This is the eighty-sixth chapter in the Pokemon Heroes story. Lee and Riku will meet Ash and his friends for the first time in this chapter. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon or any of the songs.
(Opening song)
Ash and the others have gotten on rocky terrain. There were still trees and forests everywhere, yet it was still rocky. They were heading towards their next destination, and they estimated that they should get there in under a week.
"Be careful," said Brendan, "There are a bunch of wild, dangerous Pokemon out here. They're very tough."
"Like they could beat Pikachu," said Ash. Brendan pretended to cough.
"And what is that supposed to mean?" asked Ash. As Ash and Brendan started to get into a huge argument, a man was looking down at the kids. More precisely, there were two of them. The one looking down on them was snickering.
"We finally found them," said Lee, "I've been waiting for this since we first got the mission."
"Remember, they have an Aura Guardian on their side," said Riku, "This could be one hell of a mission."
"So what?" asked Lee as he started to pull down his gloves, "I can take them all on with my eyes closed."
"Don't get cocky."
"You bet your ass I'll be cocky," said Lee. He then jumped towards another tree to continue following the kids. When he left, Riku looked back at Ash.
"What a way to get revenge on him," thought Riku, and he ran after Lee.
Lee and Riku
They all sat down to take a break. Brendan had made them rice ball before, and they were eating the rest of them. As they were eating, Drew heard a noise in the trees. He looked back to see if it was one of those dangerous Pokemon Brendan was talking about.
"You hear that?" asked Drew. Brendan stopped eating to see if he could hear what Drew was hearing. After a few minutes, he began to think that Drew was hearing things and proceeded to eat, but then he heard a noise that sent shivers down his spine: a snicker.
"What the hell?" asked Brendan. He finished eating his rice ball, and then stood up.
"I'm going to go check if something's over there," said Brendan.
"Want me to come with you?" asked Ash.
"If you wanna," said Brendan. Ash nodded and walked after Brendan. He looked back at the girls before he left.
"Stay here," said Ash, "Pikachu heard something too, and I think I should check it out with Brendan."
"Fine," said May, "But don't get yourself in trouble." Ash walked after Brendan. When they left, Lee watched over the girls and Drew from a tree not too far from them.
"Good job, Riku," complimented Lee, "Now it's time for me to do my part."
Ash and Brendan walked through the forest. They walked according to what Pikachu heard. Pikachu didn't like the presence, and the better idea would be to check up on it.
"So how you've been doing?" asked Brendan. Ash looked towards him.
"What do you mean?" asked Ash.
"I mean you've been acting strange for a while," said Brendan, "I've been noticing it since we've been in Sandgem Town. May told me she's been worried about you."
"I'm fine," said Ash, "It's nothing."
"Someone knocking down trees, yelling at people for no reason, and going on a mini berserk everyday isn't okay," said Brendan.
"I'm fine," said Ash, "May's just going crazy. And what's it to you? It's not like it affects you or anything."
"Because I'm worried about you," said Brendan, "If anything happens to you, I have no idea how I'm supposed to break it to the girls. I don't want them being upset over anything that happens to you. Listen, if anything's the matter with you, you can just talk to me about it, alright?" Ash didn't say anything. After walking for a few minutes, Ash placed his hand on his head.
"Someone keeps apologizing to me every-time I do it," said Ash. Brendan stopped.
"What?" asked Brendan. Suddenly, they heard screams. They looked back.
"PIKA!" yelled Pikachu. Ash's eyes turned blue.
"May," whispered Ash. He then ran back.
"Wait, Ash!" yelled Brendan, but Ash wouldn't stop. He took out a Pokeball and released Pelipper. He then hopped on it and flew towards Ash.
Lee was pushed back towards a tree. He had on a cloak that was over his entire body so his face wouldn't be revealed. They did this just in case their victims escapes and would tell the public about their existence. He slid down the tree and forced himself up. He looked up back at Drew's Flygon and Absol, May's Combusken and Dawn's Piplup. He chuckled.
"Pokemon like that deserve to be captured," said Lee, "Mind giving them to me."
