100 followers! Are you guys mad? That means 100 different individuals are interested in my story, that's insane! Anyway, welcome to the first part of the pool scene. Yes, part one, because otherwise it would've been a beast of a chapter again, so I split it up. Next week probably the climax. Also, I'll be working in the bakery again the next three weeks! Yes I work in a bakery, so that means less free time, so scratch what I said earlier! More news, I've been playing a lot of sm4sh recently, and it has made me excited to start a fic about it! Of course, that would be only after I finish this one, but for those who're even remotely interested, look at my profile page at a certain meme I did, you'll figure out who the main characters are going to be. For now, enjoy this chapter ^^
Disclaimer: I don't own pokemon! If I did, then the move splash would've been the ultimate move.
''Swimming pool'' Speech
'Swimming pool' Thoughts
'Swimming pool' Telepathy
''Swimming pool'' Whiteboard marker
The disguised dragoness looked on with giddiness at the massive entrance of the swimming pool, holding Ash's hand gently but firmly.
The young man smiled at Tia's enthusiasm, and chuckled softly, turning the young legendary's attention towards him.
'What's so funny?' she asked him, smiling slightly, her soft brown eyes staring deeply in his chocolate brown ones.
The young trainer shook his head lightly in mild amusement, and responded happily. 'Nothing, it's just, you're so adorable when you're excited about something,' he thought back, grinning shyly at his female companion.
Latias cooed in response and the trainer began to grow slightly nervous as her face turned soft, holding his cheeks gently in her smooth hand palms. Her eyes were hypnotizing, and her cheeks an adorable shade of red, as she almost whispered her response.
'You know what else makes me excited?' the love struck dragoness breathed out.
Ash could only swallow audibly. Latias was leaning in closer, and he could feel her breath on his face. His heart was pumping like crazy, and while he knew what she was trying to do, he didn't stop her. Instead, his own breathing grew erratic, as her lips were now just an inch away of his.
The young legendary didn't know why she was suddenly so straight forward, but Ash didn't stop her. Moreover, she could sense his emotions, which were clearly positive with the predicament the trainer found himself in at the moment.
She couldn't wait any longer, his lovely remark had triggered such strong emotions for the boy, and this was the only way how she could respond to him at the moment.
Time seemed to stop for Ash, and he closed his eyes in anticipation. His own pokemon- no, Latias, was about to kiss him, and oddly, he wanted nothing else.
But what he expected to be Tia's lips brush his own gently, was actually a very hard force against his shoulder, which knocked him straight off his feet. The surprised teenager let out a yelp of surprise, and landed roughly on the hard ground below him.
Tia was kissing nothing but open air at the moment, and opened her eyes in confusion.
What happened?
The loud yelling of a group of young adults was her answer, and she looked at her fallen trainer.
She gasped loudly and was at his side immediately. 'Ash! Are you alright?' she asked with concern in her voice.
The trainer groaned, and rubbed his elbow lightly.
''Hey! Can't you watch were you going kid?'' an obnoxious voice yelled at the pair. The other people in the group began to laugh, as the boy who slammed Ash into the ground, continued his angry rant.
''I'm talking to you!'' he yelled threatingly.
Latias, at the moment, was seething. Never in her life had she been so angry. These 'tough' guys not only stole her first kiss from Ash, but hurt him too. Moreover, they were acting like it was his fault, while these guys were obviously to blame. Hell, they were even a good couple of years older than Ash, how immature could you get?
Latias gaze was murderous, and she would definitely have done something she would've regretted, weren't it for Ash's hand on her shoulder who hold her back.
''Sorry,'' the trainer muttered finally to the group.
The young legendary was baffled, Ash could take them on no problem, teach them a lesson even! But all he said was 'sorry' to them for something he didn't do!?
''Yeah you better be! Next time, I'll kick your ass!'' The group laughed once more before they left the couple alone, and entered the big entrance of the swimming pool.
The legendary was still beyond pissed, before she addressed her love interest roughly. 'Why did you let that happen? I could've given them a piece of my mind!' she stated angrily.
Ash sighed loudly, before giving her a weak smile. 'I know you would've done more than only giving them a piece of your mind,' he thought to her accusingly.
Latias huffed in annoyance, but couldn't help but let a sly smile slide on her face. Ash knew her better than she thought, and she nuzzled the trainer gently.
