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Chapter-12
Inside a hospital located in Hoenn, we find a man with red hair, impatiently pacing back and forth in-front of a room that has a sign on the top saying 'EMERGENCE ROOM' getting more impatient the man finally sat down on the sits beside the wall.
"Why is this taking so long…." The man put down his spectacle and rubbed his temple getting a bit drowsy.
"All of this… happened so sudden, Dear…" the man thought to himself with a tired expression.
….
….
An hour later the door to the room opened up and a man wearing a doctor's coat comes out and walk to the red hair man with a grim look on his face.
"Sir…"
Before the doctor could finish, "She didn't make it, did she…?" the red hair man tiredly spoke up to the doctor while looking down on the floor.
"I'm sorry…"
The red hair man didn't respond and just stay quite with a lone tear slowly falling down his eye.
"What about the infant?"
"The baby made it but…" the doctor hesitated.
The red hair man then look up at the doctor with an intense gaze "Yes…" The Doctor take a step back frighten a bit "Sir, we done all we could… but since the mother had suffer too much, it somehow effected the unborn child."
"I'm asking you the infant's condition, not how it got it" the red hair demanded, he couldn't control the anger rising inside him after hearing that his wife didn't made it.
The doctor then gesture him to follow him.
Walking towards the door of the room where his fear might come true, the man grips his hands tightly at growing tension inside him.
The two enter the room and one of the nurse pulled a curtain and showed the red hair man his wife "Courtney…how I failed you…" the man solemnly said to his wife who had already passed away while brushing her lilac like purple long beautiful hair.
"WWAAAaaaaa….!"
The man snapped from his trance looking at his wife and turned to see one of the nurses holding something "Is that…."
The doctor nodded.
The nurse carefully handed it to him; the red hair man then again felt tears falling down his eyes at seeing the infant on his arms.
"The baby's a girl" the doctor sadly told him.
The red hair man looked at the infant beautiful pale complexion "She looked just like her mother…" the man stroke the sleeping infant's cheek.
The man then sees something strange on the right side of the infant's eye "her side…" the man then turned to the doctor "Explain."
"Like I said before, the baby sustained some damage while inside the mother's womb."
"Then fix her! You're a doctor aren't you!" the red hair man finally snapped at the doctor.
The doctor just looked down "We tried… but we couldn't do much for her…"
The baby then began to cry "WWAAaaa….!" The red hair through pure sheer luck somehow calm down the infant, "Shss…Shssh… Do not worry Courtney, I will protect you…" the man smiled down at his child.
The doctor raise a brow at the man, "Sir, Is it wise to name her after her mother?" the doctor looked at him.
The red hair man ignored him and pulled out a phone from his pocket "Yes, this is Maxie."
"I need your assistance for something."
"You still have that prototype piece don't you?"
"I don't care! I need to save my daughter! Do you understand…"
"Yes, yes, then prepare and come to my location" then the man now name Maxie put down his phone, he then move back to his wife's body, "Dear… I promise I will protect our daughter" the man then touched her face.
"Sir..."
"Sir…."
"Sir!"
Day-dream ends
"Sir!"
The same red hair opened his eyes while sweating a bit after having a day-dream of his most dreaded day, "Sir are you alright?" Maxie turned to his assistant.
"Yes I'm fine Cindy"
His assistant just accepted his answer, "And Cindy, why did you disturb me?" the man then looked at her.
"Its Agent C sir, she has returned from her mission." Maxie nodded "Then bring her in…"
His assistance Cindy then walks to the door of his office and pulled it open, "You can come in" she said it to the person outside.
Then came in Courtney with her hood on and she then walked to her leader, "Mission …. Complete…. Leader Maxie~" she happily said to him, Maxie nodded "Good Courtney, but there is something that troubles me."
Courtney tilts her head to the side "… Trou …. ble? …."
"Yes, an-" Before he could finished, Maxie sees something on the girl's hand. "Courtney, what is that on your hand?" he looked at her with a curious gaze.
Courtney then put both her hands on her back and trying to hide something "It… is nothing …. Leader Maxie."
Maxie didn't believe it, he knows the girl too well, and how she act.
"Courtney…." Maxie warned her.
Courtney dejectedly gave it to him. Maxie then looked at it and sees that it was a picture of a certain orange hair boy. "Is this why you didn't immediately return after finishing your mission?" he turned to her with a non-emotion look but inside his anger seems to rise.
Courtney slowly nodded while looking down on the floor too afraid to say anything.
Taking a deep breath, Maxie then rubbed his temple and put down the photo "Courtney, you are not allowed to make in contact with this….. boy, are we clear?"
Courtney eyes widen a bit "Bu-"
"Are we clear?!" this time with a harsher voice.
Courtney flinched at his words but slowly she nodded again.
"Good, now seeing that you've finished, you are dismissed for the day."
Courtney sneaked a look at the photo while rubbing her left eye side.
Maxie then saw the way she was touching her right eye for sometime "It's acting up again, isn't it?" the girl nodded, "Then go to the infirmary for a check-up."
Courtney then walked out of the room with her normal expression but her hands are grip tightly.
"Sir… was it a good idea?" his assistant looked at the picture.
"Yes…" was the only response she got before then man told her to give him time to himself.
Later, inside a large room with the inside being a beautiful design but also empty with the room only comprising of a single large bed, a chair, a mirror and a large window, other than that, the place looked empty but spotless.
And also a certain purple short lilac color hair girl sit flat on the bed with her clothes change that to a large under shirt.
"… Why … ?" Courtney just looked at the open window with a hollow expression while her arms slump down on the bed, looking a bit tired.
Courtney could understand what she is feeling now and the torment of what her leader words was confusing her, "… Why … ?"
Still looking at the window she tightly grips on a certain worn bandages.
"…."
(Just to be clear, all this happened after she departed from Ichigo in Pewter City.)
Pallet town (Present time)
"Is that all?" Professor asked while putting a briefcase on the back of a large bus that was scheduled to move in 9:00 AM to the airport in Vermillion city as his jeep was too small to hold all of their luggage, "Yes, grandpa" Daisy told her grandfather before she call out to her brother.
"Gary!"
"Coming!" and came the voice of a young brown hair boy with his friend Leaf holding a cub bear pokemon following from behind.
"Yes, that should do it." the Professor checked his belongings.
"Are we all prepared?" Delia too had already arrived with her own belongings with Mr. Mime who is in-fact holding on to a hand bag.
"Yes Misses Delia, we're ready, so let's move inside." Daisy said to her while helping her carry the things she brought, "Thank you Daisy…" Daisy just smile at her.
Gary and Leaf were checking on their bags for necessary items,
"Ok, tooth brush"
"Check!"
"Extra clothes"
"Check!"
"Camera"
"Check!"
"Leaf… do we have to do all this…?" Gary asked the girl who is holding a clip board with a pen in hand.
"Yes, so stop complaining and start checking!" Leaf gave him a stern gaze.
"Ok, Ok, Ok" then the two continue.
And finally all of them took a seat, "Grandpa, I feel like we forgetting something?" Daisy turned to her grandfather who is busy organizing his small strap bag, "Really?"
Daisy nodded "Though, I can't seem to remember" she put a finger on her cheek thinking.
"Me too, I feel like I forget something really… important" Delia inquired, but they couldn't figured it out.
"Ok you guys! It's time for a head count!" Leaf quickly stand up from her seat and pump her hand up, which also somehow hit Gary on the chin knocking him down.
