Hi everyone, this will be one of the last set up chapters, Ash and Dawn will reunite soon and Pokemon battles will start happening as well.
The main plot will start to come into play a bit more and all that good stuff. This will be another large Ash chapter but it's needed to get the story moving along. Not super amounts of fluff in this but ill make up for it next chapter.
So on with the fic!
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon
Ages:
Trip : 10
Iris : 14
Chapter 4 : Zekrom, Trip and a Close Call
Kanto Region - Mid morning
Piplup awoke to find Dawn still fast asleep in their tent, he stretched and rubbed his eyes shaking off the last remnants of sleep before looking at Dawn's Poketch to check the time. When he saw that it was already 8:30 he quickly ran over and started to peck his trainer to wake her up, the plane was leaving in 30 minutes! Plus he knew how moody she was if she didn't have a chance to sort out her appearance. "Piplup pip lup piplup!".
Dawn groggily opened her eyes as she felt something pecking her side, and listening to Piplup getting excited about something she knew the source of her annoyance. She rolled over to look at him still feeling too tired to really reprimand him, checked her Poketch seeing it was only 8:35 and just yawned out "Piplup it's only half eight, it's too early to be this excited im going back to sleep". With that she proceeded to pull the sleeping bag over her head and resume sleeping.
Piplup deadpanned and decided to use more extreme measures. Pulling back his head and taking in a large breath of air he shot a large Bubblebeam attack at Dawn's face. That did it.
Dawn shot up and gave Piplup a death glare, "Piplup what the hell is wrong with you?!". She blinked and noticed he was frantically waving a plane ticket in front of her. Then it clicked, and she checked the time again. "Oh no! The plane leaves in 20 minutes! Ive got to get ready! Thanks Piplup".
"And sorry" she added sheepishly scratching the back of her head, a habit she picked up from Ash.
As fast as she could, she got changed into fresh underwear and put on her usual outfit, then proceeded to quickly but thoroughly style her hair. She then quickly packed everything into her bag and ran to the reception desk in the airport. "Made it with 5 minutes to spare, I think that's a new record for us".
"Pip piplup" he chirped proudly from her side, puffing out his chest. He was quite happy with himself for rescuing the situation.
"Watch out!" Was all the warning she received before Barry collided with her, sending them both to the floor. It appeared she wasnt the only one who was late.
"Hey! Why didn't you move?! I'm gonna have to fine you if I miss the plane!" but realising who he'd collapsed onto he quickly got up and added " Oh Dawn its you, how are you?".
Dawn facepalmed and dusted herself off, "Ugh Barry! It's too early to be dealing with you, and im doing great, thanks for barreling into me" she shook her head, "What are you doing here anyway, weren't you suppose to be doing the Kanto Gym's?".
Barry finished paying for his ticket and turned to face her " I was gonna, but when I decided to visit the famous Professor Oak's lab yesterday, I got there only to find out that he and Ash had gone to Unova, if they've both gone there it has to be tough so ill be taking the Gym challenges there instead! Cant let Ash get better than me, now can I?"
"Wait you where at the lab yesterday? How come I didn't run into you, and come to think of it I didn't see you get off the boat either". She looked at him suspiciously, raising an eyebrow.
"Well I was the first off the boat, had no time to wait around, I had to go see the Professor's lab and make my first Gym challenge as soon as I could so I sprinted all the way there" he boasted.
"Of course you did, I forgot who I was talking to" she sighed, "If you made such good time, how come you were late now?".
"I spent most of the morning chasing what I thought was a Legendary Pokemon but it turned out to just be Nidorina" he added, embarrassment clear on his face.
Dawn deadpanned, Barry's ADD tendencies really could make him look a complete idiot at times. "Well come on, we should go, the plane is leaving soon".
"Right" he nodded.
She grabbed Piplup in her arms and they boarded the plane, her assigned seat it turns out was a window one and Barry ended up in the center aisle at the back.
"Alright folks, this is your captain speaking, we will now be leaving for Unova, the flight will take around twelve hours so get comfy and relax, and I hope you enjoy your flight" the captain's voice over the intercom sounded out as the plane started to take off.
Dawn settled down in her seat and snuggled up with Piplup in her lap, deciding to take a nap, thinking that time would go by faster if she slept, but she did so with a content smile on her face knowing she was finally on her way to reuniting with Ash.
