The Pikachu. There is no creature in the Beast Universe more unique than this pokemon. There are many in the world, they can be dressed up and have lots of different personalities. However….
"Pika?!" a pikachu with a detective hat sprang up from his nap on a chair, and was wearing a detective Hat.
This ain't no ordinary Pikachu.
"That terrible dream again." he thought before he saw a woman walking down the street. "Let's see if this woman can understand me.' he thought jumping off and trying to talk with her, only with its pokemon cry being the only thing heard.
"That answers that question…." he sighed. This Pikachu's cry and inner voice seemed a lot thicker than any regular pikachu. It was almost like he sounded like a human being. As he crossed the street, a taxi screeched to a halt.
"Hey, get out of the road!" the driver said.
The Pikachu then shouted in anger as he continued on.
"This is the worst! There's gotta be someone out there who gets what I'm saying." he thought as the scene changed to the subway below.
"How much longer do we have to wait? I'm not sure I like the looks of those Rattata nearby." Rarity said.
"Calm down. The subway will be by in about...5 minutes." Mine said.
"Ah, let's face it. James already was here, and he probably is deep in Ryme city right about now. We gotta ask around." Akane said.
"Oh sure. Ask around the city like a bunch of idiots about a money-grubbing scumbag with a person-sized suitcase. That will get us somewhere." David said sarcastically.
"Look, its obvious James was here already. Lets just rest up at the pokemon center. We've looked over the station for hours." Hope said.
"Is there even a Pokemon Center here?" Mayumi asked.
"Uh...no. But there are hotels." Twilight said.
As the team headed up, a young man in jeans with an Orange Sweatshirt came up Topside in Tahihti station.
"It's been two months since my dad disappeared. I've come here to Rhyme city to look for clues." he though taking out a travel brochure. "I'm gonna start by speaking with his friends and co workers."
Tim Goodman
As Tim was looking at his travel brochure, another person came up behind him. It was a girl with green eyes and orange hair tied in a ponytail off to the right. She wore a light blue qipao and black corset that ended just below her chest, and black spats with a domino mask, and she carried two bags in her hands.
"Whew… Rhyme city. I finally made it." she said.
"Hey...I made it too." a voice said as a pink skinned girl with strange antennae followed.
"I still don't understand why you had to come." she asked.
"Mr. Aizawa's instructions sadly. He wants me to make up for failing the exam by training with the heroes." she said.
"Oh, i see." she said. "Well then, we'd better… huh?"
Suddenly a monkey like cry interrupted them as a hand snatched Tim's travel brochure.
"What in the?" Jexi said as they arrived to see the mess.
"Let's see...Bzzt! Aipom, the Long Tail Pokemon! A Normal Type! As it did more and more with its tail, its hands became clumsy. It makes its nest high in the treetops." Rotomdex said.
"There's more than one, look!" Ochako said noting there were three more, and one of them snached a necklae from a little girl.
"Hey, give it back! C'mon please! Give it back to me!" the girl pleaded.
"Hey! Not cool!" Sonic called as the heroes blocked the Aipom's path, Tim joining in.
"Block that side!" Tim called.
"Wait, hold it!" a voice then called as the two girls were running up, and an Aipom glommed itself on to the pink girl's face.
"Ah! Hey, get off me! I can't see!" the pink skinned girl said.
"You there, pink skin! Hold on to it!" the voice said.
"Easy for you to say, I don't wanna melt it! But… yeah, i got it!" she said grabbing something.
"Ow, ow! Those are my ears! That's me!" the voice shouted.
"Sorry old timer." she said. The aipon escaped, showing the Pikachu in the detective hat. "What the?!"
"You're stretching out my ears! Would you let me go?" the Pikachu asked.
"Wah!" the girl said letting go abruptly.
"That was you talking?!" Tim asked in shock.
"Pinky here could've been more gentle setting me down…" the pikachu said stretching.
"Uh… sorry?" the girl asked.
"Wait...you guys can understand me? Really?" Pikachu asked.
"Uh, we kinda all can." Gemini said as the others came up.
"Mina? What are you doing here?" Ochako asked.
"Oh...Mr. Aizawa said I had to train with a real hero team so he sent me to him." Mina said pointing to Jexi.
"Why me?" Jexi asked.
"According to the terms, you signed on members over the number 10, meaning he has the privilege to dump students on you at any time." Mina said.
"What?!" Jexi said.
"It's even in the contract." Mina said as Jexi looked it over.
"Huh...what do you know? I gotta start reading the fine print more." Jexi said.
"I...didn't think that was how it worked." David said.
"Kendo!" Shiozaki said coming up.
"Huh? That's the girl you recommended Hopey for his application?" Gemini asked.
