Chapter 11: Clemont's Secret Revealed!
"We made it to Lumiose City!" Ash exclaimed. Yuki, Ash, Serena, Clemont, and Bonnie have all arrived at the city. "The last time I was here, I didn't have much time to look around! But, this city must be the center of the fashion universe!" Serena explained.
"Is everything to you all clothes?" Yuki teased, with Hawlucha snickering. Serena pouted and turned away. "There's more to me than just clothes, Yuki! You just don't know it!" Serena complained.
She then smiled again, giggling. "Anyways, all the people are so well-dressed! And Prism Tower looks incredible!" Serena commented. The five looked at the tower, that had the Lumiose Gym inside.
"Yeah, it sure is." Clemont replied. "I guess it's okay." Bonnie agreed with a not interested tone. Yuki looked at the two with confusion. "What's up with you two? Aren't you glad to be home?" Yuki asked.
Clemont shrugged as Bonnie turned away from the question, leaving Yuki to be even more suspicious. "The Lumiose Gym is up on that tower!" Ash pointed out. Serena turned to Ash with that.
"Oh! Then, you already challenged that Gym, right, Ash?" Serena asked. Ash gave a nervous chuckle, shaking his head. "Well, I showed up there and tried to..." Ash started. "Pika..." Pikachu agreed.
He and Pikachu recalled of the time when they were kicked out of the Gym for not having four Kalos Gym Badges, preventing him from challenging the Gym Leader there. He remembered being shocked, and forced to leave under the trapdoor as well.
He explained it to the group, leaving Yuki and Serena surprised, with Bonnie and Clemont nervous. "That's what happened! I didn't have four badges, so I couldn't get in!" Ash explained. "Pikachu." Pikachu agreed.
"Lucha..." Hawlucha replied, also surprised. "You serious? I only heard the rumors, but I never thought it would happen in real!" Yuki admitted. Serena made a funny look in this thought.
"I had no idea there were Gyms where you needed four badges to challenge it!" Serena admitted. The Hawlucha Boy then noticed the two siblings getting even more nervous.
"Well, since that's the case here... Why don't we get out of Lumiose City?" Clemont suggested. "Let's go!" Bonnie called. Yuki blinked in surprise, as Serena turned to them in complaint.
"But, I've been looking forward to exploring Lumiose City!" Serena complained. "We can do that stuff next time! Come on! Let's go!" Bonnie assured.
With those words, Bonnie tried to push Ash, as Clemont tried to push Serena and Yuki out as well. "Hold on... Already? But, we've just got here!" Yuki protested. "Lucha Haw!" Hawlucha said, supporting Yuki's words.
"What are you in such a rush for!?" Ash asked. Before anyone else could make any more step, there was a man's voice who let out a chuckle. "Well, if it isn't my Clemont and Bonnie!" The man chuckled.
The two siblings shook up, before seeing a man behind him riding a scooter with an Ampharos. "Dad!" "Ampharos!" Clemont and Bonnie called out. The words left Ash, Yuki, and Serena bewildered.
"Huh? Dad?" The three repeated. "Hey!" The man chuckled, waving to the three.
[Pokémon: XY Series Opening]
I want to be the very best
(Ash, Yuki, Serena, Clemont, and Bonnie are standing together on a hill)
(Ash's blue background shows him sharing a sandwich with Pikachu)
Like no one ever was
(Serena's pink background shows her choosing a hat while Fennekin runs around her)
To catch them is my real test
(Clemont and Bonnie's yellow and blue background shows Clemont inventing a machine, before it explodes as Bonnie run with Chespin and Dedenne)
To train them is my cause
(Yuki's green background shows him and Hawlucha sparring together as Litleo, Heracross, and Bulbasaur cheers)
Pokémon (Gotta catch 'em all), it's you and me
(Ash commands Pikachu as he dashes towards Yuki and Hawlucha with Quick Attack)
(Pokémon!)
(Clemont calls for attacks; Chespin uses Pin Missile, Bunnelby uses Dig)
I know it's my destiny
(Bonnie cheers; Dedenne uses Thundershock as Serena calls for attacks; Fennekin uses Ember)
(Pokémon!)
(Yuki calls for attacks; Hawlucha uses Karate Chop, Bulbasaur uses Razor Leaf, Litleo uses Ember, Heracross uses Brick Break)
Yeah, you're my best friend
(Ash calls for attacks; Froakie uses Water Pulse, Fletchling uses Steel Wing, Pikachu uses Electro Ball)
In a world we must defend
(A Mega Evolution sign appears)
(Ash, Yuki, and the others run along in the city)
Pokémon
(The opening title appears)
(Gotta catch 'em all)
Gotta catch 'em all
Gotta catch 'em all!
