OSPREY….SWOOOSH
UO: I am so sorry guys for keeping you this long and your going to hate me even more because your next turn in the updates is being skipped for 2nd Magnolia.
Ash: Life gets in the way huh?
UO: You have no idea. Is everyone else here?
Misty: Yes.
Anabel: Present
Gabby and Tori: Ready
Dawn: No need to worry
Max: Good to go
May: Ready.
Drew: Let's go I've been chomping at the bit here.
UO: Where's Brock?
A loud crash was heard and they turned to see Brock in a heap
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Normal: Dialogue
Italics: Thoughts, Flashbacks, and telepathy.
CAPS: Attacks
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Bold and Italics: Yelling in head:
Underline: Dates and locations
Brock: 15
Max: 10
Tori and Gabby: 13
Drew, Ash, Misty, May, Dawn and Anabel: 12
Chapter 37: Camping Out (Elements of DP083 to start)
When we last left our heroes they stopped a potentially devastating attack at the Wallace Cup led by their adversary Paul. During the fight Misty awoke her final form and was able to lead the girls in defeating a very powerful creature. At the same event Dawn won her second Contest ribbon and her confidence was restored.
Now they were about a day or so outside of Pastoria City the site of the next gym battle for both Drew and Ash.
The raven haired trained was now deep in concentration with Raikou by his side. He snapped his eyes open and swung the sword in a wide arc and then reshetahed it. He then did the same thing only it is was vertical slash.
Ash kept practicing this style for a few minutes before he finally sheathed his sword and let out a breath.
"Tough style to use isn't it." Drew said walking over. Ash looked at him. "I figured it was but I can see why a style like that is so dangerous."
Drew nodded. "It's all about speed and precision. You and Max are the only ones that have a lot of speed. You're the only one with a weapon that is made for this style."
Ash looked at Raikou. "A katana right? A sharp sword that was folded a thousand times and carried by warriors called samurai correct?"
Drew nodded. "Yes. Though it was not always effective it is without a doubt a very potent weapon yet fragile. You've been caring for that weapon since you got it as a result it is still as sharp as when we you got it. Though I think it could use a better material but there aren't that many that are conductive." He said walking over to a find a decent size log and picked it up.
"Want to try cutting something?" Drew asked. Ash nodded and Drew heaved the log up. Ash looked at and then calculated. He made his move after a quick second.
CLICK
The log was on the ground in two pieces as Ash sheathed it.
Drew smiled. "Great job. Let's go see what the others are doing."
Ash nodded and they walked back to the campsite. When they did they saw all their friends and pokémon hard at work on their training. In the river next to camp, Misty was practicing her water manipulation with the help of her pokémon and Tori who was setting up targets for them to hit. In the sky Max was flying on his staff with the fliers. Around his legs were targets which had a couple of arrows in them. Gabby was using these as target practice testing her accuracy and her launching power. Near the campfire Anabel was levitating some plates in order to help with her telepathy. Anabel thanks to being around her psychic pokémon had developed telekinetic abilities and combined with her empathetic skills almost made her telepathic.
One of the things they had noticed in the battles they had undertaken both against Glenn's men and other trainers is that some abilities started to bleed into their normal bodies. For example Dawn who was practicing her Savate had inherited the jumping ability gained from her Buneary's Bounce attack and she had gained the ability to use a weak form of several attacks outside her armor, but it was impressive for a human to learn pokémon attacks. Watching her was the newest addition to her team Latias who was essential to her Eon form. The curious Psychic legendary watched her trainer finish her kata and then pulled out Slyveon. Seeing what Dawn wanted they started practicing her abilities she gained from the Psychic type.
Ash smiled and turned to May who was sparing with her Blaziken. They looked like they were going all out against each other with the kicks and punches. May's gracefulness using her Capoeira was matched by Blaziken's ability for raw power as he kept up with May's dancing.
Looking over to his oldest male friend save Pikachu, Brock was practicing moving the earth around and then slashing it with Mortar his poleaxe. Ash was proud of his friends, no that wasn't the right term anymore. With what they've seen and accomplished, he agreed with Drew's assessment they were family and brothers and sisters in arms. Looking at his girls he smiled in appreciation. It was hard to believe not so long ago he was a clueless trainer with a big dream. Now he was a league champion, the Kanto Battle Frontier champion, and he was dating four girls who in another life he would be ignorant off the feelings these girls would have for him.
His musings were cut off when he felt two slender hands wrap around him. He smiled as a mop of soft red hair entered his vision.
"Hey there, you looked like you were lost in thought." Misty said.
Ash chuckled as they walked over to the campsite. "Just wondering how I got to be so lucky and how much we mean to each other."
Misty giggled and leaned in for a kiss. Releasing from the kiss they sat down on a stump. "It's funny I would have never thought I could love three girls as much as you. Now…"
"You don't know how you lived without them?" Ash finished. Misty nodded. They turned to watch the girls finish their training and begin to walk over. They then glanced over to see their pokémon train. Pikachu, Swampert and Chimchar were doing katas while the rest were practicing their moves. Among them was Riolu who was practicing his Aura Sphere and it gotten to a decent size. Ash smiled at all of their pokémon working hard even those that would normally be used for contests were putting in their best effort. His attention was gotten when Brock who had seemingly made lunch in the fifteen minutes that he had been watching the pokémon.
