Welcome back readers to another chapter of Remembering an Old Friend! You know what? I will continue to write stories for fan fiction! Hmm lets see, oh I freaked out when Arceus-Master put out his new story A New Chance at Adventure! I almost had a seizure I was that excited! His story has brought the feeling of the holidays back to my heart :3 Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter!
Thanks LatiasXash for your excellent review! Yeah I remember one of the stories I've read had pokephilia being hated so I kinda borrowed the idea. Poor girl :( she's been through a lot in her life. And who knows what will happen to Ash and Latias? Haha thanks for your review.
Thank you as well Ridgyaxe! And yes indeed dramatic voice because I will say to you and all of the other readers that this chapter from here on out will be pretty hectic. And yeah, Ash's adrenaline can be a terrible thing to go up against! And for the teenagers' memories, they were erased by Latios but as soon as the group began to leave the forest they woke up, I just never included that part in the story :p
Thanks Lucario for yo review! Ash's mom isn't against pokephilia, it's just that she's really shocked about it that's all. And as for someone to fight, I don't think that will be necessary... if you know what I mean...
And finally thank you Owner Pwner 380! Thanks for pointing out my mistake I'll try and make sure that this chapter is mistake free!
Disclaimer: I don't really care, I'm too excited about Arceus-Master's new story!
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Last time on Remembering an Old Friend...
Then, the patio door was suddenly opened as a blue eon entered the living room. 'Ash! People know about you and Latias!'
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There was moment of silence in the living room until Ash burst out, "What! How do they know?"
Delia stood up from the brown colored recliner and walked toward her son with a shocked expression, 'I don't know how they know about it but I saw a mob of people at the forest. And they're headed here right now!' Latios informed, closing and locking the patio door.
Everybody panicked, they didn't know what to do, "Ash, is it true? You're in love with a pokemon?" Delia asked sadly. Ash turned around to face his mother with Latias still at his side.
"Yes mom, I'm in love with Latias, but right now I have to get out of here before any of you get hurt." the raven haired boy said firmly, switching to his 'Have to save everyone and risk my own life' mode.
"What? No!" Misty objected, standing up from the couch with her oblivious Togepi still in her arms, Brock and Bianca stood up as well as the three walked toward Ash.
"Ash we're your friends! Let us help you!" Bianca said, extremely against her friend leaving by himself to save everyone at the house. The commotion of the mob was beginning to sound clear to Latias and Latios but it was still very faint to the rest. Without anyone noticing, Delia began to figure out how to get her son and his friends out of this mess.
'Ash please, you can't do this alone!' Latias pleaded, her psychic voice became desperate. Shouting from outside became clear to everyone as Delia rushed her plan even more, she needed more time.
'They're almost here!' Latios announced, using his psychic to lock all the doors, shut all the windows, and close all the blinds. The blue dragon's eyes began to glow, several clicking and shutting noises were heard throughout the house as the mob came closer.
Finally, someone knew what to do, Delia has finally figured out a plan, although it's crudely thought out. "Ash, can Latias and the other pokemon handle large amounts of weight?" Ash's mom asked suddenly, earning a confused look from her son.
The raven haired boy looked at the twins, and they both nodded to answer the question. "Why do you ask mom?" Ash asked, not sure of what his mother was up to.
"I need those two to take you and your friends away from here! I'll handle the rest." Delia finished, receiving an immediate response from everybody in the room.
"Mom I'm staying here! This is my mess and I need to take care of it!" Ash said, his stubbornness was giving more time to the mob and less time to them. The confusion was unbearable for Latias as she held Ash's hand even tighter while Latios turned invisible.
There was a loud banging at the front door, the mob had finally arrived. "Delia Ketchum! Your son has committed the crime of pokephilia. If you don't turn him in to the authorities we have no choice but to turn him in ourselves!" the leader of the mob announced past the door. "We'll give you two minutes to decide!" the voice shouted again.
"What do we do?" Brock asked in a hushed voice. 'Brock, Misty, and Bianca come with me!' Latios ordered as he headed for the patio door.
"But we can't leave Ash! And what about Latias?" Misty asked, clearly in a state of panic. It was going to be very difficult for everybody to get out of this safely. "One minute left!" the authoritative voice yelled once more through the door.