Unova Region - Nuvema Town
"Pika?" Pikachu's ears went up, he could sense something approaching fast, but he didn't know what. Ash didn't seem to notice as he was checking out all the different aquatic Pokemon, lost in his own world. Pikachu sniffed the air and looked into the sky for answers, and noticed a rather ominous cyclonic black cloud approaching them. There was something off about it, apart from the fact that it was a cloudless, sunny day, he could feel something wrong with the cloud itself. Whatever it was it wasnt a natural occurence and it had a strange hum of incredible power emanating off it. Deciding he should warn his friend he ran over to Ash's feet and began tugging on his leggings. "Pika pi! Pikachu pi pika pikachu!".
Ash noticed him and turned his concerned gaze on his long time travelling partner, "What's up Pikachu, is something wrong?".
Pikachu pointed in the direction of the strange cloud " Pikapi!".
Ash looked up and noticed it for the first time, his eye's widened, he couldn't sense as much as Pikachu could but he still knew that that was no normal cloud, and he needed to get out of there and fast. "Come on lets find shelter before it hits!".
But before he could take more than five steps the cloud suddenly sped up and was centered directly over them. Ash and Pikachu where suddenly caught in a raging whirlwind and strange arcs of blue lightning where coming down all around them, instinctively Ash grabbed Pikachu and protected him in his arms.
A booming roar shook them both from high above, and Ash squinted against the windy torrent as he looked up to try to see the source of the noise. There in the center of the vortex was a large black figure, it looked like it stood bi-pedal and had two large wings erupting from its shoulders, its claws and feet where tipped with three large talons. Its skin was all black and it had a horn shaped protrusion coming off the back of its draconic head, tipped with visible blue electric power. Its blazing red eyes boring into Ash's own as it looked down onto the two figures trapped beneath it. The most arresting feature Ash could see was its tail, it was large and conical in shape, yet brimming with the same blue electricity that could be seen on the back of its horn and around them in the air. Except it seemed focused there like some kind of generator. The Pokemon, Ash realised it had to be, radiated tremendous power and he was doing his best to keep his nerve as its gaze was still threatening to bore through him.
Slowly it dropped out of the sky before finally coming to a stop in front of them. Ash's gaze never leaving its own and he stood his ground.
It was huge he realised now it was directly in front of his face, standing around three meter's tall and nearly as many wide.
Pain suddenly wracked through him and his skull felt it would explode as a powerful presence entered his mind. Ash dropped to his knee's and cried out in agony but gritted his teeth and kept his eyes on the Pokemon. A deep resonating voice filled his head.
'Chosen one, your ideals will be tested, to see if they are deemed worthy'. It then pointed towards Pikachu who floated up and out of Ash's arms and was held suspended in front of him. 'The power ill bestow upon you is yours to use as you see fit, use it wisely, for I will be watching, testing'.
Before Ash could ask what he meant large currents of blue electric power surged from the Pokemon and into Pikachu. Upon contact Pikachu gasped but not in pain but rather shock, he'd never felt so strong in his life, and the more that was poured into him the better he felt. Suddenly it was cut off and Pikachu floated back down to Ash before the Pokemon flew back up into the vortex and roared again and as quickly as it came it left. They watched it leave, taking the strange weather with it and leaving them both stunned.
Ash snapped out of his amazement and quickly turned his worried gaze down to Pikachu, who was now letting off blue lightning out of his fur, "Pikachu, you ok buddy?".
Pikachu leapt onto the concrete floor and proceeded to check his limbs and abilities one by one and found that everything was working just fine, he turned back to his trainer and nodded "Pika pika".
Sighing that his friend wasnt hurt, Ash heard his mother come running over to him, she'd obviously witnessed the entire event and was clearly worried. "Ash sweetie are you ok?".
"Yeah im fine, we were approached by some kind of Pokemon and he did something to Pikachu, he seems fine, but I still would like to get him checked out" he was still slightly concerned about the strange blue lightning which was now coming off his partner.
Professor Oak had also witnessed it, and thought it was rather suspicious "A Pokemon you say? Interesting, there are not many Pokemon capable of creating a weather storm like that for cover" He looked up inquisitively at the direction the 'storm' had gone. "And a good friend and colleague of mine will help take a look at Pikachu to see if there is anything abnormal about him, her lab isn't too far away".
Ash nodded and they proceeded to follow the Professor to the lab.