The group ate the meal with talks of trainings and other non-consequential things. A half-hour later after they had cleaned up some of them decided to take a nap. They were ahead of schedule and with all of the training and running around, they decided to kick back and relax for a while. Ash was laying against the tree as the girls were slowly losing the battle with sleep, May and Misty on his shoulders, Anabel and Dawn laying across his stomach. He looked over to see Drew holding Tori and Gabby tightly to his shoulders. He looked at his girls and kissed each of them on the head. Placing his hat down on his face he drifted off as well.
Three Days later Pastoria City Gym
The trainers were now at the Pastoria gym after entering the city the day before and participating in the Croagunk festival in Pastoria Marsh. Though some, namely Dawn and May and to some extent Drew and Tori were not exactly fans of the mud and the swamp. During the festival, Brock wanted to win so that his Croagunk would impress the Croagunk of the local Nurse Joy while the snobbish winner from the year prior wanted to win the hand of said Croagunk with his. The competition boiled down to a boxing match between the two. Then a larger Croagunk appeared under the control of Team Rocket. Brock decided to handle this fight on his own and using the abilities of his own Croagunk he sent the kaijuu packing away. Though his Croagunk lost he gained an appreciation from the poison/fighting type. (This is a reference to DP082)
Now they were in the city's gym and it was Ash's turn to go first against the gym leader. Wake who had been the MC for the Croagunk was also the gym leader. They met up earlier after Buizel threw a fit having been struck by Pikachu during a practice battle with Dawn. Wake released his Floatzel to make him stand down at the seemingly more powerful pokémon.
Wake gave out a hearty laugh. "So two challengers for my gym. Hope you are ready for Crasher Wake!
"I'm almost expecting an entrance song." Gabby pondered. She turned to Drew who was about to open his mouth. "Shut up."
Drew snapped his fingers. "Darn it."
The battles were to be three on three. Wake sent out his Gyarados which roared. Ash sent out Pikachu and the battle began.
"Pikachu use Thunderbolt."
Pikachu unleashed a powerful attack that with the water and flying type should have knocked it out. But the water serpent stood tall to the awe of the watching crowd.
"That should have taken down Gyarados. Pikachu hit a direct Thunderbolt on a water and a flying type." Max said.
"I would think with Wake's experience he would know Gyarados has a large weakness to electric attacks and prepared to counter it." Brock said sagely.
Back on the battle field Wake began his counter attack.
"Gyarados use Dragon Rage."
The serpent fired off the green colored attack.
"Pikachu use Iron Tail deflect it away."
Pikachu's tail glowed and it managed to counter the Dragon Rage and it allowed Pikachu to bounce higher into the air.
"Gyarados use Bite. Catch that Pikachu."
Gyarados lunged but to Wake's shock Pikachu just turned and faced him.
Ash grinned and jabbed his finger at Gyarados. "Volt Tackle hit him hard!"
Pikachu grinned and powered up and collided head on with Gyarados. The mouse landed and mimic his trainer who had his hand up similar to his transformation pose.
"Gyarados is unable to battle. Pikachu wins."
Wake let out a hardy laugh as he returned. "Great job young man. Let's take this up a notch. Go Quagsire.
Dawn scanned it. Quagsire, the Water Fish Pokémon and the evolved form of Wooper. Known as quite dim-witted, it doesn't care when it crashes its head against rocks or the bottoms of boats.
Knowing he had the type mismatch, Pikachu was called back and Turtwig was called out. Turtwig launched an Energy ball which was dodged when Quagsire dived. Ash sent out a message for Turtwig to keep jumping around. Wake watched him hop around and then ordered a Sludge Bomb which got Turtwig knocked into the air. Then he followed up with an Ice Beam then a Sludge Bomb. Before the Sludge Bomb could hit Ash called Turtwig back. He then sent out Buizel who looked ready to fight after being shown up the Floatzel.
"Use Sonic Boom!" Ash called out. Buizel swung his arms and launched a shockwave which seemingly did nothing.
"Got to be something…wait the Ice Beam. Buizel use Aqua Jet."
Buizel nodded and became in shrouded by water. Wake was confused but held firm.
"Use Ice Beam freeze the attack in place." Wake called out but was perplexed at Ash grinned. The Ice Beam froze the attack but Buizel looked unworried. The ice missile collided and shattered onto the water/ground type knocking it out.
Ash grinned and looked at the crowd. "That was for you Dawn." The blue-haired girl blushed which deepened when May hugged her close and nuzzled her. Dawn though had a radiant smile through the blush.
Wake chuckled. "So you use a technique taught by one of your coordinator girlfriends. Very smart. Most trainers would not think of that."
Ash grinned. "Trust me, I learned a lot from these ladies. Wouldn't be the boy I am without them."
Wake belly laughed. "That's the spirit. Now then here's my final challenge, let's go Floatzel."
The evolved water type roared and Buizel stood ready. Buizel moved in with an Aqua Jet but was rebuffed by Floatzel's floatation sac. They then tried a Water Pulse but it was repelled by a swipe of the larger weasel's hand. Floatzel launched a Razor Wind which forced Buizel to dodge into the water. Floatzel used Bulk Up and followed it. Buizel fired a Sonicboom but it didn't slow it down as Floatzel gained on him.
