Blazing Pathway, Freezing Sky

Chapter 4

For once, nothing gets broken, the plane included.


:D

Thanks for getting this far into the story, it really makes my day!

I've had lots of time to write, due to my long school-away-from-school vacation in Mexico.

So, with any luck, Ill get this story as far as Winter and Crookus's ones :P

(boring old) Disclamer: I don't own Pokemon, and 2 to 1 I'm not going to own it in the future, so everything that I didn't make up as of Dec. 23, 2009 belongs to Nintendo and the Pokemon owner guys. :)


Pokemon POV

Rusty regained consciousness about twelve seconds into the fall out of the plane.

If I was a good writer, I would put down all the emotions he was feeling at this point, or how his life was flashing before his eyes, memory regained.

But I'm not a good writer, so I'm not going to make up a whole bunch of dramatic stuff that never really happened. The truth was, Pikachu was screaming his head off and his usually smart brain was not making a plan, just the backup one, 'try to fly'. He was looking pretty doomed at this point.

Three seconds later, his brain started working again, and he looked up, seeing the rapidly fleeing Boeing going West, and the person who was plummeting down towards him.

If it's Ash, were both dead.

The truth was, Ash was a moron when it came to foresight, and even though one could admire his courage, jumping out of a moving airplane six miles in the air with no Pokemon (save for the one that was falling) in the near vicinity. By near vicinity, I mean 30 miles.

A person who would have been better would be Brock or Misty, as they didn't leave everything up to fate.

Unfortunately, Brock only had rock Pokemon, which would not help. They were weak to water, (he was falling into an ocean, and im pretty sure that has water in it), and they would just fall faster. Even if they survived the crushing impact of smacking into water a jillion miles an hour, they cant swim and would die.

Misty would be best for this, but there were two problems. The first was that, as all non-flying types, her Pokemon would splatter into a million pieces upon impact.

The second was that she had told them that she didn't have any Pokemon, save for one. She would not say what it was no matter what, and said that she would only use her in dire situations. Misty said that she would get a starter Pokemon, and plan not to be in the spotlight for her Pokemon, so Rusty didn't have too much hope.

(After she told them about that, Ash and Brock started getting suspicious of what she had, and tried to snag the Poke Ball to run through their Pokedex, which would show what was in it. They did not get the Poke Ball. Instead, they got hit repeatedly by Misty's enormous mallet.)

-And yes, thoughts accelerate extremely fast just before you die, its probably a proven scientific fact, not something I just made up to explain the absurd amount of stuff I put in for about three seconds of thought-

And one second after thinking that last thought, Misty grabbed him with one arm, throwing a strangely dark blue Poke Ball downwards, shouting something that he did not catch, in the confusion.

But in all his life, through all that he had saw, Rusty was not prepared to see Cloud, Master of Celestial Valley, come out of Misty's Poke Ball.

Cloud was the hero of legends, who became the guardian of legends, who thwarted two evils of legends, whose tale was told in song in all Pokemon clans. And somehow, possibly a miracle, he remembered the story. But he did not think of it now, as the Pokemon in front of him spread her great wings and caught them, two seconds from hitting the salty water.

Marine Pokemon fainted from surprise as Cloud flew by, flying ones returning to land immediately, hoping they could stay aloft long enough to return to land, where they could process the shock running through their bodies.

Pikachu thought Cloud seemed familiar, but that was probably because the stories described her in great detail; such as the scar on her neck that should have killed her when it was made, her strange, sky blue color, and the great strength and speed that she was using as he thought.

And then, with clear, old, wise tones, Cloud spoke to Rusty, who nearly fainted from excitement and shock. It was not every day a legend among legends spoke to you.

Hello, small Pikachu. What is your name?, thought Cloud towards him, flying towards their destination, effortlessly keeping pace with the plane, carrying Misty (who had fallen asleep in the short span, from exhaustion) on her back, and Rusty on her head, just inside the clouds, as to not startle anything else.

R-Rusty…. Erm, your…. Rusty, the usually brave one, was acting like a stray jumpluff; alone, nervous and really scared. Awesomeness? He tried, trying to put some of his trademark humor in, but sounding extremely parched from shock, slightly ruining the effect.

Rain made a small laugh, a laugh that was crinkled with age and wisdom, and replied Just Cloud. Is it alright if I call you 'little one'? Its fun.

Pikachu realized that she may be decades old, but at heart she was still a young, reckless adventurer. Sure, Cloud. His grin covered his entire face. Was this awesome or what… However, he took on a more serious note just then. What will happen when we arrive to Llolia? If you get seen by serious Pokemon, you might be trapped by their over-kindness!

Cloud could tell Rusty was worried for her, so she paused talking for a minute and thought. A simple idea came to mind, and she told Pikachu to grab her Poke Ball.

Rusty would ask HOW she came to be in a Poke Ball belonging to Misty, but he wasn't about to object to Cloud. So, he ran over to Misty, and took a minute to pry the Poke Ball out of her hand. Even asleep, she was holding that thing with an iron grip… That's Misty for you…

When Rusty got it firmly in between his teeth, Cloud grinned a little. This was going to be fun. She hadn't been able to do this for years, and it was really fun for anyone who could do it. Now, I want you to zap your friend over there, just to wake her up.

Rusty obliged, and Misty jumped up, hair in a fried, blackened mess with her hammer above Rusty, when she remembered what happened, and what she was standing on. Good, now get her to hold on tight…

Rusty wobbled his arms and yelled Hold on tight!!, pointing at Cloud's neck, hugging the air. Misty somehow got the idea, undoubtedly somehow involving Rusty's epic mime skills, and she grabbed onto Cloud's neck, Rusty jumping onto Cloud's head.

