Falling Ash, Rising Heat
Author: Sorry about Chapter 9's after section. It was a thing I wanted to do since there were so many people commenting on this story and also so many people who read this and so as someone who is impulsive, I decided to just let you guys know why I write FanFiction and why I still continue.
Thanks to WhiteEagle1985 and Xperior for commenting and putting in a nice word. I am flattered but there is a down side. A Guest reviewed…and you may have already seen my response and such but I DO NOT TAKE KINDLY TO GUESTS WHO WRITE BULLSHIT LIKE THAT! I would forgive someone who did write but only barely. I do have an actual life outside of FanFiction writing. I am starting studies for Game Development/Design, I have friends and such. And I do wonder why he said we don't want to 'weep over you'? Like I want you guys to cry over me, I don't want you guys to like give me money or shed tears for me, all I wanted was to let you guys know what my friend (BookPrincess32) and you guys did for me. So yeah. I think he was a twelvie, calling me a 'gaylord' then a 'dick'. So I have a few words to say to the Guest: "Fuck you, suck my balls. AND STOP BEING A DICK!"
Onto the chapter…
DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN POKÉMON
Chapter 10: Water
Ash was laying on his bed thinking hard. That dark shadow that seemingly was leeching onto Misty's Gyrados troubled him to no end. There was something strange about it. It seemed…like it had its own persona, yet it only had three kinds of feelings: anger, pain and insanity.
"OF COURSE!" Ash exclaimed suddenly. Raichu was with Cynthia to go out shopping, the promise of ketchup convinced him to leave so that Ash could think. Ash pulled out a phone and flicked it open (it was one of those foldable ones) and speed dialled a number.
"…hello?" a voice answered on the other end of the connection.
"Yo, Wes…it's me, Shinigami" Ash said and he heard a collective sigh.
"Arceus, Ash just use your actual name" Wes said groaning.
Ash travelled to Orre to investigate the extremely old events of the Shadow Pokémon to try and find a connection between the Shadow Pokémon and aura. That's where he met Wes a blonde haired, brown/orange eyed, cloak wearing trainer who had one of the only Snag Machines left in existence and his friend Rui a red haired girl with blue eyes who Ash recognised as an untrained Aura Guard. Which led Wes to finally understand why Rui could see which Pokémon were Shadows and which weren't.
"Sorry but how fast can you get to Unova?" Ash asked curiously.
"Well, right now I am on holiday in Undella Town with Rui and Michael" Wes replied and Ash facepalmed. Of course they are.
"Well, where are you, I'll see you in a few minutes" Ash said.
"Right, we are at…"
A few minutes later…
"Wes, Rui, Michael!" Ash greeted holding up one hand and the three Orre natives. Michael was the younger one. He had red hair like Rui held up by a blue headband and he had a metal exo-skeleton-like arm which was just in fact the Snag Machine he had. He also had a headset like thing on his head that was his Aura Reader. The last one in existence.
"Hey!" Michael greeted easily.
"How you going?" Wes asked shaking the trainers hand.
"Alright I guess" Ash replied.
"Hey Ash" Umbreon and Espeon said in unison.
"Hey guys" Ash said scratching behind their ears. They gave a shake of their bodies to signal their pleasure of the affectionate scratch.
"I wonder why you are here, and why you are asking for my help?" Wes asked curiously although he already knew the answer. He had seen the battle between him and Misty. That Gyrados was a Shadow but…it was a long shot off from the originals.
"You already know that answer" Ash said evenly as he sat down.
"Yes I do, you saw it too, right guys?" Wes asked and the other two nodded. This was bad, worse than anticipated.
"We originally came here to have a holiday and see more of the world" Rui explained.
"But…we heard word of strange Pokémon behaviour and a shadow that seemed to linger near them like how a Gengar hangs around the living" Michael explained.
"But the Shadow Gyrados you fought with your…unique Aegislash, was far off from the originals were purification only came with trainer bonding and the Purification Chamber back in Orre" Wes muttered as he stroked his chin, thinking hard about what could have happened.
"It could because of my own aura" Ash suggested but he had little knowledge of the Shadow Pokémon. Wes was the real expert in all this.
"No, this is only a vague replica of the original, hence why the effects last for only so long: as in when it faints and not after…the Shadow seems to leave the target body when it loses" Wes mumbled thinking extremely hard now.
"Do you think it is incomplete?" Ash asked.
"No, I think…in my opinion that this is what the maker wants" Michael said putting out his thoughts.
"I disagree…it seems like it weakens after several heavy attacks, so incompletion seems like a reasonable conclusion" Wes retorted obviously the two Snag Machine holders had this debate more than once today by the look on Rui's face.
"I think maybe it is both" Rui said being the calm and even minded one out of the three. The two males looked at each other and sighed. It seemed logical and probably fitted the theory better anyways.
"What do we do about it?" Ash asked the three Orre natives.
"Well, we de-activated our Snag Machines and in addition we don't want to be criminals by Snagging Shadow Pokémon from trainers" Michael explained.
"Orre is too far away to use the Purification Chamber and Teleport would sacrifice a Pokémon's life" Rui said softly.
"I think I may have a solution" a voice said from behind Ash.
"WAH! Cynthia!" Ash exclaimed.
"Damn it Ash, leave a message or something if you are going to leave the villa!" Raichu scolded Ash who smiled awkwardly.
"Hahaha, we know who is the older brother out of you two" Michael said laughing and everyone else joined in.
"What's your solution?" Wes asked Cynthia after she sat down and introduced herself to the three Orre natives. Raichu was catching up with Espeon and Umbreon.
"There is a place in Sinnoh called Turnback Cave and there is a Spring outside the actual caves, it has been unused for many years but I investigated Orre once upon a time and noticed a strange connection between the Purification Chamber and Turnback Springs" Cynthia explained.
"What was the connection?" Rui asked curiously.
"Two: Giratina and the water" Cynthia said.
"What?" Wes exclaimed.
"Yes, there seemed to be a distortion in time and space in Turnback Cave that leads to the Distortion World, the water inside the Distortion World, Turnback Springs and the Purification Chamber are the same!" Cynthia exclaimed and everyone's eyes widened. This was a breakthrough.
"So we can go to Sinnoh and purify are Shadow Pokémon affected!" Michael exclaimed.
"Yeah but if we can somehow contact Giratina or capture him, we could make the trip a whole lot faster plus we can go to the Purification Chamber in Orre!" Cynthia finished and the four figures nodded slowly.
"But how do we contact Giratina?" Rui asked the obvious question.
"Don't worry, I've got this" Ash said smiling.
Author: Chapter 10 done! Sorry it's short but that was intentional.
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