"Ow…"
The two adult and teen chuckled at the girl's enthusiasm.
"Daisy"
Daisy raised her hand "Here!"
"Professor Oak."
Professor raised his hand and smiled at the girl "Here, Leaf."
"Misses Ketchum"
Delia smile at the girl cuteness "Here, Dear."
"Gary."
Gary rubbed his chin and raised his hand "Here…"
"Ash."
"….."
But no response "Ash!" she called out again.
"Ash?"
"Where's Ash?" Leaf asked.
"Come to think of it, even Ichigo is not here…" Gary looked around.
Then Delia hands quickly flew to her mouth realizing that she had forgotten the two brothers "The boys!"
The bus then moved, "NO!" Leaf shouted in horror, before she quickly asked the driver to stop for a minute, "Please sir, there still others coming…" Leaf pleaded with Daisy.
"I'm sorry, but I can't. The bus scheduled to move at 9:00AM" the driver told the girls while he steer.
"Mime! Mime! Mime!" Mr. Mime shouted to them.
All of them looked at the pokemon "What is Mi-me?" Delia asked her pokemon, then point outside the bus.
They all turned and see two figures slowly closing on them while carrying something on both hands.
"Ichigo!" they all shouted.
…
And with our hero who is running with all his strength "ASH, YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!" Ichigo shouted while carrying a raven hair boy on his arm and a large bag on the other.
"I'M SORRY!" the boy shouted back.
"CHARMELEON COME ON, FASTER!" the black reptile pokemon huff and puff and run as fast as he could with his mother scarf again wrap around his neck.
"CHARRrrr!"
Inside the bus, the whole gang stood close on the side of the bus door, "Driver, open the door!" the Professor requested and the driver opened it in response.
Leaf and Gary stood on the edge of the door "Hurry, you two!" Leaf reached out her hand with Gary doing the same.
"I bet it was Ash fault, again…" Gary sighed to himself.
Delia from the small windows of the bus yelled "Ash, Ichigo Quickly!" while she holds on to her hat.
Ichigo then quickly pick up the pace and his feet started to feel the toll from chasing a bus "Ok, Charmeleon, let's do this!"
The pokemon nodded and Ichigo throw Ash "WWAAAaa!" the boy yelled at being thrown, Charmeleon then catch the boy on its back before both trainer and pokemon shouted that would sound like a 'battle cry'.
"AAAAAH!"
"CHARRRR!"
Charmeleon and Ichigo muster all the strength they had on their legs and speed up towards the bus.
Ash now screaming with tears falling while he hangs tightly on the pokemon scared for his life "AHHHH!"
"Almost there…" Ichigo thought with Charmeleon beside him, the distance between them quickly close and finally both of them are running beside the moving bus.
"Ichigo!" Leaf extended her hand as far as she could, Ichigo hand almost reach hers but Ichigo getting exhausted slow down a bit before he could reach her.
"No!" Ichigo with a final shout quickly pumped aura into his legs and grabbed Charmaleon and Ash and the bag on his mouth before he threw the two into the bus door.
"AHHH!"
"CHARRRr!"
While flying mid-air, Ash and Charmeleon yelled at the sudden action.
"Gotcha!" Leaf caught Charmeleon with Gary helping her, "Charr!" Charmeleon sighed in relief.
Ash on the other hand un-luckily lands on the hard floor of the bus "OW!" and his mother and Mr. Mime began to fret over the boy.
"But Ichigo…" Daisy whispered and looked back at the still running boy.
"Why does this always happened to me?!" Ichigo with anger harshly thought while running.
And with a final push he dived into the bus with all of them moved out of the away for him to land. Ichigo lands perfectly, sweating a bit but still land a perfect landing.
"*Huff* *Huff*"
All of them quickly moved to him, "Ichigo, are you ok?" Daisy asked the younger boy who nodded back in response. Leaf just hugged Charmeleon happy that they are all here.
"YAY! THAT WAS AWESOME! Let's do it again!" Ash shouted, but he then quickly felt a chill down his back and turned to see a very angry orange hair demon looking at him.
"Ha?" was the only thing he could say before Ichigo grabbed him by the head, "Ash?" Ichigo with a tick mark on his head asked the boy sweetly.
"Yea…?" Ash response back, while backing up a bit.
"Let's have a talk?"
Ash gulped.
After a few minute later, Ash now sitting beside his mother with a large bump on his head "Ash…you shouldn't had overslept" Delia chided her son.
"I know…" Ash rubbed his sore head.
Ichigo who is now sitting with Charmeleon beside him explained to them why they were late, "…..and that's why we couldn't make it in time, can't blame him though he was really excited but…" Ichigo trailed off.
"HAHAHA! Ash does tend to be a bit overexcited and oversleep, HAHAHA!" the Professor slapped on his back and Ichigo grunts from the slap.
"Well, I'm just glad that we're all here" Daisy breathes out relief while putting a hand over her chest.
Leaf nodded agreeing.
"Well, that Ashey-boy for yaa…" Gary just folded his arms while closing his eyes with a smug grin on his face getting amused.
"I heard that!" Ash yelled from the back.
And another typical moment of the families occurred on the way to the airport in Vermillion City.
Vermillion city
Flying high in the bustling city, a flock of different types of flying pokemon soar through to the sky and in these different flocks a group of Swanna flew towards the direction of their homeland with a small Ducklett tagging along.
"Duc… Duc…" the small blue duck like pokemon with its strength tries to keep up with the migrating Swannas but just couldn't follow.
After a few more minutes, the small blue duck pokemon slowly close its eyes and let gravity take it's course from the sky as it stop flapping its wings getting too exhausted to continue.
Back with our heroes, "Ok, you four stay right here while we check in the luggage" Delia instructed the four comprising of the three kids and Ichigo.
"Ok!"
"Yeah…"
"…."
The three kids responded.
Ichigo on the other hand was sitting on the seats available on the outer part of the airport with Charmeleon besides him, "Don't worry, they won't get into trouble" Ichigo assured to the overboard worried women. Then Delia, Daisy, and Professor Oak with Mr. Mime went into the airport.
"Brother where's Darkrai? AH! Did we forget him too?!" Ash over-reacted, today wasn't his day.
Gary and Leaf just looked at Ash as if he was the biggest idiot in the world.
"Ash… did you forget?"
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"Darkrai's ability, Ash-boy…" Gary cut into the conversation, Ash then felt something on its legs and jumps up surprise "Ah!"
The boy looked down and sees Darkrai slowly rising its head from the Ichigo's shadow, "Oh! Hehehe, sorry…" he scratched his head.
"And he said that he would be that greatest pokemon trainer…." Gary looked blankly at his rival.
Leaf then pulled Ichigo's arm "Hmm…? What is it?" Ichigo turned to the girl, "Ichigo! Looked at all the girls here…" the girl excitedly points her finger at all the young girls and young women around the area.
Ichigo sighed to himself, "Oh! how about that one with that cute Oddish" the girl keep blabbing on and on which Ichigo completely ignored.
Charmeleon quickly heard something and turned his towards the sky, "Huh, Charmeleon what is it?" seeing the sudden movement of his pokemon Ichigo asked.
"Charr! Charr!" Charmeleon pointed his claw at the sky, the other three kids also turned at the two.
"What's going on?" Ash asked with Gary.
"What's wrong Charmeleon?" Leaf knelt down.
It kept pointing at the sky so they all look up and see something small and blue falling down before they all realized, "Ah! It's falling down!" Leaf and the other two kids run towards where it will most likely fall.