When they reached it they were greeted by a woman in her early thirties with long brown hair curled up onto of her head, wearing an open lab coat over a white top and green skirt. She wore red and white shoes with no socks. "Hello everyone, my name is Professor Juniper, welcome to Unova". She greeted them all warmly and nodding at her colleague.
"Professor, Ash here had a strange encounter with a Pokemon that appeared in a storm cloud, it did something to his Pikachu and we were hoping you could take a look at it" Oak asked.
"We noticed that cloud and tried to get a reading on it but every time we tried to scan it our equipment stopped working or only produced static, and if as you say a Pokemon is responsible it could be troubling", she nodded at Ash "Of course we will do everything we can for your Pikachu, im honestly quite excited to take a look at it, you don't see many of them over here".
They moved into the lab and they were taken to a room at the back where the monitoring could be done, Pikachu was placed on a table and various wires were attached on his body to take readings.
Ash watched anxiously, hoping everything would work out fine, he couldn't understand what the large black Pokemon meant when he said he was some kind of Chosen One and that he was being tested. What did that all mean? Who was that Pokemon? He hoped it wouldn't be another Shamouti Island. As curious as he was about that his first concern was the wellbeing of his buddy and he waited with a worried look for the results.
Professor Juniper was watching all the readings on a computer screen in front of her, and what she was seeing was nothing more than incredible. Pikachu's electrical power was off the charts! He had about fifty times more voltage coursing through his body than he should be able to carry without becoming sick. Under normal circumstances Pikachu should be dead, yet he seemed completely fine as if all the extra electricity stored in his body wasnt even there. "Your Pikachu shouldnt even be breathing, it has so much electric power surging through it, that's its body shouldnt be able to cope, yet from what I can see it's perfectly healthy. I've never seen anything like it".
That wasnt the response Ash had been expecting, and he looked at his partner with wide eyes. Pikachu cocked his head to the side and looked back at him, equally confused.
"Tell me Ash, this Pokemon you saw, what did it look like?" Juniper suddenly asked him.
As Ash described what he'd seen, her eyes grew wider.
"It couldn't have been Zekrom could it?" she asked with disbelief, the description fit the Legendary Pokemon of Unova, but no one has seen it in thousands of years, for it to suddenly show up and infuse a trainers Pikachu with electricity was unheard of.
"Zekrom?" Ash asked, he'd never heard of that before, but he suspected it was a Legendary of some sort.
"Here ill show you" Juniper walked over to a book-case at the back of the room and pulled an old thick tome off the shelf and opened it to a specific page before showing it to the group. There on the pages where two images of large draconic Pokemon labelled as Reshiram and Zekrom.
Ash studied the picture of Zekrom and found it to match almost perfectly to the Pokemon he saw at the harbour. He nodded toward it on the page "That's the Pokemon we saw".
Juniper nodded and replaced the book on the shelf, "It seems you where in fact then visited by one of Unova's legends after all, no one has seen anything of Zekrom or Reshiram for thousands of years so this is quite remarkable".
Before she could continue a ding could be heard on the intercom "I'm sorry to bother you Professor, but a new trainer is here for his first Pokemon", the voice spoke.
"Sorry everyone but the rest will have to wait, I have to go see to the new trainer". She nodded politely to everyone and started to walk out the room.
"Wait Professor, would you mind if I came and watched, it's always exiting seeing someone get their first ever Pokemon and start their journey! Plus ill get to see the Unova starters!" Ash said, excitement in his words.
She smiled warmly down at him and nodded "Of course Ash, it's no problem at all".
The two of them walked into the front of the lab, where Ash could see a tray already out with three Pokeballs resting in holders on the top, he grinned to himself, looking forward to seeing what kinds of Pokemon people can choose to start with in Unova. As they reached the Pokeballs a young man with dark beige coloured hair approached from the entrance. He was wearing a black and orange hoodie over a black shirt with creme coloured leggings and blue and white trainers.
"Welcome Trip, I know you've waited a long time for this day, welcome to the world of Pokemon!" Professor Juniper said cheerfully.
"Hi there, my names Ash, and im from Pallet Town in Kanto, I bet your excited about becoming a Pokemon trainer!" He asked smiling and extending his hand out towards the younger male.
In response Trip snorted and looked at Ash as if he was stupid "Pallet Town? Kanto? I should have guessed a guy like you was from the boonies" Then he proceeded to laugh.
