It has been a Month since I last updated maybe. I'm really sorry for the delay. I finally finished the Annual/ Term Final Exam at my College. So now I'm in College 2nd Year. Well, I can only hope that everyone will be excited for the new chapter.
Last chapter was interesting. As I got some reviews over the past month. Let's see how far this interest can go and turn into excitement. Let's get on with chapter 26... shall we?
Enjoy reading.
~PokeWielders
Pokemon Fanfiction:_
Pokemon Fanfic: Lost Foundation
Chapter 26: Reunion of Two
As Ash was being dragged away by May, he saw May's eyes were clouded with a familiar feeling. He wouldn't have known what the feeling was if he had not experienced it. It was 'Guilt'.
"Pika! Pika pi!" Following the teenagers, Pikachu was a bit concerned by May's behavior. May suddenly stopped and let go of Ash's hand and then bent down on her knees to face Pikachu.
"Pikachu... You wouldn't mind if I borrowed Ash for an hour will you?"
Pikachu thought a bit then shook her head. May felt glad and kissed the Yellow Mouse Pokémon on the cheek. Pikachu blushed and kissed back at May on the cheek. May giggled. But Pikachu felt a bit worried. She was giggling but she had a sad look on her face.
"Next time it will on the lips..." May said. As Pikachu's face reddened.
"Just kidding.. Now run along.." May scratched the chin of Pikachu and Pikachu moaned in pleasure.
"Cha!" Pikachu bade farewell and ran to where Brock and Lucy were at.
Entering the Cafeteria, the long haired Brunette let go of his hand. She then step by step, prepared a chair for him to sit down and relax, opened her fanny pack and brought out a pair of gloves. Gloves having a Familiar design and outer structure.
"Did Riley lend you those?"
"nope, these are mine. I had gotten these.. Riley told me to use 'earn' rather than 'get'. But right now, I think I never had earned them. I just got them.''
"what do you mean?''
Ash felt a bit confused. May was acting weird.
''quite, Ash'' She slowly walked across him and stood behind.
She put on the gloves without delaying anymore and soon went to Ash's back. "You know... You don't have to do this..." Ash mumbled a bit. May ignored.
May turned on her Aura ability and slowly concentrated on Ash. He was burning in Aura. His whole body was enveloped by blue flames. May's eyes went wide.
Ash's Excess Aura is not just plenty...it was twice the times May imagined it would be.
May then started to Extract this bursting Aura from Ash. Both of them knew it was a lengthy process and it takes a lot of concentration but...
"May..its...useless" Ash said in a low tone. May felt her heart crushing itself into pieces.
"You could've at least held back on that...I'm really hurt..." May's eyes scurried down and got clouded by her hair.
"I could... But you had to face reality at some point... But There's nothing for you to feel guilty about... You had nothing to do with it getting worse..."
Despite all these painful truth May still carried on Extracting the Aura from Ash.
"Why did you take up this task on the first pl-"
"Do you think I don't know that !?" Ash got stunned by May's sudden loud protest which was followed by a whimpering voice and few drops of tears over the raven haired trainer's head.
"I already knew that this was not a cure. This couldn't cure it." May spoke up. Ash couldn't believe his ears. She knew it? Yet she has been doing this for two years. Why?
"But there was one thing you didn't know Ash... Riley wanted to keep this a secret from you.. Both Riley and I already knew you weren't gonna live long.. Ash... Back in Rota, Both of us knew that... You would've been alive healthily for at least one year... Riley searched every ancient books the Central Library of Rota possessed. We searched for clues from every detailed Aura sections outside Rota. No body had known about the cure."
"Then? It isn't your fault."
"Just listen!"
Ash was silenced with that final scolding.
"That's when... Riley told me to use this Aura ability to extract excess aura. He told me that it won't cure you but it will at least push your...condition to be stable.. I mean... We just have pushed the date to 3 years forward rather than 1 year. This is just to let your Aura calm down a little bit and buy Riley some time." Hearing this Ash felt like he was raining with answers of so many questions.
"That means... I was supposed to die Two years ago... Before... Sarena's..."
"Ash..."
"May...What have you done?" May was depressed the fact that Ash was in this condition so soon all because of her. But that wasn't the reason he was enraged with. May could feel Ash's Aura rising every second. His hair was floating mid-air because of the invisible force of his aura.
