Prologue

It's an incredible day in the meadow for our heroes as Ash is planning to get his last and eighth medal at Sunnyshore city, although his adventure might have to stop for a while as our heroes get to see that a young trainer is sat in the grass at the distance.

PART I : One strange Buizel.

-Beginning-

The green meadow felt excellent, the wind blew gently in the field, and everything was so quiet, so quiet, that you could hear your breathing and the wind itself.

A young trainer of 17 years old was on his knees in this meadow, he has dark brown hair, he wears a blue shirt decorated with white palm trees. He has beige shorts and he is wearing normal shoes; these were red and had no particular design.

At his right was what appeared to be, his Pokémon, a Buizel that had all the normal attributes of a Buizel, orange and peach fur colorings, the yellow float sac in his neck, his tails that worked as propellers… a normal Buizel. And you could tell that his Buizel was male due to the two peach ovals in his back. The only different thing that this Buizel had in particular was a necklace with a stone, which appeared to be a common rock, but in fact, it had a special attribute.

-Ahh, feel that Buizel? - His trainer said while closing his eyes as he felt the wind blow.

-Bui bui!!!- He said happily.

-The sounds of the meadow are quite beautiful.-

They stood there relaxing listening to the sweet environment for at least a few minutes more until the trainer felt something nearby.

-Hey, can you feel that? - He said asking Buizel.

-Bui? - The Pokémon said rather puzzled.

-Can you feel those footsteps? They are a few feet far, but I'm pretty sure that there are two or maybe three people walking … am I right?-

The trainer's Buizel started looking around to see someone, Buizel could devise three people coming their way.

-Bui bui!!- The Pokémon said.

-Alright then, enough listening now, I suppose it's time for some entertainment! – The trainer said as he grabbed a nearby bag, it was a guitar bag. The trainer pulled out his guitar and he placed it in a position comfortable for him to play with.

-Buiiii! - The Buizel said as he got up with a great enthusiasm and lifting his arms to the sky. His trainer couldn't resist laughing and smiling at him. The Buizel sat down.

-I know how excited you are with my music buddy, and I actually thought up a new theme… here we go!-

The trainer begun strumming his guitar with a really good sounding note, then he continuously kept strumming the guitar as he combined those strums playing single notes between the strumming created a slightly different sound. It was incredible, and its sound actually combined with the meadow. It was like the trainer extracted the sounds of the meadow itself and harmonized them into his guitar. The Buizel was simply hypnotized with this lovely tune, he simply moved his foot to the rhythm.

A bit far away, Ash, Brock and Dawn kept walking to get near to the person sitting in the grass when they heard a beautiful song jut where the person was.

-Wow! What a great sound! – Dawn said as she closed her eyes to focus on the song.

-That song is really cool! I gotta' go check it out! - Ash said as he ran towards the young guitarist.

-Piiiika! - His Pikachu said with joy.

-Hey Ash! Wait for me! - Dawn said as she chased him, Brock came along too.

The young trainer finished his song, he felt the ending note until it vanished in the air, he put back his guitar into place.

-Bui! - Said his Pokémon.

-That was a great song huh? – His trainer said as he prepared his bag, his bag had an extra space for pokeballs and items.

-Bui bui! – The Pokémon said, quite happy.

The trainer felt the proximity of the people he heard of when he was listening to the meadow. They were right behind him then, so he just turned to see the faces of, possibly, three trainers. One had a cool cap on, black hair and his Pokémon, Pikachu, was on his shoulder. Another one had long straight blue hair and she had her Pokémon, Piplup, on her shoulder as well, and the last one seemed older than the last two, he had brown spiky hair.

-Hi there! Hey, your music is pretty cool! – Ash said.

-Pika pika! - His Pikachu said.

The trainer was quite impressed, he said that it really wasn't that great, he got a bit shy and nervous, it's been one of the few times someone said his music was "cool".

-Your kidding me? Your music is really beautiful! – Dawn said to him clarifying that he really was good. –What's your name? – Dawn asked.

-Well, my name is… - The trainer was going to say when Brock interrupted him.

-You are Kevin! Right? –

-Uhhh, yeah… how do you know my name? – Kevin asked.

Brock said that he was certainly a famous person in Sinnoh, he handled a magazine to Kevin, there was his picture holding his guitar with his Pokémon beside him, the title said: "Young musician will play at Sunnyshore city this weekend." Below you could see the date and time of the event, at night.

-Whoa, I'm not really THAT famous at all, I even doubt that more than one-hundred people know me… maybe I was away for too long…wow… – Kevin said as he couldn't believe what he saw. –Check this out Buizel! – Kevin showed his picture to his Pokémon. Buizel cheered with joy. –I've always wished to be recognized like this! Well, I forgot to ask, what are your names?- Kevin asked.

- My name is Ash, and he is Pikachu. I'm going to be the best Pokémon Trainer! - He said while rising his fist up.

