Ch. 3 Rota
Ash was having a blast little baby Shinx stuck to Ashs side, every chance he could when he wasn't being mothered by Persian.
Ash had to expand the little house a bit, so it was able to house the new addition, though he usually slept in Ashs room along with the other pok'emon.
Shinx, Meowth, and Skitty slept on Ashs bed curled up against him while Persian curled up in a large basket Ash had gotten the cat Ash lined the inside with pillows and a blanket so that it was soft.
Ash continued to carve for people and train his pok'emon, he noticed his baby Shinx trying to join in and ended up shocking himself a couple of times, Ash tried not to laugh when the baby bravely challeged his Gyarados, Trident purred and soothed the baby when he hurt his head trying to tackle the serpent, which made the baby pout, and sent Ash into fits trying to hold his giggling.
His mother had no problem with that and was giggling up a storm, then switched to snapping pictures like crazy.
Volkner and Flint would call on accasion and gloat about their badges or talk about their pok'emon, when they evolve Ash sketched the pok'emon and talked about his own pok'emon, he enjoyed the looks he got when he told them about Shinx and his challege to Trident.
Riley had visited two weeks after their return and started their Guardian training, it wasn't that hard, only thing that was hard was trying to calm his pok'emon during his spar with Riley, Poseiden and Trident were on the attack, when they started to spar against each other.
Ash had to stand in front of the scared Aura Guardian until the furious Gyarados calmed down, Ash explained to them what they were doing, during the Gyarados' fury, Baby Shinx kept trying it's hardest to zap Riley, And Ash tried his hardest to not laugh at his youngest pok'emon.
After his pok'emon understood what they were doing Ash ran into the forest to laugh his guts out at his baby pok'emons actions, Ash and Riley went back to sparing, under the watchful eyes of his Gyarados, after he took the tire out baby to Persian for a nap.
Professor Oak found Ashs pok'emon interesting, he found his pok'emon acted differently than the others in their species, like Ashs Gyarados, their calm and gental but firece when Ash is in danger or hurt, or if they think he is hurt and in danger, as Riley could confirm.
Ashs Persian can use Telepathy so can her kittens, but they don't use it as much as her.
Meowth and Skitty could use attacks that are not usually used by their species.
Ditto was blue a shiney pok'emon, Professor Oak had a field day with the little blue pok'emon.
And little Shinx, Oak laught when he recalled Delia showing him pictures of the baby challeging Trident and the pouting session that came afterwards.
He never heard of a baby pok'emon challeging a fully grown Gyarados before, he ended up retelling the story to his colleges he enjoyed the horrified looks that came across, Professor Elms and Birtches face, Professor Rowans eyes widened a bit in shock, at the baby pok'emons actions.
The professor explained that the baby was as safe as it could be, when he said it was Ashs Gyarados they all looked sceptable, having heard that a Gyarados let alone two gyarados were as gental as the old Professor said was unbelieveable.
Professor Oak smiled and told them to come over and take a peek at the two if they didn't believe him.
That was why, a week later all the professors came over the his lab and were now walking over to Ash and his mothers house.
Delia answered the door, "Yes?, oh! Professor! what can we do for you? lunch wont be for a while" Delia stated then saw the other professors, "Do you have guests Professor?"
Oak got nervious and rubbed his head, "Well you see Delia I was talking to the other professors about Ash and his Gyarados and they got curious, so they came to Kanto just to meet them and Ash" he explained.
"Oh well that great!" Delia opens the door wide "Come on in im sure Ash wont mind one bit" Delia shows them to the living room.
"And where is Ash now?" Professor Oak asks.
"He's talking to his friends from Alamos town, they call every now and then- Ash honey you have company!" Delia calls out showing the Professor to her son, who was talking tactics with Volkner, who had a grining Flint near ontop of the other teen, Shinx was curled up on his lap.
"Awe he's just so adorable!" Flint nearly gushed gazing at the 'adorable' baby Shinx, Ash chuckled and petted the curious baby.
"I couldn't agree more" Delia did gush when she heard Flint, Volkner pushed the red head off of him and gazed behind Ash and was surprised to see the professor.
"Professor Rowan? what are you doing there at Ashs house?" Volkner asked and was nearly crushed again by the red head.
