Chapter 4—The Unbalance begins
It was a sunny morning on Route 14. Gary and the others started their small journey to Laverre City. Pikachu, Umbreon and Dedenne were walking in front of the group as they were playing and having so much fun together.
—Everyone seems to be having so much fun, I think Braixen would like to play with them too—Serena said smiling taking her Pokémon out of its pokéball and it rapidly joined the Pokémon group to start having fun with them.
—I guess Quadillin would like to join them too—Clemont said getting the Pokémon out of its pokéball too.
—Hey, Frogadier would like to join too! —Ash exclaimed getting Frogadier out of the pokéball but it didn't join the group; it rather jumped through the trees watching out for the entire group.
—Your Frogadier seems kind of a lone wolf—Gary said surprised.
—He's been like that since he was a Froakie, but he's a very nice and strong Pokémon—Ash said smiling—I just remembered: if you still had your sports car and your hot ladies we would have gotten to Laverre City by now—Ash said laughing.
—Oh! Don't bring back those memories—Gary said ashamed.
—Did you have a sports car? —Bonnie asked surprised.
—I was just a ten year old kid, don't blame me for that.
—Did you have a sports car and a group of ladies when you were ten? —Clemont questioned surprised.
—Of course I didn't actually drive the car—Gary said ashamed.
—What happened to the car and the girls? —Bonnie asked curiously.
—I just came to the age of being independent; I didn't need my girls anymore. And I didn't know how to drive the car so I sold it. But it's better for me, I like walking in the forest, meeting new Pokémon, experiencing some things you don't feel when you travel by car.
—I understand. But, shouldn't we be getting hurry to get to Laverre City as soon as possible? —Serena asked curiously.
—It's not necessary. I feel we're okay in time—Gary said very secure of this.
—How long do you think we're going to walk in order to get to Laverre? —Ash questioned.
—I don't know, maybe half day if we don't stop, it's not that far—Clemont assured.
—Pikachu! —Pikachu exclaimed scared. He and all the other Pokémon fell in a trap!
—What's the hell is going on? —Serena asked surprised.
—Frog! —Frogadier exclaimed angrily jumping from the tree to the front of the group after seeing his Pokémon friends fell in the trap.
—Prepare for trouble!
—And make it double!
—Do you guys are still following Ash on his journey? Pathetic! —Gary exclaimed irritated.
—What? Who dares to interrupt Team Rocket's motto? —Jessie asked angrily getting out the giant Meowth Robot.
—Excuse me? We're kind of busy so we're not available for you childish double troubles—Gary said irritated.
—What? How do you dare to say that? —James questioned very angry.
—Gary! Stop it! —Ash said worried about him.
—Look! It's that annoying kid we ran into sometimes when we followed Ash and Pikachu on Kanto and Johto—Meowth said surprised.
—I remember! —Jessie exclaimed surprised.
—Is he professor Oak grandson? —James asked curiously.
—Yes, he was also in love with Ash but we know Ash preferred that orange haired girl—Meowth said laughing.
—That's not true! —Gary exclaimed madly.
—What? —Ash asked surprised and he got way too much blushed.
—If Team Rocket suspects that…—Serena thought in her mind.
—That's true! Ash loves him! Just look at how blushed he is!—Jessie exclaimed laughing.
—We're not in love! We're just friends! —Ash exclaimed getting angry.
—Stop this absurd conversation now! Guys. We're in a hurry. Could you please give us our Pokémon back? —Gary asked irritated.
—Of course not! —Jessie exclaimed raising the network with all the Pokémon and getting into the Robot with James and Meowth.
—Frog! —Frogadier exclaimed angrily.
—Ok Frogadier: use Water Pulse! —Ash exclaimed energetically.
Frogadier used a very strong water pulse attack but Team Rocket's giant Meowth Robot resisted the attack.
—It doesn't work! —Serena exclaimed worried.
—Frogadier: use Smack Down!
Frogadier used a very strong smack down attack but the Robot resisted the attack again.
—Your attacks are useless against our powerful Robot! Goodbye! —Jessie exclaimed happily and the Robot started moving away.
—They're going away! We can't let them steal our Pokémon! —Clemont exclaimed accelerated.
—They won't get away, not with our Pokémon! —Ash exclaimed with a pokéball in his hand.
—Let me handle this Ashy-boy—Gary said taking out one of his pokéballs.
Suddenly the sky went dark and it started raining. The wind started to howl and blow so strongly that some trees fell down.
—What's going on here? —Bonnie asked scared.
—Go Sliggoo! —Gary exclaimed releasing his dragon Pokémon.
—Sliggoo? —Ash asked surprised. He had never seen one before.
—Sliggoo: it drives away opponents by excreting a sticky liquid that can dissolve anything. Its eyes devolved, so it can't see anything—Ash's pokédex said.
—Sliggoo: Dragon Pulse!
Sliggoo used a very strong Dragon Pulse attack that penetrated Team Rocket's robot.
—What? —James asked surprised by the strength of the Pokémon.
—Sliggoo: use Dragon Pulse again!
This time the attack perforated the robot.
—Use Iron Tail to cut the rope that holds the network!
Sliggoo's Iron Tail cut the rope and the Pokémon were released.
—Hey! You can't do that! —Jessie exclaimed angrily.
—Use Blizzard! —Gary exclaimed after the Pokémon were safe and Sliggoo used a powerful blizzard attack that froze the Robot—finish them with Thunderbolt!
Sliggoo created a thunderbolt that destroyed the Robot and released Team Rocket into the dark sky.
