Lucario's Tale Chapter 3

Wassup, my fellow fanfictioners. Chef pokemonrox7 here, ready to serve you up a delicious slice of Lucario's Tale, Chapter 3. I really hope you enjoy it. Sure this intro might suck, but the story won't. Bon appitite.


"On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow." -Friedrich Nietzsche


After their talk by the lake, Ash and Lucario were starving. Their desire to commence with the training was overshadowed by the desire to fill their stomachs with some dinner. Ash had never really had an extreme problem feeding all his pokemon despite the large numbers. He'd always find some way to feed his pokemon one way or another. It wasn't easy, but it wasn't too hard either. In fact, one of the reasons he was heading to Mt Corenet was not only because it was a good place to train, but he also heard of a rare type of berry that grew quite commonly on the peak of the mountain despite the conditions. Apparently, it could sustain someone for a least two days. That would be invaluable for everyone. However, Mt Corenet was a good month and a half away, so he'd just have to find out when they got there.

Ash knelt down to reach into his bag and pulled out a stack of collapsible plastic food bowls. Simply pressing on it would make the flat bowl pop out and have enough room to put in a decent amount of pokemon food. After doing this once to one bowl and repeating this process another 28 times, he had enough bowls for everyone. He reached into his pack again and pulled out multiple cans of pokemon food. Each can could feed about four pokemon, so Ash made sure to carry at least seven cans of pokemon food at once. Ash pried the lid off each can and poured the food into one of the bowls. He then repeated this action until all the bowls were filled to the brim with pokemon food. He then stood up and clapped his hands, satisfied with his work. He then grabbed one of the bowls and handed it to Lucario. The pokemon gazed at the bowl of food in his paws. It seemed to be tasty. He took one of the pellets out and slowly chewed it. "How is it, Lucario?" Ash asked. The Aura pokemon looked up at Ash with a smile on his face. "It's really good. To be honest it's one of the best things I've ever tasted!" he replied. Ash grinned at this statement. "If that's the best thing you've ever tasted, I should've asked a friend of mine named Brock for his pokemon food recipe. He can make food that's much tastier than that." Ash responded.

Lucario grabbed another piece and ate it. "So why didn't you?" he asked. Ash chuckled at this question and simply replied "'Cause anytime I cook something, I burn it so bad that you could use whatever I made to pave roads." Lucario laughed at Ash's joke and then resumed eating. "So where is this Brock now?" Lucario asked. Ash's grin slowly left his face, leaving Lucario to wonder about what had happened. "Just...give me a second." Ash replied.

He then cupped his hands around his mouth to accentuate his voice.

"Hey guys, dinner's ready! Come and get it!" Ash called. He turned to Lucario. "You might wanna step back a bit." he said. Lucario was confused by Ash's words for a brief moment. That confusion was quickly dissuaded as he saw a herd of all of Ash's pokemon stampeding towards said trainer's position. Lucario, now having got the point, quickly backed a few meters away. Ash stood his ground. having done this over a dozen times. Lucario backed away a bit more and found a rock that he could sit on. He placed himself down, grabbed another pellet from his bowl, and watched the chaos ensue.


Eventually, the trial of the pokemon pandemonium ended. All the pokemon were happily feasting on their bowls of pokemon food, and Ash, although looking a slight bit dishevelled was relatively unharmed.

After looking back and feeling satisfied that dinner had been served for his pokemon, he began to make his way over to Lucario. The pokemon in question noticed Ash's approach. Ash reached Lucario and settled himself down on the rock that Lucario was already occupying. Ash turned his head to his left to look at Lucario and Lucario stared back. A minute passed, only the breeze blowing and distant sounds of pokemon eating were all that kept the scene from being completely silent. Ash was trying to collect his thoughts on where to begin on the subject of his friends.

"So, who are your friends?" Lucario asked, breaking the silence in an attempt to push Ash forward a bit. Ash stayed quiet for a few moments before smiling as the memories of his dear friends filled his mind.

