Hello, everyone! This is a new chapter! Chapter 7! Now then, let's start this chapter!
Normal POV
Everyone were resting in a forest as they got ready to go.
" Is everyone ready to set off?" Chris ask
" Yeah!"
Eureka was getting ready when she paused.
" Eureka?"
" Something's inside here." Eureka said
" Huh?"
They walked over to her to see a green Pokemon with a red core in the center as it tried to avoid an excited Eureka. It bounced into the air for a little while before Aichi caught it.
" Are you okay?" Aichi ask
It slipped out of his grasp as Eureka caught it again. Satoshi and Serena used their new Pokedex but there was no data of it.
" So it's a new Pokemon?" Ratie ask
" Oh! What a big discovery!" Ren said
" Well... Since it doesn't have a name yet, I'll name it! It's squishy, so I'll call it Squishy!" Eureka said
" Squishy, huh..." Chrono muttered
" That's a good name!" Luna said
Suddenly, a bunch of Dodrio ran past them as they dodged them while a Juptile landed and looked over to them.
" Oh, this Juptile!" Naoki exclaimed
" Then..."
" Juptile!"
Shota came running towards them as he was also surprised.
" Shota-kun! Long time no see!" Aichi greeted
" I didn't expect to see you guys here either. Hello." Shota said
" But what were you doing?" Satoshi ask
" I was trying to get one of them." Shota replied
" That's why you were chasing after them." Serena said
Eureka ran up to them after that.
" Hey, Squishy is gone!" Eureka said
" Huh?!"
They started their search when an explosion nearby caught their attention.
" Let's go and see!" Misaki said
" Yeah!"
When they arrived, they saw Squishy in the claws of a Dorapion as they gasped.
" Let it go!" Naoki shouted
" What do you want, boys and girls?" Correa ask
" Hey! Squishy doesn't like what you're doing to it!" Ren shouted
They sweat dropped.
" Ren..."
" Oh?"
She tapped her goggles as it scanned on Aichi and it blinked red.
" Oh... I didn't expect you to be here, codename 'King'." Correa said
" By 'King', that means..." Satoshi exclaimed
" I see! You guys were the ones behind Kai and Sendou's kidnapping!" Leon exclaimed
" Huh?!"
" Get Aichi out of here!" Naoki shouted
" You're not getting away! Dorapion, Toxic!"
" Pikachu, Thunderbolt!"
" Juptile, Leaf Storm!"
Thunderbolt hit the Toxic away as Leaf Storm hit Dorapion back. Squishy was released from its grasp as Eureka caught it.
" Now! Use this chance to run!" Citron said
" But..."
" Hurry, Aichi!" Kai said
" Chrono and Yumizuki can follow them! Get Sendou as far away from here as possible! If these guys manage to catch up, you know what to do!" Ibuki said
" Yeah!"
" Yes!"
The four ran off as the others fended the Flare Gang off a little longer before running away as well. Once the smoke from the battle cleared, Correa decided to report what happened after seeing that they were gone.
" This is Correa reporting. I've lost Z1."
After getting reprimanded for the lost, Correa and Momiji were informed of their two comrades joining them to find the two Cores.
" Wait a minute. I've something else to report. We've found 'King'."
" 'King'? Where is he now?" Xerosicy ask
" I've lost him along with Z1 as well. But he's with the same group that Z1 is being protected by as well. There's too many of them." Correa said
" I see. Whether it's Z1, Z2 or 'King', just capture all three. We have many experiments to start on, especially on 'King'." Xerosicy said
" Yes."
The communicator was turned off as she continued to search for Satoshi and the others.
It was almost sundown by the time they made it far from Flare Gang as they sat down and rested in the forest.
" We should be safe for now. We can set up camp here." Gaillard said
" Yeah. We'll handle that. Kai, is Aichi alright?" Misaki ask
" Yeah. He's just a little tired from running for so long." Kai said, holding onto a panting Aichi
" Then we'll quickly set up the camp and make dinner. After that, Aichi can have an early rest." Miwa said
" Yeah."
Satoshi and the others were discussing about Squishy after that.
" Come to think of it... Why did those people call Aichi-san, Codename 'King'?" Shota ask
" Shota, it's a long story... Uh..." Satoshi said
" It's okay. You can say it." Shion said
" Okay."
