Chapter 9

When I woke up the next morning, I plan my day out. First I would let my friends learn these TM's that I have so that they know some more moves. Next I would go to school and discuss some strategies that I thought up last night with my friends. Next I would see if I can find some weights to train with and try to increase my endurance and speed. I think that I will visit the training dojo after school.

I will work on powering up my moves at a later time. Once I think of a good training schedule, I think that I will invite my friends over to help them in their training as well. After my morning routine was done I made my way to the school I so my friends Damian and Al waiting for me. We had a about half an hour left before our class start, plenty of time to do what I needed to do.

"Hey guys. I have some things for you." I pulled out the TM's and showed them. "These things are called TM's and they allow you to learn new moves from them and if you wondering if they really work or not, they do work because I already learn them. Haven't got a chance to actually used them in a battle or practice yet but I do know that I know the moves now. Oh a little heads up, it will feel like a drill is going through you head, but it will past."

"What moves are they exactly?" Al ask.

"The moves I have on hand at the moment are 'PROTECT, HIDDEN POWER, and DOUBLE TEAM'. PROTECT creates a barrier around the user that stops all forms of damage except for the move FEINT. However the more you used it in succession, the less likely that it will work. DOUBLE TEAM makes it easier to dodge attacks by making it look like there are a dozen of you while fighting. HIDDEN POWER's launches a ball of energy at your target. You won't know your type because it varies depending on the individual Pokémon using it."

They both thought about it for the moment and they both nodded their heads.

"I think that I will learn PROTECT. It fits with the training I am learning from my father." Damian said.

"Same here expect that having that move will be a big surprise for our opponents." Al said.

"So who wants to go first?" I ask.

Al walks up first and says he will go first. "Now remember my warning. Just strap this on you head and press this button right here and it will do the rest." Al takes the TM and follows my instructions. After a few minutes of pain it was all done. "Did it work?" Al asks.

"Let's find out." As I said that I launch an EMBER attack at him. Al without thinking just put his arms in a cross guard and a green dome of energy surrounded him, protecting him from any harm.

"What the hell was that for?!" Al exclaimed with a hint of angry in his voice.

"One to see if you really did learn the move, which you did. Second better learning it here in a control environment instead out in the world. Speaking of which." I look over and saw a decent size boulder that was just the right size for what I was about to do. I put my hands together and slowly pulled them apart. Forming in between my hands a whitish blue sphere formed. I then launched the sphere and destroyed the boulder.

"Well from what I could tell, I think my HIDDEN POWER type was ice, but I am not one hundred percent sure. Now that is out of the way, it is time for Damian to learn PROTECT."

After Damian learned the move PROTECT, we all moved to a seclude area before school starts and decided that we must discuss about what happen yesterday. The situation needed discussion, and it needed discussed immediately.
"Damian... Are you okay? Latios told me about... y'know?" Allen muttered.
Damian nodded, "Yeah... I... I just... I think I... Oh my gosh..." It turns out we all were a little shaking up from the ordeal yesterday. Me being the least.
"It's okay, guys. I mean... As long as we have our guardians and our parents, and us sticking together we should be safe right?" I ask.
"Yeah... But... What if we're alone one day? Then what? That guy just walked me through the woods acting exactly like my dad! It was easy for him! Who's to say he's not gonna do something like that to you guys?!" Damian said looking a little pale in the face.
"I... I feel like this is my fault... I said your names and he just... He tried to get into your head, Allen... I know what he's gonna try to do, but I don't wanna say it..." While Damian was ranting, tears just flowed freely down his face with no sign of stopping any time soon.
Me and Al grinned sheepishly. We have no idea what to do in this kind of situation.
"Hey... We're all safe, okay? Lukra is just one guy! He can't take on Ma, Lucario, and John's parents... Can he?" Allen said trying to pick us up.
Celebi then decided to voice her own opinion with all of us hearing her at once, "Good news everyone, Mewtwo has escaped, and he's back in the skies now. Bad news though... Lukra isn't just one guy. He's smarter than Absol, stronger than your families, and he will show no mercy until he gets what he wants. Damian, this is probably really hard for you to hear... but... he's not going to give up until he has you back home with him or at least until he's dead. I'm not trying to worry you guys in any way; I'm just trying to warn you. We all have each other, though, so we should be safe for the time being. But if the time comes, we'll fight for you."
We than heard Latios voice. "But we can't always show our faces in our physical form like we did. That was an emergency precaution, and there's no guarantee we'll do it again. If any of us gets injured, that risks your lives as well. There are no babysitter guardians or whatever you would call it..."
Damian sighed, "This really sucks. I just feel like I brought you guys into th-"
"No, Damian... If anything this was all my fault. I... I was stupid to make you what you are... and... there's something you need to know. Something I never told you before..." Celebi spoke, "I didn't have to make you Lukra's son... I just... I thought if you came to be the son of this evil monster turning out to be one of the greatest Pokemon who ever lived I just... I thought you'd like that more than anything else. I thought you'd like being better than what people never thought you could be. I never thought this would happen."
We than saw Damian formed a small grinned, despite the situation, "It's not your fault either, Celebi. You didn't know he was alive. No one did. I know what you were trying to do, and... Thank you. Don't feel bad about it, okay?"
She sighed, "Gosh, you're a great kid. You all are... I mean it. I kind of feel responsible for this, but all I can do is... Don't worry. We'll have this situation figured out in no time. Just try to live life like you guys already were."
We all smiled at this. No matter what happens, we are never alone.
"This guy's no problem! If he comes around me, Rose, Beth, or Mal we'll pound him to the ground!" said Allen confidently. I chuckled at this.
"Don't fight unless you really have to, Allen. That goes for all of you. If you can't run, then fight. But the chances are that you won't even have to fight. Let us take care of that." Mewtwo said.
We all nodded in reply. We flinched as an unexpected voice spoke out to us.
"Excuse me?" He asked shyly but confidently.
We all turned to face the speaker, offering a friendly grin to his acquaintance. He was short in height, standing quadrupedal at nearly half my size. He had the appearance of a black fox, with a patch of red fur on his tail.
"I'm kinda new here... and uh... I'm trying to make new some friends before I start school y'know? I'm Thornton... Geez, I must sound like a weirdo coming to you guys like this." He chuckled.
"Nah, you're cool dude. I'm Allen, and these are my friends Damian and John."