- I'm Dawn and he is Piplup. I'm going to be a Pokémon Coordinator.-

- And I'm Brock I'm studying to become a great Pokémon Breeder.-

-Great! Now we all know each other!- Kevin said.

-Maybe you should be on your way now Kevin, the presentation you have is today, you still have a long way to go. – Brock told Kevin.

-What? No… it's within two days, unless. – Kevin started counting with his fingers. –Oh no! It IS today!!! – Kevin yelled. –I'm never going to get there. – Kevin said with sadness.

-Why not? – Ash asked.

-Pika? - His Pikachu asked.

Kevin explained to Ash that he lost his map a couple of days ago when he was listening to the waves near a rock. Apparently his map flew away without him or Buizel even noticing.

-Then why don't you come with us? I'm off to Sunnyshore city myself to get my final badge! – Ash said with determination.

-You too? I want to have my final badge as well. – Kevin showed his case with the same seven medals ash had. – I really want to get in the league soon. – He said while he placed the case inside his guitar bag

They all decided to walk together until Kevin could get to his grand presentation in Sunnyshore city, as they walked, Kevin was playing his guitar for a bit on the way, everyone was enjoying the harmonic tunes he had to show off, he played at least 3 songs when he put his guitar back in his bag and decided not to play anything in the rest of the way. Buizel jumped at Kevin's shoulder and rubbed his face against his, Kevin the patted his head to keep walking.

-Kevin! Can you play one more? - Ash asked.

-Sorry Ash, but, my fingers need to rest a little and besides I'm really more interested in talking about you guys right now, it's actually been a while since I haven't spoken to any other people!-

-Say Kevin, how do you come up with so many good songs? – Dawn asked.

- Most of the songs I made surge from my own personal experiences, and some, by what I listen in the nature. – Kevin smiled. – It's really fun to come up with all kinds of songs. Even though, music for me is kind of a hobby only, my wish from the very start was to become a great trainer, just like you Ash! – He explained.

- What's the name of the first song you made, Kevin? – Ash asked.

Kevin and his Buizel looked at each other and then smiled.

-Bui!-

-We wrote the first song together, dedicated to our friendship. I met Buizel when I was camping far away from my home 4 years ago. It's a very long story actually. I'll make sure to tell ya later how I met Buizel. And then I'll tell you my song's name. - Kevin smiled.

-Bui bui! – Buizel said.

-Apparently Buizel wants to tell the story himself as well! – Kevin laughed.

-I'm sure Pikachu would like to hear too! - Ash said.

-Pika! – Pikachu said, Kevin smiled at the cute little Pikachu.

-Hey Ash, how did you meet Brock and Dawn anyway.- Kevin asked…

They started to feel tired and they decided to rest and make something too eat.

-WOW! This is soooo good! Finally a good meal!- Kevin said as he ate as fast as he could.

-What's with you? It's just soup…- Ash said

-Well, it's that… I travel alone with Buizel and I don't know how to cook, I can't seem to prepare good food.- Kevin explained.

-Then, what did you eat?- Ash asked.

-Sometimes, Pokémon food…- Kevin said with a bit of shame.

Everyone then had the most awkward faces by hearing this…

After they finished eating Ash simply had a fantastic idea.

-Hey Kevin, we both need to train hard to get our last medal, why don't we have a battle? – He said. Kevin decided that it was a great idea to train for the last gym battle, it didn't really matter to train a little and he still had a lot of time before he needed to get to Sunnyshore city. Kevin definitely wanted to have a Pokémon fight.

Brock stood in the middle of the battle area to explain the rules, it was a 2 Pokémon fight and they couldn't switch their Pokémon until they were unable to continue.

-Are you ready Kevin? –

-I'm pretty much ready Ash! –

- It's time you met MY Buizel, go! -

Ash's buizel came out from the Pokeball. "That Buizel looks pretty much confident" Kevin thought for himself.

-Cool! You have a Buizel too, but I won't choose my Buizel. – Kevin took out his pokeball and threw it into battle. – Ok Riolu! You're up! – Riolu came into battle. –Oh! I can't forget, I have to take out my Pikachu as well. – Kevin took Pikachu out to be near him. – My Pikachu really likes to watch battles. - He smiled.

Ash couldn't help too notice that this Pikachu had a part of his ear cut as well as a portion of his tail cut in the shape of a triangle as well. Ash decided not to say anything yet. But it was a really strange thing to see in a Pikachu.

Riolu and Ash's Buizel both looked at each other, both ready to fight.

BEGIN!

-Riolu! Use aura sphere! – Kevin said to his Riolu, as Riolu began charging up the Aura Sphere with his paws.

-Buizel! Jump and use Sonic boom. - Buizel dodged the aura sphere while jumping, he then used Sonic boom in the air. Riolu got a direct hit, but it didn't have much of an effect.

-Ok Riolu! Get near Buizel, close combat! –

Riolu got near Buizel and tried to hit him as best as he could, he made some good hits on Buizel, but, he wasn't able to take him down missing most of the hits. Then they both got apart.