"Just go, go with Latios. I can't have any of you guys getting hurt because of me." Ash said in a flat tone, but it was clear that he was scared for everyone's life. "You too Latias, go with them. I don't know what I would do if anything bad happened to you." Ash said as he turned his head to Latias who was still holding onto his hand for comfort.
Latias gave an immediate response, 'What? No! I can't leave you Ash!' the red eon pleaded. "Thirty seconds!" the voice announced, the sound of various weapons being loaded alarmed the whole group. At this point Latios was even reluctant to leave his friend behind, but he still needed to make sure everyone was safe.
Delia stepped in, "Ok Latias you can stay here, but turn back into your other form and don't say a word." Latias' expression lit up at hearing this. "And Latios, was it? Hurry and take the others somewhere safe!" Delia ordered as she took Ash's free hand and headed towards the door, "Coming!" Ash's mom called out in a friendly tone.
She left before anybody could object any further. 'Ok come on you guys, hop on my back. I'm sure I can handle three people.' Latios said as he exited the patio door. "But." Misty said, holding on tight to her dear Togepi. 'No buts. Have faith in Ash and Latias. Now come on!' Latios interrupted as the rest of the group climbed onto the eon's back.
"Latias, Ash. Please be safe." and with that final thought, Latios quietly took off; he also hoped that none of the townspeople would notice three kids magically flying through the air since he was still invisible.
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"Follow my lead." Delia said to Ash and Latias as they approached the door.
"Ten! Nine! Eight!" the man's voice was cut short as Delia opened the door. The three were slightly overwhelmed at how many people were participating in this mob, Latias counted about one hundred people. The members of the mob discretely hid their weapons as the leader cleared his throat.
"Excuse me. Mrs. Ketchum, we are here to deal with your son's crime." a few of the members were slightly shocked when they saw Delia, as they each have some sort of relationship with Ash's mother.
"I have no idea what you're talking about. My son is in love with this nice young lady right here." Delia said in a surprisingly convincing tone. Delia turned her side to the crowd to reveal Latias disguised as Bianca, and then immediately went back into the doorway to stop the mob from rushing in.
A member of the mob, a scientist on pokemon, made his way to the front of the crowd to talk to the leader of the group. The scientist whispered something in the leader's ear while Ash, Latias, and Delia watched with suspicion.
"Really? Do we need any equipment to do all of those tests?" the leader asked out loud as the scientist shook his head.
"Tests? What do you plan on doing with my son and his friend?" Delia asked, putting her arm in front of her son and the disguised Latias.
"You see Mrs. Ketchum, we show..." the man paused, he too knew Delia as a very kind, hard working woman, but he had no serious connection with her. He was looking for the correct words to express the mob's detest in pokephilia without angering Delia or raising her suspicion on what they plan to do with Ash.
"We show great animosity towards people who... are for pokephilia." the man said, looking back and forth between the scientist and Delia. "Also, it has been said that your son has been a part of pokephilia and we would like to see if he has committed a crime or not." the leader finished, unsure of his unconvincing speech.
"See what? What are you going to do to these children?" Delia asked in a firm tone. "Don't worry, the tests mentioned earlier don't require any equipment or much time at all. So if you kindly let us examine that young girl for a bit, I'm sure there won't be any trouble." the man finished, still looking back and forth between Delia and the scientist.
Delia looked at Latias, an uneasy feeling grew at the bottom of her stomach. Ash squeezed the red eon's hand for comfort. Then Delia and Ash's eyes meet, Delia gives Ash a strange look that said 'Do it so we don't get in trouble'. They both slowly nodded as Latias got the message as well.
"So will you let us begin the tests?" the leader asked in a false but encouraging tone.
"Yes, but you must tell us what each test is before you do it." Delia said, very reluctant to let the young girl go.
"Understood." the leader said. Latias slowly walked toward the man and the scientist, she let go of Ash's hand as if that was the last time she would see him. The scientist approached the disguised Latias, bringing the leader along with him.
