Ash, Alice and Brock are now arriving at Pallet Town, they decide to go to the house to see if Delia is home or not. Ash yells, "Mom! I'm back!"

After that, Delia opens the door and she smiles at them, "Welcome back, Ash, Alice, and Brock. How are you doing?"

"It is great." Ash says, "I got fourteen badges, I only need two more to enter the League and battle the Elite 4."

Delia smiles, "That is great. You have really done a good job, and by the way, you also have visitors who have been waiting for your arrival."

This causes them to be confused, but it turns out that Misty and Tracy are also in the house, Ash says, "Misty? Tracy? It's so great to see you again! What are you doing here?"

"Can't we see our old friend?" Misty says as Pikachu gives her a nuzzle. "We heard from Professor Oak that you are coming back to Pallet Town, so we might as well give you a surprise welcome." Tracy says.

"That's very nice of you guys." Alice says with a smile. Misty notices her arm which has a little scar on it and she asks, "What happened to your arm? Did Ash hurt you?"

"How dare you say that I would hurt Alice!" Ash says in anger, "She fell off the bike and I had to quickly take her to Fuchsia City for treatment."

"Oh, is that so." Misty says with shock, Brock says, "It is also why I was traveling with them as well, I am training to be a doctor and I could help to check her injury to make sure she is fine."

"I see." Tracy says, "By the way, Ash. After lunch, how about we go find Professor Oak? He will be delighted to see you again."

"Okay." Ash says with a smile as they decide to have lunch first, during lunch, they talk about their journeys and they also mention the time when Brock and Ash got into a fight.

Misty says, "I thought you were oblivious about the time when Brock is flirting with the others, I mean...I never thought that you would threaten your friendship with Brock with his behavior..."

Ash rolls his eyes and says, "Don't you remember the times when I was forced to do anything just because Brock wants to please a girl? They are really humiliating and I still blame Brock for it."

Brock lowers his head in shame and Ash sighs, "But I am glad that Brock promises not to do such a thing again."

The others also smile at the sight as they continue talking, once they are done, they go to Professor Oak's Lab and they find Professor Oak taking care of the Pokemon in the backyard.

"Professor Oak!" Ash says as the man turns around. "Oh, Ash. It is nice to see you again."

But just as Ash is about to greet Professor Oak, suddenly, 30 Tauros start rushing at him, Alice yells, "Ash! Watch out!"

Ash notices the Tauros and he quickly shields himself with aura. The Tauros also stop and they nuzzle at Ash. Ash laughs and says, "It is so good to see you again."

Alice is confused and Misty says, "They are all Ash's Tauros, all 30 of them."

"Ash has 30 Tauros? How did he do that?" Alice asks.

Ash walks towards her with the 30 Tauros, and he says, "That is a funny story, actually. I went to the Safari Zone and I used up all 30 Safari Balls to capture the Tauros. The rule in the Safari Zone is that we can't use Pokemon to battle the Pokemon inside, and when I tried to capture other Pokemon, a Tauros would run past and the ball captures it instead."

"Wow..." Alice says, and when Ash introduces Alice to the Tauros, they all give her a nuzzle and she laughs as she feels tickled.

After getting Alice out from Tauros, they go greet Professor Oak, Professor Oak is delighted that Ash has five ribbons and also 14 badges. Then he also shows Ash and Alice the two Pokemon that want to join their team, an Electabuzz, and a Magmar.

"Professor, where did those two come from and why do they want to join our team?" Ash asks.

"Oh, those two Pokemon are found at the Power Plant and Burnt Tower respectively." Professor Oak says. "They obviously have heard about your achievements and they want to join your team of course."

"That's great. I mean, having an Electabuzz and Magmar is also great." Alice says.

After capturing the two Pokemon, Professor Oak says, "I assume that you are going to Mulberry City for the Dragon Type Gym?"

"Of course." Ash says, "Do you know the gym leader?"

Professor Oak thinks for a second and he says, "I have never met her before, but I know that she is Lance's student, and she isn't going to hold back in battles."

"I see..." Ash says, "So it is a Dragon-Type, then I might be using Ice-Type Pokemon or Fairy Type."

"Speaking of Ice Type, do you know that recently, the water near the Pallet Town is quite cold than usual." Professor Oak says. "I assume that there might be some Ice Type Pokemon that are coming."

"If that's the case, then I want to see it." Misty says, and Alice says, "Me too."

Then they decide to go to the beaches of Pallet Town, and they see that the Ice Type Pokemon Professor Oak is talking about are Lapras. "A Lapras herd? They are really rare to find." Brock says.

"That is really amazing as well." Misty says.

One of the Lapras notices Ash and the others, she quickly turns to the other Lapras, who also swims towards them. Alice asks, "Wait, are they heading towards us? Why?"

Ash says, "I think I know." Ash and Pikachu rush towards the leading Lapras, who gives him a nuzzle and Ash says, "I missed you as well, Lapras."

Misty says, "Wait, is that the same Lapras?"

"That is quite surprising." Tracy says.

Alice is confused at the revelation, and she asks, "Wait, you mean the Lapras belong to Ash?"

