Brock and Misty Return Home

After bidding farewell to Ash, Tomo and Misty, Brock was on his way back to Pewter City. While he was looking through the forest he heard some roaring noises.

"That sounded like a Tyranitar." He said.

He remembered what a Tyranitar's roar sounds like because of the mother Tyranitar he and the others met before and he rushed to see what was going on. What he saw was a Tyranitar, but he also saw his dad Flint with it.

"Hey dad." Brock said.

Flint saw Brock and said hello to him as well.

"Is this Tyranitar yours dad?" Brock asked.

"Yes and she's a real fighter." Flint said. "And there's no doubt her five Larvitar's will become real fighters too when they evolve."

"You mean this Tyranitar is a mother Tyranitar?" Brock asked.

Flint explained that a few months ago he was training in the mountains with his Onix and Golem. But then he heard some crying.

"It sounded like some Pokemon were crying and I went to see what was going on. But when I did I saw something terrible; I saw Tyranitar with a bleeding leg and the crying was from her five baby Larvitars. I called Nurse Joy immediately and thanks to her Tyranitar was safe and healed and the Larvitars were okay too."

"I take it you decided to catch Tyranitar after she healed?" Brock asked.

"Yes and her Larvitar's as well." Flint answered. "Forrest, Salvadore, Yolanda, Tommy and Cindy became friends with the Larvitars and they wanted to keep them. So I captured Tyranitar and the five Larvitar's, so that Tyranitar and the Larvitar's wouldn't have to leave each other."

"I understand." Brock said. "So how is everybody?"

"We are doing great." Flint said. "And your brothers and sisters love the new Pokemon you had been capturing on your journey. Oh and your new rock type Pokemon Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Kabuto, Omantye, seven Shuckle, Magcargo and Corsola have been a hit in the gym. The trainers love battling against them."

"I'm happy to hear that." Brock said.

When Flint and Brock arrived at the house, Brock was immediately welcomed home by all his siblings; they had missed him. His mom, Lola, also missed him.

"Hey mom, how you feeling?" Brock asked.

Lola was in poor health and was on medication.

"Don't you worry Brock." Lola said. "Your two Chansey have been a big help to me around the house. Although there is something about one of the Chansey you should know."

A Blissey came out of the kitchen as well as a Chansey; one of Brock's Chansey had evolved. Brock was amazed that he had a Blissey, but there was another surprise in the house. Lola had a Miltank with her. She explained that she needed to drink Moomoo Milk everyday to get healthier.

"Nurse Joy called a friend of hers from Johto and asked her to catch a Miltank for me, so the kids and I can have Moomoo Milk everyday and we don't need to buy it from the shops everyday."

Brock nodded and he was happy to have Miltank as part of the family.

Brock's siblings introduced him to their new Larvitar's and Lola explained that they played with Growlithe and Ninetales all the time. Forrest also introduced Brock to his new Geodude that Flint gave him on his eleventh birthday. Brock was relieved that everything had been okay while he was gone. Brock's other Pokemon were in the Pewter Gym; he had Steelix, Graveler, Crobat, Forretress, Stantler and Weepinbell on him. There had been a little change to the gym; the inside of the gym where the battlefield was had been painted a grey stone color.

"When you told us about your Onix being a Steelix, we decided to add a little grey to the gym." Flint said. "What do you think?"

"I like it." Brock said. "Besides you do get grey colored rocks apart from the usual brown and yellow rocks."

There was a surprise for Brock when he saw his Pokemon; his Diglett was now a Dugtrio and his Omanyte and Kabuto were now Omastar and Kabutops.

"Wow, are there any more surprises for me to know about?" Brock asked.

"No there isn't." Flint chuckled.

That evening while the family was having dinner, Brock told them about his adventures through Kanto and Johto with his friends Ash, Tomo and Misty and about staying with a professor in the Orange Islands.

"You've certainly been through a lot on your journey son." Flint said.

"I have." Brock replied. "And I learned a lot of new things too."

"We are glad that you enjoyed your journeys." Lola said. "And we are also sorry that you weren't able to go on a journey when you were ten because you had to help me take care of the house and your siblings."

This was true; as Brock's family was a big one and that his parents had been suffering from illnesses, he couldn't start a Pokemon journey as a ten year old. He had to stay home and help his mom with housework and looking after his brothers and sisters.

"That's okay mom." Brock said. "As long as you and dad get better, I would do anything to help out with the family."

Flint and Lola were happy to have a good son like Brock.

That night, after Brock's siblings went to bed, Flint and Lola were talking to him in the living room. Flint and Lola had emailed Brock before he parted ways with Ash, Tomo and Misty, to come home and wanted to talk to him about something important. Brock was worried; he hoped that nothing else was wrong with his parents as they had already suffered a lot.

"Brock there is something your mother and I want to discuss with you." Flint said.

"Is something wrong?" Brock asked.

"Well dear." Lola said. "Do you remember when your father had to have surgery on his heart while you were traveling?"