"WHAT! YOUR AT ASHS?" Flint groans "why didn't you tell us we could have come with you!" Flint was nocked off the blonde again, Ash sighed.
"Calm down NOW!, Flint sit down, and stop climbing ontop of Volkner" Flint pouts and pulls another chair up the the Video Phone and sits down sulking, Volkner sighed again "Why do you two insist on calling me at the same time most of the time" Ash asked.
The two look at each other then at the same time "Because you might start to like him more than me!" then they started to glare at each other.
Ash laught at them "You two are equally annoying and awesome how could I like the one over the other?" Shinx purred and his Memmas joy and laid his head down.
Ash said his good byes and threatened the two into not arguing for a while.
Ash turned around to see the astonished looks of 3 professors, Professor Oak was chuckling off to the side.
Ash tilts his head at them "Now that those two are off to train, who are you all?"
Professor Rowen clears his throwt "My name is Professor Rowen, this is Professor Elm and this is Professor Birch, were here to see your Gyarados, and to see if what Professor Oak says is true."
Ash blinks then nods, he picks up his baby Shinx and leads them out the back door after his mother gets the professors to agree to having lunch with them.
Ash knocks on the little house as they pass it, and Persian and her kittens come out and quickly follow, Meowth and Skitty nearly make Professor Birtch trip, a few times during the walk, until Persiaan scolded them.
"Here we are" Ash says when they walk into the lake clearing, Ash whistles after a minute two gizers shoot up from the lake surface, the two Gyarados, give a gental roar, and swim to their friend, Trident swims faster when he sees the baby Shinx.
Shinx mewed when Trident came close to greet him, which shocked the professors and left Professor Oak with a grin, Poseiden purred at their trainer greeting him then grumbled at the Professors.
The 3 forean Professors stood in shock at the caring two Atrocious pok'emon, who didn't seem at all angry or very frightning when one was letting a baby Shinx play with it's long whiskers.
While the other was getting it's scales rubbed.
Professor Birch started to ask questions and that started the question and answer game, even through lunch they asked question.
When they started to talk about changing the Pok'edex entrie for Gyarados, the debate turned, to what they put, they started to put together a ruff draft, then started to talk about his serpents behavior, and how they were different and what was the same.
They stayed and observed the twos behavior throughout their noon training, they even observed a new challege from Shinx to Trident and the enevitable, pouting that followed.
The professors talked low about their observations, how baby Shinx shorted out after trying to zap them, for annoying him, he did zap them but it was static shock at best, it made Oaks hair poof up to look like Flints hair.
The 3 professors asked Persian questions when they found out she could talk through telepathy which earned all of them an Icy Wind from Skitty for annoying his memma and a Water Pulse from Meowth, and an attempt at a zap from the baby Shinx, for annoying with his female Memma.
They were lucky that he was still young and couldn't get a good charge yet.
After a while Oak decides he should show Ashs carvings and after permission they went off to look at the wood carvings, Ash went with them because he knew thay would meet his Ditto who had taken a liking to his carvings.
It took forever to get them out of his shed and off to the lab, so his poor blue pok'emon didn't have to put up with the probing anymore.
Ash packed his last set of cloths getting ready to travel to Rota, after Rileys last visit he had reseached about the place, it was home of the most famious Aura Guardian Sir Aaron.
Ash couldn't wait he already had his pok'emon, he decide to leave Ditto, Persian, Meowth, and Skitty with his mother so she wouldn't be so lonely, plus he thought they could use the break, Persian didn't like being stuck without him there, but Ash convinced her saying he was going to be a pok'emon trainer and that even if he wanted to he couldn't carry more than six pok'emon at a time. and that she and the kittens should get use to not being around all the time.
She agreed but sulked when he said he was taking Shinx with him, she couldn't mother the baby and she would be bored now! that's what she thought until her kittens got into misceif and nearly got hurt again, she grined and rushed off to mother them a bit.
Delia kept checking if he had everything and if he was sure he wanted to go, she was mothering him.
Ash played with his baby pok'emon while he waited for Riley and Lucario it didn't take long for them to get there and pick him up.
Riley didn't get away unscaved though, Persian had threatend him with 'If anything is out of place on my Ash i'll Thunder Bolt you to the moon!' was what she said.
It did the trick, Lucario stood guard to make sure it wouldn't come to that.
