Ch 2: Intensity
A little girl was playing near the road with a Grubbin.
"One, two." She said as the Grubbin prepared to hide.
"I love you, I love, from the bottom of my heart. He says I'm in love with you right now. But behind such sweet words. There was a feeling of loneliness." They heard.
A few minutes later a man was franticly running down the road.
"Carol! Carol where are you!" He screamed , not noticing a boy behind him walking up the hill playing with a yoyo.
Ash slowly woke up and stretched his arms.
He looked at the foot of his bed and saw pikachu was still fast asleep.
He carefully got up and saw Red's face still pressed against his pillow.
"Uh Red, come on we need to get up." Ash said.
"Uhhg give me five more minutes."
"No now." Ash said as he pulled Red out.
Red gave Ash an irritated look before got up.
Pikachu yawned and stretched like a cat.
"Morning Pikachu." Ash said as he lowered his arm and let Pikachu run onto his shoulder.
"Come on we gotta eat before class."
Red got up and put some cloths on.
Elsewhere Serena was anxiously waiting outside the bathroom.
"Come on Lillie you've been in there for over forty minutes, I need to shower too."
The door opened as some steam came out with Lillie wearing an expensive looking bath robe.
"Sorry, not use to sharing a shower." Lillie said as Serena went inside.
A few moments later Lillie heard the shower start and Serena screamed.
"Oh and I may have used up all the hot water." Lillie said sweat dropping.
Ash and Red were walking down the hall when they saw Hau and Gary leave their room.
"Morning Ash, Red." Hau said.
"Morning Hau, Gary." Red said.
"This is so exciting our first day of class." Hau said.
"Yeah well not as excited as me." Gary said.
"How do you figure that?" Ash asked.
"Because I'm going to become student number one." Gary said.
"I doubt that."
"Why?" Gary said.
"Because that's going to be me." Ash said.
"Oh yeah!"
"Yeah."
Hau looked at Red.
"Are those two ok?"
"Yeah they're just old rivals." The four got to the kitchen and eating area where they say Serena, Moon, and Lillie came down from the stairs.
"Morning guys." Moon said.
"Morning." Hau said.
"You guys sleep ok?" Serena asked.
"Well enough. I'm excited for our first day." Ash said.
"Hey where's Mallow?" Hau asked.
"I don't know she wasn't in the room when I woke up." Moon said.
Kiawe and Sophocles sitting at a table. Kiawe was eating some egg whites and bacon while Sophocles was having doughnuts.
Their pokemon were beside them eating as well.
Kiawe saw Sophocles finish the box.
"Sophocles we need to talk about your eating habits."
"Morning Kiawe." Ash said.
"Morning guys."
"So is there food in the kitchen for us to make our breakfast or?" Gary started before the door burst open and they saw Mallow come out with several plates.
"Morning everyone!" She shouted as they all turned to her.
"I made everyone breakfast, I hope you all like it." She said as the others sweat dropped, Mallow sitting them down before putting the plates in front of them.
"I made you all nice healthy egg whites and fruit, everyone the growing person needs." She said.
"Uh thanks." Gary said nervously.
The group let out their pokemon as Pikachu leapt down beside them.
"Eat up." Ash said as he took out a bowl and poured some electric type pokemon food Kukui gave him into the bowl.
The others did the same as their pokemon began eating up.
"Aren't they just cu." Serena started before she saw Lillie had retreated to another table across the room with a scared expression.
"Is she ok? She did the same thing last night when I had Vulpix out " Serena asked.
Mallow came close to Serena.
"Here's the thing about Lillie, she's well , afraid of pokemon."
"Afraid of pokemon?"
Red heard this and gave a confused look before looking back at Lillie.
"So what's class like?" Ash asked.
"Well Kukui usually goes over information about pokemon and proper ways to raise them. Then we spend some time in the courtyard training them." Kiawe said.
"So , Ash, where are you from in Kanto?" Serena asked slightly nervously.
"Me and Red are from Pallet town, just like Gary." Ash said.
"Pallet town!" Serena said with some excitement.