"You've gotta be joking," said Drew, "Once again, who are you? Why did you attack us?"
"That's none of your business," said Lee, "Move out of my way. I'm only here for the Princess. I'll spare your lives until I kill her, and then you're next."
"So you're after May," said Drew.
"I said move it," said Lee, but this time furiously.
"Flygon, use Razor Wind," said Drew. Flygon attacked, crashing Lee back against the tree and breaking it. Lee was then flipped over, and he forced himself up and looked at the boy and his Pokemon.
"I tried to let you go, but you don't want that I suppose," said Lee.
"I would rather die than let you touch her once," said Drew.
"Fine then," said Lee. He then raced towards Drew.
"Use Shadow Ball, Absol," ordered Drew. Absol did what Drew ordered and launched one at the man, but he just kicked it away towards the sky. Before Drew could say another attack, Lee kicked Absol away, making it head towards Flygon and crash onto hit, knocking them both down. Piplup and Combusken were prepared to attack as well, but then Lee appeared behind both of them and hit them both on the back of their necks, stunning them and making them fall to the ground unconscious.
"You asshole!" yelled Drew, and he charged towards the man, but Lee took his hand and tossed him aside. He looked back towards May and Dawn.
"Gotcha," said Lee. He charged towards them. May and Dawn then shrieked in fear. Within seconds, a tree crashed down in front of Dawn and May, stopping Lee in his tracks.
"What the hell?" asked Lee, and he looked back to see that Ash was the one who knocked it down.
"Wrong move," said Ash. Lee just looked at Ash and blinked a couple of times, and then smirked.
"Bring it," said Lee. Lee prepared to charge at Ash, but then a huge pillar of water crashed down in front of him. He looked up and saw Brendan on top of Pelipper as they descended down towards the two.
"Who the hell are you?" asked Brendan. Lee stared at Brendan, but just shook his head and gave a wave.
"Just an ordinary passerby," said Lee, "That's all."
"Really?" said Brendan as he landed, "I hope you realize that I'm not two. I'm not believing that crap."
"I'm still gonna kick his ass," said Ash. He then ran towards the man. He made both of his hands get engulfed in aura. He went to punch the man, but Lee dodged it. Ash threw another. But the clever man dodged his attack once again.
"I like your style kid," said Lee. Ash growled and engulfs his feet in aura and kicked the man, pushing him back. He then used the force of the aura on his feet to charge towards the man and throw a punch with his Aura Fist, but Lee dodged it. Ash continued to punch, but Lee continued to dodge his attacks.
"Enough," said Lee, and he elbowed Ash towards the ground behind him. Lee then walked towards May and Dawn.
"Don't get near me," said May, "You'll regret it."
"How?" asked Lee. He was about to grab May, but Brendan ordered his Pelipper to use Ice Beam, aiming the attack at Lee, but he dodged it by jumping away from the attack.
"She said you're not allowed to get near her," said Brendan, "You speak English?"
"Ha, ah, very funny," said Lee, "You do realize I have the capability of ripping your eyeballs out."
"You're crazy," said Brendan, "Pelipper, use Hydro Pump." Pelipper did what it was told and attacked Lee, who was pushed back by the attack. He regained himself and stood up, but then Ash came towards him with a fist filled with aura.
"Ass!" yelled Ash, and he punched the man across the face. He staggered, but regained himself again.
"Go Pelipper, use Wing Attack," ordered Brendan. Pelipper charged towards Lee, but he jumped up to dodge the attack, but Ash was on top of him with his aura feet, and kicked the man on the ground. Lee chuckled.
"I see," said Lee, "That white-haired guy is the distraction and the Aura Guardian is the attacker." After realizing what he said, he immediately looked at Brendan.
"White hair, huh?" asked Lee, "Hey, you remind me of..." He quickly moved aside from Ash, who crashed an Aura Sphere down on him.
"That's it," said Lee, "I tried to be peaceful with you kids, but mister asshole ruined it. Time to really kick ass." He prepared to remove his gloves, but then he was suddenly pulled into the bushes. The kids looked there.
