~Soutarou POV~
Soutarou finally said, "I suppose we should go after him?"
Misty stood up completely straight, with her eyes turning menacing to the point a chill ran down Soutarou's spine. He watched as she grabbed her bike and rubbed its remains in sorrow before hoisting it above her in a move that almost made Soutarou's eyes pop out of his sockets… as he thought, 'Misty also has super strength!?!?! Maybe Ash should keep her? She feels a bit dangerous…-'
Misty looked back and said, "He's your friend right?"
Soutarou tried to explain, "Not really a friend, more like I ran into him about an hour before I met you-"
Misty smiled menacingly and said, "Let's go then."
Soutarou said, "If it's really a problem I don't mind covering the cost for him-"
Misty frowned and said, "Do you have any idea just how expensive this was-?"
Soutarou just interjected, "Looks like an orange M Sports all terrain, with the basket optioning, all terrain tires, enhanced brakes, almost all the options except for obviously… the reinforced frame… About a million Pokédollars sounds about right, especially considering it's a one of fifteen paint coloration by that little tag under the seat. No problem. Let me just make a call-"
Misty frowned deeper, and gritted out, "He should pay, not you."
Soutarou frowned in response thinking 'It's headed in the same direction as canon… I need to break that… not for Misty… But even just to see if I can change fate….' and said outloud, "Alright. We'll see. Let's just go see if his Pikachu is better or not, if nothing else I know the Town he's from and I'll just bill someone who's a mutual between the two of us after getting you a new bike."
Misty's frown eased and said, "That's better, I just don't want you to bear the cost for no reason… But hey… Shouldn't you put on some real clothes?"
Soutarou stared downwards and realized he was still in his swimming trunks and coughed for a moment before saying, "Hold on."
Soutarou disappeared in the tree line before quickly reappearing in his signature outfit and ruffling his hair up with his black stud showing up and Misty pursing her lips at the sight of Soutarou looking off to the side and seeing his sharp jawline, his raven black hair, his deep hazel-golden eyes, and his overall expensive and high end yet functional get up. She stared at him for a moment, before Soutarou said, "Sorry about that, let's go."
Soutarou clutched Ralts who Misty also looked over at and said, "You have really pretty Pokémon don't you?"
Soutarou chuckled and said, "You should see Snivy, she's just as pretty as these two."
Soutarou made a slight realization and released Snivy and mentally transmitted, {Wanna get my shoulder for the ride?}
Snivy narrowed her eyes at Soutarou, but climbed up with her vine-like arms with a small 'mphm' of "Vy," ringing out.
Misty's eyes lit up and looked between the Ralts in Soutarou's arms and Snivy standing on Soutarou's shoulder combined with the Milotic from before she made a conclusion,
If Soutarou knew what she had thought, he would've choked on air and regretted not handing this girl over to Ash.
Unfortunately Soutarou was more interested in seeing how things would play out than to bother with that…
Soutarou looked up and saw a massive meowth balloon and thought, 'Wow… So canon really did start…'
Misty followed his gaze and yelped, "Those guys are those rocket criminals, James and Butch!"
Soutarou's face immediately scrunched up and said, "James and Butch…?"
'Ok… I kinda knew that it wasn't going to be Jessie and James… Since Jessie's so powerful… but… WHAT DO YOU MEAN JAMES AND BUTCH? NOT JESSIE AND JAMES? NOT CASSIDY AND BUTCH? THIS- THIS- THIS HAS TO VIOLATE SOME LAW RIGHT? WHAT TO YOU MEAN I DON'T GET TO SEE THAT IONIC DUO?!? DAMN YOU, YOU DAMN LLAMAAAAAAAAA!'
*Arceus elsewhere
Soutarou blanked but then in anger threw out a Pokéball and said, "Milotic. Dragon Pulse that balloon out of the air."
Misty's jaw dropped and Snivy let out a questioning, "Vyyyyy?" Even Ralts who could feel her master's emotions felt confused and let out a surprised, "Ralu?"
