Ash, and all mentioned Pokemon characters are from Gamefreak/Nintendo and Cartoon Network
Tiny Tunes Adventures, Looney Tunes, Animaniacs, Freakazoid characters are from Warner Brothers
101 Dalmatians the Animated series comes from Disney
Ultimatrix and all aliens are from Cartoon Network/Man of Action
Chapter 11
Farm assignment
Ash's new life was actually getting to him. For the first time he seemed like a normal person; someone that he often bumped into during his quest, and sort of liked it. The hero though kept a Pokedex on him from time to time to keep him from forgetting his true path - Pokemon Master. "Might as well take another look at the dragons of my world." Ketchum muttered as he opened up his latest model and began to look around not knowing that his fellow classmates in the certain class were doing what he was doing.
"So, want to chill out at Weenie Burger?" Buster texted to Plucky who was just right next to him in the same row.
"Sure thing, but will we have to bring Ash and Dizzy this time?" The green feathered one texted back since he still didn't like associating himself with a garbage disposal and a 'never say no' guy; even though the second one is his best chance to get into the studio lot.
"Nah, the hero has been busy with a project at his home, so he might not show up. Dizzy might crash the party, but I'm not sure on that." The blue hare responded through letters and not words.
"So, how have you been since the whole changing from 'everybody's a pet to casual hugger' been doing for you?" Babs cell phone called Elmyra even though they too were in the same room. Unlike the other two these girls were on two different corners of the same room.
"It's been going well. You'd be surprised how many people want to be my friend when I'm not trying to squeeze the life out of them." She responded back before entering a different conversation. This was how the whole room was like: tech talking students, and it was annoying their teacher: Yosemite Sam, that's been standing there since morning bell, last nerve.
'Fine, if this is the way they want it.' The cowboy themed cartoon character thought before taking a microphone in one hand, and racked his fingers on the chalkboard with the other. This caused the desired effect - everyone stopping what they are doing, and holding their ears out of pain.
'Well, that's a new sense of pain.' Ash thought as he kept his hands on his ears before seeing that the others have stopped to follow suit. He began to speak that the kids these days don't know the value of hard work, so after running it by Bugs everyone of his students will be spending a month at a farm - with no technology in hand.
"We don't need to do this! I mean I can stop tech with no problem." Plucky stated as he was fiddling with his smartphone.
"Come on, guys, it's only for thirty days. I know we can all deal with this." Ash proclaimed happily causing the others to side with the hero and give this a try, mostly because this was also a graded assignment, but on the other hand it might also be fun.
"To clarify you lilly-livered gutless doormats none of the farms are for slaughter, but the farms you get are from a draw of the hat." Sam informed with his Western tone of voice, and a lot of them thought he meant for them to draw hats until they saw him take off his hat - showing a whole mess of pieces of paper.
'So, a luck of the draw sort of thing. Okay, I'm in.' Ketchum thought before enchanting his right hand with aura to possibly help his chances of getting a good farm to work with. When it came to his turn the hero pulled one piece, and then waited since they were told to wait until all had a piece. Once that happened and they opened their papers Ketchum saw his next destination, 'Dearly Farm?' Ash thought to himself before hearing the bell to leave to the next class. Before Ash left he had one thing on his mind, and he needed it to be answered. Ketchum wanted to ask something before moving on, but the moment he was at the head desk the teacher spoke.
"Don't worry kid. This rule only applies to phones, computers, and games. The Ultimatrix can be helpful on a farm...At least that's what that long eared varmint has to say." Sam informed the human as he went back to his paperwork of yesterday's homework.
"I can't believe that my mentor actually okayed this thing." Buster grumbled as they left the room and were walking through the halls to get to their next destination. Ash on the other hand welcomed the challenge; he just needed to check on something before he left.
"Now, guys, I'll be gone for about a month, so you all will be okay while I'm gone…right?" Ash, who after school came home, said to his roommates of this situation.
"Don't sweat it Ash. We have enough food and entertainment to last us a while. We'll even take some time off from our tour while you're out." Maggie informed which Ketchum smiled about how they were okay with him taking some time away from his home to go on an assignment.
'I can't forget to keep all of my dexters back here, but I should be thankful that Bugs is letting me keep the Ultimatrix.' The hero of Pallet thought before packing his bag, transformed into a speed factor:
"Fasttrack!" The black and blue alien shouted before he raced off to his farm since it was a ways away. The hero powered down about a mile away from his destination since he would like to walk out in familiar territory with his own two feet. By the time the transforming trainer got there it was morning and the owners of the of the farm, three people, were waiting to greet him.
"Oh, you must be the new help we asked for. I am Roger." A man with brown hair, blue T-shirt, red open vest, blue jeans, and sneakers stated as Ash walked into their driveway and saw two others. "Right, this is my wife: Anita, and Granny." He said gesturing to the two beside him. One had orange hair with a tan and black outfit and the other had gray hair and seemed to have farm theme going.
"Yep, I would be the help. I'm Ash Ketchum." The raven haired youth stated as he offered his hand to be shaken which it was by three times.