"Boonies?" He looked at Trip surprised, "What's your problem?" he asked, annoyed at the snide arrogant remarks.
"Now Trip, today is the day you start your Pokemon journey, you should be a little friendlier to other trainers" Juniper reprimanded him slightly "Besides Ash was only being nice".
He shrugged it off as if it was of no concern and they all turned their attention to the Pokeballs as Professor Juniper proceeded to open each of them in turn and reveal their contents. She introduced Tepig, Oshawott and Snivy. Ash was pumped to see three new Pokemon he'd never seen before and began to get a good look at each of them. "They all look great, any one of them would be a great choice".
"Dont forget its my choice" Trip smirked at him.
Ash was really starting to dislike this guy, for someone just starting out he sure liked to talk down at people.
After choosing Snivy as his starter and receiving his Pokeballs and Pokedex he quickly left to set off on his journey. Ash watched him walk out the door as Pikachu came running through from the back and hopped up onto his shoulder. "Hey buddy, shall we go see if he's as good as he thinks he is?" he said as he smiled at his partner.
"Pikachu!" Pikachu pumped his fist up into the air to signal that he was ready to go.
Ash grinned then ran after Trip. He found the younger man hadn't gotten far and he easily caught up with him. "Hey Trip, how about a Pokemon battle?" He called out to him grinning.
"I suppose I could, ive only just started but it shouldnt be hard to beat some from the boonies like you" he replied while shrugging his shoulders. "Wait whats that Pokemon?" He asked looking at Pikachu.
Then much to Ash's amazement he started taking photo's of it. Ash and Pikachu shared a look both thinking the same thing 'Is this idiot serious?' "What are you doing?".
"This is why we don't like people from the boonies, listen a Pikachu in Unova is a big deal" He spoke in his condescending tone.
"Look do you wanna battle or not?" Ash was getting tired with him already, he clearly needed knocking down a few notches.
"Fine, let's go to battlefield round the back of the lab".
They both walked around the back and took up opposite sides of the battlefield.
"Alright Pikachu lets show him what someone from 'the boonies' can do" Pikachu hopped off his shoulder and stood ready for battle.
"Snivy go get 'em now!" Trip threw his Pokeball into the air and it snapped out spilling out a white light, and his starter materialized in front of him. "Snivy" he announced as he took up a battle stance.
Ash was about to call out the first move but stopped when Trip started taking pictures again. "Uh Trip, arent we having a battle?".
"Im recording my journey, and I have to record Snivy's first win" he smirked behind his camera.
Ash rolled his eyes "Well if your busy, we'll go first, Pikachu start out with quick attack!".
Pikachu starting glowing white briefly before running towards Snivy at incredible speed, smashing into the starter Pokemon and sending it flying back.
"Snivy use Leaf Tornado!" Trip called out to the small grass snake.
Snivy leaped into the air and started to channel leaves around itself in a twister like fashion before throwing them in the direction of Pikachu.
"Hmm that's a move we've never seen before, quick counter with Volt Tackle!".
Pikachu nodded and began running towards the Leaf Tornado and his opponent, an electric aura forming around him. But something was wrong. First the electric surrounding him was blue not yellow and second the amount of electricity building was nothing less than terrifying. Ash stood there with his eye's wide as the electric field coming off his starter enveloped his entire side of the battle field, "Uh... Pikachu?" he asked uncertainly, not quite sure what would happen when the attack landed.
Trip also saw what was coming his way and could only gape, he had no idea Pikachu was THIS strong, Arceus it must be maximum level!
"Pika pika pika pika pika PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA" Pikachu's voice was getting deeper and deeper as more power built. Snivy could only stare with a look of absolute fear as Pikachu broke through the Leaf Tornado like it was air and proceeded to come straight at him."PIKA" Ash's starter and long time travelling partner yelled as he collided with Snivy.
The resulting explosion sent a cloud of dust high into the air and a powerful shockwave exploded out from the point of impact, Trip was thrown hard backwards as he was stood quite close and he collided with a nearby tree, Ash was knocked off his feet and sent back a meter landing hard on his back. The windows of Professor Juniper's lab proceeded to shatter and smash from the sheer force of the shockwave and all the nearby Pokemon ran for their lives in confusion and fear.