-Riolu! Use Aura sphere once more!- Riolu began charging his Aura sphere as much as he could.

-Ok Buizel! Use Water pulse!- Buizel loaded up his Water pulse as much as he could.

When both attacks were thrown everything got foggy that no one could see what was happening. When the fog started to fade out, buizel was in front of Riolu.

-Buizel use water gun! - Ash said, Buizel used water gun to knock Riolu and since it was from so close Riolu couldn't get up from the force of the water gun! This was bad for Kevin! – Now Buizel, finish him off with Sonic boom! - Buizel's Sonic boom made a critical hit on Riolu.

-Riolu is unable to continue. - Brock announced.

-Wow, your buizel knows Water pulse. - Kevin said.

-And that's just the beginning!- Ash said.

Ash and Buizel celebrated their first victory. Kevin picked up Riolu and sat him near Pikachu. Kevin told Riolu that he did great on this fight. Now he didn't know which Pokémon to choose, that is, until his Buizel stepped forward to the area of battle.

-Are you sure you want to fight Buizel? – Kevin asked and then Buizel nodded. –Ok then, I suppose that it's a Buizel match, eh Ash?-

-Yeah! Buizel use aqua jet! – Ash's Buizel tried to strike down Kevin's Buizel in one shot.

Kevin ordered his Buizel to dodge and use Sonic boom, after that happened Ash' buizel jumped up high. Then Ash ordered is Buizel to use Sonic Boom. Kevin's Buizel dodged it without problem.

The fight kept on from one side to the other without stop, it was difficult to know who was winning..

-Wow, it's really hard to figure out which Buizel is which. - Dawn said.

-Buizel! Use Ice punch!- Ash said.

-Whoa! This is bad, Buizel dodge and use Sonic Boom!

Ash's buizel jumped up high to avoid Kevin's Buizel's Sonic Boom.

-Buizel, it's our chance! Use water gun now!- Kevin's Buizel striked Ash's, it all went to fast for him to notice resulting in Ash's Buizel to fall from a very high distance, making him faint instantly when hitting the solid ground.

-Wow, what a powerful Water gun.- Ash said as he was surprised by the move.

-Buizel is unable to continue, Kevin and Buizel win this round! - Brock announced.

Ash told his Buizel that he did a good job fighting, and then returned him to his Pokeball.

Now the fight was between Buizel and Pikachu. Ash ordered Pikachu to use thunderbolt, Kevin told buizel to dodge and use Sonic boom.

-Pikachu, dodge and then use Volt tackle!!- Ash said.

Pikachu was heading towards Buizel at full speed.

-Oh no! This is bad, dodge quickly and then use Sonic Boom!- He said and Buizel moved to the side and then launched his Sonic boom towards Pikachu.

Pikachu jumped avoiding the Sonic boom. Then Ash made Pikachu use Iron tail as he landed near Buizel.

-Bui? - His buizel was kind of asking his trainer something as he looked at him. But Kevin simply moved his finger side to side showing disapproval. Buizel was still excited about the battle though.

-Buizel dodge!- Kevin's buizel couldn't dodge the attack however and got hit by Pikachu, Kevin rooted for buizel to get up and then he ordered him to use Water gun at Pikachu and Pikachu used thunderbolt. Both attacks did hit successfully to each other. Pikachu didn't get really damaged, but Buizel got a good amount of damage due to the type differences, Buizel couldn't continue.

-I suppose you win Ash! – Kevin said as he raised his thumb at him.- That was a great fight.-

-Bui bui!- Said Kevin's buizel.- Buii! Bui! Bu…- Buizel looked at Ash while he did an imitation of the move that Ash's Buizel used to Use Water pulse.

-Hey Ash, wouldn't you mind that, maybe other day, you could help me train Buizel so that he can learn Water pulse too?- Kevin asked Ash.

-Sure! That may be fun! Maybe your Buizel could teach mine to use Water gun as good as yours uses it!.- Ash responded.

-C'mon you guys! It's getting late !- Dawn said from afar.

After the fight the group kept on their trail through the woods this time. Kevin carried his Riolu in his left arm and the rest of the Pokémon (Buizel, Pikachu and Piplup) accompanied them in their walk. Ash was curious, he had two things in his mind this time, that strange Pikachu, and why did Kevin say "no" at something that his Buizel wanted to do so badly.

-Hey Kevin, I have a question… Was your Buizel asked you if he could do something in the battle? - Ash asked.

-Now that I think of it, that was something really odd, what happened there? – Brock asked.

Kevin got a little nervous but he explained. –Well, uh, you see my buddy here knows a certain attack… but it's too dangerous for him.-

They all wondered, and, were going to ask about what attack could it be, but someone was calling afar.

-Hello over there, Kevin dear! Could you please come? – It was a girl's voice.

"Hmm I wonder what they want" Kevin thought for himself as he begun walking towards her. Of course his Buizel accompanied Kevin. After going a few feet away he saw two young girls really excited about Kevin showing up.

-Hi there honey! - Said one of the young girls.

To be continued…