Crisis In The Lucario Kingdom
Me: my birthday's coming up this month
Kellyn: the seventh month?
Me: ^^ *nods*
Kaleb: that's nice
Ashleigh: *throws a shoe at Kaleb's head*
Karrie: *hits Kaleb in the shoulder*
Kaleb: Ow! It was bad enough that Karrie and Summer would whack me for some of my remarks!
Ashleigh: =D
Kate: O.o if she still has shoes on, where did the shoe come from?
Ashleigh: oh, that was one of my dress shoes that was part of my contest outfit ^^
Kaleb: *a bump grows on his head* good thing that shoe only had a little heel
Karrie: *tries not to laugh*
Keith: lol =D
Me: um, guys? I need to start the chapter. And Justin, could you say the disclaimer for me?
Justin: Yes. pokelover0ash does not own anything but her OCs and her own ideas.
Chapter 2
"Hey, why don't you change Ashleigh?" Kate asked after they finished supper. "Well, then again, it is getting late out so we could all get away with changing into our pajamas and going to bed." Ashleigh looked at her and then remembered that her clothes were soaked.
"I have to return my Pokemon back to their pokeballs," Ashleigh replied before leaving the house and returning her Pokemon team. She came back in and saw the Riolu she was training staring at Kaleb. She smiled and went to go walk over to him, but then Erica tapped her shoulder. "Huh?"
"Can I stay the night?" Erica asked. "It's late and it probably won't be a good idea to travel in the darkness with that group on the loose. Besides, Kellyn said that 'Chairperson Erma' wanted them to make sure Mr. Will, Kate, you, and I had someone with us at all times."
"Sure," Ashleigh replied. "But, wait, I have to have somebody with me at all times now? Aw..." Erica smiled.
"Yeah, it's going to be pretty weird," Erica replied. "I'll stay in Kate's room since Karrie is sharing with you tonight." Erica went off before Ashleigh could ask or say anything else.
"Well, at least I know which one of them is Karrie," Ashleigh said after sighing. She then looked over at the Swablu who was sleeping peacefully before looking at the Riolu she was training. The Riolu was having some difficulty mastering the Aura Sphere move, but it was a great student to Ashleigh. It was still staring at Kaleb who was glancing at Ashleigh who was completely oblivious to the fact he was doing so. "It seems like he has taken a liking to you."
"Huh?" Kaleb asked as he sat upright on the couch versus being slouched. He looked at her and then he looked at the Riolu who was still looking at him. "I guess." Ashleigh smiled and then sat down on the couch a cushion away from Kaleb.
"You had said that if it wasn't for Riolu, you wouldn't have been there to save me," Ashleigh said as she was turned towards Kaleb. "What did you mean by that?"
"It was weird," Kaleb replied before turning his head to face Riolu. "He came out of the forest injured and then next thing I knew, he glowed and then I saw you fighting the fire with your Absol, Feraligatr, and Eevee while holding something wrapped in your sweater-jacket protectively. After that, I saw the burning tree that was about to collapse and fall on top of you." He turned back to Ashleigh. "According to Justin, my eyes turned blue during the whole vision thing. I recall Kellyn mentioning that Ash Ketchum received visions from the other Riolu and that he thought it was because they had the same aura."
"It could be same aura," Ashleigh said. "It could also be that your wave link was the easiest for Riolu to connect to. There are some other possibilities." She put her index finger on her chin and then looked up thoughtfully. "I've heard Riolu speak in human words before and so has Kate and Grandpa, but this is the first time with the vision sending."
"Whatever," Kaleb replied while shrugging. He got up and saw that Riolu was now next to him and Ashleigh. He smiled at Riolu and then looked at Ashleigh. "Hey, you should probably get out of your wet clothes and put some dry clothing before you get sick." He exited the room and then walked up the stairs. He went into the boys' room and got changed while Ashleigh and Riolu made their way to Ashleigh's room where Karrie was already dressed in her pajamas. Ashleigh got changed quickly and then sat on her bed while Riolu went to its little bed and fell asleep almost instantly.