Ichigo and Charmeleon followed from behind.
Leaf, Ash and Gary run around in circle shouting "I got it, I got it!"
As it was about to hit the ground, "I GOT IT" Gary and Ash shouted while running before they hit each other "SMACK!" fortunately the pokemon lands on the two heads and bounce off before Leaf catch it "Got you!"
Ichigo and Charmeleon moved to her, "Good job Leaf…" Ichigo praised the girl who beamed at receiving a praised from him.
After a few minutes, the four sees that the pokemon is a duck like creature with blue in color "It's a Ducklett" Gary identified the pokemon before Leaf looked at its wings "You guys, look at its wings" they see that its wing were swelling up.
"This is bad…" Gary checked the swollen wings.
"Brother, could you…?" Ash asked feeling concern about the pokemon.
Ichigo then pulled out a medical kit which he had received from the Professor "It can't use it here Ash, there's too many people" the three kids slump down at the idea being rejected.
"But that doesn't mean that I can't help it" Ichigo assured the three with a smile and showing them the Aid box kit.
Ichigo quickly clean its feathers and plunged a small needle with a small hollow inside, "Ne-Needles…" Ash backed up a bit afraid of the item.
The swelling seems to get smaller as air came out of the other end of the injected needle, "Ok, that should do it" Ichigo then spray some medicine and wrapped the wings with bandages.
"Wow…." The three kids were amaze at his skill, "Where did you learn how to do that?" Leaf asked him with spark in her eyes, Ichigo carefully place the pokemon on the ground and bring out a smell-salt to wake up the pokemon, "Duc…"
"From Daisy of course, she's really skilled, you know" the three kids nodded and Gary smirked proudly at his older sister brilliance.
The pokemon slowly got up and turned to the kids and blinks confusedly "Duckk?"
The kids then tried to explained to the confuse pokemon, "Duc…" the pokemon looked down at the ground with a depressed sighed.
"Hmm…" Ichigo looked at it feeling something.
"Ichigo, can you explain why it look so sad…" Leaf pulled his shirt.
Ichigo then turned to them and then looked at Gary "Why don't we let Gary explain?" the kids blinked at his suggestion.
"Me?" Gary said.
"Him?" Leaf said too with a surprise.
Ichigo nodded.
"Yeah Gary, we need to help Ducklett" Ash quickly grabbed him on the arm.
"But…"
"Gary, you've been studying really hard with Daisy about pokemons for a long time, so… I think you can help it" Ichigo trying to persuade him to use what he knows practically.
Gary looked at him and then decided to think "Ok…" Gary decided and looked up to the sky and sees multiple flying pokemon and then something pop into his head.
"I got it!" he declared. Ichigo smirked at his action.
"What is it?" Ash and Leaf looked at him.
"Pokemon usually migrates from different place with the change in season and this Ducklett is no excuse, it must have tried to fly but with its injury, it couldn't fly with its flock" Gary looked at the pokemon who nodded at him "And since Ducklett isn't native to Kanto it must have tried to go to Unova"
Leaf and Ash hum in his explanation "I get it" Leaf and Ash said together.
"I think…." Ash mumbled slowly while folding his arms, Leaf and Gary just fell down at his stupidity, Ichigo and Charmeleon chuckled at them.
"Wait! Where's Ducklett?" Ash realized, after seeing that the pokemon disappeared from its spot, the others too began looking around for it.
….
But there search came to an end by the arriving of three figures "I hope you four didn't wait long" Delia said to them with Daisy and the Professor by her side.
"Come on, our flight is almost leaving" Daisy called out to them while she enters the airport's inner building, "Ok, let's go you three…" Ichigo called them too.
"But…." Ash mumbled while looking back with Leaf and Gary doing the same, Ichigo's eyes soften at their behavior "Don't worry about Ducklett, I'm sure it's alright…" Ichigo assured the three.
"If you say so…" Ash and the two then followed him into the building.
And from behind a food stand a figure was watching them from the moment they were taking care of the Ducklett, the figure then moved quickly towards the flying pokemon who seems to walk solemnly.
Ducklett suddenly stop at a shadow covering him and looked up "Duckk…"
Later, inside the airplane, they all settle into their seats with the three kids sitting beside Ichigo and the adults on their own.
"As you can see, we are about to take off and we advice that all the passengers take their respective seats, thank you" one of the air-hostess speak up from the micro-phone.
"I'm so excited this is my first time riding on an airplane!" Ash trembled with excitement, the others understand him especially Charmeleon who this time wasn't have any motion sickness.
After the airplane ascent into the air and stabilizes for them to move around "How long is this flight?" Ichigo asked the Professor who is wearing his summer dress again with a sun glass on top of his head.
"Hmm… let me see, It say's 10 hours" the Professor answer.
Ichigo groaned.
Feeling a tugged on his side, Ichigo turned at his brother "Brother…"
"What is it Ash?"
"I need to go…" Ash whispered while holding on to his legs.
Knowing what the boy meant "Why didn't you go before we got in?" Ichigo asked back, "I forgot ok, now can we go…" Ash bit his lips, Gary on the side was laughing at him.
Ichigo sighed in defeat "Ok, let's go" Ash then hopped out of his seat and follow him to the bathroom, Charmeleon too follow.
On their way to the bathroom, Ichigo turned and asked "And… why are you two following us?" he looked at Gary and Leaf.
"No reason…"
"I need to go too…"
Ichigo didn't ask anymore.
Charmeleon while walking smell something in the air and started sniffing before he runs to the end of the plane ignoring the strange looked the other passengers were giving him. "Charmeleon?" Ichigo looked where his partner is going.
"Let's follow!" Ash declared and runs off forgetting about the restroom.
"Ash stop!" but he was too later as the boy already moved out of sight. Ichigo rubbed his head-ache that is Ash.
Leaf then just came out of the bathroom "huh? What did I miss?"
"Ash happened…" Gary trailed off while looking at the way Ash went.
Ichigo then moved "Let's just get this over with…" the two confusedly followed him.
While following Charmeleon, Ash finds himself in what seem to be a cargo room inside lower part of the plane, "Charmeleon!" he called out.
Ash looked around and sees lots of things from crates to lots of pack boxes, hearing a shaking sound beside a large box, Ash moved "Charmeleon, is that you?"
Peaking from the side of the box, Ash sees Charmeleon sitting beside the same Ducklett they met and also with a new pokemon beside the two, "Huh, Charmeleon…. Ducklett?! And who's that pokemon…"
The new pokemon looked like a quadruped being with a dark blue gray body cover with white fur. Also having a tuft on the top of its head in an oval shape with a feline face and red eyes, the pokemon growl at him "Sol…."
Ash backed up and nervously said "Ah….Calm down, I'm not gonna hurt anyone" Charmeleon and Ducklett came to his rescue and explained to the pokemon. The pokemon stop growling and lay back down on the ground.
Before Ash could moved ahead he felt a hand on his shoulder "So, this is where you are?" Ichigo looked down at the raven hair boy who just gave him a nervous goofy grin, the white fur feline pokemon stood back up at the sudden appearance of other humans "Sol…."
Ichigo raised a brow at it, "Ash ketchum, why do you have to be such a Mankey!?" Leaf pointed her finger at the boy, "It's not my fault, I just can't help myself!" the boy response.
Gary on the other hand was also looking at the growling pokemon "You guys… it's an Absol" he exclaimed, the others stop what they were doing "Absol?" both Ash and Leaf said confusedly.