'They didn't hurt you too bad, did they?' she spoke to him softly.
Ash snorted in an exaggerated tone at her concern, obviously joking. 'They didn't even scrape me, fair lady,' he exclaimed with an air of nonchalance.
The sweet dragoness giggled at his antics, before nudging him gently. 'Let's get inside then, shall we milord?'
'If you wish,' he responded.
The disguised legendary grabbed his hand again, and leaned on his shoulder lovingly. Even after that little event, Ash still felt extremely happy at the moment, as he walked inside the main hall of the tropical swimming pool.
The two watched in awe in the main hall, looking their eyes out. Just as you would expect, it was huge. At the end of the hall was a single desk, a woman in her mid thirties was behind it, typing away on her computer. Above the desk, a big sign with 'Tickets available here.' was readable in big blue neon letters.
A red carpet lead up to the front desk, and at each side were rows of artificially palm trees to decorate the hall further. Behind the desk was a look-through glass wall, making you able to see just a glimpse of what the pool had to offer. Loud cheers echoed through the glass walls, and the sound of laughter and splashing water was enough to make the dragoness just as giddy as before.
With seven waterslides, two wild waterslides, multiple bubble baths and saunas, a big pool with artificial waves, and two big pools outside with diving boards, the biggest swimming pool in Sinnoh, Tropicana, had to offer something for everyone. The duo approached the desk, Latias giving her trainer a loving nuzzle.
The queue to the desk wasn't that long, fortunately, and soon, it was Ash and Latias' turn, the dragoness almost unable to contain her excitement. The woman gave the young couple a warm smile, before addressing them.
''Hello, welcome to Tropicana, may I help you?'' she asked them sweetly.
Ash nodded and held up two fingers. ''Two tickets please,'' he responded to the lady.
She gave the duo a grin, before she began to prepare the tickets on her computer. ''You're in luck young man, pokemon get fifty percent off,'' she told Ash matter of factly, before pointing to Tia, who looked on nervously at the woman.
The pokemon trainer gave the woman an incredulous look, and she giggled at his reaction. ''Don't look so surprised, you're pretty popular Ash. Almost the whole island knows about you and your Latias after you defeated Paul in the quarter finals yesterday,'' she explained them simply.
'Hehe, oops,' Tia spoke in Ash's mind apologetically. It was her idea to use her old disguise, even if Ash had warned her about the risk, but she had brushed it off, stating it was no biggie.
Ash respected her wishes, but now, she maybe needed another form other than Bianca 2.0 after all.
'Don't worry,' he reassured her. 'We're just going to make you a new disguise in a moment.'
She nodded sweetly as Ash paid the tickets.
''Thank you, have fun!'' the woman replied, waving her hand. The two scanned their tickets, and the machine beeped, letting them go through the gate. From there, the room split up, each hallway leading to the changing rooms, one for men, and the other for women.
'We'll meet up at the entrance of the main pool. In the meantime, I'll make another human form. You're going to love it, I assure you,' the dragoness stated happily, giving him one last nuzzle before running off. 'And no peeking Ash,' she warned him cutely, giving him a wink.
The young man blushed slightly at her remark, before walking towards the opposite direction.
Once he reached the men changing room, the smell of chlorine hit his nostrils like a truck, and he breathed in loudly. The smell reminded him of good times, as swimming pools were supposed to be, and he quickly found an empty booth to change himself.
Ash's shoulder did still sting a little after that slam, but he didn't let this bother him. He put his valuable stuff and clothes in a locker after he was done changing himself.
The key had a sturdy strip of black plastic around it, and was supposed to be worn like a bracelet. Ash however, didn't get the strip around his wrist, no matter how hard he tried, and gave up soon after that in frustration. He would ask Tia to help him in a moment.
Speaking of Tia, he hadn't seen her yet, and he was already at the entrance of the main pool right now.
It was a sight to behold however, a lot of rocks, different trees and plants made it really look like a tropical swimming paradise, and hundreds of different people and pokemon were enjoying themselves thoroughly. In front of Ash was a big pool that went through two narrow rock formations with a bridge hanging in between them. At his right were the stairs to a very steep waterslide that connected to the pool in front of him, and to his left was a bar that let outside with the paddling pool for little kids.
''This is so awesome,'' he muttered, before a pair of hands covered his eyes.