Everything felt like shattering in front of May as she felt distress and fear envelop her.
OHH NO! THIS IS TOO SOON! Ash'll die if he releases his Aura...!- May thought to herself while forcing her own Aura against him to reduce it. But it was useless. Ash was a descendent of an Aura Guardian and his Aura was pure. May's Aura was brought out through training and it us way little than Ash's. Nothing could beat the main thing.
"Ash I'm sorry that I wasn't at your side when you needed the help. I ran away! I just couldn't bare watching you and Sarena together! I was a coward, a fraud, selfish. So selfish that I couldn't throw away my own feelings for my friend's happiness! Ash I'm really sorry! Just don't get excited! Please..." Tears rolled down May's eyes," .. I beg of you!"
May suddenly saw Ash turning back to face her. But seeing him, May's tears fell uncontrollably. Ash was crying.
"If only you hadn't done that... If only you and Riley let me die back then... Serena wouldn't... She wouldn't..." Ash suddenly fell unconscious on the floor.
"Ash! Are you ok-" suddenly a burst of Aura backed May away from him. He was engulfed in a fierce blue fire of Aura. He was lying down but the fire was acting like a forcefield that was increasing fast. The only thing May was afraid of was that Ash's power might explode.
"I have to do it!" May suddenly went inside the fierce flames but to her surprised, it wasn't hot. It just felt like she was getting pushed by a truck. May forcefully walked forward and reached Ash. She held her head. Then started to flow her Aura within his mind. That was the only way to calm him. She was about to reach the deepest part of him but then,
"You're trespassing..."
In an instant, May flew yards back and got smashed into the wall of the empty cafeteria. After that the flames of Aura vanished with both trainers unconscious.
2 hours later...
Ash's eyes slowly opened and quenched a bit because of the sudden ray of light. As he opened his eyes, he sat up. He was back in the cabin. Did he fall ill again? What happened? These were the questions he kept repeating to himself as he was unaware of his state.
Suddenly Pikachu jumped over Ash.
"PIKAPI!" Pikachu climbed over Ash's shoulder.
"Ash? You awake?" Brock came with a can of miso soup. He walked to Ash's bed and sat on the chair.
"Yeah... Kinda... My whole body hurts a bit. What happened?" Ash grabbed his arm it felt pretty worn out. His joints were hurting too."
"You were lying on the floor unconscious. Maybe for half an aware or so. So was May. Lucy and I had to carry you two in two cabins and made you rest here. The doctor said nothing was wrong. He said that he didn't knew why the both of you were unconscious but nothing fatal was going on...except.."
"Except..?"
"May had been bleeding for 15 minutes. She...uhh...lost some blood." Hearing this Ash grabbed Brock's collar and pulled him. Pikachu jumped off of Ash's shoulder after getting surprised.
"What do you mean by nothing fatal was going on then? Where is May? Is she alright?!" Ash demanded answers. Brock didn't say anything. The person behind answered him for Brock.
"I'm not weak enough that I'd be done by just some blood loss."
Ash looked forward and saw May standing against the door crossing her arms. She had her long brown hair fall on purpose. Her signature hair curls in front remained the same. Only that she had her forehead bandaged around. Pikachu ran to May and climbed up her shoulder while rubbing his cheek with hers. May scratched Pikachu's chin. It was everything Pikachu wanted. May smiled a bit at Pikachu.
"You okay?" Ash asked.
"What does it seem to you?"
"Pretty pale..." This pissed off May a bit. But she controlled herself.
"I'm okay! I can talk easily…" May suddenly walked towards Ash, " I can stand," She was a foot away from him but kept getting closer. "I can run," she was five inch of gap between them. " I can do all other things you want to see.." May's face was just an inch away from Ash. Ash couldn't help but blush a bit due to May's action. She was really close. But seeing Ash blush, May became red hot as steams came out of her face and her eyes were swirling.
But Ash was too dense to notice her emotions. Rather he thought something completely different.
He suddenly poked his forehead on May's. As their foreheads touched. May felt her heart skip a bit. Her heart then started pounding hard. Like it would pound through her chest and come out.
"Aaaash~?"