Ash struggled to think of way to make sure Buizel didn't get hit. Ash happened to glance over at Drew who was weirdly gesturing his hands. He suddenly remembered one of the conversations he had shortly after their battle at the Battle Pyramid.
Flashback after their fights in the Pyramid
Ash and Drew gotten away from their girls to have some time to themselves to digest what they had done.
"Never thought I be the champion of the Battle Frontier. Much less a league champ." Ash said taking a sip from his soda.
Drew chuckled. "That Pikachu won you both. Manectric is one of my toughest pokémon it was really hard to overpower him. You and Pikachu should be proud."
Ash nodded and then had a curious expression. "I heard from Gabby you pulled something that your world did in one of your wars.
Drew nodded. "I used the momentum and possible paralysis of Zapdos to come back and snipe him. Unfortunately the attack was a double-edged sword. Flygon just outlasted it. If the opportunity didn't present itself I was going to do something else."
Ash raised an eyebrow. "What were you going to do?"
Drew started waving his hands. "Pretend my right hand is Flygon and my left is Zapdos. What I was going to do was allow him to get close and then at the right moment." He raised his right hand let the left pass by. "I was going to hit the brakes and let him right by and then shoot him down. It's called Pugachev's Cobra. I saw it in a movie I really like." (Top Gun Reference)
Ash pursued his lips. "Sounds like a good tactic to use."
Drew nodded. "It's risky because you are vulnerable at the moment you slow down. Max could learn it for his flying."
End Flashback
Ash turned to Buizel. "Inflate you sac Buizel!" Buizel nodded and did so. Floatzel swam right by him and Buizel launched an Aqua Jet striking dead on to Floatzel. He then launched another Water Pulse to send it towards the ceiling and then used Aqua Jet to pin to the ceiling. Buizel powered up another Water Pulse but when it got close to Floatzel, it deflected the attack and hit Buizel confusing it.
Buizel's wild attacks nearly hurt Ash as he caught a wayward Aqua Jet and sent Pikachu out. Pikachu launched a Thunderbolt in an effort to strike Floatzel. He countered with a Whirlpool which blew up. Some of the electrified droplets hit Buizel and shocked him out of his confusion. Pikachu then launched a Volt Tackle which was countered by a Razor Wind followed up by an Ice Fang. Pikachu landed on one of the platforms but he had taken some damage and was partially frozen.
Buizel was watching the fight and was amazed at Pikachu's tenacity to keep fighting. Buizel squared his look and called out to his trainer.
Ash looked over at Buizel. "You want to go back in?"
"Bui Bui!"
Ash nodded. "Pikachu come on back. Go Buizel."
Buizel hopped onto the platform and then gave Pikachu a high five and the Water Gunned the ice off.
Buizel then used Aqua Jet when was countered by an Ice Fang forcing both back. Buizel then went into a Water Pulse which Floatzel countered with Razor Wind creating smoke. Floatzel charged in to finish the job but was surprised that Buizel wasn't there. A splashing was heard and then Buizel jumped up and fired a point blank Water Pulse. Buizel landed with his fist held high as Floatzel laid in the water knocked out.
"Floatzel is unable to battle. Buizel and Ash win."
Ash let out a whoop as Buizel and Pikachu high fived each other. Getting the two to follow him he passed by Drew already without his coat and hat which he gave to Tori and Gabby.
"So you think your hot stuff getting a 3-0 sweep. Well let's see if I can top that."
"I would like to see you try." Ash grinned.
The two high fived each other as Ash went back to the bleachers. Kissing his girls he saved Dawn for last.
"Thanks for the technique Buneary."
Dawn blushed but accepted the kiss the nonetheless. Dawn squeaked when she was placed Ash's lap with his arms around her waist. She smiled as they got ready to watch the battle.
Floatzel was revived and healed. He looked ready to go again as Wake took out two more poke balls.
"A good gym leader has multiple pokémon ready to go. Are you ready for my comeback?"
Drew grinned and pulled out a ball. "Let's see if you can handle me. Let's ride Luxio."
Luxio roared and sparked to life.
Wake grinned. "Alright then. Go Sharpedo."
May shivered at the site of the shark. Dawn noticed. "What's wrong, May?"
May looked at Dawn. "I had a bad experience with them early in our trip in Hoenn."
Ash had a look of recognition. "You nearly lost your swimsuit and eaten by a pack of those outside Dewford Town."
May nodded. "Not the biggest fan of being eaten."
"Join the club. I nearly got eaten by Beedrill and a Gyarados. Still gives me some nightmares." Misty said hugging the traumatized girl closer.
Out the battlefield Drew made the first move and ordered a Thunderbolt towards Sharpedo. The water-type dropped into the water and dodged it. Then it used Aqua Jet and it connected with Luxio and sent her into the water.
"Luxio get out of there!" Drew called out. Luxio swam for the nearest platform. Unfortunately, Sharpedo being a shark was really fast and closed in on the electric type.
Drew raked his head and then widened his eyes. "Luxio stop and use Spark!
Using the same concept that Ash did with Buizel, Luxio stopped in the water and activated his attack. Sharpedo's momentum carried him into the electric attack.
"Now lift him up and grab him with Thunder Fang."
