Hi everyone. ^_^  Thank you all so much for reading my first Poke-
Odyssey series and requesting that I write a sequel.  Well, wait no 
longer cuz here's the very first chapter of Poke-Odyssey 2001! ^_^

Poke-Odyssey 2001 chapter 1

A Whole New League

Cameron Fusterman was peacefully sleeping in his bed covered with a 
quilt with all sorts of Pokemon designs sewn into them.  As the sun 
shone into his room, he started muttering something in his sleep. "Oh 
Reiko!" he moaned. "I did it!  I've caught every single species of 
Pokemon and been just declared the world's greatest Pokemon master!" 
And he started puckering up his lips only to feel something moist and 
slurpy touch them.  Cameron suddenly woke up and found his Sandshrew 
Sandy sitting on top of his chest smiling at him.

"Good morning Sandy", smiled Cameron coming back to his senses. "And 
how's my little mighty mouse this morning?"

"Shrew!" smiled Sandy giving his master his trademark claws up.  Just 
then, Cameron heard a knock on his bedroom door.

"Good morning birthday boy!" called out a woman's voice. "Are you 
coming down soon?  Seymour and I got breakfast on the table."

"Good morning Jenny", called out Cameron rubbing his eyes. "I'll be 
coming right down!" and he got out of bed dressed only in blue jeans 
and his Pokebelt.  Cameron reached for his glasses, put them on, and 
went over to his bathroom mirror to examine himself on his 15th 
birthday.  He brushed his teeth, took a Fearow shaped comb and started 
combing his nice blond hair.  Then he looked at the scars on his chest 
that just wouldn't seem to disappear.  He got them from landing on a 
prickly Sandslash a year ago.  Cameron looked at his Sandshrew that was 
happily curled up on his bed and remembered the time he insisted that 
Sandy evolve into a Sandslash.  Boy, did Cameron feel terrible about 
that and he had to learn the hard way too on what would happen if Sandy 
did become a Sandslash.  Those permanent scars were his reminder.

Cameron just left the bathroom, picked up Sandy and started hugging him 
lovingly. "Shrew?" asked Sandy wondering what brought this on.

"I'm just grateful that you are who you are", smiled Cameron as he felt 
Sandy's sandpaper like skin rub against his already scarred skin.  He 
then gently put Sandy down and went over to his window.

He gazed at the beautiful town known as Pallet where he now resides.  
It was hard to believe that this once peaceful town fell under the 
power of the evil Team Rocket a year ago.  And it was also hard to 
believe that Cameron was once an ordinary Pokemon fan from Trenton, 
New Jersey.  That day certainly changed when he got pulled out of his 
own world forever and ended up here in his favorite anime world where 
he now lives in a police station with a pretty policewoman and her 
poetry-loving scientist husband.

Cameron walked over to his dresser to get a shirt.  That's when he 
looked at the stuff that was sitting on the dresser.  Cameron smiled 
as he saw the first picture.  It was himself with his adopted parents, 
Seymour Scientist and Officer Jenny.  They had just gotten married 
about a couple of weeks ago and they were going to start their 
honeymoon right after Cameron's birthday.  The next picture was Cameron 
holding Sandy and next to him was his best human friend, Ash Ketchum, 
holding his Pikachu.  They had spent the next few months training for 
the Indigo League games and they became very close.  The third picture 
was his girlfriend Reiko who was wearing a prison shirt and holding the 
number 1249. Cameron was waiting for the day Reiko would be released 
from Viridian Juvenile Hall so they could start dating, but she needed 
to serve her time for being a Rocket assassin.

And finally Cameron looked at the badge he earned for finishing in the 
top 16 in the Indigo League games.  He remembered that day well.

START OF FLASHBACK:

Cameron, Ash, and Ash's long time rival Gary Oak had just arrived at 
the Indigo Stadium where they, and lots of other Pokemon trainers were 
going to compete in the annual Indigo League games.  They had trained 
hard for many months and they were hoping that at least one of them 
would bring the winner's trophy home to Pallet.  Cameron did great so 
far in the first four rounds, but when his fifth round came up, he 
was paired up to battle against Gary.  "This was gonna be nerve-
wracking!" thought Cameron knowing that if he'd lost, Gary's obnoxious 
ego would grow and he'd make fun of Cameron for losing.