Satoshi explained everything as Shota was shocked.
" A-A real King?! Aichi-san is?!" Shota exclaimed
" Yes, one with unfathomable powers. Those people were after him the same way as Squishy." Citron said
" I see..."
" Let's not think too much about that right now! Dinner is ready!" Miwa said
" Fast!"
" We have our own ways of doing stuff." Miwa said
They went to eat dinner as Kai led Aichi into his tent.
" Then, I'll be inside if you need me. But if I hear someone making loud noises and making Aichi wake up, I'll kill them." Kai warned
" Y-Yes..."
Kai zipped up the tent as Miwa sighed.
" K-Kill?" Shota ask
" He doesn't mean it... But he means that he'll show us a living nightmare..." Miwa said
" That's even worse..." Naoki muttered
After chatting quietly for a little while longer, they also headed to sleep as Squishy was still awake when it saw one of its Cells nearby spotting Correa and the Flare grunts following behind her, closing in on them, it jumped out of the tent and woke up the ones outside. Hearing the commotion, Kai opened the zip on his tent.
" What's wrong?" Kai ask
" There's something wrong. Squishy suddenly went off. We'll go check it out so stay with Sendou here just in case." Ibuki said
" I got it."
Closing the zip again, Kai went back to patting Aichi's back, careful not to put too much force that Aichi would feel pain from his recovering injury. It seems that he didn't sleep much either while Aichi was sleeping peacefully. The commotion outside got slightly louder before it seems to have calmed but the others weren't back yet.
" What are they doing...?" Kai muttered
He saw the sun starting to rise as he heard the others coming back before heaving a sigh of relief. He took a quick nap until the others called him and Aichi for breakfast and they set off towards the Terminus Cave while Shota went to Hyakkoku City for his Gym Battle. A few days passed as they passed by a tavern where they were following Satoshi to keep watch of a Shishiko who was trying its best to be independent when Team Rocket suddenly appeared with their machine. Their machine started to suck Kaenjishi.
" Stop it!" Aichi shouted
" Aichi!"
That was when the machine turned to him as he was quickly swept off his feet.
" Fairy Masquerade!"
The vines held onto Aichi as Kai went over to hold onto him.
" Kai-kun, don't! You'll be caught up in it!" Aichi exclaimed
" No! I promised that I'll protect you! I'll definitely keep to it!" Kai said
He took out a card after that.
" Dragonic Overlord the 'Ace'!"
Overlord appeared as lava shot out from the ground and Team Rocket was blasted off. Overlord disappeared after that as Kai kneeled down panting.
" Kai-kun!"
Aichi ran to Kai as he looked at him to see if he was alright.
" Are you okay?!" Aichi ask
" Yeah... I'm fine..." Kai replied
" I'm sorry... I'm sorry... It's all my fault..." Aichi cried
" It's okay, it's not your fault." Kai assured, regaining his breath
" I'm sorry... If I only I wasn't so reckless..." Aichi cried
Naoki stopped Satoshi's advance as he looked over to him.
" Don't worry. They get into these kinds of conversations a lot." Naoki said
" Alright, all children can just look at the distance over there." Misaki said
They looked at where she was pointing at as Kai lowered Aichi's hands from rubbing his eyes and leaned in to kiss him. After a few moments he released the kiss and patted Aichi's head.
" Okay?" Kai ask
" Yeah..."
Both stood up after Kai made sure he recovered enough energy and Aichi's eyes were wiped off of his tears. They walked back to Satoshi and the others after that.
" There's nothing over there..." Satoshi said
" Alright, let's go. We still need to continue our journey." Miwa said
" Huh?"
Aichi and Kai were already ahead of them as they waved goodbye to Shishiko and Kaenjishi before continuing on their journey. After helping the Ninja Village and Serena completing her next Tripokalon, they were now on the way to the Terminus Cave. Leon was deep in his thoughts as he looked at Satoshi.
" Leon-sama?"
" That mysterious phenomenon that happened to Satoshi and Gekkouga back at the Ninja Village... That phenomenon has a few things similar to Psyqualia." Leon said
" Psyqualia?" Jillian ask
" Yeah. It might actually rival the Psyqualia of Ren, Chris and I." Leon said
" Then..."