Luxio did so and lifted Sharpedo into the air. The Spark damage combined with the paralysis and the shark being flung into the air made it helpless. Luxio hopped onto to a platform and jumped up to the falling shark. The Thunder Fang grabbed onto the dorsal fin and he somersaulted and impacted the platform. Sharpedo was knocked out as Luxio landed on the platform.
"Sharpedo is unable to battle. Luxio wins."
Drew called out to Luxio. When she came over he examined Luxio for any lingering scrapes.
"What's he doing to Luxio?" May asked.
"He's checking for residual damage. The Sharpedo line has the ability Rough Skin. Any physical contact with them deals damage." Anabel said getting her friends to look at her. "I study a lot when I'm not training me and Max learned quite a bit."
Drew finished checking Luxio. "You feel good?"
Luxio nodded.
Wake returned Sharpedo and smiled. "That was impressive. But as you know Electric can be nullified by a variety of factors. Like types. Go Ludicolo." (His Platinum rematch team has one)
The dancing pokémon stood ready to fight.
Drew looked at Luxio. "Take a knee girl. I know just how to fight this one."
Luxio nodded as Drew pulled out another ball. "Let's ride Cacturne."
The cactus pokémon looked on sinisterly.
Dawn reached into her pocket and grabbed her pokedex. Cacturne, the Scarecrow Pokémon. Cacturne is the evolved form of Cacnea, and has traits of both Grass and Dark types. It rarely moves during the day, but is active once the temperature drops at night.
Ash grinned and looked at Dawn. "This is one of the pokémon that came in second to me at the Lily of the Valley Conference it is a very hard pokémon to beat."
Dawn looked at the imposing pokémon with curiosity. "What makes it so tough?"
"His ingenuity. It's considered his slowest pokémon even slower than his Haryiama. To make up for it he devises cleaver tactics to combat each opponent." Gabby said.
"Drew if anything is tactician. Regardless of how much he trains his pride is his mind. Despite some handicaps he is considered one of the best students in our school. If he does anything peculiar there is a reason for it." Tori said.
On the battlefield Cacturne crossed his arms mimicking Drew. "Alright Cacturne let's feel them out. Bullet Seed."
Cacturne fired it off the seeds and as expected it did not do much.
"Use Ice Beam Ludicolo."
"Cacturne Double Team." Drew ordered quickly.
Ludicolo fired the ice cold beam at Cacturne. But it just went through the illusions. Ludicolo watched as multiple illusions appeared.
"Now use Faint Attack."
As Ludicolo watched the illusions, Cacturne came around and struck the dual grass type into the water. Ludicolo's problem was the opposite of Sharpedo and that it couldn't swim very well. Still it didn't mean that he could tread water.
"Focus Blast, Ludicolo."
"Counter with Energy Ball."
The two attacks fired and collided. The smokescreen allowed Cacturne to sneak through and use Needle cut to uppercut Ludicolo into the air. He then grabbed him in a pile driver and drove him into the ground knocking him out.
"Think of Drew's pokémon like wrestling personalities. Cacturne is the dark antihero like figure. The pokedex said that Cacturne stalks its prey and you just saw he's not afraid of using techniques that go beyond a pokemon's seen abilities." Gabby said as Ludicolo was recalled.
"What about his other pokémon?" Dawn asked.
"Some are easier to pick out. Swampert is a technician. Manectric and Luxio are high fliers. Staravia and Swellow are speedsters. Haryiama is the big giant and Flygon is a mix of both a technician and high-flier." Tori said
"What about Chimchar?"
"Chimchar and to some extent Riolu are the big hero figures people want to emulate. When they finally evolve the abilities they learn now will pivotal to his style of fighting." Gabby said.
Wake chuckled. "I see you both have great abilities as trainers. Floatzel let's avenge our loss to Ash here."
Cacturne was returned. He looked at Luxio who nodded. Buneary and Pikachu cheered for the electric type as she took the field
"Floatzel don't let her get close. Use Razor Wind keep them back."
Floatzel fired off multiple waves of air. Luxio dodged each one and got closer. In the stands they were watching Drew dance around the trainer area dancing to some invisible tune and Luxio was matching it.
"It is amazing how far our Aura Link has come. I remember during the Battle Pyramid you guys activated it subconsciously because you were so into your battles. Now it looks like you've been doing it for years." Anabel said.
Luxio got close and then used Thunder Fang to bite the arm of Floatzel. Floatzel then tried use Water Pulse to break her off. Luxio jumped and then used Iron Tail. Keeping up the pressure Drew ordered a Spark and collided with Floatzel. Floatzel couldn't keep up and Wake seeing the writing on the wall ended the battle. Luxio pulled back knowing that the battle was over. She walked over and nuzzled Drew who petted her as their friends walked over to them.
Wake did as well. "Both of you showed tremendous energy and fortitude. It is an honor to present you the Fen Badge."
The two trainers nodded and took the badges. They went into their victory poses as their friends watched them.
Four days later (DP086)
The heroes found themselves in Hearthome City after a couple of days going through the swamps outside of Pastoria. During the trip they stopped by a man who opened his home to wild pokémon to rest during a rain storm. While there Dawn bonded with Swinub that seem to take delight in stealing Poffin snacks. After an attack targeted the mansion for the small pokémon, Swinub was swayed to join the blue haired coordinator's team. After the adventure at Mr. Back Lot's place, they continued to travel and found a fishing spot so some of them could fish, mainly Misty and Drew. After some time, Misty caught a Feebas. Right before she was going to toss it, Drew stopped her and asked if she wanted a Milotic. When she said yes he pulled out his pokedex and showed how to get Milotic. Misty looked at Feebas again and smiled, intending to train it and make it more beautiful than Wallace's.