It was a three against three match on a green field.  Cameron sent out 
his Slowking while Gary sent out his Dodrio.  "Dodrio, tri atack!" 
commanded Gary.  All of Dodrio's three heads cawed out and started 
creating a glowing triangle launching it at Slowking.

"Quick Slowie!  Use your blizzard attack!" commanded Cameron. "Slow!" 
said Slowie as he shot a blizzard from his mouth smashing the triangle 
and freezing Dodrio into a block of ice.

"That's impossible!" cried Gary. "Slowkings are one of the slowest 
Pokemon around.  How could it've defeated my super speedy Dodrio?!" 
Cameron just smiled secretly remembering that time he aimed an X-Speed 
device at Slowie making him a whole lot faster.

"GRRRRR!" grumbled Gary as he pulled the frozen bird back into its ball. 
"You were just lucky that time!  But just because you and Ashy-boy are 
big heroes doesn't necessarily mean that you'll beat me, Gary Oak, 
leader of the Pallet Rebellion!  Go Arcanine!" and released a giant 
orange dog onto the field.

"That isn't smart", thought Cameron. "Sending a fire type to batlle my 
water type Slowie.  Unless he has a good strategy.  Uh,  Slowie", he 
commanded getting out of his thoughts. "Show 'em your whirlpool attack!"

"Slow!" said Slowie as he shot a tornado of water trapping Arcanine in.  
Gary just smiled as he watched the watery whirlwind surround his poor 
dog.

"Why is Gary so happy?" wondered Cameron. "Doesn't he care about his 
Pokemon at all?" Just then, Slowie had run out of water and the tornado 
disappeared.  Everyone saw that Arcanine was gone and a huge dug hole 
was standing in its place. "Uh, oh!" thought Cameron nervously while 
Slowie was looking around with question marks surrounding him.

"5, 4, 3, 2, 1", smiled Gary knowing what was gonna happen next.  
Suddenly, the ground exploded and Slowie got thrown back and knocked 
himself out.  Even that Shellder shaped helmet couldn't protect him 
from Arcanine's powerful dig attack.

"SLOWIE!" cried Cameron as he saw his Slowking all dazed while little 
Pidgeys flew around his head.  Cameron then looked at the scoreboard 
and found that both he and Gary each only had two Pokemon left to use.  
He quickly called back Slowie and released another Pokemon. "Donnie, 
I choose you next!" said Cameron as he released his Donphan onto the 
field. "PHHHAAANNN!" trumpeted the elephant.

"Arcanine!" said Gary. "Silence that nose up with your flamethrower 
attack!" Arcanine howled and shot out a bolt of fire at Donnie.  But 
Donnie just used his endure power to withstand the flames.

"Good work Donnie", called out Cameron. "Now put out that flame with a 
rollout!" Donnie then rolled himself up into a huge tire and prepared 
to run over the huge dog.

"Arcanine, take down attack now!" commanded Gary.  Arcanine charged at 
full speed at the oncoming tire and slammed Donnie out of the ring and 
into a peanut stand.

"DONNIE!" cried Cameron as he saw his Donphan lying unconscious on his 
back while smiling for he had peanuts stuck in his trunk.  Then the 
scoreboard showed that Cameron had only one Pokemon left to use.

"Your final Pokemon better be your best one!" laughed Gary.

"Just you wait!" called out a determined Cameron as he pulled Donnie 
back into his ball and took out his final ball. "Sandy, it's up to you 
now!" he said as he released his Sandshrew onto the field looking tough-
eyed at the huge dog.

"This should be over real fast!" laughed Gary looking at the tiny 
little mouse. "Arcanine, fire blast that shrew!" Arcanine let out its 
loudest howl and sent a huge clump of fire at the little mouse.

"Quick Sandy", shouted Cameron. "Use your sandstorm to bury that fire!"

