Chapter 14: VS Mega Mega Meowth!
Last time on "Pokémon Kalos Journey", the group were now leaving Lumiose City, after saving Clemont's Gym last night, when Serena made an idea to visit Prof. Sycamore with her baked macarons.
As they got there, they met up with the Kalos Professor, who had a sneaky Chespin and a shy Bulbasaur. After hearing of Bulbasaur not being chosen, Yuki requested for him to take the Grass Type.
But then, after getting Bulbasaur as his fourth Pokémon, there was a crash, with Team Rocket kidnapping Prof. Sycamore, Bonnie, and Serena. Yuki and Hawlucha chased after them, being led to an abandoned building.
Yuki made a distraction, but failed to swipe the memory card from the evil trio, as Ash and Clemont met up with the Fighting duo. With Chespin blowing their cover, the boys rushed in to save their friends.
"Well well! Why go chase after Pikachu and Hawlucha, when the two of them are chasing us?" Jessie sneered. "Let our friends go free, Team Rocket!" Ash demanded.
"Prepare for trouble, you're half right!"
"That is our name, but your friends are stuck tight!"
"To protect the world from devastation!"
"To unite all the people within our nation!"
"To denounce the evils of truth and love!"
"To extend our reach to the stars above!"
"Jessie!"
"And James!"
"Team Rocket, blasts off at the speed of light!"
"Surrender now, or prepare for one Mega Evolved fight!"
"Meowth! That's right!"
"Wobbuffet!"
After their motto was finished, James let out an evil smirk. "That's how it's done." James smirked. "Serena, are you okay?" Ash asked. The evil trio turned in surprise that their motto was completely ignored!
"I'm fine..." Serena assured. "Did Team Rocket hurt you?" Clemont asked. "I'm fine! Don't worry!" Bonnie assured. "Could you untie me, too?" Prof. Sycamore asked.
"Sure thing, Professor." Yuki replied. "Hawlucha Haw!" The Wrestling Pokémon agreed, trying to rip the rope around the Professor with his strength. While they were doing that, Team Rocket was outraged at this.
"We give you a totally awesome motto and you twerps totally give us the brush off!" Meowth complained, flailing, yet frustrated as well. "Wobbuffet..." The Patient Pokémon agreed.
Once the captive ones were freed from their bonds, Ash grinned. "Okay! Let's all get out of here!" Ash called. "Argh! That's NOT going to happen!" Jessie shrieked angrily, startling the group.
Just then, the laptop on the memory card's data was all set! "The Mega software is all ready to roll, folks!" Meowth reminded. James slid over, immediately getting to his work.
"Excellent! Now, we can catch both Pikachu and Hawlucha the modern Mega Evolution way! Ready, Meowth?" James sneered. "Thought you'd never ask!" Meowth sneered as he ran to the hidden machine.
As he got under the tarp of the machine, something was glowing! The group and the Kalos Professor looked at it in startle. "What is this? What's under the tarp!?" Yuki demanded.
"Oh, you'll see soon enough! With our Mega Evolution data secret weapon program, it's now Mega Evolution times two!" James declared, jamming on his laptop buttons with a sneer.
"Or... our magnificent... Mega Mega Meowth machine!" Jessie presented, as James made the finishing touch on the start of the hidden machine. "Activating program!" James declared.
"What kind of machine is it!?" Clemont asked, sweating. As he asked, the tarp flew out, revealing a machine that looked like a Meowth, but with a different appearance to it!
The machine growled, getting ready to make program. "Rock and roll!" Meowth laughed as he controlled the insides of the machine. With his control, the machine began to move.
Both Clemont and Prof. Sycamore were quite amazed by the villain's invention. "Oh my... Marvelous! It looks powerful!" Prof. Sycamore complimented. "Wow! I know they're our enemy, but that's a super cool invention!" Clemont complimented.
SMACK!
"Oww..." Clemont groaned as he held his head, which Hawlucha used Karate Chop on. "Hawlucha! Lucha Haw!" Hawlucha snapped angrily. Yuki glared back at the two with annoyance.
"What Hawlucha is trying to say, is that this is no time to admire it! We have to move, now!" Yuki yelled, as he pushed the professor and Clemont out of the building. Ash, Serena, and Bonnie followed.
