Well, the past month came and gone and Cherry and Ame have become really great friends. Even, Vick, Louis, Bella and Flara liked being around Ame. The 6 friends were walking past the Bakery Shop, where, her mother, her big sister and Amy owned and worked at. The shop was really popular around Mobotropolis, either the sweets were really good or the fact that the bakers were really nice.
Cherry stopped at the window and saw her sister at the counter taking orders from a couple of customers while Amy and her mother, Vanilla were in the back, making the orders. She even saw her niece, Berry, her Digimon, Gabu, her nephews, Tyler with Gao and Runt, inside the shop watching her mother, and even saw Emily helping out, too.. She looked at her 5 friends. "Why don't we go inside and see if Berry and Gao can come along, too." Cherry suggested.
The 5 friends nodded and Cherry, Louis and Flara went inside the shop. Cream looked up and saw her kid sister walking and gave her a warm smile. "Hello, Cherry." Cream greeted. "Hello, Cream. Hey, is okay if Berry and Gabu can come with me, Vick, Louis, Bella, Flara and Ame for a good walk, please?" Cherry asked. Cream smiled and nodded as she looked at her daughter.
Berry and Gabu smiled and ran over to Cherry and grabbed her hand and the 5 friends walked out of the shop and left the shop with the rest of their friends. Cream smiled as the children left. Vanilla and Amy walked out of the kitchen and saw Cream looking at the door still. "Was that your little sister that came and took Berry, Cream?" Amy asked her best friend. Cream looked at Amy and nodded.
"Yes. She did came by with Hana's son as well." Cream responded. Tyler looked at his mom when she mentioned about Cherry and Ame. Then, he pointed his finger to his open mouth and made a gagged sound. Runt looked at his older twin brother and gave him a confused look. "Why are you doing that for, Tyler?" Runt asked him. "I think Aunt Cherry is in serious *shudders* L-O-V-E with Ame, Runt." Tyler responded.
Cream heard what Tyler said and looked at her mother who was looking at the counter with a small smile on her face. She smiled as well when she saw Vanilla smile. Maybe, Ame was the one for her baby sister. Amy noticed this and giggled a little. "Well, if the 3 of us are thinking the same thing, then it might be true! I think little Cherry might actually have someone in her life other than us!" Amy said with a smile.
Meanwhile, the 8 friends continued their walking around the city. They made it to the park and saw a bunch of kids playing and their parents watching and talking to each other. Berry gasp and hid behind Cherry and watch the kids and their parents as the group pass by them. Ame noticed this and he gave Cherry a concern look and Cherry noticed his look.
She looked behind her and saw why Ame gave her a worried look. Berry was really nervous about being seen in public because of what she is. "A-Auntie? I don't want to be here right now." Berry said with a nervous voice. "Hey. It's alright, kid. We'll make sure no one makes fun of you or harms you, if they did, then I'll pound them!" Cherry said as she made a fist and hit her other hand with it.
Vick, Gabu, Louis, Bella and Flara nodded in agreement. Berry smiled and giggled at this and she came from behind her and started walking next to her again. She looked at Cherry's hand and began to hold it again. Ame smiled as he saw her feeling more comfortable again. Then, something caught his eye and barley gasp at what he saw. He noticed that she had an extra tail. He's only known her for a month and he never noticed it before.
He knew she was a hybrid, but that never occurred to him that she had 2 tails instead of one. He even knew that her father and her older brother, Tyler had 2 tails, but not her. Cherry noticed Ame looking at Berry's twin tails and gave him a 'I thought you already knew' look. He noticed Cherry's look and shook his head and mouthing "I didn't know". Cherry rolled her eyes playfully and giggled a little.
Berry smiled and they kept walking. They finally came across a picnic table and sat down at it. Cherry grabbed the picnic basket she had with her and with Berry's help, they set the table up and now, the table had nothing but, cakes, sweets and PokéPuffs across the table. Ame's eyes widen at the spread and the aroma from the food made his mouth water a little. "Hehe! Ame, you're drooling!" Cherry teased as she saw his look.
The group sat down and they began to eat a little bit at a time. Ame gave the Digimon and the Pokémon a curious look as he ate his strawberry short cake. He cleared his throat and looked at Cherry. "So... I've been meaning to ask you something, Cherry." He said and Cherry looked at him with a curious look. "yes? What is it, Ame?" She asked. "How'd long have you been with... Brick, Lousi, Ella and Sara?" Ame asked as he was trying to remember their names.
The 3 Pokémon and the Digimon gave the boy a weird and confused look. Cherry and Berry looked at each other for a minuet and burst out laughing. Ame gave them a curious look. "What? What did I say?" He asked. "Heheheh. S-Sorry. It's just... *clears throat* It's just how you said their names. It's Vick, Louis, Bella and Flara and I've known them for a quite a while now." Cherry responded.
"Yeah, but, how or where did you meet them?" Ame asked. "Hmm. Well, we met Vick and Gabu at my parents' Christmas party almost a year ago." Cherry responded. "Oh. Then, how'd you meet Louis, Bella and Flara, Cherry?" He asked and got their names right this time. "Well... We met Louis and Bella a month after we met Gabu and Vick." Cherry responded.
Bella and Louis nodded in agreement when Cherry mention about them. "Yeah, Yeah! We met Cherry and the heroes when I met Bella after I escape from these bad men!" Louis stated.
(Flashback: 5 months ago)
(Louis' P.O.V)
I was training at a place called "Paradise Kingdom". I was being taking care of by a very nice elderly man who was training me to use Aura Sphere. One day, I was still training and I got better at using Aura Sphere! Then, the man called me over and he gave a wooden sculpture of me as a gift for my hard work. Boy, the wooden figure was cool, like me!
But then, a group of men came over and try to take me away! Which they succeeded sadly and they took me into a research center. Later, a group of men broke into the isolated research center and told me to come back to the kingdom with them and I did. But, I was using my Aura when I heard their evil plot and I needed to get away, so I use my Aura Sphere to blast a hole to get out and I succeeded this time. But, I got hurt while doing it and I ran off and far away, too.
