Ok, i know alot of people are gonna be really, REALLY, Pissed, but unfortunately, i just ended up with loophole in my FF as is cause I messed up on the 1st chp ending, and NOW I FORGOT HOW THE STORY GOES X( so, since the last time I did this it acutally got ALOT of reviews and chps and words, i'm gonna make a FF based off the Unova Pokemon series, but, like before, adding my own little character to it :D still adding a Riolu, so dont wrry you riolu/lucario fans ^^ and yes, as always, I'm gonna keep my character one particular name...
Episode One: 1st Day as a Trainer
"Well, this is it. Ready Riolu?" Zack asked, looking down at his pokemon who came up to as high as his knees. The pokemon smiled as it gave a nod.
"Ri lu!" It said excitingly, hopping up to it's trainer's shoulders as it sat down, it's legs wrapped around his neck, and laid it's paws on the top of Zack's blonde head. Zack's official get up was unique in it's own way. He had a complete white shirt with a black jacket around it, and baggy dark blue pants. He had grass-green eyes and to top it off, white shoes with a red border around it. Even his Riolu had a unique look to it. He didn't understand where it got it, but Riolu apparently had a red scarf that went around his neck, and no matter what, it refused to part with it, much less take it off. Zack breathed in the fresh air as he sighed happily, looking at the road ahead of him. As of yesterday, it was his tenth birthday, and today was his day as an official pokemon trainer.
Although today was the first day of his pokemon journey, he wasn't going to get a starter pokemon, seeing how he already had a Riolu. He also had another pokemon his dad gave him, but he wasn't to use it unless in emergencies. Strangely, the Riolu itself had remained in question. Zack had only found it a few weeks ago, surprised to find it not only all the way out in the Unova region, but beaten and worn out. It had apparently forgotten all traces of it's memory, only knowing that it held a strong fondness for the scarf around it's neck. When he brought it to a pokemon center to recover, they did an examination on it, and discovered that it was only a few days old, which now made it at least a month old as of now .
"Well Riolu, take a long last look. When we come back, we'll be pokemon masters, 'kay?" Zack said as he tilted his eyes up.
"Riii!" The Riolu said happily. Right before Zack could take his first step however, the two of them jumped as they heard a sudden voice from behind them.
"WAIT!" It shrieked, spooking the two. As they looked back, they saw Zack's mother jogging up to them quickly, gasping a bit out of breath seeing how she just got out of bed and into her clothes at the last minute. "Phew, I told you to wake me up before you left!" His mom said somewhat angrily. Zack just looked at him with nervous eyes.
"W-W-Well I was, but I thought you may over react to me leaving..."
"Over react?" His mom said in disbelief squeezing him, and the Riolu riding on him, into a large, rather tight, hug. "I would never over react! I'm just so proud to see you off on your journey, I...", His mother paused as she sniffled, "I've just never been so happy to see my little boy all grown up..." his mother said exaggerative.
"ACK! Mom I *cough* Can't...Ack breathe!" Zack said as he continued to make choking noises. Even the Riolu's face turned to a mixed shade of purple as it was being suffocated. His mother opened her eyes finally as she saw this, then chuckled as she let go. The two immediately gasped for breath as they could finally breathe.
"See what I mean?" Zack yelped.
"Lu!" The riolu yelled in agreement.
"Hehe, I'm sorry. It's just that your dad was your exact age when he began his journey. Seeing you like this is just...just...Oh come here!" She commanded, jumping him to get another hug. Luckily, he ducked out of the way in time and began taking off down the road. His mom moaned before she yelled to him. "I want a call the minute you get to the next town! And if you ever get into trouble just come straight home!" She shouted, waving at him. Zack smiled as he waved back.
"I will mom! Goodbye!" Zack said in excitement, before looking down the road he ran with a grin. "Next up, to be a pokemon master!"
*3 Hours Later...*
"This is becoming a disaster!" Zack moaned, stopping to catch his breath as he leaned against a tree on his side. The Riolu hopped off his back as he looked at his worn out master somewhat worriedly. Within the time traveling, they've tried capturing a single Pidove, which somehow started a fight with being chased by Pidoves and Watchogs, and were chased to the point they had to dive into water and wait for the pokemon to leave before leaving the pond; AND THAT WAS ONLY THE FIRST HALF HOUR. There's no end to the story that continued during the next 2 and 1/2 hours later. Zack breathed in a deep sigh as he slouched down until he was sitting on the ground.