"SHREW!" shouted Sandy as he blasted a huge storm of rocks and sand 
making the fire disappear and causing a lot of damage to Arcanine.  It 
howled for it couldn't see a thing in this mighty sandstorm and the 
sharp rocks weren't very pleasant either.

"Okay Sandy, finish Arcanine off with your swift attack!" commanded 
Cameron.  Sandy then started throwing his swift stars at the storm 
trapped dog causing it to howl one last time and faint.

"ARCANINE!" cried Gary as he saw his fainted pooch and then found out 
on the scoreboard that he also had one Pokemon left to use. "So this 
little Sandshrew's your best Pokemon, eh?" smiled Gary as he called 
Arcanine back. "Let's see how it does against my first and best.  Go 
Venusaur!" and he released a huge four legged lizard with a flower on 
its back.

"Oh no!" gasped Cameron for he knew that Venusaur was the toughest 
grass type Pokemon around and Sandy being a ground type would be 
totally weak against it.  But he saw Sandy there looking unafraid and 
just itching to battle this huge bush.

"Venusaur, razor leaf!" commanded Gary. "SAUR!" shouted Venusaur as it 
started flinging razor sharp leaves at Sandy.

"Quick Sandy, dig underground!" cried Cameron.  Sandy quickly dug a 
hole avoiding the leaves just in time.  Cameron sighed of relief hoping 
when Sandy emerges, he might do some damage to Venusaur.

"Venusaur, use your growth power!" said Gary calmly. "SAUR!" yelled 
Venusaur as huge roots started sprouting out from its sides and stuck 
themselves into the ground.  Cameron became worried as it looked like 
Venusaur was growing.  Just then Sandy started to sprout out from the 
hole he just made tangled up in Venusaur's roots.

"SANDY!" cried Cameron.

"SHREW!" cried Sandy struggling to get free but couldn't move his claws.

"Nice work, Venusaur!" smiled Gary. "Now finish it off with your 
solarbeam!  Venusaur quickly absorbed a lot of sunlight while Sandy was 
still trying to break free.  Then Venusaur fired a golden beam at Sandy 
knocking him out of Venusaur's grasp and against the wall.

"OH NO, SANDY!" cried Cameron as he went down and picked up his 
unconscious Sandshrew as the referee studied him and said.  "Sandshrew 
is unable to continue battling.  Red player, Gary Oak is the winner!"

Poor Cameron put Sandy back into his Pokeball while Gary proudly called 
back his Venusaur and slowly approached him. "Here it comes", moaned 
Cameron. "Gary's probably gonna call me a loser and rub it in my face 
for the rest of my life." 

But instead Gary just gave him a friendly smile, extended his hand and 
said. "Great match Cameron.  That Sandshrew of yours really creamed my 
Arcanine good.  You truly were a worthy opponent."

"Uh, thank you Gary", said Cameron as he shook hands with him.  "Hmmm", 
thought Cameron. "Maybe being trapped in his own home town for five and 
a half years really humbled him."

"I'm sorry that the games are over for you", said Gary. "So why don't 
you and your Pokemon sit back and relax and watch me cream every 
opponent until I get that winner's trophy?  Pallet Town deserves it 
after what it went through."

"But what about Ash?" asked Cameron.

"Ash who?!" laughed Gary. "Just because he's a big bulky muscle man 
with fully evolved Pokemon doesn't necessarily mean that he'll win.  I 
spent five and a half years fighting Rockets so my Pokemon have gotten 
extremely powerful.  Later Cameron", and he left to warm up for his 
next match.

"That may be", thought Cameron. "But Ash and his Pokemon spent five and 
a half years trapped in an evil psychic Pokemon's mind fighting 
powerful minions."

*      *      *      *      *      *

Cameron and Sandy were now in the stands watching both Ash and Gary 
defeating opponents one by one until they were the only two left.  Now 
the final and most important match was about to begin.  Ash Ketchum Vs. 
Gary Oak.  Only one of these trainers will take home the trophy.  Even 
though they both came from the same town, everyone back home were glued 
in front of Prof. Oak's TV with anticipation.  Especially Mrs. Ketchum 
who was chewing a sofa-pillow like a hungry Growlithe.