Pokémon!
(Title opening ends)
Clemont cleared his throat, before beginning the introduction. "Uh... Let me introduce you..." Clemont started, but allowed his sister to explain. "I want you to meet our daddy!" Bonnie explained.
The siblings' father chuckled, waving to the three trainers. "I'm Meyer. I run an electronic shop in the city here along with Ampharos!" Meyer explained. "Amph!" Ampharos chirped in happily.
"You and Ampharos, cool!" Ash commented. "Pika Pika!" Pikachu agreed. Meyer took one look at Yuki, and walked up to him. "Haven't I seen you before in the news?" Meyer asked.
Yuki flinched, before sweat dropping. "Sir... It's Yuki. Yuki Muramoto." Yuki nervously chuckled. The name sparked Meyer up. "Ah! Of course! You were that famous Hawlucha Boy from Aquacorde Town!" Meyer chuckled.
Clemont blinked, before looking at Yuki in surprise. Ash crept up to him, whispering. "How famous are you?" Ash asked. Yuki and Hawlucha sweat dropped, shrugging together. Bonnie giggled, explaining about the three trainers.
"They're are new, super nice, good friends!" Bonnie explained. At the word, 'friends', Meyer gasped as his face darkened. "Your friends?" Meyer repeated, causing the five to be startled for a moment.
"I'm so... I'm so overcome with happiness that I can't tell you how I feel!" Meyer yelled out loud, holding his son and daughter in a father embrace. Ash chuckled to that as he said his introduction.
"My name's Ash. And this is my partner Pikachu!" Ash explained. "Pikachu!" Pikachu replied happily. Meyer stepped up, smiling at the Electric Type. "Oh? Pikachu! Nice looking electric cheeks!" Meyer complimented.
He stroke Pikachu's cheeks, as Pikachu cried out happily. He then turned to Serena, seeing her in surprise. "And who's this young lady?" Meyer asked. "I'm Serena!" Serena answered.
Meyer smirked, glancing at his son. "Ohh! So, Clemont's finally found himself a beautiful girlfriend! Got to keep an eye on you! Huh? Huh?" Meyer smirked, teasing his son.
"Uh... Dad. It's not like that..." Clemont assured. Serena giggled a little with the father and son thing. Bonnie took Dedenne out of the bag, showing it to her father. "Daddy, look! This is Dedenne! It's my new friend!" Bonnie explained.
"Dedenne!" The Electric-Fairy Type said with a good mood. Meyer smiled of seeing another Electric Type. "Oh! So, you're an Electric Type as well!" Meyer smirked. He then turned to Clemont with a serious stare.
"Now, you listen to me, son. You should come to the house once in a while!" Meyer reminded. Clemont grew nervous as he looked at his dad. "But, Dad... You see..." Clemont started.
"What, is there some reason you haven't been coming in a while?" Meyer asked. Clemont panicked as he began to sweat with nerves. Bonnie made a quick excuse, pulling her brother to the others.
"Well... Daddy... We've got some things to do! So, bye for now!" Bonnie quickly called, as she laughed nervously. "Wait, Clemont..." Meyer called. The two siblings stopped to hear their father.
"I've told you this before. It's true you need to be tough on challengers, but that alone isn't going to make them become better trainers! You need to become the Gym Leader the Lumiose Gym can be proud of!" Meyer explained.
Those words left Ash, Yuki, and Serena confused as Clemont and Bonnie sweated even more. "Lumiose Gym?" "Gym Leader?" "Challengers?" Ash, Serena, and Yuki asked each other in wonder.
With the questions they asked, both Clemont and Bonnie panicked, trying to get their father to change the subject. But, to their dismay, Meyer already began to leave. "See you soon!" Meyer called.
"Yes! All right, sir!" The two siblings stammered, putting up a salute. As Meyer got onto the bike, he glanced at the three young trainers. "Ash, Serena, Yuki! Please take care of my kids for me! And don't forget! Come visit my shop once in a while!" Meyer called.
He and Ampharos drove away, back to their shop. As he was gone, Clemont and Bonnie nervously turned, only for Ash, Yuki, and Serena to all glare at the inventor.
"Alright! What's this all about!?" Ash snapped. Clemont backed away, trying to make up some words, when his little sister sighed. "Well... We might as well tell them the truth..." Bonnie muttered.
Clemont sighed, agreeing with his sister's words.
