Safari

Ash and the gang soon arrived at the Safari Zone.

"I can't wait to catch some new Pokemon." Ash said.

"Yeah, me too." Misty added. She couldn't wait to catch new water type Pokemon.

Brock was interested in capturing some new Pokemon as well.

"What Pokemon are you going to catch, big brother?"

"I don't know." Ash said. "What Pokemon reside there."

They reached the log cabin, where they were going to get the supplies for the Safari Zone. Suddenly a gun was pointed in Ash's face.

"What are you brats doing here?" A man demanded. He was the owner of the gun.

"Get that gun out of my face." Ash growled at the man.

The man put his gun down.

"I am Kaiser, the Safari Zone's caretaker." He said. He gave the gang a Super Rod and a bucket that contained thirty Poke Balls.

"You cannot use your Pokemon to capture the wild Pokemon here. And you are required to use Safari Balls, not your standard Poke Balls." He explained.

"If any of you break the rules." Kaiser said. "You will have my gun to answer to."

Misty saw a picture of Kaiser as a young man, with a Dratini beside him.

"Rumor has it that Dratini lives here." Brock said.

"Well even if Dratini is here." Ash said. "I'm not going to capture it because I already have one."

"What?!" Kaiser shouted, pointing his gun in Ash's face again. "How did you get your Dratini?"

"I found it as a egg on board the S.S Anne. Now would you stop pointing that gun in my face." Ash explained. Kaiser put his gun down and let Ash and the gang off the hook.

The gang left Kaiser's log cabin and headed into the Safari Zone.

"Okay seriously." Misty said. "What was that guy's problem? I mean he went crazy as soon as we entered the cabin. Then as soon as Ash said he had a Dratini, Kaiser looked like he would explode."

"After what happened last time, that doesn't surprise me." Ash said. "This place was nearly destroyed once after Kaiser encountered a Dratini. He doesn't want the same thing to happen twice."

Misty, Brock and Tomo understood where Kaiser was coming from.

"So what shall we do?" Misty asked. "Now that we're in the Safari Zone."

"Let's split up and cover more ground." Brock suggested.

The gang liked that idea. Ash grabbed eight Safari Balls, Misty grabbed six and Brock grabbed six. Tomo grabbed six as well; he wanted some more Pokemon too, aside from Growlithe.

"Ready to catch some new friends Growlithe?" He asked Growlithe.

Growlithe barked eagerly to have some new friends as well. Ash and Tomo decided to go together. Misty grabbed the Super Rod and headed towards the lake while Brock headed down his own path.

Ash and Tomo went to a field. Just then they saw a herd of bull Pokemon.

"It's Tauros." Ash said. "Now's my chance to capture my own Tauros."

Not only did Ash catch a Tauros, but Tomo did as well. Then to his surprise Ash captured a Arbok. Soon Ash had captured a Tauros, Arbok, Rhydon, Paras, Venonat, Doduo, Pinsir and Scyther. Tomo had captured a Tauros, Nidoran couple, Poliwag, Venonat and Cubone.

Misty was fishing with the Super Rod on the lakes. She had captured two Krabby, two Slowpoke and a Psyduck. She had one more Poke Ball left. Brock met up with Misty at the lake. He had captured a Tauros, two Chansey, Marowak and Rhyhorn. Ash and Tomo met up with Misty and Brock at the lake. Everyone exchanged their captures with each other.

"So we've all caught some cool new Pokemon." Ash said.

Just then Misty's Super Rod started to tug.

"Hey, I got a bite." Misty said.

The Pokemon she caught turned out to be a big red crab.

"Kingler, the Pincer Pokemon and the evolved form of Krabby. The large pincer has 10000 hp of crushing power. However, it's huge size makes it unwieldy to use."

Misty caught the Kingler in delight.

"There are four Safari Balls left." Brock said. "What shall we do with them?"

