N sat in a chair, a line leading from his arm to Ash's arm. The transfusion had started ten minutes ago, and already, color had started to return to Ash's face. He had given blood to Ash once before. That memory surged up again. N closed his eyes. He didn't want to remember, but the memories came.
"Ever been to an amusement park, Ash?" N asked.
"What is that?" Ash asked.
Lady J and N looked at each other.
"You seriously don't know what an amusement park is?" N was incredulous.
"No, but should I?" Ash asked.
"Well, it is a big park with rides, concession stands, games, Pokemon showcases, Pokemon petting zoo, and my favorite event, the Legendary meeting. That is when a Legendary comes and visits. Last year it was Zapdos. I hope this year it's Reshiram. I'm dying to see her." Lady J said.
"I want to see Zekrom." N said, "J, we have got to take him to the park."
"We are." Lady J smiled.
"What about the gym? I can't find it anywhere." Ash asked.
"I think you are going to be pleasantly surprised." N said.
They went to the park together. N and Lady J both enjoyed seeing Ash's face as it lit up in wonderment. After spending the day at the park, meeting both Reshiram and Zekrom, and showing Ash where the gym was, they returned to their room at the Pokemon center. Ash barely made it to bed. He would challenge the gym leader tomorrow.
N did not want to remember the horror of what happened next. The memory came anyway.
Ash faced Elesa, gym leader of Nimbasa gym. They both were down to their last Pokemon. Ash looked tired. N figured it was from the excitement of the day before. Pikachu let loose a thunderbolt, scoring a hit on Tynamo that did little damage. A tremor passed through Ash's body. He suddenly collapsed. Pikachu rushed to his side. N and Lady J bolted toward him.
"Stay back!" Elesa ordered quickly, "I think it is Encephalitis Pyrexia!"
"English please!" Lady J demanded.
"Brain fever!" Elesa replied, "Emolga, thanks for sounding the alarm. We have had a rise in cases, and only one person has survived."
Ash's body began to seize violently, a ruby red foam pouring from his mouth. Elesa gasped, knowing she was right. Several men and women in hazmat suits rushed in. Two of them knelt by Ash while the other two checked the three trainers over. They took Ash away quickly.
N did not want the memory to continue.
"It is Brain Fever, also known as Encephalitis Pyrexia. The fever has already set in. You need to go in and say your good byes. There is nothing we can do for him. It's in Arceus's hooves." A doctor explained.
Both N and Lady J rushed into the room. Lady J rushed to Ash's side. N stayed back. Ash somehow managed to hold on. A transfusion of blood from N brought some hope. After five days, his fever began to drop. Three days later, the fever was gone. Ash woke up that night. Within a week, he had fully recovered. He went on to win against Elesa. He did suffer from headaches which were left over from the infection.
A hand on his shoulder startled him. He turned to see Nurse Joy.
"It is working." She said, "His color is returning."
"How is my wife?" N asked.
"She is fine. Pregnancy makes some women sick for a bit. Dianthe was sick through her entire pregnancy with Clemont. She never got sick while pregnant with Bonnie. Lady J will likely experience morning sickness for the first trimester. You are going to be a father." Joy smiled, "You should have seen me during my first trimester back when I was pregnant with my twins. I couldn't stop vomiting every hour. I have a son and daughter. My son is on his own Pokemon journey, and my daughter is studying to become a Nurse Joy."
"You should be excited." Serena said.
"I am excited, and also terrified out of my mind. I'm not ready for fatherhood. Zekrom and Reshiram have been mating quite a bit lately. We must have conceived six weeks ago. J told me Reshiram was in heat, and she was feeling it too. We felt their desire and well, now we are going to be parents." N responded, "I don't know if we are even ready for this."
"Could Reshiram and Zekrom become parents too?" Serena asked.
"Well, it is entirely possible they could conceive, but it has never happened before." N said.
"Their baby would have to be gray. Ash told me Kyurem was gray. Could he be their baby?" Serena asked.
