"Alright, I'm counting on you, Poké Ball!"
With that, Ash imdiately threw the Poké Ball in his hand at the pink Butterfree, then absorbed it into the Poké Ball as a red light.
After a mont of shaking, the pink Butterfree was completely captured by Ash's thrown Poké Ball. The excited Ash imdiately ran over and excitedly raised the Poké Ball in his hand high.
"I caught the pink Butterfree!"
Imdiately after, Ash released the pink Butterfree, who quickly ca to Butterfree's side, nuzzling against Butterfree's chest.
"You two will be living in this garden from now on. I guarantee you'll find the environnt here very comfortable," Professor Oak assured them, making a note to add Butterfree feed to his list.
"I'm so envious of Ash, he actually caught such a beautiful Butterfree," Misty said enviously. Although she was afraid of Bug-type Pokémon, as a girl, Misty still felt affection for the pink Butterfree.
"What a perfect ending..." Red sighed.
Now with Butterfree's return, Ash's battle strength had increased considerably. After all, Butterfree had also been stimulated by Red's psychic power, and moreover, having lived in the wild for so long, its strength was naturally superior to ordinary Butterfree.
The Next Day
"Wake up, Ash! Didn't you promise you'd go to morning training today!"
At six o'clock in the morning, Red, who had gotten up on ti and finished his simple morning routine, walked to the door of Ash's room and knocked gently a few tis, signaling for Ash to hurry up and get out of bed.
Yesterday, due to Butterfree's return, the excited Ash had "made grand promises" to Red, guaranteeing he would join Red for training tomorrow on ti. The sparring partner would naturally be the newly returned Butterfree.
"Yes..."
After a mont, a drowsy reply finally ca softly from inside the room, clearly indicating he hadn't woken up from his sweet dreams.
"Mr. Mi, please go wake up Ash and have him co downstairs for breakfast quickly."
Red instructed Mr. Mi, who had just co upstairs to clean. Under Mr. Mi's slightly timid gaze, Red turned and walked toward the stairs.
However, out of curiosity, Red still subconsciously turned his head to look back, wanting to see what move Mr. Mi planned to use to wake up Ash, only to discover that Mr. Mi had already skillfully brought a vacuum cleaner, preparing to give Ash a facial cleaning exercise.
"Still the sa familiar formula."
With that, Red went downstairs, greeted Delia, who was preparing breakfast, then ca to the dining table and ate bread while drinking warm milk.
After eating his fill, Red listened to Delia's instructions, then finally saw Ash reluctantly co down from upstairs, with Pikachu on his shoulder clearly not fully awake, still yawning from ti to ti.
"Alright, alright, stop procrastinating. You were the one who promised you'd co to morning training together."
Red looked speechlessly at Ash and Pikachu. Were they really that sleepy?
But this couldn't be entirely blad on Ash, since yesterday, due to Butterfree's return, Ash and Pikachu had been in an excited state all night, staying up until midnight before falling asleep in a daze.
After an unknown amount of ti had passed, Red used Teleport to bring Ash and Pikachu to one of his usual training locations. This was the place where he had trained Kabutops and Omastar a few days ago, but today's protagonists weren't those two.
"Co out, Gengar, Pikachu!"
With that, Red simultaneously threw two Poké Balls, releasing the thousand-year-old Gengar and Pikachu one after another.
"Oh my, why would Ash appear in Boss's morning training activities?"
The thousand-year-old Gengar, who had just co out, turned his head to see Ash and stared at Ash's face with surprise, making sarcastic comnts.
"What's that supposed to an? That comnt is sowhat targeting , Gengar!" Ash retorted.
"Not at all, it's just that in my impression, you do nothing but eat and sleep, hardly participating in any Pokémon training sessions. Otherwise, how would your Pokémon be so weak?" the thousand-year-old Gengar continued his sarcasm, not giving Ash any face whatsoever.
"Damn it!"
Ash, who had originally still been sowhat drowsy, was now completely fired up by the thousand-year-old Gengar's sarcasm, determined to imdiately start the training session.
"How about that, Boss? My provocation thod isn't bad, right?"
The thousand-year-old Gengar looked smugly at Red.
"Alright, let first explain this morning's training session. The training targets this ti are Pikachu and Butterfree, so the sparring partners I've arranged are naturally also Pikachu and Gengar."
Red explained to the confused Ash and Pikachu.
"As the older brother, Pikachu naturally knows how to train his younger brother, and the thousand-year-old Gengar can also appropriately train Butterfree's psychic power, incidentally enhancing Butterfree's strength."
Butterfree could master Shadow Ball, and Red had also instructed the thousand-year-old Gengar to personally demonstrate and teach it, indirectly improving Butterfree's strength.
After the stone Red threw hit the ground, training began.
"Pika... chu!"
Red's Pikachu imdiately released its high-voltage current, using Thunderbolt to attack Ash's Pikachu ahead.
Seeing this, Ash's Pikachu also imdiately countered with Thunderbolt. The two electrical currents collided with each other in mid-air, producing a violent explosion within monts.
Red's Pikachu instantly beca a blur, striking Ash's Pikachu with lightning speed. The impact force directly made Ash's Pikachu retreat several steps.
'Don't get too distracted during battle. When I was surviving in the wild, battles weren't as restrained as they are now,' Red's Pikachu scolded, telling Ash's Pikachu to pay more attention. If the sparring partner wasn't his own brother, Red's Pikachu might have already used harsh moves.
'I understand!'
Ash's Pikachu embarrassedly scratched his face but felt inexplicably longing for this current scene, since his sparring partner was his own older brother.
Although he wasn't sending out Pidgeot and Scizor to train himself, Ash's Pikachu definitely hoped to have his brother by his side.
"The battle over there is quite intense," the thousand-year-old Gengar teased, condensing a Shadow Ball in both hands and firing it at Butterfree within monts.
Butterfree's eyes released azure light, using Psychic to control the incoming Shadow Ball, but discovered the Shadow Ball's power was very strong and couldn't be blocked.
Butterfree changed tactics, firing seven-colored light from its eyes, using Psybeam to counter the incoming Shadow Ball. Within monts, the two moves exploded due to their collision.
Seeing this scene, Butterfree flapped its wings and gracefully perford a mysterious and beautiful dance, thereby increasing its Special Attack, Special Defense, and Speed.
"It's actually Quiver Dance. It seems this little guy has indeed improved considerably in strength," Red said with slight surprise, not expecting Butterfree to have mastered the Quiver Dance move.
"Big brother, what kind of move is Quiver Dance?"
Ash was instantly confused, turning his puzzled gaze toward Red, hoping Red would patiently explain it to him.
"Quiver Dance is a Bug-type move. Its effect can raise the user's Special Attack, Special Defense, and Speed by 1 level each. Currently, only fifteen known Pokémon species can learn Quiver Dance," Red explained.
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