Ichigo then pulled out his Pokedex "Let's see…"
"Absol, the Disaster pokemon. Absol lives high in the mountainous region and rarely comes down in the areas inhabitant by humans, but should anyone sees the pokemon a catastrophe is soon to happened"
"Wow… it's so… beautiful" Leaf squeal and tried to take a closer looked "Sol!"
"!" but she flinched at the aggressive way it acted and fell down. Ducklett and Charmeleon tried to calm down the pokemon again.
"Leaf, are you ok?" Gary and Ash worriedly kneel down beside the down girl, "Ow ow…my butt" she rubbed her back. "What was that for?!" Ash glared at the pokemon who scoffed at him.
"Ash, don't" Ichigo stop his brother, Ash turned to him "But…" Ichigo shook his head "Ash, you shouldn't forget that not all pokemon are friendly" the raven hair boy slowly nodded before he felt a tug on his hand and looked and see Ducklett "Ducklett! I almost forget that you were here!" he excitedly knelt down beside it.
And Leaf who was lying on the floor with Gary beside her quickly moved towards the feather pokemon completely ignoring Gary who was trying to help her "A thank you would be nice!" the boy yelled at her.
Ichigo smiled at how happy the kids were and how Ash and Leaf forget all their trouble at see a pokemon, "Charmeleon, is this why you ran off?" the black lizard scratched his head "Charrr…" Ichigo just patted his head.
"Ducklett, are you okay?"
"Are you trying to get to Unova too?"
"Well, I'm glad that you're okay…"
The kids bombarded the pokemon with words. Ducklett replied happily "Duckk…!"
"Sol…." The pokemon continue to glare at them, Ichigo turned to the pokemon "Thank you…" his words surprised the pokemon "Sol?" Ichigo looked back at the kids and Ducklett "You're wondering why I thank you" the pokemon didn't respond but also didn't move his gaze from Ichigo.
"Well… you were the one who help that Ducklett get into the plane weren't you?" and the pokemon slowly nod.
"Well, that's your answer i guess…. Maybe what they all said about Absols being a bringer of destruction…."
Ichigo paused and turned to the pokemon before he continue,
"….Was wrong" the pokemon curiously looked back at him.
"Or maybe….. you just want to help…" Ichigo kinda complimented the pokemon while putting both hands on his head.
The pokemon then looked at Ducklett before slowly lay back down on the ground "Sol…." It seems to having a deep thought, "Charr…. Charrr…" Charmeleon began to have a conversation with it or a one-sided conversation as the pokemon responded very little.
"Souul….? (Why do you keep talking to me?)" the pokemon looked at Charmeleon.
Charmeleon got a confused look at his question "Charrr? (Why shouldn't i?)" The pokemon blinked at his response and then laid his head back down "Sol… (You …. Are strange, especially your trainer…)" Charmeleon again looked at it confusedly.
Ichigo then walked to the kids, "Ok you three, we need to head back" the kids wined at his statement.
"Wha…." The kids whined.
"Don't complain ok, the others will be wondering why we're out of our seat for too long?" the kids nodded in defeat, "Also, here is something that I made…" Ichigo pulled out basket of Poffins and pokemon food.
The kids looked at it with sparkles "Wow… it looks delicious" Ash slowly moved his hands at the Poffins but… "SLAP!" Ash recoiled is hand back "Ow! Leaf, What was that for!?" Leaf just gave him a stern looked "Those aren't for us, there for Ducklett"
Ichigo then turned to the fur feline pokemon "You can have too… Ducklett won't mind sharing" Ducklett cried happily in response "Duckk!" the white fur feline like pokemon didn't move from its position but it heard everything Ichigo said.
One at a time they moved and saying their goodbyes "Happy safe trip, Ducklett!" Ash said, "Don't push your-self too much ok?" Gary smiled at the pokemon, Leaf patted Ducklett's head "Bye…" Ichigo then guided them, "Charr… (Also one thing)" the feline pokemon looked at Charmeleon.
"Charrr… Charr…meleoonn….(he isn't my trainer, he's my friend)" before he followed Ichigo and the others out, "Sol…" Absol just looked as they walked away before he felt a sweet scent beside him and turned to see Ducklett handing him a Poffin that Ichigo had given them "Duckk…"
Absol took a bite out of it and start chewing "Sol…(tasty…)
And with our heroes, while moving back Ichigo and the kids were happy at the turn of event with Ducklett and Absol "When Ducklett went missing after we treated its wounds I got worried but after seeing that it was okay, there really was no need to worry~" Leaf happily said to them, "Your right, I feel a weight has been being lift off me" Gary pulled out his thought.
Ichigo smile at the two and turned to see Ash stopping on his track "Ash? What's wrong?" Ichigo asked the boy who is pulling his shirt down hard, "Yeah, Ash why did you stop all of a sudden" Gary raised his brow at his friend.
"G-Guys… I got a problem…" Ash trembled with a flustered look while still pulling down his shirt like he was trying to hide something, Ichigo then move closer "Ash… what is it now? Come on… tell me" Ash then slowly pull back his shirt to its normal position.
A shocked expression formed on Ichigo face "!" Leaf and Gary seeing Ichigo froze move closer "What is i-" Gary stop on his track after seeing it, Leaf then got curious and move "Hey! I wanna see too" and after looking, she stop.
….
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…
"AHAHAHAHAHAhA….!" Leaf and Gary then started laughed really hard on the ground after seeing that Ash pee on his pants.
Ash face turned really red "ITS NOT FUNNY!" Ash shouted at them before he turned to his brother "Brother, do something!" Ichigo scratch his head, "It's your fault Ash, you were the one who left the bathroom in such a hurry" the two kids keep laughing harder.
"CLICK!"
"huh?" Ash turned to see Leaf taking a photo.
"LEAF, WHERE DID YOU GET THAT CAMERA?!" Ash yelled out embarrassed while trying to grab the camera that Leaf is holding up high.
"Ahahahaha!"
Charmeleon looked at them confusedly.
"What am I gonna do…" Ash desperately cried while kneeling down, Ichigo then thought of something "Let's go back first, maybe we find something for you to change into…" Ash then stands up and looked at him "But… I can't go all the way their… look at me!" that only made Leaf and Gary laughing harder.
After a few more minutes, they decided to go to her mother side but with some reprokation as Ash move with Ichigo, Leaf and Gary surrounding him hiding him from view "Ash why did you have to be such an idiot…" Gary sighed, "Hey! I don't always do this" Ash retorted.
"He didn't deny being idiot" was the thought that went through Ichigo, Leaf and Gary heads.
Then the four decided to go the adults to fix this problem, "I see…. Well you shouldn't be embarrassed Ash, it's only natural" Professor Oak turned to the boy with a hardy smile, "Yeah Ash, even Gary still does stuff like that, hehehehe" Daisy added while giggling.
That stopped Gary who is laughing "SIS! That wasn't really necessary!" Gary cried out at her older sister while Daisy just rubbed the boy's hair, Leaf giggles at her friends.
"Come on Dear, I brought extra clothing" Delia guided her son to the bathroom with a kind smile "Oh! And let's not forget" Delia pointed out.
"What is it, Mom?" the boy asked curiously while walking.
Delia pulled out something and showed it to him "You're underwear of course…"
"MOM!" they could hear the boy embarrass yelling.
