Ghost Whisperer//Pokémon Fanfiction

V: First Encounter

Giovanni Sakaki was in a video chat with Professor Samuel Oak. As Ash is under both their wings in a way, they have to synchronize who requires Ash's time when.

"You know, I won't demand Ash's time a lot. I only made him a OFTR so that Delia, his mother, worries less about him.", admitted Samuel. "The only thing I would need him for is for a project in Lavender, in case my employees chicken out of the haunted tower. That is, if the town gives us the permission to research the tower."

"Isn't the tower partly a cemetery?", asked Giovanni. He wasn't surprised that Oak's team needs a permission to do anything in that tower, more that Oak made Ash an OFTR to please the mother. The professor never struck him as someone to use his position to make advantages for his close ones. Looks like he was wrong.

"Well, that is why it will probably take weeks until we get an answer.", said Samuel. "Oh, the champion calls me. Can he join or do we continue this another day."

"Let him join.", said Giovanni.

So the champion joined the call. Samuel warned him, "I am in a call with Giovanni already. We talk about who requires Asher when. Now why are you calling, champion?"

"I want to talk about Asher, actually. When I met him in Pewter, I asked him if he would be interested to join the G-Men.", revealed Lance to the two. "I want to give Asher a Pokemon, too. I may already know the right Pokemon to give him."

Giovanni heard Oak's assistant yell in the background, "Oi, Ash should actually catch some himself, you know!"

Giovanni leaned back in his chair. He does not like that Lance's attention is on Ash. The champion then spoke in a more somber tone, "There is something else I want to talk about. With you, too, Giovanni. Sabrina came to me with a theory about the Mindless. She is sure that the Mindless phenomena has something to do with Viridian City. I told her we figured that already out, but she said she means someone in Viridian makes them."

"So no real progress in that department?", asked Giovanni.

"Looks like it. I honestly got the feeling Sabrina is sure you're behind this, Giovanni. Ha!" Lance laughed at that thought.

"Lance, Ash should go to Cerulean next.", informed him the professor.

"Thanks Samuel. Now if you excuse me, I need to get Ash's Pokemon." Lance ended his connection. Soon after that, Giovanni ended the call with Samuel.

As he was about to stand up from his desk, he got a message from Ash. A report on Ash's battle against Brock and apparently there is a rivalry between Rowlet and the Phantump going on.

Ash pushed his bike though the forest of Mt. Moon. It was night time, so he won't drive on it in this area at least. He and Rowlet, who was flying high and enjoying the darkness, kept their eyes open for a resting place. Albeit Ash is considering to take on the tunnel in the mountain this night. Cerulean City isn't far from it. Soon he arrived at the entrance of the cave system. Something just felt wrong, but Ash continued his way. When he was in, he heard someone coming in. Turning around, he saw people – similar to the weirdo's from the Viridian Center but in black uniforms – walk into the cave. Ash hid behind a boulder. His bike was left on a wall.

When he saw then passing his hiding spot, he called the emergency line of the police. He whispered the operator the situation, where he is, etc. He was told to either leave or wait where he is and hide. Ash kept an eye on the entrance, to see if he could sneak out, but criminals were either walking in or out, so could only hide and wait out that anyone comes.

One criminal passed his bike. "Huh, what is this?", she asked. Ash was worried that he would be found because of it. She activated a flash light. "The heck! A bike! Someone's in here!" She and others were looking around.