pokemon adventure

chapter eighty four

Chapter 84

The Hoenn League Torch

And Meowth meets his match

After the Hoenn Grand Festival was all over, the gang had taken a ferry for Ever Grande City where the Hoenn league was taking place. Apparently this pokemon league was called the Ever Grande Conference. Ash felt excited about entering his fourth pokemon league and he couldn't wait to get there. "Hey Ash do you think you'll win this pokemon league?" asked Tomo. "Well I can't really say," said Ash "because I don't know how strong the other trainers will be. So all I can say is that I'll just keep on fighting till someone does defeat me". Ash understood by now how tough  pokemon leagues were, especially since he had participated in three.

Soon they had set foot in Ever Grande City. It was a busy city, filled with shops, restaurants and other buildings. May had a guide which explained about the shops and restaurants in Ever Grande City and she suggested they try out the famous ramen restaurant. With May leading, the gang tried to find the ramen restaurant. Of course with May having poor direction they found it difficult. Then came trouble; a flock Murkrow were in the area and then they started to attack the gang with peck. "Use roar Growlithe!" commanded Tomo. Growlithe roared loudly and the Murkrows flew away in terror. "Phew, good work Growlithe" said Tomo.

Just then a male trainer and a Meowth, who was wearing boots and a hat, ran up to the gang. "Hey you okay?" asked the trainer. "We're fine we just had trouble with a flock of Murkrows" said Ash. "That's the trouble with Murkrow, they love causing trouble wherever they go" said the trainer. Max asked the trainer if he knew where the ramen restaurant was, since his sister had no idea where it was. "I'm going to the ramen restaurant too, so I will lead the way" said the trainer. Thanks to the trainer they made it to the ramen restaurant and they were tucking in to ramen. The trainer introduced himself as Tyson and he said that he was entering the Ever Grande Conference too. So Ash had another rival, as well as Morrison, to deal with in the Ever Grand Conference. "I must say Tyson," said Brock "apart from wearing a hat and boots, your Meowth looks very well raised". "Thanks I've had my Meowth for a while now" said Tyson. Meowth was eating  pokemon food with Pikachu and Growlithe. Despite being a dog type  pokemon, Growlithe didn't chase or pick a fight with Meowth; Growlithe had been trained to not chase or fight cat type pokemon like crazy.

Suddenly Tyson said that he had to leave now because he was a runner of the torch. "So that means you will be running with the Hoenn League Torch right?" asked Ash. "That's right," said Tyson "and they say that the flame of the torch came from Moltres". "Just like the torch in the Indigo League" said Ash. He explained that the flame of the torch was from Moltres too and he also explained that the flame for the torch in the Silver Conference was from Ho-oh.

On a hill a crowd of people were waiting for the Hoenn League Torch flame to arrive. Officer Jenny, Nurse Joy and Mr Goodshow were there too. But they weren't the only ones; Jessie, James and Meowth were also there waiting for the flame, and of course they were planning to swipe it. "How shall we get the Moltres flame this time?" asked James "I mean when we tried to get it back in Kanto we failed because Moltres appeared and it defeated us". "True, but that's because we used a big dish that was hard to get away with" said Meowth. "Yes so this time we will use a small flame container that we can easily carry away" said Jessie. "Let's do it" said James.

At that moment some police arrived, carrying a flame on a dish, and then Tyson and the gang turned up. Tyson apologized for being late, but Mr Goodshow reassured Tyson that he made it just in time. "Nice seeing you again Mr Goodshow" said Ash. "Ah Ash, Brock and Tomo it's nice to see you three again," said Mr Goodshow "I take it you're participating in the Ever Grande Conference Ash?" "Yes I am," said Ash "and I have high hopes on winning". "Ah full of spirit like always," said Mr Goodshow "and I can't wait to see how you will do in this  pokemon league Ash". Max and May were surprised; they knew that Mr Goodshow was the president of the  pokemon league, but they were surprised that Ash, Brock and Tomo knew them. Ash explained that they met Mr Goodshow at the pokemon leagues in Kanto and Johto. "And Brock, Misty, Tomo and I were runners of the Torch at the Indigo League, and I got to run with the torch a bit at the Silver Conference". May and Max were amazed. Mr Goodshow also pointed out that he saw Ash and May at the Hoenn Grand Festival on TV and he was impressed with that. Just then Tyson started the running of the torch and Nurse Joy and Mr Goodshow gave the gang a lift in the limo.