Tracy says, "It all dates back to the first time when I met Ash in the Orange Islands. A baby Lapras was being abused by trainers and Ash is the one that saved her, Ash promises her that he will find her mother and her family as she lets Ash capture her. And when we are about to end our journey in the Orange Islands, Ash fulfilled his promise by releasing Lapras so that she can go back with her family."

"No way..." Alice says in awe, Ash walks towards Alice and he grabs her hand, causing her to blush a little, and turns to Lapras. "Lapras, this is my girlfriend, Alice. She is also an Ice Type lover and she is delighted to meet you."

Lapras gives her a nuzzle and Alice smiles, "It is good to see you as well, Lapras."

After sending their Water Type Pokemon, namely Blastoise, Golduck, Tentacruel, Starmie, Seadra, Kingler, Seaking, Poliwrath, Dewgong, and Cloyster to play with the Lapras, Misty says, "You really capture a lot of Water Type Pokemon as well."

"I think I may have captured all the Water Type Pokemon in the Kanto Region except for Lapras and Vaporeon..." Ash says while thinking about the Water Type Pokemon that he hadn't captured, but just as he notices the ocean when a Golden Magikarp pops out from the water, he says, "Oh yeah, I haven't captured a Magikarp as well!"

"That is a Golden Magikarp, it is rare to find." Brock adds as Misty says, "I think I want to catch it!"

Alice says, "No, we are going to be the one that captures it." Alice takes out her fishing rod and throws it at the ocean, Misty says, "I am not going to lose." Misty takes out her special lure and she also tries to do the same.

Eventually, both Alice and Misty's rods shake at the same time, and as they pull up, Alice is the one that has the Magikarp, while Misty got the seaweed."

"Looks like I won." Alice says, but much to their surprise, Magikarp starts to glow, and now it becomes a red Gyarados. Professor Oak says, "Golden Magikarp evolves into a Red Gyarados...that is not something you could see every day."

"But I think it is angry at us..." Brock says as they see how angry the Gyarados are. Alice doesn't seem to be afraid and she steps close to the Gyarados, rubbing at his head, and says, "I am sorry if I fish you up, but we are not going to harm you."

The Gyarados feel calm at Alice's touch, and Ash also comes close to Gyarados and he also does the same thing, he looks into his memories and says, "Gyarados, I know how you are feeling, you have been treated as items to sell because of your golden body, which makes you angry and you want revenge on those humans. But violence can't solve everything. We will make sure that people like them are brought to justice."

Gyarados nods as he calms down, Misty says, "How did Ash and Alice manage to calm them down?"

Delia comes and says, "It is because of Aura. Ash and Alice have mastered the tricks of aura to calm down even the angriest Pokemon."

The other Pokemon, including the Lapras herd, are amazed at the sight, and once Gyarados was calming down, it wants to join Ash and Alice. The two of them welcome the Gyarados and they promise not to treat him as an item.

"Well, I think we have another Water Type in our team." Alice says.

"Yeah." Ash says, and then the Lapras herd, which consists of four Lapras now, also want to join Ash and Lillie after seeing the performance that they show off. Ash and Alice are surprised that four Lapras are going to join their team, and they are delighted.

"I thought you could let me capture the Lapras..." Misty mutters, Alice says, "Sorry, they like us since we are capable of using Aura."

Tracy says, "You know, you really capture a lot of Pokemon for today, and I was about to give you a present as well."

"A present? Is it another Pokemon?" Ash asks, and Tracy says, "Well, Misty, I think you might want to leave us alone for a while."

"And why is that?" Misty asks, as she feels her anger is going to rise, Tracy says, "Because the present is a Bug Type Pokemon."

Misty stops being angry and she says, "Oh, you're worrying about my Bug Type Phobia, right? It is fine, I have been trying to overcome it in these years."

"I hope so." Tracy says as he sends out the Pokemon, and it is no other than Pinsir. Misty can't help but scream at the sight, and Tracy just mutters, "Told you."

Alice says, "Pinsir is a cool Pokemon. Thanks, Tracy."

"You're welcome, this guy likes to battle, so I suggest you have your Pokemon give him some battle spirits so that it will get used to you guys."

"We will make sure of that." Ash says as he turns to Pinsir, "It is nice to meet you. Pinsir."

The Pokemon just takes his hand out and shakes hands with Ash, and then Alice, causing them to smile in delight. Once they recall the Pokemon, Misty asks, "Is it gone?"

"I recalled it back to its Pokeball. But Misty, are you sure you are trying to cure your Bug Type Phobia?" Ash asks.

"Believe me when I had been with a therapist..." Misty says as they all feel pity for the girl, after that, they decide to head back to the Pokemon Lab so that they can continue to see Ash and Alice's other Pokemon.

Here is a new chapter, and Ash meets Lapras again and he captures the herd after showing off how he can calm down the Red Gyarados. And he also meets up with Misty and Tracy, who come to visit Ash and Alice from their respective gyms. I hope you like this chapter, and in the next one, Ash will have his Dragon Type Gym battle and more Pokemon capturing.