Hay sorry this chapter took so long, I'm kinda thinking about letting it up for adoption, it's not other like adoption story, I love this story, it just got too crazy too quickly, but I will make a new version of this story, the new version won't include Ashley or Serena (Serena will still pop up but when in the anime, but will stick around after kalos) PM me if you want to adopt my story, but hears the last chapter from me and list of Pokémon.

Ash: Storm the pikachu, ho-oh, mew, shiny eevee, hypno, Vulpix, and shiny Arceus

Ashley: arashi the pikachu, charmander, Bulbasar, squirtle, and Pidgeyotto

Brock: onix, geodude, ditto, Scyther, Aerodactyl, and Rhydon.

Serena: fennekin, and Zeraora

Misty: staryu, Starmie, Goldeen, and surskit

On stand by: flareon, vaporeon, jolteon, Beedrill, butterfree, pink butterfree, Paris, Sandshrew, clefariy, nedoking, nedoqueen, fearow, Hitmonchan, Hitmonlee, onix, gyarados, Haunter, krabby, Horsea, alolan Raichu, giant Tentacruel, and giant dragonite

In training: Primeape

I own nothing from Pokémon.

Dig those Diglett

Several months have passed since Ash has left his hometown pallet, during that time he's meet up with his companions Misty, Brock, and Serena along with his twin sister and both of their pikachu's

Brock said "we've sure travelled a long way."

Misty said "we've seen so much."

Serena said "I wonder what today has in store for us."

Ash said "sis, which way is it to the gym?"

Ashley said "I know it's over one of those mountains, problem is I forgot over which one."

Brock said "I think theirs a road hear."

Ash said "it's probably our best bet."

The episode continued like in the anime up until Misty called the Diglett cute

The man shot up to his feet and venomously replied "CUTE?! They most certainly are NOT cute! They are a nuisance! A horrible, destructive nuisance!"

Ashley yelled "They are not a nuisance!"

The man turned and pointed a short distance away to where a massive construction project looked like it was heading underway and he yelled "They are a nuisance because they are preventing us from completing work on that dam we have been building!"

He then turned and pointed to another location where workers were raising some pipes up using a large crane and yelled "The Diglett have been working to prevent us from completing this dam any way they possibly can!"

He gestured to the wrecked mass of trucks behind them that had all fallen into a massive trench that had resulted from the ground caving in under them and yelled "The Diglett even wreck all of our supply trucks when they come in and because of them, we are running low on resources!"

Sighing, he turned around and dropped his head and said "The situation is so dire that we have even created our own special division to help get rid of the Diglett."

At that, the man (who must have been the construction foreman) slid back up to Ash and his friends and held out a brochure, as well as a few tickets of some kind and he said "For any able-bodied and talented Pokémon Trainers that can stop the Diglett, we are even offering a six night, seven day long, all expense paid stay at the soon-to-be Giva Hot Springs Resort!"

"Never!" Ash began. "No matter what you offer-" He was quickly cut off by Misty stepping in though, and saying with a bright smile and her hands crossed in front of her "We're four able and talented Pokémon Trainers!"

The bearded man appeared pleasantly surprised for a moment and said "Ah so you are the first team of trainers that we called in!"

"Out of curiosity..." Ash began as he walked up and looked at the big construction project that was covering much of the surrounding landscape. Also, hearing the constant blast work going on, he narrowed his eyes in contemplation.

Ash looked back at the man again and asked "Have you done any sort of environmental review?"

Though, upon him saying this, the construction foreman just blinked.

He asked as if not hearing him right "An environmental review?"

Ash said "Yeah, you know." *points at the surrounding forest* "Have you had anyone come out here, like an environmental professional, and check to see just what kind of impact this dam you're constructing will have on the local Pokémon population?"

The man said "Well of course not This dam project was funded by a big real estate company operating out of Saffron City who just recently purchased the Giva Hot Springs and wanted to expand upon its resources!"

He gestured at the loads of men all working on the project and said "We were given a very short timeframe to complete construction of this dam and as the biggest and most capable construction company in Kanto, we were the only ones trusted to construct it!"

He held his hands up into fists and said "The company that hired us wants to make their profit back as soon as possible and that all depends on the construction of this dam. There was no time to go through the process of having an environmental review done and since this land was bought and zoned as private property, none were called for by the Pokémon League!"

Ash nodded and then looked around as he put a hand on his hip and said "Yeah I wondered if that was the case..."