"Yes I do." Brock replied. "Is your heart bad again Dad?"

"Well it's not as bad as it was before." Flint admitted. "But when I visited the doctor a few days ago, he said that I need to step down from being the gym leader of Pewter Gym. My heart is not as strong as it used to be and I need to rest my heart more, and as you know that being a gym leader won't help with that."

"So do you want me to be the gym leader again dad?" Brock asked.

"No Brock." Lola said. "As we know that your dream is to become a Pokemon doctor, your father and I decided to have Forrest become the new Pewter Gym leader."

"That's right." Flint added. "Because he loves the Pewter Gym and all rock type Pokemon as much as I do. And he has become quite the Pokemon trainer. So what do you think Brock?"

"I call it a great idea." Brock said. "And I'm sure Forrest would be happy being the new gym leader."

Brock was right; when he, Flint and Lola told Forrest the next day about their decision for him to be the next gym leader, Forrest beamed.

"I will do whatever I can to be a great gym leader for the Pewter Gym." He said.

"And we will help you Forrest." Salvador said.

The other siblings offered to help out too. So it was arranged, Forrest would become the new Pewter Gym leader. Brock, Flint and Lola agreed that the gym would be in good hands with Forrest.

Suddenly there was some sort of stampede coming from outside.

"What's going on?" Brock asked.

"I don't know." Flint said. "But we better see."

Brock, Flint and Forrest went to see what the noise was and Lola and the other siblings stayed in the house.

A grey and silver Pokemon that looked like a dinosaur was rampaging in the area, close to the gym.

"What Pokemon is that?" Forrest asked.

"An Aggron." Flint said. "A steel/rock type Pokemon. You usually see them in the Hoenn Region. It's surprising to see one here though."

"Yeah, but we should deal with it before any damage is done." Brock said.

He sent out Graveler, while Flint sent out Tyranitar and Forrest sent out Geodude. Brock ordered Graveler to use Dynamic Punch, Flint ordered his Tyranitar to use Hyper Beam and Forrest ordered Geodude to use Rock Smash. After being hit by Dynamic Punch, Hyper Beam and Rock Smash, the Aggron was defeated.

"We better catch it before it wakes up." Forrest said.

"Yes and I have the perfect ball for it." Brock said.

He took out his Heavy Ball and used it to capture Aggron. Aggron was caught in a few seconds.

"Now Aggron won't be causing any more trouble." Brock smiled, picking up the ball containing his new Pokemon.

The next day after everything was clear, Brock got ready to set off to Hoenn; he wanted to travel with Ash and Tomo again. He told his family about his plan and his family agreed with it. Brock decided to take only Forretress and Aggron with him to Hoenn and leave his other Pokemon behind. Lola gave Brock new clothes to wear on his journey and a new backpack. Then Brock said goodbye to his family and set off for Hoenn to meet up with Ash and Tomo again.

After bidding farewell to Ash, Tomo and Brock, Misty was cycling to Cerulean City to take over as gym leader of the Cerulean Gym.

"It will be nice being home again and seeing all of my water type Pokemon again." She said to Togepi, who was riding in the basket of the bike. Togepi agreed.

When she arrived in Cerulean City, she heard on the news on a TV screen that the Pokemon Inspection Agency was inspecting all the Pokemon gyms in Kanto. The Pokemon Inspection Agency was a organization that inspected Pokemon gyms once a month to check on the gyms. If the gyms were fine and the gym leaders were doing their jobs right, then the gyms would stay open. But if the gyms were not good and the gym leaders weren't doing their jobs properly then the gyms would be shut down. Misty was worried; if she didn't get to the Cerulean Gym soon the agency might shut it down for having a absent leader. So she cycled as fast as she could all the way to the gym.

When Misty entered the gym there was a surprise waiting for her; Rudy and Mahri were there waiting for her.

"Rudy, Mahri hello." She said.

"Misty." Mahri said, hugging her.

"Hi Misty." Rudy said, giving her a hug as well. "We got your message that you were returning to the gym, so we decided to pay you a visit."

"I'm happy to hear that." Misty said. "But what about your gym? I hear the Pokemon Inspection Agency is making their rounds."

"Oh the gyms in the Orange Islands have already been inspected and everything is well." Rudy said. "And there aren't any challengers at the moment, so we're free to visit you today."

Misty was happy to see her boyfriend and Mahri again.

Just then a Nurse Joy in normal clothing had entered the gym.

"Hello there." She said. "Are you Misty? I hear that you are the gym leader of Cerulean City."

"Yes that's me Nurse Joy." Misty responded. "What can I do for you?"

"Well I would like to look around your gym and see all of the Pokemon you have here if you don't mind." Nurse Joy said.

"Of course." Misty remarked. "And you can join us too Rudy, Mahri."

Misty explained to Nurse Joy that Rudy was her boyfriend and that he and his sister had come to visit her. Nurse Joy didn't mind the extra company.