"So you've known professor Oak for a while?"
"Yeah ever since I was a kid."
Mallow, Lillie, Red, and Moon noticed Serena's face turn red again.
Pikachu finished his breakfast and licked the bowl when he saw Charmander staring him down.
"Pika?"
Charmander came forward sniffing him.
"Pika?"
"Char, Charmander."
"Vulpix." The two heard as they saw the white Vulpix.
"Vulpix." She said.
"Pika, Pikachu."
"Char."
After finishing up breakfast the students made their way over to the main building.
They each took their seats with their pokemon beside them.
Serena nervously sat beside Ash.
Moments later Kukui walked into the room.
"Alola students."
"Alola." They said back.
"Good morning students, I hope everyone slept well because we have a big day today. I hope our new students are ready because today we're going over different strategies for raising different pokemon types." Kukui turned to the chalkboard.
"Normal, fighting, flying, poison, ground, rock, bug, ghost, steel, fire, water, grass, electric, psychic, ice, dragon, dark, and fairy types each require different methods of raising them. Ash could you and Pikachu come up here for a moment." Kukui said.
Ash and Pikachu got up and went to the front desk as Kukui picked up pikachu and set him on the desk.
"Pikachu for example, they store electricity in their cheeks and tail. When raising a Pikachu it's important to ensure both areas are properly taken care of. This allows them to grow stronger and healthier. Ash a good way to do this is to massage them daily, this helps relax the muscles and let's the electricity move more easily through a Pikachu's body."
"Really?"
Kukui nodded.
"Top studies show that Pikachu's raised in this manner not only live longer than those in the wild or not in such a way, but become far stronger with their electric attacks. I want you to try, carefully massage his cheeks and tail."
Pikachu looked up at Ash as he slowly came down and rubbed Pikachu's cheeks carefully.
At first Pikachu seemed a little uncomfortable, but Ash saw this and did it more carefully, looking at how Kukui was moving his hands as a demonstration.
Pikachu started to look like he was enjoying it.
"Pika!" He said sounding relaxed.
When Ash stopped Pikachu stood on his four legs and sparked some electricity that surged through his entire body.
"Pika!"
"Now try again with his tail."
Ash did the same thing , carefully caressing Pikachu's tail as he sounded relaxed.
Many of the students were impressed seeing Ash do this, Serena watched particularly closely, especially when Pikachu sounded happy again, more electricity surging across his body, this time turning blue.
"Aha there you have it students, when a Pikachu's electricity turns blue it's a sign of more powerful electricity from a healthier Pikachu."
Pikachu ran up Ash's arm nuzzling his cheek as Serena blushed a little.
"Alright how about someone else gives it a try."
"I'll do it!" Hau said as he got up an rushed to the front desk.
Pikachu looked up at Hau as his expression changed.
"Now Hau be careful, if you rub the cheeks wrong you'll." Kukui started before Pikachu growled like he had the day before and shocked Hau with electricity, making him shout in pain before falling over.
"Pika!" Pikachu growled angrily.
"Ok, someone else." Kukui said as the rest of the class looked nervous.
"I could try." Moon said as she got up and walked up to Pikachu.
She carefully tried to rub them before Pikachu growled again and blasted her with electricity, Moon shrieking in pain before falling onto Hau who was still on the ground.
Lillie now looked terrified as Ash sweat dropped.
"Ok maybe no one else should."
"I'll try it."
Ash and Kukui looked back to see Serena stand up and slowly walk to the front of the class.
The others were surprised to see this, Serena herself was a bit nervous especially when she saw Pikachu growling at her.
Ash was surprised to see her come up there after Pikachu shocked Hau and Moon.
Serena saw Pikachu growling at her and took a deep breath.
She carefully rubbed Pikachu's cheeks remembering how Ash did it.
Pikachu growled at first, but then stopped.
"Pika." He said sounding relaxed.
Serena finished rubbing as Pikachu smiled and sparked blue electricity across his body.
"Well done Serena." Kukui said as Ash looked very impressed.