So, at a park near the fountain, Clemont began to reveal his true identity. "The truth is... that I really am the Gym Leader of the Lumiose Gym." Clemont explained. That made his three friends frown.
"Why didn't you just tell us?" Ash asked. Clemont looked up and sighed. "The thing is, I really was planning to tell you eventually... I'm sorry. It's a really long story." Clemont explained.
He recalled of the time when he was kicked out of his own Gym. "I was... so busy as a Gym Leader, I never really had the time to invent things that I wanted to..." Clemont started.
Flashback
Clemont was building a robot in his room. "So, I decided to construct a Gym Leader robot, who could help me with my Gym Leader responsibilities, and give me more time." Clemont explained.
Later, at the past, Clemont was finished building his new Gym Leader robot. "Okay! All done! Now, for the next step, programming!" Clemont chuckled as he began to make his program on the robot.
"The first thing to do is gather up my ideals! And put them all into your AI! I want all challengers to have won around four Gym Badges, and you need to be kind to the challengers, but, at the same time, you need to be tough, when neccessary." Clemont explained.
Once the programming was done, he stood up and made some thoughts. "Now, all I need to do is set up the voice code... Anything is fine, so... uh, sandwich!" Clemont called.
At that moment, Bonnie called for her big brother. "Clemont!... Hurry up! You've got a challenger waiting!" Bonnie called. "I'll be right there!... Whhooooa!" Clemont started.
But, as he ran, he tripped on the wires, that is connecting to his robot! Clemont wailed as he fell to the ground. The robot fell along, causing a dent on the head. The Lumiose Gym Leader gasped, running to his robot.
"Oh no! Clembot!" Clemont gasped. He checked the robot for any damages. Bonnie ran over, seeing the robot. "What did you make now?" Bonnie asked. The Gym Leader placed the robot to a safer side.
"You can start today! I'm Clemont, the Gym Leader. And you're Clembot! The Gym Leader robot!" Clemont chuckled. He then left to battle his awaiting challenger.
Later...
Once the challenge was done, Clemont brought out his robot for him and Bonnie to see. "Wow! I want to see it move!" Bonnie exclaimed, jumping up and down in excitement.
Clemont smiled at his little sister and nodded. "Sure! First, I'll engage it in a Pokémon battle! Clembot, activate!" Clemont called. The robot, Clembot blinked several times before moving.
"Welcome to the Lumiose Gym!" Clembot replied. "I'd like to challenge you to a Gym battle!" Clemont called. "How many badges do you have?" Clembot asked. This made Clemont nervous as he answered.
"Well... I don't have any Gym Badges..." Clemont answered truthfully. Clembot lowered down to Clemont's level, staring at him. "None? In order to challenge the Lumiose Gym, you are required to have a minimum of four Gym Badges!" Clembot explained.
Clemont sweat dropped at that in shock. "Huh!? What!? But your programming should say you prefer four Gym Badges!" Clemont gasped. "Please try again later." Clembot replied.
The Lumiose Gym Leader grew annoyed with this. "Stop this! I'll just have to re-program you instead!" Clemont demanded. Bonnie turned to her big brother in worry. "Can you really do that?" Bonnie asked.
Her big brother smirked, reminding her of something. "I've prepared a special mechanism, in case of emergency!... Now, Clembot! Activate master recognition battle mode!" Clemont called.
"Voice code will be needed for activation." Clembot reminded. The inventor smirked with that. "If I remember correctly, it was sandwich!" Clemont answered.
Suddenly, the robot buzzed with that. "No. You are wrong." Clembot replied. This made the Gym Leader shocked. "WHAT!? It's sandwich! You're wrong!" Clemont protested. "Incorrect." Clembot buzzed again.
This time, both siblings grew worried about this. "Hey, Clemont? Is there any other way for your robot to behave?" Bonnie asked. "I don't know!" Clemont desperately shouted out.
This time, Clembot went into bonkers as he warned the two. "Please try again later." Clembot buzzed. Electricity shot between Clembot's electric rods, causing the two siblings to panic.
They ran out of the Gym, but, as they ran out, the door closed shut! "Ah! Clembot! Come on! Open up! CLEMBOT!" Clemont yelled, banging on the door. When it proved to be useless, the Gym Leader gave up.
Flashback End
Once Clemont finished his story, Serena, Yuki, and Ash finally understood. "... And that's why." Clemont concluded. Yuki crossed his arms in frustration. "Does this mean that you can't return to your own Gym?" Yuki asked.
"Lucha?" Hawlucha asked. "I keep trying, but Clembot won't let anyone in without four Gym Badges through the entrance! And he's always out there on the battlefield." Clemont answered.