"Come on, let's show you around." Anita stated and with that the four of them walked around the farm. He saw things similar to creatures back home: pigs, horse, cows, and chickens which Ketchum was subconsciously using his aura to tell weather or not these guys were good or evil, So far all have proven good, but he just had to be sure.
"And in the barn is the families pride and joy - 101 dalmatians." Nanny informed causing the hero to become quite confused at such a number before racing over to where they were, since he had become lost in thought, and saw that the elder was not lying of that number.
"How? Not that I'm doubting that the mother of all these pups couldn't produce all of these young ones, but how?" Ash asked as he was still caught off guard at all of the canines before him.
"Actually, my dog: Perdita only gave birth to fifteen puppies. Roger and I rescued and adopted the other eighty-four." Anita informed which after hearing the 'r' word Ash got back up on his guard.
"Wait. You said 'rescued' who was mistreating these creatures?" Ketchum questioned to the young woman while subconsciously fiddling with the Ultimatrix. Before any of the characters in the barn could utter a sound a familiar noise of a familiar engine was heard.
"That would be the kidnapper now." Roger informed their helper and the out of towner noticed the happy facade of his host change to anger along with the two bigger Dalmatians standing to either side of the barn door in an attack stance with their fangs showing.
"It'll be fine. Relax." Ash whispered to the one with the blue collar before following the three outside to see a red and black vehicle in the driveway. 'That must be the kidnapper.' Ash thought and began to sift through the holographic images of his forms.
"Anita and…Rodrick good to see you again." A skinny as a beanpole woman with black and white said loudly with an obvious fake happiness in her tone. Two others were seen with her a tall skinny man and a small fat man. Due to being at the hero game for so long he knew she was their boss and they loyally followed her lead no matter what.
'Just like Jessie, James, and Meowth's relationship toward one another.' Ash thought before listening in on their conversation about who he was and Roger pointing out that the one more rule only applied to pets and not hired help.
"We'll just see how helpful he really is." Cruella declared before adding, "Jasper, Horace - we're leaving. It's time for you to give Scorch his bath." The four got into the vehicle and drove off. The one thing that got Ash's attention was the fact that she seemed genuinely sweet on the ferret creature.
'Everyone, at least as far as I've seen in this world, has a good side. Does she have one too, or is she just evil to the core.' Ash thought before looking at his Ultimatrix, praying that it would have an answer.
"Cruella must be running out of schemes if she's going after the hired help." Roger stated causing Ash to snap back to reality. The hero from another world followed after them, into the home.
'If I really want to deal with everything here then I have to do it by myself.' Ketchum thought as he closed the door behind him. "Mr. and Mrs. Dearly, Nanny I have a strange request to ask of you." He started causing them to turn to him and hear him out.
"I've heard from Bugs that you often have crazy ideas that often work, but I don't like this plan." The man of the house informed as he seemed to be quite mad with Ash's suggestion of taking a holiday and leaving him in charge of their whole home.
"Yes, I know that it sounds a bit crazy, but sometimes: crazy works. Trust me - if it wasn't for half of the foolish moves I've done in my travels I wouldn't be able to help anyone." Ash tried to explain to them, but Roger seemed certainly against this plan.
"Perhaps Ash, but in your world your evil seemed to be monster based, and there are no monsters here." Anita tried to speak as the voice of reason between the two men.
"You guys do have monsters; they are just in a human skin." He said to her in rebuttal form since he knew of several humans that jeopardized his world for their own fruitless ends.
"Why should we take this month long vacation? What makes you think we need one?" Nanny questioned since this youth did seem like a trustworthy sort, but she believed that this move was a bit shady.
"You see: I have an ability known as aura, the living essence that is in every creature, and it showed me that you two show great anger toward Cruella. Even you, Mrs. Dearly, show hidden anger toward her." He informed them which caused them all to be a little caught off guard that he could tell that much about them.
"So, what's your point, Ash?" Roger questioned since he would really like the point of that comment since he clearly could not see it.
"Yes, I don't see the problem of being angry." Nanny pointed out.
"You see: if these creatures are anything like Pokemon then they can sense your anger, and if they do then their usual personality may change into something darker. So, I ask - take some time off, and clear your minds. I promise your home will still be here when you come back." Ash suggested and proclaimed. The others still seemed conflicted if they should do this or not.
"You're going to have to give us some time, Ash. If you don't mind." Roger informed while opening the door for the young one who understood, and walked outside so that they could talk amongst themselves of his idea.
'I hope they take my advice. It wound be best for them and the creatures on this farm.' Ash thought while slowly pacing in the driveway, and continued to do that until something caught his eye.
"Now what's that guy doing?" A rather hefty canine asked his brother as they all were keeping an eye on the guest: just in case he was a spy for Cruella.
"Just looks like he's playing sword with…a…stick." The one the hefty one was talking to answered before getting lost in the motions of the stick itself. He, and several others watched as he swung it left, right, down, up, and even went so far as to throw it into the air, leap after it, grab it in mid air, and performed an aerial slash before landing on the ground.
"This is a very good stick." Ash muttered under his breath as he was also wondering how, and why did he do that last part.
'He really is good with that stick.' The mother of all of those pups thought before looking around and saw that quite a few of her kids and even her significant other was missing. With a slight turn of the head she saw that they were all around the new guy.