"Yep. That's right." David said.
"I'm glad for this opportunity." the orange haired girl said. "My name is Itsuka Kendo. From Class B and known by the hero name Battle Fist."
"It's a pleasure to meet you in person, Kendo. I'm sorry if the arrival was a little hectic." Hope said.
"It's fine, I've dealt with Monoma, so a bunch of Aipom causing trouble is no different." Kendo said.
"Thank the Color Gods none of us picked him." David said.
"Uh, Speaking of Aipom guys, they're still causing trouble." Korra said as they were jumping around, the one on the left having the necklace.
"The Necklace, They still have it!" Tim said.
"Get them!" Heart said as they gave chase to the Aipom.
They chased the Aipom down the street before the two stopped at a Hot Dog cart and leaped on to it.
"They're they are!" Pikachu pointed out as the Aipom grabbed a hot dog as the other sprayed ketchup on it. "Thats a lot of ketchup. They better not let it all go to waste."
The Aipom laughed as they tossed the hot dog right at them.
"Whoa!" Hope said as he dodged it, the hot dog flying right into Pikachu's mouth as he ate it.
"That's not too bad, even with all the ketchup on it." Pikachu said wiping the stain from his mouth.
The aipom in the back then got behind the cart as he pushed straight to tim.
"Uh oh!" Tim said.
"I got it!" Kendo said. She whipped her right hand forward as it enlarged to a gigantic size, the cart crashing into it safely.
"Nice catch." Ichiro said before the Aipom went running towards an awning. "No, they're on higher ground now."
"Not for long. There's a scissor lift nearby. We can use that." Sugarcoat said.
"Good thinking." Tim said as he and Pikachu got on the lift.
"Ready? Let's raise it up!" Pikachu said.
Tim pressed the button causing the lift to go up. But it suddenly rattled as Pikachu was thrown off, Tim catching him.
"The Aipom! You gotta get them." Pikachu said.
"You know I can't do that." Tim said pulling Pikachu up to the lift just as the Aipom got away.
"They got away. They are crafty, aren't they?" Ciel said.
"But not crafty enough." Shuichi said observing the scene. "There are two tail prints. One white and one red. The one with the necklace had ketchup on its tail. Meaning it went...there." he said pointing towards the park.
"Nice thinking Kid. Like a true decticeive, and yours truly of course." Pikachu said.
"A pikachu? A Detective? I know they cosplay, but a Pikachu solving cases is the craziest thing i've ever heard." Mina said before she was whacked with Pikachu's tail.
"Hey. You have your Sherlock Holmes, your...detective princes, even your Laytons. But I outrank them all. I'm the best detective there is. Detective Pikachu!" Pikachu said.
"Well this day just got off to a weird start, eh David?" Hope asked.
"Uh-huh. But no use griping about it now." David said.
As they ran to the park, they saw the Aipom lying on the ground unconscious.
"Now it's smelling like a case." Pikachu said as they looked around.
Shuichi inspected the body. "Don't worry. He's still alive. It's ketchup, not blood."
"The necklace isn't around. Its gone." Tim said.
"Hmm. I think we might get a better look into this case if we discover why it is unconscious." Pikachu said.
"It looked like it's been in a fight." Shuichi said.
"Wait...I think I saw something under its body." Locks said turning Aipom over to reveal a black feather.
"A black feather? Likely from another Pokemon, i bet." Mylene said.
"I know that feather. It's from a Murkrow." Mayumi said.
"Ah, that's right. You have a Honchkrow in your main Pokemon party, so you'd know what a Murkrow feather would look like." Sectonia said.
"It's possible that aipom was in a fight with it, and Murkrow took the necklace off it." Tim siad.
"Like a Magpie to any shiny object." Gemini said.
"I think I see some Murkrow nesting nearby." Robin said pointing left to a tree with a nest filled with black feathers.
"Looks like nobody's home. If were going to investigate, i'll take a look. Lemme know if it comes back." Pikachu adviced and started climbing his way up the tree. He made it to the nest. "Whew… made it. Now, is there any kind of evidence to be found here? Oh! Here we go!" he said grabbing another feather. "Hey guys! Found something!"
"Pikachu, watch out! Murkrows back!" Starlight called as a murkrow was flying back with haste.
"And he's coming in hot!" Zelos said as Murkrow rammed into Pikachu and knocked him out of the tree just as Tim caught him.
"Nice catch. Took a bit of a hit there but we got the evidence we needed." Pikachu said showing the feather.
Murkrow then flapped down and cried angrily.
"This feather, its yours isn't it? Don't try to deny it, you were in a fight with an Aipom, were you?" Kendo asked.