"Well, as I mentioned before, Brock has been on my journey for the longest any human has travelled with me. I met him in Pewter City. He was the gym leader there, but also a big brother and carer to nine other siblings. When I tried to win a Boulder Badge from him, He beat me pretty bad. The second time, we accidentally activated a sprinkler system and stopped the battle. But later, Brock decided to give me the badge anyway. He's a great pokemon breeder and chef. He's smart and has really helped me out through all my adventures."

"Another one of my friends, Dawn is a pokemon coordinator. I met her in the forest after a trio of pokemon thieves that call themselves Team Rocket attempted to steal Pikachu. She did her best to protect him, and for that, I'll always be grateful. After stopping them, She joined my journey. She's always there on the journey to help lift the tone up and she gets along with her pokemon well. And despite some...uh...difficulty with how she looks at times, she's a valuable asset to the team. She hasn't been with me as long as Brock has, but I don't think that matters."

Lucario was listening greatly as Ash recounted his experience with his friends. As soon as he finished Lucario decided to ask the question that had been on his mind for a while.

"So, if they're such great friends, then how come you're out here with only your pokemon? Why aren't they here?" Lucario asked.

Ash sighed. "Well, the night of the event that I told you about, I...I-I left them..." Ash confessed. "I came to the conclusion that my pokemon and I weren't getting the time that we needed to train to our fullest potentials. Since we needed to help out Dawn and Brock with their skills, we weren't getting any time to train properly. The same applied to them. We were slowing them down too. I decided that in order for us all to get better, we needed to go our separate ways, and get stronger by ourselves. And yes, I do sometimes regret my decision. But sometimes, you gotta stop walking the easy path and turn around and face the hard path, the one that you don't want to go down but the one that'll make you stronger." Ash told Lucario. In the pokemon's mind, it did kind of make sense. With no one else distracting you from your goal with their's, it would be very difficult to be distracted from your own, especially if you had a one-track-mind. Lucario knew that he could never fathom how hard it was for Ash to make that difficult, but beneficial choice.

Ash then stood up from the rock and stretched his back. "But that's the past, something I choose not to focus on. I'm more of a what's-happening-now guy." and that's that." Ash finished. Lucario finally understood all of what Ash had on his shoulders. The responsibility to become stronger to beat Paul, the guilt he carried for leaving his friends, but most of all, the duty he possessed to be always optimistic and never give up when everyone else did. Ash was definitely, a truly unique human, but in a good way.

"So, now that's over, I think it's about time to get to the main event." Ash announced, his grin plastering his face. Lucario's soul suddenly resounded with happiness. "Y-You mean...?" Ash nodded.

"Lucario, it's time for some training!"


"Man, this forest just never seems to end." Dominic muttered to himself as he settled himself down against a tree. The campfire that he made a few minutes ago crackled audibly throughout the forest's quiet state. The wood that was being used to fuel the fire was burnt to charcoal. Dominic looked up at the night sky to see many stars shining with a radiant glow, illuminating the the darkness that was the lone portal to the infinite. "This is a good spot to settle down. Normally, I can't get a space like this, got lucky I guess." He thought. He sighed, taking in a good breath of the chilly night air. He was quickly growing bored of his surroundings being nothing but forest. "If only that Pidgeot I saw today didn't have a trainer, I could've flown to and be in another town by now!" He muttered angrily. He suddenly realised that he had never put any thought in about this trainer that was he was supposedly sharing the forest with. What was he like? What kind of pokemon did he have besides a Pidgeot? And most importantly, how powerful were they? His eyes widened in shock as his memory suddenly flashed back to that massive electrical tower that he saw earlier that day. That couldn't have been an attack from one of this trainer's pokemon, could it? No, that was silly, It had to have been from a legendary pokemon. There was no other kind of pokemon in the world that could produce such an attack...right?


Ash and Lucario took position near the lake. For the first portion of Lucario's training, Ash suggested to work on speed, no doubt an invaluable asset in battling.