"This is ridiculous! How do people even begin a pokemon journey?" Zack asked Riolu, although he wasn't actually expecting an answer.
"Ri 'lu?" The Riolu said in a questionable tone, shrugging. Zack sighed to himself as he starred up into the sky. If it wasn't the fact that he had brought an umbrella, he would've gotten soaked by the earlier storm. It was kinda strange, however, seeing how the storm came out of nowhere, and left almost as soon as it came. Yet in-between, it was one of the largest types of storms for it's time. It took the Riolu half an hour before it managed to get all its fur dried. Strangely, Zack could've sworn he saw a pokemon within the thunder clouds, but only for a moment, and as to whether or not he really did he still didn't know for sure. Zack gave out another moaning sigh as he looked back at Riolu.
"I think we're gonna need someone whose done this bef-"
"Pikachu, use thunderbolt!" A voice suddenly yelled out, catching Zack's attention.
"Is it me, or did I just hear-"
"Pikachuuuuu!" The pikachu quickly yelled out. Zack gasp in surprise as he saw the electrical sparks down the pathway.
"No way!" Zack said in surprise, quickly grabbing Riolu, who quickly climbed up to Zack's back, sitting on his shoulders like previously. He quickly ran down the forest, simply side stepping from any tree in his way. He finally came to a clearing where he saw a trainer just as he caught a Pidove.
"No way, it's Ash!" Zack said excitedly.
"Riolu?" The Riolu said with a confused expression. Zack smiled as he looked back to him.
"You know, Ash. He's the guy who took place in that Shinnoh League Tournament we saw a few days ago." Zack replied.
"Rii!" The Riolu said in a shocked or surprised tone. The Riolu looked back at the sight, growing a shocked face. "Riolu!" It cried worriedly. Zack blinked in confusion before looking back at the trainer, growing shocked as well. Not only was his Pikachu, but apparently a girl's Axew as well, was taken by a strange looking group who had apparently caught the two pokemon and locked them in a glass case.
"What the heck are they doing?" Zack said in a mix of confusion and anger. He quickly ran towards the group as Ash had continued fighting.
"Pidove, use quick attack!" Ash commanded. The pidove yelled as it dove peak first straight towards the swoobat.
"Dodge and use gust!" The red headed girl commanded. As told, the Swoobat quickly dodged to the side then flapped it's wings repeatedly and quickly as a huge gust of wind threw the pidove straight towards the ground, knocking it out cold.
"Pidooo..." The pidove groaned as it lost consious.
"Pidove!" Ash said worriedly as the Pidove continued to groan in a passed out state. "Snap out of it!" Ash begged, knowing it was his only other pokemon that could stop team rocket.
"Hey!" Zack yelled as he finally made it to them as they all looked back. "Give them back their pokemon!" Zack said in a bit of a commandish tone.
"Oh great, another twerp." Jessie complained. Ash quickly took notice of the pokemon on the kid's back.
"A Riolu!" Ash said surprised as he quickly stood up. "Hey, can you have your Riolu help us?" Ash asked worriedly. The Riolu grew frightened as it quickly hid back behind Zack.
"Riiii..." It whimpered.
"Sorry, but it's only a month old, he doesn't know how to fight yet." Zack replied before looking back at the criminals. "Who are you guys anyway?"
"The names team rocket twerp, and don't you forget it!" Meowth replied. Zack nearly flinched at this, not expecting to get a reply from a pokemon as opposed to the humans.
"Woah! A talking meowth!" Zack said in surprise. Meowth simply sneered proudly.
"And the last one you'll ever see." Meowth commented.
"Our premium (or whatever he said I cant understand what he says in the anime O_P?) mission is complete. Off we go!" James said as he opened a box. Almost instantly, the air balloon inside began to inflate and rise up instantly as the trio hopped in and took off.
"No, Pikachu!" Ash yelled.
