" I've never heard such a story." Seymour said in surprise. "Where did you hear it?"

Austin couldn't help but turn red from embarrassment. "Uh, I really liked old legends as a kid and looked them up." He lied as he reminisced about his childhood. Pokémon Red was his gateway into the Pokémon franchise as it was the first video game he played when he was four . He truly loved playing it so much that he became obsessed with knowing every little detail about Pokémon . Remembering how his brother called him the Fountain of Useless Knowledge when it came to Pokémon

As soon as the group entered deeper into the cave, they were met by a lot of noise. The noise sounded like a bunch of flapping wings. The group followed where the noise led them. They gasped when they saw a horde of Zubat flying around and harassing a lone Clefairy.

Clefairy was a small, pink Pokemon that resembled a fairy. It had a large round body and short stubby arms and legs. I had two small wings sticking out of its back. Its short, pink, pointy ears were tipped with black.

Zubat was a dark blue, bat-like Pokemon that had no visible eyes and a circular mouth with sharp teeth. It had also had purple wings and long, almost insect-like legs.

The Clefairy was currently hunched and covering its head with its eyes shut as it tried its best to shield itself from the incoming Zubat. They were relentless, however, and continued to attack despite there being no sign of aggression from the Clefairy.

" Zubat and Clefairy…" Brook and Seymour said to themselves .

"Oh no! We need to help Clefairy!" Yellow said urgently.

"Right!" Austin agreed as Pikachu ran forward.

"Pikachu! Use Thundershock to break it up!" Austin ordered.

" Kitty use String Shot." She said tossing a Pokeball out as Weedle came out.

As both pokemon launched their respective attacks. The attacks were able to hit some of the Zubat while just passed between others. Regardless, all of the Zubat were startled by the attacks and fled away back to other parts of the cave.

The distressed Clefairy opened its eyes and looked around at the sudden halt of the attack. It then looked at the group of people and Pokemon in front of it curiously.

"That's really strange to see a Clefairy at the edge of Mt. Moon like this," Brock stated. "Clefairy are normally very rare and very shy. Some people never see the Clefairy at all as they pass through here."

"It's so cute! Hello, Clefairy," Yellow said as she gave a smile and approached it.

The Clefairy immediately got a frightened expression on its face and ran off as fast as it could until it disappeared into another part of the cave.

"Wait!" Yellow called, but it was too late.

" As I mentioned before, Clefairy are really shy of humans. You can't just walk right up to one like you can with a few other Pokemon," Brock told her with a slight scolding tone.

"Right. I guess I got carried away," Yellow said sheepishly while scratching her cheek.

However it was only a few seconds after the Clefairy went out of sight did it scream catching their attention as they ran towards it to see four people dressed in black uniforms surrounding the Clefairy.

'The heck?!' Austin thought while seeing Rocket Grunts rather than just Jessie and James.

Brock frowned. "Team Rocket." He whispered looking at Austin and Yellow. "Come on, we need to call the authorities-."

"Stop what you're doing." Seymour ran out interrupting Brock.

"Seymour you idiot." Austin muttered running out too before Brock could stop him causing the former Gym Leader to sigh as he and Yellow ran out.

"Hm? Who the hell are you?" One of the grunts asked in boredom at seeing Seymour before another grunt spotted Austin.

"Wait a minute, black hair, brown eyes and a Pikachu?" The second grunt said as his eyes widened. "Jessie and James said something about him interfering with the operation in Viridian City."

"Wait so this is the kid who beat them?"

"Ash, what are they talking about?" Brock asked in confusion only for Austin to take a Pokeball out.

"I'll explain after this." Austin said as the grunts took out their Pokeballs and they sent out Grimers. "Butterfree go."

Not wanting Austin to fight alone, Brock sent his new Zubat out since Onix was too big to fit in here and he wanted to keep Geodude ready in case he needed him.

It was hard to keep track of the four Grimers that came at them all shooting smog's at the two Pokemon, Zubat could take them just fine being half poison type, but Butterfree was trying his best to dodge them.

"Zubat , use Supersonic." Brock said as the small bat began emitting the sound waves that grew stronger due to the echolocation inside of the cave causing the Grimers to stumble.

"Confusion on them." Austin took it from there as the Grimers were quickly knocked out by the psychic attack, causing the Grunts to return them as the Clefairy quickly ran behind the humans protecting it.