"Alright Lucario, this is a great place to train. We'll work on your speed and stamina right now and move up to other stuff as we go." Ash said. Lucario nodded in agreement. "Right!" he replied. Ash smiled at Lucario's enthusiasm to get the training started, both were obviously very excited for the night ahead.

"Ok, Lucario, we have a big space here, so we're gonna race around the rim of the area, going as fast as we can go. This'll help speed up your movements and give you more energy to work with in battle" Ash said. Lucario's eyes widened in surprise when Ash said that they would do it. Ash, knowing what Lucario's question was going to be answered it before the pokemon had a chance to ask it.

"I don't think it's fair for a pokemon to need to train alone, so I train with them. Obviously I don't fire lightning bolts out of my hands or streams of fire from my mouth, but it's just fair that I try to strengthen myself just as much as they do." Ash explained. "Uhh...ok..." Lucario replied. Ash then knelt down to the ground in a starting position before a race began and gestured for Lucario to do the same. Some of Ash's pokemon were watching as the training was about to begin.

"3..." Ash began to count down. Lucario took a breath of anticipation.

"2..." The pokemon's spine began to tingle and adrenaline began rushing through his veins.

"1..."

It was time.

"GO!"

Both Ash and Lucario took off the instant that word had been called out. Ash kept a steady pace with Lucario close behind. Both were sprinting and already giving it their all. Their feet thundered along the perimeter of the clearing. All pokemon watching were cheering them both on as the two of them tried to overtake each other. Ash had a good lead for the first four laps, but soon began to tire, slowing his pace down a bit. Lucario, in fact all pokemon in general had more amounts of stamina than humans had. Lucario saw this as an opportunity to gan some leeway in the race and quickly began to move himself even faster, arms trailing behind him and leaning forward to increase his speed. A few moments later, Lucario began to pass Ash.

"*pant* *pant* That's it Lucario. Now, try to go even faster and maintain that speed!" Ash wheezed out, an obvious indicator that he was wearing down. Lucario however was still going strong and began to push himself even harder. The wind blew against his face, attempting to stop the Aura pokemon from going any faster. It began to succeed on the sixth lap. Ash's pace hadn't made any noticeable changes since the fourth lap, but Lucario's began to slow down. Ash noticed this change in Lucario's sprinting pattern. "Come on Lucario, I know that you can go further than that. You can do it!" he called. Lucario's eyes widened as he heard the encouragement. It was irregular for Lucario to receive something along the lines of praise or inspiration. And hearing someone say it made him feel incredible and filled him with vigour.

Lucario's eyes narrowed in determination as he began to put more energy into his sprint. He began to pick up speed again. A lot more speed. Wait, something was happening here! Lucario's entire body began to feel weightless as if he wasn't even there. This new development shocked Lucario as he looked over his body. There wasn't any noticeable changes to him. That's when he realised how fast his legs were moving. They were akin to a blur. He was so intrigued by this sudden event, he didn't notice what was in front of him until Ash yelled...

"Lucario, look out!"

The Aura pokemon looked up just in time to see that he was just about to run headfirst into a tree. "Woah!" Lucario cried in alarm. Almost without thinking, Lucario jumped and turned himself sideways in the air, allowing him to land on the tree trunk on all fours. He then pushed down on all limbs to launch himself off the tree like a springboard. The moment he landed, he stopped running. Surprise was all he felt at the moment. He knew the tree that he nearly ran into was at least twenty meters further away than he thought he was before he nearly hit it.

Ash had also stopped running. He had also noticed Lucario's dramatic speed increase and was about to consult the pokemon about this before Lucario almost ran into the tree. All of a sudden, Ash realised what had happened.

"L-Lucario, I think that you just learned Extremespeed!" Ash called to the Aura pokemon. The pokemon gasped at this claim. He couldn't remember the last time that he learned a new move. "R-Really?" Lucario stuttered in shock, amazement and excitement. Ash simply smiled and nodded.