Ash groggily got to his feet and dusted himself off, trying to see through the cloud of smoke that had enveloped the battlefield. As it finally cleared he could see Pikachu standing there in disbelief at what he'd caused with one of his standard moves, he looked back at his trainer for answer's but Ash simply shook his head. In front of him was a crater, about twelve ft wide and about 6 ft deep. At the bottom was a very crispy and very knocked out Snivy. Fearing the worst, he quickly ran over and picked up the poor grass snake Pokemon and checked its pulse. It was still alive, albeit barely, and he let out a sigh of relief.
Trip finally came to his senses and stood up in obvious pain and rubbed his back, he looked over to what was left of the battlefield and saw his first Pokemon chared to the point where it was hard to tell it was green. Ash walked over to him and handed him Snivy. "You should return him and get him help at a Pokemon center immediately, he's hurt pretty bad" Ash told him in a low tone, filled with concern and guilt.
Trip nodded dumbly, unable to fathom words after what had happened, returned Snivy to his Pokeball and quickly ran off to the Pokemon Center.
"I think we should go back to Professor Juniper and explain what happened". Ash told his companion and Pikachu nodded. As it was, she was running out to see them, followed by Professor Oak and his mom. All of them wearing expressions of worry and confusion as they approached.
"Ash what happened, we heard an explosion and suddenly all the glass in the lab cracked and shattered! Are you ok?" Professor Juniper asked him.
He scratched the back of his head and replied "Uhm yeah we're fine, not so sure about Trip's Snivy though. The explosion you heard came from our battle, I don't know what happened, it was all going fine until I ordered Pikachu to do a regular Volt Tackle and the result was..." he gestured all around them at the remains of the battlefield, "well this".
It took a moment for them all the process this information but finally Professor Oak spoke up "Professor, do you think it could have something to do with what Zekrom did to him? Afterall you did say Pikachu was storing a lot of extra electrical energy within himself".
She thought about it for a moment and nodded "Yes it must be, tell me Ash did anything look different about the attack?".
Ash recalled the battle in his head, he remembered the blue electric aura and sheer amount of electricity coming off it, "Yeah instead of it being a regular yellow it came out blue, and the amount of energy it emitted was enough to cover my entire side of the field".
"I think, Pikachu is somehow able to tap into all the power that was stored inside him for use in his attacks, normally using that amount of electricity would be impossible for a Pokemon of his size so it's quite curious as to how this is possible".
She noticed Ash getting worried and decided to quell his fears slightly "Dont worry Ash, as far as I can see there are no negative effects on Pikachu, the only thing that seems to have changed is the fact that his electric attacks have received a significant boost in power. Id of loved to have given him another check up but the shockwave from your Volt Tackle had some electrical discharge with it and its disabled all our equipment for the minute. Until we know for sure whats going on with him id recommend only using non electric attacks in battles, because with the kind of power currently stored in this little guy it could be potentially lethal".
Ash nodded in understanding while something that Zekrom said to him came floating back 'The power ill bestow upon you is yours to use as you see fit, use it wisely, for I will be watching'. Was this what he meant? The power he bestowed was all focused on Pikachu? He didn't like this at all, and didn't want to hurt anymore Pokemon, he promised himself he'd look for some way to damped Pikachu's power for now, he couldn't afford for anyone to get seriously hurt because of it.
A couple of hours later at the lab, people where repairing the broken windows and disabled equipment. Ash stood with his mom and the Professor's and decided he'd make a new adventure for himself here. "Mom im gonna go on another journey, right here in Unova. There's a bunch of great new Pokemon and Gyms so its perfect!" The thought of all the new places and people he'd see and meet made him all the more excited.
"I know you wanted to spend some time together on a vacation here, but I just can't wait! I hope you'll understand" he added as he looked guiltily over at his mom, he really didnt want to disappoint or upset her.
"It's fine sweetie, I know you have the travelling spirit within you and as long as your happy, im happy". She smiled at him and removed his cap to ruffle his hair.
"Well Ash ill updated your Pokedex to the Unova version so you can record and get information on all the Pokemon you encounter here" Juniper added as she handed him the latest version of the Unovan Pokedex.
Ash nodded his thanks and turned to his partner on his shoulder "Ready for another adventure Pikachu?".
"Pika!" He nodded in agreement, as eager as Ash to start a brand new journey.
Saying his farewells to his mother and the Professors, he excitedly ran off down Route 1 on the start of his new adventure, trying not to think how much he wished a certain bluenette was there to share it with him.