'Guess who,' giggled a sweet voice in his mind.
Ash tried to look thoughtful, putting a hand under his chin for emphasis before giving his reply. 'A cute red and white dragoness in her new form. Now lemme see!' Ash spoke out jokingly, trying to turn around swiftly.
Tia however was prepared for this, and scolded him playfully, holding him in place with her psychic. 'Ah ah ah, Ash. Flattery won't help you this time. Say uncle first,' she stated, giggling at the young man's perplexed reaction.
Said young man played along immediately after that, and smiled slightly. 'What? No way! I'm not going to say uncle before you do,' he sputtered at her, his voice resolute.
'I wonder if you're ticklish, Ash,' the disguised legendary retorted, smiling innocently.
The raven haired boy widened his eyes in horror, and quickly gave in. 'No, have mercy! Uncle, uncle, uncle!' he responded rapidly at Latias' implication. The young dragoness though, didn't listen.
'Awww, too late Ash.' She smiled devilishly, and poked him in his sides, making him erupt in laughter.
'Ack! Latia-haha-as, plea-hehehe, stop!' he thought back desperately between his laughter, Tia giggling along with him.
'I'm your trainer now, say it Ash,' the young legendary commanded cutely to him.
'You're my trainer- hahahaha- now, please! Have mercy, oh awesome trainer! Hehehehe,' he panted out and finally, Tia let go of him.
Not even five minutes in this swimming pool with Latias, not even touched a single droplet of water yet, and Ash was having more fun than he could remember.
'No fair,' he muttered, catching his breath between giggles. 'You can use your psychic powers,' he told her, looking like a pouting child.
She blew him a raspberry playfully; Ash still had his eyes closed, thanks to Latias' psychic powers, and now felt it wear off slowly.
'Sorry ashy, I'd told you no peeking. Otherwise you would've seen me while I was tickling you,' she responded before adding, 'How do I look? B-be honest alright?' she stuttered shyly.
Ash opened his eyes slowly, and the sight of the girl in front of him blew him away. She was just a couple of inches shorter than he was, her fire red hair just reaching over her shoulders. At her left, she wore these cute pink beads that caught one good lock of her hair, and her amber eyes were pools were Ash could drown in.
Her skin was completely smooth, no deformities whatsoever and to top it all off, she wore a cute white bikini that left absolutely nothing to the imagination. Finally, her shy look, while she held one of her own arms awkwardly, waiting for Ash's judgment, finished the picture completely. She looked like a young model, and whether it was intentionally done to catch the young trainer's attention or not, it certainly worked.
Ash was completely speechless, and he was sure most of his blood rushed to his cheeks. The trainer wasn't the only one who was speechless, the moment she'd stepped foot in the entrance of the main pool, she'd gotten looks. Most of it were young teenagers, eyeing her hungrily, but some of them were even young adults, who either winked at her, or got nasty looks from their own girlfriends who spotted the young men stare at Latias. Even a couple of girls gave the young dragoness sultry looks.
The legendary ignored this completely however, her attention solely focused on the blushing boy in front of her.
''You..Uhm...Wow...'' he stuttered out, embarrassed, completely at a lack of words as he rubbed the back of his head awkwardly.
She swung her body from side to side innocently, showing off more of her contours to the stuttering trainer, still waiting patiently for a decent answer.
''You look great!'' he finally complimented a little too loudly to Latias, which got him some giggles from random people who were walking by.
Tia didn't mind at all, and squealed internally. Her little plan had worked; whoever said that looks didn't matter was an idiot. She'd taken a little peek inside her trainer's brain what he preferred from the opposite sex, and while personality was a definite number one in Ash's mind, he still was a male. A teenager to be precise; hormones were flying through his body like crazy, and the form Latias had taken on was simply breathtaking.
'Thank you Ash,' she said sincerely, blushing slightly. 'Since you like it so much, I'll definitely keep it.' She gave him a tender hug, and the trainer felt his head go hazy for a moment, his knees buckling slightly as he threatened to faint right then and there.
He managed to calm himself down luckily, and felt the warmness he experienced last night return tenfold. 'You should,' he thought back automatically, his hormones doing most of the talking instead of him. Her hair smelled nice, like coconut, and her skin was as smooth as a baby's.
The sweet legendary broke the hug, before giving a concerned look. 'Your shoulder,' she noted, gently putting a hand on the nasty looking bruise.
