Thechaosmaster: Back in Black! I hit the sack, been too long now I'm glad to be back! Hello everybody, I'm so so so so so so sorry for the long delay, but before you guys take out your pitchforks and torches and chase me around threading to kill me, let me say this, writing this story was a pain in the $$ So please, let me present to you guys a peace offering, this chapter, after a whole year, I finally got this thing up and eating to go! Now enough with the plentries, onto the story! Kurivolt, if you please?

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"Normal speach"

"Pokémon Speach"

'Telepathic speach/ thinking/ mental communication between Ash and Reaper'

Chapter 6: Training, Aura, Mankey Business and Heart's Passion

Five minutes after Ash and Anabel got back to their camp site, Ash had told all of his Pokémon to be ready for some serious training. Ash said, "Alright, to start off our training, me and Anabel have decided that, Stormfly, and Spearow will be learning Steel Wing. While Eevee, Thor, Leonidas and Junban will be learning Iron Tail. Lucian; seeing as he already has Aura Sphere, which is a fighting type move, and will be very effective while fighting rock types, will remain here for the moment. Later I will be taking him and Thor to train in aura afterwards. Then after that, Heart and Eevee will be playing Tag, Pokémon style. What that means is, Heart will try to hit Eevee while Eevee will have to avoid getting hit. Then, if Eevee does get hit, they will have to switch it up. So that Eevee will be the one trying to hit Heart while Heart is the one trying to avoid getting hit. Anabel, you want to take over explaining how we are going to be training them?"

Anabel nodded and said, "Sure." Then she turned to the Pokémon and said, "Just as Ash said, we will be training Thor, Eevee, Junban, and Leonidas Iron Tail, how we are going to do that is by tying some small rocks to their tails to strengthen them, same thing with Spearow and Stormfly. But they will have a rock on both of their wings, thus strengthening their wings. Then, once we see some progress, I will stay to keep an eye on Eevee, Junban, Leonidas, Spearow and Stormfly, while Ash takes Thor, Reaper and Lucian into a different part of the forest to improve both Ash and Lucian's aura sensing abilities.

With Reaper and Thor being the targets that needs to be spotted. After that, once again like Ash said, we will have Heart and Eevee play a game of Pokémon tag, the way the game will work is just like how Ash said, Heart will have to try to hit Eevee while she tries to avoid being hit. And once she gets hit, it will be her turn to hit Heart. Basically, it's just a game of tag, and the whole purpose of the game is for the one who is 'it' to work on accuracy, and the other works on evasion. So, how about it everyone, shall we get started on our training then?"

Everyone nodded then Ash said, "Alright then. Misty, I'm leaving Reaper, Lucian and Heart here with you while we go train. I'm sure that won't be a problem, will it?"

Misty shook her head and said, "Not at all, that won't be problem. I'll keep an eye on them, you go and do your training."

Ash nodded then he, Anabel, Thor, Eevee, Leonidas, Junban, Stormfly and Spearow all headed out deeper into the forest, once they were far enough away they stopped and Ash said, "Alright, now then, for this training style, we will be tying rocks to your wings and tails then you will lift the rocks up and letting them down slowly gradually picking up the pace over time. Now because everyone is different, the rocks will be different sizes as well. So, once we tie the rocks on, to start things off, you guys will lift and lower the rocks up and down for half an hour, then we will move onto the second step, where you will try to turn your wings or your tails, into steel. That will be the hardest part. Now then, let's get everyone all set up!"

Then Ash, with the help of Anabel, tied rocks to the wings of Stormfly and Spearow, then tying rocks to the tails of Thor, Eevee, and Junban. Then they were brought to the problem with finding a boulder big enough for Leonidas to be tied to his tail. Then Leonidas went into the lake and came out holding a large boulder. Then once it was tied to his tail, he too started to lift it and lowered it down. With everyone starting their training, Ash started to talk to Anabel.

Ash said, "So, Anabel, what is your grand plan?"

The lilac haired girl asked, "What do you mean, Ash?"

Ash said, "What I mean is, what is your plan for the future? As in, what is your reason for traveling?"

Anabel thought about it then said, "Well, the thing is, I don't have one yet. That is why I'm traveling, to find out what I want to become. How about you Ash? What do you want to become? What is your reason for traveling?"

Ash didn't answer her right away, instead he looked towards the Pokémon and said, "The reason why I am traveling is because of this." Ash then pointed to the Pokémon and Anabel looked and saw how they were doing. Thor was balancing on another rock while lifting the rock tied to his tail up and down while also trying to avoid being hit by Junban, who was trying to hit him with some Fury Swipes while he was doing the same thing with his tail.

Eevee was dashing back and forth from one area to another while lifting the rock tied to her tail. Spearow and Stormfly were trying to stay airborne with the rocks tied onto their wings. And lastly Leonidas, who somehow managed to remove the rope tied to his tail and started to juggle, not one, not two, but three large rocks in the air. Whoever told him to do that was either a genius, or wanted to see one of the most deadly Pokémon, look like a clown.

Ash then said, "This is why I travel. Not only is it because Arceus gave me Reaper, and I have to raise and look after him, but… it's also because of the Pokémon themselves. I have always dreamed of becoming a Pokémon Master one day. But to do that, I first need to become stronger but, I wanted to go on a journey to make friends like these. Maybe one day I would like be able to become Champion. Or maybe I could end up being a Dragon Master like the current Champion, Dragon Master Lance. Or maybe I could become an Aura Guardian; like what Lucian was telling me about. But, as of right now, I just to travel with my friends, and eventually pass Reaper's final trail, whenever he decides to give me it. But until then, I just want to enjoy traveling with my Pokémon, and my friends."

Anabel was surprised at Ash's speech, the way he spoke, it was filled with so much determination that just by sitting next to him, you would end up feeling much more determined. Anabel then started thinking, 'The way he speaks, it's like being next to the embodiment of Willpower itself. Maybe, just maybe, if I had his determination, I would have been able to prevent N from falling into Ghetsis's clutches. Maybe I would have been able to help Anthea and Concordia guide N to the truth he has been searching for. Natural Harmonia Gropius, N for short, the boy who can hear the voices of a Pokémon's heart, who ended up becoming a tool for Ghetsis to use.

But that was years ago, and I haven't seen him since our last encounter. I wonder if he has found the right path yet. It's strange, it feels just like yesterday, but it was months ago. I grew up in Nuvema Town, but I used to see N every once in a while, and soon we met face to face shortly after Prof. Juniper gave me Eevee, and he overheard me talking to Eevee and asked if I could here the hearts of Pokémon as well. At first I didn't understand what he meant, but then he rephrased himself by asking if I can understand Pokémon as well. I told him that I did, and then he asked me if Pokémon should be liberated from humans. When he said that I asked him what he meant by that.