"May..." Ash broke the touch and held May's forehead with his palm. "You're burning...are you okay...?" To bot, Brock and May, they both felt super disappointed.
"Gah... He can't understand my/her feelings" both May and Brock thought in unison.
"Ahem.../Pika..." Brock and Pikachu suddenly broke the hot sensation between the two. May quickly blushed and backed away from the Raven haired trainer.
"I wanted to ask both of you what happened 2 hours ago but I hate to say it that we have more bigger issues to worry about."
"Issues?" Both Ash and May tilted their head.
"Well, I would call it an issue though...see for yourselves." Brock went to the window and pulled the curtains. Ash and May were completely confused at what they saw, but they were also surprised a bit.
"Their base..."
"It's... Destroyed..."
"Yup... I don't know how it all happened but I know what did this..." Brock pointed at a part of the sky.
Hyper Beam after Hyper Beam, the attacks came from the skies and crashed on the Team X Base every time. Ash and May focused a bit and saw the Pokémon who was firing them.
"A... Skarmory?" They were shocked to see the silver metallic bird firing powerful Hyper Beam attacks without single delay.
"It's not just any Skarmory, it's a very big one. Wingspread maybe 3 meters." Brock said crossing his arms.
"You're joking!"
"Pika!?"
"Why is a Skarmory doing here? It can't be a wild one. Skarmories don't live in Forests or even near People. They live near Volcanic Mountains.
" well, whoever owns that Skarmory... He is definitely not on their side. C'mon, we have to go!" May ran to the door and went to her own cabin where she rested. Pikachu followed May.
"May? Why are you on a hurry?" Lucy asked.
"No time to explain! Where's my umm...fanny pack and pokeballs." May felt a bit embarrassed to pronounce 'Fanny pack'.
"Right here..."
"Okay let's go!" May grabbed Lucy by the arm and dashed away downstairs.
"Easy May! I'm gonna fall-"
Suddenly Ash and Brock heard a crashing noise as they exited the cabin.
"May/Lucy!"
Ash and Brock saw Pikachu standing on the floor. The Yellow mouse's eyes seemed like they were confused. He didn't know anything. He just perked his ears.
Like he saw something really awkward.
As they both peeked to the staircases they saw May and Lucy lying against each other. Lucy on top poking her butt up while May frankly having her thighs open and knees facing opposite direction.
The position and situation was too erotic for Brock not to have a nosebleed.
"Ow..ow.." Lucy and May both groaned a bit as their sparkling eyes turned to focus Brock and Ash.
"Brock...honey..." Lucy felt embarrassed since Brock was watching them from behind from an awkward position. Brock couldn't help but fall on the floor with greater nosebleed hearing Lucy's soft voice.
"Asssh~.." Seeing May's red embarrassed face while her eyes were shaking diverting here and there and finally focusing on him, Ash couldn't help but look away with a soft blush on his cheek.
"Sorry... May...your...pant-" Ash didn't finish it and just looked away in a different direction.
Hearing this, May's eyes watered as her face had a more deepened red blush that covered her whole face.
" I'm... Scarred for life..." Both Lucy and May thought in unison before watering up with tears.
Moments later...
Ash, May, Lucy and Brock were all running along the deserted streets. It was the only path to follow to the Base. Brock and Ash were running ahead. May and Lucy were right behind them.
Both Lucy and May were looking at Brock and Ash individually. Both males were diverting their eyes to anywhere but not the two girls' face. May could still see a soft blush on Ash so did Lucy had seen Brock's.
"They will never forget it..." Both May and Lucy said to themselves and sighed unison. May and Lucy looked at each other right after and gave away an embarrassed smile to each other.
"Ash... Do you..uhh know that Kirilia evolved into Gardevoir?" May tried to get a not attention.
"Yeah... She has been talking with me ever since I woke up 20 minutes ago." He said while looking straightforward.
"He's not looking at me..." May sighed. "And Greninja..."
"Greninja?"
"Yeah, I never knew you had such a strong Greninja..."
"So, he's here..." Ash felt a bit relieved for some reason. May was curious.
"Ash... Grunts..." Brock notified. Ash looked towards the base and saw some grunts running towards them as well.