"Come on, guys!" Ash called. With that, everyone retreated out of the building as the machine rumbled after them. As they were running however, Chespin tripped, causing the macarons to fall out of the basket!
Clemont managed to see it and gasped. "Wha... Chespin, no!" Clemont yelled. He ran towards the Spiny Nut Pokémon, diving towards it as he held the Pokémon, getting it out of danger.
With that done, the Lumiose Gym Leader hid behind the concrete that was holding another old building up. Meanwhile, everyone else faced the Meowth machine as Meowth sneered.
"Operation: Pikachu and Hawlucha Catch! Making it real!" Meowth cackled. He controlled the robot, which began to make its attack on both Pikachu and Hawlucha. Ash and Yuki called their attacks.
"Alright! Pikachu! Use Thunderbolt!" "Hawlucha! Use Flying Press!" Ash and Yuki yelled. Pikachu shot the electricity as it was suddenly absorbed by the charm on the machine!
As Hawlucha flew down with Flying Press, the deflected electricity zapped Hawlucha, along with Pikachu! The two yelled in pain as they fell to the ground. Everyone else tried to protect themselves.
"No, Hawlucha!" Yuki gasped. "Pikachu!" Ash coughed, gritting his teeth. "This machine can deflect your Thunderbolt, while at the same time deflecting Flying Press, which gives us the Mega upperhand!" James sneered.
Both Pikachu and Hawlucha struggled to get up, as both of their trainers grew concerned. "Pikachu!" Ash called, sweating. "Stay strong, Hawlucha. Don't let some machine beat you!" Yuki reminded.
"Lucha Haw!" Hawlucha grunted as he helped the Electric Type up. The two of them glared at the machine, as Jessie made her call. "Now! Let's make Not Catching Pikachu, a thing in the past, while also catching Hawlucha!" Jessie called.
"Talk about a Mega Mega blast!" James sneered. "This one's for the boss! We'll hand over the most powerful Pikachu and Hawlucha he's ever seen!" Meowth cackled.
Inside, he targeted the two weakened Pokémon, charging towards them. "Pikachu! Get out of there!" Ash yelled. Pikachu attempted to move, until it was too late. But then, he felt something grabbing him.
Hawlucha put himself in front of the Electric Type, protecting him from the machine. "Hawlucha! LOOK OUT!" Yuki bellowed desperately. But, it was too late, as the Wrestling Pokémon took major damage!
Both Hawlucha and Pikachu were sent flying towards the ground, as they were badly damaged. "NO!" Yuki yelled as he ran over to his Fighting Type. Ash ran over, checking on his friend.
"Hawlucha! Are you alright!?" Yuki asked. "Lucha..." Hawlucha groaned, trying to get up, but couldn't. The Hawlucha Boy noticed a big bruise on his back, causing him to pale up.
"Here it comes again!" Ash yelled. Both boys looked up to see the machine coming, as they both grabbed their Pokémon, dodging its attack. Yuki was sent flying to the ground, hard.
Ash ran, but fell to the ground. "Oh no!" "Get out of there!, Ash! Yuki!" "Ash! Yuki!" Bonnie, Prof. Sycamore, and Serena yelled. The machine began to come towards their way.
Yuki gave a dirty glare at the Mega Mega Meowth machine as he got in front of his three friends. "Yuki! What are you doing!?" Ash yelled. The Hawlucha Boy didn't answer, only to get ready to withstand the attack coming.
"Incoming!" Yuki yelled. Ash covered both Pikachu and the weakened Hawlucha as they braced themselves for the attack. But then, nothing happened. Both trainers looked to see that the machine stopped.
Even Meowth grew confused. "Now, what's wrong?... Where's the juice!?" Meowth panicked. Jessie and James were confused as well. "Some sort of blackout?" Jessie asked. "Looks that way!" James agreed.
Yuki stood up, shaking a little. "Yuki?" Ash asked. Hawlucha opened his eyes, recovering a little as he saw his partner in front of him. "L-Lucha?" Hawlucha weakly asked.
"Don't talk, Hawlucha. You need to recover... Because of these pathetic losers..." Yuki growled, leaving everyone surprised, including Team Rocket. "Y-Yuki?" Serena asked. "What's going on?" Sycamore asked.
Suddenly, a dark aura surrounded Yuki's body; a weak dark aura. "You fools just beaten up the first friend I knew... VERY badly... That's why... I'll crush you here right now!" Yuki yelled.