Delia watched her son disappear off on yet another journey and smiled to herself. "He's more and more like his father everyday".
Unova Region - Route 1, two hours later
Ash was really enjoying himself in the later afternoon taking in all the fantastic new sights of Unova. The air was a lot warmer than in Kanto and especially Sinnoh. He found it was a nice change and was having the time of his life trying to figure out which of the new Pokemon he would try and catch first.
He was stopped in his tracks when he noticed something coming out of the bushes at the side of the path. What emerged was a rather beat-up looking Snivy. Upon closer inspection he could tell this one was female but she was hurt pretty bad, she had bruises all over her body and her left side was cut and bleeding. She fell exhausted onto the road in front of him and he quickly ran over and picked her up worried, Pikachu mimicking his actions. "What happend to you? Dont worry ill make sure your safe" he reassured her.
"Vy Snivy" she replied faintly in thanks. Ash was disgusted, who would do this to a Pokemon and just leave it out in the wild? If that cut got infected he'd of hated to think what could have happened. He quickly rummaged through his bag and found a few supplies to help patch her up the best he could, he was no Brock but at least the older male gave him some pointers in how to treat Pokemon on the field before they parted ways. She winced in pain as he sprayed her with some super potion, then he applied a bandage to her wound to stop it from being infected. She nuzzled his chest in appreciation, unused to being treated kindly. He was just about to rush her to the Pokemon Center for treatment when Pikachu was suddenly grabbed from his shoulder and sealed in a glass dome. He looked up to see three familiar figures standing in front of him on the road. But they looked different, and he quickly realised they had new outfits. Jessie and James were now dressed in a black Team Rocket uniform instead of their usual white ones.
"You three! Are you responsible for hurting this Snivy?!" He yelled in anger, he needed to get Snivy to a Pokemon Center and really wasnt in the mood for dealing with these idiots, he wasnt even surprised to see them all the way in Unova, after all they seemed to follow him absolutely everywhere. And if they were responsible for hurting Snivy he'd give them a blasting off they wouldn't soon forget. Pikachu remained sealed in his glass container, which seemed to somehow float next to the three of them. He also saw Pikachu wasnt the only one trapped in such a device, next to him floated an identical container and inside was a Pokemon he hadn't seen before, it was small and green with two small tusks jutting out the sides of its mouth.
Jessie looked at him and wiggled her finger, tsking "Now twerp, is that how you greet old friends?" She asked giving him a sly look "And that Snivy was just too stubborn for her own good, if she had been a good girl and allowed herself to be caught then we wouldn't of had to have hurt her." She grinned wickedly and laughed slightly, as if it was somehow funny.
Ash gritted his teeth, so they were responsible, figures. He needed to figure out how to get Pikachu out and fast, as well as that other strange Pokemon. He presumed those domes where fairly resilient and electric proof but with Pikachu's new power he could probably bust through it. Despite that fact he wasnt going to allow it, if Pikachu did manage to bust out with his electricity and it then connected with Team Rocket or some poor wild Pokemon that just happened to be passing by he didn't want them to get mortally wounded by it. He hated Team Rocket but he wasnt about to kill them.
Quickly setting Snivy down on some soft grass, he reached for the one other Pokeball on his belt and thanked Arceus he had begged to come. "Gible, I choose you!".
The small land shark Pokemon materialized in front of Ash waiting for orders "Gible!"
"Alright Gible hit those containers with Dragon Rage"
Gible quickly started forming the draconic energy within his small body before launching it at them.
"I don't think so, Swoobat use air cutter to deflect!" Jessie called out her new bat Pokemon and it appeared in a flash over her head before quickly sending out two spinning blades of air to slice through the incoming attack.
James shook his head "I don't think so twerp, this time we will be taking your Pikachu".
"Pika pika!" His friend called out to him from within the container.
"Axew ax!" The other Pokemon he wasnt familiar with cried out.
Cursing under his breath he quickly took in the situation, he couldn't allow this battle to drag out because they'd try to escape. However it seemed only Jessie currently had any Pokemon to battle with so that at least made it a one on one. He suddenly remembered Gible's ability to eat through practically anything, and formulated a quick plan he hoped would work.
"Gible use Draco Metoer, and when its coming down run to the glass domes and eat your way through!"
