After splitting up with Ash and Serena, Michael wandered around the city until he found a cafe he liked. He ordered a quick meal before he continued around the city, aimlessly wandering around. Eventually, he found a video game store and he smiled. He walked in.
"Hello, anything I can help you with today?" the clerk asked him, washing the display case in front of him. The clerk was a younger man with a slight tub to him. He was wearing a shirt with a large red s emblazoned on the front.
"Anything you recommend?" Michael asked.
"I've been partial to the new Super Mystery Dungeon, so I'd recommend it."
"They made a new one? Cool." Michael stated. "How much would that be?"
"360 Poken, worth it in my opinion."
"That sounds reasonable." MIchael took the money out of his wallet while the clerk retrieved a copy of the game. He handed him the copy while he put the money in the cash register.
"Anything else I can help you with?"
"Nope, that should be all. Thank you." Michael shook the clerk's hand. He exited the shop and started to walk towards a Pokecenter (different one to the one Ash used). He had pushed off calling his dad for too long and he knew that he would want to know how Kalos was.
"Natochenny resi-" Michael heard as his video call went through, The voice was of a small girl. "Michael! I was so worried that you would never call and you'd forget about me and-"
"Jovi, is Mom or Dad there?" he patently said as his sister rambled.
"Yeah, Mom's here. Dad got rumors of someone getting their hands on one of Cipher's machines. I'll go get her." Jovi's face disappeared from the monitor. A minute later his mother's face came into focus.
"Michael! How are are you doing? Is everything alright? Do you have enough money?" she asked him in rapid succession.
"I'm alright, everything's alright, and of course I have enough money."
"How's Kalos?"
"It's beautiful, like Agate Village everywhere. I even met a few new people here."
"Who did you meet?" she asked. Michael then recounted his meetings with Ash and Serena, making stops to mention Professor Sycamore and his assistants. And then his Pokegear rang.
"Hold on." he told his mom before answering. "Hello, you've reached Michael. How may I help you?"
"Hi mon cherie." said a feminine voice.
"Hi Shauna. How are you?"
"I'm okay. How are you?"
"I'm fine. Why are you calling me?"
"What, can't I call you when I want to talk to ma petit ami?"
"You know I can't understand you."
"Of course I do."
"How was the Showcase?"
"They had to postpone it due to mold being found in one of the ventilation shafts. It's being cleaned right now."
"That sucks."
"Eh. It just gives me more time to prepare. Oh, my Pokemon's done. I'll talk to you later." he sighed as she hung up.
"So, who was that?" His mom asked.
"A girl I met."
"A girl?!" she raised an eyebrow.
"No, no. I see that. Not what I meant. Put the brow down." Suddenly, he felt something through his Aura. Someone's Aura was just dimmed and he knew who it belonged to. "I've got to go. I'll call you when I get the chance."
"Hold on, wha-" He ended the call before she finished and he ran out of the center, focusing on the Aura.
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He tracked it to a dark alleyway. He passed by several shady characters, but he didn't worry about them. He saw worse. He stopped in front of a door.
"What's this?" he asked one of the punks, a man with a shaved head.
"It's a cheap hotel with several expensive additions, if you get me." he replied. Michael stared daggers into the punk, but he turned away.
Michael walked in and continued, trying to find the Aura's owner before anything happened. Eventually, he found the right door. A muffled voice came from behind it. Michael tried the door. As expected, it was locked. So, not one for subtlety, he blew the door of of its hinges.
"Hey! I'm busy!" said a man.
"You'll get away from her if you know what's good for you." the man had his hands on an unconscious Serena. Her top was pulled up over her head.
"Why, what will you do, kid?" he started moving his hands down her body.
"If you don't get away, I make you." He moved his hand behind his back.
"Just you try kid. Now, if you don't mind, I'm going to get back to her. But, if you want to watch-" his hand brushed her skirt and Michael hand jerked in front of him, gun in hand. He fired and an arc of blood appeared behind the man. He fell over.
MIchael walked over to him and picked him up, slamming him into a wall. He dropped the gun and long claws extended from his hand. "Beg."
"Wh-what?" the man stuttered.
"I said beg. Beg for your life. Beg me to let you go."
"I'm not afraid of y-" MIchael's clawed hand jabbed into the man's leg, leaving large holes in his thigh.
"Beg." MIchael knew his eyes were pitch black. He knew he was losing control. He didn't care.
The man started to hyperventilate. "Please, stop. Don't do this."