" He's not on par with Sendou's power but it's worth to keep watch in case anything else happens." Leon said
" I see."
While they were chatting about that, the others were talking about the Tripokalon.
" But that was really close! Your performance was so wonderful!" Ren said
" It's fine. I can still go to another one to get my last Princess Key. I'll definitely do it this time!" Serena said
" That's the spirit." Asaka said
" We're here." Citron said
They entered the cave as Squishy suddenly went off on its own after discovering a way down to the bottom of the cave as they tried to keep up with it by following another path. Aichi paused midway as he wandered off in another direction. He found himself at an opening as he saw the green lake. There was a cliff that was leading downwards to the lake as he saw Squishy diving into it.
" Squishy..."
Aichi sighed in relief but then paused when he felt a massive energy wave coming from Squishy and the mark appeared on his forehead.
" My head... It feels so fuzzy... What is this feeling...?" Aichi thought
What he didn't notice was a blinking device that was transfering information to a van. It was the Flare Gang.
" We've detected a strong energy wave coming from Z1!"
" Z2 is responding!"
" We got Z2's location now! Momiji, Akebi, go!" Xerosicy said
" Understood!"
" It may be a legendary entity but it sure is foolish. Its location is so obvious." Akebi said
" Our detection system is just too good." Momiji said
" There's another reaction! It's coming from 'King'!"
" 'King'? He's inside with Z1? Good. Get them both at the same time!" Xerosicy said
" Understood!"
Meanwhile, the others arrived at the lake. Eureka approached Squishy but it suddenly disappeared. Once the energy wave stopped, Aichi snapped out of it as the mark disappeared. He held his head again after still feeling dizzy.
" Aichi!"
Aichi looked across to see the others as he smiled.
" Everyone..."
" You worried us! Where did you go?!" Kai ask
" I'm sorry... I'll get there soon..." Aichi replied
He tried standing up only to fall back down as Kai made his way into the lake to try to get to Aichi.
" Just wait over there! I'm coming!" Kai shouted
The other sighed in relief after knowing that Aichi was safe when they spotted Pin Missles heading towards Eureka and Kai. Satoshi and Ibuki ran into the lake to get them both away.
" Look out!"
They got down as the Pin Missile hit the lake.
" Kai-kun...! Ibuki-san...!"
" Eureka!"
" Satoshi!"
Aichi tried standing up again but he still felt drained.
" Why...? What's going on...?" Aichi thought
" Stay there!" Kai shouted
" Huh...?"
He managed to see Flare Gang through the rocks that was blocking their view from seeing him as he quickly hid away again.
" You kids, don't move!" Correa warned
Correa made sure that the others won't make false moves before they activated their goggles. That was when Bara spotted Squishy and shot at it. Squishy fell into the lake while still invisible as Correa also started shooting into the lake in attempt to hit Squishy. Aichi managed to regain some energy as he started to quietly make his way down to the lake when Correa shot her gun with the red beam towards his direction. Aichi was too late to react as the ray hit him and he screamed before he fell to the ground with sparks surrounding him.
" I was waiting for you to come out." Correa said
At that time, Bara hit her mark as Squishy was thrown out of the lake with the same sparks around it.
" Aichi!"
" Squishy!"
Eureka went back into the lake to get Squishy as Kai got her away from Mud Shot.
" Aichi!"
" Kai... kun..."
" Wait for me, Aichi! Denryu, help us out!" Kai declared, releasing Denryu
" Everyone, let's go!" Satoshi said
" Yeah!"
" Ratie! Use your Fairy Masquerade to get His Highness away from there!" Gaillard said
" Okay!"
" Not so fast!" Bara said
She fired her beam at all four Knights as they fell to the ground.
" Quatre Knights!"
" What's with that beam?!" Chrono exclaimed
" If you know better now, I'll tell you one last time. Don't move. You guys are affected by this beam we have." Correa said
" And if this still doesn't count as a warning..." Bara said
Correa fired at Chrono and Luna as they also fell to the ground.
" Chrono!"
" Luna!"
