Rise From The Ashes (A Pokemon Rewrite)

Hypno Havoc

After winning the Rainbow Badge from Erica, our heroes forged their path to Ash's next gym battle, but first decided to make a pit stop in HopHopHop Town for Misty to compete in the local Water Pokemon Tournament.

Cobalt: So, this is HopHopHop Town. Wonder why it's called that.

Green: Better question; who could live here without laughing at the name.

Ash: Gee, it's like the buildings are closing in on us.

Misty: And they're so tall, we can barely see any sky. I wonder where the Water Tournament is.

Ash: Hey Brock, why is this place called HopHopHop Town, anyway? It's more like a city.

Brock: Well-

???: Arnold!

Suddenly, a woman rushed up to the group, hugging Ash tightly. The boy blushed heavily as he was pulled into the woman's chest, snuggling him close as the others watched in shock.... Or jealousy in some of them.

Brock/Azula: Lucky bastard.

Woman: *frantic* Where have you been, Arnold? Your father has been so worried!

Ash: Excuse me, but my name is Ash!

The woman then ooked down, realizing she was hugging the wrong boy and immediately releasing him.

Woman: Oh my, I'm so sorry!... But you look so much like my Arnold.

Ash: Huh?

Misty: What happened to him?

Woman: Arnold, my son.... He's missing...

The gang looked in shock, sympathy filling them as the woman escorted them to some place to sit so she could go further into detail.

Woman: My dear Arnold's gone missing. I haven't seen him for 3 days. I haven't heard a word from him since then.

Ash: Could he have gone off to be a Pokemon trainer?

Woman: He did like Pokemon, of course, but he never said anything about becoming a trainer.

Misty: Don;t you think he'd come home by now?

The woman only looked down, trying not to sob in front of them only to point at a nearby wall. On the wall, several missing posters of various young boys and girls.

Woman: See those posters? Those are of all the children that have gone missing in town for the past 2 weeks.

Misty: That many?

Ash: Must be a pretty dangerous town.

As the gang looked on, an officer similar to the ones they had met before came up to the wall, about to put up another poster. Confused, Ash comes up to her.

Ash: Excuse me. Are you the cousin or second cousin of the Officer Jenny in Cerulean City?

Officer Jenny: Actually, I'm her cousin's cousin.

Ash: Of course you are.

Brock: *blushes* This one's the most beautiful one yet.

Green: They all look exactly the same, you moron!

Cobalt: Actually Green, if you look closely, there are subtle differences between each.

Ash: *whispers* Really?

Cobalt: Yeah. For example, the Jenny in Cerulean has a deeper shade of red in her eyes than the one in Saffron. And the Vermillion Jenny's hair is a bit longer than the one in Pewter. This one's different though, not only does the HopHopHop Jenny have a different type of lipstick, but she's slightly shorter than the other Jenny's.