"Axew!" Iris yelled out soon after, hopping from branch to branch with great ease. Ash took the direct approach and began climbing as fast as he could, surprisingly passing Iris. Once he reached the top, he took one great mighty leap and attempted to grab the container that held his and Iris' pokemon. Unfortunately, he was mere inches away from it as he began to falling back towards the ground, screaming.
"Ahhhhh!" He yelled. Fortunately, he fell through the tree, with the branches breaking his fall bit by bit. Unfortunately, there were alot of branches, and he didn't stop until he finally hit the ground with a great big Thud. The entire time he fell. Riolu covered his eyes with his paw, not wanting to see the end result. "Oww..." Ash moaned.
"You ok?" Zack asked as Iris ran over too. Before anything else could be said however, an Oshawott suddenly appeared, running passed the three. With quick yet precised aim, the Oshawott threw the shell on it's chest at the giant air balloon, causing it to pop as it deflated and flew to the ground. The glass container attached to it quickly dropped and shattered, releasing the pokemon inside.
"Pikachu!"
"Axew!" The trainer's cried out as they both leaped down to grab the pokemon before they fell. At the same time, the shell Oshawott threw circled across as it came back to him like a boomerang, catching it with one hand.
"Oshawott Oshawott Oshawott!" The Oshawott cheered happily as it jumped a bit. Zack smiled to see everything worked out, but then looked back as he saw Team Rocket land with ease as well.
"You don't do that to us!" Jessie said angrily.
"Pikachu and Axew are our friends. Your not taking them!" Ash yelled back.
"Ash is right, he's telling the truth!" Iris said in agreement.
"Pikachu, use thunderbolt!" Ash commanded. Pikachu followed as it began to charge it's electricity.
"Swoobat, use Air Slash!" Jessie commanded as well as she brought out her pokemon. It to, followed command as it suddenly released blade-like gusts of winds, not only towards Pikachu, but as Axew as well. The impact burst into a cloud of smoke as it struck the two pokemon.
"Pika!"
"Axew!" The two pokemon cried out in pain, damaging and interrupting Pikachu's attack. As the smoke cleared, Pikachu and Axew appeared worn out from the blast.
"Air Slash again!" Jessie commanded, not even planning to let the two pokemon rest for a mere moment.
"No, they'll be done for if they get hit again!" Zack commented worriedly. At the same time, Riolu simply watched and observed the scenario in a trance like state. He watched in wonder at the battle, noting how the pokemon still struggled to get to their feet. As it saw the Swoobat prepare another attack though, in mere moments, it's pupils narrowed as it's ears perked up. It quickly hopped from Zack's shoulder's and towards the incoming attack.
"Riolu!" Zack yelled worriedly.
"Riiiiii," The Riolu bagan chanting as a strange blue aura began to appear around it. Within a matter of moments, the aura grew until a small sphere-like aura surrounded it "Lu!" The Riolu screeched as it's shield-like aura collided with Swoobat's attack, creating another dust like explosion, this one much bigger as it swept across the area. The gang coughed a bit as the smoke spread around.
"This may be the best time to retreat." James' voice spoke out from within the cloud. As the dust began to dissipate, the area became visible again. It was evident that Team Rocket had escaped, but that was the least of Zack's worries, as he saw an exhausted Riolu on it's legs, seeming to gasp for breath.
"Riolu!" Zack yelled worriedly as he ran to his pokemon's side, grabbing it just as it collapsed from exhaustion. The other trainers' pokemon were in no better shape as they collapsed soon after.
"Pikachu!" Ash yelled too, running to his pokemon's side. As Zack looked back, he saw that the other two trainers had injured pokemon as well. Knowing what was best, he gathered the Riolu into his arms before gesturing towards the other two.
"You two follow me. I know the closest pokemon center from here." Zack said before he took off running. Iris and Ash both looked at each other questionably. They just met this kid yet he was already trying to help them. Still, weighting their options, they had little choice, and nodded to each other as they took off in the same direction.
Later...
"Thanks again for the help." Ash said as he relaxed on the bench. Zack simply grinned as he scratched the back of his head.
"Aww don't thank me, it's my Riolu you should really be thanking. I never expected it to jump out to defend them like that to be honest." Zack replied.
