AN: Hello guys, we are back for more of New beginnings! Hope that you're all enjoying this story, and are ready to break the cliffhanger! You might have an idea as to who it was, but let's find out now! Also, you may have noticed that it says Pokemon/Digimon. Yeah, it's not. I couldn't chose just Pokemon, so that's the reason. Still don't own Pokemon, by the way.
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Chapter 9.
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… my little brother Leo standing there.
"Leo!" I shrieked, running over to hug him. "It's so great to see you!"
"Hello Leo." Ash said cooly. He didn't seem too bothered by my brother's unexpected arrival, but he didn't really know Leo or the others that well. But either way, he seemed happy enough that we had another traveling partner to come along with us.
"Hey sis." Leo smiled. "I see that you're doing well."
'Hey! What about me?' Leo laughed.
"Hello to you too Spark. How are you doing?"
'I'm fine thanks. Can you bring out Rema please? I want to talk to her.'
"I will later. First, you guys have some work to do, don't you?" Leo replied, looking at me.
"Of course we do. But Spark isn't the only one who want's to see Rema. First, we need to show Ash how to do that combination move from earlier. Ready for that?"
'Ok Alex!' Spark smiled, bouncing off my shoulder and getting ready to go. I turned to Ash.
"Ready to go?"
"Obviously." Ash said, excited.
"Right. Let's start with charging from another Pokemon's attack. We can move on from there. First, Pikachu needs to use his tail as a lightning rod to block the attack. Spark, go ahead."
'Right!' She cheered, and shot a Thunder Shock at Pikachu. He caught it with his tail, and was charged from it, though not much. I nodded.
"Good. Now, use Quick Attack on the rock over there, then use Thunder Shock to cover yourself with electricity."
"Ok. Go for it Pikachu!" Ash shouted.
'Alright.' He said, and charged at the rock. He used Thunder Shock, but didn't manage to catch it and ended up just using Thunder Shock on the rock, then hitting it. He seemed disappointed.
"Don't worry you two. That's the harder part of the combo. Maybe we should try later." Ash nodded despondently. Leo then sent out Rema, and Spark went over to greet her. I smiled, and sent out Joey. He walked over to Rema.
'Hey sis. How are you?' Rema looked surprised, then recognised him.
'Little brother! It's great to see you! I didn't know that you were caught, and by Miss Alex too!'
'She was the one who told me that you were travelling with her brother, so I came with her. Our parent's were so happy to know that you were ok.'
'Great!' Rema smiled, then noticed Pikachu in the back. 'Hey, who's that?' Spark turned, and noticed her 'little bro' sulking in the back, not wanting to intrude.
'Oh, that's Ash's Pikachu.' She smiled, then pulled him over. 'Come on, come meet Rema.' Pikachu struggled slightly.
'I don't want to interrupt.'
'You won't be interrupting anything. Now come on, meet my sister. Unless you want to continue with our training session.'
'Yeah, I would like to keep going. Can we please?'
'Nope. Now come on. She needs to meet you.'
Me and Leo laughed. Spark went about introducing Pikachu to Rema, and the little group started talking. I glanced at Leo and went over to them.
"Hey, sorry to break this up, but we need to keep training."
'Ok Alex!' The two Pikachu chorused, and they went back to their positions. Joey and Rema lingered, then Rema said, 'Alex, do you mind if I have a battle against my brother please? I think it would be useful for us both.'
"Of course." I smiled, and turned to Leo. "You don't mind, do you?"
"Of course not. Let's go."
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The two of us faced each other, ready for battle. Ash and Pikachu were sitting at the side, watching to pick up some battling tips.
"Ready to go, bro?" I smirked.
"Ok. You go first."
"Right. Joey, use Quick Attack."
"Rema, Bite it. Don't let him escape!"
"Dodge it, use another Quick Attack! Try and keep ahead of her!"
"Use Quick Attack to catch up, then Pursuit!"
"Tackle it! Make sure to avoid it's fangs!"
We continued with the battle, though it was mostly Joey running from Rema and trying to land a few hits. After a while, we managed to tire them out a little, and could get more distance between the two, and sometimes land an attack or two. But this was tiring Joey much more, being a much lower level. Suddenly, Rema hit Joey with a Tackle, and he was almost knocked out.
"Alright Rema, use Quick Attack to knock him out!" However, Rema didn't move. "Rema?" Rema walked over to Joey and helped him up.
"I think she feels guilty about hurting her brother. Is that right Rema?" She nodded.
"Ok. Rema, come on back." Leo said, returning her to the Pokeball.
"You too Joey." I said. I turned to Leo. "I guess I need to train more. Especially with the upcoming gym to beat." He nodded.
"Yeah, you really do. Now back to helping Ash with his combo move." We turned, and Ash got ready to try again. And again. And again. And again. And… well, you get the idea. We failed a lot.
After around two hours and a bit of damage caused, the two of them finally got the hang of it. At least with someone else charging.
"Great job Ash! Want to try the next level?"
"Yeah, sure. That's self charging, right?"
"Yeah. Let's go heal first."
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Chapter 10.
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After around four more hours of hitting himself and the rock repeatedly, Pikachu finally got the hang of the combo move. Ash seemed really pleased.
"Nice job Pikachu. You've done really well."
"What's really great about this move is that you can still deal damage with the Quick Attack against ground types, which should be useful against Brock."
"Yep. Although with your current team, it's going to be a very hard battle for both of you. Electric is weak to ground, and bug and flying are weak to rock. Normal isn't very effective either, so you so teach these some ground or steel moves. If you want, I can help teach your Pokemon a few moves to help." Leo commented. "Unless you'd rather do it yourself?" I glanced at Ash. As much as I want to do as much as I can alone, we could do with the extra help. Ash nodded slightly, so I said,
"Sure. That could be useful. What will we be learning then?"
"Come with me into the forest. I can show you guys there."
Ash looked quizzical for a moment, but followed Leo and me into the forest. We went and found a clearing and Leo released his own Pidgeotto. He turned to us.
"Now, lets begin."
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AN: Ok guys, you've finally met one of Alex's family members, Leo! You should be meeting with the girls soon enough. Maybe sooner than Alex would like… Could this also mean that their secret will be revealed? Maybe, maybe not. It will depend on whether or not the others trust you. Alex does, Leo might, but it all depends… See you next time!