Ash then looked at the man again seriously and asked "Have you given any thought whatsoever to how this project will affect the Pokémon who live here?"

Brock nodded and said "Ash is right. Just all of this blasting and earth upheaval alone could seriously disturb the local ecosystem."

Ashley asked "Have you also considered that maybe the Diglett are getting in your way because they're trying to keep you from destroying everything?"

However, the foreman merely growled and shook his head as he said "I don't care what their reasons are or why they're doing this, all I know is that these nuisance Diglett need to be stopped! We weren't hired to be environmental protection agents, we were hired to make a dam and that is what we're here to do!"

Ash and his friends were immediately put off by the man's blatant disregard for the safety and welfare of all the Pokémon who lived nearby and whom were having their natural habitat endangered.

In fact, in the midst of Ash now glaring at the man almost ready to arrest him on the spot but decided against it.

Misty curled her lip up and then shook her head and said "On second thought... I don't want a free trip anywhere if it means endangering innocent Pokémon's lives."

Brock, Ashley and Serena all nodded in agreement while the man growled again and then yelled "Fine! We do not need your assistance in this matter anyway! We have called in a squad of Pokémon Trainers who will take care of this for us!"

At that moment, they all heard the sound of roaring vehicles coming their way as he turned and smiled and said "Ah and here they are now!"

As Ash and the others looked down the road, they saw a few large buses coming their way before eventually parking, one beside the other, right in front of them and kicking up dust all the while.

As the dust began to clear from the fast halt of the buses, they looked up from shielding their eyes and saw a red convertible speeding around the last bus and coming to a stop in front of the lot.

For Ash and his friends though, what surprised them was who was in the car.

Jumping up in the vehicle and sticking his face proudly into the air, none other than Gary Oak himself pointed a finger skyward and smirked as he said "Have no fear, Gary Oak is on the scene! I'm here to save the day as usual so don't fret another minute!"

Ash and his friends just stared up at the brown haired boy as he made his very self-absorbed introduction speech and then blinked.

Ash greeted his onetime childhood friend "Hey Gary... didn't expect to see you here,"

Gary replied "Hay Ash. Hay Ashley. Glad to see you two. Now I can show you what a real trainer can do, I'm not the same trainer that you faced in the past."

Serena asked "Is he serious? Dose he even know how many badges Ash has?"

Brock merely crossed his arms and nodded to himself and said "Delusion is a powerful thing."

As if to prove his point unwillingly, upon seeing all the girls in Gary's car, the dark skinned teen (sorry if that sounded racist) shoved himself in front of Ash before the boy could reply

Brock said "Oh so hey! Who are the girls?"

Gary waved him off and said "Meh they're just some friends of mine and are part of my fan club." *looks back at the girls* *smirks* "Right ladies!"

The group of ritzy, posh looking girls stood up and, in perfect unison, began moving their legs and arms like a cheer routine while chanting "Gary, Gary he's so cool! He'll do the best and beat all the rest!~"

The spiky haired trainer crossed his arms and nodded smugly to himself while Brock put a hand to his chest and tried to act suave, his voice even dropping a pitch or two as he said "Well hello ladies my name is Brock! How would you lovely young women like to come and spend some time with me this evening on a romantic date?"

Once more in unison, the air-headed group of girls replied like ditzy dolls unable to think for themselves "Why yes sir!"

Brock's head dropped a little at that as he sweat dropped and mumbled "Okay so they think I'm an old man but that's okay, I'm desperate!"

Brock then turned around and wielded a pen and pad high in the air like a mighty sword and asked "Can I maybe get some phone numbers or an address email?!"

"Doh boy..." Serena began while she and Misty stared at the sad Pokémon Breeder making a spectacle of himself, their eyes thin and shoulders dropped and she contended "Brock's over his heels again."

Ashley rhetorically asked "How many time will Brock do make a fool out of himself to to make him stop?"

"I don't think he will" Misty agreed in a simplistic deadpan.

The foreman shouted "EXCUSE ME! CAN WE PLEASE GET BACK ONTO THE ISSUE OF THE DIGLETT?!"

Gary smirked and put his hands on his hips and said "Don't worry, Gary Oak is on the case now and we'll have those Diglett out of here faster than you can say Pokémon!" He then jumped into the red convertible and laughed mockingly while waving behind him and said "See ya later!"

However, just before the car could drive off, Ash stepped up. "Gary wait! You can't go after the Diglett!"

