Orange Island

Pikachu fidgeted where he was, he didn't like what he was sensing in the air and he had no doubts the others could sense it too. He did not know how his counterpart handled this tension, or maybe he was just to naive to be bothered by it. Ash had told them about the Shamoutii Island adventure and how their counterparts almost died trying to stop Team Rocket and save the world. Pikachu grumbled as he left watching the sky and run up to Ash to snuggle next to Magby, Ash looked at him smiling softly as he rubbed his ears just the way he liked it.

Pikachu, "Chuuuu."

Melody, "Are your Pokemon alright?"

Gou, "I'm not sure, they look wary for some reason.... Cinderace?"

Cinderace had taken to sitting near Gou, "Ace."

Gold, "Well this is not good."

Ash, "Do you know what is going on Gold?"

Tracey, "You look like you expected it."

Gold, "I'll be lying if I said no."

Ash, "Will you tell us?"

Carol, "Someone disturbed the balance."

Melody gaped, "What? Are you sure? That's crazy."

Maren, "Look over there."

They turned to where Maren was pointing and over the ocean were dark clouds. Gou gaped they were enjoying the full moon just a while ago, he didn't know where the dark clouds came from. Tracey gasped as cyclones began to form on and off across the ocean and Gold looked grim as he observed the weather, he hoped the trio were doing well.

Jessie, "The weather turned worse."

Meowth, "Nt surprsng nyarth."

James grimaced, "They caught one of the weather trio."

Jessie, "So if we find which of the trio is caught and help them escape, the weather will be back to normal."

James, "That's the plan, I just hope Ash stays away from here."

Meowth, "Dats not possibl nyarth. Evn if he styed away nyarth, dese clowns would follow him."

Jessie was filled with dread, "What do you mean Meowth?"

Meowth pointed at the TV on the mess hall, "They knw, Nyarth."

James cursed and whispered, "Well at least they don't know it's Ash, right, he's still using the blond wig and face mask to hide how he looks."

Jessie grimaced, "We need to move, I trust Ash to take care of himself. We need to find the missing Legendary."

Meowth, "On it nyarth."

Meowth took out his small compact power computer and started to enter and decide the the code to find their target. James would be lying if he said he was not jealous of Meowth's ability to enter and exit from the cyberspace. But then again the cat Pokemon had Porygon to help him out so he could be overestimating his friend here. Porygon was another interesting addition to their team, Meowth had befriended the young digital Pokemon when they had infiltrated a questionable lab.

They were trying to create a Porygon more powerful than the existing ones and only one was a success. They had been lucky enough to make peaceful contact with the young Pokemon without triggering him to attack them. Porygon had been curious about the outside world and Meowth had agreed to take him outside, they had given him one of the smaller bots they used to carry things around for them. Porygon had taken time to adjust to the new body but he had been happy to go out according to Meowth. They had escaped from the lab by the skin of their teeth with the gaurds and Arcanines chasing them.

Ash in the meantime had gone to the beach, "That's some storm."

Gold, "And we are going to the middle of it."

Gou, "Yup!"

Tracey, "You are all crazy, but I'm following you anyway."

Melody, "I have not seen such a powerful storm in my whole life."

Gou, "You think it's man made?"

Gold frowned, "I would not put it past Team Rocket, if I were being honest."

Ash, "Gou put on your female disguise, quick."

Tracey, "We are gonna have to fight them huh?"

The village Chief approached them, "You will have to do something about the storm first, if it goes on this village will be destroyed."

Ash winced hearing some of the roofs creak open, "Right we are going in two teams then."

Gold, "How do we even stop the storm?"

Village Chief, "I think, my friend can help you out with that."

The Chief took them towards a temple and what looked like a podium or a stage with markings on it. Ash looked around fascinated when he noticed something pink approaching them.

Slowking, -Hello, my old friend, we have a problem.-

Village Chief nodded, "Indeed we do."

Ash, "What do we do?"

Gou who had changed into his female clothing, "The weather is becoming much worse than before."

Slowking, -That's because Lord Lugia is furious, one of his favoured children has been captured and that has thrown him off balance.-

Gold, "We need to rescue them."

Slowking, -It won't be enough, you will need to appease the Storm God.-

Ash, "We have to recollect the jewels from the story, don't we?"

Slowking who was worried perked up, -You know the tale, good, good! This will make things easier. Yes, you need to recollect the elemental jewels and bring them to the temple here. It'll appease the Storm God however if his children are not found then.... -

Gold, "I understand, Tracey, Carol and Maren with me we are gonna go and find his kids."

Ash, "Gou, Melody and I will find the jewels and try to calm Lugia down."

Gold nodded and left after one last word, "I'll deal with Team Rocket, but still be careful. Red will have my hide if anything happens to you."

Melody, "Red?"

Ash smiled, "He's my big brother."

Melody nodded, "This way, we can take my sister's boat."

Charizard roared and Ash chuckled, "Well, Charizard disagrees and wants us to ride him and the other Pokemon. Gou get on top of Fearrow, Melody grab Pidgeot. Taurous, Milktank, Muk and Kingler keep an eye on the younger Pokemon and set up a perimeter. Venasaur, Togetic, Wigglytuff and Butterfree I need you guys to keep an eye on the wild Pokemon, and make sure they don't get in trouble. Milotic, Wartotle follow in the water, Pikachu, Lucario, Primeape and Beedrill with me."

Phantump however shook his head and flew to Ash, "Phaaaaaa!"

Banette climbed Ash's shoulder and poked his cheek, "Nette."

Ash sighed, "Fine, fine but stick close to me OK?"