Lucario was ecstatic. He wasn't even an hour into training and he'd already learned a new move. As an euphoria-like feeling came over him, he began to run. He gradually got faster and faster until he switched into Extremespeed. Lucario laughed in delight as he felt his body adjust to the sensations of the move more and more everytime his feet hit the ground. Within twenty seconds, Lucario had circled the clearing ten times. He never felt any fatigue or exhaustion in that time. This was totally awesome!

"Hey, that's cheating!" Ash said while attempting to catch up to the speedster despite it being impossible. Lucario looked back at Ash. "Aw come on Ash, if you think this is unfair, then just use your Extremespeed too!" Lucario cheekily replied, knowing full well that Ash was not capable of that.

Ash had no chance to catch up to Lucario now, but he had learned a brand new move and his speed and stamina had increased immensely. Ash decided that it was time to start portion two of the training. However, Lucario looked like he was having too much fun to stop anytime soon. If Lucario spent all his energy here, then they'd be unable to continue the training. Ash suddenly got an idea to get Lucario's mind back on the training.

He began to run around the perimeter again (Lucario passing him multiple times) until he reached the Sleeping pokemon. Snorlax had been asleep ever since he was let out of his pokeball, waking up only once for dinner, something that Ash, right now, was thankful for. He stopped running and began to pant, making it look like he'd spent all his stamina.

Lucario noticed this and grinned "He's tired, but I can do this all night!" he thought as he continued to make his way around the area. The moment he entered Ash's vicinity, he noticed that something seemed off. But he didn't bother to think about it.

Ash got ready. He would need good timing for this. He closed his eyes. He felt the wind coming off Lucario's Extremespeed, he heard the footsteps of Lucario's feet hitting the ground. He saw it in his mind's eye. Lucario was getting closer and closer... "NOW!" Ash thought.

He quickly stuck his foot out in Lucario's path just as the Aura pokemon was passing him. Lucario saw Ash do this and he was greatly surprised. He was moving too fast for him to react in time. His fate was sealed.

Once Lucario's foot had hit Ash's, The Aura pokemon was sent flying. Ash had made sure to angle his foot so Lucario would trip towards the way he wanted him to go. "Whoa!" Lucario cried as he flew through the air.

Fortunately, Ash had made sure that Lucario would trip and go flying towards the softest thing in the clearing, the soft thing being Snorlax's belly. He obviously didn't want Lucario to get hurt, so this method of stopping the Aura pokemon in his tracks seemed logical.

Lucario closed his eyes as he braced himself for a hard landing on the ground. However, he felt himself land on something soft, something that definitely wasn't earth. He opened his eyes to find himself laying upon one of the heaviest pokemon in the world.

"You alright, Lucario?" Ash asked. The pokemon didn't answer for a few seconds, most likely due to the shock of everything that just happened going by way too fast. Eventually, Lucario turned his head towards Ash, still laying face up on Snorlax's cream-coloured stomach. "I...I got a bit carried away, didn't I?" he asked the trainer. "Yeah" Ash replied with a small smile.

Lucario slowly got up, carefully as to try and not wake up the snoozing pokemon despite the fact that a feat like that was not easily done. He hopped off the massive pokemon and onto the ground.

"I'm really sorry that I needed to do that Lucario, but if I didn't, you would've just kept on running and spend all your energy that you would need to continue your training." Ash explained. Lucario looked down at the ground. What Ash said was true. Lucario let the feeling get to his head, and that was inexcusable.

"Still..." Ash continued, making Lucario look up in confusion, how could there be a good side to this? "You just learned Extremespeed! How cool is that?! We haven't even been training for very long and you've already learned a new move! I'm really proud of you!" Ash said

Lucario soon had a smile grow on his face. Ash has turned his sadness into joy as he felt pride in himself. "What do you say we move on to the next portion of your training." Ash suggested. Lucario nodded. "Yeah!"


In a few minutes, Ash and Lucario were standing a few meters away from each other. Ash had instructed Lucario to take this position despite the pokemon not knowing what they were going to do.

"Alright Lucario, I think we both know that you need some more power to put behind your Force Palm, so we're going to work on that." Ash explained. Lucario got the idea, but what could they use that was breakable at Lucario's level, but still not too strong?