"Wow. Hey there." Ash stated in surprise when he saw that he was surrounded by almost all of the dogs. To test something the human moved the stick from his left hand to his right, and saw that they were following it it. "This is what you want then go get it." He shouted and threw the stick with all of his might away from them which they all raced after it. This started a friendly game that caught the three's attention.
"You see Roger. Ash is good with animals, and I have a feeling that nothing bad would happen to our house." Anita offered to him causing him to think about this idea since it did seem like a good plan. "It would be nice to have a vacation without Cruella bothering us…okay we'll give it a shot." Roger confessed before knocking on the window, and motioned for Ash to come inside.
"Sorry guys, but it looks like your owners want to talk to me about something. Maybe we can continue this later." Ash said to them and raced over to the door while hearing the noise of happy barking behind him.
"Well, we've been talking about your offer, Ash." Roger started to speak to the hero, and the trainer could still hear worry in his voice, but decided not to say anything just yet. "And we've decided to take you up on the offer. We'll be calling you once a day to make sure that everything is okay." He reasoned with Ash causing the out of towner to nod in acceptance.
"Sounds good, and to help you out even more I will help you pack." Ash stated and with that the hero with the power to shape shift helped out the farming family with their luggage. After that the wife and husband talked it over with their animals of this course of action.
'I don't like the sounds of this.' A very small and aggressive dog thought as he heard the news even though that everyone else seemed to be okay with this idea. Once the three said their good-byes to their animal family the three left for a nice thirty days of relaxation.
"Good. That takes care of that. Now there's just one more thing that I have to deal with. You guys keep safe, and I'll be right back." Ash said to the animals before going for his Ultimatrix.
"Chromastone!" The purple colored alien shouted out before floating off the ground a bit before adding, "Don't worry. I'll be fine." With that said he flew off toward Cruella De Vile's home to deal with that threat. Inside that creepy mansion the black and white haired woman saw it all, and was already ready to make a move on the farm.
"Since those dimwitted Dearly's have entrusted their entire homestead to the hired help it will be easy to take it from him." The leader of the other home announced proudly not feeling a new eye upon her. "I'll go down, use my charm, and convince him to give me the farm - it's perfect." She added not even noticing that her own hired help seemed to be stunned about something.
"Not if that guy has a thing to say about it, boss." The taller one informed while pointing to the open window. This caused her to turn about, and watch as skinny stone man was floating into her home. The invader glanced at the two grunts, and then at the lady in charge with her ferret on her shoulders not sure what to do in this situation.
"Okay, you guys and I have to talk." The stone based man declared to the villains against the farm.
"What is it that you have to talk about to me? As that creature?" The skinny woman questioned while keeping a close eye on the stone creature. The creature said nothing, but motioned for them to follow him outside and into her front yard to where he powered down.
'What's he up to?' The villains hired help thought out of curiosity.
"Now that we're outside: I can say what I've been wondering since I saw you guys." Ash stated causing all three humans and the animal to stare at him curiously. "In all honesty why do you want their land. What makes their land so grand in comparison?" He asked before waiting for a straight answer since he had a feeling that she may try to dodge the question.
"Very well. I'll tell you. I want their land for two reasons. 1.) I'm just flat out greedy, and anyone who's met be at least knows that much. 2.) They seem to have more acres to work with than me." She explained to him which he could see what she was talking about.
"I appreciate you being honest with me, but from what I have heard aside from your ferret friend you aren't exactly an animal person. If that is the case then you wouldn't need that much room to work with." He explained to her which seemed to be winning her over.
"Go on." She egged him to go further while rolling her left wrist in a circular motion. The speaker took a deep breath before going on with his opinion.
"You see, you remind me of someone back home. A…unique red head that often treated the men she hung out with as crap and often got angry when things didn't go her way." He started with that bit from how he viewed Jessie, and added a raised hand to show her to ease up so he could continue. "Another thing about her was that she tried to show off every chance she had - no matter what it was about…sort of like you I imagine." This got onto her good side.
"Aside from comparing me to someone from back home is there any other reason you're here?" She questioned with anger evident in her voice.
"As I said: both of you like to show off, and to help you with your yard problem first I want to work on your home." Ash said as he looked at the big building that they just came out of.
"What?! What about my home?" The evil woman shouted out, but the other did not pay any attention to her since he was deep in thought.
'I could try toon logic to deal with this problem, or I could try a form that just doesn't feel right.' Ash thought, and since he didn't know how long the toon logic over what he was planning would last the hero had to use a form he didn't really care much for.
"Alien X." A powerful voice shouted through a green light, and floating there was a black coated alien with three horns on top of his head. With a wave of the hand he changed her normal, to her, home into a simple single story building.
"What has he done to my beautiful house!" Cruella shouted in alarm.
'Almost done.' Ash thought as he made a few more changes before feeling the two other sides to Alien X slowly appear. Since he did not wish to be stuck in that form Ketchum was able to power down before either head could speak.
"Whew. Now I understand why the others connected to a watch don't use that form this often." Ash said as he rose from an all fours stance to a standing straight up stance.
"What did you to do my house?" The older woman shouted out while glaring at the man responsible to this mess. He looked over at her before walking over to the door with a calm expression on his face.