Gible nodded his understanding and starting building up large amounts of energy within himself. "Giiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiib le!" He cried out as he launched a massive ball of orange draconic energy skyward before it exploded high above and rained down on the battlefield. Swoobat was doing its best to dodge all the incoming meteors, but it was newly caught and under trained and got hit straight across its back, slamming it into the floor and knocking it out. Cursing Jessie returned her Pokemon and was about to order an escape when she noticed the small dragon had actually begun to gnaw its way through the 'attack proof' containers.
"Meowth I thought you guaranteed us that nothing would be able to break out of these! The Boss will not be happy about this!" She yelled at her team mate.
"Hey, don't blame me, I made sure dat it would be attack proof, however what dat Gible is doin' aint no attack! He's just eatin through it!" Meowth tried to fend off the angered red head.
By this time Gible had successfully freed Pikachu and the other Pokemon and they scurried over to Ash.
"I think its time we took our leave, don't think this is it twerp, your Pikachu will be ours". James said confidently.
Ash was about to order Gible to give them a Dragon Rage blast off but before he could react, they had activated their jet packs and flew off. "Seems like they got some new equipment" He shook his head, that's all he needed, a well geared and organised Team Rocket.
"Great job Gible" he petted his dragon type happily.
Suddenly another figure dropped down from the tree's, Ash was instantly alert and ready to order his Pokemon to attack, Pikachu and Gible standing in front of Snivy and the unidentified Pokemon in a defensive manner. However the strange Pokemon seemed to recognise this new person and happily ran over to her in a hug. 'She must be its trainer' he thought.
The person in question was a girl not much younger than himself, she had long dark purple hair tied into four ponytails, and was wearing a simple white top with a pink waste band and creme three-quarter leggings with pink and white trainers. "Axew your safe!". She nuzzled the small Pokemon affectionately before turning her attention to Ash.
"Hi, thank you so much for rescuing my Axew! I was taken by surprise and they snatched him from my shoulder, ive been chasing them down for about an hour" She held her hand out for Ash to shake. "My name's Iris".
Ash took the hand "Nice to meet you Iris, Im Ash and this is Pikachu and Gible". His Pokemon waved and introduced themselves.
Iris' eyes widened at the Pokemon in front of her. Seeing a Pikachu was one thing but a Gible? Not only was it rare even outside of Unova it was also a dragon type! "Oh Arceus a Gible!" She ran over and began to embrace Gible in a crushing bear hug much to the Pokemon's displeasure.
He walked over to the side and picked up Snivy where he'd left her, he realised she'd fallen asleep, and picked her back up, "Listen Iris, Id love to stay and get to know you better but this Snivy is really hurt and she needs to get to a Pokemon Center fast, do you happen to know where the closest one is?".
She stopped embracing Gible and looked up concerned, she took note of Snivy and nodded "Yeah there's one at Accumula Town, it's just up ahead, c'mon ill take you there".
"Thank you, lets hurry, I don't want her condition to worsen".
Iris nodded and she and Ash ran off towards Accumula Town.
Unova Region - Nuvema Town
Dawn yawned as she noticed they where finally in Unova, the trip here had been too long for her liking and she was one of the first off the plane, stretching and allowing the blood back into her legs. She instantly noticed how much warmer it was here, being used to Sinnoh climates she felt it more than most.
Barry was out shortly after, taking everything in "Alright Unova, here I come! Ill see you around Dawn!". With that he was off, Dawn shook her head wondering where he gets his energy from, after that twelve-hour flight she was exhausted.
She quickly walked into the town's Pokemon Center which she noticed was quite a bit different from any of the others she'd been in, it was much bigger for a start. Noticing a lot of strange Pokemon she'd not seen before she walked up to Nurse joy and booked a room for the night since it was getting late and she was too tired to go searching for Ash.
She walked into her room and collapsed onto the bed, Piplup doing the same, not even find the effort to care about changing out of her clothes, and drifted off to sleep looking forward to tomorrow, because she was sure that tomorrow she would finally see Ash again.
Next Chapter: Cilan and Love's Recipe
Ok longer chapter but I feel it was worth it, im starting to get into the story's main arc a bit more now and it will really start to take shape soon.
I've only had this story up for 3 days but it's really fun writing it so the chapter's will keep on coming. For now at least you can expect a chapter a day and ill do my best to make them as awesome as possible. Since im probably one of the biggest Pearlshippers on the planet ive got a lot of passion for these kind of stories :).
Thanks for reading and I hope your liking it so far.
Until next time. Peace out.