"Woah." he thought to himself, amazed by Serena's courage and ability to comfort Pikachu like that.
When Serena saw Ash's face she blushed a little.
After finishing in the classroom all of the students followed Kukui to the outside courtyard with their pokemon.
"Alright students now it's time to get down to some hands on training, we'll start by."
"Alola!" They heard, making Kukui jump.
He turned to see Samson standing there in a black Keikogi.
"Samson why are you wearing a Keikogi?" Kukui asked.
Samson smiled.
"I'll be training all the new students from here on out Kukui."
"You're what?"
Samson nodded.
"But Samson."
"All new students come with me."
All six of them sweat dropped as Kukui sighed.
"Alright let's go." Samson said as the six and their pokemon followed him.
He lead them to another part of the school near the water and the main building.
Six Keikogi were laid out before them.
"Uh what's going on?" Gary asked.
"Go inside and get changed."
"Why?" Red asked.
"It's part of the training."
The six nervously went inside and came out wearing the Keikogis.
Serena had her hair tied up into a big pony tail using a pink bowtie.
"Now then it's time to start your training."
"Why are we wearing these Keikogi?" Hau asked.
"Because you six are going to train in a very special manner, it's not just your pokemon that are going to learn fighting.
"Fighting?" They all said.
Samson nodded.
"Indeed. Each of you are going to learn a different form of martial arts. Ash, Red, you two will learn Northern Shaolin Kung Fu, Gary you will learn T'ai chi ch'uan, Serena Ba Gua, Moon you and Hau will learn Hung Gar. I have mastered all of these martial arts and can teach them too you all at once while also teaching your pokemon how to battle, I'm that skilled." Samson said as he revealed six pokeballs.
He let them out revealing a Lucario, a Hariyama, a Crabrawler, a Primape, A Machamp, and a Pangoro.
"Why are we learning to fight too?" Ash asked.
"Because each of you is going to become perfectly in synch with your pokemon, when you do that you will be able to train and bond with them like no one else."
"Why us, why not everyone at the school?" Serena asked.
"Yeah Sophocles looks like he could use the exercise." Gary said.
Samson laughed.
"You kids are so funny, let's begin."
All six and their pokemon sweat dropped.
"Let's start, Ash Red come at me and have your pokemon come at Lucario and Pangoro."
"Ok, uh Pikachu use Thunderbolt."
"Charmander use Ember."
Pikachu leapt up.
"Pika chu!"
"Char!" The two unleashed their attacks as Ash and Red ran at Samson.
Lucario dodged the thunderbolt effortlessly and sprinted forward slamming Pikachu into the ground as Pangoro rolled forward avoiding the ember and punched Charmander back.
Ash and Red came at Samson but he unleashed a furry of fast , successive attacks that felt extremely powerful and continuous, the two were dropped to the ground.
"Northern Shaolin Kung Fu, fast successive attacks , focus on power. Serena you're next."
Serena and her Vulpix looked very nervous.
Ash and Red rubbed their heads as they got up and checked on their pokemon.
"Vulpix use Ice shard!"
"Val!" Her Vulpix shouted as she unleashed several shards of ice at Primeape who smashed them with one fist before charging forward and slamming Vulpix into the ground.
Serena ran at Samson and tried to strike him, but he swiftly avoided the moment in an evasive manner before striking her with his hands moving from his abdomen, knocking her onto the ground.
"Ba Gua , swift evasive moment and intangibility with energy coming from the core." She saw Ash extend his hand down and blushed a little.
Gary pumped himself up.
"Gary you're up."
"Water gun!" Gary shouted as he ran at his second cousin.
Popplio blasted Hariyama but he blocked the blast with his large hand before smacking Popplio back.
Gary tried to punch Samson, but he grabbed his arm and in a fluid like movement used Gary's own energy and redirected it back as he struck him twice before hurling him onto the ground.
"T'ai chi ch'uan slow movement s and elegant forms like flowing water, redirecting energy and defense is turned into offense. Moon, Hau you're up."
"Ember!"
"Leafage!"