Now they were in Hearthome City, more specifically at the gym with a dejected Ash looking at the gym. Fantina, the gym leader was still not in town.
Drew just patted Ash's shoulders. "Maybe this is telling you that you might need to work on a few things. You don't exactly have the best track with this type."
"What ghosts I've beaten Morty?"
"I was referring to Ghosts and Psychics. Only ones you really didn't have difficulty with were the twins and you had me. Sabrina was two times and you didn't really win and you should have faced Anabel and more than likely would have lost. No offense Anabel."
Anabel waved it off as a limousine stopped in front of the gym. Out of the car came a beautiful woman with burgundy hair and a turquoise dress. Alongside her was a larger rabbit that looked like Buneary's evolution.
"Lady Fantina isn't here. That's a pity." The woman said. She looked at the gathered trainers as Dawn gasped.
"You're the pokémon stylist Paris! I am such a huge fan!" Dawn gushed.
The now named Paris giggled. "Well it's nice to meet such a huge fan." The group introduced themselves to the model. She then took a look at the gathered trainers and most of them had a pokémon out. Gabby had her Kirlia out, Tori was with Growlithe, Misty had Azuril, Dawn was with Buneary, Anabel had her Espeon and May was with Skitty.
"Such cute pokémon here. Especially Dawn with your Buneary. Say why don't you compete in the Hearthome Collection."
At their questioning look Paris explained. "It's a modeling competition where trainers and their pokémon show off their fashion. Even Ash here should enter with his Pikachu."
The group looked at each other and the girls and Ash decided to enter. Brock decided to help out with the costumes, while Max and Drew decided to watch from the sidelines.
At the registration center at the arena the girls were talking with some of the other competitors when there were several squeals. They turned to see a blonde women that looked like Jessie with a Mismagius hovering around her.
"Who the heck is that?" Dawn asked. A girl behind her answered. "That's Miss Cocoa, she is The Stylist on par with Miss Paris for our age group."
It was then that Buneary decided to go say hello causing Dawn to panic. The young coordinator scooped up the rabbit.
"Sorry, Buneary gets really excited." Dawn apologized.
Cocoa scoffed. "Are you entering with that thing? I would die of embarrassment if I lost to that. Especially with something a plebian as that vest. Better get ready to watch from the sidelines."
Buneary drooped her ears and Dawn looked hurt at the accusation. Cocoa turned to walk away but then for some mysterious reason the fire sprinklers came on and drenched her and the Mismagius causing her to freak out as her make-up was ruined. She ran out before people could take pictures.
Dawn turned and saw Tori and Misty grinning and holding up a peace sign. Dawn shook her head but smiled, her friends were always looking out for her.
Later that night the girls were hard at work with their designs for the Collection the next day. Dawn was furiously scribbling and then rejecting her ideas, not tossing them out at the request of Misty due to their great detail. The other girls had already chosen their designs after showing the outlines to everyone and the pokémon.
"Dawn sweetie you shouldn't be overworked on something like this." Misty said from their bed. Ash was in another room being helped by Brock.
"I know but I need something that will be beautiful but not look tacky like Ms. Queen you know what."
"It's tough because you have to consider both you and your pokémon. I am assuming you are using Buneary here?" Anabel said while looking at May's design.
Dawn nodded. Gabby groaned and leaned back. "It's not like the models on our world. They are just showing off the product. Though they normally are pretty."
"Some of them are anorexic too." Tori growled. At the questioning looks, Tori explained. "Anorexic or anorexia is when people more often than not women intentionally starve themselves to make themselves thinner. The idea is to be more beautiful by making themselves not eat a lot. Too much of this and it leads to this disorder."
"If not treated, it's deadly." Gabby said causing the girls to shiver. "The problem is that many girls our age see these models and they emulate them."
May gulped and then reached for one of the candy bars she got. "I rather be chubby than that thin. At least I can work it off."
Misty giggled. "And all that work has paid off little Skitty." Misty said tickling the brunette.
Dawn though thought on what Gabby said. "Show off…the product." She then remembered a piece of advice after her defeat at Solaceon Town from Zoey about her pokémon. "Don't hide the pokémon."
Hit with inspiration, Dawn pulled out a clean sheet of paper and started drawing furiously. Taking a couple of colored pencils she lightly drew on the paper as her friends watch the frenzy. Ten minutes later Dawn put down the pencils and turned the page to her friends. The gasps and smiles proved she had a winner getting her to smile.
Next Day at the Collection
Brock, Max and Drew were now sitting in the bleachers awaiting this very unique event. Drew turned to the elder man. "What exactly did you help Ash with?"
Brock shook his head. "All I can say its Ash being Ash."
"That bad huh." Drew said groaning. Max sighed at that. The competition began with an introduction of the judges. One of them was Paris and the other looked like a middle aged woman with black hair. Judging by the reactions it was apparently someone important.
Max was looking up information on Paris and happened to come across the woman. "Here we go Hermione. Says here she is a world famous Stylist and Fashion designer and Paris is her protégé."