"Where'd he go?" asked Dawn. Brendan went towards the bushes and checked inside, but didn't find Lee. He scratched his chin.
"Weird," said Brendan. Ash looked towards Pikachu, and it sniffed the air. It then felt shocked and put its paw on its nose, smelling something horrible.
Riku put a cap on top of the bottle in his hand. He looked toward a disappointed Lee, who was against a tree.
"You shouldn't have made me run away from that fight," said Lee.
"You were gonna get killed," said Riku, "I placed a scent in the air for Pokemon. They can't find us."
"Screw that," said Lee, "I was gonna unlock my weapon. I would've killed them in seconds."
"We now know what they're capable of," said Riku, "This gives us the advantage."
"What advantage?" asked Lee.
"Next time, I'm coming with you," said Riku. Lee's eyes widened.
"Seriously?" asked Lee. Riku nodded.
"This mission must be very serious," said Lee, "You never help me unless it's very important."
"I will not be fighting with you," said Riku, "I'm just going to be there just to observe." Lee shrugged.
"Do whatever you want," said Lee as he stood up and started walking away, "I'm going to go and kill some Pokemon."
A day had passed, and there was still no sign of that man that tried to kill May yesterday. They started to think that maybe it was just some guy who wanted to take May away, and maybe ran away in the process, so they started to forget about the man.
"Yeah, I showed him who's boss," said Drew.
"You were thrown away by him," said Dawn, "You did absolutely nothing."
"I fought," said Drew, "You guys saw me. Right, May?" May slowly nodded. Ash sat by May. Brendan looked at the boy. He was thinking about what Ash said yesterday. Ash sometimes told him when The Aura Beast talks to him sometimes, but apologizing was weird. He wanted to know more, but he didn't want to bring more pain into Ash's head.
"Let's get out of this area," said Brendan, and they continued to walk. Nothing happened anymore. It was so peaceful that Brendan started to think that maybe they exited the area with dangerous Pokemon. After walking for a while, they saw something that made Brendan just drop the map. There was a dead Geodude on the ground. One arm was completely off, and it's eyes were white. Brendan walked over to it.
"Who did this?" asked Brendan, "A wild Pokemon?"
"No matter how crazy I am, I don't like being called a Pokemon," said someone. They all looked around and saw Lee sitting on top of a tree, with the Geodude arm in his hand. His eyes moved towards the kids, and then his eyes widened and he threw away the arm.
"Are you kids following me?" asked Lee. Brendan looked towards Lee, and his heart stopped for some reason. He slowly stood.
"Who are you?" asked Brendan. Lee looked toward him.
"Why are you asking me that?" asked Lee. Pikachu's ears perked up, and it started to growl at Lee. Ash looked at Lee.
"Hey, that's the basterd who tried hurting May yesterday," said Ash. Lee's eye twitched. Drew smirked and cracked his knuckles.
"So he came back for more, huh?" asked Drew. Lee sighed. He couldn't just run now. Instead, another idea popped into his head. He smirked and turned towards the kids.
"You know, if I kill you kids now, that'll show Riku that I'm not stupid," said Lee, "Come at me right now kids. I wanna show you something before Riku gets here."
"I already am here," said Riku, who popped up behind Lee. Brendan's world froze. He clenched his teeth. This must be a dream, or he must've been imagining things. Lee nervously turned towards Riku.
"How did you..."
"I was watching you all night," said Riku, "You really like doing this hobby of yours, don't you? Go ahead. Fight them. Like I told you, I'm just going to be right here." Lee nodded and smirked and turned towards the kids.
"Time for the real show to begin," said Lee.
"Bring it," said Drew as Ash and he stepped up, but Brendan stayed back. He was shaking his head constantly, trying to think of other solutions, but one thing kept going through his mind. It felt like memories were trying to break its way into his head, but what?"
"Guys, I think we should..." said Brendan, but Ash and Drew suddenly charged towards Lee. Drew threw a Pokeball, releasing Roselia from it, and Ash materialized his Aura Blade.