"Ready, Lucario?" Ash asked. "Wait, what can I use to practice on?" Lucario asked.

Ash smiled, confusing Lucario, until the fighting type noticed that Ash's right hand was clenched into a fist. Lucario's eyes widened. "He's not really going to do what I think he's going to do, right?" he thought.

He was.

"Here I come Lucario!" Ash yelled as he began to sprint towards the Aura pokemon. Because of the shock of what Ash was doing, Lucario had barely any time to process what he needed to do. Unfortunately for him, the rest of the time to process was taken up by hesitation. Lucario didn't want to harm Ash, for obvious reasons. As Ash drew his fist back, Lucario' body refused to perform any movement.

His eyes never left the fist growing closer and closer to his face. The exact instant where Ash would've hit Lucario, his fist stopped, mere inches away. This surprised Lucario, making him fall backward on the ground. He didn't hit the ground too hard, so he didn't experience any pain.

Ash looked down at the Aura pokemon, most likely hating himself for not giving Lucario any advance warning of what he was about to do. He put his hand out, allowing Lucario to grab it. Ash hoisted the pokemon up onto his feet.

"I saw that you hesitated. Whether under pressure or not, it's not a good thing to do." Ash stated when Lucario was back on his feet. Lucario looked at the boy in front of him. "I-I'm sorry Ash, but I-I just couldn't bring myself to hit you." Lucario stuttered.

Ash put a reassuring hand on Lucario's shoulder. "Don't worry about it, besides you don't need to hit me. The only thing you need to do is make your Force Palm collide with my fist, we'll do this to boost your strength and the power of your Force Palm. Is that a plan?" Ash explained. Lucario nodded. Now that he knew what to do, he wouldn't mess up.

Ash and Lucario repositioned themselves where they were previously. "Ok, let's do it Lucario!" Ash said. "Yeah, bring it Ash!" Lucario replied.

Ash's hands clenched into fists.

Lucario's paws emanated with power as a yellow aura surrounded them.

Almost simultaneously, both of them leapt forward, dashing towards their opponent.

They drew their arms back...

And then thrusted them forward with everything they had.

"RARGH" they both cried as both Palm and Punch clashed.

Almost instantly, a heavy amount of strain was being pushed onto both human and pokemon, they were pretty much equally matched. Despite the pressure that he was under to stay standing, Ash looked at Lucario and gave him some advice. "Lucario, you're relying more on the move and less on what you need to do to execute it properly. Try to follow through and put your own power into the attack as well as the move's power." He explained through gritted teeth.

"My own power...?" Lucario thought. He looked at the connecting point of his and Ash's hands. Sure his attack was sparking and impressive, but it was basically just a light show if there was barely any power to put behind it. `

Lucario, had never thought of it like that. Was his Force Palm always failing because he had too much faith in his move, and not enough in his own strength? He had to find out.

Instead of putting lots of focus into his move, he tried to put equal amounts in both the move and the arm he was using it with. The second he did that, he felt his strength flare, as if he had suddenly unlocked a hidden well of strength. He quickly put it to use and pushed his palms against Ash's fists. The results were almost instantaneous.

Ash's struggle quickly ended as his fists were pushed back with Lucario's newfound strength. Ash did his best but he had obviously just become outclassed. But what everyone forgot and failed to remember in time was the fact that a Force Palm packed a strong concussive blast at the end.

Before anyone could react, an explosion burst out of Lucario's paws, it's target? Ash.

Ash's eyes widened as he was blown back from the attack. Lucario gasped in surprise. His Force Palm had never reached a point where it exploded. It was Ash's advice that had taught him how to use his inner strength, and now, that person was soaring across the clearing. Lucario, and a few other pokemon suddenly noticed that Ash was flying towards a tree.

"Pikapi! (Ash!) Pikachu cried as he saw his trainer about to be dealt a great deal of pain. "No!" Lucario cried.

At that very moment, Lucario made a decision to take action.