"But I thought you said Riolu didn't know how to fight?" Iris asked with a raised brow.
"I did. Doesn't mean he can't defend himself though. Endure is one of the few moves he knows for now." Zack explained, before turning back to Ash. "By the way Ash, could I ask you a question?" Zack asked.
"Actually I had one for you too. How did you know my name was Ash before I said so?" Ash asked curiously.
"Duh, your like famous! I saw you compete in the Shinnoh League Tournament!" Zack said in excitement. Iris looked at Ash stunned.
"You were in a Tournament?" Iris exclaimed.
"Yeah, I've been in all of them from Kanto to the Shinnoh so far, as well as fighting the Frontier Brains." Ash added.
"Wow, I didn't think a kid like you would win so many tournaments."
"Oh winning? Don't worry about that, he barely does. In fact, the only match I watched of him in he lost." Zack commented. Ash fell anime style, feeling like he lost his "moment of glory". "But still," Zack continued, "I was wondering if you could teach me how to be a trainer." Zack asked. Ash tilted his head at this in confusion.
"Teach you how to "be a trainer"?" Ash repeated, confused at the statement.
"Yeah, you know, show me the ropes and stuff. Today was my first actual day of being a Trainer, but it hasn't exactly worked for me. I try capturing a Pidove, an army attacks me. You try capturing a Pidove, it works like a charm."
"You should've seen him before when-"
"Sure, I'll teach ya some stuff." Ash quickly interrupted, purposely as well. At that moment, the others looked as the door leading to the infirmary opened. Pikachu, Pidove, and Axew happily hopped to the counter, flew in Pidove's case, while Riolu simply ran towards Zack, jumping up to him as he whined.
"Luuuu!" It cried out. Zack simply chuckled as he pat the Riolu's head.
"He really seems to like ya." Ash commented as he walked over to get his Pikachu.
"Yeah, we've been buds since we met. I found Riolu a couple weeks ago, but it turned out it had Amnesia. I wouldn't be surprised if he thought I was his dad." The Riolu chuckled a bit to itself, then perked it's ears up as it saw Ash and Iris with their pokemon walking over. It shrieked a bit to itself as it quickly climbed up and over Zack's shoulders, looking back at the group from behind him.
"It's pretty jumpy. Is it always like that?" Iris asked, noticing how the Riolu shook a bit in fear of her and Ash.
"Yeah, kind of. It prefers keeping close to me, he's scared of other people and most pokemon. After all, it's only two months old." Zack commented. Ash looked surprised at the comment.
"It's only two months old?" Ash asked. He was mostly surprsied at the fact that the Riolu managed to use it's power to protect Pikachu and Axew at it's age. Ash rubbed his chin as he took a closer look at the Riolu.
"Now that you mention it, it is a bit smaller than the last one I saw." Ash commented. The Trio looked as Pikachu hopped off of Ash shoulder.
"Pika Pika Pii." Pikachu said, waving his arms up and down as if trying to greet Riolu.
"Ax-Axew Axew." The Axew said as well, popping it's head out of Iris hair. The Riolu only contiued to shake a bit in fear as it ducked its heads half way, only showing its head from the nose up. Pikachu tilted his head curiously yet confused.
"Pika?" It said in a questionable tone. Zack just sighed as he scratched his Riolu's ears in a way that soothed it. It was only confirmed as the Riolu hummed to himself in a calm demeanor.
"Like I said, he really distrusts everyone else." Zack said, before turning his attention back to Ash and Iris. "The day I found him, he was weak and appeared beaten. I don't know if he was attacked by a pokemon, or probably, "Zack looked back at the Riolu for a second before turning back, "might've been abused by a trainer. Either way, I was the first thing it saw when I found it, but it was still worn out, so I had to take it to a pokemon center to treat it. That really wasn't a good idea though on my part." Zack commented a bit uneasily. Ash took notice of the way he said this.
"What do you mean by that?" Ash asked a bit curiously. Zack grabbed the Riolu from his back as he held it in his arms. The Riolu cuddled a bit closer to Zack's chest a bit nervously, though Zack just smiled as he pet it's head again.
"See the scarf around it's neck?" Zack gestured as he pointed to it. Ash and Iris looked where he pointed. "One thing you never wanna try to do is take it from him."