"Actually, Zekrom and Reshiram came from eggs laid by Kyurem." N said, "The myth about how they split from Kyurem is not exactly true."
"Would that make them brother and sister?" Serena raised an eyebrow.
"They weren't laid by the same Kyurem. They were laid in the heart of Unova, the place called the Entralink. Long ago, some legendaries weren't classified as legendaries. There is a 500 year old painting that depicts the sky filled with Ho-Oh, Moltress, Articuno, Zapdos, Kyurem, and Lugia. On the ground below, herds of Keldo, clusters of Shaymin, and Heatran dot the landscape. I believe the painting shows life from 500 years ago." N replied.
Lady J came into the room. She staggered to N's side. He reached up and pulled her into his lap. Lady J put her head on his shoulder.
"I'm fine now. I don't think I'm the only one pregnant. I think Reshiram might be carrying eggs. Just hold me. I promise I won't vomit on you." Lady J replied, "How is Ash? The vomiting always hits at night."
"He is stable." N answered, "He is being moved to the Snowbelle Hospital tomorrow."
"It's that all over again."
"He came back from that. He'll come back from this. Due to your condition, I want you to return home to Pallet Town, Kanto. I don't like the thought of you traveling while pregnant."
"I agree. Home sounds so nice. Professor Oak will be able to help me with Reshiram. It will be nice to see Delia too." Lady J yawned.
"You need to go back to bed." N caught himself yawning.
"Not without you." Lady J smiled up at the man she loved.
Serena felt a pang of jealousy and shook it off. She enjoyed seeing how close husband and wife were. She wondered if someday she and Ash would be like that. She looked down at Ash, watching him sleep. Nurse Joy had not done much to Ash's leg, leaving Braxion's work alone. The material was very much like a cast. Pikachu jumped up onto the bed and settled in along Ash's right side. His head rested on Ash's right side. He gave a sad sigh.
"You remember that time too, right?" Lady J asked, sitting up a bit, "I forgot to give you this." She reached into her pocket and pulled out a packet of Ketchup. Pikachu's eyes lit up as he reached for it. Lady J handed it to him and Pikachu nipped open the corner of the packet and began to devour the red goodness inside, being careful not to squeeze the packet too hard.
"He is the only Pokemon I know who is obsessed with ketchup." N remarked.
"It is a first for me too." Nurse Joy said, coming over to remove the tubing now that the transfusion was done. "Make sure you eat and drink something before you go to bed."
"I will." N replied.
Outside, it began to rain, which changed to snow. It wasn't long before lightning flashed and thunder rumbled. The wind shrieked across the open flatlands. Before long, an ominous spiral of wind slowly rotated downward toward land. No one realized the danger.
Inside the Pokemon Center, the lights flickered. Latias gave a worried croon. Other flying types shuddered. A Noibat screeched in terror, fighting it's trainers grip. Jayla used the sound to come to the trainers side.
"Instinct is telling it to flee." Jayla's head shot up, "TORNADO! I NEED ALL POKEMON WHO KNOW TWISTER OUTSIDE NOW! JOY, DO YOU HAVE A STORM SHELTER?"
"I do! Everyone, move!" Joy rushed into her treatment room. "Serena, help me with Ash." Quickly, they they got Ash ready to be moved. Together, they rushed with Ash to the storm shelter. There was a crackling noise, and the power went out.
Outside, Jayla directed 12 Pokemon at once. Twisters flew at the massive tornado. Jayla gritted her teeth. It was her duty to protect, and she would be damned if she let the tornado reach and damage the Pokemon center. A twister scored a direct hit, judging by the decreasing roar that sounded almost like a train. The roar faded away. Jayla knew they were far from finished. She listened. A new roar built up.
"Fire your twisters, everyone!" Jayla ordered.
She heard the calls of the Pokemon as they whipped up and sent off Twisters at the new tornado. It was far closer than the first one. She could feel the wind pulling at her. She heard a whisper, and realized she was praying. The pull grew stronger. She took a desperate gamble.