But, I knew they will find me. So, I tried to find a way to get back to my home. The next morning, I walked as I held my poor injured arm. Then, something caught my eye as I saw a brown blur run past me and I followed it. When, I found the place where the creature was, I gasped as I saw an Eevee dancing gracefully on a rock and not even noticing I was there and her singing was beautiful as well.
(No one's P.O.V)
The Riolu looked at the Eevee dance still and he didn't move as he saw this Pokémon dance as if she was at a performance. Once she was done, she stood on her hinds legs and did a quick bow as if she pretended to hear an audience's applause. "Heh, Heh! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! You all are a wonderful audience." The Eevee smiled. Riolu smiled and he walked over to Eevee.
Eevee's back was to the Riolu and she didn't even know that was he was coming up to her. "WOW!" Evee jumped in surprised and turned around quickly and saw Riolu standing there. "O-Oh my goodness! D-Did you hear and see all that?!" Eevee asked in surprised. Riolu felt bad about scaring her and tried to calm her down. "H-Hey! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to startle you." Riolu responded with a guilty voice.
Eevee calmed down and let out a sigh in relief. "That's okay. I was just a little surprised, that's all." Eevee said. Riolu smiled at this creature, he was beginning to like her. "Well, I'm Eevee and I want to be a part of a Pokémon Showcase Performance." Eevee said as she did a quick twirl. "Huh. Cool! But... Aren't you supposed to have a trainer to be a part of this Pokémon showcase?" Riolu asked curiously.
"Well, yeah. But, I'm just waiting for the perfect trainer." Eevee responded. "Perfect trainer?" Riolu asked. "Mm-hm. Yeah! A trainer who would want to be a really great performer!" Eevee responded. "Oh. But, how do you know anything about Pokémon Performances, if you're in the forest so much?" Riolu asked another question. "I go to the city sometimes and sneak myself in see most of the performances. That's how." Eevee responded with a big grin on her face.
"Mmmm. Alright. Well, I'm Riolu and I need to get back to Paradise Kingdom!" Riolu said as he greeted himself. "Paradise Kingdom? *gasp* Are you some kind of Royalty Pokémon? Are you king or a prince?" Eevee asked in astonishment. "What? No, no, no. I'm actually the kingdom's guardian. I'm trying to learn to use my special aura powers and my new move Aura Sphere." Riolu responded.
"Really? Then, why are you all the way out here and away from home?" Eevee asked curiously. "Well, I was taken away from my caretaker by these evil human men and I was tricked into their dirty work and then, I was saved by another group of men but, they wanted to take me away instead of helping me. So, I escaped and that's when I saw you run by me and followed you here and saw you danced so good!" Riolu explained.
Eevee nodded at this and walked up to Riolu. "Then, you need to get home, where you'll be safe. But first, we need to get that injury treated." Eevee said as she saw Riolu's injured arm. Riolu nodded and the 2 Pokémon friends ran off. Meanwhile at the park, the Sonic Heroes we're having a nice picnic. The grown-ups were setting up the tables and the kids were playing with each other.
"I'm going to get y'all, Blitz!" Cherry exclaimed as she was chasing a light silver male hedgehog and he was laughing as the 8-year old rabbit was chasing him around. "Hahaha! In your dreams, Cherry- Pie!" Blitz exclaimed at the young rabbit. He was a year older than Cherry and they both liked chasing one another. They ran to the entrance of the forest.
"Whoa!" Cherry said as she just stopped running. "Huh? What is it Cherry?" Blitz asked as he saw her holding her head. "I... I don't know, Blitz. But... I-I just felt something really weird and it was close by too." Cherry responded as she got herself together. They heard something in the bushes and it startled the 2 friends and braced themselves.
"Eep!" Cherry said as she saw the bushes move. "Huh? Who's there?!" Blitz said as he got in front of Cherry and flames came out of his hands. The others heard and ran over to see what the commotion is about. Then, Riolu and Eevee came out of the bushes and gasped as they saw the heroes in front of them. "Whoa! It's a Riolu and an Eevee!" Sammy exclaimed with awe.
"They're so cute!" Hannah said. She was a light purple cat and she was Blitz's little sister and she was standing next to her younger twin brother, Ray. They're the same age as Cherry. "Grrr!" Riolu said as he got in front of Eevee and Vick, Agu, Gabu and Gao got in front of the others and started to growl back. "Wait, guys!" Berry said as she got in front of the Digimon.
"We shouldn't attack just yet! They haven't attacked us yet either. Besides, I think this Riolu is hurt." Berry said as she saw the injury on Riolu's arm, which he was holding. "You're right, sweetie. We need to treat that injury and now!" Cream said as she was slowly walking near the 2 Pokémon. Riolu growled as Cream got even closer to them and he put his paw up and released a blue orb from his paw. "AURA SPHERE!" Riolu yelled and the move hit Cream.
"RIOLU!" Eevee yelled and the Pokémon looked back and saw Eevee glaring at him. "What? She was getting to close to us!" Riolu exclaimed. Tails and Berry ran to Cream and sat her up. "You alright, honey?" Tails asked his wife. "Yeah. But... I thought Riolu aren't supposed to use Aura Sphere until they evolved into Lucario?" Cream asked as she looked at Riolu in awe.
"That's true. But, it depends on who's training Riolu. If a specific trainer trains Riolu for a good while, they'll learn Aura Sphere before they are even Lucario." Ben explained. "Then, Riolu belongs to someone?" Runt asked. Ben nodded at the young lopped ear rabbit. Cherry looked at Riolu in awe and towards him and Eevee. Argyle saw his kid sister ran towards them and him and Laura-Su gasped at this.
"Stop, Cherry! He'll try to attack you like he did to Cream! Cherry!" Argyle yelled as he saw her. Riolu saw this. "AURA SPHERE!" Riolu yelled again, but the move flew towards Cherry's feet and caused her to fly back. "AAAHHHH!" Cherry yelled as she flied back and turn over in the air and landed on her stomach. "CHERRY!" Vector, Vanilla, Cream, Argyle and yelled. Berry gasped and ran over to Cherry.
She got on her knees and looked at Cherry. "Are you alright, Auntie Cherry?" Berry asked with an concern look. Cherry sat up and smiled. "Ugh! Yeah. I'm fine, Berry. But, wow! That Riolu is pretty powerful! But, I want to help him." Cherry said as she got on her knees. Riolu walked over to the friends and put his paw back up and an Aura Sphere formed in his paw.