"Kaleb's the one who saved you," Karrie said suddenly after a moment of silence. Ashleigh looked up at her and Karrie smiled. "I know you didn't get a chance to learn our names, but I am surprised that since the fire, Kaleb hasn't been using sarcastic remarks." Ashleigh tilted her head in confusion. "I know you know I'm Karrie, since I'm the only girl and that's the only true girl name. Kellyn is the boy who looks like me just taller, he's my brother and the designated leader of the mission. Keith is the redhead and Justin is the silent tall brown haired guy." Ashleigh nodded. "I think the whole who-guards-who deal will be settle tomorrow morning before Erica leaves, which means that you shouldn't go off if you want any say in who gets assigned to you." Ashleigh nodded before going to bed and listening for Karrie to fall asleep. Soon enough, the Top Ranger did fall asleep and then soon Ashleigh did too.
The Top Ranger boys woke and walked down stairs to find that Kate had already set the table and had breakfast ready for them, William sitting on the couch reading the newspaper while drinking tea, and Erica nursing the baby Swablu.
"Erica's been up for four hours, I've been up for three, Ashleigh and Karrie have been up for two hours, and Grandpa has been up for an hour," Kate said as she gave each boy a plate of food as they sat down at the table.
"Where is Karrie?" Keith asked after eating a few mouthfuls of pancakes. "And great pancakes by the way." Kate smile and blushed.
"Karrie's outside watching Ashleigh train Riolu." Kate replied. The boys nodded and continued to eat their food. When they were done they put their dishes in the sink, thanked Kate for the meal, and then went outside to make sure nothing bad had happened to Ashleigh and Karrie while they were eating.
They saw Ashleigh sparing with Riolu while some of her Pokemon were on the sidelines and their jaws basically dropped.
"She's a great trainer," William said as he walked behind the boys and to his rocking chair. A Gardevoir appear and started to wash dishes with its hands and using its psychic powers.
"Thanks Gardevoir," Kate said before running upstairs which made Kellyn turn his head and the rest of the boys to glance back and then at Kellyn. Erica walked over to them and the went over to Karrie and sat down.
"Don't worry, she'll be back down once she's done changing into casual clothes," Erica said as she waved towards the boys. "You guys can sit down, you know?" The four boys came over to Erica and Karrie. Keith sat next to Karrie, Justin sat sort of next to Erica but was technically behind her, Kellyn sat down sort of next to Erica but there was a good gap in between them, and Kaleb decided to be different by leaning against the wall. Soon Kate came running over in a purple t-shirt and denim caprices while Ashleigh started to have Riolu practice its Aura Sphere. Kate sat down next to Kellyn and then looked over at Kaleb before looking at Kellyn.
"Does he have a problem with sitting down on the ground or something?" Kate whispered in Kellyn's ear.
"Who knows what goes on in that head of his," Kellyn whispered back while smiling. "He does like his walls though." Kate giggled which made Kellyn smile more.
"Hey, lovebirds," Erica said. Kate and Kellyn looked at her while blushing. "You two might want to duck." Kate and Kellyn glanced over to see that an Aura Sphere was heading towards their heads and they ducked. Justin ducked as well, but Kaleb wasn't paying attention to the Aura Sphere at all. The blue ball lifted up a bit as it was spiraling out of control and Kaleb turned and looked at it just as it was inches away from his face. He put his arms and hands up to protect his face and the ball exploded.
"Sorry!" Ashleigh shouted. She turned and then looked to her Pokemon, more specifically her Blaziken. It had made a comment that made most of the other Pokemon to start to giggle. "Riolu, what did Blaziken say?" Her own personal Riolu turned to her and debated whether or not its trainer should know.
"She said that 'it looks like someone was paying more attention to the trainer then he was anything else,'" Riolu said.
"Huh?" Ashleigh asked.
"It's true, he was worrying so much about me accidentally hurting you that he kept unintentionally telling me to be careful and not to hurt you," the other Riolu replied.
"So you did that on purpose?" Ashleigh asked in a whisper.
"Hitting him was on accident, getting him to snap out of it was," her trainee Riolu replied. Blaziken then said something again which made Ampharos, Feraligatr, Crobat, Flygon, Salamance, Luxray, Oshawott, Manetric, Cyndaquil, Bayleaf, Phanpy, Squirtle, and Vulpix laugh and giggle.