"The best way or you to use your skill to show off to friends and family the best way is this." Ash said before pulling the door open, and to the fours amazment - everything of her home was still there.
"I…I don't understand." The woman said as she slowly walked inside; still trying to determine what was going on.
"I used the power of Alien X to warp your home, and upgrade it." Ash informed before adding, "I developed rooms for your two workers along with making a couple of controls for your room. One to project deadly solid holograms on your yard, and another to add even more rooms." All of this seemed to please the older woman.
"I'm liking what I'm hearing." She said with a smile, and even saw that her two most trusted workers were also happy. It was then that they saw their helper walk over to a wall panel that seemed special for some reason.
"To better help you with this new home I also developed in this panel a digital map holder." He informed them before pulling three out of the wall, and giving them each one. "These will be updated in case you add more rooms." He added before walking back outside.
'He did this for me.' The woman thought and actually felt a genuine smile slowly come onto her face, but she suddenly realized that he had left to go outside. The group followed after him, and saw that he had already changed forms.
"Oh, hey guys, just thought I'd find out why your ground is so much darker than the Dearly Farm." The plant man, Wildvine, informed them with all five of his root/feet deep in her ground. After several moments the henchmen could see that he did not seem so good.
"You…doing okay, kid?" Jasper asked the plant creature before him since their guest seems to be rather ill. The creature said nothing since he was too invested in his project.
"Oh man, this land is seriously contaminated." Wildvine shouted out as he desperately tried not to hurl. Immediately pulling his feet/roots out of the ground the hero tried something else.
"Echo Echo." The white colored creature shouted out before dividing multiple times, and then changing those forms into elemental types. With that the group dove in and slowly, but effectively as a team purged the land. Almost instantly her yard became greener, and much more full of life.
"Those guys do an excellent job." Horace commented before seeing all of them come back out, turn into Echo Echo, pull into one, and went back to being Ash.
"There. That will give you a start, but the gardening part is up to you." Ash informed before pulling a couple of books from his backpack. "Here's a book of gardening for beginners, proper ferret care, and guide book of dealing with anger and stress." He said while giving the books he just went on about to Cruella who seemed confused.
"I do have one question for you: why are you doing this to me? What makes you so sure that I still won't go after the farm or the animals in it?" She questioned to the hero, and he could see where she was coming from since he didn't know all of her tricks.
"True. I don't know if this will help you or not, but from what I see you're not as bad as you think you are." Ash informed which caused the group to become a bit confused so he filled them in. "I mean from what I've heard at Dearly Farm Jasper and Horace often bungle around, but you keep them around, and despite not liking animals it's obvious that you have a strong bond with your ferret friend. Am I not right, Scorch?" The group tool this all in, and had a feeling that he did have a point.
'I really do care about these two, but I thought I did a very good job of not showing it.' The woman thought while still being caught off guard by the words that he said about her.
"You can still use your usual personality to try to keep others from knowing of your softer side, but try to keep the insults and scheme to a minimum since you have a very good house; even without Alien X's cover for it." Ash stated to them before going back to the Ultimatrix.
"Stinkfly!" The insect shouted out, and flew up a bit before turning his upper eye stalks toward the group and added, "Try to be at least a little bit nicer to others. I know you can." With that he flew back to the farm, but due to his actions at the other's yard he powered down and laid in the driveway.
"Oh man, our helper." Pongo shouted out before he and the others raced to the collapsed body. Everyone circled around him to check up on him.
"Easy guys, I'm fine. Just need to rest for a minute." Ash said to them while slowly falling into dream. Fearing that the driveway is not the best place to take a nap the father of the canines grabbed Ash's collar with his teeth, and dragged the human into the yard. Even during the dragging process he was still sleeping peacefully.
"Oh great, so much for our great helper." The punk canine commented since he was not impressed that their hired help was such a slacker. The others didn't pay him any mind, decided that the best thing he needed now was rest so the let him be. After about an hour the trainer woke up, and looked around.
"Man, did I need that." Ash commented to himself before standing up and stretching a bit. With that he decided to check on the list that nanny left him - his duties around the house. "Most of this is feeding the animals and cleaning the house - I can do that." Ash stated after taking a brief look at the list before getting to work.
'Hmm, kid knows how to pour the slop nice and evenly.' An old, but important pig thought as he watched the human dump his and his daughter's food into the trough. To help them out further he gave them water as well. It was then the hero saw that their mud pit was a bit dry.
'Out of water.' Ash thought as he looked at the bucket and saw that it was empty. He was then forced to transform.
"Water Hazard." The red armored one shouted out before giving their dirt a fresh soaking. Once that was done he powered down and decided to deal with the second part of his list - cows.
"I'd like to apologize in advance over what I'm about to do, and I hope you two can forgive me." Ash said to the two cows once he got inside, and after getting a blank stare from them both he went ahead with this duty.
'Wow, this guys hands are nice and warm.' The cows thought the same thought as he did the first of his duties with them. After milking them completely he rewarded them with some time in the yard.
"Whoops. Can't forget about you." Ash stated and quickly took care of the horse before moving onto the next part of his feeding duties - chickens. The hero liked that this job wasn't so personal with the animals, and gladly went to the chicken coop.