The two pokemon unleashed their attacks as their trainers ran at Samson.
Machamp and Crabrawler smashed through the attacks before pounding their opponents into the ground.
Samson took a very rooted stance as he unleashed strong kicks and punches into Hau and Moon.
"Hung Gar, rooted stances, strong kicks and punches like the mass and power of the earth."
Samson began laughing again.
"We're going to have so much fun."
Elsewhere Kukui was working with the others when he noticed a police motorcycle pull up.
"Hold on students." Kukui went over and saw officer Jenny as she dismounted.
"Can I help you officer?"
"Professor Kukui yes, in the last few days several children from the nearby town and city have been reported missing as well as any pokemon they were with." She showed him pictures of them all.
"Oh my."
"Have you seen any suspicious activity here?"
"No."
"Well if you do please report it."
Kukui nodded.
Most of the day was comprised of the six and their pokemon undergoing harsh physical training , as well as fast sparring sessions, and lighting fast pokemon battles with them having to make quick decisions with their pokemon's move combinations.
By the end of the day Samson had exhausted them nearly to the point of collapse, each so sweaty the salt was hurting their eyes.
"An excellent first day you twelve. By the time we're done you'll be ready."
"For, 'huff' the island trials." Red said.
"Island trial? Oh right yes exactly. Go get some food, I've asked Mallow to make you all a very healthy post exercise meal as well as some special food for your pokemon. Rest up tonight we get even more intense tomorrow." Samson said before they saw him and his pokemon jump into the pond.
They sweat dropped as they saw Samson splashing around with them.
"Uhh this isn't exactly what I had in mind when I cam here." Moon said.
Most of them returned their pokemon to their pokeballs but Ash put Pikachu on his shoulder as they slowly returned to the dorm building.
Kukui and Kiawe were watching them leave.
"What is he doing?" Kukui asked.
"I wish I could train with them." Kiawe asked.
"I should have a word with him." Kukui asked.
"I'm heading in." Lillie said to the other students.
"I need to test my invention on the sunset." Sophocles said.
"Alright but come in by dark." Kukui said.
"Come on Togedemaru." Sophocles said as the two went to the edge of the school near a cliffside as the sun began to set.
"Alright if we can capture the green flash I can check the spectrum for." He started before the two heard something.
"I love you, I love, from the bottom of my heart. He says I'm in love with you right now. But behind such sweet words. There was a feeling of loneliness." .
"Hello, who's there?" Sophocles said as he and his pokemon looked around.
A few minutes later Ash and Pikachu were slowly walking out there as Ash cracked his back.
"Uhhg." He said sounding sore.
"Hey Sophocles time to come in." He said as he and Pikachu looked around but didn't see them.
"Huh where are they?"
Pikachu then saw something and nudged Ash as he turned to see a small boy with round glasses playing with a yoyo walk away from the school.
"Who's that kid?"
He returned to the dorm and sat down beside Red and Serena as Mallow set some more egg whites and other post workout meals down for them.
"Here you guys are I worked really hard to make you guys the best healthy meals like headmaster Oak asked!" Mallow said in a very cheerful tone as she set down their dinners and their pokemon's dinner.
They slowly ate the meals.
"Wow these taste good. This is healthy?" Hau asked.
"One hundred percent." Mallow said smiling.
"Everything is sore, and we have to do it again. Why us?" Red asked.
"I don't know, but my grandfather said his cousin was a little, 'different'" Gary said.
"Well maybe there's a method to his madness." Ash said.
"Ash might be right." Hau said.
Moon turned to the other students.
"Hey Lana, Kiawe did he ever make you guys do this stuff?" She asked.
"No, I feel bad for you guys, we had a great time. Tomorrow we're going fishing" Lana said.
"I don't want to go fishing." Lillie said.
"Ash do you think we should talk to Samson about this?" Red asked.
"I don't know, I think he might be a little off, but he had sort of a point, I mean his pokemon were all in really good synch with him. I mean if we do what he says maybe we could become champions, we just have to tough it out, never give up until the end."