"Beaten by a bunch of brats." One of the Grunts muttered before another voice cut in.

"What's going on here?"

Austin meanwhile groaned. "Not them." He muttered recognizing the voice as Jessie and James walked into view.

Jessie reacted at seeing Austin. "It's the twerp." She said in annoyance at seeing him again before she smirked. "Prepare for Trouble."

James took out a rose. "Make it Double."

The grunts groaned at this as Austin did a facepalm while Yellow, Brock and Seymour looked confused.

"To Protect the World from Devastation."

"To Unite All People within our Nation."

"To P-."

"Can't believe they're one of the strongest members." One of the Grunts muttered only to be glared at by Jessie and James.

"Hey don't interrupt our motto-."

"Your motto sucks." Austin called out despite Brock's gaze as the former Leader not wanting to antagonize Team Rocket anymore than they already have.

"Do you realize how hard it is to come up with a Motto?!" James asked , giving Austin a look.

"I keep telling you, no one is going to take you seriously." Austin said shaking his head before he frowned. "Wait, where's Meowth?"

"Right here." The cat landed on Austin's head nearly bringing him down from the force of the jump before Pikachu used Quick Attack to get the feline off as he was trying to take the Pokeballs. "Meowth, that's just plain rude."

"A-A talking Meowth?" Seymour asked in surprise as Brock looked at it taken off guard.

"Whoa." Yellow said in awe as Austin chuckled.

"My reaction as well."

"But maybe this is a blessing in disguise twerp." Jessie said taking a Pokeball out. "You humiliated us in both Viridian City and the Forest, this time we're taking you down."

"You guys lost when I barely knew how to battle." Austin said as Butterfree flew in front of Austin to protect him along with Pikachu. "What makes this time any different?"

"The last two times we underestimated you but no more, you're our personal enemy twerp." James said as he tossed out a Pokeball. "Koffing go."

"Ekans, time to get your revenge."

'This again.' Austin thought , seeing Brock about to send Geodude out. "I have this Brock."

Brock frowned a bit, but then he saw Austin looking to Yellow and Seymour before he looked back to Brock making the older teen realize that if they were both focusing on battling then any of the Grunts could use either Yellow or Seymour as hostages.

"Koffing Smog Attack."

"Ekans Poison Sting."

"Pikachu use Quick Attack to Dodge, Butterfree fly out of reach." Austin ordered and both Pokemon moved as the poison attacks hit where they were. "Now Butterfree use Confusion!"

Butterfree managed to fly right up to Koffing as his eyes glowed blue and energy surrounded Koffing causing him to wince in pain before being slammed into Ekans.

Ekans broke free and managed to grab Pikachu in its mouth like it did with Rattata last time.

" Pikachu Thundershock." Austin said as Pikachu began electrocuting the snake.

"Koffing use Smog to help Ekans-." James had to duck as he was nearly hit. "Not on me."

Koffing however was moving around with swirls in its eyes showing that the psychic attack from Butterfree made it confused.

While they were fighting, Meowth was making his way towards the Clefairy, something that Brock noticed. "Zubat use Bite."

"Zu." Zubat shot forward with her mouth wide open but Meowth ducked before his claws came out.

"Try my Scratch Attack." Meowth taunted taking the Zubat out in one hit causing Brock to return her. "Now hand over the Clefairy."

Brock however reached to grab Geodude only for Yellow to react. "Kitty use String Shot." She said tossing a Pokeball out as Weedle came out.

"Meowth, not again!" Meowth cried out as he was mummified again and sent rolling back.

"Butterfree move back and Pikachu finish this up with the strongest Thundershock you can make." Austin said as Butterfree flew out of range while Pikachu managed to knock both Ekans and Koffing out with a high powered attack.

"I-I can't believe it." James said in shock. "That's three times now."

"This twerp is really bugging me." Jessie said in anger, but she was also surprised as she remembered how much he struggled the last time they fought.

The Grunts were a little scared in seeing how the specialized Admins were easily defeated.

"Pathetic." A new voice sneered causing everyone to turn and see the new arrival who was a red haired woman in a white uniform.

Austin's eyes widened as he recognized her as Ariana one of the Four Rocket Executives from the Johto Games.