"What did she say now?" Ashleigh asked in a whisper.
"'Somebody's falling for our trainer,'" her Riolu replied. Ashleigh blushed.
"That's ridiculous," Ashleigh said. "Blaziken, you ready to join in on the training? Feraligatr, if you could please go over and make sure that stray attacks don't hit our audience, that would be great." Feraligatr nodded and then went over to sit by Kaleb and Justin. Blaziken stood up and then stepped in front of the trainee Riolu. Ashleigh's personal Riolu stood next to its trainer, ready to help out Ashleigh when needed. "Blaziken, agility. Riolu, practice trying to read her movements and try to hit her with Aura Sphere." This normally got very hectic so Ashleigh normally didn't have this training done when people were around. Ten minutes later, Ashleigh had the two sparing. After ten minutes of sparing, Ashleigh stopped them for snack time. This gave the people who watching the opportunity to come up closer to Ashleigh and talk to her.
"That was pretty cool," Karrie exclaimed.
"That was dangerous," Kaleb and Kellyn replied. They looked at each other and glared at each other for being in sync with the other.
"It was impressive," Justin said.
"That was awesome!" Keith exclaimed. Ashleigh blushed, but then went to go treat Riolu's and Blaziken's wounds.
"Riolu's getting better," Erica said. Riolu smiled and blushed while Ashleigh put a band-aid on its cheek. Ashleigh finished treating her Pokemon and returned six of them in their pokeballs and most of the rest went off to run and play in the ranch. She stood up and looked at Kaleb.
"How's your face?" Ashleigh asked.
"Huh?" Kaleb asked. He put his hand up to his face. "What about it?" Ashleigh rolled her eyes while Karrie, Kate, and Erica giggled.
"You were hit by an Aura Sphere," Ashleigh replied. "Or did the impact cause you to loose to many brain cells?" Kaleb blushed and the boys snickered. She then noticed that he had a burn on his hand and a cut on his arm. "You're hurt. That's from the fire yesterday." Kaleb blushed from embarrassment and then tried to cover his hand with his other one. "I thought Erica treated all of your burns."
"He wouldn't let me see if he had any on his hands or anywhere other than what was visibly showing," Erica said as she crossed her arms. Ashleigh sighed as Riolu smirked and called over Bayleaf, Gardevoir, and a Blissey.
"You, sit," Ashleigh ordered Kaleb which made Kaleb look at her like she had two heads. Ashleigh grabbed Kaleb by his collar and dragged him over and forced him to sit by basically throwing him on the ground. Gardevoir held Kaleb still using Psychic while Bayleaf used Aromatherapy. "Any other burns you have that we don't know about?"
"No," Kaleb replied. Ashleigh sat down and held his hand which made him wince. She got out a bandage wrap while Blissey came over and used Refresh on his hand. His hand looked much better but his hand still needed some protection while it fully healed. Blissey used Recover on his cut and it disappeared completely. Ashleigh wrapped his hand up and then got up before Gardevoir let Kaleb free.
"Blissey will need to treat that once a day for the next five days and then you'll be able to take the bandage off," Ashleigh said. "Okay?" Kaleb nodded and the other rangers looked at her in awe. "What?"
"Nothing," the other rangers replied.
"Erica has to go to the castle soon, so we should get the whole who's-with-who deal over with," Ashleigh said. Everyone nodded.
"You're right," William replied.
"We came up with a plan," Kellyn said. "So as soon as we have everyone's approval, or majority of approval, we can set it in motion." Everyone nodded, including Kaleb and Ashleigh who had a feeling the 'majority of approval' was directed towards them and their stubborn streaks. "Okay, Justin will go with Erica, Keith will be with Mr. Will, I'll be with Kate, Karrie will be with the queen, and that leaves Kaleb to be with Ashleigh."
"Wait, why do we have to protect the queen?" Karrie asked.
"She is one of the most powerful trainers in the kingdom," Ashleigh added.
"And she rarely goes anywhere without someone with her," Kate added. Kellyn threw his hands up in a surrendering manner.
"Okay, okay, Karrie stays," Kellyn replied.
"Quick question," Keith said.