He gave a sigh, looking down. At that moment, his three friends looked at him with a smile. "Why don't we go back there and see what we can do?" Ash suggested. "Pika Pika!" Pikachu agreed.
"Yeah! Good idea!" Serena agreed along. "It's better than doing nothing, isn't it?" Yuki asked. "Hawlucha!" The Wrestling Pokémon replied with a knowing glare. "Uh... Sure..." Clemont replied.
So, the group headed towards the Gym, where they saw three boys grumbling about something. Clemont widened his eyes as he ran to see what was going on. "Is something wrong?" Clemont asked.
The first boy nodded with an angry tone. "You bet there is! It's this Gym!" The boy answered. "Did they say you need four badges to challenge?" Clemont asked desperately.
"Y-Yeah, but that wasn't any problem when I had four of them... My opponent was this crazed, powerful robot! After I lost, it zapped me, and then the floor opened up, and I was thrown out of there!" The boy explained.
The explanation made Clemont gasp as the three angry boys began to leave. "I've had enough of this place!" The second snapped. "I'll never come to this Gym again!" The first grunted.
With that, the three left, with the Lumiose Gym Leader sighing. "Being tough alone won't get trainers better." Clemont sighed. The little girl looked down. "Now I see what Daddy was talking about!" Bonnie replied sadly.
"Dedenne." Dedenne replied sadly along. "What will you do?" Serena asked. Clemont begin to think, until Ash spoke up. "We know what to do! We'll just stop that crazy robot!" Ash exclaimed.
Yuki grinned with the idea as he nodded. "Yes. What Ash said. That would make things easier for the challengers and for you, wouldn't it?" Yuki replied. "Lucha!" Hawlucha agreed.
"But how!?" Clemont asked, desperate. "We can't do a thing without the voice code!" Bonnie added. Serena walked up next to Clemont. "Now, try to relax and think carefully!" Serena assured.
Clemont still doubted it, though. "Even if I remember the password, I still have to defeat it in battle!" Clemont protested. That's when Ash stepped up. "But you won't know unless you give it a try!" Ash reminded.
Clemont glared back. "No way! Clembot will have all of my Pokémon battle partners to battle with! I can't win with my inexperienced Bunnelby!" Clemont yelled, refusing to believe it.
Yuki's face darkened as he gritted his teeth. "Clemont. Look up at us for a second." Yuki asked darkly. Startled by the tone, Clemont got up, only to see a fist coming at him.
THWACK!
Clemont flinched as he fell to the ground by Yuki's punch. "Yuki!?" Serena gasped. Ash, Pikachu, and Hawlucha were speechless of what the Hawlucha Boy did. Bonnie shrieked in surprise.
Dedenne hid in her bag, frightened. Yuki grabbed Clemont's suit collar and pulled him up by force. Clemont's right cheek was a little bruised as he shook with shock.
"So, you're just going to give up? That's what only a pathetic coward would do! And that coward is you if you don't believe in your current Pokémon right now! Sure, Bunnelby may be inexperienced, but win or lose, it won't matter! You could at least give it your best shot!" Yuki snapped angrily.
Everyone around Yuki was startled of what happened, as Clemont stayed speechless and shocked. Ash smiled and nodded to Yuki's words. "Yeah. Yuki and I may not know much about robots, but, you made Clembot, so you might understand each other in battle!" Ash added.
"Pika Pika!" Pikachu agreed. Yuki released Clemont as the Gym Leader thought about it. "Battling Clembot... to understand him?" Clemont repeated. "Clemont, why did you become a Gym Leader in the first place?" Serena asked.
"Not sure how to explain..." Clemont replied. "I'll tell them! In Lumiose City, my big brother is the 'Boy Genius of Electric Types'!" Bonnie explained. Clemont nodded to his sister's words and continued.
"I wanted to become an Electric Type trainer the world has never seen! So, I became the Lumiose Gym Leader! By running an Electric Type Gym, challengers would plan their strategies accordingly. I figured if I could win, despite of the stiff competition, it would help me grow stronger as an Electric Type trainer!" Clemont explained.
Serena stepped beside Clemont, smiling at him. "All the more reason why we need to get your Gym back!" Serena exclaimed. Clemont looked at the Vaniville girl in surprise.
"She's right! Taking back this Gym will help you grow stronger! And we'll help you out!" Ash called. Yuki stepped up as well, along with Hawlucha. "So? What's your answer to this?" Yuki asked.
"Lucha!" Hawlucha exclaimed. Clemont looked at all his friends, and his little sister as he smiled. "Yeah... You're right! Let's go see Clembot!" Clemont declared. "RIGHT!" The three trainers and Bonnie called out.