They practice their Aura sight while walking or running to their destination, they also talked abit, Ash was excited about the festival tornament, until Riley explained that he could enter if he wanted since he had pok'emon, then Ash was EXCITED!
Ash was briming with excitement while they booked a room in the villege, and then headed to the castle, they had arrived just in time for the festable, Ash and Riley changed into costums, Riley insisted on the blue costum, Shinx thought it was good and purred. (Ashs costum in the movie)
Shinx rode on Ashs shoulder when they sighed up for the tornament, Riley followed amused, the festivities were first and Ash took the time to talk to Trident about fighting in the tornament, his Gyarados was excited to be able to put all their training to the test.
Ash picked up some suvanoirs for his mother and Professor Oak, and something for himself.
Riley let his student do as he pleases until it was close to the tormament then he took his student and had the excited kid meditate to calm down.
Ash stood in the battle box his first opponet ready he grabbed Tridents ball, and wished his opponets luck, the man did the same, Ash watched the man send out a powerful looking Nidorino, Ashs eyes sharpen then sends out his Trident, who appeared with a mighty roar.
Everyone was shocked a young child had a Gyarados! And by the looks of it it was strong, and calm...
The man looked into the childs eyes and knew that it wouldn't be an easy battle.
"Begin!" the refere said moving the red and green flags.
Trident let's do this! let's start with Aqua Tail!" Trident roars and water swirls around his tail he swinges it and the Nidorino dodges.
"Nidorino use Poison Sting!" the poison pok'emon fires the attack and Trident dodges, glaring at the pok'emon.
"Trident use Ice Beam!" the beam fires at the poison pok'emon and hits on one of it's legs, freezing it to the ground.
Ashs sharpe eyes look onto the paniced pok'emon, "Trident use Water pulse!" Ash says the pulse fires and nocks out the poison pok'emon.
"Winner Ash Ketchum And his Gyarados!" stuned the adeance stares then cheers loudly.
The under dog just became top dog.
Ash won all his battles with Trident.
Soon he was led away to the Ballroom and to a throne off to the side of the queens chair.
Ash felt something was different about the staff he was given, he looked to his teacher, who smiled at him, his sensei aparently didn't sense what he did.
He started the fire works by taking Sir Aarons pose, the six year old sat down and imspected the staff, when he got to the crystal he paused, the crystal shined a little.
After a split second desision, Ash pushed his Aura into the crystal it shined bright getting everyones attention, his teacher quickly turned and was about to run to his students side when the light focused and then started to disapate, and reveal A Lucario.
The Lucario was nealing with his paw on his cheast, Riley quickly rushes to his students side, when the Lucario turns to the child "Aaron! why did you abandon the queen" Ash looked confused.
"Excuse me, what are you talking about?" Ash asks holding the staff, and standing up.
The Lucario stops and looks down at him, then the jackel pok'emon rubs his eyes "Do you have something in your eyes? Here I have some water" Ash hands the Aura pok'emon his glass of water, the pok'emon pores the water onto it's eyes and rub the dirt out, finally able to open them.
He looks down at the child he accused of abandoning the queen, who was sitting stunned on her throne.
The Queen ordered the party to stop with a sorry and had everyone but Ash, Riley and the Lucario leave.
"Why are you celibrating there is a war going on!" Lucario says looking out of the windows.
"Lucario, You are Sir Aarons apprentace Lucario, arn't you?" The queen asked kindly.
The Lucario neals "Yes my Queen" the queen sighs.
"I thought so, Lucario-" the queen tells Lucario ablout what has happened and that it must have been sealed into the staff, right before Sir Aaron saved the kingdom."
Lucario listen to his Queens descendent, Lucario looked at the 6 year old child who he mistakened for his master.
Ash was introduced to the Queen by a man named Riley, what Lucario though interesting was that the man was an Aura Guardian, and Ash as the childs name is, was his student, training to be an Aura Guardian himself.
Lucario watch the child, as he bows to the queen, only for a pok'emon to pop out of his ball.
*Shiiinxxx!* The baby pok'emon yawned, pawing at its eye, before seeing it's male memma, with a cheer the baby shot into the childs arms, and climbing to his shoulder, Ash chuckle "Sorry he's still a baby" *Shii?* the baby pok'emon tilts its head cutely in askance.
Ash rubs the babies chin, "It's nothing, little one."