Misty showed Nurse Joy, Rudy and Mahri some of the water type Pokemon that were swimming around in the pool, and the rest of the Pokemon that were in their Poke Balls. Misty was happy to see all her water type Pokemon again and the Pokemon were happy to see her too. Then she showed them the battle arena.

"Your gym is absolutely magnificent Misty." Nurse Joy said. "And all of your Pokemon look in tip top shape and very happy."

"Thank you Nurse Joy." Misty smiled. "But you wouldn't believe how I ended up adopting most of the water type Pokemon."

"Really, what happened?" Nurse Joy asked.

Misty explained how she adopted Tentacruel, Cloyster, Seadra, Vaporeon and Lapras after their abusive trainer Damian was arrested and how she adopted Octillery, five Remoraid, Lanturn, five Chinchou, Mantine, five Mantyke and Kingdra after some poachers caught them to sell them for money.

"Goodness me." Nurse Joy said. "It's a good thing you have them now after what they went through."

"I agree." Misty replied.

Mahri was playing with Misty's Bellossom.

"Why do you have a grass type Pokemon Misty?" Mahri asked.

Misty explained how she got Bellossom as an Oddish during the journey in Kanto and the times it evolved into Gloom and then into Bellossom.

"Bellossom may not be a water type." Misty said. "But I like her just the same."

Nurse Joy, Rudy and Mahri nodded.

Just then the phone rang.

"I wonder who that could be." Misty said.

She picked the phone up to answer it and Officer Jenny was on the other line.

"Oh Misty, I'm glad you're there." She said. "I need your help."

"What is it, Officer Jenny?" Misty asked.

"There are ten Carvanha in the stream nearby." Officer Jenny said. "And they are causing problems for people that approach the lake. I need your help to deal with them."

"Okay, I'll be right there." Misty said. She then put the phone down.

Nurse Joy, Rudy and Mahri offered to come along and help too and Misty agreed. Misty grabbed Wartortle's Poke Ball and Croconaw's Lure Ball from the rack of Poke Balls.

They all ran to the lake where Officer Jenny was and the ten Carvanha were staring at them angrily.

Carvanha were blue, red and yellow piranha Pokemon.

"We must be careful." Rudy said. "Carvanha are savage Pokemon."

Misty noticed that two of the Carvanha were bigger than the others.

"I reckon that those two are the leaders of the Carvanha." She said. "So if we battle them and catch them, the other Carvanha might leave."

Misty released Wartortle and Croconaw to battle Carvanha. As soon as the Carvanha saw Wartortle and Croconaw, they began to attack.

"Wartortle use Skull Bash, and you use Slash Croconaw." Misty said.

Wartortle hit the Carvanha with his head and Croconaw slashed Carvanha really hard. The smaller Carvanha fainted but the two bigger Carvanha hadn't been knocked out yet.

"Those two Carvanha are tough. Be careful Wartortle, Croconaw." Misty said.

Suddenly the two bigger Carvanha started to glow. They evolved into shark Pokemon.

"They're Sharpedo now." Rudy said.

The Sharpedo charged into Wartortle and Croconaw with Aqua Jet and then used Night Slash on them.

"Are you okay Wartortle, Croconaw?" Misty asked.

Wartortle and Croconaw were okay and they were not going to let the Sharpedo beat them. Just then Wartortle and Croconaw started to glow and they evolved into Blastoise and Feraligatr. Misty beamed after they evolved.

"Okay Blastoise, Feraligatr use Hydro Pump." She said.

Blastoise and Feraligatr blasted the Sharpedo with Hydro Pump and they fainted. Misty tossed two Poke Balls at the Sharpedo and caught them. The Carvanha saw what happened and they wanted to be captured with their leaders too.

"This makes sense." Rudy said. "Some wild Pokemon feel lost without their leaders around."

So Misty caught them as well; as long as they didn't cause trouble in the gym.

Officer Jenny was grateful for Misty's help and thanked her. Nurse Joy was impressed with how Misty handled the Carvanha and Sharpedo.

"Well Misty I have to say." She said. "You have proven yourself to be a fine gym leader and the Cerulean Gym has passed inspection."

She revealed herself to be an Pokemon inspection agent. Misty was surprised and relieved that the Cerulean Gym had passed the inspection. After that Agent Joy left Cerulean City to check out the other Pokemon gyms in Kanto.

So all was okay in the end and Misty was now the official leader of the Cerulean Gym.

"I know that you will be a great gym leader Misty." Rudy smiled.

"Thank you Rudy." Misty smiled.

Just then he got a phone call from his gym and one of his attendants said that challengers were starting to collect the Orange League badges again.

"Sorry Misty, but Mahri and I have to get back to our gym now." Rudy said.

"Oh that's okay, I understand." Misty said. "And you two are welcome to come back here to visit anytime."

So Rudy and Mahri left Cerulean City to head back to the Trovita Gym in the Orange Islands.

"Well Togepi." Misty said. "It's time to start taking care of the gym."

Togepi agreed. So Misty's new life as a gym leader had begun.