Bonnie tugged on her big brother's sleeve. "Hey, Clemont? Isn't it awesome that Ash, Serena, and Yuki are here?" Bonnie asked. The Lumiose Gym Leader smiled at that question.
"Yeah!" Clemont agreed.
So, around the Prism Tower, Clemont showed the others another way in. "If we can just get to the battlefield, we might be recognized as challengers!" Clemont called. They all ran in the secret entrance.
When they got to the air vent, Yuki made his move. "Hawlucha! Use Karate Chop!" Yuki called. Hawlucha smashed the air vent entrance, allowing the others to go in. "Alright! Follow me!" Clemont called.
As everyone got out of the vent, they were closer to the battlefield. "We don't have much farther to go before we get to the battlefield! Let's hurry up!" Clemont called.
But, before anyone can move, there was a buzzing noise. The group turned to see a magnet Pokémon floating towards them! "Magnemite!" Ash called. Clemont widened his eyes.
"That's my Pokémon!" Clemont claimed. He walked over to the Steel-Electric Type with a smile. "Magnemite! It's me!" Clemont called. At first, Magnemite grew happy, but then it angrily shot a Thundershock!
The group yelled out in surprise as they all ran to dodge the attack. "Come on, Magnemite! Stop!" Clemont pleaded, but it was useless. Ash glanced back at the angry Pokémon.
"Why is it attacking us!? It's your Pokémon, isn't it?" Ash asked. Clemont panted as he ran along. "Yeah! But now, since Clembot is the Gym Leader, I guess it would've ordered Magnemite to get rid of any intruders!" Clemont panted.
"What! That robot has some nerve to mess around with your Pokémon!" Yuki called angrily. He turned to face Magnemite in a battle. "Clemont! Mind if I fight back!?" Yuki called.
"Sure, since we have no choice!" Clemont answered back. "Alright then! Hawlucha! Flying Press!" Yuki yelled. Hawlucha smashed Magnemite down on the ground, as it buzzed weakly from the direct blow.
"Ha cha cha!" Hawlucha called, posing for his victory. "Nice style, partner!" Yuki called. Hawlucha gave a thumbs up as Ash called out in surprise. "There's another one here!" Ash called out.
Behind them, another magnet looking Pokémon floated by. "A Magneton!" Serena gasped. "Right, that's my Pokémon, too!" Clemont replied. Magneton shot a Metal Sound attack. Everyone covered their ears for this.
"Fennekin! Help us out with Ember!" Serena called. The Fox Pokémon appeared, shooting the Fire Type move at Magneton, who split apart to dodge it! "It dodged!?" Serena gasped.
Magneton shot a Thunderbolt at the group as Yuki ran by with Hawlucha. "Pikachu! Use Thunderbolt!" Ash called. Pikachu shot the Electric Type move, colliding with Magneton's Thunderbolt.
Ash immediately took out a Pokéball, then. "Alright! Froakie, I choose you!" Ash called. Froakie appeared, throwing frubbles at the evolved Steel Type. Magneton was knocked out by the sticky frubbles.
"Thanks so much, Pikachu and Froakie!" Serena thanked. "Pika!" "Froakie kie!" Pikachu and Froakie said with smiles.
Later, everyone got out of the maze, heading into the battlefield. "Phew... Somehow, we made it..." Clemont sighed. Immediately as the group entered, a light flashed on a familiar figure.
Everyone turned to see Clemont's Gym Leader robot, Clembot. "Welcome, to the Lumiose Gym." Clembot buzzed.
To be continued...
Yuki's Team:
Hawlucha: (M): (Flying Press, Aerial Ace, Karate Chop, Double Team)
Heracross: (M): (Swords Dance, Protect, Brick Break, Megahorn)
Litleo: (F): (Ember, Headbutt, Take Down, Tackle)
Next chapters:
Chapter 12: VS Clembot! For The Lumiose Gym!
Chapter 13: Team Rocket's Lab Intrusion!
Chapter 14: VS Mega Mega Meowth!
Chapter 15: Double Trouble Separation!
Chapter 16: Pangoro To Leaf In!
Next chapter preview:
Clemont: Clembot! I challenge you to a battle for my Gym!
Clembot: I will be using this Pokémon then. Go, Heliolisk!
Yuki: This is it! Gym Leader robot VS Gym Leader!
Ash: Clemont's just got to win! I'm sure he can!
Bonnie: Come on, big brother! Fight, fight, fight!
Dedenne: Dedenne Dedenne!