'So, looks like the guy is back up, and about.' A skinny chicken thought as she watched him sprinkle some feed around their area causing the chickens to come out and have their fill.
"Good to know there are others that think with their stomach too." Ketchum muttered before going inside and collecting the eggs. He got out of the coop, and was about to go on out of their area until the hero felt some pecking on his leg. "Hmm?" He questioned before looking down and seeing a skinny chicken at his feet. "Want to come with me to treat the last of the animals?" The human asked with a kind smile on his face.
"Sure do." The skinny one known as Spot, but Ash could only hear typical chicken noises instead of real words. He got the jist though and motioned for her to follow him. The two headed over to a silo that, according to Nanny, was retrofitted to be a dog food storage device.
"Guess all I have to do is peddle the bike, and the food will pour out." Ash thought aloud. Before getting on the bike he did a sky check to make sure there wasn't any storm clouds since his history with bikes was never good. Once realizing that the sky was perfectly clear he got on and started peddling causing the food in question to start pouring.
"Lunch time!" Spot squawked out even though she didn't need to since she had a feeling that Rolly already heard the familiar sound of food hitting the trough. In under a few moments they came running and began chowing down when he was done filling the container up the hero went with a head count.
"I don't see the oldest of the family." Ash muttered causing him to go into the house, take a couple of big bowls, and head back to the silo. Once there the human scooped up some food and heads over to the barn. 'I thought they'd be there.' Ketchum thought as he slowly entered the barn to the two.
'That smells like…' Perdita thought before looking over and saw the helper come in with food ready. 'food.' She finished her thought before the both of them headed over to him.
"I didn't want the others to have all the food." The human commented as he set the food down, and watched them eat. As always the hero always got a strong sense of satisfaction when he helped out others and this was no different. "Now if you'll excuse me I have to feed myself." He stated before rushing off to the house since his stomach was begging for food.
'Maybe he won't be too bad.' The mother and father of several kids thought as one before returning to their food. That was one of the main roles that he had to deal with for those thirty days. The other ones were more of his own idea of how to help out.
"Man, didn't know that I went through that much food for being here for only ten days." Ash muttered as he realized just how low the refridgerator was, so he decided it was time for a food run. "Guys, I'm heading out to restock the fridge - who wants to come with?" He questioned loud enough for all to respond. As can be expected most of the farm animals simply shrugged it off along with several canines except for one.
"I will go with you, Ash." A three legged dog, that seemed to be able to stand upright with no support, barked at him. Happy to have some company the two head out. Once in the city Ash got the food along with several pieces of machinery from the town's junk yard causing the hero to realize that he didn't plan ahead for this.
"Humungousaur!" The tan skinned lizard shouted out before offering his hand to Tripod, and taking the pup to his shoulder. The giant also picked up the groceries and the machinery, and began to walk back home.
"MONSTER!" Spot, who felt the earth shake at their feet, shouted out with great fear as the creature responsible came walking over to the house. Everyone stayed on alert, and watched as the giant placed the stuff down, and then powered down with Tripod still on his shoulder.
"Sorry about that guys. Sorry." The hero with a ton of faces shouted out after seeing all of the frightened faces around him. Aside from the occasional grocery run the human tried to hang out with the animals as best as he can from lounging with some of the dogs to actually doing something proactive.
"Jury Rigg, fix! Fix! Fix! Fix!" The builder shouted out as he used quite a bit of the junk the dino brought over to build several Frisbee launchers which he used to play with some of the energetic canines. He often followed after Lucky, Rolly, Cadpig, and Spot when they went exploring, but he chose a form that they would like to hang out with.
"Wildmutt!" Cadpig shouted out as the big orange canine roared causing the group to turn to the female in question curious-like expressions on their faces. "What? Wildmutt can't talk like the others, so I'm helping." She explained which the others accepted and went on exploring around and having a good time.
'This has been a very good run so far.' Ash thought as he had stood on the roof of the house, thanks to Underwraps stretching up there from the ground floor, and took a deep breath of the crisp night air of the fourteenth night before doing what he had been doing since the first night.
'I can hear him. He's coming this way.' One of the 101 thought with hidden glee since Ash always stopped by them first.
"Good night, Perdita. I'll see you in the morning." The human, since Ash preferred to say good night as he naturally is instead of as a creature, said while scratching a spot that made her feel happy. He then said his nights to the other one hundred along with every farm animal before falling into dream himself. A few more days have passed and the animals decided to have a meeting of sorts.
"Looks like Ash is busy. Let's get to the meeting." Lucky stated to his two followers as Brainstorm, Jury Rigg, Grey Matter, and Upgrade are working on something.
"Okay, let's start this meeting. Now…why are we having this meeting again?" An old war-type dog questioned as he looked around the creatures for a straight answer since he completely forgot why they are gathered.
"I called it, sir." Pug, leader of the Bark Brigade, stated before continuing with, "I do not trust the 'helper', and believe that he should be expelled before he can do something truly horrendous." The others just blinked at him since all the times that they held the meetings he always said that causing the Colonel's right hand man to speak up.