"Little one? Have you looked in a mirrior 'Little one'?" Riley teased Shinx sent a cute glare to the teen, and jumped down, and sending out some electricity, trying to zap the teen.
*Shiiii* the baby Shinx tried again much to Rileys and Lucarios amusement, the queen thought it was cute.
Shinx tried himself out and whined, his ears laying flat.
Ash smiled, and picked the baby up, "There; there, Shinx you almost got him, and im sure when your older you'll be fireing Thunder Bolts at him left and right," Ash says getting a groan from his teacher.
"Also Riley I would worry about Trident and Poseiden, next time I just might let them right by me." Ash said with a playful grim.
"Poseiden? Trident? and who might they be" Lucario asked curiously.
Ash turns to the pok'emon away from his suddenly scared teacher, Ash puts his baby back onto his shoulder, and pulls out his other two pok'eballs.
"I'll show you" Ash tossed his pok'eballs into the air and pop open, and right onto the ballroom floor was his two Gyarados.
Lucario, not expeting this nearly lanched an Aura Sphere at the two, until a certain baby pok'emon ran up to the slightly smaller Gyarados and started to playfully Tackle the large serpent.
Lucario stayed around Ash, because of his Aura, the queen had told Ash and Riley that they could stay in the castle, Ash was excited, Riley excepted calmly and bowed.
Lucario followed Ash and Shinx into the garden, he hid himself when Ash stopped and sat down on the ground, the baby Shinx curled up next to the childs hip and purred when Ash scratched behind his ear.
Ash looked out into the garden, and took a leaf out of his jacket pocket, Lucario watch as the child put the leaf to his lips and played the most soothing sound he had ever heard.
Lucario relaxed and felt his douts, anger, and worry, flow away with the melody the child played.
The song ended, and Lucario felt at peace with himself, "Feel better Lucario?" Ash asked, Said pok'emon jumped at his voice.
Ash turned his head just enough so he could see the Aura pok'emon, "Come here and join me Lucario," Ash patted the spot next to him, Lucario hesitated for a moment before walking forward and taking a seat.
"Do you want to talk about it Lucario? It will make you feel better" Ash said encurouging.
Lucario didn't say anything for a while, until "What was that you played?"
Ash smiled "It's called Oracion, I learned it in Alamos Town, in the Sinnoh region, that's where I saved Little Shinx here," Shinx lifted his head and tilted it *Shhiii?* Ash chuckled "Don't worry about it Shinx" Ash then starts to scratch behind the babys ear again, much to its delight.
Lucario watched the interaction between the two in curiosity, "You seem close to that Shinx" Lucario stated.
Ash nodded "Shinx hasn't left my side for very long sence we saved him from drowning."
"For very long?"
Ash nodded "Yeah I have a Persian, she has her own kittens, but has been able to coax Shinx into leaving my side for a while to play with her kittens or to try and teach him something herself." Ash chuckled remembering a few of the times that his Persian had been able to trick the baby into getting a bath from her.
"You have others?"
"Of course, their's my two Gyarados, my Persian, her kittens Meowth and Skitty, then theirs's my Ditto, and lastly my Shinx, I think some of the wild pok'emon that stop by the lake to play with us might consider themselves mine too."
Ash and Lucario talk until Riley comes to fine the tired 6 year old, The Aura Guardian carries the child away for bed with Lucario climbing into a tree for the night to think about their talks, it had gone from talking about Ash and his pok'emon to Lucarios adventures with Sir Aaron, Lucario had told Ash about the last time he saw his master.
Ash told him what he thought had happend to the Legendary Aura Guardian, Lucario had his eyes opened, 'Why wouldn't Sir Aaron want him to go to the Tree of Beginning with him? Was it really so I could live in a better time, like now?" Lucario decided to sleep when he didn't get any answers from the stars above.
Lucario was eating some berries when he sensed Ash coming into the garden followed by the Baby Shinx, Ash ran around the gardian with the baby following.
After a while Ash stopped and picked up his tired out Shinx and petted the baby, "You did good today, Shinx your definatly getting faster" *Shii~* Ash chuckled and sat down the baby to rest under Lucarios tree.
Then ran off to continue the run then he started to do physical excersises, later Ash was sitting next to the napping Shinx meditating.
Lucario having watched the child all morning jumped down next to him and sat down to do some meditation himself.