Just as they were going to decide what to do with the remaining Safari Balls, Kaiser ran up to them.

"I need your help." He panted.

"What's the problem?" Ash asked.

"Team Rocket is in the Safari Zone." Kaiser said. "And they are after the Dratini in the lake at Dragon Valley."

"We better hurry." Ash said. "Who knows what those three will do."

Team Rocket was smirking at the lake at Dragon Valley.

"So this is where all the Dratini live." Jessie said.

"It sure took some time to get that warden to tell us about it." James said.

"But thanks to this baby." Meowth said, holding a gadget that shocks you if you touched the top of it. "We're here at the lake."

"Have you got our new weapon?" Jessie asked.

"Yes I do." Meowth said.

Team Rocket's new weapon turned out to be some sort of bomb.

"So what will this electric bomb do?" James asked.

"When this goes off in the water, it will electrocute all the Pokemon living in the water and bring them to the surface."

"Then once the Pokemon surface." Jessie said. "We'll nab them all."

Team Rocket was about to throw the bomb into the lake, when Kaiser and the gang showed up.

"Don't even try it!" Ash shouted.

"Too late twerp." Meowth smirked and tossed the bomb into the lake.

Kaiser was horrified and jumped into the lake to get the bomb.

Ash quickly took off his jacket and got down on all fours after releasing Vaporeon from her Poke Ball.

"I'm going in." He said.

"You can't Ash." Misty protested. "You might not make it."

"I have no intention of going into the lake in my current form." Tomo didn't want him to enter the lake and held onto his legs. He ruffled Tomo's hair.

"I'll be fine." He said before growing in size. Ash was now in his dragon form.

Ash then flew down into the lake with Vaporeon jumping in. Vaporeon got Kaiser out of the lake, while he went after the bomb. He found it at the bottom of the lake and started returning to the surface with it in his mouth.

Back on land Kaiser and Vaporeon returned to the surface.

"Where's Ash?" Misty asked.

"He's still down there." Kaiser said.

The gang looked at the lake in horror.

He was propelling himself to the top of the lake as fast as he could.

*'I need to get this bomb out of the lake before it's too late.'* He thought.

A shadowy figure was watching Ash and swam towards him.

On land Kaiser, Misty, Brock and Tomo saw the blue sky turn into a blackish gray, with rain, thunder and lightning. And the lake acted rough with waves and a big whirlpool. Tomo was scared and hoped Ash was all right. Suddenly from out of the whirlpool emerged a long blue serpent with Ash next to it in his dragon form.

"It's Dragonair." Kaiser gasped.

Tomo looked it up.

"Dragonair, the Dragon Pokemon and the evolved form of Dratini. A mystical Pokemon that exudes a gentle aura. Has the ability to change climate conditions."

Misty, Brock and Tomo were relieved that Ash was okay, and so was Vaporeon.

"Hey Team Rocket." Ash said. "This belongs to you."

He threw the bomb back at Team Rocket and Jessie caught it. Just then the bomb's timer went off and exploded, sending Team Rocket flying.

When Dragonair and Kaiser met face to face, Kaiser recognized it as the Dratini he had befriended years ago. Dragonair had an X mark on it's horn. It had that ever since it was a Dratini. Kaiser and Dragonair hugged each other, with tears pouring down their eyes. Dragonair introduced Kaiser to it's baby Dratini. Ash, Tomo, Misty and Brock were happy that Kaiser got to see his old friend again and promised to never share this information with anyone. That way Dragonair, Dratini and the Safari Zone would be safe.

Back at Kaiser's lodge, Ash sent all the Pokemon he had captured to Prof. Oak's lab. Tomo kept his new Poliwag and Cubone on him and sent the others to the lab. Brock kept one of his Chansey's on him and sent his other new Pokemon to Pewter Gym and Misty sent her new water type Pokemon to Cerulean Gym. Then they waved goodbye to Kaiser and left the Safari Zone.