"Ok, Mrs. Ketchum this first test is the speech test. It's where we have this young girl say a few things to us." the scientist explained. The mob patiently watched the scene with great intensity, adding to the nervous feeling in Latias' stomach.
Ash and Latias gasped without anybody noticing, "I'm sorry but this poor girl was born a mute, so she can't take this so called 'speech test'." Delia said, earning a suspicious look from the scientist as well as several members of the mob.
"Ok then, the next test is the iris test. When there is a situation where a pokemon can transform into a human, they are usual imperfect attempts and will usually have some imperfections in the human eye." the scientist explained, fixing his glasses.
"Ok then." Delia said uneasily as the scientist took out a small flashlight from his coat pocket. He gently took Latias' chin and lifted it up while peering into her eyes to spot any imperfections. Ash and Delia held their breath, hoping that they wouldn't be caught red handed.
"Hmm, strange." the scientist pondered as he turned off his flashlight, Latias rubbed her eyes from the over exposure of light. "There doesn't seem to be any abnormal characteristics with this young girl's eyes." Ash and Delia both sighed inaudibly.
"The final test is the body temperature and pulse test." the scientist announced as he brought the leader of the mob closer to him.
"How will you conduct this test?" Delia asked as Ash made his hands into fists, ready to take on every single on of the mob's members; unaware of their hidden weaponry.
"Well you see, all pokemon, except fire types have very low body temperatures compared to humans. But including fire types, all pokemon have faster heart rates than humans." the scientist explained. Taking out a rectangular shaped scanner with some sort of probe attached to it with a curled wire from another of his coat pockets. There was also a small cardboard container attached to the side of the scanner, it was filled with sterilized equipment for the usage of the scanner.
"Say 'ah' please." the scientist said as he took the probe and placed it under Latias' tongue. Latias did as she was told and allowed the scientist to place the probe under her tongue, then he noticed something different about the red eon's mouth.
"That's strange. Miss, you have an abnormally long tongue." the scientist said, unsure if she was really some sort of dragon type pokemon or a girl with a strange tongue.
"She's a pokemon! Get her!" one of the crowd members yelled; Ash and Delia both gasped while Latias was frozen in her place.
"Please calm down, we can't be sure that she really is a pokemon yet." the leader said, calming down the commotion of the mob. Then the scanner began to beep, telling the user that it was finished taking the temperature.
"93 degrees F." the scientist announced, the mob became restless again as a few in the back who had guns began to cock their weapons. "Mrs. Ketchum, can you explain this girl's dangerously low body temperature?" the scientist asked, already positive of Latias' presence.
Delia froze up, her improvising skill could only go so far, until Ash blurted out, "She's still recovering from a serious illness a few weeks ago!" the leader of the group scoffed, Ash was losing all hope.
"Well then. If you would be so kind." the scientist said to the leader with his index and middle finger out.
"Of course." the leader said, determined to 'catch' the pokephiliac abominations. The leader slightly lifted his chin as the scientist placed his fingers near his throat. The leader had his hands behind his back, a small black device was in his left hand.
"Ok it's your turn miss, if you would be so kind." the scientist said to the very reluctant Latias.
"Oh no. If they find out that I'm a pokemon they'll..." Latias thought as the scientist placed his cold fingers on Latias throat, causing her to jump slightly. Most of the mob had devilish expressions on their faces as the scientist continued the procedure.
And immediately the scientist smiled. One of the members asked, "Well? What's her pulse?" the scientist slowly turned around with an evil smile on his face.
"GET HER!" he shouted, the leader charged the shocked Latias, pressing the button on his black device, it made a loud cracking noise; it was a taser...
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"Latios where are we going?" Misty asked, the cold air giving her goosebumps.
'I'm taking you guys back to the harbor.' the blue eon replied, having a bit of trouble with the extra weight on his back.
"But why take us there?" Bianca asked as they passed by a few clouds.
'If someone chases us I can fly us back to Altomare.' Latios said as the beautiful harbor cam into sight. It was around 1 in the afternoon, the clouds were spread generously across the sky as the sun's rays brought down its warmth to the Earth, trying to cancel out the cool air in the atmosphere.
"Latios, can you hear me?" Brock projected in his thoughts, hoping that the psychic would be able to pick it up. Latios had a confused look on his face.
