"Huh? Why are there so many people here?"
Xiao Yan arrived at a grand canyon, where many people were constantly pouring in with excavation tools.
"Hey! We meet again, Xiao Yan!"
A familiar figure walked toward Xiao Yan. Upon closer inspection, Xiao Yan saw that it was Gary, and Gary also brought excavation tools with him.
"Gary, are you guys digging for something?"
"I heard someone dug up a Pokémon Fossil here recently, so everyone came here to look for fossils."
"Go, Gary! Go, Gary! Yay~"
Gary's cheerleader cheered for Gary from the side.
"Got it! My girlfriends, well then I'll go look for fossils first, let's chat next time!"
In the blink of an eye, Gary walked away.
"Fossils, huh... Let's go take a look too! Pikachu."
"Whoa! Xiao Yan, help me stop."
Right then, Xiao Yan looked up above his head and saw Ash and Team Rocket rolling down together.
"Ah!!!"
Caught in their wake, Xiao Yan rolled down along with them, tumbling right into a large hole in the ground.
"Ow, that hurts..."
Xiao Yan rubbed his lower back.
"Are you alright, Pikachu?"
Seeing Pikachu standing safely nearby, Xiao Yan felt relieved.
"Xiao Yan, long time no see!"
Ash reached out a hand to pull Xiao Yan up.
"What a coincidence that you're here too!"
At the same time, Ash's and Xiao Yan's Pikachus were also exchanging greetings nearby.
"Who are these people?"
The three familiar faces and one Meowth crawled out from a pile of rocks nearby.
"Since you asked us with such sincerity"
"We will answer you with great mercy"
"To prevent the world from being destroyed."
"To protect the peace of the world."
"Invading the evils of love and truth."
"Cute and charming villains."
"I'm Jessie." "I'm James."
"That's right, meow."
Hearing these familiar lines, he knew it was those three goofballs from Team Rocket, the eternal Pikachu-catching squad.
"Even though Giovanni disbanded Team Rocket, we formed a new Team Rocket instead, and we won't give up on catching precious creatures."
Jessie pointed at Xiao Yan and said.
"You guys really never learn, want to fight?"
Xiao Yan's Pikachu stood at the front and had already struck a battle stance.
"Wait, wait, wait!" Meowth jumped out to speak.
"Let's figure out how to get up first!"
(It feels like something is watching us.) Xiao Yan could sense that within this dark cavern, living creatures were glaring at them with hostility, filled with murderous intent.
"Pikachu!"
Pikachu seemed to understand what Xiao Yan was thinking and immediately used Thunderbolt on the creatures hiding in the dark.
Before long, a group of Pokémon showed up to reveal themselves. Among them were famous Ancient Pokémon. Of course, there were more Ancient Pokémon than just these, but the vast majority of their species could not withstand the Ecological Catastrophe and went extinct, leaving only a few kinds that managed to survive.
"What are these?" Xiao Yan took out his Pokédex to check the information.
"These are Ancient Pokémon."
Right then, the new Team Rocket threw balls at the Ancient Pokémon, but they were swatted back.
"Once we catch them, we'll make a fortune!"
However, Pikachu sensed something was amiss. The Ancient Pokémon that had just appeared were now all hiding.
"Everyone, be careful!"
Xiao Yan wanted to call out Charizard to fight, but...
An Aerodactyl rushed toward Xiao Yan, grabbed him with its claws, and rushed out of the cave entrance to fly into the sky.
"Xiao Yan!" Ash called out to Xiao Yan from down in the sinkhole.
"Please." Xiao Yan tightly gripped a Pokémon Ball in his hand.
"Flamethrower!"
A Charizard appeared before everyone's eyes, and the next second it spewed flames toward the Aerodactyl. The flames engulfed the Aerodactyl, making it look like a giant fireball.
"Roar!!!" In pain, the Aerodactyl loosened its claws and plummeted back into that hole. Charizard immediately rushed over to catch Xiao Yan and set him down on the ground.
"Thanks! Charizard."
Right then, another Charizard emerged from the hole, with Ash sitting on its back.
"Xiao Yan!"
Ash also returned to the ground.
"Xiao Yan, you have a Charizard too..."
Xiao Yan's and Ash's Charizards stared at each other, both looking eager for a big fight.
"Ash, are you okay?"
Misty and Brock hurried over.
"Xiao Yan, long time no see! That Charmeleon from back then has evolved into a Charizard too."
Brock's gaze lingered on Xiao Yan's Charizard.
"My friends are here to pick me up, so I suppose I should get going." Ash said to Xiao Yan.
(Although I haven't spoken many words with Ash, it feels like we're already friends.)
"Ash, let's have a Pokémon battle next time we meet!"
"It's a promise!"
With that, Xiao Yan watched Ash and his group set off on their journey, and then he too set out on his own journey.
"I must become stronger, and have a fantastic duel with Ash."
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