Blast From The Past

CHAPTER 2

"What do you mean by that? You're saying he's alive?" Brock asked, amazed at what Gary had said moments prior.

"Well, not exactly, Brock. We're not sure, but my grandpa is double-checking the signal right now. If it still matches Ash's, it could mean he's either alive or someone stole his pokedex." Gary explained.

"Gary...you're not kidding, are you?" Misty asked slowly.

"I wouldn't joke about this, Misty. This is real." Gary replied, giving a smile. Everyone looked at their knees, picturing the young boy they once knew now alive and healthy. Just in another region.

"So when are we going?" everyone looked at Max. "I doubt you called us over jsut to say this, I bet you already have ferry tickets to Unova."

"...You really are wiser than age, Max. The ship leaves at 9:30 tomorrow, we will arrive around noon."


Meanwhile, in the region of Unova, there is a forest of peaceful pokemon, with vibrant wildlife growing around them. In a small clearing, four tents sit. Red, blue, pink, and yellow. In the pink tent, a girl crawls out of the flap. "Huh? Is everyone still asleep?" she asked, looking around. A figure crawled from the red tent.

"Yeah, until you woke me up," he yawned, stretching his arms.

"Well, excuse me. Where's Trevor and Leader?" she asked.

"Trevor got up early and went to the lake, while leader's still in there," the boy said, gesturing to the yellow tent.

"He really is thinking hard on this, huh?" she asked quietly, crossing her arms over her chest. She noticed the boy's gaze go down. "Arceus, Jack!" she hissed, punching him in the gut. He grunted, moving his hands to his chest.

"Oh, come on, Lexi. It's normal behavior," he said to her, watching her walk away.

"Don't tempt me to hurt you," she turned back to him, smirking.

"Wouldn't dream of it," he replied, crossing his arms. She continued walking for a few minutes until she came to a lake. She looked around, then noticed a figure surface from the water.

"Trevor!" he looked over to the source of the voice, seeing her. He swam over and got out of the water, standing beside her.

"What's up? Leader want something?" he asked.

"No, just came to visit. We are separating today, after all," she said.

"Yeah, but we are going to join again at the Pokemon League," he stated, giving her a strange look.

"Yeah, but..." she trailed off, rubbing her arm. "...Well...we had a good run, I guess."

"You came here without even really knowing, didn't you?" he asked.

"...You know...I think you might be right," she said.

"Trev! Lexi! Leader's calling!" the two looked at each other, starting through the trees back to camp. Once back, they saw Jack standing beside their leader.

"Sorry to make you wait, Leader," Lexi said, getting to one knee.

"Stand up," she immediately straightened up. "I'm kind of tired of having to tell you that. Now, the reason I called you here..."

"It's time to go," Trevor said, crossing his arms.

"Yes, Trevor. You three may not have learned as well as the others, but you are no longer the young trainers I took in. You are now leaders to yourselves, make the right decisions as you fulfill your tasks," he explained.

"Thank you, Leader. For all your help," Jack said, giving a smile.

"Thanks."

"It was an honor, Leader."

"No flattery, it helps with nothing in this world. Now, it is time to go, each of you. Another thing, if any of you run into distractions from your speeches...look for the thunderbolt at Dragonspiral Tower. When that lightning is visible, you are to head to the League ahead of time," he said, turning to the yellow tent. "Buddy, it's time to go," he said. A small yellow mouse emerged, crawling onto his shoulder. "I wish the three of you a successful journey."

"I won't be needing that, knowing me," Jack said proudly.

"You'll need more," Lexi added, making Jack fall over.

"Hey!"

"What?" she asked innocently, sticking her tongue out. Trevor sighed, pulling a pokeball. He tossed it, giving a blue flash as it formed a figure. An elegant white swan, pecking at its wing.

"Swan!" it called out, extending its wings. Trevor stood behind it, gently getting on its back.

"Good luck to you three," he said, then the pokemon took off toward eastern Unova. Lexi and Jack looked at each other.

"Well...I guess this is goodbye, for now," Lexi said.

"Stop making everything dramatic. It's just a simple parting," Jack sighed, rubbing his forehead. He tossed a pokeball, releasing a large blue dragon with red blade-like wings. It gave an intimidating roar, scaring a few bird pokemon out of the forest. "I'll see you soon, Leader. I won't let you down. Salamence, let's ride!" the dragon took off, flying toward the west.

"Man, that guy..." Lexi sighed. She turned around, seeing her leader standing beside a large light-brown and white feathered bird.

"Pidgeooot!" it called out, extending its wings as he jumped on its back.

"May you have success, Lexi," he said, then they took off toward where Jack had gone. Lexi sighed.

"Men, they just can't wait for action..." she said to herself, her hands on her hips. She tossed a pokeball and released a large white and red feathered eagle.

"Braaaav!" it cried out. Lexi hopped on its back, flying south.


"Okay, maybe I was wrong about the ferry part..." Max repeated, looking out the window at the immense ocean beneath them. The boy and his friends were currently not on a boat, as previously thought, but soaring through the air on a plane.

"Okay! Jeez, you've said that almost ten times now," May sighed, rubbing her eyes.

"You're just cranky from your nap," Max replied, still gazing out.

"Come on, guys, we should make a plan," Dawn said, hanging over the seat.

"Shouldn't you have a seat belt on?" Max asked, now looking at her.

"Probably," she shrugged. "Anyway, I say we split up and search Unova."

"How? Unova is huge and there's not many of us," Max stated.

"So? As long as we cover a lot of ground, it could work," Dawn said.

"She's right," they looked at Gary, the seats across the aisle from May and Max. Behind him was Brock.

"They're both right. I say we split up evenly and take a small region of Unova, searching for anyone who's seen him," Brock added, leaning forward to see them.

"Okay, so how do we do this?"

"I don't know...drawing from a hat? Rock-paper-scissors?"

"Draw," A few minutes later, they were each looking at a small piece of paper.

"South," Dawn and Misty said at the same time.

"East," Max and Gary.

"West," Brock and May.

"Okay, I assume we don't all know our Unova towns. South would count as Nimbasa and down, so that as well as Castelia, Nacrene and Nuvema Town. West would be Driftveil and Iccirus City, while east would be Lacunosa, Undella and Black City," Gary explained.

"Black City could also count as White Forest, since there's a small forest beside it," Max added.

"Whatever, I'm just trying to finish quickly. We're almost there," he said, pointing out the window. Everyone looked, seeing a small town begin to grow larger.

"Wow, we are!" Max exclaimed happily.

"And we're getting closer to the truth," Brock added, looking. Everyone looked out the window thinking about Ash, but one in particular was thinking about more.

"Oh, Ash...if only you hadn't left at that time...we could have fixed our problem..." May thought sadly, rubbing a certain bracelet around her wrist.


"We're almost there, buddy," the man said, riding the large bird as they began to pass over the edge of Iccirus City.

"PikaPi, pikachu pika chupi kachu."

"No, I don't regret it. I plan to change this world for the better, and I had to do it. Leaving them would strengthen me, and now I don't have any side-feelings to distract me," he replied to the mouse.

"PikaPi? Pikachu chupi pika kapi."

"I'm over that. Besides, you know how it was," he said.

"Pikachu?"

"You know, I've told you before. Besides, as my pokemon, you could feel how I felt," the man sighed.

"Pikaa..."

"Yeah, now you remember. I know it's impossible without Dialga or Celebi, but I wish I could go back in time to change that. Leaving her like that... and knowing how we felt about each other...I knew it was a mistake..."

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