They all looked at him while the clueless Milotic didn't bother asking questions even though she was confused and blasted a shakily formed Dragon Pulse straight through the balloon's meowth shaped envelope (the formal name for the fabric apart of a hot air balloon) puncturing it instantly and causing it to rapidly deflate, causing the basket or gondola to fall in a chaotic descent.
Ironically it still landed near the Pokémon Center which made Soutarou's expression even darker. As he said, "Milotic. Ralts. After the criminals. We won't let them escape! They're after the Pokémon center!"
Hearing that Misty and Snivy both put on surprised expressions with Snivy actually being willing to join in and even tapping Soutarou's shoulder and pointing at herself questioningly. Soutarou then said, "Once Ralts teleports us, Snivy use Grass Knot after Milotic uses Surf. Milotic then follow it up with a scald and toxic mixed with a narrow Hydro Pump, increasing the water pressure to maximum, but don't hit the trainers or Pokémon use it only as a warning shot! Snivy you'll follow that up with Vine whip and use it to bind them further, Ralts your only job is to prevent them from opening their Pokéballs using psychic. Once Snivy's wrapped them up, use hypnosis and put them to sleep."
Misty's face turned pale at that, as a water type trainer she knew just what increasing the pressure of a Hydro Pump could do. Not to mention Soutarou's ruthless method of adding scalding water as well. But despite that she understood why he was being so dark in his methods, since as a warning what else could scare someone more than a beam of water that slices straight through almost anything.
Misty hesitated for a moment and said, "Is that really needed?"
Soutarou's face turned dark and he said, "Criminals never learn, so shoot first, ask questions later. Especially ones as bold as this."
Snivy seemed to agree as an angry, "Vyyyy!," rang out.
What all of the Pokémon and Misty failed to recognize was that Soutarou wasn't angry at the fact that they were criminals, but that it was Butch instead of Jessie, who was one of Soutarou's favorite characters from the series.
As the group made their way towards the massive Viridian Pokémon Center, they found not only a Koffing and Ekans, but Ash confronting a duo of green hair and purplish blue standing in pose across from Nurse Joy, a Chansey, the injured Pikachu, and Ash himself. Soutarou's memory overlapped, but he didn't hesitate and cried out, "Milotic Surf! Flush those fiends out! Target the trainers, forget the Pokémon."
Soutarou followed it up by saying, "Ralts. Hypnosis lock that Ekans and Koffing down, take their remaining Pokéballs and lock down the Meowth!"
Butch and James who were about to begin their little skit, had their eyes widen ridiculously as they were flabbergasted by the fact the Soutarou said to attack the trainer, not the Pokémon, the pair seriously considered,
Soaked and now pushed outside of the Pokémon center they found themselves wrapped up in sprouting vines, and all while psychic energy washed over them stealing away their remaining Pokéballs. Before Soutarou roared, "Scald, Toxic, Hydro Pump combo Milotic!"
The duo stared dumbfoundedly at the Milotic which they recognized as one of the rarest and sought after Pokémon, but what got their real attention was the fact the Pokémon's trainer was genuinely insane.
Cassidy yelped out, "Don't kill us please!"
Only for a narrow pressurized stream of water to zip past them and bullet straight through several trees in the surrounding area without stopping, all while bubbling, and sizzling any area it passed through. James and Cassidy turned pale as they began praying to all gods and Pokémon, because the darkened expression Soutarou was making really seemed like he would kill them.
Soutarou lowly said, "Surrender without resistance and I'll consider it."
The duo plus Meowth began pleading and saying that they'd do it, all before a bolt of lightning flashed striking the trio knocking them out instantly. Making Soutarou's mouth twitch and his eyebrow twitch even harder.
'So close I could've gotten rid of those damn pests without help! Who told Pikachu to use that…?'
Soutarou grit his teeth, but then calmed himself only to find a pile of Pikachu all stacked upon each other.