Ash rolled his shoulder lightly at her touch, indicating he was fine. 'It's ok. It doesn't hurt that much,' he reassured her, before Tia began to smile shyly again.
'I can make it even hurt less,' she whispered in his mind, and gently kissed his shoulder, sending a shiver down Ash's spine. 'Better?' she asked sweetly.
Ash was almost tempted to say no, just so she could kiss his shoulder again, but he caught himself nodding his head, smiling like an idiot.
'Great!' the legendary spoke in return, grabbing one of his hands and dragging him along.
'Where are we going?' Ash asked curiously, before she pointed to the longest waterslide Ash had ever seen.
It was green in color, and started inside the building, before making a sharp turn going through one of the walls outside. From there, it came back inside again, and ended in a drain like structure. You would spin a couple of times, before getting dropped in the middle, falling three or four feet in the pool under it. With plenty of steep drops, and parts that were completely dark, it was a fun slide from beginning to end.
'I want to go in there first!' she stated with a huge smile on her face. Ash chuckled internally, typical Latias.
'Alright, lead the way. But before we go...' Ash pointed to his wrist and showed the locker key to Latias. She made one smooth motion with her hands, and the key was locked securely around his wrist.
'Thank you,' the trainer stated happily, and before soon, they found the entrance of the waterslide. Just as one would expect, the stairs of the slide went up almost to the ceiling of the building, and a lifeguard was on watch at the top, making sure everything was running like it should be.
This time, the duo had to wait a couple of minutes, and Latias was almost bouncing up and down in excitement. 'This is going to be so much fun!' she exclaimed cutely, holding one of Ash's hands the entire way. A lot of people gave the trainer jealous stares, and for some reason, he enjoyed those immensely. Finally, they reached the top, and the lifeguard made a sign that they were up next.
'Look Ash,' Latias spoke, pointing to a sign above the waterslide. It was the infamous sign that showed what was allowed, and what wasn't when going down the waterslide. But it was this one picture Latias was pointing at specifically that made Ash's heart beat just a little faster. Like most waterslides, it was allowed for a pair to ride the waterslide together, if one was sitting in the other's lap.
It was mostly done for little kids with parents, or people with little pokemon who wanted to ride the slide together. This didn't mean that Tia wasn't about to abuse this freedom, and much like the first time the young legendary had placed Ash on a swing in the secret garden, she know sat him down at the beginning of the slide, and snuggled herself firmly on his lap.
Ash's face couldn't have been more adorable, and Tia gave him a happy coo in his mind, before giving the lifeguard a fletching grin. Said lifeguard didn't move a muscle, and ushered a silent sign for Ash to go.
'Ash! You can go now,' Latias said sweetly in his mind. The stupefied human now gave the disguised legendary a loving smile, before weakly pushing himself off the edge.
The duo rode on slowly, before it became completely dark, and then the sudden first drop took both by surprise. ''Woooohoooooo!'' Ash yelled cheerfully, holding Latias tightly, water splashing everywhere. The legendary screamed just as hard in Ash's mind, and the hollering duo finally left the dark tunnel, making a sharp turn to the right that spiraled downwards.
'Whooooooooooo Aaaaassssh!' the girl laughed in the trainer's mind, putting her hands up in the air.
The spiral stopped, and the two were now heading outside with considerable speed. The slide was half open, the rays of the sun warming the duo's skin, before Ash lied flat on his back, allowing Tia to let her head rest on his shoulder. The slide zigzagged from the left to the right, making the two shout every time they made a turn. Suddenly, the ride made an u-turn and after that was the second steep drop.
''Whooaaaaaaa!'' Ash yelled joyfully, Tia closing her eyes and doing the same.
From there, the slide came back inside again, and soon, the two were back in the dark, only this time, the slide was illuminated from the inside, making it look like the starry night sky as the two slid on gently.
''Wow,'' Ash breathed out in awe, looking around at the pretty figures, Tia just as breath struck. The slide made a couple of turns, each turn changed the lights, from white, to red, to blue and finally white again as the next steep drop approached.
''Hold on tight!'' Ash hollered out in ecstasy, and just like that, they both went down with enormous speed again, making another sharp turn before getting to the last part of the slide that went outside. This part was mostly right, but went pretty steep, making the duo pick up even more speed.