"Why's that?" Iris asked.
"Day after I dropped the Riolu off at the pokemon center I came back to check on it. I was expecting everything to be fine, but when I walked in the building well..." Zack paused as he looked back at Riolu, scratching the back of his own head, unable to finsih his sentence. Ash and Iris looked at each other confused, before looking back at Zack.
"Well what?" Iris asked. Zack took a few more moments to think to himself before replying.
"He broke down a wall trying to escape." Zack said bluntly. Ash and Iris' eyes widened in disbelief at that.
"He what?" The said at the same time.
"You can ask around my home town, it's true. The time I got there, it was breathing exhaustedly and in a corner. Nurse Joy told me they were just trying to see if it had any injuries around it's neck that needed treatment, but the Riolu freaked out and tried to escape. I was just as surprised as you were when I heard it broke down the wall as well. I don't know if it really was the scarf or just being surrounded by people, but the next thing the Riolu ran to was me." Zack explained, looking down as he saw his Riolu had fallen asleep.
"Wow, that's some story. Did you ever get to see his power yourself?" Ash asked in surprise.
"Only once. It happened two weeks ago actually. I was helping professor Juniper take pictures of the deerling this season, but..."
*flash back...*
"Wow, look at all of them." Zack commented in amazement. He had fortunately stumbled upon an entire herd of deerling, there must've been at least twenty of the. Aiming his camera carefully, he took a picture as it made an audible click. He was also lucky he had a perfect view from behind the tree, being just close enough too see the deerling in the clearing, yet hidden enough to get up close. "Wow, this is awesome, huh Riolu?" Zack asked, waiting a few seconds for a response, before repeating. "Riolu?" He questioned, noticing he wasn't near his feet or on his back. He looked back and forth from the places he last saw Riolu, before hearing rustling in the trees. As he looked up, he chuckled a bit as he saw the Riolu trying to reach the berries that were just a little bit above him in the tree branches.
"Riolu, what are you doing silly?" Zack asked, although he already knew what he was doing.
The Riolu struggled as it tried to reach the berries just over him. He was having a bit of a struggle though as he was holding onto the branch he was on while trying to reach the berries at the same time. With a bit of a grumble, seeing how it was still out of his reach, he crept up the branch a little bit more attempting to get closer in reach. However, he failed to notice the tree branch as it began to crack a little bit. The closer he got within reach of the berries, the more it cracked up. It continued until the Riolu finally grabbed hold of the berries. It kept a tight grip on it as it gently stood up to its feet, using both it's hands to pluck the fruit off the branch best it could. After a bit of a struggle, the Riolu smiled as it finally plucked the berries off the branch. But before it could even take a bite from it, it screeched as the branch suddenly snapped, plunging straight down towards the ground, to Zack's worry.
"Riolu!" He panicked. But instead of landing to the ground, the landing came to a halt as it collided into the head of a rather large looking pokemon, one that had apparent anger in it's eyes as it woke up. Zack simply froze a bit as he saw the pokemon wake up and stand, getting a full glimpse of the pokemon that stood a full foot above him. "Ehh heh heh, uhh nice Sawsbuck, easy boy." Zack said, one, trying to keep it calm, and two, distract it from the Riolu who fell on his head. This failed though as the Riolu moaned a bit as it sat back up, still on the Sawsbuck's head.
"Riolu?" The Riolu said in a questionable tone, noticing the surface it was laying on was moving. As it looked down, it shrieked a bit as it saw the Sawsbuck looking angrily back at it. Before the Sawsbuck could do anything else though, Zack quickly grabbed the Riolu as he began to take off running. The Sawsbuck fumed through it's nostrils as it began taking off after the two, a much faster pace.
"Sawsbuck!" The Sawsbuck growled as it gained on them. Zack looked back in a bit of fear as he saw the Sawsbuck getting closer in on them, knowing they couldn't out run it. Thinking quickly, he ducked over to the side of a tree and took off running that way. The Sawsbuck growled as it continued down the path it was going on.