"Combine your twisters! Work together!" Jayla wondered if the Pokemon heard her. A second pull confirmed that they had. The combined twister forced the tornado to fade. A new roar rose up. "Arceus, help us!" She knew this one was a monster. Debris flew at them. A Dragonite screamed, it's wing torn up by flying glass. Behind them, the windows shattered inward. Tiles from the roof tore itself free. Another Pokemon, a Noivern, shrieked as its wings snapped back, the bones breaking. "Arceus, save us!" Jayla felt her feet sliding as the wind yanked on her body. Her feet left the ground.
"TORNADUS!" Arms grabbed and held her. She heard another combined twister scream by. Arceus had answered her prayer by sending Tornadus.
"Please, protect the Pokemon Center!" Jayla pleaded as Tornadus set her down. She quickly got herself and the Pokemon inside and down to the storm shelter.
"What happened?" Someone asked.
"The Pokemon did very well. Dragonite and Noivern are injured, but not seriously." Jayla answered, "Tornadus is here."
"I got you, buddy." Dragonite's trainer checked the injured wing, "That must sting. It is a very minor injury, and it is a common injury among winged Pokemon. You don't need stitches."
"Here, let me set those bones and get you bandaged up. You will heal up just fine." Nurse Joy tended to the Noivern before returning to Ash's side. Serena, Bonnie, N, Clemont, and Lady J were by his side too. The boy was starting to moan and twist about as the morphine wore off.
"It's okay. You are okay." Serena soothed.
"Can't you give him something?" Clemont asked, "He's in so much pain!"
"My medicines are upstairs. I've got nothing down here to use." Joy answered.
Ash coughed hard, blood splattering the pillow as N and Clemont rolled him to his side so if he vomited, he wouldn't choke on it. N noticed a darkening mark on Ash's left side. He lifted the gown and gasped in horror at what he was seeing. It was large, mottled yellows, purples, reds, blues, greens swirling together to create a spreading bruise. Joy gasped. Mew used his Supersonic.
"Joy, it's bad. His spleen is nearly five times its normal size." He replied.
"I need to remove it, now, before it ruptures, causing him to bleed to death. We can't wait." Joy swallowed, "I'm not certified for this."
"We don't have much time."
"I know, and I don't have my tools ether. Does someone have a knife I can borrow?" Joy asked.
"Here." N handed over his pocket knife.
"I've got bandages." A girl handed them over.
"I have a needle and thread. I know how to stitch wounds closed." A man joined Joy. "I will help you. I'm an ER nurse, and my name is Leaf."
"I can't put him under. Sleep powder can be overcome by pain. I'm going to need some of you to hold him down." Joy took a deep breath. Never in her life had she thought that she would be performing an emergency surgery in her storm shelter on a trainer, with only a pocket knife to boot. The back up generator chose that moment to quit, plunging the room into darkness. Flashlights clicked on as Pokemon who knew flash lit up. The lighting was dim, way too dim for Joy to do what needed to be done.
"Clemont, she needs more light." Serena was by Ash's head.
"My clemontic gear doesn't have a function for light, and it will take me too long to configure that function." Clemont was on Ash's left side.
"I need a flashlight." Joy took the offered flashlight and handed it to Leaf. She knew she was going to have to do the surgery without gloves too.
"I'll guide you as best as I can with my Supersonic." Mew responded.
"Ash, you are not going to like this." Joy made her incision. Ash thrashed, trying to get away from the searing agony. Those holding him down redoubled their efforts. Joy swallowed, and reached into the incision, cutting through muscle and membrane to reach the spleen. Unable to move, Ash screamed incoherently. "I know, I know. Hang in there just a little longer." Joy took another deep breath. This was the hard part. She made several cuts. "Can someone find me a plastic bag or something?" Someone found a plastic bag and brought it over. Joy swallowed again, making a final cut. "Here it comes." Moving slowly and carefully, Joy lifted the spleen out of Ash's body. She put the slippery swollen mass into the bag. "Hand me the thread and the needle." Joy wished she could block out the sound of Ash's continued screams. Leaf took over, finishing up with the stitches. He took out a poke ball.