It was an awesome 6 against 6 match and Ash and Gary were finally down 
to their last Pokemon.  Ash's was Charizard and Gary's was Nidoking. 
"Charizard, flamethrower!" commanded Ash.  The huge lizard breathed 
fire at the huge purple horned beast.

"Nidoking, reflect!" commanded Gary. "KING!" shouted Nidoking as it 
created a glowing force field protecting itself from Charizard's fire. 
"All right Nidoking!" smiled Gary. "Now give it your thunderbolt 
attack!" A bolt of thunder suddenly shot out from Nidoking's horn and 
zapped Charizard causing it to roar out in pain and land on its back.

"Charizard, are you all right?" called out Ash.

"CHAR!" said Charizard as it got up and dusted himself off.

"So your little lizard's got enough firepower left in him!" laughed 
Gary. "That's good.  Nidoking hates it when a battle ends quickly.  
Nidoking, give it your horn attack!"

"NIDO!" shouted Nidoking as it started to charge right at Charizard 
while it looked like Nido's horn was getting sharper.

"Quick Charizard", shouted Ash. "Fly up in the air and use your 
dragonrage!" Charizard did as it was told and flew causing Nidoking to 
miss its target.  Then Charizard let out a loud roar and created a huge 
typhoon causing Nidoking to get whirled around and around in the air.

"NIDOKING!!" cried Gary as he watched his poor Pokemon get whirled 
around with no chance of escaping.

"Okay Charizard!" smiled Ash. "Now finish Nidoking off with a seismic 
toss!"  Nidoking suddenly flew into Charizard's arms where he was 
looking into the wickedly smiling face of the huge flying lizard.  Then 
Charizard started to fly around in a big powerful circle and flew to 
the ground smashing Nidoking very hard.

The referee studied the knocked out Nidoking and said. "Nidoking is 
unable to continue battling.  Green player, Ash Ketchum is the winner!"

"YAHOO!" cried out Ash as he jumped out of the stand and hugged his 
Charizard happily. "We did it Charizard!  We're the new Indigo League 
champions!"

"CHAR!" shouted Charizard as it breathed a bolt of fire into the night 
sky while the fireworks went off.  

The entire crowd started to cheer as well as the people back in Pallet 
Town.  "I'm so proud of you Honey!" called out Mrs. Ketchum into the 
speakers of the TV.

Cameron smiled as he watched Ash standing there very proudly.  He 
wasn't disappointed that he didn't win the whole thing.  For he knew 
that Ash was the real star of this cartoon world so he truly deserved 
that long awaited trophy he'd been fighting for.

Cameron was now marching along with all the other trainers who had 
competed in the League.  They all had their best Pokemon marching 
beside them while Cameron smiled down at his marching Sandshrew. "I'll 
always be proud of you Sandy", he said. "Shrew!" smiled Sandy.

All the trainers had gathered around a winner's podium where Ash was 
standing on the 1 spot, Gary on the 2 spot, and a girl trainer who came 
in third place was on the 3 spot.  The President of the Indigo League 
came up to them while pushing a cart with 3 beautiful trophies with 
Pokeballs imprinted on each one.  He proudly gave the girl a bronze 
trophy, Gary a silver trophy, and finally he gave Ash the huge and 
shiny golden trophy.  It was the happiest day of his life while Pikachu 
was by his side shooting out sparks of joy.

"You and all my other Pokemon deserve this trophy Pikachu", smiled Ash 
as he handed the huge trophy to the small mouse causing him to fall 
back. "Pika, Pi!" said Pikachu trying to push it back up.

"Oops, sorry Pikachu", smiled Ash as he lifted the trophy and his 
favorite Pokemon back up.

"Nice going Ash", said Gary as he shook his hand while holding his 
silver trophy in his other. "You truly deserve it!"

"Thanks Gary", smiled Ash. "And congratulations on winning your trophy 
as well.  I bet your Grandpa's really proud of you."

"Thanks Ash", said Gary with a tear in his eye.  Cameron smiled seeing 
that those two long time rivals finally had their long awaited Pokemon 
match and ended up friends in the end.  Then he saw the President 
handing each of the trainers something and then approached Cameron.