This made both the foreman and Gary himself stop as the latter looked over his shoulder while sitting on the back of the car and asked "Huh? What are you blabbering about Ash?"

"Listen." Ash said seriously as he stepped up with his hands balled into fists at his face and his eyes narrowed intently. "These Diglett aren't doing this for no reason! You and I both know that Pokémon only act like this when something is wrong!" *gestures back at the foreman* "This guy just admitted to us that they didn't even do an environmental review before deciding to put a dam up here! This project could potentially be dispossessing hundreds of Pokémon who live in this area out of their homes!"

Gary looked at his rival for a moment before smirking and then turning his head as he chuckled condescendingly and said "Oh Ash, you're just as naive as you always were. Making wild and crazy assumptions for no good reason, you just got lucky and caught a Legendary that's the only reason you're a slightly good, without a legendary Pokémon by your side I bet you're nothing."

He then gestured around and continued "Besides, this mountain range is huge and the Pokémon will just move somewhere else, nothing bad's gonna happen! Trust me, I know, I'm a Pokémon expert!

Ash growled and snapped back. "No you're not! You're an idiot is what you are if you think this dam isn't going to jeopardize the lives and wellbeing of the Pokémon around here!"

He pointed back at the construction zone and said "I have no problem with the dam itself being built but they didn't go through any of the proper steps to make sure it didn't threaten anything or anyone!"

The car then spun rubber and dust as it took off while Gary waved and laughed over his shoulder. "Smell ya later!"

Ash started taking deep breaths to try to calm himself

Serena thought to herself 'Ash is so cool, I'm really lucky to have him.'

Ash held his arms out and clenched his hands into fists and he asked "How can anyone be so stubborn and arrogant that they can't see good sense?! Not even if it was slapped in their face by a Machoke with a big obvious sign slung over its neck!"

"Denial will carry you a long way I guess," Misty said simply as she stared after the car while Brock chased after it and yelled out "No! Wait! Ladies please! Those phone numbeeeeers?! No-hoooo!"

While Brock knelt on the ground and morosely reflected on his miserable failure, Ash just breathed out in a long, heavy exhale with frustration evident on his face.

Ash then mumbled to himself "And they all completely disregarded everything I said, maybe I should've showed my police badge."

Ashley said "Big bro, I'm extremely proud of you, you must be over your stage fright. *Holds up a toy microphone* How do you expect to do in the Indigo league?"

Ash took the toy microphone and said "I'm gonna go all the way and win!"

Ashley said "You did it bro!"

Ash said "Let's go."

they heard a loud noise coming from somewhere back near the construction zone.

Looking in the direction of the noise as he stared out through the trees, Ash asked "Do you guys hear that?"

The three of them nodded while Misty said "Yeah, it sounds almost like someone is yelling or something."

Brock said "Sounds like it's coming from the construction site,"

Deciding to check it out, they quickly packed up their campsite and then headed back to the construction zone.

Shortly after arriving, they made their way into the heart of the construction zone where a large crowd of (presumably) Pokémon Trainers were gathered in front of a large construction frame with yellow sheets draped across its surface in sections.

Standing in front of the big metal frame, on a stack of wooden planks, was the construction foreman. Whom of which had a megaphone in his hand as he shouted to the assembled trainers about the "threat" that the Diglett posed.

Seeing and hearing this, as well as the big sign behind the foreman that had the image of a Diglett with a purple "X" through it, caused Ash to snort in disgust.

The foreman said "I want to thank all of you Pokémon Trainers for coming all this way here out of the way of your journeys to help us with this major problem we have been facing!"

He then gestured at the sign behind him and said "Here you see the greatest insect Pokémon threat the world has ever known! Diglett!"

At that moment however, he was interrupted by a hand being raised up into the air and the voice of Gary himself speaking out "Excuse me! Diglett isn't even a Bug-Type at all, let alone an insect. In fact, the term Mole Pokémon would be more accurate. With a height of approximately eight inches and a weight of two pounds, it could hardly be even classified as the world's greatest anything!"

The foreman responded with a stressed out frown on his face "That may seem true but when they work together, they are practically unstoppable! When working in tandem they can destroy anything!"

Ash said to himself "In a since that is true, working together all Pokémon can become stronger."

Before anything else was said though, a rumbling sound could suddenly be heard. This was followed by the foreman going wide eyed as he panicked "It is the Diglett! They are here!"