"Ivysaur, I need your help. Use sweet scent on the patient, and follow through with sleep powder. We need to knock him out." Leaf ordered.
"Ivysaur!" Ivysaur did as she was told. Ash quieted down as sweet scent relaxed him and sleep powder put him to sleep. Many people let out breaths no one realized they were holding. Nurse Joy sagged against the wall, her body trembling as the adrenaline left her body. She sank to the floor and drew her knees up to her body.
"Are you okay, Joyance?" Mew asked, coming down to settle on her lap.
"I'm okay. What I just did is going to cost me my license." Joy answered, "If I had to, I would do it again. I just hope it is in a treatment room next time."
"After what I just saw, she should let you keep your license." Wolfric looked over at Dianthe, "Well, Champion?"
Dianthe did something very unlike her.
"Why would I strip such a brave woman of her license? Nurse Joy did what she had to do without any hesitation with what she had on hand. She went above her training to save Ash's life. Joy, your license will not be revoked." Dianthe answered.
"Who are you and what did you do with the Champion?" A trainer cried out.
"Mom, what is going on?" Clemont asked.
"You are right, Bonnie. I have changed. I'm not me anymore. I have been harsh, doing what was best for the region. I never thought how my actions affected you all. I'm going to resign as Champion." Dianthe said.
"You do what you feel is best." Wolfric nodded.
"What will you do?" Clemont asked.
"It is time I reconnect with my people. I am going to travel all over Kalos and see the people and the region. I can't do that as Champion. My choice for your new Champion is Kaito Shion. He specializes in ice Pokemon and he is a strong trainer. I feel that this move is right." Dianthe answered.
"And I'm right here. I'll be happy to be your Champion. I'm also a Pokemon performer, and it is time I leave the performance circuit." Kaito responded, "Like Dianthe said, my specialty is ice type Pokemon. My current team is Cryogonal, Glaceon, and Vanilluxe." Kaito was tall with blue hair and eyes.
The building began to shake. Bits of debris began to rain down. Everyone heard the loud roar. Bonnie yelped in terror, Talonflame wrapping his wings around her. The walls began to strain and crack from the wind. Serena wondered if they would even survive. They heard Tornadus roaring. The building groaned as the cracks grew worse.
Cryogonal, Vanilluxe, use your Ice beams to seal those cracks!" Kaito tossed two poke balls into the air, releasing the two Pokemon who quickly began to seal the cracks with ice.
While this was going on, Ash began to awaken to a sea of pain. His leg and left side seemed to be competing to see which could hurt worse. He heard a trainer ordering their Pokemon to use ice beam, and the building was shaking. His vision began to clear as sleep powder and sweet scent wore off. Serena appeared above him.
"Everything is going to be okay. I'm here. Take it easy." Serena soothed.
"I'm here too. We're in a storm shelter, riding out a bad storm." Clemont appeared next to Serena, "Bonnie is fine. She is being comforted by a Talonflame."
Nurse Joy appeared next, "You made it through surgery. We will be out of here soon. I'll be able to give you morphine soon."
"Pika-pi?" Pikachu asked in concern, sliding under Ash's right arm and resting his head on Ash's shoulder.
"Don't try to talk. Just rest." N appeared.
"Vanilluxe, get that crack, quickly, now!" Kaito called out.
"TORNADUS!" Tornadus screeched.
Everything became calm.
"I'm not hearing anything." Jayla reported, "All of you stay here. As the Ranger, it is my duty to go out first. I am blind, so I'll need someone to come with me."
"I'll go with you." Clemont offered, "I'm a gym leader."
"Come. You too, Latias." Jayla said.
As he followed the Ranger, Clemont felt his heart racing and his palms get sweaty. He knew the signs. He sighed, knowing what it meant. He was developing feelings for the blind girl. He felt his cheeks get hot. At least Bonnie hadn't tried to find him a wife this time. She would likely try to hook him up with Nurse Joy, again. They entered the reception area.
"Careful, there is glass everywhere." Clemont wished he would stop blushing and grinning like an idiot.