"Congratulations Mr. Cameron Fusterman", said the President as he shook 
his hand handed him an important looking badge. "You and your Pokemon 
fought hard and earned his badge for finishing in the top 16.  Keep 
training, caring for, and loving your Pokemon and maybe one day, you'll 
be a great trainer as those three up there", and he bent down and 
petted the happy Sandshrew.

"Thank you sir", said Cameron proudly. "You can be sure I will."

END OF FLASHBACK:

That was a day Cameron would never ever forget as he placed his badge 
back down on his dresser.  Just then, he heard another knock on his 
bedroom door.

"Cameron, are you done getting ready in there?" asked Jenny. "Hurry, 
unless you want to spend your birthday in your room until the sun goes 
down."

"Oh, sorry Jenny", said Cameron who was just finished with his 
daydream. "I'll be right down now!" and he reached into his drawer and 
pulled out an orange T-shirt with a Pokeball on it.  Cameron put it on 
and walked out of his bedroom while Sandy followed him.

When they got into the kitchen, they found the room completely dark. 
"Uh, Jenny, Seymour?" Cameron asked as he turned on the light switch.  
When the lights went on, a whole group shouted out, "SURPRISE!!!" 
Cameron became delighted at what he saw.  There was Seymour and Jenny 
along with his friends Ash, Misty, Brock, Stella, Bill, Mrs. Ketchum, 
Prof. Oak, and Gary.  Along with Cameron's other Pokemon that consisted 
of Vileplume, Slowking, Electabuzz, Donphan, and Aerodactyl who was 
sticking her snout through the outside window for she was too big to 
fit in the house.

"Happy birthday Honey", smiled Jenny as she went over and kissed 
Cameron on the cheek.  Cameron smiled as he saw the cake on the table 
that had 15 small Pokeballs with candles sticking out of each one.

"Wow!" said Cameron speechless. "I, I don't know what to say!"

"Just say that you'll enjoy my cake", smiled Mrs. Ketchum. "It's a 
chocolate cake with strawberry icing.  Ash told me it was your favorite 
kind."

"And Mom's the best cake maker in Pallet", smiled Ash. "Trust me!"

"Thank you Mrs. Ketchum", smiled Cameron as he took a deep breath and 
blew out most of the candles but leaving 3 still lit. Then blew those 
out as well.

After they enjoyed their cake, everyone started giving their gifts to 
Cameron.  Misty's gift was a Super Fishing Rod that could catch any 
kind of water Pokemon.  Brock's was a book on Pokemon breeding and he 
had the chapters of Cameron's Pokemon bookmarked so he'll know how to 
properly care for Sandy and his other Pokemon.  Stella's gift was an 
actual circus popcorn popper for Cameron and Sandy loved making popcorn.  
Gary's gift was a compass so Cameron wouldn't get lost on any future 
journeys. "Unlike a certain clueless kid whose initials are AK!" Gary 
whispered to the audience.

Bill's present was a globe of the entire Pokemon world. "Thank you 
Bill", smiled Cameron as he turned it around and marveled at the 
countries and continents that were not like the ones in his world.

"Your welcome Cameron", smiled Bill. "Since you're new to our world, 
I thought you should learn all the places there are in your new 
environment." Cameron smiled as he looked at the countries called 
Kanto, Johto, Ryooku, and the Orange Islands. "Where is Pallet Town?" 
he asked.

"Right here", smiled Ash as he pointed to a spot on the southwest 
section of Kanto. "Yep", smiled Ash. "Your new residence is Pallet 
Town in the glorious country of Kanto."

"Kanto!" smiled Cameron. "So that's the name of the land we explored 
every inch of.  I never knew that."

"We should probably teach you the Kanto national anthem soon", said 
Seymour.

"Here's my present Cameron", smiled Prof. Oak as he handed him a small 
wrapped item.  Cameron smiled when he saw what it was. "A new Pokedex!" 
he said excitedly.

"That's right", said the Professor. "The first one I gave you was 
totally six years outdated.  This newer model has info on all of the 
newest Pokemon discoveries and attacks."