'I forgot about this scene… He still used Misty's bike to supercharge Pikachu? Talk about weird plot device…'
At the moment a motor screeched and crashed through the last remaining window, making Soutarou deadpan.
"Officer Jenny on the scene! Put your hands up and surrender quietly!"
She held a pokeball only to be met with Soutarou's Snivy, Milotic, and Ralts who were holding the duo of scorched criminals, combined with the damage in the tree line. Office Jenny, being the same one who had brought Soutarou home nearly a week ago, just looked entirely confused and said, "S-soutarou-san? Did you catch these criminals?"
Soutarou clutched his forehead and said, "Yes, just please don't tell Sebastian I'm here."
Jenny nodded nervously and then said, "I'll take it from here…"
Misty looked at Soutarou with curiosity and then said, "Well looks like Pikachu's just fine now."
Misty put her hands on her hips and said, "Now I've got you!"
Ash looked confused and then scratched his head and said, "Sorry I didn't mean to… I mean it's still right here, so it's not too bad… It's not like anything major happened…"
Misty clenched her fist and said, "Nothing major happened? You happened, you loser! You better pay for my bike Mr. or else!"
Soutarou interjected and put his hands up in apology and said, "Now, now Ash was stressed out about his Pokémon and took your bike in a panic. While I do agree that's a problem, let's not put the entire fault on his head, afterall, I'm the one who told him to rush to get treatment for Pikachu. So as an apology I'll cover your bike. In fact let's go get you a new one right now, Ash still needs time to make sure Pikachu's all good."
Misty calmed down and after much convincing went with Soutarou to a M Corp. department store, he'd called in advance to stay open and have a new bike ready.
The pair walked in and the store manager welcomed them in and he was honestly the only person left at this point at night and Soutarou pulled him aside for a moment and transferred five hundred thousand Pokédollars to the manager personally and told him to bill the bike to headquarters with an explanation. The man amiably smiled and nodded. After Misty got her new bike, Soutarou led her out of the store, though not before she asked, "Why was that store open so late…? You said your name was Soutarou Morita…? Then that's Morita as in the Morita Corporation?!?!"
Soutarou formed a shushing gesture and said, "I kind of ran away from home for my Pokémon journey…"
Misty looked flabbergasted before shaking her head and saying, "Rich people really are weird."
Soutarou snorted and said, "Says the girl who spent one million on a limited edition bike."
Misty laughed lightly and softly punched his shoulder in mock anger. The pair bickered on the way back to the Pokemon center, with Misty suddenly pushing her hair behind her ear and saying, "Hey… Where are you going next?"
Soutarou raised an eyebrow and gave that confident smile, radiating "Oh~?" energy, before saying, "I'm headed off to Pewter City, then Cerulean, so on and so forth, I'm trying to get my eight badges for the Indigo Plateau Conference. Why are you asking? Trying to join me? I'd be happy to have you, my first day of traveling alone taught me it's not as awesome as they make it out to be… A traveling partner might just be what I need."
He looked at her with a grin that said "come on it'll be fun," and Misty who was still sorting out what she wanted to do rolled her eyes and said, "Fine. You got yourself a deal. I totally agree travelling alone isn't all that's made out to be even with Pokémon by your side."
The two smiled at each other before planning their route and what time they'd head out tomorrow before returning to the slightly damaged Poké center where a poor Officer Jenny was sweeping glass, as for power it'd been returned long ago, with nurse joy now working on getting the Pokémon center's Pokémon back from the other cities after the automatic response and protection system had turned on. As for the lodging rooms and cafeteria both were completely undamaged, so the Pokémon center just left them open. And so the night came to an interesting conclusion, with Soutarou lamenting, 'Canon barely started and I already broke it. I wonder though if Ash will come along with us to Pewter? No, I'm willing to bet he'll be there afterwards.'
***Author's note: 1 million pokédollars is about, 10,000$ USD → 1$ = 100₽ (Pokédollar)***