—Team Rocket has been blasted off again! —Jessie and James exclaimed as they were flying in the air.
After this, Ash's Frogadier's pride made it return to the trees, he didn't feel fine because he couldn't defeat Team Rocket.
Suddenly, Sliggoo's body began to shine.
—What? —Gary asked very surprised.
—It's evolving! —Bonnie exclaimed as excited as Gary.
—Amazing! —Clemont exclaimed excited too.
Sliggoo evolved into Goodra!
—Goo! Goo! Goo!
—Goodra? —Ash asked really amazed after seeing Sliggoo evolve. Gary was amused. Everyone was surprised.
—This very friendly Dragon-type Pokémon will hug its beloved Trainer, leaving that Trainer covered in sticky slime—Ash's pokédex said.
—Hey! Stop it! —Gary exclaimed laughing because Goodra was hugging him and like the pokédex said, he was covered in a green sticky slime.
—Wow! You're really strong! We have to battle someday! —Ash exclaimed energetic.
—Oh please—Gary said blushed.
—Goodra is a very beautiful Pokémon I must say—Clemont said smiling.
—Thank you for saving our Pokémon—Bonnie said smiling hugging Dedenne.
—You're welcome; no one can take my sweet Umbreon from me! —Gary exclaimed hugging Umbreon after the rain washed the slime Goodra left in his body.
The wind started to blow stronger and the rained started to fall faster. The sky was completely dark. Everyone was getting wet because of the rain.
—What's going on? I'm scared.
—I don't know. I have a feeling about this—Gary said thoughtful.
—Yvetal? —Ash asked curiously.
—Exactly! We must hurry to Laverre City!
—Goo!
—What's going on, Goodra?
—Goo! —Goodra exclaimed worried. It pointed to the west side of the forest.
—Do you mean something's going on by there?
—Goo!
—Let's go! —Gary exclaimed jumping into Goodra's back and they all started running to the west of Route 14.
Thunders began to fall as the group kept running, after several minutes they reached the center of the rainy forest: Diantha was there with a huge tree over her! Her Gardevoir was trying to help her but it couldn't move the huge tree.
—Oh my God! —Serena exclaimed frightened.
—Everyone let's help Gardevoir to move the tree! —Clemont shouted.
—Go Goodra! —Gary exclaimed.
—Frogadier, help us!
—Frog! —Frogadier exclaimed joining them.
—Quadillin, please help us! —Clemont exclaimed.
—Braixen, help us too!
Everyone was helping, trainers and pokémon, even Pikachu and Dedenne were trying to help; it was a hard team work but they finally moved the tree away. Diantha was unconscious.
—We have to take her to a hospital right now! —Gary exclaimed pretty worried.
—There's no time. Go: Charizard! —Ash exclaimed releasing his Pokémon—get on, Gary! —Ash exclaimed jumping into Charizard's back.
—Yes! —Gary exclaimed taking Diantha on his arms and getting on Charizard. Gardevoir also got on Charizard, behind Gary and Ash.
—We're going back to Lumiose City, you guys stay here, there's a cave! —Ash noticed indicating Cleomont, Bonnie, Serena and the pokémon to stay there— we're just going to leave her there and we'll get back as soon as we can—Ash said as Charizard started to fly.
—Take care!
—Please save her life! —Bonnie exclaimed.
Cleomont, Bonnie, Serena and the pokémon hide in the cave waiting for Ash and Gary to get back. Charizard flew with Ash, Gary, Diantha and Gardevoir on its back and they eventually disappeared from the sky view.
The thunders intensified.
—What's happening Gary? Why did the sky go dark so suddenly? Why did it start to rain? —Ash questioned scared.
—I don't really know but as I said before I have the feeling it's because of Yvetal. It is known as the Pokémon of death and destruction—Gary said afraid.
—That doesn't sound good!
—I believe Xerneas is in trouble. This world is a balance between life and death, I think Yvetal's getting presence into this world because Xerneas's power is fading away, that's the only explanation of this natural disorder.
—You have studied a lot about these Pokémon, haven't you?
—I told you it is my dream to get more information about them, to see them on person, to make an important scientific discovery about'em.
—I see, I promise I'll help you do that, I don't really know how but I'll give you my support—Ash said smiling.
—Thank you so much, Ashy-boy—Gary said smiling too
Ash smiled again and they eventually reached Lumiose City.
—Hey, there's the hospital!
—Just be careful, Charizard!
Charizard went down with caution. Ash, Gary and Gardevoir ran so fast to get Diantha into the hospital as fast as possible.
—Please, help this woman; a tree fell down on her! —Gary demanded to the receptionist.
—Oh dear lord! —the receptionist exclaimed scared and rapidly called some nurses. They arrived with a stretcher and Gary helped them to lay Diantha down on it.
—We're going to take her to the operating room to see if she needs any surgery.
—Thank you so much. And please take care of this Gardevoir too—Gary insisted.
—Of course, thank you for bringing her here.
—It was all thanks to this guy—Gary said smiling and hugging Ash.
—Well, thank you to the two of you.
Before they left, Gardevoir took Gary's arm.
—What's going on Gardevoir? —Gary asked surprised.
Gardevoir gave him a Dawn Stone.
—Oh, thank you—Gary said surprised taking the stone.
—That's a very rare stone. I wonder why Gardevoir gave it to you—Ash said curiously.
Gardevoir smiled and went back to the reception.
—I guess we may use it soon—Gary said taking the stone into his pocket—we must hurry now, we need to find Xerneas! —Gary exclaimed running out of the hospital.
—I'm with you! —Ash exclaimed running after him.