He took out a Pokéball, summoning his other Pokémon. "Heracross, crush your enemies!" Yuki darkly yelled. As Heracross was sent out, the Kanto trainer turned to see why the machine stopped.
It was Clemont! He and Chespin were holding the electric plug that seemed to have gave the machine power. The Lumiose Gym Leader smirked, with his glasses flashing.
As for the evil trio, they were panicking. "W-Wha... What's with this twerp?" Jessie asked. "Grrr... What do I do to fix this thing!?" Meowth yelled. James quickly ran over, afraid of the aura from Yuki.
"Turn on the auxillary power source!" James quickly called. Meowth nodded and turned on the extra power. "Ten four! Extra power juice, you're up! Connecting power to main engine, now!" Meowth called.
Yuki laughed, only it sounded like a dark laugh. "Go ahead then! Get more power! You'll be still no match against my Pokémon's power! Heracross! Swords Dance, now!" Yuki called.
Heracross, at first, was reluctant, as he was concerned about his trainer. But, he obeyed, gaining more attack strength from the Swords Dance. Clemont and Chespin came over, feeling serious at the moment.
"I'll say one thing... They're prepared!" Clemont replied, getting serious. "It doesn't matter whether they're prepared or not. Either way, they're still going down!" Yuki smirked darkly.
"Yuki! What's going on with you!?" Ash asked. "You're acting nothing like this before!" Clemont called. "Nothing is going on. Just more power, that is." Yuki chuckled darkly.
"Yuki..." Serena replied, feeling worried for the Hawlucha Boy, who was surrounded by dark aura. "What is this!? There's dark aura around Yuki!? What is going on!?" Sycamore asked, sweating.
"That's what we'd want to know!" Clemont called. "Ches..." The Spiny Nut Pokémon hid behind Clemont's leg, a bit frightened of the dark Yuki. "Yuki! Snap out of it!" Ash yelled.
"Heracross, use Brick Break!" Yuki yelled. Heracross sweat dropped, knowing this wasn't Yuki, but went on ahead with the order as he slammed his Brick Break on the machine multiple times!
But, to everyone's surprise, there was no dent! "No use! It's not working!" Clemont gasped. "In that case, use Megahorn, full power!" Yuki called.
Megahorn was struck as it made a hit, but the machine deflected right back! Meowth cackled with that. "Hee hee hee! Thanks! That kind of tick-" Meowth started, but was interrupted.
"You talk too much, for a useless Pokémon who can't fight like a real one." Yuki taunted, leaving Meowth furious. "OH YEAH!? Well, this useless one is about to knock your head off!" Meowth bellowed.
He controlled the robot, trying to make it move. But, to everyone's surprise, Heracross stopped it with another Megahorn attack! Even Chespin joined in with a bunch of Tackle attacks!
"Go for it, Chespin! Heracross!" Ash cheered. "Look at those two go!" Clemont replied in surprise. "Pikachu! Pika Pi!" Pikachu called. Ash grinned at his Electric Type.
"Yeah! You three together! Pikachu! Quick Attack!" Ash called. Together, Pikachu, Chespin, and Heracross all attacked with their physical attacks. But, it turned out to be futile.
"Keep it up, twerp Pokémon! But, you can never defeat Mega Mega Meowth!" Meowth taunted. The three Pokémon grunted as they got up. "Add more power into it! Keep going!" Yuki shouted.
This time, Heracross shook his head sadly, as Yuki gritted his teeth. "Do it, or you'll get hurt by those fools like they did with Hawlucha- !" Yuki started, but stopped suddenly.
Everyone turned to see Hawlucha hugging Yuki tightly. "Hawlucha! Lucha Haw! Hawlucha!" The Wrestling Pokémon pleaded, hugging his best friend tightly, as tears welled in his eyes.
With the pleading, the dark aura surrounding Yuki began to disappear. "The darkness is fading!" Sycamore exclaimed. "Does that mean... Yuki is turning back to normal!?" Serena asked.
"I hope so..." Bonnie replied sadly. Just then, a Flare Blitz came by, smashing into Mega Mega Meowth! "WHAT WAS THAT!?" Meowth yelled, trying to regain control.
Everyone, except the unconscious Yuki, turned to see Mega Blaziken, standing on a tree branch. "Check it out!... I remember them..." Ash replied, recalling the time back at the Prism Tower.
