Ash's Just Reward Chapter 13
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"Entire sentence." = Psychic talking.
"Entire sentence." = Powerful being talking.
'Entire sentence.' = Person's thoughts.
Pikachu was currently nursing a nice hot cup of hot chocolate as he was still coming down from his minor panic attack.
Everyone was still recovering from the latest legendary event they had just experienced, with Ash filling everyone else in on what the loud roars that were just echoing across their beach-side home actually meant. Pikachu, however, just wanted to relax from his Orb induced PTSD trip. God, he hated those Orbs.
And now Ash had two of them just for his own personal use.
Great…
Shaking his head at this, he took another sip of his hot chocolate and looked over at the group of Pokémon who were now celebrating their new-found powers, jumping up and down in a giddy manner while sprouting a crazed look in their eyes.
Especially Oshawott. Oshawott looked like he was going to pass out from excitement.
"That was an interesting display."
Pikachu jumped from the sudden voice behind him, almost dropping his cup as he whirled around to face the newcomer. He calmed down when he saw that it was just Charizard, who was still cradling his egg in his left arm, and Meganium's in his right.
"You're telling me. This is certainly a weekend to remember." Pikachu sighed, sitting back down heavily. Charizard simply nodded and sat alongside him.
"So, how'd the battle go?" He questioned, craning his neck down to look at the little mouse.
Pikachu chuckled to himself a little bit, scratching his side while he collected his thoughts.
"It was an experience, certainly one of Ash's better battles. We won four to two, and Meganium even learnt a new move. All in all, pretty decent experience. Little bummed I couldn't get a round in, but oh well." Pikachu answered, thinking over the recent battle's finer details and analysing them mentally. The memory of Swellow throwing around Gliscor, to the clash of the heavyweights, to the showdown between Infernape and Electivire flashing briefly in his mind's eye before he shook his head to clear them.
Charizard just whistled in appreciation though.
"Sounds like you lot had a lot of fun. Anything else happen that's worth noting?"
Pikachu was about to answer when Meganium came strolling towards Charizard, a pair of vines already outstretched towards him, with the tips slowly going back and forth in a 'hand it over' gesture.
Nodding to show his understanding, Charizard passed her egg back to her, causing her to coo affectionately as she pulled the egg towards her and began nuzzling it affectionately, to Pikachu's amusement.
"You know, thinking of eggs, that's something that needs to be addressed." Pikachu muttered aloud, turning to where Ash and the other gathered humans were and began running over to them. Once he got there, he quickly grabbed one of the Pokéballs from his belt and ran back towards Charizard and Meganium, who seemed to be discussing something to do with the eggs (and based on the threatening gesture Charizard was making, Pikachu would bet that they were discussing how best to teach fighting technique for when their eggs hatched).
Deciding to ignore them, we went straight past them and towards Bulbasaur, who was watching over the other Pokémon to ensure they didn't cause any trouble while Ash was occupied with the other humans while gently swaying his egg in the air with his vines, like he use to do with Togepi.
"Oi Bulbasaur, can you get everyone here please, we've got something that needs to be addressed, now." Pikachu informed quickly, wanting to get this done with as quickly as possible. They had a lot to deal with as it was, and chances were in a few hours they were gonna have to deal with a different Legendary showing up and giving hem grief.
Which was something to look forward to.
Looking confused for a brief moment, but then shrugging it off, Bulbasaur nodded and began charging up a Solarbeam. After a few seconds, he fired the beam straight up into the sky, gaining the attention of all the nearby Pokémon.
Excluding the Alolan Pokémon, Absol, and the Legendaries, the large group of Pokémon began converging on Bulbasaur, recognising the beam as a signal to gather round him. The newer Pokémon in Ash's family decided to follow them to Bulbasaur, since they seemed to know what was going on.
Satisfied that everyone was now gathered, he turned to Pikachu and nodded, giving him the 'go ahead'.