Upon hearing Ash say that Serena's face turned so red and she had such flustered look that she looked as if she would fall over.
Lillie saw this.
Later that night Serena came out of the shower drying her hair. She was wearing a pink jacket like shirt and purple shorts with a few bandages on her face.
Lillie saw her and sighed.
"Hey, you're hair."
"What about it?"
"Your crazy work out got it all messed up." She said as Serena realized she was right.
"Oh geez." She started before Lillie came over with a few brushes.
"Here let me help you." She said before she saw Vulpix on her lap.
"Eek! Put her away first!"
Serena returned Vulpix as Lillie came up behind her and started brushing her hair.
"Thanks Lillie." Serena said.
"If we're going to be roommates we should look out for each other, and no girl should have to have her hair get this messed up. Especially in front of someone they like."
Serena's face turned Red.
"I, I don't know what you're."
"Oh save it, I'm not some dense boy, I can tell you have a think for Ash. He seems handsome enough, but I take it there's something else about him you're into."
Serena gave a nervous expression.
"Don't worry , this stays between us." Lillie said as she continued.
The following morning Ash and Red both awoke with their Pikachu and Charmander.
All four were incredibly sore and didn't want to get up.
"Can we just lay here?" Red said.
"Char." Charmander said nodding.
Ash grunted as he got up, Pikachu reluctantly climbing onto his shoulder.
"Come on little bro." Ash said as Red and Charmander both got up.
"Look on the bright side, we'll appreciate the classroom setting even more."
They left their room and saw Hau slowly come out with Gary.
"Hey you think I could have the top bunk once and a while?"
"No." Gary said.
"Hey , you guys ready for another fun day?" Red asked.
"No." Hau said smiling.
They went down to the eating area where Mallow was already up and Moon was asleep on the table.
"Hey morning guys, got your breakfast all ready!"
"Thanks."
Serena and Lillie soon joined them but Lillie sat at another table when she saw the pokemon.
Red looked over at her again when they saw Kiawe and Kukui come in with concerned looks.
"Morning professor." Hau said before he saw their expressions.
"Have any of you seen Sophocles and Togedemaru?"
"No."
"They never came in last night, we've searched everywhere even the nearby town and there's no sign of them."
All of the students looked concerned.
"I'm calling the police." Kukui said as Kiawe sat down.
"I'm worried about the kid."
After breakfast and classroom time, the six and their pokemon met with Samson as he continued their harsh training with their pokemon. They did what they did yesterday only even more intense. Eventually at one for an hour lunch break.
When they came back they were standing in front of six dummies wearing armor.
"Uh what's with the dummies, are we sparing on them?" Gary asked.
"Yup but not with martial arts." Samson said as he revealed several weapons.
"Weapons?" Ash said.
"You won't just be learning martial arts, but also how to handle these weapons." Samson said as he handed Ash and Red non edges swords, Serena a bow and arrows, Gary two non edges short lances, Hau a non edged small battle axe, and Moon two short non edges daggers.
He also handed them each a scroll.
They opened the scrolls and saw various techniques for their assigned weapons.
"How is this suppose to help us learn to train pokemon?" Serena asked.
"Ha ha ha ha ha! Serena you crack me up, now get to it and have your pokemon practice move combinations as well." Samson said.
Samson began practicing his various martial arts.
"I want to see some intensity!" Samson shouted smiling.
Ash and the others tried practicing what the scrolls showed them, moving intensely , Serena not just firing arrows, but hitting the dummy with her bow.
They gave their pokemon various combinations of their moves as Kukui finished up with his students and went to Kiawe.
"I'm going to talk to the police again is Samson asks where I am." Kukui said as Kiawe nodded.
Lana went over to the water with her Popplio.
She saw her pokemon jumping out of the water and smiled.
"I love you, I love, from the bottom of my heart. He says I'm in love with you right now. But behind such sweet words. There was a feeling of loneliness."
"Huh?" Lana said as she and Popplio looked around.
Kiawe thought he heard a scream and franticly looked around.
"Lana, Lana, Lana!" He screamed.