" You guys seem to have some power so stay down." Correa said
" You three are next." Bara said, pointing her gun at Ren, Leon and Chris
" They knew..." Leon said
" If it's true that Void is working with them, then it's no wonder they know so much." Chris said
" That's right..." Ren said
" Everyone..." Aichi said, getting up with difficulty
" You should stay down as well!" Bara said, blasting her ray at Aichi
Aichi screamed again as he fainted from the pain.
" Aichi!"
Kai ran towards him but was stopped by Cross Poison. The grunts had also released their Pokemon.
" Denryu, Electro Ball!"
Denryu fired its Electro Ball as Dorapion stepped back a bit.
" Onbat, Supersonic! And Tackle!"
Onbat managed to hit Dorapion.
" You did it!" Satoshi said
" Iron Head!"
Iron Head hit Onbat as it was thrown to a rock.
" Are you alright, Onbat?!" Satoshi ask
" Kirikizan, Metal Sound!"
The sound made the others covers their ears and stop in their movements.
" Capture them!" Bara ordered
" Yes!"
One of the grunts approached Squishy with a cage while another carried Aichi.
" Aichi!"
The grunt with the cage was suddenly hit into the lake by Seed Bomb as Team Rocket appeared.
" Well, we managed to secure 'King'. Get him into the vehicle and report to headquarters. We'll continue to deal with Z1." Bara said
" Yes."
" Aichi! Give him back!" Kai shouted
He was stopped again by the Pokemon attacking as he returned Denryu and ran back to where they were walking from as he reached the entrance of the cave to see the grunts securing Aichi into a capsule.
" Give Aichi back... Right now!" Kai growled
Dark clouds gathered as thunder roared and cracked. Kai took out a card as the thunder grew bigger and the mark on Aichi's forehead appeared again.
" True Eradicator, Dragonic Descendant 'Zillion'!"
Descendant appeared and roared as a flash of thunder struck. Meanwhile, inside the cave, the ones who got shot managed to regain their energy as they all stood up after Squishy's 10% Forme released Land's Warth.
" Huh? Where's Kai?" Ren ask
" This wind... I sense a new Narukami's appearance!" Leon exclaimed
" A new Narukami?!" Kamui exclaimed
" Don't look at me!" Naoki exclaimed
" Then..."
" It's Kai!" Chris exclaimed
" Come on!"
They ran to the entrance of the cave as they saw black scorch marks all over the place but the vehicle was gone.
" What happened here...?!" Tokoha exclaimed
" Kai probably flew into a rage and released a new Narukami dragon. With his current Stride Force, he should not keep summoning Strides. They shouldn't have gone far. Let's find Squishy, Kai and Aichi-kun together." Ren said
" Yeah!"
They went into the forest to search for their friends as Correa and Bara were watching them from a cliff.
" How is the 'King'?" Bara ask
" We're currently on our way to meet up and transfer him with a vehicle from headquarters. However, due to unforeseen circumstances, we didn't have a choice but to haul his comrade with him as well."
" Circumstances?" Bara ask
" Yes. We cannot separate the both of them. We tried to get 'King' into the vehicle, however, when we put a distance between them, 'King' will just go back to him. So we had no choice but to get them together."
" Understood. Just do your job and let Xerosicy handle the rest." Bara said
" Yes."
In the van, Aichi and Kai were in separate capsules as Aichi's mark still glowed faintly while there was now a similar mark on Kai's right hand glowing faintly as well. What happened was...
~ Flashback start~
Soon after Descendant was summoned, the similar mark appeared on Kai's hand as he suddenly felt faint.
' No... I haven't saved Aichi yet... I can't lose my energy right now...!' Kai thought
He slowly fell to his knees and collapsed as Descendant disappeared after the lack of Stride Force to go on. The grunts continued to push Aichi into the van as Kai reached his hand out weakly.
" Give Aichi back...!" Kai muttered
' I... Promised to stay with you... To protect you forever... I won't let you leave my side...! Aichi...! Aichi...!' Kai thought
The doors were closed as the mark on his hand finally glowed brightly and Aichi appeared in front of him, still unconscious.
" Aichi...!"
He reached his hand out again to grab hold of Aichi's hand as he finally fainted after managing to reach him.
~ Flashback end~
With the others not knowing about their predicament, will Aichi and Kai be able to escape?
And that's the end of this chapter! Thank you for reading and I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter! I'll see everyone in the next chapter!