Drew hummed. "So this could be really strict. Well let's see how this goes. Gabby said to take pictures." He said holding up her camera.
The competition began and May was the first one up. She chose a style that reminded people of the forest with her green out with flowers complimenting it. Releasing her Beautifly, which was accessorized with a couple of ribbons, she twirled around as the butterfly use Silver Wind to create a shower of sparkles.
Next came Anabel who was in a light purple dress with blue drops on. Releasing her Espeon, she and the psychic type floated creating a dance in the air.
Third up was Misty who came out dressed with colors that matched the water. Releasing Marill who had evolved, she ordered a water gun with gentle drops on Misty's dress causing the jewels on it to shine. Marill landed on in her arms and she finished her performance.
A few more trainers appeared and then it was Tori's turn. Being the more conservative member of the team she went with a look that said she was out for a walk with her companion Buddy, with a grey shirt and a matching shirt and heels. Using Ember they started playing with Frisbee which got aww's from the crowd.
Hermione was marking down the scores and sighed causing Paris to look at her. "What's wrong mam?"
Hermione looked at Paris. "It's just none of these competitors have shown me anything special. Though I will admit the girls you talked about have been exceptional. Especially Ms. Maple (I changed it so from this point its Max and May Maple) and Ms. Waterflower. There was just something missing from their appeals.
Paris nodded as the next contestant appeared only to widen her eyes as Ash dressed like Tarzan along with Pikachu appeared on stage.
Up in the stands Drew facepalmed. "It's bad enough he cross-dresses but seriously! Brock you are killing me!"
Brock only chuckled nervously as Drew continued his gripe. "Why do we know this guy? Please tell me has something to change into after this is over!"
Though surprised, Hermione applauded his originality. Next up was Gabby who went with a more classic appearance with a dark blue dress. After her was Cocoa who had her Mismagius unravel her cloak as she showed off the many accessories.
There was only one more person left and it was Dawn. Max looked at Drew. "You think she can pull this off?"
Drew smiled. "I have a feeling one of our pals is going to win this. But let's see what Dawn has."
Dawn was extremely nervous but she stood firm in her conviction as she stepped out. She and Buneary were in matching simple pearl colored dresses and her hair was left loose to fall to her mid back. The initial reaction was positive as Dawn bowed to Buneary. Buneary then unleashed an Ice Beam that covered the floor with slopping ice slides. Then Buneary started playing in the snow as Dawn walked through it. To anyone watching it looked like she was a snow queen with her companion playing in her kingdom.
Hermione gasped as she saw the images of the Buneary and Dawn playing in the snow. She felt a tear build and Paris noticed. "Mam?"
"That girl…made me realize why I went into this business. It's not about the fashion, it's about showing how you and your pokémon complement each other to make art." Hermione looked at Paris. "I think we have our winner."
A few minutes later the three finalists were announced and it was Cocoa, Dawn and Ash. There were three awards. The best original costume went to Ash and honestly no one else was insane enough, though Misty made sure he had his regular clothes to change into after this. Cocoa was supremely confident in winning it, that when they announced she was the accessories winner she lost her crown and collapsed. Realizing what that meant, Dawn gasped and grabbed Buneary to dance around in joy. Hermione walked up to her and placed the crown on her head. "You make a great Stylist dear. I can make you famous."
Dawn smiled. "Thanks. But I have more important dreams at the moment. Being a coordinator at the moment is one of them."
Hermione sighed. "What a pity. Oh well, I am sure any modeling agency would love you and your companions. As for contests, there is going to be one in Celestic Town soon. So be sure to head there."
Dawn nodded and went back to celebrate with her friends.
Three days later on the road to Celestic Town
After leaving Hearthome City the group made their way towards Celestic Town. On the way they had to deal with Psyducks that were protecting their eggs. Misty, who had reluctant experience with Psyduck managed to get them to their nest and found a Muk Kaijuu was polluting the lake. Anabel eventually hit the final blow but most of the team had to go on an increased cleaning regiment. Thankfully there was no lingering damage.
They had stopped to take a break and do some training for their pokémon and their skills. Misty was in the water interacting with Feebas.
"I know it's a lot of work Feebas, but if you are willing to work with me, soon you will be one of the most beautiful pokémon I the word. It's just going to take some effort." Misty said motivating the Feebas.
Feebas nodded and swam around a bit more. Misty looked around at her water pokémon and was happy to see them getting better. Misty was supposed to be one of the guardians she needed her pokémon to be in top shape.
"I figured you would be here." Misty turned to see Anabel walking over. Removing her shoes and socks, she rolled up her pants and dipped her feet into the water. Misty smiled. "Hey Ana. How's the rest of the camp?"
"Hard at work, I needed a small break. So how's Feebas?"
"She's doing well. (I think a female Milotic sounds more suitable.) I just need to keep encouraging that it's beautiful and grooming it. And I will be able to have a pretty Milotic." Misty said with sparkly eyes. "I've seen three, each were amazing."
Anabel smiled and then held out her hand to the Feebas and touched its head. "She's saying it is thankful for catching it. It kept being thrown back because of its appearance and it wanted to be out of that river."
Misty looked at Feebas. "No problem. If traveling is what you desired then we are going to see a lot more than just this world."
Misty then looked at Anabel. "I guess I can bring out the beauty people deny. We all were gorgeous in that show including you even though Dawn won the show."