Michael dropped him and bent down to collect his gun and the expelled casing, the claws dissolving. He then went over to Serena. He pulled down her shirt and he noticed that she was somewhat conscious. When he heard the man try to get up, Michael sent a sword through his chest, killing the man. Finally, his eyes went back to normal and he picked up Serena. She opened up her eyes.
"Hey, you okay?" he asked.
"Pretty Pidgeys, pretty Pidgeys everywhere." she muttered.
"Let's go find Ash." He put one of her arms around his shoulder and he wrap one of his own around her waist. They walked out, Michael carefully avoiding blood on the floor.
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"And that's what happened." Michael finished telling his story to Ash. He left out how he acted towards the man, instead saying that he used a staff and knocked him out.
Ash was visibly angry. His Aura radiated hatred towards the man. "Where is he now?"
"He is having fun with the police."
"I'm going down there." Ash started to get up.
"No. They have it under control." Michael said calmly. "You don't have to worry. I'm sure that the officers have already done what needs to be done." Ash didn't calm down. "We should just worry about Serena getting better."
Ash sighed. "Okay, what do we do?"
"Well, her Aura has been steadily getting better, so I'd say all she needs is just a little rest."
"Then I'll go get her tucked in." Ash picked Serena up bridal style and headed out to a hotel.
"You still need me to pay!" Michael called, rushing to meet his friend. He passed by a television with the news on. They were playing a story about a man that was gorily murdered.
"Poor guy." Michael said monotone, before rushing over to Ash.
Author's Notes
I am so sorry that this took so long to put out. You know life, it sometimes just gets in the way. But hopefully you guys liked this.
Annabella Lucy Nox - Are the heroes going to encounter Volcanion and Magearna?
Yep, unless that movie was terrible.
Jacky - I wonder if you plan having Miette show up and if so how much of an impact she would make on Serena in pushing her closer to Ash.
I definitively will be having Miette show up. And her impact, well you'll just have to wait for that.
Toa Solaric - I am happy that the siblings joining them since it won't be the same without them. I am confused about what happened to Serena and wait to find out what happened to her.
I hope you aren't doing the Diancie movie which is kind of boring in my opinion
Well, I hope that this cleared up what happened to Serena. And, even though you may not like it, I will be doing an adaptation of the Diancie movie. I just hope that I can make it so that you like it.
Pizzalover - I like the dynamics of your story, but I also feel that these battles were rushed. While Ash and Michael are super competent trainers, the Gym Leaders of each region are meant to be a challenge to prove that trainers truly have what it takes. In this case, sometimes Gym Leaders even choose easier or harder Pokémon depending on their challengers, although this Sint apparent in the games.
Other than this, awesome job! #Pizza
Thank you for the input. I'm kind of spoiling a small detail, but, eh whatever. There are levels of gym challenge depending on what rank trainer you are. Viola was a new Gym Leader, so she simply forgot to ask what their classes were. Hopefully Grant's battles will be better.
Pizzalover - I really am enjoying this story, but I am a bit doubtful of Clemont and Bonnie joining in. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Clemont and Bonnie. The only concern I have is that a) five people might be a bit too big (there's already four in the anime, and that's the max capacity as compared to other regions of Ash's adventures) and b) I feel like there should be more of a situation than watching Ash battle to convince Clemont and Bonnie to travel in Ash, since they just met and know nothing about him, while in the Anime through actually battling Ash and the Garchomp incident, Clemont gets to learn a lot about Ash's personality.
Still, super awesome and excited for another chapter. One question though - are you planning on having Ash posses Mega Evolution, or just the special Ash-Greninja, or both? Personally, I would not recommend both, as the Ash-Greninja form was designed partly so that Ash would have a way to go up against Mega Evolved Pokémon, and for the anime NOT to give him a Key Stone and everything.
Just a heads up! I give this story a thumbs up! #Pizza
I wanted to address this review separately. Let's start with the easy bit. Ash will gain the ability to use Mega Evolution and the Ash-Greninja form. But, he will gain the use of Mega Evolution long after he gains Ash-Greninja. I have plans on how to give him a Keystone and Megastones, but he won't really use them, so he won't be too over powered. Well, Ash-Greninja maybe a little OP as it is.
Second, Bonnie and Clemont. I've thought and thought and I have come to one conclusion. You are completely right. I simply cannot dialogue and have adequate character development with five characters. So, unfortunately, the blonde duo will not be journeying with Ash. Instead, I'm going to use an OC I have that has a better reason to journey with the group. I would only have the main three, but there is a big plot point that needs an unevolved Chespin, and I can't give it to any of the main three. I really hope that I don't upset anyone with this desition.
But, I be seeing you guys next week(hopefully). See ya!