1.Ash's Story (Part 3: Hoenn)

Chapter 36

We finally arrive at Mossdeep City, May asks, "Maybe we can do some sightseeing?"

"I think Ash has other plans." Max says.

"It's time for us to challenge the Mossdeep Gym Leader to a battle." I say.

We arrive at the gym, only to find that the gym is closed. We notice a woman and she reveals to us that the gym leaders are now in the space center. Because there is a space shuttle launch.

"A space shuttle launch?" We gasp, and Max says, "Oh, boy! They're launching the space shuttle, guys!"

"There is a Space Center in Mossdeep City after all." Minami says.

"But all that space thing is not so surprising for us, considering our Psychic Manor is basically on the moon." Mark says.

"No way!" Max asks.

"Yeah, to get there you'll have to go to Ilex Forest and find the house with the teleportation pad." I say. "I think we should go there."

Before we go there, we find a fisherman and he says, "You can go after seafloor-dwelling Pokemon with your Super Rod. Drop your line in any water, and see what bites!"

Then May gets the Super Rod to complete the set, and then we go to the space center. We look around and find a room filled with various astronaut training machines.

"Woah... look at all those equipment..." May says.

"You're right, there sure are a lot of things to see." Mark says. "It kinda makes me remember the Solanet one..."

"So what is this one?" When May asks us in front of the machine, Alice says, "It's a Moonwalk stimulator."

Then we also try out some devices until we see a series of lights and sounds coming from some low windows nearby. We crawl over and look and we spy a battle between the twins taking place in zero gravity. The female's Lunatone uses an Ice Beam to take down the male's Solrock as it charges up a Solar Beam.

"That was so close!" The boy yells.

"Yes, but close is not good enough. How many times in a row does that make now?" The girl taunts.

"If you hadn't used that last Tackle I would've absorbed enough sunlight." The boy yells back.

"But Solar Beam takes a turn to charge and you know it. You're never gonna beat me until you get the timing right."

We decide to enter the place, and much to our surprise, we are now levitated to the air. The twins come to us and they introduce themselves as Tate and Liza.

"Wait, you're Ash Ketchum, right?" Liza asks us.

"You know about us?" I ask.

"Of course, your family is also one of the few who managed to create a Lunar Villa on the moon." Tate says. "And we also heard you challenging the other gyms."

"So how did you come up with a zero-gravity battle?" May asks.

"Our father is the Space Center's Director and lead shuttle pilot, one day when we're playing with the Baltoy and then they use Confusion and get us up. So we use it all the time." Liza says.

Then they decide to show us around, I say, "It will be nice, but I want to find the gym leaders first so I can get my seventh badge."

"Tate and I act as the co-gym leaders from Mossdeep City." Liza says.

"And we now officially accept the challenge." Tate says.

"Two Gym Leaders in one gym... that's new." Mark says.