Lucario took off sprinting, soon switching to Extremespeed. In a few moments, he was able to speed past Ash and prepare a Force Palm. Just as Ash was about to hit the tree, Lucario struck the tree with his attack while remembering the advice that Ash gave him.

He was stunned at what happened next.

The moment the tree was struck by Lucario's palm, it split apart, turning it into nothing but splinters. "Phew, that was close." All of the present pokemon thought.

Lucario was stupefied that he had just did what he'd done. He was so stupefied in fact...he forgot to catch Ash.

As Ash flew by Lucario, he regained his senses, immediately noticing that he was flying in the air. What he also noticed was that Lucario was standing next to what remained of a tree looking shocked, with his palm out. Ash figured it out and despite his predicament, smiled as he saw that he was just saved by Lucario.

He suddenly felt himself hit something that wasn't the ground. The ground that he knew wasn't cold or wet and it didn't make a splash sound.

Lucario and the other pokemon watched as they waited for Ash to resurface after he landed in the lake. It took a while, and a few of Ash's water types were even about to dive in to assist their trainer. However, that assistance wasn't needed as Ash broke the surface a few seconds later. As he was making his way back to dry land, everyone wondered how he would react.

Eventually, Ash reached the lake's edge and hoisted himself up, with a bit of difficulty due to the enhanced weight of his clothes that had soaked up water. "L-L-Lucario..." Ash muttered. He shivered as he tried to get up. Not wasting a moment, Lucario rushed over and helped him get up. He held out his hand for Ash to take, an action that Ash gladly accepted.

"A-A-Ash I'm so, so sorry! I swear I didn't mean it!" Lucario said with his voice unstable signifying the regret he was feeling. "L-Lucario..." Ash stuttered, his teeth chattering. The lake was really cold in the night. "Do you have any idea...how AWESOME this is?!" Ash said, his voice suddenly perking up. Ash's actions and emotions, for the umpteenth time confused Lucario. "H-Huh?" he replied. "You've j-just learned to use your Force Palm properly! If you c-can do what you just did with a bit of training, just imagine how powerful you'll be when you t-train even more!" Ash said cheerfuly.

"Th-Thanks Ash!" Lucario replied. Ash grinned. "C'mon, let's continue with the n-next portion of your training." Ash said. Just then, Ash felt a tug on his pant leg. He looked down to see Pikachu shaking his head. "Pika Cha Chupika Pikachu Pi Cha Pika Pi Chu Pikapi (If you think that you're training with how you are now, you got another thing coming Ash.)" Pikachu told his trainer. Ash knelt down to face his starter. "Aw come on b-buddy, I feel f-fine." he replied. "Pikapi Pika Pikachu Chu Pi Pikachu Ka Pika Cha Pi Pika Pika Chupi (Ash, you're shivering and cold, you're not fine. It's not safe for you to train like that.)" Pikachu retorted. Ash sighed "Fine, but only c-cause you want me t-to."

Ash then stood back up and turned to Lucario. "I'm sorry Lucario, but I don't think that I'll be able to train alongside you for a bit. Maybe after an hour by the fire, I'll be ready to go again. So you'll have to train without me. I can still give you advice though." Ash told Lucario. Lucario accepted this, albeit reluctantly. Training wasn't going to be as fun without Ash joining in.


A few minutes later, Ash was sat down by the fire with his hands out in front of him, trying his best to absorb the heat. He couldn't train along Lucario for the time being, but just as he said, he could still guide Lucario.

As Ash sat near the fire, he turned to the Aura pokemon. "Alright, So since you've got Force Palm down, I think it's time to teach you some hand-to hand combat. If your opponent tries to get close to you, you're gonna have to be able to defend and attack back. I think I know someone here that can help you with that." Ash explained. He then turned to Pikachu. "Hey pal, do you think you can get Primeape to come over here?" Ash asked. Pikachu cocked his head to the side in confusion. "Pikachu Pikapi Cha Ka Pika- Pika Chu Chupi Pikachu Pi Pi Chu Pika (But Ash, why do you want-oh, you want Primape to teach Lucario some moves don't you?)" Pikachu concluded. Ash nodded. Pikachu nodded back and ran off to get the fighting-type.