"What is it?" Kellyn asked.
"Do we have to sleep in the same room as the person we're supposed to be guarding?" Keith asked.
"As far as security goes, that would be the best option," Kellyn replied while scratching his head. "But as long as you can wake up and get to the person you're guarding in time should danger arise, you should be able to get away with not sleeping in the same room as the person your guarding." Kate, Ashleigh, Kaleb, Justin, and Erica let out a sigh of relief. "So,are there any other objections?" There was silence. "Okay, any questions?"
"Do we have to constantly guard the person? Or can we have breaks?" Kaleb asked.
"No, Karrie can fill in if one of us needs a break, or if the person needs a break from the person who is guarding them," Kellyn replied. "Alright, I think that covers most of it. Erica, you can go now, with Justin." Erica nodded.
"Ashleigh, Kate, good luck," Erica said.
"You too," the twins replied while nodding.
"Hey, what's that supposed to mean?" Kellyn and Kaleb asked. Erica smiled and Justin sighed as he slowly followed Erica all the way to the castle.
"So what to do?" Kate asked her twin.
"Well, I could train Riolu more, but he deserves a break," Ashleigh replied.
"Shopping?" Kate asked. "We could stop at the Berry Store, the supermarket, and the ice cream shop."
"And in two days we have to see the queen," Ashleigh added. "And we've got that festival coming up, as well as that other one."
"And you haven't spent time relaxing in a long time," Kate added and Ashleigh nodded. The twins walked into the house and the rangers followed them, not quite sure what was going on. The twins went upstairs and into Ashleigh's room. "You should probably change." Kate closed the door, leaving the rangers puzzled.
"What now?" Kaleb asked.
"I don't know," Kellyn replied.
"I heard shopping, food, and festival and that's about it," Karrie replied.
"I only heard food and shopping," Keith replied. Kate opened the door and ran into her room to grab her purse and Ashleigh stepped out dressed in denim caprices and a blue t-shirt. She was carrying a bag that had one strap that went over her shoulder and the bag was big enough for a trainer to use on his or her journey but was small enough to use for everyday life. The twins ran downstairs and out the front door. Riolu ran with them and a female Pachirisu followed suit.
"Hey, where are you two going?" Kellyn asked as his Pachirisu climbed up his arm and onto his shoulder. Karrie's Emolga landed on her head while Keith's Buizel got ready to chase the girls.
"Shopping!" the twins replied with smiles before running off.
"Wait, what?" Kellyn asked.
"Come on, we have no choice but to go after them," Kaleb replied before running off. Kellyn went to go after Kaleb but the sudden entrance of William made him stop.
"Keith, could you help me carry my wooden sculptures?" William asked. Keith looked at him. "I'd like to sell them in the market place today." Keith looked over and saw five big boxes full of wooden figurines.
"Um, Kellyn, you go after them," Keith said. "Karrie, can you help me so I don't have to make two trips?" Karrie let out a sigh while Kellyn ran off to catch up with the twins and Kaleb. Karrie picked up two boxes while Keith picked up three. The two followed William all the way to the market place with their Partner Pokemon telling them where to step and where not to step. "Okay, so we didn't kill ourselves." Keith put down his boxes behind a stand that said 'Hitomi's' while Karrie did the same.
"Thank you," William said.
"No problem," Keith replied.
"How do you get all that stuff here normally?" Karrie asked.
"Ashleigh and her Pokemon: Feraligatr, Gardevoir, Salamance, and Blaziken," William replied.
"Oh," Karrie replied.
"Let's set up the stand and see how many sculptures we can sell before lunch," William said. Keith and Karrie smiled and started to unpack the boxes. They soon found that the old man had way too much time on his hands and was surprisingly hard to keep track of since he was kind of a social butterfly.
"Will! We're finished unpacking!" Keith shouted. William then popped out of nowhere.
"Good, now, why don't you two check out some of the other stands for an hour or so?" William asked. "I can take care of myself for an hour."
"Emolga and Buizel, you two keep an eye on him while Keith and I are gone," Karrie said before taking hold of Keith and dragging him away from the stand.
"We're leaving him with those two?" Keith asked.