"Good to meetcha, Thornton. Welcome to the school." Damian said.
"Who's class are you gonna be in?" I ask the newcomer.
The guy looked unsure, "Umm... I don't really know yet. I guess wherever they put me really. So... If you don't mind me asking, what were you guys talking about?"
We all exchanged glances, but I was the first to reply, "Nothing big really. Just how much we've been training and stuff like that. Nothing exciting." Man am I glad that I can tell a good lie right on the spot.
"Oh... Umm... Man! This is so awkward!" Thornton laughed because of the predicament he was in.
"Don't sweat it, friend! We're all cool here..." I was interrupted by the sound of the bell.
"Aww man... We gotta get to class. It was nice meeting you, Thornton. Hope to see you after school. We usually meet outside at that tree over there if you're ever wanna hang out," Damian said.
He nodded, "Okay, sounds fantastic! I'll see you three later, then?"
"Definitely!" I replied with enthusiasm.
"Cool. See ya."
And with that, he turned away from us and caught up with who I was assuming were his parents.
"Crap... I... I just thought of something guys. I can't be friends with him just yet."
Me and Allen looked at Damian like he had three heads.
"Why not?" I asked.
"Because of Lukra. I'm not putting him in danger because of me. You guys are already in danger enough as it is."
"When the time comes, I can explain your situation to him if he is curious as to why you don't want to be around him." explained Celebi.
The bell rang again, warning us it was time for class.
"Alright... I'll catch you guys later. See ya after class?" asked Allen.
I nodded my head, but Damian just shook his head. "You guys can meet up with Thornton after class. I'm just gonna head home."

"Oh before I forget, if you guys want to learn the other moves that I have just let me know." I said. They both nodded their head.
"Alright. See ya guys later."
And with that, Allen left for his class, as did me and Damian. We manage to get to our classroom in time, before we would get into trouble. The rest of the day I learn about the geography of our area along with some history that I didn't know of. After school was done I was waiting by the tree were we said we would all meet up. Before Damian manage to take off, I gave him the HIDDEN POWER TM.I told him that it would be wise to learn some more moves and to make sure that I get it back when he was done. While I was waiting on everyone else to show up, Thornton was the first to show.

"Hey John, what was that item that you gave to Damian just now?"

"Oh that was just a TM with the move HIDDEN POWER on it. Why do you want to learn one? I have two more here with me."

He stop and thought about it for a while. "What moves do you have on you?"

"I have DOUBLE TEAM and PROTECT."

"Hm, I think that I will learn DOUBLE TEAM."

"Alright here you go. Fair warning tho, it will feel like there is a drill going through your skull."

"Thanks for the warning." After I showed him hey to work the TM and a few minutes of pain, we decided to test it out. Let's just say that the number of doubles I saw would probably put the number of clones in the manga, Naruto, to shame. Not really but there was a lot of them.

"Damn your good. I couldn't tell the real from the fakes."

Thornton couldn't help but chuckle. "Well what did you expect? I am a fox and foxes are natural tricksters."

I then look up and see Al joined up with us. I was surprised to see Rose, Mal and Beth as well.
"Hey there John, Thornton, I didn't keep you both waiting for very long, did I?"
I replied back. "Not at all, we haven't even been here for longer than a minute or two."
"Heya, John," Beth piped, "I heard we had a new friendly face!"
Thornton spoke up, greeting himself properly. "Hi, I'm Thornton. Nice to meet you all," He smiled, extending his paw out to shake. Beth returned the gesture with a grin.
"Heheh, my name's Beth! You look just like Rose over here, that's pretty neat!"
"Rose? Hi there."
"Hello," she replied, "it's nice to meet you, Thornton."
"I'm Mal, how do you do?" Mal greeted as well.
"Fine, thanks," Thornton replied.

"Well it was nice meeting you all but I have to get home before my parents worry about me." As I was about to leave, a Tailow flow down and landed in front of me and Thornton.

"Are you John and Thornton?"

"Yeah." We both said at the same time.

"I have a letter for the both of you." Tailow then reach into the bag he was carrying and handed us both a letter.

"A letter? I wonder who it is from." I thought. "I will read it when I get home."

"Well I we see all you guys tomorrow then." I said.

"See Ya."

I quickly made my way home and sat down on my bed and open the letter.

To John;

Hello. We have heard of you exploits these past few days and we are very interest in you. We are sending you an invitation to join us at the Rescue Guild to see if you interest in joining our guild. You aren't the only one that we have found interest in. Later this week we will send you another letter stating that the date and time to visit us. We expect great things in the future from you.

From:

The Rescue Guild

I had to reread the letter a few times to make sure that I was not misread it. The Rescue Guild was interest in me.

"I am so going to tell my friends in school tomorrow. But right now I have to tell my parents about this."

When I did tell them, both were surprise that the Guild was interest in me. I told them that I will be thinking about their offer. But for now, all I was wondering was where do I find some good training weights. I think that I will be the training dojo for some, sometime tomorrow.