Nodding to himself, Pikachu decided to jump on top of the tallest Pokémon present (which was on Snorlax's head, who was surprisingly awake and active), and cleared his throat.
"Alright everyone, I know a lot of crazy stuff has been happening recently, what with all the Legendaries showing up and what not." Pikachu broadcasted to the gathered group, gaining some agreeing nods from the crowd.
"But despite this, we need to keep on top of what's happening, and keep each other up to date. So, with that in mind, I'd like to introduce you to the newest member of our family. And fair warning, this one is a doozy." Pikachu announced, before throwing the Pokéball he was holding into the air.
While still airborne, the ball exploded in a burst of white light, which darted down towards the ground in the centre of the group before taking on the shape of a bird like dinosaur. The light swirled around the shape for a few seconds before dissipating, leaving the baby Lugia in place.
Now that she was out of her Pokéball, the little Lugia began stretching her neck, before she noticed the vast collection of Pokémon that was surrounding her and looking at her with wide eyes. At first, she began curling in on herself, not sure who all these strange new people were, until she looked in the direction of the fat one and saw the friendly little mouse from earlier looking down at her with an amused grin.
Happy that she found someone she recognised, she stretched her wings out and flapped them hard, taking flight and darting to Pikachu.
"UNCLE!" She cried out, knocking Pikachu over and curling her neck around him affectionately. This, however, was the straw that broke the Camerupt's back, and it was Squirtle who broke the silence.
"Wait just a damn minute, since when did we have a Lugia as part of the team?" Squirtle cried out indignantly, the shock of it seeping in. His minor hysteria was beginning to seep into the minds of the other Pokémon as well, mostly the younger, more impressionable ones who were still not quite use to the idea of having Legendaries as a part of their rag-tag group.
Even Latias was starting to be freaked out over the sight of one of a baby Lugia, which had the potential to be a Pokémon which watched over the Earth. The fact that Ash had been entrusted with the youth, was remarkable.
The Lugia, however, had now noticed all these Pokémon were now criticising and watching her with critical eyes, unnerving her and causing her to hide behind her uncle, until the Absol, who she believed was her uncle's offspring and her cousin, came over.
The Absol looked her over, taking in every detail of the young Legendary, before lowering her head in greeting.
"Greetings, noble one. It is a pleasure to get this chance to meet you. I am Absol, spawn of Pikachu, and a training Champion for the Chosen One." Absol addressed, attempting to greet the noble Legendary.
Who promptly overlooked the entire posh greeting.
"Hi! It's nice to meet you cousin." She gushed, jumping up from behind Pikachu to throw herself at Absol, wrapping her wings around her affectionately.
Sceptile, who was watching the entire exchange with interest, could only snigger to himself.
"Legendary or not, she's still just a kid."
Lusamine read through the report again, scrutinising every small detail as she walked to Faba's lab.
Another Ultra Beast incursion had happened, and she wanted to know everything about it, it's location, it's type, and what happened. She needed to know.
Looking over the preliminary reports, she could tell that it was a single Beast incursion, and that it only happened for a brief moment before disappearing again. Exactly why this was the case was anybody's guess, which was something that she wanted to change dearly. She had to understand her precious babies better.
As she entered the lab, she saw her chief scientist combing over some more data, clearly trying to keep himself occupied while waiting for her appearance. To make her presence known, she tapped her foot loudly against the floor, louder than necessary.
Startled, Faba almost dropped the tablet he was reading from, juggling it in an attempt to keep it from smashing on the floor. After a few seconds of this, he managed to collect himself enough to conduct himself with some sense of professionalism.
"Ah, President Lusamine. I'm glad you could be here today."
This caused her to raise a brow in confusion. "I'm the president here, why wouldn't I be able to come here, exactly?" She questioned, tired of listening to her subordinate's babble.
Unfazed, Faba carried on.
"As you know we detected another Ultra Beast incursion, not too long ago. It was detected in Hoenn, in Fortree city, within their contest hall. Happened for approximately two minutes, and twenty-nine seconds, before closing up again. The Ultra Beast has been confirmed as UB 01 Symbiont, based on our findings."