"How does the building look?" Jayla asked, "You are blushing."
"How can you tell?" Clemont blurted out.
"I can feel the heat you are giving off." Jayla responded, "Go on, say it."
Clemont felt his tongue tie up. "I think I like you."
"I think I like you too. Come here a moment. This is how I see." Jayla smiled, knowing she was blushing too. Clemont came over, and Jayla felt out his face, "A deaf person uses their hands to talk, and a blind person uses their hands to see. I was born blind. Latias has been with me since I was little. What do you see?"
"The windows were blown in. The furniture has been blown about, some of it destroyed. There is damage to the walls and floor. The treatment room is unscathed." Clemont described what he saw.
"Tornadus, thank you for protecting us. I'm glad you came." Latias was outside talking to her fellow legendary.
"I hate seeing storms putting humans in danger. I made a promise to my dying trainer long ago that I would protect people." Tornadus looked around, "I did the best I could."
"You did well, my friend. How did your trainer die?"
"She was 12 years old when she found and nursed me back to health. I decided to stay with her and she helped me get stronger. I loved being her Pokemon. She grew up, married, had children, and grew old. She was 97 years old when she died. I held her like I used to when she was young and she passed in my arms. Her final wish was that I protect people from storms, and it is a wish I am happy to honor." Tornadus explained.
"It is good of you to honor her like that. Thanks to you, everyone is safe." Latias replied, "Sure there is damage, but if you had not come, it would be a lot worse than it is. Are you going to stay and help with rebuilding?"
"I always do. I may have to leave early to fight a storm in the Badlands. Right now, it looks like it might be rain only." Tornadus rose to check the roof on the Pokemon center, "The roof is in rough shape. I'll see to it that it gets fixed."
Inside the Pokemon Center, clean up had begun. Ash had been moved back into the treatment room and was asleep due to having received another dose of morphine. Serena stayed by his side, her hand holding his. Eevee was laying beside Pikachu. She knew the electric mouse was worried about his trainer. She was worried too. Bunnelby had told her what had happened. Eevee didn't blame Bonnie for what happened. She knew the little girl felt bad about what happened. Bonnie was currently asleep against Talonflame, who had covered her with a wing. Eevee looked over at Pikachu, and felt her heart flutter. Why did this happen whenever she looked at Pikachu? It didn't happen when she looked at Bunnelby or any of the other male Pokemon. What was different about Pikachu? Eevee knew her trainer had feelings for Pikachu's trainer. Maybe it was because of that that she saw Pikachu differently? She was confused. Maybe she should talk to someone about this. Chespin would never understand. Hawlucha? She was pretty sure the fighting type was in love with Frogadier. Frogadier? No, he was still clueless about Hawlucha, and Eevee wondered which way Frogadier leaned. Noibat was too young. Luxray? No, Luxray wouldn't understand ether. Pancham was a no go too as he was always trying to take down Chespin. Braxion? No, she wasn't completely comfortable around the fire type due to what had happened during her cub hood. Braxion understood, and let her be. That left Dendenne. She sighed. Dendenne often acted like the group therapist. He would understand her problem. That was for later. Right now, Ash and Pikachu needed her.
Queen Sunstar: Bold is Pokemon speech. Mew uses Telepathy to communicate. He works with Nurse Joy as a nurse because she saved his life shortly after she lost her partner, Wigglypuff, to kidney failure. Mew has worked with her ever since, and is quite skilled as a nurse. His moves are Supersonic, Volt Tackle, Thunder Wave, Refresh, and Psychic. Jayla is one of my OCs. She is a blind Ranger from Alma, which I know is spelled wrong. She and Clemont make such a cute couple. Latias is her seeing eye and partner Pokemon. Next chapter, Ash is moved to the Snowbelle Hospital. Kaito Shion is the same Kaito of the Vocaloids. This is the only chapter he'll be in, so this story is not really a crossover. None of the other Vocaloids will appear. If Kaito were a Pokemon trainer, he would totally have a Vanilluxe.