"Roselia, use Magical Leaf," ordered Drew. Roselia nodded and launched its attack at the man, but he just dodged it.
"You're going to have to do better than that if you want to..." said Lee, but suddenly, he was hit on the back of his head by Ash with the bottom of his blade. He responded by kicking Ash away. Ash then landed in front of Riku. Ash quickly stood up and looked at Riku.
"Don't worry child," said Riku, "I'm not here to fight with you yet."
"And who are you?" asked Ash.
"A random person in the background," said Riku, "Don't mind me, just continue fighting Lee."
"I don't believe you," said Ash, and he charged at Riku to hit him with his blade, but Riku blocked it by unveiling huge metal on his arms.
"Foolish child," said Riku, and then he kicked Ash away. When Ash landed on the ground away from him, he started to snicker.
"Your power is nowhere near the power of your father," Riku muttered.
"Roselia, use Solarbeam," ordered Drew, and Roselia launched a huge wave of light energy at Lee, who just side-stepped and watched the attack pierce through trees and watched them fall. He whistled.
"You're really something," said Lee.
"Don't underestimate us," said Drew, "Last time you fought us, I didn't teach to you this lesson. How do you like me now?"
"Still stupid," said Lee.
"Hey!"
"Anyway, yesterday I wasn't able to show you something special," said Lee, and he started to remove his gloves, "I'll give you guys one more chance to hand over the Princess."
"Why do you want her?" asked Drew, "Who are you working for?"
"None of your business," responded Lee. He then quickly pulled off his gloves, revealing his normal colored hands.
"What?" asked Drew, "You're gonna slap me to death?" Suddenly, Lee appeared behind the boy. He had long, sharp nails that touched Drew's neck.
"Guess again," said Lee. He then proceeded to cut the boy's neck open, but Ash used his Aura Blade to block his nails. Ash then kicked the man away.
"Don't come near him!" threatened Ash. Lee just smirked. Brendan and the girls were so shocked they couldn't even move. Drew was only seconds away from death if Ash had not saved him. Brendan continued to stare at the two men. After a while, Dawn noticed that he wasn't helping the others.
"What's wrong?" asked Dawn as she waved her hand in front of the boy's face, "Is something wrong?" Brendan shook his head. He didn't know what his brain was trying to tell him, but right now, he had to help the other two. He proceeded to take out a Pokeball. He then released Aggron, who roared after its entrance.
"'Ram into that guy, Aggron," ordered Brendan. Aggron nodded and charged at Lee, but he dodged the Pokemon's attack.
"You have no idea who you're messing with," said Lee. He charged at the Pokemon, aiming for its neck, but Ash stopped him and used his aura covered foot to kick the man away. He crashed into a tree. He coughed up blood as he tried to stand up.
"You're kicks really pack a punch," said Lee as he continued to cough. Ash charged at him to punch him with his aura covered hand, but Lee pushed it aside and aimed his long nails towards the boy's stomach. Ash had no way to stop him, and his friends were just watching on.
"Wait!" said Riku, making Lee stop, "Don't kill him. I have the privilege to kill him. Go kill the Princess and the others."
"There is no way in hell am I ever going to let you get near them," growled Ash. Riku chuckled.
"You're so caring for others, just like your father," said Riku slowly, "I must admit. I was surprised when I heard he had a son." Ash froze. His eyes turned blue.
"What do you know about him?" asked Ash.
"You don't know what happened?" asked Lee, "I thought you knew. Too bad his son doesn't even know where he is."
"Shut up!" yelled Ash. He charged towards Lee to punch him, but Lee pushed the punch away, but Ash twirled around and uppercutted the man. Riku froze. Suddenly, a flashback of a man uppercutting him on his chin appeared in his head. His eyes suddenly became furious. Lee staggered backwards, while holding his chin.
"You dick!" yelled Lee, "I swear I'm going to..." Ash charged towards him to strike him again, but Riku jumped in front of Lee and knocked Ash away with his metal arm. Ash fell backwards towards May, who went towards him. Brendan continued to look at them. Something felt weird, but what was it already?