The two sat together for hours, feeling relaxed even as some wild pok'emon climbed all over the two, Shinx joining in on the climbing when it woke up.
Ash had two Caterpie on his back, his Shinx purred at his ear, a brave Rattata sat down next to him fidaging until it noticed he didn't move, a Pidgey had nested itself on his other shoulder, while a Nidoran male, sat next to his other hip, a Drowzee and Abra had sat down next to him and meditated with them, a Furret curled up on his lap.
Ash ignored it so he could meditate, besides it's not like he minded.
Ash and Lucario were interupted by two loud chuckles, Ash opened one of his eyes, to peek at the intruder, he saw his teacher and his Lucario chuckling at them, but he wasn't sure why, until he felt something curled up in his hair.
Ash shrugged, he wasn't concerned with it, Ash felt the pok'emon on and around him push closer to him, Ash chuckles at them, and pats Rattatas head, because it was shaking, Ash knew the mouse wasn't very brave, the Rattata species were known for not being brave and hiding when people got to close.
He knew the little one was being very brave right now.
He didn't know where the Furret came from, they were mostly from Johto, Ash ignored it, and decided to start training his Aura sight.
Lucario gazed at the other Lucario, he didn't get to see many of his species.
The other Lucario walked forward and sat down in front of the pok'emon covered child and started to use Aura sight as well, the human Riley followed when he was able to stop laughing.
Ash twiched when the pok'emon started to move in front of him and to where they could see Riley.
He heard Riley groan "What is up with you and every single pok'emons need to protect you?" Ash smirked at his teachers misery, and confusion.
Ash had seen many wild pok'emon attack his teacher during their spars, it was hilarious watching the Nidoqueen and Nidoking chase him up a tall tree, but it was fun playing with the Nidoran, Shinx had a blast.
Sir Aarons Lucario, stared at the child bewilderd, "What does he mean? Do pok'emon protect you on a regular baseses?" he asked the child.
Ash tilted his head and nodded "Yep Pok'emon have always did that, I remember when Gary had got us lost in the forest around Pallet Town, because he wanted to catch some pok'emon for himself, and dragged me along so he could show off, when we relised we couldn't find our way back, a few Butterfree, some Raticate and Rattata herded us back to town, Gary was scared out of his mind" Ash told with a chuckle.
Riley peered at him "You weren't scared?"
Ash shook his head "No I don't know why but I knew they just wanted to help, and I knew that if they wanted to hurt us they would have already tried too"
"Good point I guess, but that doesn't explain why pok'emon want to protect you" Riley says.
Ash shrugs, "Maybe it has something to do with my Aura?" he questioned.
"Hmm could be" Riley said, Ash opens his eyes, and tilts his head,
"Off please" the pok'emon all scramble, and sit away from the child as he streaches, "I think im going to explore a bit, see you guys" Ash says and walks off, Shinx right on his heels, the other pok'mon follow him not wanting to stay with Riley.
Ash used his Aura sight the look around the castle as he walked, he saw many people and a few pok'emon, he chuckled when he noticed the garden pok'mon following him.
Ash found a stair way that led up to the attic Ash walked up the stairs, he saw two white stringsshoot up past him and he paused, he looked over the side and saw the Caterpie pulling themselves up with the String Shot, Ash chuckled, and continued to climb.
Ash met the Caterpie on the top step, infront of a door, Ash opened the door and walked in, the child looked around before he shot to the opposite wall, and through open the cabnates.
The pok'emon cheer and we all start playing.
Another Shinx joins into the fun at some point, Ash ignored it and greeted the larger Shinx, and continued to play -keep-the-ball-in-the-air- game.
All the pok'emon tired themselves out, Ash laid down next to his baby Shinx and the larger Shinx, Ash closes his eyes and drifts off for a nap.
Ash had woken up to the sun in his eyes and a rusling sound, he looked up and saw that there were branches a gental breeze danced around him as he sat up.
Where was he? he looks around and sees a large pile of toys, and of course his baby Shinx was right there next to him.
Ash smiled at it's cuteness, and got up picking up his napping baby with him he went to the lake and sat next to it, with his baby in his lap.
All he had to do was wait, whatever brought him here would show itself.
"Mew?"
Ash smiled, he was right.
... MEW! I had to add Mew in!
And Mew kidnaps again!