After a while the two came back and finally they all settle down, and before you know it the hours passed away momentarily. Now with the airplane landing in Misstrolten city, the group then exited out of the air port with the kids getting excited.
"Wow….!" Leaf and Ash awed at the city and different types of pokemon which they have never seen before, Gary too looked amazed but didn't want to show it.
"How do you kids like it?" Delia smile at the kid's expression, "It's amazing!" Ash and Leaf responded, "Then you kids are going to love it more… at where we're going…" Daisy winks at them.
"YAY!" Ash and Leaf, also Gary somehow joined the two.
Ichigo on the other hand was trembling not from excitement but anger "Why…do…I…have…to…do…this… EVERYTIME!" Ichigo yelled out the last part while carrying their entire luggage.
But no one answer him or they just ignored him.
"Charr Charrr!"
"Why should I!"
"Charr Charr… leon?"
"Of course I want to help, but not all the time!" Ichigo at the moment is having an annoying conversation with his partner.
Professor and Mr. Mime then simultaneously put on sun glasses along with their summer dress, "Ok! First thing first, we have to remember that our vacation is on Nimbasa City, not here" Professor Oak said to them with a hardy smile.
Then Mr. Mime while carrying a tour guide of Unova guided them to the nearest Bus-station to Nimbasa "Mr. Mime Mime!"
And before you know it, the group is now sitting on the bus heading to Nimbasa City, "Guys Guys! Look!" Ash pointed at Swanna and another pokemon he's never seen before.
"Ok, let me check the pokedex…" Ichigo thought while trying to pull it out of his pocket "Huh?"
"Where is it? I know I put it on my pocket" Ichigo checked his entire body.
"Swanna the beautiful swan pokemon. Despite their elegant appearance, they can flap their wings strongly and fly for a thousand miles."
Ichigo turned to the kids specifically at Leaf who is holding his pokedex, "Leaf…" Ichigo gave her a blank looked.
"Hehehe…" Leaf just sticks out her tongue giggling.
Ichigo shook his head at the kid's playfulness.
"Come to think of it, I hope Ducklett reach safely…" Ash mumbles while remembering Ducklett.
"Hmm?" Ichigo looked at the down kid.
"Of course, he made it safely Ash"
"Really…?"
Ichigo smile at Ash's kind-hearted soul, "I hope you never change, Ash" Ichigo inwardly thought.
Ichigo nodded which made Ash finally back to his old self.
"Yes so don't worry" Ichigo rubbed the boy's hair.
"I guess your right"
Gary while looking outside sees something unusual "Huh? What is that?" he looked up to the sky and see that dark clouds seem to form in the horizon "Gary? What is it?" Professor Oak asked his grandson.
"Gramps look at those strange clouds…"
The Professor pulled down his sun glasses and look "My… you're right, they are strange…"
But after a while the dark clouds slowly disappear.
That put the Professor in confusion.
"Okay, ladies and gentlemen we have finally arrived to Nimbasa city, please be careful while stepping out and thank you for riding our tour bus" the female tour guide announced to the passengers.
The group then got out with Ichigo carrying their luggage's again, "It think it's time we carry are own things, Ichigo deserve a rest" Delia turned to them.
"Thank you…" Ichigo breathes out, and finally they reached the entrance to the city.
Nimbasa city
The only thing that went through Ichigo and Gary minds was "Fancy…."
"Wow-wee!" Leaf awed at the city and pulled out her pokemon Teddiursa "Look Ted! We finally made it!"
"Teddii..?"
Ash got really excited and jumped "Let's g-ack!" Ichigo pulled the boy's shirt, "Stop right there Ash, we don't want to get lost again do we?" Ichigo looked at the boy with a stern gaze.
"Hehe…" Ash just scratched his cheek.
"Ash, you shouldn't head off on your own, we need to check into the hotel first, and then you can have your fun ok?" Delia chided her son.
"Ok… mom" Ash accepted.
Later, they reached the hotel with the girls taking a room beside the room taken by the three males, "Wow! This bed is so bouncy!" Ash bounces on his bed beside Ichigo's. "Hmm… I think that should do it" Ichigo finished un-packing.
"This city is really something isn't it?" Professor Oak looked out from the room's window.
"I know, Right!" Ash too amazed at the city.
"Yeah… it says here that Nimbasa is the most populous city in Unova and the second world most popular city only behind Lumious city in Kalos, it also says that Nimbasa is the heart of leisure and entertainment, whatever that means…." Gary read a pamphlet he received on entering the city.
Ash stops his jumps before giving him a dull looked.
When Gary saw the looked Ash was giving him, a tick marked appeared on his head.
"What heck are you looking at me like that?!" Gary glared at his rival.
"Nerd…" after the word came out; Gary gripped tightly on the pamphlet before he strangles Ash on the neck "Take that back!"
Ichigo on the other hand just ignored the two and pulled out his necklace that he had indirectly received from Arceus "Hmm… a key…"
Charmeleon just looked at his friend with a sad looked.
"Brother? What is that?" Ash that had somehow escape Gary looked at the necklace shape like key with weird design.
Ichigo turned to his brother "It's nothing, just an accessory" Ash confusedly tilted his head.
"Anyway… let's go explore!" Ash then dragged out both Ichigo and Gary with Charmeleon following.
"Ash… it's getting late… looked at the time" Ichigo showed him the time.
"So what, it's just for a few minutes" Ash keep dragging the two.
Gary and Ichigo sighed at the boy's stubbornness.
And after a few minutes they found themselves inside the Nimbasa Park, "I guess… there's not much people here…" Ash looked around the Park with street lights on.
"Of course not, it's already getting late!" Gary shouted at his ears.
Ash ignored him and runs-off, "Wait, Ash!" Gary too quickly followed.
Ichigo and Charmeleon too tired just watch the two disappeared into the Park "Those kids…." The 12 year old boy tiredly mumbled.
"Charrr Charrr…"
"I know I know, let go before Ash creates mayhem for himself"
Charmeleon then follow him.
~Music play~(Carly Rae Jepsen - Call me maybe)
On another part of the park, "Ok to all the young boys and girls, our annual junior model show case begins again!" a man announce to them.
"YEAH!"
All the people and kids/teens gather around the front of the small stadium use for small performance or other things.
"This competition has been organized every year for all those who are starting in the path to being a model, the general rule known for the contest is, any girl who reach the requirement height and age can participate, well enough of that so let's begin!"
"First, we have Ella from Castelia city!" then a girl that look to be around 15 walked out to the long cat-walk with a tight blue glitter dress that seems to show out her curve and most importantly how beautiful the dress is.
"I hope you vote for me!" she smile and winks at the crowd making the girls scream and the boys with heart in their eyes. Then she walked back.
"Don't vote just yet because…. another beauty is coming! And this one has come from another region, Stacy from Sinnoh!" then came out another girl with blonde hair wearing yet another beautiful dress that is black that seems to show out her beautiful light green eyes and her smile.
"Hi! Nice to meet you" she waved her hand slowly before she walk back making the crowd of teens screaming.
And the show goes on with different girls coming out having different reaction from crowd which were mostly good reaction.
"Now for our final participant and is from our very own city, who is also in-fact the daughter of our number one model, making her debut into the world of fashion Elesa!"
A girl with a lemon blond hair comes out with her hair in a pony tail wearing a beautiful light yellow gown dress that reached to her thigh that complemented her curve as well as her beautiful light teal blue eyes.
Seeing the beauty and the brightness the girl was expressing made the crowd go crazy "KyyaaH….!"