Cherry and Berry gasped at this and Cherry grabbed Berry and hugged her closed to her and brace themselves for Riolu's attack. "AURA SPHERE!". The Aura Sphere launched from Riolu and was going towards Cherry and Berry. The others gasped at this and so did Eevee. Then, she ran as fast as she can and jumped in front of the 2 friends and released a move. "SHADOW BALL!" Eevee yelled and a purple orb was launched from her mouth and collided with the Aura Sphere and blew it up.
Riolu gasp from this and so did Cherry, Berry and the others as they saw this sudden rescue. "That's enough, Riolu! These people didn't do nothing to us! They only wanted to help you with your injury!" Eevee said with a glare look on her face. "GRRR! Why should I trust them?! I've had enough of trusting people and find out that I'm being used or taken away further!" Riolu yelled.
"And what's worse is that you're helping them, Eevee! You're supposed to help me get back! Not betray me as well!" Riolu said. Cherry's ears lowered a little bit in guilt as she heard this conversation between the 2 Pokémon. Riolu looked like he was in rush to get to somewhere and quick. Riolu just growled at Eevee and raised his paw up at Eevee. "W-What are you doing, Riolu?! You ain't using that move on me are you?" Eevee asked in shock as the move formed in Riolu's paws.
"AURA SPHERE!" Riolu yelled and the move launched at Eevee. But, then a cloaked figure ran in front of Eevee and deflected the move with his hand. The others gasped at this and the figure pulled his hood down, revealing a young, teenage human boy looking at Riolu with a smile. "Nice move, guy." The boy said to Riolu. Riolu growled and ran back into the forest after he launched another Aura Sphere at the ground to make it too dust for them to see.
Cherry gasped at this and tried to run into the forest. "Riolu!" She yelled, but she was pulled back by her big sister, Cream. "No, Cherry! It's too dangerous for you to go after that Pokémon!" Cream exclaimed. Cherry got angry at her and pulled out of her sister's grip. "No, Cream! I have to help that Pokémon out! He's hurt and I need to find and help him!" Cherry explained.
"Well, then I'm coming with you, kid." The boy said with a smile. Cherry smiled as well and Berry got excited and jumped up and down with her Digimon, Gabu. "Yay! I want to come! I want to come!" She said with excitement. Everyone smiled at that and they all nodded in agreement as well. "Well then, we should find him and fast too!" Eevee said. They all nodded in agreement and followed Eevee and the boy into the forest.
After 10 minutes of searching, they finally found Riolu standing in a tree and looking ahead. They all hid behind bushes and stared at the Pokémon. "So Eevee, how long have known Riolu?" Dash asked the little Pokémon. "For about a couple of hours now. You see, he needed my help to get away from some bad people that are after him. All he wanted to do, is to get back home." Eevee explained.
"What do you mean by "get back home"?" Tails asked curiously. "I'll explain that. Riolu belonged to a place called Paradise Kingdom." The boy responded. "Paradise Kingdom? I think me and Aleena heard of that before." Ben said as he tried to remember about the name. Then it clicked to Aleena. "Of Course! That's where our good friend, Jerald (Riolu's caretaker) lives." Aleena explained.
Ben nodded in agreement. Cherry looked at her and uncle and then looked at the Riolu. She noticed how sad and lonely he was. Then, her ears twitch to a rustling sound and saw a saw a man running towards Riolu. "Ha! Found you!" The man said and Riolu gasp at this. The man threw his Pokéball and out came a Crobat. "Crobat, Wing Attack!" The man yelled. Crobat flew towards Riolu with his wings glowing. "WING ATTACK!" The Pokémon yelled.
The attack hit the tree branch and Riolu fell. The heroes gasp and Cherry ran out of the bush. "NO! RIOLU!" Cherry yelled as she ran faster and jumped and caught the fallen Pokémon and rolled and landed on her feet. She stood up and looked at the wide eyed Pokémon and giggled a little. "Heheh! Are you alright, Riolu?" She asked with a little bit of a concern voice.
"Y-Yeah! I guess so." Riolu responded with a little bit of a shaken voice. The others ran out and looked at the men. "Cherritha! Are you alright?!" Vanilla asked with a very worried look on her face. "Yes, mom! I'm fine. Sorry for scaring you like that." Cherry responded and apologizing for her sudden reaction to Riolu falling from the branch from the man's Crobat's attack.
Koda got a good look at the men and gasped as he saw a familiar vehicle. "Hey! I know you! You're Hunter J's henchmen! What do y'all want with Riolu?!" Koda asked with anger in his voice. The others gasped at Koda's sudden remark to the men. "None of your business, kid! Hand over Riolu to us!" The main leader said. Cherry gave them an angry look and backed away a little and kept Riolu close to her.
"No! So, go away! Vick! Eevee!" She called and her Veemon friend and the brown Pokémon got in front of her and got into their fighting stances. "Eevee! Use Shadow Ball on the Crobat and Vick help her out with your Vee Headbutt!" Cherry ordered and the 2 friends did what she told them. "Alright! SHADOW BALL!" Eevee responded and used her move on Crobat but he dodge the attack.
"Vee Headbutt!" Vick yelled as he jumped and used his move with his head, but the Crobat dodge his attack. But then, Riolu jumped out of Cherry's arms and his Aura Sphere formed in his paws. "AURA SPHERE! RAWW!" Riolu yelled and the attack hit the Crobat. The henchmen were impressed and the rest of them brought their Pokémon and they surrounded Cherry, Vick, Riolu and Eevee.
"Uh-Oh! I think we're in trouble now, guys." Cherry said with a nervous voice and saw the henchmen's Pokémon surrounding them. "No where to run now, kid! Get Riolu!" The leader said and the Pokémon walked towards the 3 friends and Riolu. "I'll help you!" The boy said and pulled his cloak off and he wore Pokémon Ranger clothing and a capture styler on his hand.
The heroes gasp at his clothing and the styler. He saw an Ariados and used his Capture Styler. "Capture On!" The boy said and a capture disc spun around the spider Pokémon. "Vatonage! Hup. Hup." He said as he made different marks in the air and the light fused with Ariados. "Capture Complete!" The boy said as he looked at his styler. "Now Ariados, String Shot!" He yelled and Ariaodos heard.