Anabel blushed. "I've…never really thought myself as beautiful. Before I met you guys….I only really interacted with the Frontier Brains and Scott and my pokémon."
Misty hummed. "I remember Lucy and Greta. (Giggle) They don't have the cuteness you have.
Anabel smiled in embarrassment. "You think I'm cute?"
Misty nodded. "You are like an Eevee, cute, curious and adorable." Misty said hugging the empath close and kissing her head. Taking a sniff she smiled. "You changed your shampoo. Smells like Cherries. It's really good."
Anabel smiled and leaned into the embrace reaching up to play with Misty's hair. "Has your hair gotten longer?"
Misty nodded. "Since I got my Queen form, my hair has been growing slightly. Soon I'm going to have put it in a better ponytail."
Anabel nodded. "You would look good with long hair. Come one let's go see if the others need us."
Misty nodded and returned everyone to their balls. The two girls walked hand in hand back to the camp where they saw a new person in the camp. Watching Dawn's expression, they theorized it was someone familiar.
"Professor Rowan what are you doing here?" Dawn asked. They had put their weapons away when Ash sensed him come close. When the professor came to the campsite it looked like they were cleaning up lunch.
"Hello Ms. Berlitz and friends. I was on my way to my summer camp for trainers. It's a week-long camp that allows trainers to interact and learn how to care for different pokémon. What says you all?"
The de facto leaders of the group Ash and Drew looked at each other and discussed it with the rest of the group before agreeing to go with him.
A short time later Rowan had escorted them to the camp where a multitude of campers had already gathered.
Dawn was looking over the grounds when a familiar sensation crept up her spine.
"Hello Dawn."
Dawn yelped and jumped into May's arms. When she saw who it was, she calmed down. "Conway you jerk stop sneaking up on us."
"My apologies. I saw some old acquaintances and thought to say hello."
Dawn nervously chuckled as the other reintroduced themselves.
Max was wandering around watching all the interesting pokémon when he bumped into someone.
"Oh, I'm sorry I wasn't watching…where I was…going?" Max said looking up. He had bumped into a green haired girl with a green shirt and sweatpants. Unknown to Max, the girl was checking him out as well. Despite being a year older (Max is ten) the girls saw something she liked in the young man.
"Sorry wasn't looking where I was going. I'm Angie." The girl said reaching out her hand.
"I'm Max." Max said nervously. Angie giggled. A Shinx walked up to Angie.
"Oh wow a Shinx! Is this yours?" Max asked kneeling down to pet him.
Angie nodded. "Yeah. I help run a pokémon day care with my parents. Are you a trainer yet Max?"
Max shook his head. "No but next town I go to I will ask my dad to send a pokémon to help start out. You see he's the gym leader for Hoenn's Petalburg gym."
Angie widened her eyes. "Wait do you know May? The top 4 coordinator?"
Max grinned. "She's my sister. Come on I'll introduce you to her and my friends."
Max took her hand and they walked over to their friends.
May spotted her brother walking over with a new girl. "There you are Max. Oh who's this?" May said in a teasing tone.
Max just looked at Angie. "This is Angie. The brunette is my sister May. Then you have Dawn, Ash, Misty, Anabel, Brock, Drew, Gabby and Tori." Max said introducing her to his companions. When she saw Ash she had sparkles in her eyes. "Oh my Arceus your Ash Ketchum, the Hoenn league champ. Oh that must be Pikachu that won the league title."
Ash chuckled at the Angie started to gush over him. "Yes this is Pikachu. Say hello buddy."
Pikachu jumped down and Angie petted Pikachu while releasing Shinx.
"Oh a Shinx. I've got a Luxio here. Come on out girl." Drew said releasing Luxio. The mid stage pokémon appeared and walked up to the Shinx sniffing it and then started to play with the younger pokémon.
Drew chuckled. "Its nice to see Luxio act like a pokémon." Angie looked at Drew. "I saved it from some poachers and I've been training it since I got the clearance to do so. She doesn't like to take off training. Something about never being weak again." He said kneeling down and petting Luxio.
Angie looked sad. "I hope that doesn't happen to any pokémon I encounter."
Before they could continue to talk professor Rowan announced the beginning of the camp. They divided into three teams red, blue and green. Ash along with Drew, Brock Max, Dawn, Anabel and Angie were placed on the red team, while the rest of the girls were placed on the blue team with Conway and a couple of others.
Their first task was to bond with a pokémon randomly picked off a table. What the trainers found was many of the pokémon had severe social issues. None more apparent than the Raichu that Ash got. At the first site of him Raichu hid underneath the table.
"Oh man…this is just like Chimchar. Come on Raichu."
Angie started to laugh. "What's wrong Ash? I thought you could handle this line. Come on Monferno." The monkey instead started to pick his ear causing her to fume.
Max sweatdropped wall working with a Wingull who was afraid of flying. "Take it easy Angie. Pokémon like Monferno are almost human like. Perhaps if you took a little time to open up."
Angie sighed. "Thanks Max. Come on buddy." Monferno followed after Angie.
Drew who was training with a bashful Machop looked at some of the pokémon they were training. Dawn had a nervous Grimer, Brock was with a free spirited Magnemite, Misty had a shy Bagon, Gabby was having problems with short-tempered Scyther, Tori was trying to talk to a Zigzagoon Anabel was with a rebellious Cubone and May had an angry Venonat.