Then he said that humans abuse Pokémon and should be separated in order for Pokémon to understand true freedom. When he said that I thought that he was talking nonsense and was about to tell him that when Eevee said that she likes being with me. I smiled at how she wanted to stay with me. Then I met his adopted sisters, Anthea and Concordia, who explained what Ghetsis, their adopted father's plan is. Ghetsis's main goal was to separate people from Pokémon because humans abuse Pokémon.

I argued that, if Pokémon felt like they were being abused, they would have left the trainer, Pokémon stay with humans, not because they are forced to, but because they want to. Eevee nodded and agreed with me. The three were surprised by what I said, and they said that I will see them again one day. But, not even a week later, I was on a plane ride here, to Kanto and I haven't heard from them since. N may have been able to hear the voices of a Pokemon's heart, but I'm afraid that he doesn't understand what a persons heart can say. I saw him as a brother, even though his ideals were different then my own, he sought out truth, instead of Ideals. I just hope that, wherever his journey takes him, he will learn the true hearts of Pokémon, AND people.' Anabel shook her head snapping out of her memories then thought, 'But now's not the time to drift down memory lane. I have to look on forward, and towards the future.'

Anabel then looked up and saw that Ash was looking at her with concern in his eyes and he asked, "Are you alright, Anabel? You kind of spaced out for minute there. Eevee was getting worried about you."

Anabel then looked at Eevee, then back at Ash and said, "Yeah, I'm fine, Ash. Sorry, just thinking about something. So, how's everyone doing?"

Ash knew that Anabel was hiding something, he could see it in her eyes. But he wouldn't push it. Then he said, "Well, I think that they are ready for the second step to learning Steel Wing and Iron Tail. I was trying to tell you earlier, but you kind of spaced out for a while, the Pokémon were keeping themselves busy by giving Leonidas more rocks to juggle. Apparently, Eevee and Thor have a sense of humor, because Eevee was the one who asked if Leonidas could juggle rocks, and Thor was the one who asked the others to help out. Right now, Leo is juggling about seven boulders while Thor is balancing on his head, and break dancing." Ash said the last part with a chuckle.

Anabel then asked with surprise in her voice, "How did they came up with that?"

Ash continued chuckling then he said, "I think that Thor was up watching an old recording of a Pokémon contest that was taking place here in Kanto a few years ago, in our room while we were staying at the Pokémon Centre in Viridian." Ash lightly chuckled and said, "Imagine them working on a contest performance, they'd probably make it past the first round and wow the audience." Ash then shook his head getting back on track and asked, "But, are you ready to get started on teaching them the next step? Because from the look in your eyes, you were remembering something."

Anabel was shocked and asked, "How could you tell?"

Ash lightly smiled and said, "You see, I am able to notice small details in a person's eyes, my mema told me that it was something kin to high insight, but I never really delved into mastering it, but I can tell when someone is remembering something. If you want to talk about it, let me know, I would be here to listen, but if you want to keep it a secret, go right ahead, after all, we all deserve to have some secrets."

Anabel smiled with gratitude and nodded then said, "Thank you Ash, I kind of want to keep it to myself for now, but if I want to talk about it, you'll be the first to know. Now then, let's get back on track and move onto teaching our Pokémon the second step to learning Steel Type moves."

Then Ash nodded and said, "That's fine, Anabel, just take your time." Ash then turned to the Pokémon and said, "Alright, everyone!" Once everyone heard Ash speak they all stopped doing what they were doing even Leonidas, who slowly put the boulders down then Ash said, "Alright then, now that you've strengthened the muscles in your tails and wings, we will now begin the second step, which is testing out the moves. Now for Iron Tail, you will need to picture your tail being as hard as, well as iron. Same thing with Steel Wing, except picture your wings instead of your tails. Then you will target one of these rocks and try to hit them while your tail/wings are encased the metallic glow. Now then try it, and remember, imagine your tails or your wings are made of steel, then strike at the rocks, if it works, you will be able to break the rocks in two. Now try it out, but be careful, because most likely, it won't work on your first try."

The Pokémon nodded and proceeded to test out their respected moves, Stormfly and Spearow were doing some sort of Pokémon dogfight. They were trying to hit each other with Steel Wing. At first they got their wings to glow, but when they got in close to each other, their wings lost their glow and they brushed past each other. When Ash saw this, he said, "That's a good start, you guys! Just like I said, you won't get it on the first try, so just keep on trying, you guys!"

Anabel then said, "And remember, the goal is to get your wings to turn to steel and remain that way, just like Ash said, you probably won't get it on the first try, so just keep practicing!"

Both flying types nodded at what their trainers said and returned to their training/dogfight. Meanwhile with the others, Thor, Eevee, and Junban were trying to fight each other while avoiding being hit by Leonidas. Thor and Junban had managed to somewhat master using Iron Tail, while Leonidas had completely mastered it, probably because of the rocks he was juggling, and probably because he was a natural at it. Eevee seemed to have found a rock to practice on, Junban and Thor's tails were glowing in a silver metallic color, and they charged at Leonidas with their Iron Tails and Leonidas countered with his Iron Tail. Just before the three Iron Tails collided with each other, Thor and Junban's tails returned to normal and Leonidas hit the two, knocking them into a nearby tree.

Ash, seeing this ran up to them and asked, "Thor, Junban, are you guys alright?"

Thor came to first and asked, in a dizzy and confused voice, "I'm just fine, thanks for asking, just one question, whose Thor?"

Junban shook his head and said, "Oi, so dat's wat it feels like ta be hit in da head by da tail of a Gyarados made of iron. But at least I'm 'till in one peace. (Sigh)" Junban then looks up to his gold coin on his head and notices that it is no longer there. "AAAAHHHHHHHH! Me lucky charm! Wher' tis it!?"

Before Junban could freak out any more Ash placed his hand on Junbans shoulder and said, "Junban, I think your charm was just knocked into your head."

Hearing this, Junban shook his head rapidly and soon enough, his charm was back on his forehead. Then he said, "Whoo, I tought I lost ta part of meself for a moment. Anyways, I tink we're gettin' close ta masterin' Iron Tail."

Ash nodded and said, "I noticed that as well. I'd say, a little while longer, and you will have it mastered. If you want to, take a rest, then you can get back to training, alright?"

The Meowth nodded and said, "Tanks a lot, Ash! I'll rest fo five minutes. Ten I'm back on trainin'."

Ash nodded then said, "Sounds like a plan, just remember, don't push yourself to hard, everyone learns at their own pace, so just keep up training, but don't hurt yourself. Now then, Anabel, think you can handle keeping an eye on everyone else while I take Thor and begin the next scheduled training session?"