"Just for an hour, max.," Karrie replied. "Now, where's the bathroom?" Keith sweat dropped and pointed over to a building that was labeled 'Restrooms.' "Thank you!" Karrie ran over to the restrooms and went inside. Keith sat on a bench outside of the restrooms while he waited until she came out. "Sorry." She came up in front of him. "Do you want to check out some of the stands before heading back to Mr. Will?" Keith nodded and then saw the cotton candy stand and Karrie was pulled and dragged over to it faster than Karrie could say his name. He bought both of them cotton candy and then went to the hot dog stand and did the same. By the time the two of them got back to William's stand, they had at least two bags full of food.
"Somebody's hungry," William exclaimed.
"Tell me about it," Karrie mumbled as she sat down on the ground behind the stand and placed two bags of food down. Buizel and Emolga raided the bags and started to eat and William did the same. Keith sat down next to Karrie while eating hot dogs. He handed Karrie some he had saved for later and she started to eat too. Of course, both of them wondered how Kaleb and Kellyn were doing looking after Ashleigh and Kate.
Me: and so the twins' shopping adventure will be saved for the next chapter =D
Kate: ^^
Kellyn: uh oh
Ashleigh: =D
Kaleb: *is taking a nap*
Keith: *is poking Kaleb*
Karrie: *is also taking a nap*
Kaleb: *whacks Keith and then goes back to sleep*
Ashleigh: O.o but Kaleb didn't do as much as Karrie this chapter
Me: T.T you're right. Ashleigh, wake him up for us.
Ashleigh: *starts poking Kaleb's shoulder and saying his name over and over again*
Me: =D well, now, Kate and Kellyn, could you two say the review reminder?
Kate & Kellyn: Okay
Kaleb: *tries to ignore Ashleigh but can't take it and opens his eyes* WHAT?
Ashleigh: I was just trying to wake you up =( *looks like she's about to cry*
Kaleb: eh? *sits up* it's alright, I thought you were Keith.
Ashleigh: *still looks like she's about to cry*
Kaleb: h-hey! don't cry! I didn't mean to scare you or startle you or anything!
Me:Interesting...this reminds me, they still need a shipping name...
Keith: O.o ?
Kellyn & Kate: can we say the review reminder now?
Me: yes
Kellyn & Kate: Please review!
Character Info:
-Kellyn Hajime
-Age:17
-occupation: Pokemon Top Ranger
-Pokemon: Pachirisu
-personality: hardworking, kind, trustworthy, optimistic, friendly
-Karrie Hajime
-Age: 16
-occupation: Pokemon Top Ranger
-Pokemon: Emolga
-personality: energetic, strong, stubborn, kind, easily frighten at times, headstrong, athletic, smart, can be pretty shy
-Keith Dazuru
-Age:17
-occupation: Pokemon Top Ranger
-Pokemon: Buizel
-personality: loud, optimistic, stubborn, kind, headstrong, energetic, mischievous, friendly
-Justin Tsuyoi
-Age: 18
-occupation: Pokemon Top Ranger
-Pokemon: Pikachu
-personality: smart, quiet, optimistic, kind, calm, relaxed
-Kaleb Minami
-Age: 17
-occupation Pokemon Top Ranger
-Pokemon: NONE
-personality: kind, stubborn, friendly, shy, sarcastic, bit mischievous, quiet
-Katherine (Kate) Hitomi
-Age: 17
-occupation: N/A
-Pokemon: Pachirisu
-personality: kind, friendly , quiet, hardworking
-William Hitomi
-Age: N/A
-occupation: Carpenter
-Pokemon: N/A
-personality: trusting, outgoing, relax, friendly, kind
-Erica Chikyū
-Age: 18
-occupation: Queen's personal maid
-Pokemon: Snivy, Stoutland, Unfeazant, Arcanine, and Altaria
-personality: kind, friendly, hardworking, honest, caring, and a bit of a procastinator
-Ashleigh Hitomi
-Age: 17
-occupation: Trainer and Coordinator
-Pokemon: Feraligatr, Absol, Ampharos, Vulpix, Eevee, Riolu, and Riolu
-personality: kind, friendly, caring, hardworking, stubborn, honest, shy understanding