"Thank you Prof." Smiled Cameron as he opened up his new Pokedex and 
pushed a button.  There on the small screen was a picture of Cameron 
while a girl's voice spoke out. "I am Dextra.  I am the official 
Pokedex of Cameron Fusterman who just turned 15 today.  I provide 
Cameron with info on all existing Pokemon and serve as his I.D.  And 
happy birthday Cameron."

Cameron smiled at what his Pokedex had to say to him. "Here's my 
present Cameron", smiled Ash as he handed him yet another box.  Cameron 
became extremely happy when he saw what it was and quickly put it on.

"An official Pokemon League expo-hat!" he cried as he looked into a 
nearby mirror. "Just like yours Ash!"

"Yep", smiled Ash. "I sent in a million more postcards and got this one 
just for you.  Just my way of saying thank you for taking care of my 
own hat and returning it to me."

"You didn't really have to go to all this trouble", said Cameron 
blushing. "But thank you Ash", he said as he looked at his best human 
friend.

"Shrew!" called out Sandy as he and the other Pokemon were dragging out 
a huge piece of poster board that was even bigger than Cameron.  It was 
a huge card all six Pokemon had fingerpainted.  Actually, clawpainted, 
petalpainted, and trunkpainted.  It was Cameron holding a gold trophy 
making him look like that he was the one that won the League games.  
And it had their prints on the side showing that they signed it. "This 
is beautiful guys!" smiled Cameron as he brought all his Pokemon 
together for a group hug while Aero rubbed his back with her snout that 
was sticking through the window. "Shrew, Vile, Slow, Buzz, Phan, Aero!" 
whispered all the Pokemon lovingly.

"This gift came to you from Viridian Juvenile Hall", smiled Jenny as he 
handed Cameron a gift all wrapped up in used newspaper.  Cameron smiled 
for he knew exactly where this came from.  It was a homemade katana 
with the name, "Cameron Fusterman", carved into the metal in cursive 
writing.  There was a card enclosed too.

"Dear Came-chan!" it read. "Like the Slowbro that leaves its unhatched 
young behind.  I wish I could be with you on your 15th year.  But I 
hope you love this gift.  I made it for you in the prison metal shop.  
Though the guards had to confiscate it from me quickly, I begged them 
to send it to Officer Jenny so she could give it to you.  It's to 
protect yourself from evil because I can't be there to protect you 
right now.  Maybe one day when I finish my sentence, I'll be by your 
side once again.  Happy birthday my love.  Loves and kisses.  Reiko."

Cameron sat there silently smiling at the card and the katana that his 
loving girlfriend had went to the trouble to send to him.  Jenny placed 
her comforting hands on his shoulders. "Don't worry Cameron", she said. 
"From my reports, I hear that Reiko is a very model prisoner so she 
might be getting out very soon.  But in the meantime, here's my 
present." And she kissed Cameron and handed him a small box. 

"Wow!  An official police badge!" smiled Cameron as he gazed at the 
golden badge.

"Carry that around whenever you go on any future Pokemon journeys", 
smiled Jenny. "That'll show people and other officers that the law is 
on your side." And she hugged Cameron.

"Thank you Jenny", smiled Cameron. "I'll keep this with me wherever 
I go."

"Which might be pretty soon", smiled Seymour as he handed Cameron a 
huge envelope.  Cameron opened it up and found it was a huge colorful 
flyer.  He read it out loud.

"Come and compete in the Ryooku League this year.  Travel around our 
fair country, catch many of our fine numerous Pokemon, battle and 
defeat the 8 gym leaders to win badges and you will be qualified to 
challenge the Ryooku League master to battle for an official trophy."

"Ryooku League?" said Cameron as he saw the picture of the beautiful 
golden trophy that was in the shape of an R with a Pokeball in the 
center.

"I've heard of the Ryooku League", said Brock. "Just like Kanto has the 
Indigo League, the country of Ryooku has its own as well."

"Where is Ryooku?" asked Cameron.