Anabel nodded and said, "Sure Ash. You go on ahead, I'll keep an eye on everyone else for you."

Ash smiled and said, "Thanks. Alright everyone, keep on training, Anabel will be in charge, while I'm gone. Thor is coming with me for the next part of training. Ready, Thor?"

The shiny Pikachu nodded and jumped onto Ash's shoulder, then the two headed back to the camp while Anabel watched over the others so they can continue their training with learning and perfecting Iron Tail and Steel Wing. Then she said, "Alright guys, keep up the good work, remember, you don't have to push yourselves too hard, if you want to rest, go right ahead!"

As Ash and Thor returned to camp, they noticed that Misty was sunbathing, Heart was laying down in a patch of leaves, Reaper was sleeping, or looked like he was sleeping, and Lucian was meditating until he sensed Ash's aura and opened his eyes and said, "Hello master, is it time for the next step of training?"

Misty, hearing Lucian but not understanding what he was saying looked up and saw Ash and said, "Oh, hey Ash! Come to pick up Reaper and Lucian?"

Ash nodded and asked, "I hope there weren't any problems while I was gone. Was there any?"

Misty shook her head and stated, "No, not really. It has been very quite today."

Ash nodded and said, "Yeah, it sure has been quite today, alright then, Heart try to stay out of trouble, please. Misty will be here to keep an eye on you while I'm gone. When me and the others get back, we will be starting your training, alright?"

The small Caterpie nodded and went back to sleep. And then Ash, Thor, Lucian and Reaper headed off into a different part of the forest ready to start the next part of their training. As Ash, Thor, Lucian, and Reaper entered a new clearing, when Ash took out two pairs of blindfolds and said, "Alright then, for this part of testing, me and Lucian will be using these blindfold that I bought back at Viridian City, at Lucian's request. Even though he said not to use it during our last training because it was just to start off simple.

The reason why that is is, because I was just starting to use my aura sight, so starting off with a blindfold would not help me very much, sure it would help me a lot, but, Lucian wanted me to at least get the feeling of using aura to see first, then use the blindfolds. So here is what we're going to do, me and Lucian will put on the blindfolds, then you two will try to attack us, and we will have to avoid being hit by sensing your aura. Obviously, you can't use very strong moves at first, at least until I can get the hang of it. Lucian could probably be better then me but, we should at least start off easy. Then work our way up. Right, Lucian?"

The Riolu nodded and said, "Correct master."

Ash then took out the blindfolds from his backpack and gave one to Lucian and tied the other one over his eyes, then he said, "Alright, Thor, Reaper, get ready." He then proceeded to go through the steps that Lucian had taught him about learning aura sight the day before, he closed his eyes, took three deep breaths, cleared his mind and then he tried to focus on his surroundings, while he was doing this, Lucian was doing the same thing, except he could already see everything, he could see just how Ash was doing in accessing his aura. He noticed how his eyes lit up in a bright blue every so often, then he noticed that they stayed in a bright blue.

Ash then asked, "You ready, Lucian?"

The Riolu nodded and said, "I'm ready master. How are you doing?"

Ash said, "It's hard to get used to seeing with aura, but…"

Lucian didn't need to let Ash finish because he knew what he meant, then he said, "You'll get used to it, master, don't worry. It just takes time."

Ash nodded then took a deep breath, and said, "Alright, Thor, Reaper, start whenever you're ready!"

Thor looked towards Reaper and asked, "I'll take Lucian, and you have Ash?"

Reaper looked at him and said, "Whatever, you just don't want to hurt Ash. And besides, I wouldn't be able to hit Lucian anyways, and besides, he can't really hit me anyways, I'm a ghost type, he's a fighting type. You can't really punch a ghost after all. Now then, let's do this."

Just then, Thor and Reaper dashed towards Ash and Lucian with Thor going after Lucian and Reaper going after Ash. Then when Thor reached Lucian, he tried to use Iron Tail, at first it seamed like it was going to work, until his tail returned to normal and lost its metallic glow, then Lucian grabbed his tail and threw him towards a tree, Thor recovered himself just in time to launch himself off of the tree and back towards the Riolu.

Meanwhile Ash had just jumped out of the way of Reaper when he was hit in the side. It didn't hurt too much, but it still hurt, and it knocked out of his aura sight. Then Ash thought, 'Man, I need to be careful, even though Reaper is going easy on me, it still hurts. I need to remember what Lucian had told me, focus on one thing, don't try to do too many things at one time, it will just make it harder on seeing the big picture, don't look at it closely, because, the closer you look, the less you'll see, whatever that means, Lucian said that I just need to focus on, not just what is in front of me, but what is around me as well. So, I just need to clear my mind, slow down my heart, and take three deep breaths.'

Ash then took three slow breaths.

'One.' Ash started to hear the wind blowing through the trees.

'Two.' Ash, for a split second saw a flash of blue appear in front of him.

'Three.' After Ash's third breath, the world around him began to glow in a bright blue glow. Then he noticed a dark, reddish purple aura, that looked a lot like Reaper coming right at him. Just before he got hit, Ash dashed to the left and avoided being hit by Reaper. Then Ash thought, 'Alright, it seems that I am getting better at my aura sight, but my reaction time needs to improve greatly. It also seems that Reaper has different colored aura then the others, must be because he is a legendary Pokémon. After all, from what Lucian had told me during our last training session, everyone has different aura patterns. So if that is true, then if I master this technique, then I would be able to tell the difference between others just by looking at their aura.'

Ash then sensed Reaper coming at him again from the right and dodged to the left, then he looked over and sensed Lucian and Thor's aura and noticed that Lucian was doing better then he was. 'Well, he did say that to Riolu and Lucario, this was like breathing to him. So of course he would be better at it then me. I just need to keep my focus and remain calm.'

With Lucian and Thor, Thor would dash left to right trying to confuse Lucian, but the Riolu would swerve out of the way of the attacking shiny Pikachu. Then Thor said, while breathing heavily, "Come on, stand still, Lucian." Thor then charged up another Iron Tail, but it just as it was closing in on Lucian, it faded and Lucian caught the shiny Pikachu by the tail again.

"You have the power inside of you, but you lack the strength to use it." Lucian taunted.

Then Lucian threw Thor towards a tree, but Thor righted himself and was able to land on the tree and bounce back at Lucian, then he said, "'I have the power, inside of me, but I lack the strength to use it, to I? Well then, try this on for size. Hiyaaaaaaa!'"