"STRING SHOT!" The Pokémon yelled and some web strings was shot out of his mouth and tied up the henchmen. "Now my turn! Eevee can you use dig?" Cherry asked as she picked Riolu back up. "Yes!" Eevee responded and nodded. "Heh. Then, use dig and trapped those bad guys!" Cherry ordered as she held Riolu in one hand and pointed at the henchmen with the other.
Eevee nodded and jumped into the air. "DIG!" Eevee yelled and her paws were moving in the air and she hit the ground and dust appeared from it. The dust cleared and there was a enormous hole in the ground. The henchmen and their Pokémon looked around for Eevee. Then, they heard something from underneath them and the ground split from the bottom of their feet and they fell into the hole.
Eevee came out of the and did a graceful landing in front of the heroes and she landed on all 4 of her feet and shook the dirt off her brown pelt. "TA-DA!" Eevee said and the gang laughed and clapped at Eevee's move and landing. "Great! Thanks, kid!" The boy asked. "Wow, Cherry! That Eevee obeyed you as if she was your Pokémon! Amazing!" Manny said.
Cherry blushed and chuckled shyly as she scratched the back of her head. "Aww! Thanks guys! But, most of the credit should go to Vick, Eevee and Riolu! They helped out a lot!" Cherry said as she pointed at her Digimon friend and the 2 Pokémon. Then, she looked at the boy. "And he also helped out too by using his Pokémon Ranger Capture Styler and caught that Ariados!" She said.
The boy smile and winked and gave her a thumbs up. "No problem! Glad to help." The boy said and walked over to the Ariados. "He's a really cool Pokémon Ranger." Sam said. "Actually. He's no ordinary Pokémon Ranger, he's a TOP Pokémon Ranger!" Cherry said as she was still holding Riolu while Vick and Eevee followed her. Vick jumped on her shoulder and the children gave her a confused look.
"Top Ranger? What's that and how do you know about it, Cher?" Rector asked his kid sister. "Well, if you noticed the way his styler looked that's one way. Plus, when a ranger uses "Vatonage" that indicates that he's a Top Pokémon Ranger. I learned that in school!" Cherry explained. "Ohhhhh!" The others said. After the boy released Ariados, he walked over to Cherry and kneeled down to her height and dug through his pocket.
He pulled out a bag and pulled out a wooden doll out of the bag and showed it to Riolu. "It's alright, Riolu. You have nothing to fear, now that we dealt with those goons." The boy said as he put the doll back in the bag and put it around Riolu's neck. "Huh?" Riolu asked as he looked at the boy. He held his hands out to Cherry. "Can I hold him for now, please?" The boy asked.
Cherry backed up a little and gave him a unsure look and shook her head a little. "N-No. Sorry, it's just... I would rather be more comfortable if I held Riolu a little bit longer." Cherry said as she held Riolu closer to her. Then, she felt a pair of hands on her shoulders and she looked up and saw her mother and her sister giving a stern look.
"What? What did I do?" Cherry asked with a worried voice. "Cherry. Hand Riolu to the boy, plea-!" The boy put his hand up to stop Vanilla from continuing on. "It's alright, ma'am. She can still hold him, just follow me." The boy said and he ran off with the Sonic Heroes running behind him. "So... Are you really a Top Pokémon Ranger?" Manny asked.
The boy turned around and nodded in agreement. "That's right. The name's Kellyn. My mission is to bring Riolu back home!" Kellyn asked. "We're the Sonic Heroes, home dawg! I'm Argyle Chaotix and this is my twin bro, Rector and you already know our little sis, Cherry and her Digimon, Vick." Argyle said. The others did the same thing and they all introduce to each other to Kellyn.
"We stop here!" Kellyn said as they made out of the forest and stood by a river. "Alright. Let me see Riolu's wound." Kellyn said as he pulled out a Potion and he sprayed the stuff on Riolu's injury. "Yikes! That stings!" Riolu said as he winced in pain. Cherry gently rubbed Riolu's head. "Hey, it's okay. It stings but it's going to help your wound heal. Here, let me put a bandage on it." Cherry said as she ripped a piece of her light purple jacket and wrapped and tied it around Riolu's arm.
"Better?" Cherry asked the Pokémon as he saw his covered up wound. "Much, thank you, Cherry." Riolu said and he walked over to the side of the river and bend down and took the bag from around his neck off and pulled out the wood figurine of himself and just stared at it. "Hey. Isn't that the doll that you gave Riolu a few minutes ago?" Silver asked as they saw Riolu starring at it.
"Yeah. That was a gift that Riolu received from the man that raised him." Kellyn responded. After Kellyn mentioned that, Cherry held her head. "WHOA!" Cherry said as she saw a vision of a symbol on a house and an old man that gave Riolu the wooden doll. The vision stopped and Cherry walked over to Riolu with Vick, Eevee, Berry and Gabu following her.
"That gift means a lot to you, huh?" Cherry said as she bend down to Riolu's height. "Huh?" Riolu asked with a confused look as he turned around and saw Cherry stand behind him. "See, you used your Aura to tell me." Cherry said with a smile. "Wha..." Riolu gasped. Everyone but Kellyn, gasped at what Cherry said, even Vick did. "Whoa." Riolu said as he blink in disbelief.
TIME SKIP
Cherry, Vick, Eevee, Berry, Gabu, Amy, Emily, Pala, Ben, Koda and Agu were with Kellyn and in a cave and searching for the client who has finally got his mitts on Riolu thanks to Hunter J in finally finding Riolu and capturing him by her Cement Cannon. Now, they a crossed 3 blocked paths. "Oh, great! Now which did that buffoon went with Riolu?" Amy said as she and Emily had their hammers out, ready to bash one of the blocked paths.
Cherry looked for a minute and closed her eyes. "C'mon, Riolu. Tell me. Where are you, bud?" Cherry asked with only Berry, Vick and Eevee hearing. Then, a vision of Riolu appeared with the client as they blasted through the cave wall and walked outside, then it disappeared. "WHOA!" Cherry said as she quickly opened her eyes. "AMY, EMILY! They're on the one on the left side!" Cherry yelled. "Alright! Ready, dear?" Amy asked her daughter.