"Why do you think I gave you this?" smiled Bill as he turned the globe 
and pointed to a large country east of Kanto.  There it was, the 
country of Ryooku.  It was shaped like a huge split arch with small 
islands in the center.  And the places there had pretty odd names.  Soy 
Town, Tabasco Jungle, Wasabi Desert, Garlic Acres, Ketchupopolis, The 
Sweet N' Sour Islands, Tartar Plains, Mt. Mustard, and Vinegar Town.

"They're named after kitchen condiments!" thought Cameron. "Weird, but 
cool."

"Yes Cameron", smiled Prof. Oak. "Just like you and Ash had to travel 
around Kanto collecting 8 badges, the country of Ryooku has the same 
system."

"And I just called in a favor from my old colleague Prof. Bonsai." Said 
Seymour. "She's waiting for you in Soy Town so she can register you for 
the Ryooku League."

"Wow!" smiled Cameron. "A whole new country to explore and a whole new 
league!  Thank you Seymour.  I can't wait!"

"Well you can leave tomorrow", said Seymour.

"Tomorrow?" asked Cameron.

"Yep", smiled Jenny. "Seymour and I will be off on our honeymoon in 
Seafoam Island after you leave.  If that's all right."

"Yes it is", smiled Cameron. "You two are the greatest adopted parents 
a kid could have.  You deserve to have some time for yourselves."

"Thank you son", said both Seymour and Jenny while holding each other.

"Don't worry Cameron", smiled Ash. "You won't be alone on your journey 
cause I'm coming with you."

"Really?!" asked Cameron. "Are you going to compete along side with me?"

"No", smiled Ash. "I already won my trophy.  I'm coming along as your 
coach.  I'm gonna look after you and train you so you'll be ready to 
take on that so-called Ryooku League master."

"And I'm coming along too", smiled Misty as she wrapped her arms around 
Ash's neck. "There will be times that someone's gotta protect you from 
this big-headed lug." 

"Since when have I ever gotten a big head?" demanded Ash.

"Since this", smiled Misty as she grabbed Ash's head and gave him a big 
kiss on the lips.

"I still got it!" smiled Ash in a daze.

"See what I mean?" said Misty as she took out a tape measure and showed 
how a little bit bigger his head had gotten.

"My little boy's really growing up", sighed Mrs. Ketchum.  Everyone in 
the room laughed, even Cameron's Pokemon.

"What do you say guys?" Cameron asked them. "Do you all feel like going 
on another journey and meeting some new gym leader trained Pokemon?"

"SHREW, VILE, SLOW, BUZZ, PHAN, AERO!" said all six Pokemon while 
making battle poses like the ones the Sailor Scouts always made.

"Then it's settled", smiled Cameron. "I'm leaving for Ryooku tomorrow!"

"To Cameron Fusterman", said Seymour as he held up a cup of punch. "May 
he come back happy and victorious!"

"AYE!" everyone agreed as they clinked their party cups together while 
Cameron smiled and blushed.

*      *      *      *      *      *

That night, Cameron was lying in bed thinking about the new journey 
that awaits for him.  He looked over at the side of the bed and found 
Sandy all curled up like a big sleepy ball. "Get plenty of rest Sandy", 
whispered Cameron.  Just then his bedroom door silently creaked open.  
It was Jenny dressed in blue pajamas and a blue robe with a badge on it.

"Good evening Cameron", whispered Jenny as she sat on the other side of 
his bed so she wouldn't wake up Sandy.

"Oh, Hi Jenny", said Cameron as he sat up. "Are you still awake?"

"Couldn't sleep", smiled Jenny. "I've been too busy thinking about the 
big day Seymour and I plan to have tomorrow."

"I couldn't either", smiled Cameron. "Sandy and my other Pokemon have a 
big day tomorrow too."

"Which is why I wanted to go ahead and give you this now", said Jenny 
as she handed Cameron a red backpack. "It's filled with clean clothes, 
medical supplies, snacks for you and your friends, including corn chips 
for Sandy, and finally some clean you-know-whats!  Mrs. Ketchum told 
me that was extremely important when you send a child off into the 
world."

"Thank you Jenny", smiled Cameron. "You're the best adopted mom I've 
ever known."