Then Thor launched a powerful Thunderbolt at Lucian, who wasn't expecting it, and because of that, he didn't react in time, and got zapped, badly, then he fell to his knees and started breathing heavily then Thor went wide eyed and ran up to him and said, "Oh my, Arceus! I'm so sorry, Lucian! Really, I am! I didn't mean to put that much power into that attack and… wait! Why are you holding your paw up? And why is it glowing and… Wait! Please don't do that! Please! I beg of you! No!"

But it was too late, and Lucian finished charging up the aura sphere and launched it at Thor, who was then sent flying off passed the trees, then yelled, "It looks like I'm blasting off at the speed of lightning!" Then Thor was sent off to the sky and then the sky twinkled.

«Meanwhile at an undisclosed location with Jessie and James»

"Achoo!" Jessie and James then rubbed their noses and Jessie asked, "Why do I have the strange feeling that I should suddenly be feeling sorry for the Twerps Pikachu, right now?"

James shrugged and said, "Who knows? Let's just get back to training."

Jessie nodded and said, "Now then, Ekans, use wrap on Koffing!"

Then James said, "Koffing use Smog, then dodge! Then use the Smog as cover and then, Tackle!"

Jessie and James continued their training with their partners, getting stronger and more better, but they always had time to relax and plan their next move.

«Back with Lucian»

Lucian had taken his blindfold off and put his hand over his eyes to see how far Thor went. Then he awkwardly chuckled as he rubbed the back of his head, then he said, "Woops, sorry, Thor."

Lucian then looked around, and saw that Thor was going to be gone for a while, he shrugged, then decided to meditate until Thor returned.

«Back Ash and Reaper»

Ash was breathing heavily while resting against a nearby tree with Reaper floating next to him. Then Reaper asked, 'You want to continue, Ash?'

Ash shook his head and took off his blindfold then answered, "Nah, I think that's enough practice for now. Let's go and find the others."

Reaper nodded then after a few minutes Ash and Reaper found Lucian meditating but they couldn't find Thor anywhere, then Ash asked, "Lucian, where's Thor?"

Then Lucian opened his eyes and said, "Oh! Master your back! How did it go?"

Ash said, "It went fine. How about you? How did you do? And…where's Thor?"

Lucian's eyes dashed back and forth nervously then he said, "Uh… Oh! Well, you see, it goes like this, uh…"

Then Lucian noticed something coming up from behind him, and the last thing he saw was an glowing tail then he was sent flying into the air one second later, then Ash and Reaper looked over to see a bruised Thor, Ash ran up to him and said, "Thor! What happened!? And what was that for!?"

Thor took some deep breaths then he said, "We were training, and things got a little rough, I hit Lucian with a powerful Thunderbolt, and he sent me flying with a powerful Aura Sphere, so… I decided to give him an Iron Tail to the face."

Ash sighed then looked towards Reaper and said, "Can you go and get him, please?"

Reaper reluctantly nodded then he flew to where Lucian landed and then Ash turned to Thor and said, "Hey, it's all right. So you guys got rough, it's all right. You were only supposed to be training after all."

Thor nodded and said, "I know, but…"

Ash saw the turmoil going on in Thor and he said, "Hey, you do realize that you said that you used Thunderbolt and you just used Iron Tail to send Lucian flying, right?"

Thor quickly looked up and said, "Yeah, you're right! I did!" Thor then started smiling at the realization of using a Steel Type move, and a stronger Electric Type move.

Then Ash sighed and said, "But, I think that you owe Lucian an apology, don't you think, Thor?"

Thor looked up then nodded then he said, "Yeah, I guess you're right. I'll apologize to him when he gets back."

Ash nodded then said, "Yeah, what you did was kind of uncalled for. I know that you were training, and all, but you need to understand something, when you're on the battle field, battling someone, you're enemies, but once you're through battling, you're friends, and when you're training, you're just friendly rivals. Remember that, alright, Thor? Does that make sense?"

Thor nodded and said, "Yeah, that makes sense."

Then Reaper returned with Lucien in tow, Thor then ran towards Lucian and said, "Lucian, I am so sorry! I didn't mean to go that far!"

Lucian held up his paw and said, "It's alright, I was the one who taunted you in the first place, so if there's anyone to blame, it's me."

Thor shook his head and said, "No, I was the one who took it too far by shocking you."

"True, but I was the one who launched an Aura Sphere at you, and sent you flying. So it's my fault."

Thor then said, "Well, it's my fault as well, seeing how I hit you with an Iron Tail. So, I feel like blaming myself."

"How about we agree that we're both to blame for this?" Lucian suggested.

Thor thought about it and nodded and said, "Yeah. Friends?"

Thor then held out his paw to Lucian, who then grabbed it, and the two shook, and he said, "Friends."

Ash smiled then said, "Glad to see that you guys made up. As long as you guys remember that you're all friends, it's good to push yourselves, but that doesn't mean that you can go overboard. Anyways, come on, let's get back to the others at the camp. It's time for the final part of our training."

Everyone nodded, then started in the direction of the camp, during the walk back, Ash was listening to the sounds of the forest, and watching the activities in the forest, he could hear the Pidgeys chirping up in the trees, he could see some Rattatas scurrying along the forest floors, he even saw some Weedels climbing up the trees. Ash was in peace, walking through the forest does that to him, being surrounded by nature was something he liked, even as a little kid.

Ash shook his head, not wanting to walk into a tree, he snapped back into reality. After the group returned to camp, they saw that Anabel leaning against a tree, petting Eevee, Misty was by the lake, sunbathing and and the other Pokémon were there as well, Stormfly was sleeping on a tree branch, Junban was taking a catnap on the grass, while Heart was resting on top of a tree stump, and Leonidas, Staryu, Starmie, and Goldeen were all swimming in the water, then Ash asked, "So, how did the training go, Anabel?"

The lilac haired girl looked up, then smiled, and said, "It went pretty good, Ash. They may not all have it mastered, but they defiantly have the feel of it."

Ash smiled and said, "That's good to hear."

Anabel nodded then asked, "How about you? How did your training go?"

Ash smiled and said, "It went pretty well, but I think that we need to make sure that no one goes over-the-top when they are training, right, guys?" Ash looked towards Thor and Lucian who smiled awkwardly while rubbing the back of their heads.

Anabel saw this action and looked to Ash and asked, "What happened?"

Ash looked at her and said, "Oh, they just went a bit overboard with the training, but Thor did use Iron Tail and Thunderbolt at least."

Anabel nodded and said, "Well, that's good to hear. At least their getting stronger." Then she stood up and asked, "So, time for the final part of the training session, Ash?"

Ash nodded and said, "Yep. Time to get Heart and Eevee started on their training session."

Anabel nodded and then said, "Alright then, Eevee, let's go!"

Ash smiled and said, "Heart, let's go!"