Phantump nodded, he didn't tell anyone but he had a vision earlier about Ash falling to the ocean and never returning. He could not just accept that and was determined to protect him no matter what. He may not be battle crazy like his younger siblings but he had been training and learning ghost type and grass type moves from Bulbasaur and Banette. Charizard flew towards the first island that was fire island and was surprised by how empty it was.

Ash, "Don't tell me, they caught Moltress."

Melody paled, "This is terrible, the weather trio exist to balance each other. If one is missing then the others will go off balance and become feral."

Gou pointed to the East, "Ummm. You mean like that Zapdos over there heading towards us."

Ash, "Shit! That's a thunderwave, Fearrow, Pidgeot, Charizard, quick ground yourselves."

The three flew to the island and used Iron tail and steel wing as a grounding element while Ash, Gou and Melody took cover. Pidgeot and Fearrow were pissed with the thunder bird and used gust to retaliate.

Ash, "No! No! No! Do not make them more angry, distract them but do not challenge them, unlike the Zapdos, Moltress and Articuno Red and Blue caught, these three are way more experienced and powerful, hence why Team Rocket's using underhanded methods to catch them."

Pidgeot cooed at her trainer and encouraged him to go to the temple giving Charizard a meaningful look. Charizard grunted and led Ash and the other two away from the beach where the two flying types started to battle with Zapdos. Ash reluctantly moved away at Melody's insistence and went up a flight of stairs that looked like it was made out of scorched stones. Ash distractedly thought it suited Moltress temple really well, they soon entered a cave leading to a very active and alive volcano.

Gou, "It's hot like a furnace in here."

Melody, "Well it's the dwelling place of The Lord of fire.... By the way, did I mention you look great in that outfit?"

Gou laughed, "No, but thanks. You look good dressed up in pants and T-shirt yourself."

Ash, "How much further?"

Melody, "We cross the lava bridge and we'll get there."

Ash looked at the bridge that looked half burned and a minute away from crumbling into the lava below, "You are kidding me!"

Gou, "Want to bet that was one of the test for your ancestor?"

Melody shrugged, "According to the lore, the jewel is in the temple located at the heart of the volcanic mountain so. We are gonna have to cross."

Ash hissed under his breath, "We'll be lucky if we don't get heat stroke. I'll go first."

Charizard picked Ash up before he could place a foot on the bridge, "Rrrrrrrrr!"

Lucario snorted, -There are no rules against a Pokemon helping Meema.-

Ash facepalmed, "Thanks for reminding me Lucario.", he pet Charizard's neck, "Thanks big guy."

Charizard set Ash down on the warm floor next to the temple before going to pick the others up. Beedrill flew over Charizard noticed liking the heat coming from below and buzzed annoyed as she looked at the temple. They looked around and Ash saw a three boxes, one large, one medium and one small.

Ash, "How large is the jewel?"

Melody, "The size of a palm."

Ash hummed as he looked at the three boxes and opened the middle one, "This one!"

Melody, "Ack! Don't just pick it up! What if it's booby trapped?"

Gou looked at the shiny jewel, "I think, he got the right one."

Ash, "Fascinating tests."

Pikachu startled as the roof opened, "Pika pikachu."

Phantump floated looking at it, "Phaaaaaa."

Ash, "How convenient! They probably knew the bridge would break and created a latch to open the fake roof. Melody, Gou, you guys go up first on Charizard, I'll follow on Beedrill."

Melody spoke as they reached the top, "Next is thunder island and last is ice island."

Gou looked up, "Zapdos is fighting Articuno now."

Ash looked around, "Pidgeot! Fearrow! Where are you?"

Pidgeot trilled from behind a boulder making Ash sigh in relief they were unhurt. He got off Beedrill and rushed to them to make sure they were alright. The two birds cooed and chirped in comfort as Ash fretted over them. Once he was sure they were okay, they decided to leave the island while the two Legendaries were busy battling each other. They sneaked away to thunder while the two were fighting, Ash half wondered how Gold was doing.

Gou, "No!"

Melody, "What's wrong?"

Ash looked up, "A helicopter! And they are heading towards the two battling Pokemon."

The three of them winced hearing and seeing the tail of the helicopter get cut clean by Zapdos' wing attack. The helicopter whirled around towards the Shamoutii Isle before it fell into the water. Ash could see the people of Shamoutii and Kingler and Lapras try to help the helicopter riders to the shore. Unknown to Ash, Professor Oak, Delia and Aunt Rose were in the helicopter, the three had rushed to Shamoutii when they noticed the storm centered there.

Delia, "Where is Ash? Where is my baby?"

The Village Chief looked at her, "You are the young trainer's mother?"

Delia, "Yes, where is he?"

Village Chief pointed at the elemental islands, "They have gone to calm Lord Lugia down."

Delia's face paled, "No! No! No! No! This is not happening. This is not happening! I can't loose him, not my baby!"

Rose grabbed her sister, "Delia, listen to me! Ash is strong and not alone."

Delia sobbed, "I can't loose him like I lost his father!"

Rose hugged her, "You won't! I promise you won't. Red made sure Gold is here for him, he'll keep him safe okay, Lia? Don't cry, be strong!"

Delia sniffled, "Okay! I'll try. For Ash I'll try."

Rose nodded before turning to the Village Chief asking him to explain what happened before the storm. The Chief invited them inside and served them tea to calm them down before telling them about the festival before the Pokemon became very agitated for some reason. Then the weather changed and how the young man Gold explained about a bunch of Pokemon poachers being reported in the area. Delia's breath hitched as the Chief explained, they feared that the weather trio are in danger and left to make sure they were alright.

[A. N.: Next upload will be next weekend as I'm getting weekends free from now on.

Banette and Phantump fans our favorite Toy and Ghost Pokemon will show off what they learned from Gengar and Ivysaur soon.

Till next time my lovely readers.]