With a confident smile she walks perfectly to the cat-walk and the crowds gets wilder with photos taken of her "This is my first time, but I hope you can see my brilliant glow!" then she winks to the crowd
Putting a finger on her lips before giving the crowd a kiss, the girls screams at her as always and the boys…. Well they fainted.
After she elegantly walked back to the main stage, "We seen the beautiful girls did their part of the show, now it's you're turned to vote for our winner! So start voting!" and then crowds started picking their favorite.
"Phsss! Elesa" one of the participants whispered to the lemon blond hair girl.
"Hmm?"
"After this, let's go to your place…" the girl suggested.
Elesa then think before giving them an apologetic expression "Sorry, but I have other plans…"
"Eh…. Come on Elesa…" another girl pleaded.
"Come on Elesa, what is more important than hanging out with your friends…" one of the girls raised a brow to her.
The girl's words seems to perked up the lemon blond girl's attention "Well… after you said that, I guess, I could take a rain check…" the girl smile inward at the mention of being friends but also sighed "Sorry Grand…"
"Yay!" the girls quietly cheered.
And then the announcer move to the centre of the stage "It seems like you all have finished, then let's get to the WINNER!"
And the score-board on the side of the stage begins flipping with each girl face on it "Drum roll please…"
The participants were getting nervous "I bet Casey will win it again…" one of the girls nodded. And the girl named Casey also the one who suggested Elesa to hang-out in her house bashfully smiles "Oh come on girls…. I bet Elesa here will win this after her performance" she winked at the girl
Elesa shook her head "I don't think so… I'm just a newbie remember?"
Then Score board finally stop one by one "Ella with 200 points!" the girl smiled at the crowd.
"Stacey with 210 points!"
"Casey with 290 points!" the crowd goes wild again.
"See… I told you" one of the girls began murmuring. Casey the girl with highest points grab on to the other girls "Maybe next time one of you girls will beat me… hehehe" her personality turned a bit with an arrogant smile.
Elesa wasn't sad no she was happy that her friends were having a great time, she never had friends and seeing some other than her family made her feel with joy"Yeah…"
"And finally, last but not least Elesa! Oh my…"
That didn't make the girl react as she will be happy even if she didn't win, "With 320 points! our new young star wins the show!"
That snapped all the girls on the stage at Elesa winning and the girl too eyes widen "Me?"
"Would the winner please come to the middle of the stage" the announcer called out.
Casey and the girls were still shock at the new girl also youngest of them winning "What… that's impossible" one of the girls whispered to each other, Casey on the other hand looked at the lemon blond hair girl with jealously "How! I was supposed to win, not her!"
Elesa still dumbstruck walked to the middle of the stage "Ah…" then she was presented with a bouquet of red roses and a tiara on her head "Let's have our winner say something about her winning"
~Music slowly stops~
"Huh? A show, their sure… making a lot of noise" Ichigo in his search for the two boys finds a show that he wasn't really interested.
Ichigo then sees boys around his age screaming a girl's name "Shessh…" a sweat-drop appeared on his head.
Elesa then looked to the crowd with a confident smile maybe it was because of an instinct who knows… "Everyone thank you, it was surprising at first but after this I've decided to pursue the role of a model, so prepare to be awestruck at the brightness I will exhilarate!" and the crowd goes wild again.
Elesa was ecstatic at the revelation of the show, she never had the courage to say such a thing while standing in front of a large crowd like now but something switch inside at the prospect of being notice during the course of the show maybe it was because of being a daughter of a famous model or something else.
"I'm getting too tired for this…" Ichigo sighed to himself after hearing the winner's proclamation "She's cute… almost as cute as that Cynthia girl" Hollow for the first time in a while spoke up.
"You do?" Ichigo had a question marked on his head.
"You don't? Are you gay?" a tick marked appeared on Ichigo's head.
"Shut up, and where were you?" Hollow just stay quite again
…
…
"*sigh* I don't even want to ask anymore…" Ichigo tiredly turned his head back to the show wondering if Ash and Gary were there.
Elesa while waving to the crowd looked around and before you know it,
Brown eyes met Blue eyes,
And then Ichigo yawned before he just left the place with an uninteresting look, "Strange…" Elesa thought at Ichigo, seeing that he was the only one who wasn't cheering or looking mildly interested at the show or her.
"Guess….I'll just have to do better" she gripped her hand and smile while looking upward. And from the sideline of the stage "She must have cheated…" the other girls keep whispering her behind her back.
After a few minutes the show stop with different people from the crowd took pictures with the winner of the show "Thank you, so much Elesa!" one of her new fans cheer at her.
"You're welcome" Elesa smiled.
Elesa then walk towards her new friends that she believed "Hey guys, it was really surprising that I won but whatever, let's go to my house like we planned ok?" she happily said to them.
But the girls didn't even acknowledge her presence "What do you mean, it doesn't get well?"
"Fine fine, then like who's going to pay?"
….
…..
They keep ignoring her, "You guys…" Elesa tried to call out to them.
Casey then turned to her finding it annoying "Oh, Elesa we didn't see you there…" the girl being the oldest spoke up.
Elesa frowned turned upside down at finally being noticed "Then let's go to my house!" she said with a chipper voice. But that was shot down immediately "Sorry… but Casey decided to use her place instead" one of the girls told her with a side-glare which the new star model didn't notice.
"Oh…" she dejectedly looked down.
Before an idea came to her to her head, "How about I join too…?" she suggested eagerly.
"Sorry… Elesa but Casey's house is… ah… is at! the outer part of the city, so we didn't think you can make it"
Elesa nodded sadly "Ok, I still have plans… maybe we can hang-out tomorrow at the mall" she again suggested.
"Can't this girl take at hint?!" Casey thought harshly, "Sorry, I'm a bit low on cash…" she tells her, making more excuse. "Oh don't worry; I can pay for you girls…" Elesa tells them which surprise them before they huddle up. "Girls what should we do, if she can pay I won't mind?"
They began to whisper to each other.
"I don't believe her…"
"Yeah like she could pay…"
"Wait! We got to remember that her parents are fifthly rich with their running business, maybe we could…" Casey explains to them.
Elesa looked confusedly at the girls.
"Elesa!" the girl jump a bit surprised.
"Yes?"
"We decided that it would be really fun to hang out with you tomorrow" one of the girls quickly tells her before getting elbow on the side "Ow… what was that for?"
"You're too blunt! She might figure it out"
"Really, that's great!" Elesa didn't realize anything and accepted their answer. "This kid really gullible…" Casey smirked inward.
"Well, see you tomorrow at 10:00 AM, kay?" Casey and the girls wave her goodbye and walked away "Guuuuu…. YEAH! This is so amazing!" not able to find the strength to resist her excitement Elesa start jumping and doing weird poses.
She jumps one last time and turned "I'm gonn-ha?" she finds the same orange hair boy who was on the back of the crowd looking at her with a weird looked.
….
….
…..
Silence continues to fill the air with Elesa head steaming up with redness of embarrassment.
Before anything could happen more, Ichigo turns around with Charmeleon and walked away.
"WAIT!" Elesa jumped towards him and tackle him to the ground.
"Oulf!"
"CRASH!"
"Ow!" Ichigo yell out at being pushed down on the ground. "Ple-Please! You can't tell anyone!" Elesa pleaded on the back of the boy embarrassingly.
Ichigo struggle from the weight on his back and the pain he now feeling on his back.