Both Pokémon got up and headed to their respected trainers and Ash looked over to see Misty training over near a lake with her Pokémon, Ash turned to Reaper and Thor and said, "Alright guys, keep an eye on everyone while we're training, okay?"

Both Pokémon nodded then headed over to join the rest of the group while Lucian said, "I'll join you guys, best to have more eyes on these guys, and I'll be able to see when their getting exhausted. Is that alright with you, master?"

Ash looked down to the small Riolu and said, "That's fine with me, How about you, Anabel? You alright with this?"

Anabel smiled and said, "Sure Ash, that's fine with me."

Ash nodded then said, "Come on, guys. Let's go to the training ground we used earlier for the Steel Type training."

The group of two humans and three Pokémon headed deeper in the woods and soon were back at their training ground and Ash looked to the two Pokémon and said, "Now then," The two looked up, keeping their eyes on him, giving him their full attention. "this kind of training would be different, it is kind of like a game of tag. Here's how it's gonna be, Eevee, to start things off, you'll be the one whose 'it' and you will have to try to tag Heart with an attack, like tackle, and such, but keep the attacks at a low level. While Heart, your job is to avoid being hit, by running to keep a distance between yourself and Eevee. Now then, it may seem like you're just playing a game, but that is actually how we will be doing this.

While you guys are playing, you should know how this is training, for Eevee, your training is accuracy, and hitting a moving target, while Heart, your training is evasion. Now, I don't expect you to dodge every attack right at the start," Heart looked down in sadness then Ash said, "because that is why we are doing this." Heart looked back up at Ash who said, "We are training to improve, not only your evasion, but once when you do get hit, it will be your turn to try to hit Eevee, do you guys understand?"

Both Pokémon nodded and looked at each other, ready to begin, then Ash said, "Also," Both Pokémon looked back to Ash, "Lucian will be keeping an eye on both of you, and will be the one who tells you to switch when one of you has been hit, alright?"

The three Pokémon nodded and Lucian ran up to one of the trees and switched to his aura sight, while Heart and Eevee took their positions and then Ash raised up his hand and said, "Ready, set, go!"

At the sound of 'go' Heart immediately turned around started running through the trees, but Eevee was quick on his trail, she wouldn't let Heart get away that easily, that's for sure. Heart was busy trying to avoid Eevee's Tackle Attack, but he get close to being hit, but it was clear that he was getting tired, he would wind up making a mistake.

As this was going on, Lucian was watching everything with his aura, making sure that they didn't take things too far. 'Hmm, Heart maybe young, but he does seem to be very agile, but while he has the speed, he lacks the stamina needed to keep running for long periods of time, but that would seem normal for someone of his age. Still, Eevee seems to have excellent speed and stamina as well as good strength. And while Heart may not be able to avoid all of Eevee's attacks at the moment, he'll definitely become a strong Pokémon and a valuable ally one day.'

As Lucian was mentally judging the two Pokémon, Eevee was getting closer and closer to hitting Heart, until Eevee had landed a direct hit on Heart. Lucian, seeing this jumped down and said, "Point. Heart, you were hit by Eevee, and by that, it is now your turn to try to hit her. Are you feeling okay, Heart?"

The small Caterpie looked up and nodded, then he cautiously said, "I am."

Lucian nodded then turned to Eevee and said, "Now then, Eevee, it is now your turn to try to escape Heart, you ready?"

Eevee nodded and said, "I sure am. This is getting pretty fun for me. How about you, Heart? Are you having fun?"

Heart looked back between Eevee and Lucian nervously then nodded and said, "I, Uh, I sure am. Let's go!"

Lucian nodded then said, "Good. Now then, are you guys ready?" Heart and Eevee nodded at the question, then Lucian said, "Right. Get ready, and begin!"

And with that, Eevee was dashing off into the forest, with Heart close behind her. Heart would try to hit Eevee with a String Shot, but she would quickly dodge out of the way, and dashed into the bushes, making Heart stop for a second, then he the started looking around and thought, 'Huh? Where'd she go?' Heart then heard something rustle in the bushes and thought, 'Could that be her? If it is, then I could sneak up on her and tag her, but if it's not her, then I could be attacking a bigger Pokémon, maybe even meaner then that flying serpent one that's sleeping next to the loud orange haired lady. Hmm…' Heart then looked up and noticed the height of the trees and thought, 'What if I climbed up one of the trees and looked for Eevee from there?'

Heart then started climbing up the tree and Eevee saw him and thought, 'Figuers that Heart would think of that. After all, Caterpie are born with the natural instinct to hide in the trees, but because he's so young, he probably didn't think of hiding up there earlier, and he's just going up there to get a Flying Types eye view. Although, that is ingenious all on its own. He may be young, but he does have a few surprises hidden away.' Eevee gave a small smile and thought, 'Let's see what he's planning, shall we?'

Heart had then climbed up to a branch that was overlooking the bushes below and thought, 'Okay, now then, let's see if I can spot her from up here.' Heart then looked down and searched for the brown fox, he had spotted Ash and the other girl, Anabel from where he was, he looked around and quickly spotted Lucian, who looked up at him, smiled then waved at him, even though his eyes were closed. 'Must be that 'aura' thing that Ash was talking about. Well, at least I know where he is. Now then, where is Eevee?'

While Heart was looking for Eevee, Lucian thought, 'Interesting, I didn't actually believe that he would think of coming up here, he may be a bit timid, but he dose seem to have his moments where his childish behavior, would be swept away by an act of genius, but then again, he is still young, so his ideas could be seen as an act of his childish behavior, not really knowing what safety is, and not knowing what could be dangerous. Oh, well, guess we'll see what happens next.'

Ash and Anabel were watching the scene in front of them and Ash said, "Well, they seem to be having fun, don't they?"

Anabel nodded and said, "Sure seems that way, Ash. But I think that both Lucian and Eevee were taken by surprise by Heart's sudden idea, he may be a little young, but he dose seem to be able to take care of himself."

Ash nodded and said, "You're right, maybe, just maybe, he'll make a reliable team mate real soon!"

Back with Heart, who was still in the tree, noticed something moving down in the tall grass, Heart then thought, 'I think I found you, Eevee.'

Heart then slowly crept down the tree, and slowly approached the shaking shrubs, Lucian noticed this and thought, 'What is Heart doing? Eevee isn't there, she noticed Heart climb up the tree and circled around to avoid being seen, so, what is Heart going after?' Lucian then enhanced his aura sight to see through the foliage to see what Heart is after, and noticed something. Then Lucian's eyes widened and he jumped out of the tree and ran towards Heart, and yelled, "Heart! STOP!"