Panning their gazes over to the trio of buses that had brought all the Pokémon Trainers, the gathered traveling trainers saw a line of dirt speeding towards one of the buses under the earth. The speed being almost too fast to follow with the naked eye, so quick was the rate at which the Diglett moved beneath the earth.

Almost all eyes watching went wide as they saw the upturned line of dirt - showing the path of the moving Diglett - move underneath the bus and then, as if a sink hole had suddenly opened beneath it, the large vehicle fell straight into a big pit.

With the foreman panicking through his megaphone behind them, all the trainers looked on in awe at the way the Diglett so easily wrecked one of their buses.

Gary, on the other hand, decided to take action and ran up while pulling out a Pokéball and said "I'll take care of this! Now it's time to show everyone the Number One Pokémon Trainer in action!"

The long, spiky brown haired boy then kissed the ball in his hand before tossing it out into the air. However, to his surprise, the Pokéball hit the ground and just as it snapped open and the Pokémon within began to emerge, the light energy of the ball quickly reversed course and got pulled right back inside of it.

If that wasn't enough, a pile of earth emerged under the Pokéball and dragged it back across the ground to Gary.

Then, with a small announcement of, "Hello." one of the small Ground Pokémon popped up from the earth and offered Gary his Pokéball atop its head and it said "Here you go."

Gary said "Oh... uhh..." *kneels down* *took the ball. "Thanks. I uh- no wait a minute!" He quickly threw his arms up and scowled as the Diglett disappeared.

Gary then yelled "No way! No Diglett's gonna make a fool of Gary Oak!" *smirks* *pulls out another Pokéball* "Let's see how this works! My best Pokémon!"

The cocky trainer then kissed the ball thrice before tossing it out to release the Pokémon it held within. Unfortunately though, the ball this time barely even cracked open upon landing before it once again sealed itself up and prevented the Pokémon inside from coming forth.

He yelled in disbelief and frustration "What?! Fine!"

Gary then commenced to tossing Pokéball after Pokéball while growling "I'll just use every Pokémon I have!"

The arrogant young man's rash antics were quickly followed by the large group of other trainers too. Each one began throwing their own Pokéballs out and every single ball, much like Gary's, refused to open. This lead to, eventually, a massive pile of Pokéballs forming in the middle of the construction zone.

Humorously enough, the Diglett began taking ball after ball from the pile and delivered them back to their perplexed and stunned looking trainers. Each one taking their Pokéball with nothing more than a dumbfounded, "Thanks..." or some other word of awkward gratitude.

For their part however, Ash and his friends just stood back and watched the debacle play out before them with Misty making an offhanded comment of "Well... at least they're polite."

Brock nodded and put his hands on his hips and said "And unstoppable too."

Soon enough, the foreman began chasing the Diglett over the ground while trying to whack them with a mallet, just like he was playing an arcade game of Whack-A-Diglett.

Seeing this, Gary scoffed and put the last of his Pokéballs away and he said "That's a total waste of time. Diglett can pull their heads below the earth at practically the speed of light, that'll never work."

Ashley said "But you have to admit it's funny to watch."

Gary said "Okay, maybe a little."

Gary then turned and looked at the Diglett, which were just finishing up taking the last of the other trainer's Pokéballs to them so he said "And the Pokémon obviously won't come out of their Pokéballs so all this is just a waste of time."

Ash deadpanned "Gee, y'think? What have I been trying to say all this time?"

Gary said "You're one to talk, you didn't even try."

Ash calmly said "Vulpix I choose you."

Vulpix said "Hay Ash."

Ash said "Sorry Vulpix but I was just trying to make a point to Gary."

Vulpix said "That's okay Ash, I don't mind."

Ash returns Vulpix

Gary asked "But how?"

Ash replied "Because I had no intention of fighting the Diglett. But if you're asking how I have a Vulpix, well a Pokémon Breeder gave her to me."

Without another word Gary drove off

Later that night, Ash and his friends could be seen soaking in the nearby hot springs of what would have become the Giva Hot Spring Resort. Should the dam actually ever end up getting completed.

Even though they technically never got the "tickets" needed to get into the hot spring, common sense had won the day when Brock surmised that with the dam not being completed - therefore no resort officially existing either - no one technically "owned" the hot spring. Nor did it give anyone any right to chase them out.

So the 5 of them were soaking the stress of the day away.

Soon they find a Diglett near the hot spring so they chase it to a meadow and when the Forman sees it he canceled the construction of the dam.

Goodbye