Bug Trainer

Today the gang walked through a green area near a mountain.

"This is a lovely place." Misty said. "I feel relaxed just being here."

"With all the trees, flowers, grass and a beautiful looking stream anyone would be relaxed really." Brock said.

Just then the gang heard someone laughing nearby.

"Someone sounds happy." Ash said.

"Let's see what the laughter is about." Brock said.

They realized where the laughing was coming from in no time at all. A blue-haired boy was playing with some sort of dragonfly.

"Hey that's a Yanma." Brock said. "A bug/flying type Pokemon."

"Really?" Misty asked. "Well for being a bug type Pokemon, it doesn't look creepy."

Ash looked Yanma up on the Pokedex.

"Yanma, the Clear Wing Pokemon. If it flaps it's wings really fast, it can generate shock waves that will shatter windows in the area."

The boy noticed the gang, returned Yanma to the Poke Ball and was about to run away.

"Hold on a second." Ash said. "We're travelers on our way to Ecruteak City."

"Then that means you're not from this town." The boy said. "I thought you were from the town. I apologize and my name is Zachary."

The gang introduced themselves to Zachary.

"So why were you about to run away when you thought we were from town?" Misty asked.

"Well the truth is." Zachary said. "I was supposed to release my Yanma into the wild yesterday."

"Huh, what for?" Ash asked.

"Well it's a bit of a long story, but I'll tell you." Zachary said.

Zachary shared his story with Yanma with the gang.

"About a month ago I found Yanma near the stream. It was pouring rain that day and poor Yanma was soaked and in really bad shape. I brought it home with me and took great care of it. After having a good rest with some food, Yanma got better in no time at all. When Yanma was better I was going to release it into the wild, but Yanma wanted to stay with me. I didn't want to let Yanma go as well so I caught Yanma in a Poke Ball and made it my starter Pokemon."

"It's obvious you really love that Yanma." Ash said.

"Yes I do." Zachary said. "The truth is I like all bug type Pokemon and I wish to be a bug type trainer."

"That's cool." Tomo said. "Do you have any other bug type Pokemon with you?"

"Actually I do." Zachary said. He took five Poke Balls out of his pocket and released a Pineco, Spinarak, Ledyba, Caterpie and Weedle. Misty started to freak out after seeing them.

"Sorry about that." Ash told Zachary that Misty was afraid of bug type Pokemon and Tomo returned them to not frighten Misty more.

"With your six bug type Pokemon, I know you will make a great trainer." Brock said.

"But how come you were supposed to release Yanma?" Ash asked.

"Well you see." Zachary said. "As soon as Yanma was flying the flaps of it's wings broke every glass window in my dad's shop. He's a glass window maker you see and Yanma was causing problems there. And the town's windows were also broken by Yanma, so I was told by my dad to get rid of Yanma before his glass making business goes out. But I can't bring myself to do that so I kept Yanma in his Poke Ball in secret and we secretly spend time up here. Neither my dad nor the townspeople know that I still have Yanma with me."

"It's not really good to lie." Brock said. "But I do understand what you mean."

"Yeah." Misty said. "And even if Yanma is causing problems, it doesn't mean you should give it up."

After hearing Zachary's story, Ash had a thought on his mind.

"Would you mind showing me how Yanma breaks something made of glass?" He asked. "Because I might know why the glass is breaking when it flaps it's wings."

"Okay." Zachary said, wanting to know what Ash meant.

Ash took a glass jar out of his backpack and placed it on the ground. Zachary released Yanma from it's Poke Ball and it flew over to the glass jar. Ash watched it closely as the glass jar began to break.

"Now it makes sense." Ash said. "It's the shock waves produced by Yanma's wings. That's actually the move Sonic Boom."

"I've seen that attack used before." Brock noted.

"So Zachary." Ash told him. "If we help Yanma with it's Sonic Boom attack, it will be able to control the sonic waves no matter where you are. And it will stop breaking glass as well."

Zachary thanked Ash and agreed to let him train Yanma.

So for the rest of the afternoon, Ash and Zachary practiced with Yanma and it's Sonic Boom attack. Ash's new Ariados knew Sonic Boom and helped Yanma learn how to use Sonic Boom. Yanma then practiced Sonic Boom on Mareep and in no time at all Yanma's Sonic Boom was perfect. Ash placed another glass jar in front of Yanma and this time it didn't break.

"We did it." Ash said. "Now Yanma will stop breaking glass like crazy."

"Thank you Ash." Zachary said. "Now there won't be any more trouble."

But then Zachary realized that he had to tell his dad the truth about not releasing Yanma.

"He is not going to be happy about me disobeying him."

"Don't worry." Misty said. "We will come with you and explain it to your dad as well."

"Thanks you guys." Zachary said.

Zachary and the gang found his father at the Pokemon Center. He was placing a stained glass window outside the Pokemon Center. It had pictures of five Pokemon; Sunflora, Bellossom, Butterfree, Aipom and Jigglypuff and it looked very beautiful. When Zachary saw his dad, he was just about to tell him about Yanma when suddenly three people from the town showed up.

"It's terrible!" A woman shouted.

"What's going on?" Zachary's dad asked.

"A Victreebel is roaming around town and causing trouble." A man said. "And it's firing Razor Leaf nonstop."

"Oh my!" Nurse Joy gasped.

"We better get over there and deal with that Victreebel." Brock said.

The gang, Zachary, his father, Nurse Joy and the townspeople ran to where Victreebel was.

They soon found Victreebel near some shops and people were running from it so they wouldn't be hit by it's Razor Leaf attacks.

"What's Victreebel attacking the town for?" Misty asked.

"I don't know." Brock said. "But we need to stop it and fast."

Ash released his Cyndaquil to fight Victreebel and then turned to Zachary.

"This is your chance to show what you and Yanma can do Zach." Ash said.

Zachary felt scared about revealing his secret to everyone, but he knew that it was time to tell his dad the truth about Yanma.

"Okay, let's go Yanma." Zachary said, tossing Yanma's Poke Ball.

Zachary's dad was surprised to see Yanma and then he realized that his son didn't release Yanma like he asked him to.

"Cyndaquil use Flamethrower on Victreebel." Ash said.

"Yanma use Sonic Boom." Zachary said.

Victreebel was hit by both Flamethrower and Sonic Boom.

"Now use Tackle." Ash and Zack said at the same time.

After being tackled by Cyndaquil and Yanma, Victreebel fainted.

"We did it Zachary." Ash said. Zachary nodded in agreement.

Nurse Joy went over to Victreebel to examine it.

"Ah I see why it went on a rampage through the town." She said.

"What is it Nurse Joy?" Ash asked.

Nurse Joy produced a big sharp thorn.

"This was stuck on it's sides which is why it went crazy." Nurse Joy said.

"No wonder." Ash stated. "Having something sharp inside your skin would make anyone or any Pokemon go crazy."

Nurse Joy took Victreebel back to the Pokemon Center so she could heal it.

Zachary spoke to his dad about never releasing Yanma, because he loved Yanma too much to release it. Zachary's dad stared at Zachary in silence for a moment. The gang was nervous about how he would react. But then Zachary's dad smiled.

"After seeing you battle that Victreebel with Yanma, I can tell that you have become one with Yanma." He said. "So you deserve to keep Yanma and I know that you will become a great bug type Pokemon trainer."

Zachary was happy after hearing his dad's words. The gang was happy for Zachary and relieved everything worked out in the end.

So Yanma finally became part of Zachary's bug type Pokemon team and the gang bid farewell to Zachary and his dad so they could continue traveling.