The Punchy Pokémon:
DUST POV:
I knew we were close to a town, and I couldn't wait so I could sit down and relax. We've been walking for hours and my feet were killing me. That was when Ash noticed something. It was a hitmonchan on the path.
"Alright, I'm gonna catch it!" Ash said excited.
"Just remember to weaken it first," I said, dropping my bag and collapsing to rest while he went to catch it.
"Pikachu, if you can defeat hitmonchan, you'll be a world champion pokémon!" Ash exclaimed, obviously excited. Pikachu, however, looked terrified at the much stronger creature. Ash decided to teach Pikachu how to do a 'secret' punch.
"When did Ash become a boxing expert?" Misty questioned.
"Got me," Brock shrugged.
A minute later, "Hitmonchan, I challenge you!" Ash shouted, getting the pokémon's attention. I chuckled for two reasons. One, Pikachu was about to lose this round, and two, Pikachu was wearing tiny little boxing gloves. Pikachu threw a punch and hit hitmonchan in the jaw. The pokémon rubbed his jaw and Pikachu looked at it fearfully.
A man quickly rushed over from nearby, "Hitmonchan, you shouldn't let your guard down!" the man coached; maybe he was the pokémon's trainer. "Now knock out that pokémon!" the man instructed. Hitmonchan easily won, leaving Pikachu a bit bruised and battered but he would be alright. Of course, Ash was disappointed that he wasn't a wild hitmonchan, meaning he couldn't capture the fighting type like he'd planned on doing.
A young girl ran out from behind the nearby trees. "Dad!" the little girl begged. "Please come home, won't you give up on being a trainer?"
"Rebecca, I won't quit until I become a P1 grand pix champion," the man declared, turning to us. "I'll be at my gym," he announced, quickly leaving.
Rebecca explained to us that her father was determined to win and had pretty much abandoned his family. "That's not right," I said quietly. You didn't get to choose your family but you did have to live with them. Family was supposed to be there for you when you needed them, and he abandoned them to win some championship?
"Have no fear, Rebecca," Brock announced. I guess he got a flashback about how his own father had left his mother with a gang of kids to watch. "My geodude and Ash's primeape will defeat Anthony and his Hitmonchan,"
"So I guess that means we're not getting a hot meal, cold air condition, or a soft bed," I sighed, climbing to my feet.
At the grand pix, the battles were starting. I stood in the crowd with David, Misty, and our pokémon. The first battle was between a Machop and Ash's primeape. Ash begged for his pokémon to battle but Primeape refused to listen or even move. That was when Machop used seismic toss and threw him out of the ring.
Ash tried to catch him but missed. "Are you okay?" Ash asked worried but Primeape just gave him a heartfelt look of gratitude before jumping back into the ring. Primeape decided to listen to Ash this time and easily defeated the Machop with a scratch attack and mega kick.
The next match happened between a Hitmonlee and Brock's Geodude. Brock got distracted by talking to Rebecca who stood in front of us so I could hear what they were saying. "Don't worry, Rebecca, everything is under control," Brock said, trying to comfort the young girl.
"Brock, look out!" Rebecca cried. I looked up in time to see Brock get hit on the head by his own pokémon. Poor Brock.
David's POV
Amateurs. I had had half a mind to enter the P1 grand prix, but decided against it. So now I was sitting in the stands board and for some reason anxious. I guess it's because there hasn't been much activity at all lately. I haven't seen Derek in a long time, the Heartless and Nobodies were no where to be found, Dust was depressed as well as still not using practicing with her keyblade, and I'm left holding the bag.
[I'm soooo board.] Lucario complained. Like trainer like pokémon I suppose.
"Even having to put up with a mob of Wizards would be better than this." Pikablue agreed. I guess he still hasn't gotten over that time a Wizard drained him for its thundaga spell.
[Maybe we could go and kick Team Rocket's butt before they cause too much more trouble.] Lucario suggested, but we decided against it. Just then Brock threw in the towel, signaling his forfeit. Then I felt a disturbance in the Force and looked around and who should I see but Derek. Maybe this means the dry spell is over? Anything for a little excitement. He seemed to be just as board as I was. Eventually, it was down to the last semi final battle. Hitmonlee vs. hitmonchan, the two hitmon pokémon of Kanto fame.
"We might finally see something worthwhile." I remarked as the two fought. Hitmonlee was kicking up a storm, but no matter how fast he was, hitmonchan was dodging every one of them. So meowth stepped in and cheated with some super stick glue. Hitmonchan got hammered and Anthony was just about to throw in the towel when Rebecca jumped into the ring. She was going to take the hit for hitmonchan! So, like any decent father, Anthony got in front of her and took the blow. He wasn't hurt too bad and threw in the towel.
"Well, now that they're back together as family, all Ash and primeape has to do is kick hitmonlee's butt." Dust commented and then Team Rocket gave away their identity to those of our group who hadn't figured it out yet. They tried to do the motto, but James was so exhausted and overheated that he couldn't.
"I should just kick you out here and now." I grumbled, but left them alone. At first primeape was absorbing all of hitmonlee's kicks, but Ash told him to go on the offensive and he managed to get inside hitmonlee's kicks and started to rain down punches. Meanwhile, meowth was up to more of his dirty tricks. I placed one hand on the ring, so if meowth did activate his zap trap I would just absorb it all with my volt absorb ability. Then primeape could dodge the following blast. But pikachu had his own ideas.
[Why didn't the ring go up in smoke?] Lucario wondered, but all he had to do is look with his aura sense to see pikachu under the ring. He had managed to disarm the bomb. With a final seismic toss, primeape took down hitmonlee and won the prix. Then pikachu reactivated the bomb, set it on a timer, and gave it to meowth. Sneaky little monster.
"Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!"
Ash decided primeape with Anthony so he could get stronger.
"I'll always be grateful and proud that I knew a real P1 champion." Ash told primeape and primeape looked at Ash with watery eyes. We continued down the road, but not for long. We were ambushed! Nobodies and Heartless! There were seven Berserker Nobodies, five Dragoons, two Assassins, three Samurai, and a mob of Dusks and Creepers. On the Heartless side of the equation, there were nine Invisible, three Angle Stars, one Hot Rod, a dozen Large Bodies, eight Fat Bandits, one Ground shaker, and a whole slew of Neo Shadows and Shadows.
"I couldn't help but notice how pathetically board you looked back at the P1." Came Derek's voice from an unseen location.
"Well you lot have been awfully quiet lately. What are you up to?" I asked
"Like I'm gonna go into a monologue about our plans. Do I look like a stereotypical villain?" He asked in a mock hurt tone.
"If you're not going to tell us anything then just go away." Dust grumbled
"Whoa, someone's in a bad mood. Okay, I guess I can tell you a little something. Just to keep things interesting. My master was very interested to learn of the events of New Island. He said he might just have a use for you Dust. Or rather, your brainwashed body during the full Moon." With that I felt Derek's presence vanish. Dust was not happy about this so I put up a sound shield around her to preserve Ash, Misty, and Brock's virgin ears. It was easy to see that Derek was trying to get Dust mad. And I also knew why. When she burns herself out, her depression will just be worse. Then the enemies attacked.
[Let's party!] Lucario cheered and since Dust was no where near ready to take on a force of this size and strength, it was just pikablue, lucario, and I. I couldn't have been happier.
"LET'S DO IT!" And we charged into battle. So much for being bored.
I know things have been slow since the Mewtwo strikes back movie, but things are about to change! Stay tuned and please review! Remember, 30 reviews and MSkitty and I will do something special.