"Yes, mom!" Emily responded and both hedgehog girls began clearing the path by using their Piko Piko Hammers. The client and his Aggron made out of the cave. "HOLD IT!" The client stopped and gasped as he saw the heroes. "ALRIGHT! STOP RIGHT THERE!" Emily shoted as they made it out. "How... How did you find us?!" The client asked. "That' easy! Riolu told me!" Cherry responded. "Told you?" The client asked as he looked at Riolu with a confused look.
"We're taking Riolu back with us!" Kellyn said at the client. "Not a chance! Aggron, Double-Edge!" The client ordered. "DOUBLE-EDGE!" The Aggron said as he rushed at the heroes. "Now Donphan, take down!" Kellyn ordered the Donphan he captured with his styler earlier. "TAKE DOWN!" Donphan said as he charged at Aggron and knocke him through the air and into his trainer.
Once the client was hit by his Pokémon, the case that had the cemented Riolu in was knocked out of his hands and landed on the ground. "RIOLU!" Cherry shouted as she, Vick, Eevee, Vanilla, Cream, Berry and Gabu ran to Riolu's case and she picked it up and slide the handle down all the way and it released Riolu from it. "Huh? Wha? Where-!" Riolu asked as he looked around with a confused look.
He smiled wide he saw Cherry. "AAHHH! CHERRY!" He said happily as he jumped into Cherry's arms and she caught him and he hugged her. "You're okay! Riolu, you're okay!" Cherry said as she hugged Riolu. "Yeah! Thanks to you and the others!" Riolu said, still hugging Cherry. "Riolu belongs to me! Aggron, Hyperbeam!" The client ordered. "HYPER..." Aggron said as his mouth began to glow.
"Uh-oh!" Berry said as her and the 7 friends saw this. "oh no you don't!" Riolu said as he jumped into the air. "AURA..." Riolu said as a blue orb form in his paws. "...BEAM!" Aggron said as the Hyperbeam shot out of his mouth. "...SPHERE!" Riolu said as he threw the blue orb at the Hyperbeam and both moves collided and exploded afterwards.
"Kay, now Vick use your Vee Headbutt and Eevee use Quick Attack!" Cherry ordered and the 2 friends nodded and ran towards Aggron. "VEE HEADBUT!" Vick said. "QUICK ATTACK!" Eevee said as well. They both managed to hit Aggron in his chin and made flew back and landed on his trainer again, but this time, he was out. The client tried to get up, but he couldn't due to Aggron's passed out body weight on him.
Then, he saw Kellyn, Ben, Koda and Agu looking at him with a victorious smile. "I say you're done son. Give up!" Ben said and the client groaned in defeat and fell back to the ground and Koda and Agu laughed at Ben's comment. Meanwhile, the rest of the heroes were with the client's henchmen and they were all tied up together with the police force's help.
"Thank you and your team's help, Sonic." Officer Jenny said as she walked over to the henchmen. Later, the gang reunited and saw the client and henchmen back of the Police car and bind and the police drove off with them complaining. 'Well, it's safe to say that this mission is safely accomplished, thanks to you're team, your majesties." Kellyn said to Ben and Aleena.
"Thanks, Kellyn. But, most of it should got Cherry, Vick, Eevee, Berry and Gabu. They're the ones that did most of it." Ben said as he gestured the 2 girls, the 2 Pokémon and 2 Digimon friends. "Aww, Uncle Ben! It was nothing really!" Cherry said with a blush and scratch her cheek with her finger. "Well, on behalf of all the people and Pokémon in our kingdom, I thank you for returning our Riolu back, Cherry." Riolu's caretaker said as he held Riolu and bowed his head to Cherry.
"Your welcome, Jerald." Cherry said as she bowed back. "Don't forget, that Riolu's first captors are arrested as well. Which means, you can return home without worries." Sammy said. "Riolu, you take care." Berry said. "Sure, Berry." Riolu said. Then, Cherry remembered something and dug into her jacket pocket and pulled out Riolu's doll. "And you take care of this too." Cherry said as she handed the figurine to Riolu.
"Huh?" Jerald asked as he saw the doll Riolu was holding. "Wow!" Riolu said with awe. 'Thank you, Cherry!' a voice said. "Whoa!" Cherry said as she closed her eyes and held her head. "Riolu's Aura, right?" Blitz said. "Yeah. Riolu just told me thanks, right?" Cherry asked as she looked over to Riolu. "Yep!" Riolu said. "Riolu, I'm necer gonna forget you, not ever!" Cherry said. "Yeah!" Vick agreed with her. "Well, gang. I think we should all head home." Ben suggested.
The others nodded and Eevee even follow them. "Wait!" She stopped and looked back and saw Riolu jumped out of Jerald's arms. "Y'all are leaving?" Riolu asked with a sad look. Eevee nodded. "Yeah. I'm going with Cherry and her family. I think I found the right trainer." Eevee responded with a smile. "Well, good luck on becoming the best performer, Eevee." Riolu said.
Eevee noticed Riolu's look and giggled. "Hehe. Hey, why don't you come with us, Riolu? You can help me out." Eevee suggested. "What? Really?" Riolu asked. "Uh-huh! We could become the best Pokémon performers in the world!" Eevee responded. "I think that's a good idea." The 2 friends gasp as they saw Jerald walking to them. "If you want to join them, then it's fine by me. After all, that's the least you can do, is join them. I bet they can help your Aura out more than I did." Jerald explained.
Riolu's eyes sparkled in awe. "Alright! I'll do it, Eevee! I'll help you become the best Pokémon Performer ever!" Riolu exclaimed. "Yes!" Eevee said and the 2 friends ran to catch up with the heroes before they got any further. "HEY! WAIT UP!" Cherry gasped and turned around and her eyes widen at what she saw. She saw Eevee and Riolu running towards her and Kellyn following them.
"Wh-What's going on?" Cherry asked as the Pokémon and the Ranger stopped in front of her. "We want to join you and your friends! Please!" Eevee said and Riolu nodded in agreement. "But... But, Riolu... What about Jerald and your home?" Cherry asked with a confused look. "What about them? Jerald is actually letting me stay with you and your friends." Riolu said. Kellyn nodded. "That's right. He did let Riolu join you." Kellyn said.