Murkrow glared angrily at her as it pecked at her face.
"Okay, we're sorry we messed with your nest. Just...give us an answer." Lacy said.
Murkrow the cawed at Pikachu.
"Okay, so it was you. Question is...where's the necklace?" Pikachu asked.
Murkrow the cawed again.
"You lost it during the fight. That's a lame excuse." Pikachu said.
Murkrow cawed again.
"And now you're saying it were someone else. But it seemed like you and Aipom were the only ones there." Pikachu said.
Murkrow then replied by explaining in caws.
"Well, what did it say?" Shuichi asked.
"It said that there were Burmy in that tree." Pikachu said.
"Burmy?" Hope asked.
"Bzzt! Burmy, the Bagworm Pokemon! A Bug Type! To shelter itself from cold, wintry winds, it covers itself with a cloak made of twigs and leaves." Rotomdex said.
"We might as well check out what Murkrow said, right?" Soul asked.
"Yeah, i think he may be right." Hope said.
Doubling back to the park square, they found the tree Murkrow explained about.
"This is the one, but i don't see any burmy here." Toma said.
"You just gotta give it a little shaking. Like this!" Flamberge said shaking the tree forcefully as two Plant Cloak burmy dropped down from above.
"Hi there. Sorry if my hot headed friend here disturbed you, but there was a fight at this tree earlier. We wanted to see if you knew anything a fallen necklace?" Pikachu said.
They chattered a bit as Pikachu looked disappointed.
"So?" Asta asked.
"They say a fight did happen but know nothing about a necklace. Though they said something about a ball flying around." Pikachu said.
"It had to be that Soccer ball i saw that Scraggy kicking earlier. Why would they find it scary though?" Hope asid.
"Lots of things are scary to a pokemon. Especially ones as small as them." Starlight said.
"The burmy also say there was a third one with them, but it went missing. Must be in another tree." Pikachu said.
"I found it!" Mina called ss she was standing near a tree near a coffee shop with a pink burmy. "No, techically, thats a lie, it found me." she said before larger creatures dropped down to guard it. "What the?"
"Bzzt! Wormadam, the Bagworm pokemon and the evolved form of a female Burmy! A Bug and Grass type! Its appearance changes depending on where it evolved. The materials on hand become a part of its body." Rotomdex said.
The wormadam chattered at Mina telling it to get away.
"Whoa, I'm not dangerous! What's the big idea?" Mina asked.
"Well they're obviously taken aback by your pick skin, hair and horns. And they probably sensed that you can use Acid." Pikachu said.
"I'm not a Pokemon!" Mina said.
"They're probably trying to protect Burmy and keep it safe. Like a mother would." Titanica said.
"There's probably no sense in asking this Burmy any questions as long as these Wormadam are protecting it." Hope said.
"But it's strange, y'know?" Gemini asked. "R-Dex, Burmy change their cloaks depending on their enviornment, right?"
"Yes, that's right. Burmy have three cloaks. Plant Cloak is made with leaves and twigs. Sandy Cloak is made with sand and rocks. And Trash Cloak is made with trash." Rotomdex said.
"If that's true, then… Wait, that's it!" Shuichi said. "I think I know where that necklace went."
"A Bolt of Brilliance!" Pikachu said leaping on the fountain as it sprayed out with timing. "The Missing Necklace…!"
"We'll find it in Burmy's cloak!" Pikachu and Shuichi said.
"Burmy's cloak?"
"That's right. Burmy has three types of cloaks depending on the materials. After Aipom escaped to the park, it got into a fight with Murkrow over the necklace, but Burmy got caught in the crossfire, and its cloak was busted. In a panic, Burmy had to make a new cloak out of nearby trash, with the necklace being caught in it." Shuichi said.
The Wormadam acted in a frenzy, crying to the group.
"They say they don't believe it. Well, I've got proof for that." Pikachu said taking out some leaves. "These leaves were from Burmy's busted old cloak. It got flustered, so it made a Trash cloak on the fly."
Burmy them admitted to this surprising the Wormadam as it lowered itself sadly to the group.
"Thank you for your understanding. Now to grab that necklace." Pikachu said fishing around in Burmy's cloak for the Necklace before finding it.
"You got it, the Necklace!" Tim said.
After returning it to the girl, the group regathreed.
"That was some Pretty good Sleuthing, kid. You're a detective for sure." Pikachu said.
"Um… Th-thanks." Shuichi said.
"So uh… i dont think weve been properly introduced. What's your name?" Starlight asked Tim.
"Tim Goodman." he said.
"Tim?" Pikachu asked.
"What brings you to Ryme City, Tim?" Hope asked.