Lusamine scowled at this, though, not liking that last piece of information.
"And what findings are those Faba? Did anyone see it?" She inquired, wanting to clear up all the loose ends.
This caused Faba to sweat likely, and to twiddle his thumbs over the tablet.
"Actually, there were no confirmed sightings, or at least, none by the remaining people."
Tilting her head to the side, Lusamine was extremely puzzled by this.
"Remaining?"
"Yes. You see, there was a contest scheduled to happen, and the incursion happened within one of the changing rooms, while a participant was preparing for her stage appearance. Once the incursion was over, she had disappeared."
This caused Lusamine to stroke her chin in thought, as she thought this over in her head. This was a new development, since the Ultra Beasts had never shown any interest in humans before. Normally, they'd show up, wander around, cause some damage, and then return through the portal. The Aether Foundation would then go through the extensive trouble to cover these incursions up, so wind of their happenings didn't get caught by the likes of the International Police or the many Professors across the globe.
But now they've changed their pattern and have actually abducted an individual. While there was always a common theory amongst her researchers about how the Beasts may have been explorers, or scouts; trying to discover what they could about us, and then return. But now they seem to be taking it up to the next step. This was sure to cause problems for them in the future.
"This is worrying Faba. We've suspected that they may have been learning about us for a while, but now they're getting aggressive. Prepare counter measures to deal with any rogue Ultra Beasts in the future. And ensure the detainment procedures are in place, we don't want to miss our chance to catch one of these creatures, now do we?"
And with that, she turned to return to her office, before Faba interrupted her.
"Oh yes, we also had an incursion on Melemele Island yesterday with multiple UB 02s appearing."
All Lusamine could do in response to do, was turn back to Faba, her eye twitching sporadically.
"I'm sorry, what..."
Litten was enjoying watching the large group of Pokémon while relaxing with his fellow Alolan residents. They were currently immersing the young Lugia that had hatched from Ash's leg into their group. Once they had gotten over the surprise of her appearance, they had begun to welcome her with welcome arms, with the way Pikachu and Absol interacted with her being the main catalyst.
Litten couldn't help but shake his head. He knew that Ash was an odd individual, and would undoubtedly have some odd Pokémon, which was something he had come to accept when he saw Ash's other Alolan catches. From the incredibly lazy Rowlet, who could fall asleep at any time, to the crazy Lycanroc, who could go from calm and collected to a battle starved maniac in a matter of seconds, and Ash's main partner, the absurdly powerful yet still somehow playful Pikachu.
And yet despite that, he wasn't ready for… this. Ash seemed to have collected the most insane, peculiar, and downright weird collection of friends he had ever seen. And if it weren't for the few cases of sane Pokémon who were simply just incredibly powerful, like the stupidly powerful Charizard and Infernape (both of whom Litten had been fanboying over since he got to meet them), Litten would have been worried for his own sanity.
Looking over his shoulder to where his fellow Alolan Pokémon were, he saw they were taking this in stride, or at least, in better stride than he was. Lycanroc was conversing with Pignite and was getting along with him quite well. Rowlett however, was just taking another nap. Apparently even the strange events involving the GODS THEMSELVES, was not enough to stop his random naps.
Typical.
However, he was getting some peace, which was the main thing he cared about right now. As he went to rest his head, the peace was disturbed by the sound of flapping wings.
'Oh, leave me alone.' Litten grumbled mentally, as he looked up towards the newcomer. And to his surprise, it was the young Lugia. And she seemed very energetic.
"Hi! I'm Lugia. It's nice to meet you."
Something that Litten didn't want to deal with.
"Err, hey. I'm Litten. That's about it." Litten stammered out, not really knowing how to interact with the bubbly youth. But that didn't seem to deter her.
"You seem really cool! Can we be friends?" She inquired, hopping closer to the small fire cat.