"Oh my dear Cameron", sighed Jenny as she placed her arms around his 
bare shoulders and kissed him on the cheek. "And please", she continued. 
"Try to wear a shirt whenever you go to sleep.  It can get cold when 
camping out at night and Misty's going to be there on your Ryooku 
journey too."

"All right Jenny", smiled Cameron as he kissed his mom back.  Little 
did they know was that a sinister looking cat's eye was looking through 
the window.  It belonged to a cat-shaped shadow.  It snickered when it 
heard what Jenny had said and then went off into a forest outside of 
Pallet Town.

*      *      *      *      *      *

In the forest were a Weezing and an Arbok roasting marshmallows over 
an open fire.  Then they began to speak to each other. (DUBEED IN 
ENGLISH FOR THOSE WHO DON'T SPEAK POKEMON.)

"I think the marshmallows are all done", said Weezing as it felt the 
gooey snack with it smaller head but got stuck. "Shouldn't we wait for 
Meowth before eating?"

"Nyaaah!" hissed Arbok. "In this wild world, it's every Pokemon for 
themselves." And it yanked the marshmallows from the stick and curled 
around them like they were living prey. "Ah, nice and warm and brown", 
sighed Arbok. "If only they could shake in fear, they'd really be 
delicious!"

Weezing had slurped the sticky marshmallows off its smaller head with 
its slimy tongue and started chewing happily.  Then it burped shooting 
out white little bubbles of gas into the air.  One of the bubbles came 
by a Pidgey's way and it flew up to peck it.  Unfortunately, instead of 
a marshmallow treat, the Pidgey got a bad case of gas and it fainted 
onto the ground.

"Maybe we should've packed baked beans instead", said Weezing as it saw 
the unconscious bird.

"No way!" shouted Arbok. "That stuff is deadly when it comes out of 
your rear end!  Remember what happened last time?"

"Oh yeah", laughed Weezing. "I can still remember that wonderful smell.  
It stayed on us for about a month."

Arbok just sweatdropped heavily when he heard a screechy New York 
accented voice call out. "All right guys listen up." Weezing and Arbok 
turned around and found their leader.  It was a Meowth with an eye-
patch over his right eye.  This was the same evil and bitter Meowth 
that was partners with the evil Rockets Jessie and James who were now 
doing life in an island prison.

"I just heard that that little brat Cameron along with those other dips 
Ash and Misty are heading out for Ryooku tomorrow.  That's really good.  
That means he'll definitely be passing by that island prison Jessie and 
James are being locked up at.  This'll be the perfect opportunity to 
kill two birds with one stone.  First we'll break out your brainless 
masters and then we'll get sweet revenge on those rotten goody-goods!  
I'll make them pay for what they did to my eye!" and he started flashing 
back to a wild Pokemon battle against him and Cameron's Sandshrew.  
It cost Meowth his right eye and Jessie's and James's dreams to 
continue ruling Pallet Town.

"Thank you Meowth", smiled Arbok as it gave Meowth a tight hug with its 
coils.

"Yeah, the same with me", smiled Weezing as it cuddled its small head 
against Meowth's.

"All right, enough with the mushy stuff!" growled Meowth. "We got a big 
jailbreak to plan tomorrow.  Let's all get forty winks!"

"Or in your case Meowth, 20 winks", giggled Arbok as it winked at the 
one-eyed Meowth.

"Ha Ha.  Very funny", grumbled Meowth as he tried to push away the two 
purple Pokemon but couldn't for all three of them became suddenly 
stuck together.  

"You both started on the marshmallows without me didn't you?" grumbled 
Meowth.  Weezing and Arbok just closed their eyes and pretended to 
snore.  "Why me?!" moaned Meowth as he rested his stuck head on Weezing 
like a pillow and used Arbok like a blanket.

TO BE CONTINUED

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Well there you have it, the first chapter of my sequel.  What did you 
all think?  And I want to thank my good friend, Bellossom Boy, for 
giving me some ideas for this fic.  And remember, Pokemon and its 
characters are property of Nintendo, Game Freak, and 4 Kids 
Entertainment.  Cameron and Reiko are my creations.  If you want to use 
them in any of your fanfics, please e-mail me first.  I would love to 
read them. ^_^