'Whooooo,.' Latias screamed, having the time of her life. The slide made a u-turn again, and the two were back inside, where the last steep part of the waterslide was.
Again, the duo hollered their lungs out, and got dropped off in the drain like structure, where Ash lost grip of the young legendary.
''Noooo Tiaaa!'' He laughed dramatically, desperately reaching his arms out to catch the smiling girl.
'Aaassshhh! Help me!' she said in turn, the two spinning like crazy. The young legendary let out a girly shriek when she fell in the hole first, splashing in the pool under it.
Just as she reached the surface, Ash followed in turn, giving her a wide grin. ''Incoming!'' he yelled, making a cannonball of himself, splashing the already wet legendary again. She squeaked, before giving the young man a playful smile.
'Ash Ketchum!' she stated, splashing the boy in return, who was laughing his ass off at his legendary's misfortune. The two continued to splash each other before a lifeguard blew on his whistle, indicating the two should stop what they were doing and get out of the pool.
Smiling at each other, they obeyed, and soon were out of the water, before Latias began to drag Ash off again. 'I want to try the red one next,' she stated like a child, and Ash chuckled internally again, this was going to be a nice day indeed.
After they had rode every slide multiple times, including the wild water slides - which were very awesome in Ash's opinion - the two decided to visit the outside pool to cool off. The water was noticeably colder than the pools inside, and it had multiple diving boards; one for the small kids and pokemon, and two for the older ones who were brave enough. Naturally, Latias dragged Ash to the highest one, and was already climbing it.
''Twenty feet,'' Ash read out loud from the sign, that didn't sound very high in Ash's mind.
'Hey Slowpoke, what's taking you so long?' Tia called him from above jokingly. He grinned at her before climbing the ladder himself. His opinion on the matter soon changed when he reached the top; it was a little bit higher than he expected, and tried to play it off coolly.
''Is this all? I was expecting more,'' he spoke out nonchalantly.
Latias gave him a knowing smile, before gently hugging him. 'Ash. You don't have to play tough with me; it's your gentleness that I like so much,' she admitted cutely to the dumbstruck human.
Ash let out a breath of relief at that, before responding weakly to his legendary, blushing slightly at her compliment. 'Alright, it's a little bit higher than I expected, but I'm going to jump anyway. You know how adventure thrills me,'' he retorted, and Latias gave him a bright smile in return.
'I certainly do. But did you know I'm actually pretty agile even in this form?' she asked, and to give her statement strength, she did a cartwheel from the board itself, before using its boost to do a double summersault backwards, landing gracefully in the water.
The young trainer was amazed yet again, as were two other boys, who were waiting behind Ash for their own turn. ''Dude, that was awesome! Is she your girlfriend?'' one of them asked.
The young trainer looked at him owlishly before stuttering out his answer. ''Well...Uhm...''
The slightly older boy behind him laughed at his response. ''Well, if she isn't, I'm going to make sure to get her number later on,'' he replied.
Ash didn't know what came over him, but he retaliated immediately. ''Well, too bad for you she is my girlfriend!''
The boy raised a brow. ''Is she really now?'' he asked Ash questionably, not believing him in the slightest and challenging him to proof it.
Ash snorted, his fear of the diving board completely gone. Taking a run-up, he used the boost to jump high in the air and make a simple summersault that ended with him diving in the pool beneath him. The cool water was a welcoming change, and just like Ash had expected, Tia hugged him tightly, climbing on his back as Ash began to swim lazy laps around the pool. He gave the boy a smug grin, who gave a dead glare in return.
'That's right, Tia is mine!' Ash thought triumphantly, before realizing his mistake too late. The young legendary blushed an adorable red, before responding Ash, hearing his words loud and clear.
'Ash? What do you mean by that?' she asked shyly.
The young trainer paused for a moment. What did he mean with those words anyway? Was he falling for her? She tried to kiss him earlier today, and he would've let her weren't it for those punks. He did technically ask her out on a date, but that was to shut up Brock, Dawn and Bianca. But right now, he did the same with the boy from the diving board.
Was he crushing on Latias?
He didn't answer the young legendary, and she decided not to question it any further. She felt how many conflicting emotions arose in his mind when she'd asked it, and just decided to drop it. Changing the subject and the rather awkward mood, Tia nudged the trainer gently.
'Let's go from the diving boards again,' she suggested. Ash nodded at her, and soon, they were ready to jump and dive in again.