"You're weak," said Riku, "You'll never be able to live up to your father's expectations." Ash charged towards him. Aura surrounded his whole body. He was heading full speed towards the man. Riku smirked.
"Game over," said Riku, and his arms started to make gears move, moving his arms up and down, and he crashed it on the ground, and the ground rose up towards the kids. Ash charged towards the wall to break through it, but while he went inside it, it pushed him back. After a yell, Ash was pushed back, and the earth headed towards the others. It hit, and the kids were pushed to the ground. After the dust cleared, they were all on the ground. Lee laughed, and put his gloves back on and walked towards May.
"This was easy," said Lee. He looked towards Ash, and he saw his white, unconscious eyes. May stared at him fearfully, but Lee didn't care. He was about to end her, but Brendan grabbed his foot.
"No," said Brendan weakly. Lee chuckled and kneeled down by Brendan.
"How about I deal with you first so I can show the Princess my power," said Lee, and he was about to punch Brendan, but he saw the boy's hair. He stared at it.
"Wait," said Lee, and he stared at Brendan, and his eyes widened, "Kid? You're that kid, aren't you? You're that man's kid. I thought..." He then smirked. Bam! The memories flooded Brendan's mind. He stared at the man fearfully.
"Why...are..." said Brendan. Lee chuckled again, and then stood up and walked towards Riku.
"Let's go," said Lee.
"What?" asked Riku.
"Trust me," said Lee, "I know what I'm doing." He looked towards Brendan again, and then smirked. A image of a huge smirk on the face of a man in front of the burning building appeared in Brendan's head. The two bounty hunters then disappeared, and Brendan's world started to turn black.
Lee and Riku stood in a clearing in the forest. Lee just continued to chuckle.
"Why did we leave?" asked Riku, "We could've killed them."
"I need them to stay alive for a while," said Lee, "We're gonna go astray from our mission for a while."
"You're crazy," said Riku, "You do remember the award, right?"
"Of course I do."
"Then why?" asked Riku.
"You remember Jonathan, right?" asked Lee. Riku stopped and slowly turned to Lee.
"He's dead," said Riku. Lee slowly nodded.
"I know," said Lee, "But remember that small guy. Yeah, we just met him, and he has what we've been searching for for years."
The kids sat in another clearing. They all woke up from their unconsciousness and hid there from the bounty hunters, except Ash. They were all quiet. Brendan was the one that was the most down. He stayed distant from the others. Dawn even said that she could've sworn she saw him crying. Drew tossed his Pokeball up and down.
"Those basterds," said Drew, "When I see them again, they'll pay what they did to us."
"They were strong," said Dawn, "Do you think they have any association with the Dark Signers?"
"They didn't look like it," said Drew. May sat by the fallen Ash, touching her thumbs together. She looked worriedly at Brendan, who had his back towards the others. She was awake when it happened. She heard what they said, but she didn't understand. And she didn't feel like it was safe to ask Brendan.
"Are you okay, Brendan?" asked May. Brendan just nodded.
"You sure?" asked Dawn, "Do you know those people?" Brendan didn't respond.
"No," he said lowly. They didn't speak another word. They never saw Brendan this sad. Brendan just stared at the sky. He sighed. He kept remembering the man's face. He took a deep breath and calmed down. He blinked back the tears.
"Please Arceus," thought Brendan, "Please don't let history repeat itself."
(Ending song)
Next Time on Pokemon Heroes:After the beat-down Ash and his friends got into, Ash and Brendan start to act weirdly towards the others. May and Dawn want to make them happy again, but making two sad boys happy isn't easy if it involves them. Will they help the boys, and will they ever find out why Brendan is acting this way? Next Time: The Nightmare.
That was that chapter. This starts the mystery behind Brendan's hair. And yes, Sir Aaron takes a big role in this season, and it'll make sense what connection he has with the bounty hunters later on. Next chapter is coming next Monday, so I'll try to stop posting late updates (I have a new computer now). See you next week!
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