But it was too late, as Heart yelled, "String Shot!" Then a rope of webbing was shot out of Heart's mouth and struck something from inside the foliage, right after Heart finished his attack, he said, "Tag, you're it, Eevee."

Then a voice from behind said, "What are you talking about, Heart?"

Heart turned behind to find that both Lucian and Eevee was standing behind him, Eevee looking at him questionably, while Lucian had a frightened look spreading on his face

Then Heart asked, "Wait, if you're here, then…who did I hit?"

Then the trio of Pokémon heard shifting in the foliage, and slowly turned towards the tall grass and Lucian then slowly said, "That's what I was trying to tell you."

Then something walked out of the tall grass, it looked like a small monkey with white fur, and a pig nose, with three paws on each hand, pointy ears, and parrot like feet, then Lucian said, "That's not good. That's not good at all."

Eevee slowly nodded and said, "Yeah, Mankey are notorious for getting angry easily, thankfully though, not as easy as their evolved form, Primeape, but we should still be cautious, just in case."

Then the Mankey asked, "Who was the one who launched that String Shot at me?"

Then Heart, who was a bit shaken, said, "I, uh, I did it, sir, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it." This caused both Eevee and Lucian to face palm at Heart's childish behaviour.

"So, you think that a simple apology will be enough for me to forgive you?" The Mankey, whose eyes were closed, and was starting to develop the classic anime tick mark on his head, asked.

Then Heart innocently said, "Well, yeah, isn't that how it goes? You say that you're sorry and all is forgiven, right?"

Then the Mankey, whose tick was starting to become more intense said, "Sorry but, that's not how it goes, not with me, that is." Then the Mankey opened his eyes to reveal that they were red, and filled with rage, then he charged at the trio of Pokémon, this caused them to split up, the Mankey then charged at Lucian, seeing him as the biggest target.

Then Heart asked, "Why is he so mad at us? I apologized, didn't I? So, why is he so mad?"

Eevee then said, "It's probably because he has the ability, 'Anger Point' I've seen it a lot in Pokémon back at Unova."

Lucian, who had just dodged a Karate Chop, then said, "Wonderful. It just had to be Anger Point."

"What is Anger Point? I've never heard of it. What does that mean?"

Lucian, who had just jumped out of the way of an assault of Fury Swipes said, "'Anger Point' is an ability that makes the Pokémon very angry when it gets hit by an attack, take this!" Lucian then launched an Aura Sphere at the Mankey, but that only succeeded at making it angrier, and causing Lucian to growl, then he said, "Wonderful. Now, normally Anger Point only takes effect of the Pokémon gets hit by a critical attack, but some times any kind of attack could send a Pokémon into a blind frenzy of rage, and it won't stop until the Pokémon is either subdued, or if the Pokémon has defeated all of the Pokémon in it's sights."

Heart then launched an assault of String Shot to try to stop the enrage Pig Monkey Pokémon long enough for Eevee and Lucian to attack him with a double Tackle Attack, and sent Mankey back a few inches, then Eevee said, "We can't keep this up! It seems that no matter how hard we hit him, he seems to always get back up angrier then before." Eevee then dodged a Karate Chop, which hit the ground, and kicked up a cloud of dirt, which blinded the Mankey long enough for Eevee to use dig, and when the dust cleared, Eevee was gone, then Mankey fell into a newly made hole created by Eevee.

Then Heart said, "You think that did it?"

Lucian closed his eyes and checked with his Aura sight, and said, "Unfortunately, no…" then the Mankey jumped out of the hole, angrier then ever, "No, it didn't."

Then the Mankey started attacking blindingly fast with no sign of logic or planning, then Heart asked, "What is it doing now?"

Lucian then dodged one of violent attacks and said, "That's 'Thrash' it's one of Mankey's signature attack, be careful, if you get hit by that, it will be seriously effective against any of us."

Then Heart used his String Shot on a over head branch to dodge the rage blind pig monkey and said, "We need Ash, maybe he could help."

Lucian nodded and dodged another attack, but didn't counter attack, knowing that any more attacks would only lead to enraging the wild monkey even more, then he turned to Eevee and said, "Eevee, what moves can you use?"

Eevee dodged an attack and said, "Let's see, I can use Dig, Double Team, Tackle, and Sand Attack, I'm still not so good at using Iron Tail, that's just about it."

Lucian then said, "It's not much, but I can work with that, Eevee, here's what I need you to do," Lucian dodged another rage infused Thrash from Mankey and said, "when Mankey gets close to you, use your Sand Attack to blind Mankey, then use Double Team to make illusions to distract Mankey, while you use Dig to get away from here, and go get Ash and Anabel and lead them back here, we're going to need their help."

But Eevee asked, "But, will you and Heart be alright against him, he's a Fighting Type after all, and he could seriously hurt the two of you."

Lucian gave Eevee a thumbs up and said, "Hey, you may not know me very well but, I can handle myself just fine, now go! Get Ash and Anabel, tell them we need their help, NOW!"

Eevee nodded then charged at the Mankey, just as she got close to him, he turned to her and got ready to launch an attack, but Eevee dug her paws into the ground and created a cloud of sand that blinded Mankey, then she created a total of five copies of herself, then with the same cloud still up, she dug more into the dirt, but this time she kept digging, disappearing into a hole, then she thought, 'I must get to Ash and Anabel, fast!'

«With Ash and Anabel»

Ash and Anabel were starting to get worried, they noticed Lucian had jumped on further into the forest a little while ago, but he didn't say where he was going, Ash was just about to mentally call Reaper and ask him to go find the others when both he and Anabel saw something popped out of the dirt, but she looked like a mess, her fur was all dirty and messy, almost as if she had been in a fight, then Anabel yelled, "Eevee!" Then the two trainers ran towards Eevee and Anabel said, "Eevee, what happened to you? You're hurt!"

Eevee then said, "Please, you must help. Me and Heart, playing, mistake, both in trouble."

Ash then asked, "Eevee, take it easy, take some deep breaths." After Ash said that, Eevee took three deep breaths, then Ash said, "Better?" Eevee nodded then Ash asked, "Good, now, what happened to you? And why do you look like a mess."

Eevee then said, "We were playing tag, when Heart became 'it' I dashed off into the forest, then he started chasing me, and he must have lost track of me, and climbed up a tree to spot me, I saw him and got out of his view point, but he saw something else, thinking it was me, he slowly climbed down the tree, and he launched a String Shot, and hit something, then Lucian and I showed up, and when I showed up after hearing him say that I was it, we discovered that he had hit a Mankey." Ash and Anabel's eyes widened then Eevee said, "And that's not the worst of it, this Mankey has the Anger Point Ability, and right now, he's furious. Lucian came up with the idea for me to use my Sand Attack, Double Team and Dig as a combo to get to you guys and tell you what happened, but he and Heart are still in trouble, we need to help them."