No, hold on near Misty, preferably on her back.

Rusty felt stupid, but grabbed onto Misty's back. Misty was going to say something, but Rusty remembered that she could hear the speech of the Pokemon Cloud was. So, she grumpily let him hang on.

Now, brace yourself, and pull me back into the Poke Ball at the exact moment when I say "now".

And then, without any further warning, Cloud shot straight up, and it sure looked like she was going to ram the bottom of the Boeing airplane that they started in. Clouds eyes glowed purple as Misty and Rusty started screaming, holding on tighter, yet still had their wits about them enough to remember what Cloud said.

Then, slowing down slightly, Cloud made a sharp turn to the east, then turned to face the back of the plane.

Here goes! She shouted mentally. A tingly feeling passed from her to her passengers, and Cloud flew straight at the rear end of the airplane.

And with blood pounding in their ears, Cloud yelled VEIL OF DARKNESS!, And Rusty and Misty were awestruck when she passed through the back of the plane with her head. Then, in less then a second, going at speeds greater then the airplane, Misty and Rusty were inside the plane, still intangible, and apparently invisible.

Do I really have to say 'now'? Said Cloud, still feeling an adrenaline rush pump through her old body, a little disappointed that she had to stop. Misty then tapped the Poke Ball against her neck, and Rusty could not help feel disappointed as one of his heroes, Cloud the legendary, returned into a little ball of metal, which in turn shrank (as the new generation of Poke Balls usually did), and went into Misty's back pocket, the place where nobody could steal it. As Cloud flowed in, he stopped worrying. She could defend herself. Instead, he started worrying about Ash and Misty…. If things went as they usually did, Ash would probably end up with a big bump on his head, and a strangeishly large tear on the back of his head.

Don't worry, Rusty, ill make sure that Misty wont kill him.

Apparently, Cloud had read everything he had been thinking… it made Rusty wonder…

Innocence. Cloud said it as an attack, not a wise saying, and then, their upside-down world started turning rightside-up, as Cloud returned to the Poke Ball, and they were both dumped unceremoniously into the aisle, and every single head in the airplane turned towards the two, and you could hear the soft plop of everybody's jaw dropping onto the floor. (Yay, pun on jaw dropping!)

Misty staggered to her feet, dripping wet (hey, clouds are made of water), holding Rusty in her hands. Then, with a grin as wide as his face, Ash jumped into the aisle, and hugged Rusty as hard as he could, tears spreading down his face.

Human's POV

"Pikachu, I missed you so much!" Sobbed Ash, who looked like he had cried way too much since he had come back into consciousness. He had tried to go and jump after them, but Brock had grabbed him and talked some sense into him, for once. So, he had resigned himself to defeat, and thought that his best friend was gone forever, so, he had cried his eyes out. "I thought you were dead!", Ash cried out, everybody looking sympathetically at him. That was traumatized guy.

Although, when he went to hug Rusty, he also had grabbed Misty in his bear grip, her arms pinned. For about four seconds, she enjoyed being appreciated for her efforts, even by being hugged, a thing that she was usually quite reluctant to do. So, she hugged the person back, and three seconds after that, Misty realized that she was hugging Ash Ketchum, and her face turned a bright shade of red.

About at the same time, Ash ALSO started blushing, realizing he was hugging

Misty.

Pokemon's POV

Haha, humans are so romantic, aren't they? Came Cloud's voice, drifting into Ash, Misty and Rusty's heads. Apparently, she could speak through Poke Balls. I can sense something about these two, but I don't think that they know of it themselves. I'll give them a nudge, and see what happens., announced Cloud, this time directed at Rusty.

Psychic. - Apparently Cloud liked announcing her attacks before they were used.

Rusty was expecting this to just shove them together a bit, hopefully popping him out, as it was getting hard to breathe in between them. They were still blushing, but they were mainly hugging Rusty now, glad that he was alive. Here it comes, thought Cloud at Rusty.

Then, everybody on the plane got up and went "AWWWWWWW!" in that way that people do when in a love scenario. Here Rusty realized the true power of Cloud. She was more powerful then Mew, Mewtwo, and even possibly the Unown put together, but in a different way. To have one Pokemon affect hundreds of humans (the hardest thing to affect by psychic attacks, such as hypnotize) at once, and have them all get the same message (to say 'awww'), had never been done before. Yeah, Cloud was powerful.

But still, through all his adventures, Rusty had no idea what was going on. He was just that innocent. He didn't know it, but it was a good thing that Dawn's buneary never got to him. Now to just wriggle out of the two trainers' arms…

Human's POV

After realizing he was hugging Misty, he wanted to stop, but hey, Pikachu was alive and he was too happy to stop. Misty was thinking the same thing (well, that she was hugging Ash, not herself).

But neither of them expected to hear the entire plane go 'AWWWWWW!' romantically at them and start taking pictures. So, just as Rusty managed to wiggle free, they let go of each other, their faces both resembling bright red tomatoes.

"ASH KETCHUM!" Screamed Misty, regaining her senses.

Two hours later, the Boeing landed in BlueWood city, where the only official airport located in Llolia was. The gang had arrived.


:D

I had fun with this one… but Im wondering if you could figure out which Pokemon Cloud is. I tried to make it easy to imagine as a certain one, and ill reveal what she is sooner or later (preferably sooner)

So, review if you liked/hated it, suggestions, etc etc etc

I hope you liked it, and will (hopefully) read the next chapter, when I post it :P

Xaviertrix