"Ok fifteen minute break." Samson said as Ash cracked his back again.
"Pika." Pikachu said sounding fatigued.
"Guys!" They heard as Kiawe, Mallow, and Lillie came running over.
"What's wrong?"
"Lana and her Popplio are missing."
"What?!"
Samson gave a concerned look.
He came over and turned to everyone as he looked serious.
"Everyone split up and look for them, if you see any suspicious people don't confront them." Samson said.
Ash, Serena, and Hau were looking around the entrance with their pokemon.
"Lana!"
"Lana!"
"Lana!" Hau shouted with extra emphasis.
"Pika!"
"Vulpix!"
"Row!"
As Ash looked around he heard something.
"I love you, I love, from the bottom of my heart. He says I'm in love with you right now. But behind such sweet words. There was a feeling of loneliness."
He saw a small boy playing with a Yoyo walking away from the school.
"Hey!" he said as he rushed over with Pikachu.
"Ash!" Serena shouted as Ash grabbed the boy's arm.
"You! You were here yesterday when Sophocles went missing! Who are you?!" Ash shouted as Pikachu growled.
Serena and Hau came over with their pokemon as the boy turned and smiled.
He pushed Ash and the others back , being surprisingly strong.
"I love you, I love, from the bottom of my heart. He says I'm in love with you right now. But behind such sweet words." The boy said as he spun himself around.
Ash, Serena, Hau, and their pokemon's eyes widened as they saw the boy turn himself into a large monster.
The monster stood over them looking like some kind of sick cross between a human and a Lickitung, only with red eyes, tan skin, and no tongue out.
" There was a feeling of loneliness." The monster said in a more menacing voice before he opened his mouth as six large tongues came out of his mouth and ensnared them all , picking them up as Serena and Hau screamed in horror.
"You dummies will be sad you messed with Lickilost." The monster said.
Ash then had an idea.
"Guys brace yourselves, Pikachu use Thunderbolt!" Ash said gritting his teeth.
"Pika chu!" Pikachu shouted as he blasted the tongue and the monster with electricity, the others were hit as well and endured the pain as the monster let them go.
"Hmp, gotta go, that hurt. I love you, I love, from the bottom of my heart. He says I'm in love with you right now. But behind such sweet words. There was a feeling of loneliness." The monster said as he transformed back into the little boy with the yoyo and walked off, fading into nothing.
The six looked very freaked out by what just happened.
"Ok, we need to find headmaster Oak." Ash said.
Elsewhere the little boy was in the rainforest walking into a cave.
Inside the cave there were several cages with various children and pokemon inside.
Many of the children were scared or crying.
The little boy had an evil grin on as he transformed back into the monster.
He walked by a cage with Lana and Sophocles inside with their pokemon.
"Let us out!" Lana shouted shaking the bars.
Lickilost opened his mouth and smacked her with a tongue.
"Do you all want to see your mommies and daddies again, well sorry you'll never see them again, ha ha ha ha , I love you, I love, from the bottom of my heart. He says I'm in love with you right now. But behind such sweet words. There was a feeling of loneliness." He then heard footsteps and turned to see several men wearing black sleepless wifebeater shirts and black shorts with black bandana's on their mouths and white ones over their hair walked in.
They looked like they were squatting and walking with their arms at their sides moving forward and backwards.
Another large man approached as Lickilost saw him and quickly kneeled.
"I, I didn't know you were coming."
"You revealed yourself already."
"I."
"Was seen by humans, and left."
"No one will believe them."
"I should have expected this from a child."
"Wait! I'll solve the problem, tomorrow I'll go back back and get them all."
"Fine, I'll give you a chance to fix your mistake I'll even let you use some Skull grunts."
"Thank you , I promise I will fix it."
Author's note
Alright chapter 2 is finished,
To answer some questions, no aura guardian stuff in this book, I am trying something different.
Ash and Serena development as well as other possible shippings, I'm afraid you'll just have to wait and see.
In the future if you have questions please PM me with them it's easier for me to answer them directly
So until next time,
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