Zack looked back again, grinning as he saw he lost sight of the Sawsbuck. He quickly looked down at the Riolu he held in his arms. "You alright buddy?" He asked. The Riolu sniffed, a bit frightened from the experience, before nodding. Zack smiled at it as he looked up at the bath ahead, but as he did, he gasped a bit as he did his best to stop, skidding across the ground until he fell on his back, seeing the Sawsbuck running towards them from the front.
"Crud!" He yelped, quickly hig tailing as he turned and ran again, this time down a different path. Only this time, he came to a stop as he the area was surrounded by trees this time, all too close and huddled together to squeeze through. As he turned around he saw the Sawsbuck standing in place, still apparently fumed. The Riolu did more damage landing on him than he thought as Zack noticed the large bruise-like bump on his head.
"Sawsbuck, we didn't mean to attack you, it was an accident." Zack said, hoping it would somehow understand him and calm down. It proved useless though as the Sawsbuck scraped it's hoof around the ground, indicating it was ready to charge again. Knowing it was about to attack, Zack quickly set Riolu down on the other side of the thick trees, just being small enough to get his arms and the Riolu through. The Riolu looked back at bit in confusion and fear.
"Riooo..." It said worriedly. Zack just smiled as it petted it's head.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine. Just go find Professor Juniper, ok?" Zack said, trying to keep it calm enough so it would leave to find her. He then gave the Riolu a slight and soft push to help it get the idea, before turning back and looking at the Sawsbuck bravily. "Hey Sawsbuck, over here!" Zack said, waving it's arms back and forth to get its attention, also to keep it from noticing the Riolu who was on the other side of the trees where they were. Finally it worked, as the Sawsbuck took no hesitation, running head, or horn first depending on how you see it, straight towards Zack. Zack quickly duck and rolled out of the way, just in time as the Sawsbuck collided into the tree behind him.
The Riolu jumped as it saw this, trembling a bit as the Sawsbuck glared him in the eyes. It barely paid the small Riolu any attention though as it looked back at Zack. Zack quickly got up and ran down the path, hoping to lure it away from Riolu and stall long enough for Riolu to tell, or at least send some message, to Professor Juniper telling her he needed help. However, to the Riolu's surprise as he looked back at the Sawsbuck, the Sawsbuck took a running start before taking a mightyt leap into the air.
"Riolu!" The Riolu yelled loudly, getting Zack's attention. Zack suddenly stopped as he noticed the Sawsbuck missing. He took glances around as he noticed this, before looking at the Riolu again.
"Where'd he go?" He asked himself. By the time he noticed the shadow looming over him, it was too late. As he looked up, his face met the front end of the Sawsbuck's hoof, just finishing the Jump Kick attack it was preforming. Zack groaned in pain as he felt his eye, which was now somewhat bluish, throb in pain. He opened his other eye, vision blurry for a few moment from the impact to his head. As he looked back up he saw the still growling Sawsbuck, apparently not even satisfied with the blow to the face.
"Riolu!" The Riolu screamed, squeezing through the opening between the trees as he tried running towards Zack. The Sawsbuck looked back at the Riolu, growling again as it began to charge toward it. As the Riolu stopped in its tracks, frozen in fear, Zack looked down the path as he saw, to his fear, the Sawsbuck heading straight towards the Riolu.
"Riolu no!" Zack yelled. He tried to get to his feet and do something, but the impact to the head made his body partly numb as he struggled to get up. At the same time, Riolu just stood there, unable to force itself to move its legs as the Riolu struggled to force itself to move, but to no use. It closed its eyes as it awaited the oncoming Take Down from the Sawsbuck. "Riolu!" It heard Zack say once more. The Sawsbuck stopped as it turned around, pausing for a moment as if in thought, before turning back and running towards Zack again.
Then, all at once, the Riolu's eyes opened as it felt the fear coming from Zack due to the Sawsbuck. It's eyes narrowed greatly as it suddenly burst with speed towards the Sawsbuck. "Riiiooooo," The Riolu started to chant as it's arm began to glow with a white light. Hearing this, the Sawsbuck turned back as he heard it, and before it could react, it felt the full impact of Riolu's brick break as it fell back a few feet away from Zack. "Lu!" The Riolu finished with a roar. Zack blinked in surprise at this, not expecting a Riolu so young at it's age to manage to take down a strong Sawsbuck like it just did. As he looked back at the Riolu, he saw the it still had the same narrow eyes it had before, but after a few seconds, it grobbled a bit as if in pain before it passed out, falling to the ground. Finally after waiting awhile, he fianlly managed to get to his feet as he ran towards the Riolu, picking it up in its arms.