"Isn't it you that keeps using the Frisbee launchers that he built for harmless fun, but you use for Bark Brigade training?" Sergeant Tibbs pointed out causing the canine in question to grumble incoherently to himself.
"I say he's a good hard worker. Friendly too." Mayor Ed Pig commented as he received nods or mutters of agreement from: Cornelia (Spot's mother), Dumpling (Mayor's daughter), Duchess and Princess, and even Captain. The 101 liked that the farm animals enjoyed their helper just as much as they did.
"We've never had that much fun at the swamp either." Lucky pointed out before adding, "I mean who knew an alien as domesticated as Wildmutt had that kind of beast as an Ultimate form." They all have heard or seen first hand the one on one fight that was Steven against Ultimate Wildmutt.
"I like how he used that big cat so Swamp Rat would give back the collars he swiped from us." Rolly pointed out and the others remembered such a moment, but they also realized that Rath was the one that also wailed on Steven, almost as bad as Ultimate Wildmutt before yelling at the deceiving one.
"The best thing that I've seen is how Ash himself along with Chromastone and Terraspin was able to properly talk to Lucy of letting us have our time at Hiccup Hole and let her have her time at Hiccup Hole." Cadpig stated with a big smile since the last few times they spoke of Ash she pointed out how good of an aura he had.
"I like Ash, too. He often lift hay-stacks with me. Either as himself or one of his forms." Tripod stated flatly, but with a genuine smile on his face. Two-Tone commented that Ash often let her choose out what outfit to wear, and Mooch often has his usual crack to say about the help, but the black furred one's comment goes unheard.
"I am simply grateful that my family enjoys Ash's company, and I'm really glad that, for now, changed Cruella a bit." Pongo pointed out which earned him smiles from all of his children. "Don't you agree, Perdita?" The father of the pups asked the mother who smiled and nodded in silence.
'Well, I've slept in every room of this house, and none of them work for me.' Ash thought that very night, and that's when a voice within offered him an idea.
'What about the barn? Think about it - you're so used to being surrounded by creatures that being without that has made you restless.' The voice within him thought and Ash knew that it was one of the canines, but he didn't know which one.
"I suppose your right since I as able to sleep in that home easier because I knew that there were strange toon creatures near, and strange works for me. Fine, I'll sleep in the barn tonight." Ash muttered before doing just that: going out in the middle of the night with just a pillow, went to where the pups were, and slept with them.
'What's he doing here?' All 101 creatures thought as they saw Ash come to sleep with them, but with sense of safety he was putting out the others didn't mind. In fact with those good vibes they all sort of gathered around him before falling back to sleep too.
'Hmm, I feel warm…very warm.' Ash thought with a smile on his face since he was enjoying his sleep and this warmth. Curiosity got the better of him and he had to see why he was so warm. 'Thanks guys.' He thought after seeing that he was surrounded by all of the dogs. Instead of waking them himself the hero thought it best for them to wake up on their own.
"Come on guys. Time to let Ash get us Breakfast." Pongo barked out causing all to rush away once the 'b' word was sounded out. Free of the load the helper got up and headed for the silo - ready to feed the puppies.
'I can't help but feel as though there's something I'm missing.' Ash thought as he peddled in silence. While he was at the farm Ash tried to spend time with each of the animals: to get a better understanding with each of them, but he still felt as though there was one he was neglecting. For the moment the Ultimatrix bearer focused on his usual tasks. Once the tasks were done the hero headed in for some shuteye in the house, but someone saw something on his face as he made his way in.
"Our caretaker seems so sad." Predita whispered to herself as the motherly canine saw the human as she stood in the farm door doorway. The mother of several young ones took a quick look at everyone - to make sure they were asleep before going through with an idea of hers. 'I'm sure he wouldn't mind some company.' The female canine thought as she slowly walked over to the house and then started to scratch on the door while quietly begged entry.
"Hmm, what's that sound?" Ash muttered before going to the door, opened it, and was somewhat surprised at what he saw. "Perdita, what are you doing out here?" Ash asked as he opened the door, and waited for her to do something. She simply sat there and looked at him with watery eyes. "Something must have spooked you. I think you should stay in here…at least for tonight." He offered before stepping out of the way.
'Thank you, Ash.' The Dalmatian thought before walking on it. At that moment she saw him become a little happier.
"Hang on, and I'll go get something for you." Ash informed and since he was being so kind to her the female canine did just that - stayed right where she stood. After a few moments the black and white canine saw Ash walk back with sheets and pillow in hand.
'What's all those for?' She questioned to herself as she watched him set up a make-shift bed on the couch. Once finished he patted on it, and after a few moments to mother figure knew what he wanted and slowly shook her head.
"Please, I insist." He poletly stated, and with his own kind of gaze which captivated the canine she nodded, and climbed onto the couch. Once there he tucked her in, adjusted the pillow before opening his sleeping bag and sleeping in it. "Besides, I want my friends to be as comfortable as possible." He informed before gazing up at the ceiling.
'He is just too sweet.' The canine thought sweetly before glancing down and saw that he was looking at her with a gleam of realization in his eyes.
"Now I know who I forgot to help while being here." He shouted out which almost caused her to jump out of alarm. "I've never had any personal time with you, Perdita." He added from his comment from before.