This had Ash and Anabel worrying, Anabel looked towards Ash and said, "Ash, we need to do something, they could be seriously hurt right now."

Ash nodded and said, "I know, Anabel, I know, but the only other Pokémon that could have an effect on Mankey would be Stormfly and Spearow, but they are still recovering from their training and now would not be a good idea to see if they have control over Steel Wing, and Pikachu is still recovering from Lucian's point blank Aura Sphere, and sending Reaper out there would be stupid, but I'll tell him to send Stormfly and Spearow to us, and let them know what's going on."

Anabel nodded, then Ash thought, 'Reaper, Reaper are you there?'

Ash was worried that Reaper was sleeping, but he heard the familiar voice of Giratina say, 'Yeah, Ash, what's up?'

'We have a problem, while Eevee and Heart were playing, Heart mistakenly hit a Mankey, thinking it was Eevee, now he and Lucian are stuck battling it with the dreaded Anger Point ability, I need you to send Stormfly and Spearow to where the battle is, I know they may not be fully rested, but we need their help, can you do that, Reaper?'

After a few seconds of silence, Reaper thought, 'Alright, I sent them your way, but it will take a while for them to show up, they are still tired from their training, so do your best to hold off that Mankey, Anger Point is a very dangerous ability to go up against, and not one that should be underestimated, be careful.'

Ash gave Reaper a mental nod, then he turned to Anabel and said, "Reaper had sent Stormfly and Spearow to help us out, but it will take them time to get to us, so that means we might have to deal with this ourselves." Anabel nodded, then Ash turned to Eevee and said, "Eevee, do you think that you could lead us to where Heart and Lucian is?"

Eevee nodded and said, "Yeah, follow me, but please, hurry."

Both trainers nodded then they ran deeper into the forest, hoping that Heart and Lucian could handle themselves long enough for them to help.

«Back with Lucian and Heart»

"Aura Sphere!" Lucian launched another Aura Sphere at the enraged Pig Monkey, but all it did was make him more enraged, the Eevee clones were already destroyed a while ago, and when Mankey found out that none of the Eevee clones were the real one, it became even more enraged and went into a blind fury, causing both Lucian and Heart to split up, Lucian was hiding deep in the tall grass and Heart was staying in the trees, launching String Shot after String Shot at the Mankey, temporary slowing him down long enough for Lucian to send an Aura Sphere at him, but no matter how many times Lucian hits him, Mankey still gets up, it never seems to end. That was when Lucian heard rapid footsteps heading his way, he turned to see that Eevee has returned and has brought Ash and Anabel with her, Ash looked up at Mankey and brought up his Pokédex.

Dexter said, [Mankey: The Pig Monkey Pokémon. Although Mankey is usually calm, it does have a bad temper. Once Mankey begins to Thrash, stopping it is impossible. ]

Ash gritted his teeth, then he asked, "Lucian, where's Heart? Is he alright?"

Lucian looked up and said, "He's fine, he's hiding deep inside the trees, using camouflage, waiting for the right time and using String Shot to tie up Mankey, I would help him but, I can't seem to attack him without making him even more angrier, I don't know what to do, Master, I'm sorry."

Ash shook his head and said, "Take it easy, Lucian, you did the best you can, rest now, we'll take it from here."

Lucian nodded and closed his eyes, passing out from exhaustion right then and there, Ash took out Lucian's Pokéball and returned him, then he stood up and closed his eyes and activated his Aura Sight, and spotted where Heart was, he opened his eyes and turned to Anabel and said, "Anabel, I need you and Eevee to buy me some time while I head to Heart. Can you do that for me?"

Anabel then asked, "What do you plan on doing, Ash?"

Ash said, "Once I get Heart back into the fight, we will have to work together to buy ourselves enough time for Spearow and Stormfly to get here, understand?"

Anabel nodded, then she said, "Just be careful Ash, that Mankey would probably start attacking you next if you're not careful."

Ash nodded, then Anabel turned to Eevee and said, "Eevee, I need your help, can you still battle?" The aforementioned Eevee nodded, then Anabel said, "I need you to use Double Team and then use Tackle while we buy Ash some time, please." Eevee nodded then created ten copies of herself, then started circling around the Mankey, then Eevee, and her copies dashed at him, then Anabel turned to Ash and nodded, this was Ash's signal to move.

Ash nodded then he turned to where he saw Heart and carefully hid in the trees, and dashed towards Heart, and once he saw the Caterpie, he quickly, but quietly, dashed for his newest friend, once he caught up he asked, "Heart, how are you doing?"

Heart looked down and saw Ash and he said, "Ash?" Heart jumped off of the tree branch and onto Ash's hat, then he started crying and he said, "I'm sorry, this is all my fault. If I hadn't launched that String Shot, none of this would have happened, and Eevee and Lucian wouldn't be hurt!"

Ash carefully picked Heart up from his hat and held to carefully in his arms and looked down at him sadly and, in a calm voice he said, "Shh, shh, it's okay, Heart, it's okay, and it's not your fault, Heart."

Heart looked up with tears still in his eyes and he asked, "Really?"

Ash nodded and said, "Yes, if anything, it's mine, I was the one who insisted on training you guys here, and I had hoped that Lucian would have been enough to protect you and Eevee, but I didn't expect for you guys to encounter something like this."

Heart looked up and asked, "Are Lucian and Eevee okay?"

Ash looked down and said, "I returned Lucian back to his Pokéball, and Anabel and Eevee are holding Mankey off but, we need your help, Heart."

Heart flinched at the remark and asked, "Why?" Ash looked up towards his newest and youngest teammate as he sadly said, "Why would need my help, all I'll ever do is make everything worse, if it wasn't for me, than Eevee and Lucian wouldn't be hurt."

«Play the song The Power Of One from Pokémon 2000»

Heart looked like he was about to start to cry when Ash said, "Heart, listen to me," The young Caterpie looked up from Ash's arms as Ash looked up towards the trees as he said, "so what if it is your fault, everybody makes mistakes in their lives, but if we can't learn from these mistakes, then how can we grow to become better people, it is only through learning from these mistakes that we make today that we can make sure that we won't make the same mistakes tomorrow. And never forget, you don't lose when you're beaten, you lose when you quit. Do you understand what I am trying to tell you Heart?"

Ash liked back down to Heart, who had a new look in his eyes, he still looked a little afraid, but it was almost as if a spark had been lit in his eyes, then he said, "Let's go and save our friends!" Ash nodded then he ran towards where Anabel and Eevee were, but stopped as he passed a tree that had some Oran Berries on it, and picked two, giving one to Heart, then continued to Anabel and Eevee.