"Well then, are you both sure can handle being with us? Last chance to go back." Cherry asked with a sly smile as she brought out 2 empty Pokéballs and pressed the button on them to make them bigger. "YES!" They both responded. "Alright! Eevee! Riolu! Let's be great friends!" Cherry said as she threw both the Pokéballs into the air. Both Pokémon jumped and pressed the button and they went inside of it.
The balls landed on the ground and shook back and forth, then it stopped and then shine, indicating that they were caught. "Alright! 2 friends in one! I just caught a Riolu and Eevee!" Cherry said as she held both the Pokéballs in the air in triumph. "YAY! NEW FRIENDS!" Vick said as he jumped into the air.
(Present)
"That's how both me and Bella met and how we both joined Cherry and the Sonic Heroes." Louis said as he took another bite of his PokéPuff. "Wow! That's quite a story for you 2. How about Flara? What's her story?" Ame asked curiously as he looked at the Braxien as he saw her ears lower ears and making a little whimpering sounds when he asked about her story.
"Uhh... Did I say something wrong?" Ame asked worriedly. Cherry looked at Flara and back at him with a concern look and shook her head and sighed. "No, Ame. You didn't say anything wrong. It's just... Well..." Cherry was lost in her own thoughts. Louis saw this and sighed. "I'll tell you this one as well. But, let me warn you, Flara's story didn't exactly have a happy begging either." Louis said. "It all started 2 months after, me and Bella join the team." Louis began.
(Flashback: 2 months after Louis and Bella join the team )
(Louis P.O.V)
It started when we all had a picnic at the park. Pretty much how they met me and Bella. We were having a nice, big lunch at the picnic tables. The grown-ups were at one and talking about some kind of grown-up stuff and we were at the other table talking our stuff like, Pokémon Showcase Performances, how wonder the food was, sports, inventions, stuff like that.
(No One's P.O.V)
After they ate, the children were playing a good game of tag with each other and the older Mobians were watching and laughing at the children. "Can't catch me, Louis!" Bella said as she giggled and kept running away from the Riolu. "I-I'll get you *pant, pant* B-Bella!" Louis responded as he was getting exhausted from chasing the Eevee and stopped by the same entrance of the forest.
'B-Boy! I'm pooped! I don't think I can handle anymore running for awhile' Louis thought. Then, he saw a vision of a fox Pokémon getting injured and collapsing somewhere near the entrance of the forest. "What the-!" Louis said as the vision disappear. "Yo, Louis!" Louis gasp and saw who was calling his name and saw Vick waving at him from 5 feet away. "Aren't you going to play with us some more or what?" Vick asked with a confused look.
"Uhm... Maybe later, Vick! I think there's a Pokémon somewhere near the forest and I think it's hurt, too!" Louis said as he looked at the entrance and ran inside the forest. "Whoa, Louis! Wait up!" Vick said and him, Gabu, Agu, Gao and Bella followed him inside. "Hey, where are they going in such a hurry?" Manny said as he and the rest of the heroes saw the Pokémon and the 4 Digimon run inside.
"Guys! Where are you going? Wait for us, will you!" Cherry yelled and ran after them as well. Berry, Emily, Pala and Blitz and Bia followed her as well and all 4 kids and both Digimon ran inside the forest as well. Meanwhile, Louis, Vick, Bella, Gabu, Gao and Agu were looking for something or someone. "Okay, I saw you pass out, my little friend. But, where did you pass out at? C'mon. Tell me." Louis whispered to himself and tried to use his Aura to find the fox Pokémon he saw in his vision.
Then, he saw another vision of the Pokémon and saw it walking weirdly and walked through a bush and passed out on a patch of soft green grass, then the vision disappeared again. Louis opened his eyes fast and gasped at this. He turned around and looked through the bushes and sighed in relief.
"There you are, my friend." Louis whispered. "Guys! I found her!" Louis shouted at the 4 Digimon and Bella. They ran to Louis and gasped at what they saw and then, they heard footsteps behind them. They turned around and saw Cherry, Berry, Emily, Pala, Blitz, and Bia running and stopped in front ?of them"What the cheese dip, guys?!" Cherry exclaimed. "Sorry, Cherry! But, there's a fox Pokémon here and she needs our help!" Louis explained.
Cherry walked over to the bush and gasped at what Louis was talking about. There lying on the ground was a pale yellow fox Pokémon, with dark orange tufts of fur covering the insides of her big ears and her white muzzle with whiskers and a large fluffy tail with a dark orange tip on it. She lying on her side and panting and she had a few bruises on her and her pale yellow fur being cover with a few patches of dirt on it as well.
Cherry's eyes were full of concern and pity for this little Pokémon and she walked over to her. The Pokémon opened her eyes and Cherry saw that they were bright orange and they showed fear in them. The Pokémon struggled to get up, but managed to stand on her 4 legs. She looked at Cherry with fear and opened her mouth and released Ember from it.
Cherry gasped and got out of the way and landed on her butt. The other kids gasped at this and saw what attack her as the fox Pokémon walked through the bush and saw the other children. "Whoa! What is that supposed to be?!" Blitz exclaimed with awe. "I don't know, but I think she does need help. Come here, little one. We won't you. We want to help you." Cherry said as she got up and slowly walked over to the frighten Pokémon.
The Pokémon didn't moved an inch as Cherry got closer and closer and she stopped and bended down and slowly picked her up gently, without scaring her some more. The Pokémon looked up at Cherry with a confused look. "See? I didn't hurt you, did I?" Cherry asked as she held the Pokémon in one hand and used the to pet her on her whiskers slowly.
"Fen?" The Pokémon asked as she saw Cherry's finger and grabbed a hold of it with her little toe less paws and began to nibble on it slowly and gently without hurting Cherry and her eyes began to closed half-way. "Awww! That's so cute! I want her!" Emily exclaimed as her eyes turned in to hearts and her cheeks turned red from the Pokémon's cuteness. Cherry and Berry giggled at Emily's reaction to the Pokémon sucking on Cherry's finger.