'So, I don't really need it to know that he is a sweet man.' The mother thought back before looking down at him again.
"After I deal with the day's chores why don't the two of us hang out - maybe go for a walk or something?" He offered to her which the canine had to admit it really was a very tempting offer, and a walk did sound relaxing. Perdita glanced at him and nodded. "Good, than it's settled tomorrow the two of us have a day to relax just the two of us.
'I hope I know what I'm getting myself into.' The young canine thought as she began to sleep. After a restful sleep by both the trainer did his morning chores, and let them all in on what they are doing.
"That's the whole story. Ms. Perdita and I will be going on a walk, but don't worry we'll be back before it get's too dark." He stated while carrying a bag he found in the closet and filled it with something important.
"Be safe, mom." Lucky informed his mom with plenty of worry in his voice. The mother to a lot of children smiled and allowed one dog pile on herself before the two of them set out to their walk. Due to the laws in this reality Ash was forced to use a leash even though the trainer had faith that this wise woman would not flee from him.
'Must be his first time using a leash.' Perdita thought since there seemed to be a lot of slack with the line between the two, but she decided not to worry about it, and just kept walking. The two walkers kept walking for an hour or so until they heard a noise.
'We've got to stop now cause I am starved.' Ash thought as they listened to that roaring sound. It was miraculously at that moment that his four legged friend spotted something over to their right.
'Is that a new lake?' The canine thought to herself before walking over to it with Ketchum right behind her. After about fifteen minutes the two were greeted by a large clearing and a beautiful lake.
"Ah, now this is a welcoming sight to see." Ash proclaimed as he saw the beautiful sight of a form of the sea before him. "Well, I was hoping to play for a bit, but my stomach is telling me otherwise." He informed her with an apologetic tone as he put down the picnic basket, and unhooked his canine friend.
'So, that's what I've been hearing for a while.' Perdita thought before seeing that he was already unrolling a picnic blanket, and then set out the food along with the drinks. There was leftovers for Perdita with bottled water in a doggie dish and Ash had a simple double cheeseburger, small fries, and a medium soda.
"This is very nice. It reminds me of…back home. Traveling with my friends." Ash stated while feeling a little forlorn of the days of old which caused the other woman to worry. "Not that I don't mind being here in this place, since being around you and everyone else is amazing." Ash said with a happy smile even though the canine could tell that he really missed his home world.
'He seems really down in the dumps. I wish there was something that I can do to make him feel better.' Perdita thought before having an idea strike - puppy day. Without warning or explanation she got off of the blanket and the started rubbing her back on the grass happily.
"What are you doing?" Ash asked with the hint of laughter in his voice as he watched her actions. This caused the canine to look at him, and give him an inviting gaze, so the hero decided to dive in as well after taking off his backpack. 'This isn't so bad.' The Ultimatrix handler thought with a smile as he copied her motions, and somehow felt natural doing this.
'Get ready for some more fun because this is only the beginning.' Perdita thought to herself before having the human and herself continue this playtime with: fetch with a Frisbee, race around the lake, play in the lake…
"Hang on, Perdita, I got to change to my trunks." Ash informed and raced behind a tree to do just that. It didn't take him long to come out from behind the tree in nothing but the trunks, and that is when true eyeful of his evolved muscular and well toned body. "Now, I'm ready." He informed before continuing where they left off.
'Right better go too.' Perdita thought before following after him.
'Now you understand Runt's barking chain message: don't you?' The logical side of the canine thought. This caused the physical body to nod in agreement since the barking was a warning to stay away from Rita's owner, and now she knew why the feline…and others were interested.
"Hey, Perdita, stay alert." Ash announced before slamming his arms on the water's surface and sent a wave at her. The black and white beast swam out of the way, and countered it with underwater hind leg kick with some concentrated inner strength behind it.
'He often has an innocent mind going, he makes sure everyone around him is having fun or is well cared for, and he has a well fit body and mind.' The light side of her thoughts informed while also keeping Perdita Dark in check at all costs. After their splash fight, and Ketchum being surprised tackled from behind the two went back to shore.
"Hey, Perdita, before we take a breather how about a little role reversal?" Ash suggested as he opened a container of meatballs onto a plate, stuck toothpicks in them, and the stood there to await orders.
'Wait…he wants me to give the orders and he will follow them like an obedient dog?' Perdita thought and didn't really care for this since it was something her upper-class canine family: Coco and Beamer do.
"Come on, Perdita, it'll be fun. Just don't ask me to do anything too humiliating." The hero from another world informed her that it was all okay after seeing her hesitant look. After hearing this go ahead she motioned for him to do a certain thing or two, and he did them all to the best of his abilities.
'He really is quite good.' The commander of the changeling thought to herself after making him: sit, roll over, play dead, beg, find a stick, and to the best of her own abilities threw it so that he could go after it - earning a meatball for each completed challenge. Once they both had their fill with this activity the two visitors of the lake rested on the grass while looking up at the clear blue sky.
'Hmm? He does have potential, but is he the one I seek?' A man thought as he monitored the whole thing between the human and the Dalmatian, and still watched them as they slept.