Afterwards, the duo went inside the swimming pool again, hitting up the sauna briefly. There, the two sat silently together, the disguised psychic having difficulties not to burst out in laughter.
'Ash, look at that guy next to you,' she giggled in his mind softly, trying to remain stoic. The trainer slowly turned an eye towards the humongous man, who scratched his hairy belly lazily. Ash tried to remain calm, but Latias wasn't helping his cause at all.
'That guy could hold ten Eskimos warm and give twenty bald people hair at the same time,' she snickered lightly before bursting out in laughter.
Ash was snickering himself at Tia's remark, the big man looking at Ash with a frown on his face.
''Is there a problem?'' he said roughly to the duo, the girl laughing hysterically while no sound was coming out of her mouth, while Ash continued, but failed to hold a calm face.
'Yeah, Whitney called. She wants her Miltank back!'
At this, Ash burst out in laughter as well, quickly grabbing Tia's hand before leaving the sauna with her.
''Good riddance,'' the man muttered, letting his mind wander elsewhere. The young couple went to a bubble bath next, still laughing at the events what had transpired.
'That was so rude!' Ash told the young legendary accusingly, his statement holding no strength as he began to laugh like crazy again.
The young legendary laughed with him, before retorting in a playful manner. 'You laughed just as hard, which makes you even worse!'
The boy feigned hurt, and let the warm bubbles engulf his being, sighing contently.
'Aaaahh, here I am, listening to a girl accusing me of things I would never do, feeling oh so injured. But this magical bath healed me like a full restore. Maybe they use the same components?' he asked jokingly.
Tia blew him a raspberry, and joined him in the bath, snuggling him close.
The two were silent, just enjoying the bubbles and the closeness of each other, before Tia after some time began to speak up.
'Ash?' she asked him softly.
The boy cracked one eye open, looking deeply in her amber eyes. ''Hmmm?'' he responded lazily. The now nervous legendary began to twiddle with her thumbs, before giving him a cute smile.
'I just wanted to say, thank you. I'm really enjoying my time here with you,' she admitted, before leaning in, and kissing his right cheek gently.
'That's both the cheeks down, one to go,' Latias thought to herself, as Ash now turned his complete attention towards her, grabbing both of her cheeks suddenly.
Latias said nothing, and let the boy guide her to whatever he was about to do. The moment Ash felt her lips touch his cheek, something ignited in his mind. It felt like fireworks were going off everywhere, but yet it missed something, the big bang that finished it all.
He wanted to ignite that big bang, and his hands moved to her cheeks automatically. Ash was sure now, he wanted Tia, and just before he was to move in for the final kill, the couple got interrupted yet again. Letting go of her cheeks awkwardly, he looked at two older ladies who joined the bath with them, their Oddish and Paras at their side as they rattled about nothing but gossip.
''Oh look at this Marie, young love! Isn't it cute?'' She giggled obnoxiously while the other lady joined in.
''It certainly is Joanne. Don't mind us dearies, just go on with whatever you were doing prior.'' The old lady winked before resuming her chit chat with her friend. Ash groaned internally, the mood absolutely ruined again, before giving a weak smile at his companion, who looked a little sullen as well.
''You want some ice cream?'' he offered her hopefully, trying to cheer her up. Latias' eyes lit up immediately after that, and she was already out of the bath, hopping up and down excitedly.
'Yes please!' she responded happily.
Honestly, Tia could be so childish sometimes, and he laughed at her response. Leaving the bubble bath himself, he joined her towards the open bar.
'I want chocolate chip and cookie dough,' she ordered sweetly to Ash, who gave an amused smile in return.
'Sweet tooth,' he replied jokingly, before pointing to an open table. 'Why don't you take those spots, and I'll be joining you with ice cream in a minute,' he suggested to her, standing in line.
She nodded happily and sat down, going over all the events that had happened today. So far, this has been one of the best days in her life, and by the looks of it, it was only getting better.
''Hey cutie pie, what are you doing here sitting all by yourself?''
Latias' smile instantly faltered at the sound of that remark, as she looked in the direction where it came from; it was the same boy who knocked Ash over earlier today.
His friends were with him, as was his pokemon, a Machoke who gave her a creepy grin. They didn't recognize her, obviously, and her blood began to boil at the boy's cockiness before he responded again.