"Pika pi..." Pikachu suddenly dashed ahead of everyone and used Quick attack on them. Some were knocked out, others sent Pokemons to battle.
"HOUN!"
"Llllluxray!"
"Menectric!"
"Lycanrock!"
All four hounds scattered around the team.
"Ash.."
"I know..."
"Steelex/Pikachu/Blaziken/Mawille! Onwards!" Pikachu saw three Pokémon burst out of their Pokeballs and gathered around him.
"Let's do this.. Go!"
"Beat them to pulp!" The grunts yelled as well.
"Gah!" As the two party was about to collide in battle. In a split second the battle was already over.
Blaziken was the fastest among the four but even she didn't even get to touch the foe.
The grunts just watched in horror as the battle was already list before it had started.
"Kou..."
Ash and the others saw a pitch black aura enveloped Ninja like Pokémon was standing on the centre of the fainted Enemy Pokémons.
"Greninja...?!"
This was the first time Ash seen Greninja after two long years. Ash never thought he would be seeing him again like this.
"Kou.." Greninja just nodded to his trainer as he stood still.
"You still haven't changed... " Ash walked up to Greninja and before anyone knew it, Ash pulled the Blue Ninja Pokémon in a hug.
May found it quite surprising yet beautiful. It was like two friends finally got reunited after a long struggle in both of their lives.
"..." From far corner, Gardevoir watched them and showed a quiet depression. Without furthermore delay, Gardevoir just moved away and continued going ahead.
"Gardevoir...?" May noticed Gardevoir at the corner of the eye who was floating away quite dumbfounded. May didn't know the reason. But Gardevoir showed some hints that May had captured in the eyes.
"She's crying..." May looked at Gardevoir leaving them then she just took a glance at Ash. He was still chatting with Greninja. " ugh... I just have to know why!"
With that, May secretly followed Gardevoir while the rest of them were at their.
"Greninja...it's good see you..again. I'm a bit embarrassed to say this but I'll have to rely on you for these few fights here." Ash said.
Greninja was a bit confused by Ash's sudden statement. Of course Trainers can rely on their Pokémon when it comes to battling but why was Ash saying it like this.
"What do you mean… Ash? Brock asked. He too was a bit confused.
" I can't actually bring Greninja's full potential. You remember Greninja's Battle Bond? How he submerged with me and his powers were boosted.
"Yeah... I watched it on TV..."
"Well, All I want to say that... I want to be like my old self... In order to do that, I have to win. And the only ones I cab rely on most are my Pokemons. Pikachu, Greninja... They were my best buddies and still are." Ash said cuddling Pikachu and holding Greninja's shoulder.
"Greninja... Pikachu... Let's do this... I've regretted for too long.. Now's the time to shine for real!"
One by one, Lucy, Brock, Pikachu, Grenija smiled. All Greninja did was offer a Fist bump in the end. Ash took upon that offer.
Suddenly more Team X grunts were running towards them while releasing their pokemon as well.
Ash got ready as Greninja got in battle stance. Pikachu got fired up too.
At their side, Lucy, Brock both knew.
This new reunion is about to rumble their way through it all.
Greninja suddenly vanished from the team and appeared in the enemy territory. But right as he was about to beat all Pokémon by his speed and hardcore attacks, someone or something just took half rewards from him.
"Tch tch tch... You're getting to ahead of yourself..."
A greenish Aura dazzled around Greninja as a Pokemon was found sitting on a fainted Durant. It was sitting with his knees crossed and a thin yet tall tree branch in it's mouth. It was a Sceptile and a big one too.
Ash got his eyes shadowed by someone who was standing on the peak of the road. It was a boy with with black hair, green jacket and white sweatshirt underneath. He had glasses on his eyes and he smiled fiercely as Ash.
"...Ash Ketchum.."
Done! How was this chapter? Next chapter is going to be more interesting. I know that I was away and busy during exams but right now, I'm having a holiday feast.
And to all the readers, when you read the chapter after this one. Battles will take place.
Some may become confused with the timings of the event. Like what time is this story part occurring. This type of question will be roaming around.
Other than all this,
And I know you all should've guessed who the new guy is and if you haven't try to guess it quick. Next chapter will come quickly.
Please Enjoy reading and review Praises or Criticism. Both are accepted.
