As the three trainers finally got to Viridian, followed by their captives, they decided to visit the resident nurse Joy and see how things were holding up there.  They were met by Joy and a surprise.  “We repaired your bike.”  Nurse Joy said, not knowing the chaos those words would cause, or would they?  They were all taken aback, but Ash recovered and even looked a little happy.  “Well, you said you would stop following my if your bike was replaced, and I know you keep your word.”  Mischief danced in his eyes.
“Ash Ketchum!  You are the most insensitive person I have ever met!”  Misty yelled.  Ash just smiled and then, almost imperceptibly, winked in pikachu’s direction.  “What was that?!”  She asked, just before the hammer fell.  Pikachu fired a thunderbolt at the bike, reducing it to rust.

The shockwave got strong enough to break through the barriers and caused a new reality to form.  If anyone present (and some were) were able to see frequencies in electricity, they would notice that the static emanating from the bike had formed into a stable column and was sparkling in every color.  The column lingered for quite awhile and disturbed a legend flying over.

 “Oh my, it would seem my pikachu has destroyed your bike.”  He said, every word slowly falling in a high voice.  Misty caught on.
“Ash Ketchm, I can’t believe you did that again.”  She said, the same way he did and then she punched him, but there was no force.
“What just happened here?”  Nurse Joy asked Brock.
For the moment, that sight had erased his intentions towards Joy and he answered “Just a cementation of a friendship.  As long as that bike is gone, they are together.”
But it wasn’t the end of their troubles.  The phone rang and it was Misty’s sisters, who said they were going on a trip around the world and needed her to take care of the gym.
“Why?”  Cried Misty.
“You are still a gym leader and so must come if the gym needs you.  We have four tickets and wondered if Brock would like to come.”  Brock accepted but then Misty brought the previous subject back.
“When do you leave?”
“Like, two days from now.”
“Brock can be there, but we will be there in seven.”  Ash added.
“What?”  Misty was now angry with Ash.
“We let Brock get to Cerulean, we go to Pallet, spend a couple of days with mom and then I will go with to tend the gym with you.  How long will they be gone?”
“Two months”, the sisters chorused.
“A bit long, but we’ll manage.”
“Alright, Ash.  You win.  But we have to make it official” she straightened and took on a more official tone “Ash Ketchum of Pallet, you are now requested and required by the authority of the pokemon league to become a lieutenant in the Cerulean gym.”
“Accepted.” And they ended the call.
    As they left, Joy looked at the bike and asked a resident charmeleon to finish the job, and so completely destroyed any chance of the bike’s resurrection.  They finally got to Viridian forest and started the home stretch.  Ash visited awhile with pidgeot, Misty was creeped out by a weedle and they were there.  TR was given their pokeballs and sent off, and Ash finally went home.
“What about Hoenn?”  His mother asked.
“I read about that place while I was coming back.  I don’t think I’m missing much by staying with Misty.”  When his mother had heard about their new relationship, overjoyed would have been an understatement.
“What about the new pokemon?”  Oak asked.
“Pokemon migrate, by the time Misty and I are done with the gym, they will have probably found their way here.”
“You don’t have to worry about leaving so soon for the gym anyway.”  His mom added.
“Why not?”  Ash and Misty both looked a bit happier.
“The magnet train company was such a success that they have stations now between every major city.  They can get you from here to Cerulean in an hour.”
    Both Ash and Misty were happy for that.  As they were walking around, Ash showing Misty around Pallet.  Misty said “I never properly thanked you for taking care of that bike problem in Viridian.”
“Your presence is thanks enough.”
“That’s sweet, but really.  We have been on the road so much with Brock, we haven’t had much time alone since that night after we thought we had finally got rid of TR.”
“So how about we make the first journey as joint gym leaders by foot, mom will understand and the night we get there, we can always take the train from then on.”
“When you’re driven, you come up with some great ideas.”
    They kissed a bit and then went home to tell Delila about their choice.  She understood and they were on their way.  The ensuing days between Pallet and Cerulean were romantic and they loved every minute of it.  When Misty asked Ash what he wanted to do in two months he told her that the league was reopening soon and that they required eight badges every entry until you had every single one in Kanto.  He figured he knew some places that could be official gyms by now and that the people there were his friends and would battle him for sure.  As they were lying under the stars that night, Ho-Oh went by again, followed by Lugia and they knew the road ahead was blessed by the pokemon world.

Note: If I owned pokemon, it'd be like this, so why even assume I do?