"Judging by those injuries, I think she got them from a rough battle. I think we should take her to our parents and to the Pokémon Center." Blitz suggested. The others nodded and head out of the forest. 'I wonder what kind of Pokémon she is and if she's a wild Pokémon or has a trainer.' Cherry thought to herself as she looked at the Pokémon and saw her still sucking on her finger, but her eyes were closed fully. 'She really is cute.' Cherry thought with a smile.
After awhile, the Sonic Heroes were at the Pokémon Center and were waiting in the waiting room for a little. Then, a familiar chime rang and Nurse Joy came out of into the room with Chansey pushing a cart with the Pokémon on it and looking at the others. "There we go. Fenniken is all healed and better." Nurse Joy said with a smile. "Thank you so much!" Cherry said with a smile and sighed in relief.
"Fen, Fenniken!" The Pokémon said happily and jumped into Cherry's arms. "Hehe. Aww. I think Fenniken likes you, deary." Vanilla said with a smile on her face and her husband, Vector nodded in agreement. "Fenniken? Is that what she is?" Berry asked with a confused look. "Yeah. It happens to be 1 of the Kalos Region starter Pokémon. That's probably why you kids never heard of a Fenniken." Ben explained.
Cherry's eyes widen and looked down at the Pokémon as she began sucking on Cherry's finger again. "AWWW!" The girls said (even Cherry). The boys just rolled their eyes. "I told y'all it was really cute to see!" Emily exclaimed. The girls nodded in agreement. "Hello, guys." The others turned around and gasp. "Professor Sycamore!" The heroes said. "How's it going, Professor?" Ben asked his old friend as he shook his hand.
"Pretty good. Hmm. I see Cherry has a Fenniken." Sycamore said as he saw Cherry holding the Fennekin. "Actually, she's not mine. We found her hurt in the forest and brought her here and Nurse Joy healed her." Cherry explained. "Hmm. I see. May I take a look at her, Cherritha?" Sycamore asked politely as he bended down to her height and examined the Fenniken. "Hmm. No doubt about it. This Fenniken came from my lab." He said.
"Really? Then, do you know what trainer picked her?" Tyler asked with a curious look. Sycamore nodded in response. "Yes. He started his journey a week ago an-!" Professor Sycamore was cut off by a group of boys walking inside the Pokémon Center and laughing. "What do you know? Here comes now." The Professor said as a human boy with dark blue hair walked over to the Center desk.
"Here, my Pokémon needed to be recovered from a day's work." He said. "Right away. Just wait out here, please." Nurse Joy said as she took the boys 6 Pokéballs and took them. The boy pass the heroes but stopped and back up until he was in front of Cherry. "Huh, I see you found my weak Fennekin! I can't believe it!" The boy said with a laugh. "Fen!" Fennekin said in fear as tears form in her eyes and hid her face in Cherry's face and started crying.
"What the... Okay! What did you do to her?!" Cherry asked with anger in her voice. "Well, I was challenge by my friend and he had a Squirtle, see? So, my Fennekin tried to battle it, but we lost, due to her being a fire-type." The boy responded. "Then, how did she end up covered in injuries? I'm pretty sure the battle between you and your friend wasn't that intense." Louis asked, recalling how injured she was when he found her.
"Simple, we did some intense training! But, she couldn't stand a chance against my other Pokémon! But then, she ran off like the coward she is!" The boy said and him and the other boys laughed at the story. "Grr! But that doesn't give you the right to mistreat her badly and use her like your battle robot!" Runt said with anger in his voice. "Chill, kid. After all, it's not my fault that I got a weak starter Pokémon." The boy said.
"Now, Dexter. You were the one that chose Fenniken as your partner, remember?" Professor Sycamore asked. "Yeah. It was a BIG mistake. I should've went with a Chespin or Froakie instead." Dexter responded. Fennekin began to cry harder and jumped out of Cherry's arms and ran out of the Pokémon Center. "Whoa! Fennekin! Wait up!" Cherry exclaimed and ran after the crying fox Pokémon.
The others ran after them and Vick and Louis looked at Dexter. "GRRRR!" The 2 friends growled at the boy and he backed up a little in shock and had his hands up in defense. "Whoa!" Dexter said and the 2 friends ran after the others. "What's up with them?" One of Dexter's friends asked as they walked up to him. Meanwhile, the heroes were searching for Fennekin.
"Fennekin! Fennekin, where are you?" Cherry yelled as she was walking around the area. "Fennekin! Fennekin!" Louis, Vick and Bella said as they were still looking for the Pokémon still. Then, Louis had another vision and this one showed a group of wild Zangooses chasing something and he tried to look harder and saw the Fennekin running away from them and she was crying in fear and then, the vision disappeared. "Whoa! OH-NO!" Louis exclaimed.
The others heard Louis and they looked at him. "What's up, doc?" Vick asked him, using his "Bugs Bunny" catchphrase and caused Bella to giggled. "I used my Aura and saw Fennekin and she was being chased by a group of wild Zangoose!" Louis explained in fright. "What?! Where?!" Cherry asked in fright. "Umm... This way, follow me!" Louis said and ran inside the forest again with the others following him.
Meanwhile, Fennekin was trying to get away from the Zangoose. She ran as fast as she could go and tried to dodge their attacks as well. "Get back here, you little rat!" One of the Zangoose said as it was trying to catch her. "SCRATCH!" It said as it tried to attack Fennekin. But, she dodged the attack again and ran even faster than before. She ran for a few more minutes, but she stopped as she saw a cliff up ahead and skidded to a halt.
Then, she turned around and saw the Zangoose and it's group stopping in front of her. "Well, well, well. Looks like you got nowhere else to run, kid. Now my group, let's get her!" The leader Zangoose commanded and the group got closer and closer. Fennekin cringed and was crying in fear. But the... "AURA SHERE!" A voice said and a blue orb ball landed in front of the Zangoose and they gasped as they turned around and saw the Sonic Heroes and their children standing behind them.
"So, you guys want to outnumbered a poor defenseless Pokémon? Hmph! You guys are so shallow and so wrong for that!" Louis said as he gave the Zangoose an angry look. "GRR! ATTACK!" The leader Zangoose commanded and it and it's group went running after the heroes. "Oh no, you don't! Chary! I choose you!" Vanilla said as she threw a Pokéball and out came a Charizard.