"Then, get off of me!" Ichigo yelled from the ground, Elesa then realized what she was doing "Eh? sorry!" she jumps back up and apologies again to the boy.
Ichigo got up and brush himself from the dust covering his pants "It's alright but please… don't ever do that again"
Ichigo looked at the girl and realized.
"Wait; aren't you the winner of the show that just happened a moment ago?"
Then something switch inside the girl, "Yes I am, and you must be that dull orange hair boy who doesn't understand the brilliance that I had expressed" she gleam her eyes at him.
"Huh?" Ichigo dumbly looked at her personality turning upside-down.
"Don't worry, I'll guide you out of the darkness of ignorance and ignite your world with brilliance!" she twirls and poses into what a professional model would do and winks at him with a beautiful smile.
A normal boy would blush at the cuteness the girl is showing, a healthy boy would splutter with a huge blush on his face but Ichigo isn't either of that because, well… he's dense to this kind of things.
"Well, good luck on… whatever your doing" Ichigo turned again and walk away again with Charmeleon following him; Elesa just stared at him with a dumb face "Eh?"
"Charr Charr…" Charmeleon pointed his claws at him.
"What do you mean I'm been rude to her?"
"Charr….leon" Charmeleon shook his head.
"Well I'm sorry that I'm not a gentleman!"
Then Ichigo felt being pulled on his arm "Huh? What is it now…" Ichigo turned to the girl.
Elesa looked at Ichigo with a confused and strange looked "You're really strange…" Ichigo scowl at her, realizing her words "Ah! Sorry for my poor choice of word" the girl backed up.
Ichigo scowl stick and he sighed "What do you want?"
Feeling that she is making him agitated she cut to the chase "Please don't take offence to this but you're quite different than the people I have met especially the boys…"
"Different…?" Ichigo got more confuse at her.
"Maybe I'm just rambling…, anyway, my name is Elesa Kamitsure, it's nice to meet you" She give him a beautiful smile.
Ichigo didn't know what to do so he just goes with the flow "Well my names Ichigo…" and his scowl loosen up. "And no, my hair is not dye… if you were wondering" Ichigo snapped the girl out of her trance as she was looking at his hair a bit too long.
"Sorry for my rude gesture, it's just that I have never seen such a dazzling and brilliant color on someone…" she complements him but Ichigo didn't take it as one.
A tick mark appeared on his head "Is this girl for real!" Ichigo tremble with anger at her comment.
Seeing the scowl again on his face Elesa tried to think of a way to calm him down before she just bow at him "I'm sorry!"
Ichigo now again confuse with the girls behavior.
"I'm really sorry! I'm not really a social type of person and… " she kept apologizing.
Ichigo scratch his head at the rambling girl before he pulled her head up "Ok stop that" Elesa looked at him with a strange look "But you're right about that one-ack!" Charmeleon just pinch his side.
"What was that for?" Charmeleon looked at him intensely; Ichigo then knew what his pokemon was trying to tell him.
"But I guess its ok…" he turned back to her.
Elesa slowly nods and blink.
"Now, tell me why you keep stopping me?" Ichigo folded his arms at her.
Elesa then compose herself in a better mood "Again I am sorry, but the reason why I stop you is because…. Could…. you not…" she mumbles the last part.
Ichigo couldn't hear her so move his head a little close seeing that the girl is an inch shorter "I can't hear you, what did you say?" Elesa then clear out her throat "I mean could you please, not speak a word about what happen a moment ago…" she scrunch her head.
Ichigo just turned around in response.
"I don't remember you doing anything embarrassing" he then walk away and this time for good leaving behind a confuse girl until she figures out what he meant "Thanks…" she whisper.
Ichigo then walk around again trying to find the kids "Where the hell did those two go, it's getting pretty late" Ichigo turned and looked at the park watch which is now 7:00PM.
After a few minutes of more walking Ichigo then heard the boys "Hey, what was that for!"
"Ash?" Ichigo thought before moving closer to the voice.
Ichigo turned to the side walk of the park and found Gary on the ground and Ash helping him up but with some extra company "What are they doing?"
"Ok kid, apologies!" one of the girls standing before them yelled at the two.
"Me! You should be the one apologizing; you push my friend on the ground!" Ash lashed back at the older girls. Gary had some tears on his eyes from the bruise he received from his fall.
The girls start getting agitated at the boy "Respect your elder's brat!" one of the girls pull up her hand and try to give Ash a slap.
"Huh?" before she could hit the boy she felt her hand being grab, she turn to see a orange hair boy with a mean look in his eyes "What are you doing?" Ichigo glare at her, the girl pale before she back up from him.
The glare he was giving them froze them on their place.
"Well!?" Ichigo scowl deepens.
"Wh-Who are you?!" the girl take another step back, frighten by Ichigo's sudden appearance.
"Brother!" Ash exclaimed. Gary too was surprised at Ichigo sudden appearance. Charmeleon then move by Ichigo's side ore he too glares at the girls.
"What do you think you were doing, picking on little kids?" Ichigo snapped at the girls, "Hey! I'm not little" Ash retorted.
The girls were getting more frighten of him. "I-It's not our fault, those kids spill coffee on my shoes!" one of the girls explain.
"And was that a good reason to hit a child!" Ichigo snapped at the girls.
"Ah…" the girls didn't know what to do.
Then a voice out of no-where came, "Ichigo...?" they all turned to see Elesa had enter the area "What are you all doing?" then the girls quickly runs to her side "Elesa!"
The lemon blonde hair girl blink confuse at the sudden appearance of her friends "Casey? Girls?" they all stood behind her and then point at Ichigo "El-Elesa, do you know him?" Elesa replied "Well… I do, kinda..."
"Then stop him, he was bullying us!"
"Yeah, because of them we're gonna be late!"
Hearing the accusations, Ash quickly move in-front of Ichigo "What! That's a lie!" Ash couldn't believe at the gale of the girls lying about his brother. "Ichigo is that true…" Elesa confusedly looked at Ichigo.
Ichigo too angry just glare at the girls.
"What am I gonna do? I don't know what to do… I want to believe the girls but I don't think Ichigo is that kind of person even thought I just met him a few minutes ago, huuuu….. What should I do?!" Elesa struggles with her thoughts.
Then Casey the leader of the girls then say again "Their lying Elesa, who are you gonna believe? You're friends or a bunch of strangers!" Elesa was happy that they call her a friend again but also confuse at the moment.
Ash and Gary anger began to rise inside at the girl words. Charmeleon looked up to his trainer at what he will do.
Ichigo scowl deepen.
"Come on girls; let's go to my place…" Elesa decided.
Elesa then walk passed Ichigo and the two kids while whispering to Ichigo "I'm sorry…"
"Right…" the girls then follow her and gave Ichigo and the kids a smug look.
Ichigo scowl slowly fade and he just sighed. Ash turned to followed them but Ichigo stop him "Ash stop" the boy turned to him with confuse and anger "Why! They just badmouthed you!" Ash shouted.
Ichigo shook his head "it's not worth it" Ash then furiously shook his head "No! I can't let it slide, they just… they just…. say something bad about you…. And i…*sniff*" tears started to form on his eyes.
Ichigo smiled at the boy and kneel down beside him "the-they *sniff*" they boy kept whimpering while Ichigo slowly embrace the him "it's ok, I really don't care… as long your alright" Ash starts hiccupping. Ichigo then turned to Gary "You too Gary, are you alright?" Gary nodded relief "Yeah… it wasn't much"
Ichigo then stand back up "Ok you two, lets head back, it's getting late" Ichigo tells the two. Ash then quickly stands up remembering something "Wait! I got something to do first!" Ash wipe his tears then pick up something he had dropped when one of the girls push Gary.
