Chapter 13: A relaxing day?

"Ash!" Misty yelled.

Pikapi! (Ash!) Pikachu cried.

'Ash?' thought Drake.

Drake couldn't believe his ears. Did she just said Ash? As in Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town?'

Misty's POV

Misty didn't know how long she stood there after she screamed Ash's name, a couple of second? A few minutes? An hour? She didn't know, it was if time stood still.

She came back to the here and now when Pikachu jumped down from her arms and run towards the battlefield that still was full with smoke, determined to know what had happened with his trainer en fellow Pokémon.

Misty called at the mouse, "Pikachu wait!" before she also run after the Pokémon.

Brock also wanted to go after them when he felt a hand on his shoulder stopping him, when Brock looked he saw that the arm belonged to Mr. Drake.

Before Brock could say something in protest, spoke Mr. Drake wile trying and failing to hide that his voice broke a little.

"That Ash… in that explosion," he swallowed a big lump suddenly forming in his throat. "Did he came from Pallet Town? And is his last name Ketchum?"

Bock was more than a little confused and stunned about the sight of Mr. Drake. Because of his face and the sound of his voice, the voice began with a light quiver in it and was now full of emotion. And the face, it was full of fear and concern. Not that it would be such a surprise; Mr. Drake was always concerned about his students. But this was different, it was something deeper. More personal.

Brock then realized he still hadn't answered Mr. Drake's question, but before he could Sensei Bruno turned towards him.

"Mr. Slate what in the name of Groundon is going on here? Was that new kid responsible for that explosion?!"

In the meantime where Pikachu and Misty at the edge of the giant smoke cloud, the lack of wind prevented the smoke to clear.

Pikachu was about to run into the smoke when Misty stopped him.

"Wait Pikachu! You can't see a thing in that cloud; you can hurt Ash more if you trip over him when you rush into it.

As much Pikachu wanted to find Ash and Lucario, he knew Misty was right.

Chu, pi chu pika pikachu cha? (Alright, so what are we going to do then?) Said the yellow mouse that was beginning to panic.
Misty, who didn't understand the mouse, knew he was asking what to do. The only problem was, she had no clue what to do.

"I got it!" Misty yelled while taking in one fluid motion a Pokéball from her bag and throwing it in the air. "Starmie I need your help!"

From that Pokéball came a purple starfish, it looked like a starfish on starfish, and it had 10 points pointing it to every corner. In the middle of her body she had a yellow crest within a red diamond.

"Starmie use Rapid Spin to clear the smoke." Misty commanded her Pokémon.

Hya! (Okay!) Said the starfish before she jumped up and began spinning around and around and around till she became only a blur and flew into the smoke.

A few seconds after Starmie had flown into the smoke and disappeared into it, it was beginning to clear up and a body of someone became visible.

Pikapi! (Ash!) Yelled Pikachu running towards the body.

"Pikachu wait! Ash can be- Agh!" Misty yelled, cutting herself of while running after the worried yellow mouse.

When she cam closer to the body she saw it truly was Ash, the only strange thing was that it looked like he was on his belly and protecting something.

Misty kneeled beside the unconscious Ash and looked for serious wounds; the only strange thing was that he didn't have any. Sure his clothes where ripped and in some places shredded to pieces, but he had no open wounds with blood or anything. The only thing he had where bruises and probably, maybe broken bones. But because she wasn't sure of he had an internal injury and didn't want to injure him further, she was afraid to move him.

Misty turned to the yellow mouse and said. "Alright Pikachu, because I don't know if he has an internal injury I'm going to wake him up to see if he is hurt. Will you go to Brock and see if you can get a medical team here?"

The yellow Pokémon was a little hesitant to leave his trainer but he knew his trainer would need medical attention and fast. So he runs towards Brock and the others while Misty turned back to Ash.

"Ash, Ash! Wake up, Wake up Ash! Please!" She said while shaking Ash softly trying to wake him up.

Pikachu's POV

In the meantime was Pikachu nearing Brock who still was trying to explain the story to an imitating Bruno.

Pika! (Hey!) The Pokémon yelled while he was running towards the three, and then he recognized the third person who was standing next to Brock. Drake Pumelo!

'What is he doing here? Shouldn't he be at his island as the leader of the Orange league?' Pikachu thought surprised. But he shook his head and thought 'no time for that! Pikapi needs help!' So he sprinted as fast as he could towards the three people and got there attention.

Drake's POV

While Drake was listing to the explanation of Brock from what had happened, he saw something yellow from behind the young man running towards them. When it came closer he saw that it was a Pikachu, and when it suddenly stopped he recognized it as the Pikachu from Ash.

He also saw that the Pikachu also recognized him and it stood completely still. And after a moment or two he shakes his head and runs straight towards Drake.

Pika! Chu Pika! Pikapi Picha Pika Cha! The mouse yelled when he was close enough.

Drake didn't understand Pikachu's language very well, but he was able to make out the words: 'quick' and 'Ash' and 'needs help'. With the last word Drake felt himself become extremely worried, so he turned to the two men before him and said "Leave the rest of the explanation till later Mr. Slate, we have a bigger problem on our hands. The student responsible for the explosion needs medical attention quickly. Miss Lorelei can you run as fast as you can to the Pokémon center and get a medical team?" Said Drake to the woman who was turned away from the battlefield.

She turned to Drake with a smile and said,"It's already on the way, I've send Delibird to the Center with a message for a free bed and a medical team as quickly as possible."

"Good. Miss Lorelei, Mr. Slate we are going to see if Misses Waterflower needs any help or support. The rest stays put." Drake said while looking first to Lorelei, then Brock and last to the other students and teachers. But before he could do anything else he heard a voice of protest.

Pika! Chu pi cha pika chupi Pikapi chu pika Pikachu! Pi pika chu pika! (Hey! If you think that I stay here when Ash is there you need your head checked! I'm going with you!)

"I didn't expect you to stay Pikachu, didn't you noticed I was only talking to the humans to stay put?"

And with that said the three people and 1 Pokémon walked quickly towards Misty and the still unconscious Ash.

To be continued.