"Riolu! Are you ok?" Zack asked, worried for his friend. Before it could even answer, Zack felt himself shake a bit in shock as he saw the Sawsbuck getting up, though wobbled a bit in pain, but clearly still angry.
"Saaawwwssss..." The Sawsbuck began to growl as it charged a green Energy Ball from it's mouth. Zack grumbled a bit as he stood back onto his feet, holding the Riolu in it's arms tightly to protect it.
"Leave us alone!" Zack yelled at it. The Sawsbuck refused to listen though as it finished charging it's Energy Ball, firing it straight at Zack.
"Tepig use Ember!" A voice suddenly shouted out. Zack watched as the incoming blast was halted by the blast of fire that struck it. Another barrage of small ember flames were shot out in front of Zack, creating a small wall of fire in front of him and the Sawsbuck. As Zack looked towards the source of the blast, he smiled in relief as he saw Professor Juniper, and the Tepig she had just used. In fear of the flame, seeing as it was it's weakness, the Sawsbuck took off, seeing how it wouldn't be able to get over the wall of flame without burning itself. Professor Juniper smiled as she took the pokeball back out. "Return Tepig." Juniper commanded as the red beam brought the Tepig back into the pokeball, then jogged over towards Zack. "Are you two ok?" Juniper asked worriedly. Zack nodded as he replied.
"I'm fine, but I'm worried about Riolu. It tried to fight and defend me, but then it passed out." Zack said worriedly, looking back at the Riolu who was puffing a bit exhausted.
"Ooohh I'm sorry I couldn't get here any sooner. When I saw the Sawsbuck chasing you I wanted to help but I had to go back and get a pokemon at the lab." Juniper apologized. Zack just smiled calmly as he looked back at her.
"It's ok."
"C'mon, let's take him back to my lab. We'll get him checked up."
*End Flash Back*
"Wow, that sounds amazing!" Ash said, impressed that his Riolu did what it did.
"Yeah, but thats when the trouble comes in." Zack commented, growing a curious expression on Ash's face.
"What do you mean?"
"Remember when I said he fears humans and Pokemon?" Zack asked, to which Ash and Iris nodded.
"Yeah, what about it?" Iris asked.
"Well, like you saw when it came to helping you guys, he only ever fights if someone is in danger, and even then he uses all his energy if he can. But if it comes to trying to just fight for capture or fighting another trainer, he's just too frightened to do it. That's another reason why I was hoping you could help me, so I could be a better trainer and get him to fight." Zack added. Ash simply smiled as he nodded.
"It'll be no problem. Pikachu and I used to have the same problem, although he had more of an anger issue than a frightened issue." Ash commented.
"Pikaaa." Pikachu said as he scratched his ears in a chuckling/less serious tone.
"Excuse me." A feminine voice spoke our. As the three looked, they saw it was Nurse Joy. "I'm sorry for interrupting your conversation, but I thought I should point out it's getting late." Nurse Joy said as she pointed to the window. As the group looked, they were all in surprise as they realized she was right. The stars were out and it was clearly night, seeing how the bright moon radiated with the sky.
"Oh wow, time flys when your having telling stories." Zack commented.
"If you'd like, we have spare bedrooms here at the pokemon center." Nurse Joy offered. The group smiled as they all were in agreement.
"That'd be awesome. Thanks Nurse Joy." Ash replied, before looking back at Zack. "Then tomorrow I'll help you capture your very first pokemon...err...second, I guess. You know, aside from your Riolu." Zack smiled back as he nodded in agreement.
"Awsome! Thanks."
"Trust me kid, if you've seen him try to capture a pokemon, you wouldn't be thanking him." Iris commented.
Well I think that's a good place to end off. I'd like to knwo which you guys would prefer more, though I think I do a good job with the whole "AU extra char" fanfics like I did with the yugioh GX thing. RnR and tell me what cha think. Till next time!...whatever that means.