"What do you mean?" Ichigo asked.
Later, we find the three beside an old lady who is sitting on one of the park benches "Thank you young man…" the old lady who is sipping on hot coffee Ash had brought her.
"Not problem! But sorry that I brought only half of it, I kinda spill a bit hehehe…." Ash scratch his head, Gary just shook his head "I'm sorry ma'am, we'll try to get another"
The old lady shook her head with a smile "No, its fine. Even if it is only half, I can see that you two did your best trying to get it for me, so I'm really happy"
Ash and Gary then turned to each other before smiling.
Now figuring out the reason why he couldn't find the two kids Ichigo just smile at the two boys action "So this is was the reason" Ichigo thought to himself.
"And you are?" the old lady looked at Ichigo, Ichigo then quickly turned and introduced himself but before he could say anything, "He's my big brother!" Ash happily tells to her.
The elder lady eye smile "I see, I hope you take good care of this two, good boys like them are hard to come by…"
Ash and Gary happily blush at her compliment. "I know…" Ichigo rubbed the two kid's hair.
"Anyway, Miss Ella I was wondering what you are doing out here in the freezing cold?" Gary asked her, Ash too had been wondering it.
"Yeah… wouldn't it be better to stay inside" Ash then rubbed his hands feeling a bit chilling.
Then Miss Ella looks downward "I made a promise with my granddaughter to meet her here after a show she is participating…" Miss Ella sadly smiles for some reason.
"Then where is she? She's doesn't seem to be polite keeping you waiting here…" Gary scuffs.
"Gary!" Ichigo smack the boy's head, "Ow… what? I was just saying…"
"It's alright; she does… tend to act like that" Miss Ella chuckle, Ash felt sad for her than another maybe great idea came to him "Then we'll stay here with you!" he declared surprising her.
Ash then cover he's head ready for another smack from his brother or Gary, but he didn't felt anything "?" Ash turned to the two.
"I'll let it slide this time…" Ichigo gives the boy a go.
"This is the first time you actually said something I can agree…" Gary smirks at his rival.
"Are you sure? Won't your parents be worried?" happy she was but couldn't just take their help knowing it would cause problem for them.
"Don't worry… I already told them we'll be late" Ichigo lazily put back a xtransciver he had gotten from Daisy into his pocket.
"You kids… thank you"
Then Charmeleon sat beside her, warming her "Oh? Is this your little friend?" Miss Ella gently rubbed the fire type's head "Charr…"
"Yeah! He's really nice" Ash too sat beside the old lady.
Keeping the kind old lady company the three with Charmeleon keep having conversation with her and time seems to pass by quickly, and after another hour left.
"She's sure taking her time…" Ash kicks his legs playfully while sitting on the bench.
Gary seems to be a bit piss off "I knew it" Ichigo looked at the time and see that it was already 8:35PM "I don't think she's coming ma'am…"
But she didn't response.
"Ma'am?"
"Miss Ella?"
But she didn't response as her eyes were close, "Is she asleep?" Ash curiously touches her hands before he quickly turned to his brother "He-her hands, its freezing!"
Quickly moving beside her, Ichigo check her breathing "This isn't good, we need to do something, her breathing is getting slower and slower, the temperature out here isn't helping either…"
"What do we do?" Gary panicked with Charmeleon.
"How about we get her to the hospital" Ash suggested.
Gary turned to him "Ash this isn't the…. Actually, that's a great idea" Ichigo then tried to wake her up "Miss Ella, Miss Ella" he kept repeating until she wakes up.
"Agh… Huh…?"
"Miss Ella, we need to get you to the hospital" Ichigo explained to her with a deep concern look inside, the old lady slowly shook her head "No… I can't…. my … my granddaughter… I have to wait for her…" Ichigo gritted his teeth in frustration.
"It's getting too late, you need to get to get to a warmer place" Ichigo tried to convince her.
"I … have …" before she could finish she fall into unconscious.
"Miss Ella!" Ash and Gary shouted.
Ichigo then quickly pull her up and put her on his back "Do you two know where the hospital is? We can't waste time trying to find one" Ichigo with a serious expression asked the two boys who shook their dejectedly.
Ichigo grunts frustrated at the situation. Charmeleon ears perk a bit and turned at a tree then suddenly a figure jumps out of the trees "Charrr!"
The three boys turned to see that it was an Absol not just any Absol but also the very same one they saw inside the airplane "Absol?" Ash looked at it.
The pokemon then gesture his head to the side "Sol…" Ichigo raise a brow before he nods "Ok, let's go…"
"Huh? What do you mean?" Gary asked.
Gary didn't know what to do in this kind of situation, he's still a boy learning and right now confusion was the only thing he was feeling.
Ichigo quickly followed Absol with Ash and Charmeleon from behind "Come on Gary, maybe Absol knows where the hospital is" Ash gesture his rival to follow.
Hoping to get there in time they quickly move following the mysterious pokemon that sought to help them.
While on another place of the city, inside a big luxurious house of a certain lemon hair girl, we find her and her so-call friend having a party with some extra that Elesa's friends invited, "This is so fun!" one of the girls dance with the others while playing music.
"I know, right!" one of the girls replied.
Elesa just sit back on a seat looking at the girls that are having fun "So… do you girls usually do this kind of stuff?" one of the girls dancing smirked at her "Yeah! Come on join the party!" they pull the girl up from her seat and making her dance with them.
Elesa slowly began to grove to the music.
"This feeling, this sensation, this…. EXCITEMENT! I have never felt such wondrous feeling!" Elesa thought to herself while dancing to the tune with the other girls.
"Elesa, where are your parents anyway?" one of the girls asked.
"Yeah… like we would need to scram before they find out about this"
Elesa stop jumping then shook her head "No… my mom and dad are really busy, so they don't usually come home…" sadness fills her voice before she got again grab by the other girls and they continue dancing.
"So… that's the winner of the competition eh?" a kinda handsome guy with dark brown hair looking the same age as Casey leer at Elesa while sitting besides his girlfriend Casey the 'friend' of Elesa, "Her win was a fluke, I'll win next time…"
The guy kept looking Elesa and just ignores his girlfriend, "Derek!" the dude turn to his girlfriend "What is it, Casey?" the girl huff and look at him "Stop looking at her and start looking at me" the guy just smirk at his girlfriend's jealousy before kissing her.
Elesa then looked at all the friends she made and how happy they were in her house a senses of happiness fill inside her "This is the best day ever!" she felt like she forget something really important but having too much fun she just ignore it.
And done!
Still I don't know how to get a beta reader properly; I mean really not a very talkative person here. I had asked a few but it wasn't possible for them due to certain requirements.
And also to be noted is that Elesa was the youngest in the show. If you are wondering where Darkrai is now well I'll explain next chapter.
Age differences
Ichigo : 12 years old
Ash Ketchum : 7 years old
Gary Oak : 7 years old (But older then Ash and Leaf)
Leaf : 7 years old (The youngest of the three)
Serena : 7 years old (same as the three)
Daisy Oak : 15 years old
Cynthia Shirona : 14 years old
Courtney : 12 years old (a bit younger then Ichigo)
Elesa : 13 years old
Anyway, tune in for my next update.