"Oh. Well…. It's like this. Two months ago, my dad disappeared. I thought if I came to Ryme city, I'd find some clues on his whereabouts. I had planned to go to the Baker Detective Agency where he used to work, but then this happened." Tim explained.
"That's sort of like my scenario. A friend of mine was kidnapped not to long ago, and the leads led us here." Shuichi said.
"Sure. I can take you to the Baker Detective Agency." Pikachu said.
"You know the way? How come?" Toma asked.
"Isn't it obvious? I was Tim's father's partner." Pikachu said.
"My dad's Pikachu? I… remember you being cute and Docile." Tim said.
"Cute, huh? I wouldn't know myself anyway." Pikachu said.
"You've lost your memory, huh?" Hope asked.
"How did you know?" Pikachu said.
"Would you believe it if we knew a talking dog named Sherl with the same problem?" Nana asked.
"If only I knew what a dog was." Pikachu said.
"Different universes, remember?" Hope asked.
"Oh, right." Nana said.
"Please...just...take us there." Spectra said.
"Okay. Just follow me." Pikachu said leading the way till they arrived at the agency as he opened the door. "Amanda, this is Tim. Oh...cookies!" He said running in.
"Hi, Pikachu. Lunch isn't ready yet." the girl Pikachu noted as Amanda looked to the others and Tim. "Oh, hello! Is there something i can help you all with?"
"Is that Tim?" asked a man in back.
"Yes, here, Mr. Baker." Tim said.
"Oh, you're Harry's son. Welcome." Amanda said. "Im Amanda. We've already just met, and you look so much like your dad."
"It's nice to meet you too." Tim said before Amanda looked to Pikachu eating from a box of Cookies.
"Pikachu! You're eating all the sweets for our clients again!" Amanda said.
"What's the problem? I need more than them. My brain could really use a sugar boost." Pikachu said before he was lifted by an ear. "Not my ears again! Come on!"
Later in Mr. Bakers office…
"So my dad had an accident while investigating a case with a pokemon." Tim said.
"Yes. He's been gone for about two months and the only thing we found was Pikachu. There is an investigation underway but nothing's been found." Baker said. "But a very good inspector is on the case, so don't worry."
"But there's no leads at all?" Tim said.
"No Tim...this is just between us but there are a lot of things going on. I know you might try and look for Harry but...I have to ask you don't. It's just too dangerous." Baker said.
"Okay…." Tim said as the others left back for Harry's apartment.
"You're totally thinking about looking for your dad, no matter what anyone says right?" Hope said.
"Yes. I have to find him." Tim said.
"Well, then I'm gonna look for him with you." Pikachu said. "I've been looking into Harry's disappearance far longer than you think. And kid… you've got a girl to find, don't you?" he asked Shuichi.
"That's right." Shuichi said.
Pikachu leaped up onto Harry's desk and pulled out a photo of James Flux. "This is your man, right? James Flux. Affiliated with the old Danganronpa show that used to air...but after you and your friends got it canned, he's been trying his hand at a lot of different businesses. Fish cuttery, casino, drug ring...all of them failing. He's been becoming unstable for the last couple of months." Pikachu said.
"I'd imagine that. That explains the ransom note Kokichi told us about. He's desperate for money at this point." David said.
"I see. Well...just for purposes...I have a copy of the note that was found at the scene. Wrote it out as it was shown on TV." Pikachu said showing it as Shuichi picked it up.
"Shuichi Saihara...I have taken something precious of yours. If you ever want her back, you will meet me at the tower in Ryme City on the night of the Pokemon Carnival. If you fail to show, I will kill the girl. So don't be late. Signed...someone you know." Shuichi read.
"Damn! He doesn't even care about Kaede's name or life anymore!" Akane said.
"Did he ever?" Dark Metaknight said.
"Nope. Not for anyone. All that mattered to him was his money. I told him greed was a deadly sin." David said.
"And look where that's got him." Pikachu said. "But i can tell you don't wanna go with his demands. In fact, his demands were never written out. He'd likely only discuss them when Shuichi met with him."
"Well, we wouldn't pay a single yen to that swine." David said.
"Besides, it'll take them a while, but the rest of my friends are on their way here right now." Shuichi said.
"I may have a way to outsmart James." Pikachu said. "But, to do it, you guys gotta help Tim and I find Harry, and solve his case."
"We'll help in any way we can." Francisca said.
"Jumping right into the thick of a problem on my first day as a Shining Hope Squad member. No one ever said this application wasn't gonna be dangerous. But you can count me in." Kendo said.
"Me too. I don't know who Kaede is but I still wanna help." Mina said.
"Mina, Kendo… thank you both." Hope said. "Let's begin."
