. "You can leave Arcanine to my Cloyster since water type Pokemon are strong against fire type Pokemon."

"And I can easily take down that Zangoose with Breloom."

"Just don't let Seviper see that Zangoose." Meowth reminded her.

He remembered that Zangoose and Seviper are mortal enemies.

"All right enough talk, time to catch us some Pokemon." Jessie said.

With May and Brock...

May and Brock were keeping their eyes open to see if they could spot the shiny Arcanine or Zangoose.

"Do you think Drew was right about the shiny Arcanine and Zangoose being here?" May asked Brock.

"Well it's unusual to see Zangoose here in Kanto." Brock said. "But Drew isn't the type to lie. So all we can do is search for the Arcanine and Zangoose."

Just then a Caterpie crawled past them.

"Brock, that's a Caterpie right?" May asked.

"Yes May it is." Brock answered.

"Great I'm capturing it." May said.

Even though they were searching for an Arcanine and Zangoose, May couldn't resist capturing Caterpie because she wanted a Butterfree.

With Tomo and Max...

Tomo was having Growlithe sniff around to pick up the scent of the shiny Arcanine.

"With Growlithe's nose we should be able to find Arcanine since it's Growlithe's evolved form." Tomo said.

"Hey Tomo, are you ever going to evolve Growlithe into Arcanine?" Max asked.

"No the truth is just like Pikachu, Growlithe doesn't want to evolve." Tomo said. "And to be honest, I like Growlithe just the way he is."

"I see." Max nodded.

Just then Growlithe started to bark.

"Growlithe must have picked up Arcanine's scent." Tomo said. "Lead the way Growlithe."

Growlithe started to run with Tomo and Max pursuing it.

With Ash...

Ash had been searching for the shiny Pokemon all by himself.

"No sign of Arcanine or Zangoose yet." He had been climbing trees with the intent of using his enhanced senses to determine Arcanine and Zangoose's location.

"I think it's about time for me to bust out my aura." Ash closed his eyes and thought in his mind that he needed to find the shiny Arcanine and Zangoose.

Just then the aura appeared in his eyes and Ash saw where they were. Ash opened his eyes.

"I found them." He said.

He then jumped off the tree and ran over to the direction Arcanine and Zangoose were.

Ash ran over to where the Arcanine and Zangoose were supposed to be, and then they ran into Max, Tomo and Growlithe.

"Ash, Growlithe picked up Arcanine's scent." Tomo said.

"I sensed Zangoose and Arcanine too, and they seem to be over there through the trees." Ash said, pointing to some trees. "We must be quiet now otherwise we'll scare them off."

Ash, Max and Tomo quietly walked through the trees, taking care not to make any noise. A minute later Ash, Tomo, Growlithe and Max found the shiny Arcanine and Zangoose. They were shiny all right; Arcanine's body was a golden yellow color and Zangoose had blue stripes and red claws.

"Wow shiny Pokemon look magnificent." Max whispered.

Suddenly Arcanine and Zangoose were caught in a net. It was Team Rocket's handiwork and they were in their balloon.

"Success!" Jessie cheered.

"These Pokemon will definitely fetch a good price." James said.

Arcanine and Zangoose were about to try to escape the net, but it zapped them; it was an electrical net.

"Drop those Pokemon!" Ash shouted.

"Yeah we're not letting you claim them as Team Rocket's Pokemon!" Max shouted.

"Too late twerps." Jessie said.

James released Weezing and had him use Smokescreen. Ash quickly released his Butterfree and had him use Whirlwind to blow the smoke away.

"Now Butterfree use Air Cutter on the net." Butterfree cut the net with Air Cutter and Arcanine and Zangoose were freed.

"Are you two alright?" Max asked, worried.

The two Pokemon were okay; the electric net didn't do a lot of harm to them.

Jessie and James were angry and they landed the balloon.

"You will pay for that!" Jessie shouted and she released Cloyster.

James released Breloom. Max and Tomo were about to release a Pokemon, but neither of them or Ash had to do anything. Arcanine and Zangoose assumed fighting positions.

"Cloyster use Hydro Pump."

"Breloom you use Seed Bomb." James said.

Cloyster and Breloom fired their attacks at Arcanine and Zangoose, but they dodged the attacks. Then Arcanine used Fire Blast on Breloom and Cloyster and the two Pokemon took damage. Next Zangoose used Focus Blast and it sent Team Rocket flying.

Ash, Tomo and Max were impressed with Arcanine and Zangoose.

"Wow." Max said.

He stepped forward.

"Zangoose I wish to capture you." Zangoose heard Max and stared at him for a moment. Then he got into a fighting position. Max released his Whismur to battle.

Ash wanted to catch Arcanine so he sent Manectric out. There was soon a fight between Arcanine, Manectric, Zangoose and Whismur while Tomo and Growlithe just watched. Manectric gave Arcanine a shock with Thunderbolt and Whismur gave Zangoose a real headache with Hyper Voice. After Arcanine and Zangoose started to get weak, Ash and Max tossed an empty Poke Ball at them. The Poke Balls did their normal shaking and they both went ding. The captures were successful.

"Wow." Max said happily. "Not only do I have my own Zangoose, but I have my own shiny Pokemon too."

"And I have my own Arcanine." Ash smiled.

Then Brock, May and Drew approached them.

"We saw the thunderbolt." Brock said. "What happened?"

Ash, Max and Tomo filled them in.

"Sorry Drew, but Max and I captured the shiny Arcanine and Zangoose first." Ash apologized.

"Ah never mind." Drew shrugged. "I'll just catch something else here in Kanto."

The truth was even though Drew acted proud; he was still a good sport. May then said she caught a Caterpie and she couldn't wait for it to evolve into Butterfree.

So a lot happened today and after the Pokemon captures were complete, the gang decided to head onto Saffron City.