"Oh man, what time is it?" The Pallet Town Protector questioned aloud after a big yawn and a stretching of his upper body. After a few more moments the human looked up and saw that the sky was showing signs of the dusk hour. "Well time to go." He stated to himself before waking up the mother beside him.
"What's wrong, Ash?" She barked out at him before seeing the sky as well. After a good stretch by both. Ketchum packed up their things, and headed back to the farm.
"They're coming! They're coming!" Spot squawked out to the others once she spotted the two in question coming into view. This caused the other creatures of the farm to gather near the entrance.
"Hey, Perdita, take a look - we have a welcome wagon waiting for us." Ash informed as they were just about the two could see everyone at the edge of the driveway - waiting for them.
"Then, let's not keep them waiting any longer." The female canine barked out before racing over with the human right behind them. As predicted the moment they were in the yard the two were assaulted by all of the creature's happy faces.
"It's good to see you all, and I'm happy that I've been able to have some one on one time with all of you before I had to get back home." Ash informed after getting out of the all together dog pile. They all heard this and were slightly sad. "Don't worry. The three that rightfully watch over you will come home tomorrow." He informed which that did raise their spirits. With nothing else needed to be said the animals went back to their usual business, and Ash went into the house to do some last minute updates before the owners came home.
"See, Roger? We left for that vacation, and our home is still here." Anita informed her lover as they pulled into the driveway, and he had to admit all seemed well and good. Once they were getting out of their vehicle the three saw Ash, already packed, and headed for them.
"Now that you guys are back I will take my leave. Don't worry, I've already said my good byes to the animals, but before I go do you need any help with this?" Ash informed and then asked them.
"No, Ash, we're okay. Thanks for asking though, and thanks for watching over things for us. This place looks great." Roger informed as he got some of his things out. The out of towner could tell that he was being truthful, so he decided to let them in on something.
"Before I go - just to let you know I changed a few things around here. Hope you like them." He informed before racing to the end of the driveway, hung a left, changed into a speedster, and raced away. This worried them but decided to do just that: Anita decided to visit her boss, and found out the misleading mansion she now called home along with the good change in demeanor. Nanny was happy to see an updated and fully stocked kitchen along with a neat and tidy barn. Roger was happy to see that his computer room got a facelift for the better.
"Good to see this place again." Fasttrack stated as he made it back to his home in Acme Acres, and was all for seeing the inside of his true home…in this world. The champion of many powered down and headed for the door.
"Welcome home, Ash!" Several voices cried out as one which caused the traveler to glance at his coffee table, and saw the Flea Family and the Roches gathered together with noise makers, and a bug sized banner that read the same thing they shouted.
""It's good to be back, guys." He informed them with an honest tone, and it was then that he realized something was off. "How did you know that I heft? I made no calls ahead of time." He stated causing the others to look at one another before one came clean.
"We have some family that lives on Colonel, and they've told us when you left. As for these party supplies we ordered them the moment you left us." The mother/wife of the Flea family informed and Ketchum had to applaud them for their preparation skills.
"Well, if you guys want to have a party for my return then let's do it." Ash shouted out happily causing the others to smile, and join in on the shouting. With that the group had a small party just them - nobody else. During it one of them asked an important question.
"Being a teacher. You think Yosemite's plan is just go to a farm for a month, or you think there's something else?" Maggie informed, and the monster tamer had to admit that she did have a good point to question this, and decided to do something about that before he went to bed. Once he slept for a few hours, had Breakfast, said good-bye to his roommates, got to school, and made it to the red faced man's class; Ketchum sat and waited.
"I can not believe that ol` Sammy boy made us do that?" The green feathered kid shouted out in anger with several nodding in agreement which the raven haired one could not understand why they were angry with what they were assigned. Soon the teacher came in and after berating them he informed them that they all had to give a report over what they did during these thirty days. "We had to do what?!" Plucky questioned in great alarm.
"If no one else will say it I will. I will go first, and the others could follow my writing path." Ash stated to them before walking to the front of the classroom which had a pedestal ready and waiting for them. The shape shifter stood before them, cleared his throat and began to talk.
'He did all of those things himself.' Several of them thought and were all touched that he did all of that by himself some more than others. Elmyra enjoyed listening to the part of him turning Cruella around mainly due to how she once treated animals. Plucky was wondering why he didn't just leave when they did, but knew that wasn't Ash's style. Dizzy was interested in Rolly appetite, and wondered if he was up for an eating contest. Melody liked how nice he was to restock the house and barn. Lola, along with the other girls listening in, did not like the part involving Perdita's alone time with Ash.
"That…that was a pretty good speech, Ash." The cowboy teacher informed and meant it since the story never mentioned him transforming to make the whole task more easy; only when the situation called for it. "You can go ahead and take your seat." The teacher added causing Ash to nod in agreement before doing just that.
'I hope the others were paying attention to how my speech was made.' The Pallet Town protector thought as he made it to his seat, and listened to the others. As he listened to the other speeches the human could tell that they were mostly making it up as they were going along, but at least they knew what to say; that was all that he could ask for. 'Taking Perdita along with that leash reminded me of dragging Pikachu along with me at the start, and even though she seemed okay with it - I still didn't like it.' Ash thought as he tried not to think of that moment he spent with her.