''Giving me the silent treatment eh? Don't worry, I can loosen that tongue of yours. What do you say?'' He rubbed her legs smoothly, Tia jerking back in response, looking absolutely disgusted.
The group laughed at her response, the boy however, wasn't amused at all.
''A feisty one, isn't she? I'll change that in a moment,'' he said with a hint of irritation in his voice. The young legendary was absolutely livid, and would've given the boy so much pain weren't if for Ash stepping in.
''Hey! Leave her alone!'' he yelled angrily, holding his and Tia's ice cream in his hand.
''Boy! Do you want to get your ass kicked?'' the older man threatened, slapping the ice cream out of the young trainer's hand.
Ash raised a brow, losing his patience rather quickly before he responded. ''You better back off, before I have to hurt you,'' he retorted to the man.
The older boy laughed hysterically at his response and was about to punch Ash straight in his face when his hand was stopped by an invisible force.
His laughter died soon after, and he looked on with horror as his palm bent the other way, making a movement it shouldn't be doing before it cracked loudly. Pain coursed through the man, and he screamed loudly at his broken wrist. The others in the group looked on fearfully, as their friend now began to grab his head in agony as well, screaming even louder.
Tia was fed up with this pathetic scumbag, and with Ash's ok, pummeled him in a world of hurt. The boy's Machoke, not sitting by idly, was about to karate chop Ash in oblivion, before he got stopped in mid air as well. The pokemon flew back with so much force against a wall; it hit it with a loud thud and didn't even give a cry of pain as it fainted on the spot.
The group now ran away in fear, as Ash gave the signal for Latias to stop. 'That's enough,' he responded simply.
She stopped bombarding the boy's mind with her psychic powers, and he fell down in a quivering heap, crying uncontrollably. Soon, a couple of lifeguards were at the scene, and lifted the boy away on a stretcher.
''You did this to him?'' one of the lifeguards asked Ash. Tia was hiding behind his back, as the young pokemon trainer nodded slowly.
''I'm sorry to say, but you have to come with me. This will probably cost you your trainers license kid,'' he said sternly, shaking his head in disapproval.
Ash's eyes widened as he looked at the lifeguard incredulously. He couldn't be serious, they were trying to molest Tia, and he defended her! They should have their trainers licenses revoked, not the other way around!
Fortunately, before Ash or Latias could protest, a purple haired man reading a book helped him out. ''It's ok Jeremy, what this man did was merely self defense,'' he spoke out to the lifeguard.
Jeremy gave one look at the downed Machoke, before responding doubtfully. ''Are you sure?''
The man closed his book, grinning slightly. ''Positively, let me handle him, ok?'' he replied as Jeremy nodded. The life guard resumed his duties before the purple haired man turned his attention towards the young pokemon trainer.
''It's great to see you again, Ash,'' Lucian addressed politely. Ash's smile couldn't be wider as he greeted the elite four member in return.
''Lucian! How have you been doing?''
''Oh you know, the usual. It seems you haven't changed a bit though. How's Dawn and her Buizel doing?'' he asked him curiously as Ash responded.
''Actually, Buizel is my pokemon now. We swapped pokemon because he preferred to battle instead of doing contests. And Dawn's doing fine,'' he responded, before introducing Latias to Lucian. ''This is Tia, an old friend of mine. She decided to join us and watch me participate in the Lily of the valley.''
The bespectacled man readjusted his purple glasses before giving Ash a grin. ''That's one healthy looking Latias you got there. I see you're treating her with lots of love and care,'' he noted before Ash stuttered his response.
''How did you know?'' he whispered, surprised somebody saw through Tia's disguise yet again.
''Ash, I'm a psychic user myself, when I saw that Machoke flying back against a wall and your murderous glare, putting two and two together wasn't that difficult. Most people here know that you have a Latias by now, so be careful when you let her use her psychic in her human form, otherwise she has to create another disguise,'' he warned the trainer, who nodded at Lucian's logical thinking.
''Well, now that's out of the way. How about some ice cream for real this time. My treat,'' The elite four member offered the young couple. The duo grinned and nodded their head enthusiastically, they could already taste the sweetness of their victory.
Did you like it, love it, hate it? Lemme know! Sorry for all the teasing, but the pay-off next chapter will be all the better! Next chapter climax people, whoo! Syrup-Waffle