'Brock? Why are you communicating like this?' Latios asked, temporarily canceling out Misty and Bianca from his telepathy.
"What if they're found out?" Brock asked as they passed through a white fluffy cloud.
'Brock, you're probably thinking the same thing I am if you're talking to me through your thoughts.' Latios said in a sad tone. 'If they are caught, there's going to be a lot of sacrifice in the process. And sadly, we might never be able to see each other again.' Latios finished, hovering over the ocean while hiding in a cloud.
"I was afraid of that." Brock mentally sighed.
'We might even need to start our lives all over again.' Latios sighed, but then a thought struck his mind. 'Hey Misty, Brock.' the blue eon said, gaining their attention. "What is it?" Misty asked as they hovered in the air.
'I don't know if you'll regain your memories but, I know who the Latios in Bianca's picture is...'
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The black device came in contact with Latias' shirt, and was pressed even harder against her side. The crackling noise grew louder as Latias had a pained expression on her face. Ash and Delia rushed up to aid the disguised dragon who fell to the ground. Unable to bare the shocking pain caused by the crackling taser, Latias succumbed to the pain and lost her focus on her disguise, revealing her petite feathered body.
"Kill that pokemon!" a large portion of the mob chanted as they charged at the same time at the downed eon.
"Latias!" Ash cried as he lunged toward the red eon. It all happened in a flash, Ash grabbed Latias to protect her while Delia took hold of both Ash and Latias and ran back into her home and locked the door before anybody could harm them.
"I'll just shoot my way in!" the leader of the mob shouted as he put away his taser and pulled out his pistol.
"Latias are you alright!" Ash cried, cradling the twitching eon. Latias' eyes were closed tight as she curled into the fetal position, her whole body twitched every now and again.
"Ash you and Latias have to get out of here!" Delia shouted.
"But what about you mom?" Ash asked frantically. "I'll be fine, just go!" Delia ordered.
Ash was reluctant, he didn't want to leave his mom here all by herself, what if the mob killed her? Then Latias stopped twitching, her eyes opened as her breathing returned to normal. "Oh thank goodness, your alright Latias!" Ash sighed in relief as he brought the red eon in for a hug.
Outside, the leader of the group turned the safety off on his pistol and aimed it at the door knob, "There's no escape you pokephilia freak!" he squeezed the trigger, a small lead projectile flew through the air and hit the doorknob. With the help of the others, they kicked the door down and raided the house.
"You have to leave now Ash!" Delia yelled, dragging her son and Latias to the patio door while a few bullets whizzed past her head. She opened the patio door and ran into the backyard, "Hurry, Latias take my son and fly away!"
The red eon nodded and hurriedly placed Ash on her back, and just as she got ready to take off somebody had shot their gun and the bullet landed straight into her right arm. Delia desperately tried to give her son and Latias more time and stood in the patio doorway, preventing any bullets to go past her.
"Get out of the way Delia!" someone in the crowd yelled as they pushed the mother aside. The leader of the mob ran up to Ash and grabbed his vest, pulling him off of Latias as more members crowded around the raven haired boy.
'Ash!' Latias cried, flying back to the house to get her lover. One of the members pointed his gun at the dragon and pulled the trigger, landing a second bullet in Latias' wing. She staggered back as tears of pain grew in her eyes.
"Die you abomination!" the man who shot Latias shouted, aiming for his second shot.
"No!" Ash pulled himself free from the mob of people dragging him back into the house and charged after the armed man, tackling him to the ground as the mob came back for another assault. "Run Latias! Leave before they kill you!" Ash shouted, struggling to keep the man from shooting the eon again.
'But Ash!' Latias objected as she came closer to save the raven haired boy.
"GO!" was Ash's final words as the mob grabbed him once more, and began dragging him back into the house. The chaos had mixed Latias' emotions and she didn't have a clue on what she should do, then she finally made her decision.
'Goodbye Ash, I'm sorry!' and she flew away, blood trickling from her wounds as her tears rolled down her cheeks.
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Oh no! please review! And one last thing, I'm still excited about Arceus-Master's new story! XD Tune in next time on Remembering an Old Friend!