"That's incredible!" Serena exclaimed. Even Bonnie and the Kalos Professor was surprised, too. "Uh oh... Mega Blaziken!?" Meowth gasped. Jessie and James started to panic as well.
"Use Flamethrower now!" Blaziken Man called. Mega Blaziken leapt in the air, shooting powerful flames at the machine. "It's getting warmer in here!" Meowth panicked.
The Fire Type move blasted through the machine, causing it to explode! Everyone protected themselves as Heracross and Hawlucha held onto their trainer tight to prevent him from being blown away.
As the dust cleared, the machine was completely charred. Parts of it fell to the ground! "Ah!" James gasped in shock. "It's charred boiled!" Jessie gulped.
"Both sides are Mega Evolved, but the machine got burned in one shot!" James panicked. The machine went into pieces as it revealed Meowth, who got burned as well, coughing up smoke.
With this, both Ash and Clemont saw their chance to attack. "Now! Pikachu, Electro Ball!" Ash called. "Now, I'm sure your Pin Missile will work on this one, Chespin!" Clemont called.
The two Pokémon nodded as they jumped in the air, launching their attacks at the broken and charred machine. Meowth ducked, only for the two attacks to hit the power generator!
It began to whistle and hiss. "Sounds like it's making tea!" Meowth panicked. "Mega Mega Meowth took a direct hit to its power core! Is that the whistling sound of doom?" James asked.
He began to twitch, as Jessie did the same. "If so, you know what's next!" Jessie laughed nervously, shaking. With those words, the charred machine exploded! Team Rocket were sent flying in the air.
"AH! WE'RE BLASTING OFF AGAIN!" The evil trio screamed as they were out of sight into the sky. "And don't come back!" Clemont called. "We did it, Clemont!" Ash exclaimed.
"Yeah!" Clemont agreed. With the excitement, everyone turned to see Mega Blaziken and the Blaziken Man as they jumped out of sight. "Mega Blaziken was awesome!" Ash commented.
"Pika Pi!" Pikachu called. He jumped onto his trainer's shoulder, as the Kanto trainer laughed. "Chespin, Heracross, and Pikachu were pretty awesome, too!" Clemont agreed.
He walked over to the groaning Grass Type, who seemed a bit hungry. The Spiny Nut Pokémon blinked to see the Lumiose Gym Leader. "You know? I think you deserve a little reward!" Clemont replied.
He opened Serena's basket of macarons, presenting them to the hungry Chespin. "Yummy macarons!" Clemont replied. Chespin happily ran over to eat some, but stopped at the moment.
He then grabbed some other macarons and began to share them with everyone. He gave each one to everyone, except Yuki, who was still unconscious at the moment.
Everyone smiled as they thanked the Grass Type for his sharing. "Be careful, or there won't be any for you!" Clemont reminded. Chespin nodded with a smile, as he gave a few macarons to Hawlucha and Heracross.
The two Fighting Types thanked the Grass Type as everyone laughed at the Gras Type's actions.
Later, that evening...
Everyone was back at the research lab. Yuki was conscious now as he finally opened his eyes. "Yuki! You're okay!" Ash exclaimed. "That's such a relief!" "We were so worried about you!" Serena and Clemont exclaimed happily.
"Hawlucha!" The Wrestling Pokémon replied, hugging his best friend. "H-Hawlucha?... Everyone... What happened? I remember we were attacked by Team Rocket... And then... I feel like I blacked out." Yuki muttered.
Everyone grew surprised as they nodded to each other. "Well, you fell unconscious for some reason, so we managed to take care of Team Rocket, blasting them off!" Ash half-lied.
The others agreed with a nod, also joining in with the lie as well. "Oh... I see... Sorry I made you all worried..." Yuki apologized. His four friends nodded as they got up, talking to each other.
"Shouldn't we have just tell Yuki the truth?" Serena asked. "No! If we do that, he might be frightened of himself and he won't become like himself anymore!" Clemont explained. Ash nodded to the idea.
"I really hate it lying to Yuki, but we really have no choice, I guess." Ash agreed. The others nodded in agreement, with Yuki not knowing.
Later, everyone was preparing to leave Lumiose City to continue their way for Cyllage City. "Thank you for all your help. Thanks to you all, I'm free again!" Prof. Sycamore chuckled.