"RARRR!" Chary roared. "Chary, use Flamethrower on the Zangoose!" Vanilla commanded and Chary looked at her and nodded to his old friend. "FLAMETHROWER!" Chary yelled as flames burst out of his mouth and went straight to the Zangoose. They were all burned and shook the ashes off and growled and ran at the heroes again. "Leave this to me mother! Louis use Aura Sphere and Bella use Shadow Ball!" Cherry ordered the 2 Pokémon friends and they nodded,
"Right!" They both said and jumped into the air. "SHADOW BALL!" Bella yelled. "AURA SPHERE!" Louis yelled as well and both the moves combined with each other and turned into one big orb and it hit all the Zangoose and caused them to land on the ground. "Nngg! RETREAT!" The leader Zangoose said and they all ran back into the forest. The heroes cheered for their victory.
"Thanks for your help, Chary. Now, get some rest." Vanilla said as returned Chary back into his Pokéball. "Woo-hoo! We did it! We did it! We did it!" Vick chanted. "Hahaha! Vick! Me and Louis stopped them, not you, silly!" Bella said with a giggle. Then, Cherry noticed Fennekin and walked over to her. "Hey. You okay? Are you hurt?" Cherry asked the little fox Pokémon as she bended down and picked her up.
"Fen, Fennekin!" Fennekin barked happily and wagging her tail to prove how happy she was. "Haha! I guess I'll take that as a "yes"." Cherry said with a giggle. Then, Fennekin's ears lowered in sadness. Cherry noticed this and her eyes turned into a concern look. "Hey, what's wrong?" She asked. "Hmm. My guess is that she still upset about what her so called "trainer" said earlier." Ben explained.
"Is that what's wrong, Fennekin?" Cherry asked the Pokémon. "Fen." Fennekin responded sadly with a nod as well. "Aw. Hm. Tell you what, how about you become my Pokémon and join the Sonic Heroes? What do you say?" Cherry suggested and asked with a smile. "FEN! FENNEKIN!" Fennekin barked again with excitement. "Hey, I think she likes that idea, Auntie Cherry!" Runt said with a smile.
The others smiled as well. Cherry pulled out her empty Pokéball. "Good! Then, Fennekin... LET'S BE GREAT FRIENDS!" Cherry exclaimed and threw the ball in the air (like she did with Louis and Bella). Fennekin jumped in the air and her paw hit the button and she went into the ball and it landed on the ground and it moved in place a few times and stopped and a glowed appear, indicating that the Pokémon was caught.
Cherry bend down and grabbed the ball. "ALRIGHT! I just caught... A FENNEKIN!" Cherry exclaimed as she did her pose. "YAY!" Vick, Louis and Bella cheered as they jumped into the air. Cherry looked at the Pokéball for a minute then, it opened on it's own and out came Fennekin. "Fen!" Fennekin said with tears in eyes and ran and jumped into Cherry's arms.
Cherry gasped at this. "Yo, girl! What's wrong? Why did you come out of the Pokéball?" Cherry asked with a worried look. "Fenne, Fen, Fennekin!" Fennekin responded. "Oh. Because, Louis and Bella are out, you didn't like being left out?" Cherry asked curiously. Fennekin nodded and hid rubbed her head on Cherry's chest. Cherry giggled and rubbed her nose with Fennekin's nose and they both giggled along with the others.
"I'm surprised that Fennekin wants Cherry after what she's been through." Professor Sycamore said. "Yeah. Good thing too, since she's still just an infant." Ben said to him and the children gasped at this. "What? She's a baby Fennekin?" Tyler asked as he looked at the Fennekin who was sucking on Cherry's finger again. "Yes. The starter Pokémon at my lab hatched 5 weeks ago. They have to wait for a couple of weeks, before the new trainer chooses them." Sycamore explained.
"So, that's why she's been crying a lot and nibbling on Cherry's finger." Lightning said. "Yeah. But, she's still adorable and no one's going to say any different!" Emily said as she walked over to Cherry and rubbed Fennekin's nose with hers and caused the little fox Pokémon to giggle. "Oh, now that she's apart of the team, whatcha going to name her, Cherry?" Vick asked as he jumped on Cherry's shoulder.
"Well... I don't know just yet." Cherry responded to Vick. After Vick tickled Fennekin's nose, she sneezed and a little bit of flames came out of her nose. The heroes and Professor Sycamore giggled at this. Then, a name clicked to Cherry. "Flara! Flara the Fennekin!" Cherry suggested the others agreed with the name. "So, do you like the name, Flara?" Cherry asked as she held the Pokémon up to her face.
"FEN!" Flara barked happily and her tail wagging in excitement. "Hehe! I think she likes it, Cherry." Cream said with a giggle. "Then that's settle. Flara it is!" Cherry said and threw Flara in the air and Flara had a big smile on her face, knowing she had new friends she can count on and that will treat her the right way.
(Present)
"That's how we met Flara and how she was part of the team!" Louis finished. "Wow! Well, that's great story. Sure she had some difficulties when she met y'all, but I'm glad everything went well for y'all." Ame said. "Hm. I'm glad you enjoyed the stories." Cherry said with a smile. Then, she noticed what time it was and with their help, the kids packed up the leftover sweets and walked back to the small city.
"Well, we're going to go and dropped Berry and Gabu off to their home before my sister kills me for bringing them home before dinner and get home before my mom kills me. See ya, Ame!" Cherry said and she ran off with Berry, Gabu, Vick, Louis, Bella and Flara running behind her. Ame waved goodbye and he ran back home as well. Later that evening, Cherry just got finished getting into her pajamas and climbing in bed.
The other 4 jumped in bed with her. Cherry placed Flara's paci in her mouth and a minute later, Flara fell asleep in an instant as well as Louis and Bella. Cherry and Vick were still awake. "So, do you like Ame, Cherry?" Vick asked curiously. Cherry blushed a little but since the lights were off, it was hard to tell. "Yeah. But as a friend though, Vick." Cherry responded.
"Okay. just checking. Nigh, night, Cherry." Vick said and turn over and fell asleep. Cherry looked at Vick for a minute and smiled. "Night, Vick. Sweet dreams." Cherry responded and fell asleep with a big smile on her face.