Chapter 9 is here! Team Rocket's plan is revealed, as is Ash and Ivy's part in it all! I'd love to hear your thoughts/feelings/predictions on it!
What Ash ship would you like to see? Pokéshipping, Advanceshipping, Pearlshipping, Negaishipping or Amourshipping?
What Ivy ship would you like to see? Brock, Cilan, Clemont, and Gary are all scheduled to make appearances, and of course, there's Peter!
Thanks for all the reviews, keep 'em coming! They always make me smile and help motivate me to keep writing this fanfiction! I love hearing your thoughts, feelings and predictions about what I write and post on here! I genuinely want to thank everyone who's reviewed, especially the Guest reviewer who suggested new typings, which I will be using for the new legendary, Castrophus.
Anyway, here's Chapter nine. Enjoy!
While Ivy, Ash and David phoned Delia back in Pallet, Team Rocket was busy working on their newest project. Dr. Zager, Jessie, James and Meowth, stood at the edge of a lake in central Abuna. The water was clear and sparkling, beneath a bright blue sky, in a lush, green forest that was full of life. It was a beautiful place, but it was more than obvious that Team Rocket intended to destroy all of the natural beauty for their own vain benefit.
"This is the place," Dr. Zager confirmed, as he worked away on a touch-screen computer device. "Yes...the target is definitely here."
"So how do we retrieve the target?" James inquired. Glancing at the computer device, he could see their target was at the bottom of the lake.
"That's what we need to figure out," Dr. Zager replied. "Well, we have it figured out - we must go by the old legend."
"Well, what's the old legend?" Jessie questioned.
"It's all in here," Dr. Zager responded, pulling out an ancient, leather-bound book. "Take a look while I plug in some more information."
In awe, Jessie, James and Meowth did as told, opening the old book to read the old Abuna legend. They read:
Long, long ago, when Arceus was born from the chaos of nothing to create the universe, it created a counterpart to itself. Arceus was the Creator, therefore, it had to have created the Destroyer to offset itself. That's what Arceus did. After creating itself, it created Castrophus, the Destroyer.
Castrophus' job was to destroy all of the universe that Arceus had created when the time came. Both Pokémon would know when this time came, because the wickedness of people would be overwhelming to the universe, and the universe would no longer be able to balance the wickedness of people. So, when the two Pokémon sensed it was time, Castrophus would rise from its resting place, where it meditated while waiting, and ascend to the top of Olive Mountain, where it would rain chaos down on the rest of the world, to destroy it.
However, this process would be cyclical - for the wickedness of people would rise to incomprehensible levels every 10,000 years. Every 10,000 years, Castrophus would rise from its meditative state, ready to destroy the universe. And, every 10,000 years, Castrophus would be stopped from doing this by two siblings - a brother and sister.
Both brother and sister are extremely alike, and vastly different. They are both the heroes of many other tales in our world, and both travel with a yellow Pokémon partner. The boy is more brash, and he will be the one to sense the arrival of Castrophus and the first to find it. The girl is more caring and sensitive, and she will be the one to soothe Castrophus from its rage. Both siblings, who are both pure of heart and intentions, will be able to console Castrophus, by promising that people will not be so wicked and will again learn to live in harmony with all Pokémon. Castrophus will be appeased, and use its Special Ability to rain peace and harmony over the universe, before returning to its meditative state. People and Pokémon will live in peace for 10,000 more years, until the cycle repeats itself again. One day, though, both the siblings and Castrophus will agree that it is time for time to end - and will end it together.
"Wow," Meowth breathed, in complete awe. "So dat's why we've been watchin' da twerp and da girl...dere supposed ta be da siblins' in da story?"
"Giovanni believes that is so," Dr. Zager chimed in, as the three focused their attention back on him. "So, we need to stop the two kids before they get to Castrophus."
"And what good would that do?" Jessie asked.
"If we stop them and get to Castrophus before they do," Dr. Zager began. "Then we will be in control of Castrophus, not them, and we can capture it. And everyone will have to do what we say, or else we can threaten to end the universe with Castrophus' powers. Team Rocket will have the ultimate power."
Later that evening, after everyone in the Ketchum family had time to process the facts, things had cooled off. David allowed the kids, including Daisy and Peter, to stay at his home overnight. Those two were already comfortable in their guest room - Daisy snoring her head off as she slept, while Peter studied by flashlight, highlighting terms in his textbook. David lay awake in his bedroom, staring at the ceiling.
Ivy and Ash were in her bedroom. Ivy and her egg and her Pikachu lay in her old bed, while Ash and Pikachu were in the little bed that pulled out from beneath Ivy's. They were both wide-awake, and unable to sleep. Ivy had her back to Ash, facing the window by her bed, staring out at the trees and stars around the house. Ash was on his back, hands behind his heads, like his father, staring at the ceiling, with Pikachu at his side. He noticed that Ivy had some of the same Pokémon posters that he did hanging in her room, and she had those glow-in-the-dark plastic stars stuck to her ceiling.
"Hey, Ash?" Ivy whispered into the darkness, rolling over to face her older brother.
"Yeah, Ivy?" Ash replied. It was obvious that the two were still feeling uncomfortable.
"How do you...how do you feel about all of this?" she asked meekly. "I mean...about finding out that we're siblings and everything…."
"It's…," Ash paused, trying to find the right word. "...Weird. I mean, not in a bad way...you know what I'm saying, it must be just as weird for you."
"I get it," Ivy nodded. "But...I've always wanted to have a sibling."
"Hey, really?" Ash smiled. "Me too."
"I guess this worked out for the best, then," Ivy concluded. A moment of silence passed, before Ivy said, again, "Hey, Ash?"
"Yeah, Ivy?" Ash repeated.
"You want to...well, to make it the least awkward that it can be, want to just pretend we've always known each other?" Ivy mumbled. "I mean, I know we have a lot to learn about each other and whatnot, but let's not make it weird. I want to be your sister, without it being all weird and awkward."
"Sure, Ivy," Ash agreed, smiling at his little sister through the dark. "We'll do our best not to be awkward. And I'll take a bullet for you."
"Same here, bro," Ivy laughed.
She dropped her hand over the edge of the bed, pinky extended. Understanding her gesture, Ash pinky-promised her, and the two went to bed with smiles and the feeling of a brother-sister bond beginning to form.