"Yeah, but... Your research lab is messed up again!" Ash reminded. "Pika Pikachu..." Pikachu agreed. The Kalos Professor smiled, waving his hand in reassurance.
"Not to worry! I'll have it all fixed by the time you all come visit again!" Sycamore assured. "Alright then. Best wishes, Professor." Yuki replied. "Hawlucha Cha." Hawlucha agreed.
"Well, I guess we better get going!" Serena giggled. "Great to see you again!" Clemont replied. Just then, Bonnie tapped on her older brother. "Big brother, excuse me." Bonnie called.
The Lumiose Gym Leader knelt down, to his little sister's level. "Bonnie, is something wrong?" Clemont asked. "Look over there! It's been watching us!" Bonnie called, pointing to where Chespin is.
Everyone turned to see the Grass Type staring at them. "Chespin?... You were a big help, Chespin! I hope that I'll see you soon!" Clemont assured. The Spiny Nut Pokémon panicked.
"Chespin! Chespin Ches!" Chespin protested, leaving Clemont confused. "You know, Clemont. It seems to me that Chespin wants to go with you!... Hm. It's an amazing thing to see with the likes of you, Ash, and Yuki, when you're together!" Sycamore explained.
Clemont was speechless as he was tugged onto his little sister. "Clemont? I want to travel with Chespin together! Please, please, please?" Bonnie asked, with her cheeks turning rosy.
The Lumiose Gym Leader sighed, rubbing the back of his head. "Well, would that really be okay? Is it alright if I bring Chespin with us?" Clemont asked. "Of course! After all, that's what Chespin wants!" Sycamore chuckled.
He took out a Pokéball that seemed to be Chespin's. "I happen to have Chespin's Pokéball right here with me! It's yours!" Sycamore chuckled, handing the Pokéball to the Gym Leader.
Clemont smiled as he walked over to the Spiny Nut Pokémon with a smile. "So, Prof. Sycamore says that it's okay for you to travel with us!" Clemont exclaimed. "Ches!" Chespin cheered.
The Lumiose Gym Leader chuckled as he held the Pokéball in front of the Grass Type. "That's great! Now then, it's a pleasure to meet you all over again!" Clemont chuckled. He returned Chespin back to his Pokéball.
He held the ball up in triumph with Bonnie cheering alongside with him. "Yes! Today is a great day because of science! I caught a Chespin!" Clemont called. "Chespin's a keeper, too!" Bonnie exclaimed.
Ash grinned as he adjusted his hat. "Now! Off to Cyllage City!" Ash exclaimed. "Pika!" Pikachu agreed. "Take care, Professor Sycamore! Bye!" Ash called, running off.
"Remember to take great care of Bulbasaur, Yuki!" The Kalos Professor called. "I will, Professor. Best wishes!" Yuki called, running off. "Bye bye!" Serena said, running with the two boys.
"Time for an adventure!" "Good-bye!" Bonnie and Clemont replied as they followed their three friends, with Clemont gaining Chespin, as Yuki gains Bulbasaur.
But now, Ash, Serena, Clemont, and Bonnie must keep a dark secret of the darkness that's hidden inside Yuki? What will happen next? Stay tuned for some more!
To be continued...
Yuki's Team:
Hawlucha: (M): (Flying Press, Aerial Ace, Karate Chop, Double Team)
Heracross: (M): (Swords Dance, Protect, Brick Break, Megahorn)
Litleo: (F): (Ember, Headbutt, Take Down, Tackle)
Bulbasaur: (F): (Razor Leaf, Tackle, Vine Whip, Leech Seed)
Next chapters:
Chapter 15: Double Trouble Separation!
Chapter 16: Pangoro To Leaf In!
Chapter 17: A Bug to Smuggle!
Chapter 18: Vivillon to Glide!
Chapter 19: The Kindergarten Exhibition!
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Ash: What the!? Pikachu! What are you doing to him, Team Rocket!?
Jessie: That's for you to find out, twerp! Once we're done, we'll be taking the Pokémon back to headquarters!
Yuki: Like that's ever going to happen! Get back here!
Clemont: Whoa! Team Rocket's balloon exploded!
Serena: Then, they must be separated from all that mess!
Yuki: Hang on, Hawlucha! I'll find you!