"Suuuurrreee," Litten agreed, while backing up somewhat to keep her out of his personal space, "I can't think of reason why not."
'Not through lack of trying though.' Litten admitted to himself.
"YAY!" Lugia shouted, before picking up Litten and crushing him with a bone-breaking hug with her wings.
And to add insult to injury, Litten began to hear a familiar laugh, from a stupidly powerful yellow mouse.
"I think we've found a babysitter for little Lu, think you can manage that Litten?" Pikachu called out cheekily, to which Litten could only mutter.
Litten didn't know how he ended up in this situation, but he must have done something awful in a past life to be here.
"You're gonna be my best friend." Lugia called out, before squeezing him even harder.
Mistakes were made.
On the outskirts of Nimbasa City, in the far-off Unova region, there was a lone trainer setting up camp, preparing to get some rest.
After setting up a tent and a fire, the trainer returned all but one of their Pokémon, with the remaining one being one of the largest ones in their possession. It was a mighty Mamoswine, a powerful Ice and Ground type which towered over its trainer.
The trainer didn't seem bothered by this, instead deciding to rummage through their bag, pulling out what could have been one of the largest hair combs known to man.
"Ok, Mamoswine, we need to get your hair sorted out before the next contest. The quicker we get it done, the sooner we can go to bed. So, no need to worry!"
The trainer in question, was a young girl, about thirteen years old, with well managed blue hair hidden underneath a beanie. She was wearing a black vest with a short pink skirt, with a special Pokétech watch on her wrist.
This was Dawn Berlitz, one of Ash's companions from Sinnoh, who was travelling around the Unova region.
While she sat down and began grooming her powerful Pokémon, a faint buzz began to fill the air. However, Dawn didn't take no notice of it; assuming it was just some local bug Pokémon turning in for the night.
It wasn't until she noticed a light coming from behind her that she began to worry.
Deciding to take a risk, she called out to the faint light.
"Hello? Is anyone there?"
And to her surprise, something came out. While it wasn't the response she had wanted, the fact she got some kind of response was surprising enough. What was more surprisingly was WHAT had come out.
She assumed it was some kind of Pokémon, but it was unlike anything she had ever seen. But before she could pick out any discernible features, it darted forwards, crashing into Mamoswine with a powerful Head Smash, knocking Mamoswine flying into the distance, crashing into multiple trees before collapsing into a heap.
Dawn, in a panic, quickly returned the huge Pokémon, and went to call out another Pokémon when she suddenly felt something wrap around her legs.
Before she could react, she felt the ground suddenly get pulled away from her, and before she knew it, she was being dragged into the treeline where the light and buzzing had originated from, with her screaming the entire time. And then the buzzing stopped, and the light vanished
An hour or two later, a couple of trainers were walking through the area, only to find an abandoned campsite and the traces of a faint battle. Apart from that, it was as if there was never anyone here.
Hey everyone, TWoS here, and before you say it; yes, I'm not dead.
I'm really sorry with how long it took me to get this chapter out, and for the fact that it isn't that long. I wanted to do something longer much sooner, but I've been swamped with coursework. I'm in my last month and a half for this year, so I've got a lot of deadlines at the moment. Had to pull an all-nighter to get this chapter out. So, for that, I apologise. It also may be a while until I get another chapter out as well, so I hope you can be patient. Once my deadlines are done, I'll be able to dedicate more time to this story, so I hope you can wait till then.
Other than that, this is another chapter dedicated to pushing the story forward. I hope you enjoy it, and that it was worth the wait. I know you lot want more legendaries appearing, and I do as well, but there's so much to juggle that I have to really pace this story, or else I'd lose track of all the elements I've added. For example, the emphasis on little Lugia was because I had half forgotten about her in the previous chapter. So, I'm making up for that. If there's anything that you lot want to see, whether it's an interaction between certain Pokémon, certain Pokémon or characters to appear, or whatever you feel like: I'm more than open to a few suggestions.
As always, much love, and thanks for the enduring patience – TWoS.