Pikachu dashed towards the Pig Monkey pokemon, who was throwing punches at a tree. He wasn't punching hard enough to knock it down, but hard enough to make it shake. Pikachu needed to do this carefully. Ash's Primeape, in fact, all Primeapes' in general, were very easy to provoke, and their anger combined with their physique was a painful combination.

Pikachu went over to Primeape's side, slowly. He didn't want to catch him by surprise, Primeape would get mad at even that.

(To save your time, and mine, any conversation that pokemon have with other pokemon that lasts for a while will be translated into human speech and won't have pokespeech like "Pika Pi Ka Kachupi")

"Uh, excuse me Primeape." Pikachu said. Primeape looked at Pikachu briefly before looking back at the tree and continued to punch. "What do ya want?" he asked. Pikachu continued. "Well, Ash is training Lucario and he needs someone who can help him out with hand-to-hand combat." Pikachu explained. Primeape stopped mid punch. "And why does he want me? Ash has other pokemon that can teach Lucario some skills, so why does he want me?" Primeape asked. Pikachu simply shrugged. "I don't know. My best guess is because you're the only Fighting type that Ash has. And you like to train a lot. And you can use the most Fighting type moves than anyone here. And-ALRIGHT I GET IT!" Primeape cut in. Pikachu recoiled, what was Primeape going to do?

"Yeah, fine, I'll do it. I guess it makes sense. And think we both know that Ash certainly can't teach Lucario. Don't tell him I said this, but he couldn't throw a punch to save his life." Primeape joked.

There would later be a time where Primeape would be forced to eat those words.

He stepped away from the tree and began to make his way over to Ash and Lucario.

"So basically, just try to not make him mad?" Lucario asked Ash. "Yeah, Primeape is a great battler and all, but he gets angry very easily. So just do your best and maybe he won't get cross with you. Don't worry though, I'll step in if he's getting too violent." Ash explained.

As if on cue, Primeape stepped up behind them. A determined look in his eyes, fire flaring in his small, black pupils. He pointed a finger at Lucario.

"Pri Ri Primeape? (Are you ready?)"


A stick was poked into the small embers of the fire in an attempt to make the flames grow. Dominic ran his free hand through his hair. Since the fire he made was dying down, he was now trying to get it going again. Truth be told, if he wasn't constantly thinking about this trainer, he would've fallen asleep. Theories ran through his head. It seemed a little strange for a supposedly strong mystery trainer and a legendary pokemon to show up at the same time. Unless this trainer had actually performed the near impossible feat of capturing a legendary.

The only pokemon of legends that he knew were electric types were Raikou and Zapdos. But both of them were almost impossible to come across. The number of sightings of either were in the tens at most. And what threat would this trainer need the strength of a legendary for

But maybe it wasn't a legendary. Maybe it could be a member of the Elite 4. It could even be a Champion, like Lance of Kanto and Johto, Steven of Hoenn, or Cynthia of Sinnoh. The last one would make the most sense since the Yuju Forest was located in the Sinnoh region. Dominic had a special eye for power and was good at guessing what kind of trainer wielded that power, and to say that he was impressed with what he witnessed was an understatement.

Eventually, he decided that whatever who, or it was wasn't something worth worrying about since it was highly unlikely that they would cross paths, especially in a place like the Yuju Forest.

As soon as he thought this, he realised how tired he was. He yawned. He sat himself down against a tree and folded his arms. Slowly, he let his head drop and let sleep overtake him. Dominic was done for today.


Hey, my fellow fanfictioners. Now I am extremely sorry for the length of time this took to come out. But as much as I hate to admit it...I stumbled into Procrastination Station. Don't get me wrong, I love working on this story and I like the path that it's going, but a lot of stuff is happening around me, so I can't usually find time to do this. However, I'll be seeing you at Chapter 4 of Lucario's Tale. Goodbye my fellow fanfictioners.