«Cut the Power Of One and Cue I am Titanium»

Back with Anabel and Eevee, Anabel was beginning to worry about Eevee, she was lucky to avoid being hurt severely, but she was starting to get exhausted, and exhaustion is not something you would want your Pokémon to be experiencing while fighting an enraged Mankey, then she said, "Eevee, use Sand Attack, then Double Team, and finally use Dig!"

Eevee, who was breathing a bit heavily, nodded then she charged at Mankey and jumped, then she slammed her paw into the dirt, causing another cloud of dirt to be kicked up and getting into Mankey's eyes then with the Mankey blinded, Eevee multiplied into six copies of herself, then the real Eevee dug into the ground, while the copies started running around Mankey, and once he could see again, he started getting confused from the multiple Eevee's running around him, then he took one step back, and the ground beneath his feet gave way, and he fell into a newly made pit, and Eevee jumped out of said pit, but fell down from exhaustion.

«Stop listening to Titanium»

Anabel ran up to her partner and said, "Eevee!"

Eevee looked up and said, "Ann, I'm sorry, but I can't keep this up, I am spent."

Anabel nodded and said, "I understand, Eevee." It was at that moment that Anabel heard rapid footsteps running her way, she looked up and saw Ash with Heart on his hat, once he got to her, she said, "Ash!"

Ash ran up to Anabel and asked, "Anabel! Are you and Eevee okay?"

Anabel nodded and asked, "Yeah, what took you so long, Ash?"

Ash sighed and said, "Sorry, took me some time to get Heart to blame himself for what had happened, I also grabbed you this." Ash then tossed Anabel the Oran Berry and said, "You and Eevee rest."

Anabel caught the berry, then gave it to Eevee, then she said, "Ash, Mankey is only down, he's not out, he'll be back once he gets his bearings, he'll be back, and madder then ever."

No sooner had she said that did the ground where Eevee had buried Mankey exploded in a cloud of dust, with his eyes bloodshot red, his whole body twitching with anger, and then he dashed at Ash and Anabel, this caused Ash to grab Anabel and said, "Anabel, we need to get out of here!"

Ash then pulled Anabel up and tried to run away from the enraged Mankey, then Ash said, "Heart, use String Shot to try to slow Mankey down!"

Heart nodded then he climbed up on top of Ash's hat, faced Mankey, then fired his String Shot, but the Mankey was so enraged that it caught the String Shot, and pulled Heart off of Ash's hat and straight towards him. This caused Ash to stop and turn and yelled, "HEART!"

Both Anabel and Eevee were shocked, and instantly became fearful at what they were seeing. Heart was approaching Mankey fast, and everybody was frozen to the ground with fear, watching the next scene in what one could only describe as slow motion.

Heart was then hit with a bombardment of random attacks from Mankey's Thrash Attack, then with one final punch, Heart was sent flying into a tree, knocking the wind out of him, he was so disoriented that he didn't hear Ash, Anabel or Eevee's voices yelling at him to move, that was when Mankey was right over him, Heart saw the fury in Mankey's eyes and flinched in fear, unable to stand it, then he remembered what Ash had told him, "Never forget, you don't lose when you're beaten, you lose when you quit."

At this Heart felt something stir from deep inside of him, like a match has been lit and a fire has begun to burn inside of his heart, then Heart looked up to the raging Mankey, then opened his mouth and fired a large stream of String Shot at him at a rapid pace, surprising everybody there, the String Shot then began to tie up the Mankey, who soon became so wrapped up in silk that he was now just a ball, then some strange powder was released from Heart's antennas, the powder had a stench so horrid, that it knocked Mankey out of his enraged state. While Ash, Anabel, and Eevee had to cover their noses, but Mankey, being wrapped up at the moment, was unable, to cover his nose, and began to wobble, but Caterpie didn't let him escape. He then charged at Mankey and hit him so hard that the Mankey started rolling down the hill at rapid speeds, leaving nothing but a cloud of dust.

Ash and Anabel were shocked at what had just happened, then Ash snapped out of his shock, then ran up to Heart and picked him up and laughed as he said, "Heart! You did it! You did it!"

Heart, overcome with how much joy he was experiencing was happy, but then, he started to sort Ash with a String Shot, and this caused Ash to put him down and ask, "Heart?" But Heart he was still using String Shot, only this time he was firing it straight up, hitting himself.

Anabel then walked up Ash and asked, "Ash, do you think…"

Ash didn't say anything, he was too focused on what was going on with Heart, and soon where Heart once was, now laid a green cocoon, with half closed eyes on it, Ash took out his Pokédex and aimed it at the new Pokémon.

Dexter said, [Metapod, Caterpie's next stage. It has encased it's body in a hard shell. This specimen reached this stage faster then any previously discovered Pokémon of this variety.

Ability: Shed Shell

Moves: String Shot and Harden]

Ash and Anabel were shocked at seeing their first Pokémon evolution close hand, then they heard the sound of wings beating, they both looked up and saw Stormfly and Spearow flying towards them, with Thor on Stormfly's head, who then jumped down landed on Ash's shoulder, Ash then asked, "What took you guys so long? We already took care of everything in our own."

Thor then said, "Well, you didn't actually give us directions on where you were, Reaper was no help, saying that you," Thor then used his fingers to quote and unquote, "'had it under control' but he said that you were deeper in the forest, and we had noticed some silk firing into the air, and we thought that it was you guys. By the way, where's Heart?"

Ash then pointed towards Metapod and said, "Heart beat the enraged Mankey, then he evolved."

Thor, Stormfly, and Spearow were speechless at what Heart had done, then Thor said, "Nice job, Heart, you really showed that you can rock!"

Heart didn't react, he just looked at Thor and said, "…"

Thor then sweat dropped and said, "I guess that you're not much for talking now, are you?"

"…" Once again Heart said nothing leaving Thor confused.

Then Ash said, "Well…I guess he's not in the mood for talking. Alright then, let's head back now."

Anabel and the other Pokémon nodded, then Ash picked up Heart and carried him back to their camp.

Thechaosmaster: And there you guys go, the sixth chapter of this story, and it has reached OVER 10000 WORDS! Now, as I said before, I am so sorry for the hold up on this story, no matter how many times I banged my head against the wall, nothing came to me, but that's okay, because this Chapter is here, I hope you have all enjoyed it. Now I know that I said that this Chapter would have the Samurai battle and the group arriving to Pewter city, but this Chapter was just so annoying to write that I left off at this, next chapter will have samurai, Butterfree, and Pewter, don't worry. Well, that's all! Thank you all for your patience, and remember,

CHAOS CONTROL!