"It's almost like some of these pokémon have autism." Dawn who was close enough to overhear turned to Drew. "You say they have something. Is it bad?"
Drew shook his head furiously. "No that is not the case. A lot of these pokémon look like they had a problem upbringing but you look at some of them and you wonder if they have some sort of mental handicap."
"This handicap being autism?"
Drew grimaced. "Yeah…back on our world there is an increased number of kids and young adults being diagnosed with many social and mental disorders. The overall diagnosis is called Autism Spectrum Disorder. Some people can't function at all and need to be helped every step of the way. Some show symptoms so mild that they can function with everyone else."
Dawn looked across the camp. "So how many people are…diagnosed with this Autism."
Drew looked at the camp. "Rowan said there were about 100 people or so here at the camp."
Dawn was confused and then widened her eyes. "That many?"
"That's how many get diagnosed on a regular basis. Some areas are more. I can guarantee there is one person here who has it." Drew said started to walk away with Machop.
"How long have you had it Drew?" Dawn said making Drew stop fast and chuckle. "How did you know?"
"Only someone with a condition like that would have that much knowledge." Dawn said with a concerned look.
Drew shook his head. "Perceptive, good thing to learn. As for how long, since I started schooling nine years ago. I go to therapy a lot but if there's one thing this trip has done it has helped me open up. When we go to my world…there won't be a lot of people outside this circle that are nice to me, partly because of this."
Dawn nodded. "I promise, you are all my family…I would never turn my back for such a petty reason."
Drew smiled and started to walk away. "Your ancestors would be proud. Tsuki made a good choice offering you that belt."
Dawn watched Drew walk away and then turned to Grimer. "You see that Grimer if he can overcome something like that so can you."
Grimer made a happy noise and walked behind Dawn to where she was going to train.
(If you know an Autistic or someone with a mental disability, be a friend or at least be nice to them. You don't know their story. And unfortunately I know cases of autistics who can't function.)
After a day of training, the trainers were put into a battle with their chosen pokémon. Drew was able to coax Machop into being more assertive and managed to beat Brock's Magnemite. Max's Wingull took to the skies against Misty's Bagon. That battle ended in a time limit draw but both trainers were satisfied with the results. Then Tori and Gabby took their turns and even though Tori was not used to battling she held her own against Scyther with Zigzagoon but eventually the battle ended in Gabby's favor. Next Dawn faced off against Anabel which resulted in the empath's win when the Grimer over estimated its capabilities. Then May faced off against Conway which resulted in May winning after overcoming a slow start. Finally Ash and Angie squared off after butting heads the entire time they were training forcing Prof. Rowan to separate them and Drew and Misty lecturing them. Their battle ended in a draw as well but to them that didn't damper their fiery spirit.
It was now Day 3 of the camp. The day before they were supposed to do reports on a water pokémon but the heroes got side tracked because some of their pokémon got hypnotized by a mysterious blue light. Upon investigation they found a Lumineon that was inadvertently casting a light that hypnotized the pokémon. Using what they found in the cave they found they completed the report but their team was penalized for ditching the lake caused Drew to argue with Prof. Rowan about the point's placement and argued successfully for half reduction when he brought up that their pokémon could have been seriously hurt.
Now it was night 3. Prof. Rowan had tasked them with going to a ruin and retrieving a medal. They would pair up. Everyone save Dawn and Max paired up with each other. Dawn went with a boy named Kendall who promised Ash to look after Dawn though Dawn reassured him that she could take care of herself. Max went with Angie which in the youngster's minds was perfect.
Max and Angie were walking one of the paths to the ruins. They had encountered a friendly Haunter who after Max gave it some food let them be on their way.
Max looked up at the sky. "I'm going to get our bearings." Max said walking up to a tree.
"How?" Angie asked.
Max just hopped to a tree branch which surprised Angie. "How did you do that?"
Max grinned. "Just some training. Come on I bet the view will be spectacular up here." Max said putting on his hand. Angie grabbed it and he pulled her up.
"Hold on." Max said as he wrapped an arm around Angie and hopped up a couple more branches till he got a good sight line.
Angie was in awe of the view as they carefully sat down on a branch. "This is amazing. How we get up here?"
Max smiled. "I and my friends train more than our pokémon, we train our bodies as well. I have a really good jumping ability." 'Aided a little by the wind manipulation.' Max added.
Angie smiled as they watched the stars for a few minutes.
"You know on some nights, Drew like to watch the stars. Sometime we join him in his stargazing. He teaches us about different astronomical topics and the constellations. See those three stars lined up?" He said pointing to a line of stars. "That's Orion's belt. Gabby the blond likes that constellation. Below it is Sirius the dog-star. This time of year it's among the brightest objects in the sky. It's also the other thing he looks for, reminds him of Tori."
Angie smiled at Max's knowledge. "You know when I met you guys I thought about crushing on Ash. But interacting with you all showed me he has interest in Misty."
Max chuckled. "Yeah you can say that."
"But talking with you showed me a boy who likes to talk about pokémon, who is cute funny and doesn't really care about me being a tomboy."
Max blushed as Angie nuzzled his shoulder. "Max…will we be able to stay in touch after the camp."
Max smiled. "Of course we are going to find a way to keep in touch."
Angie smiled and the two watched the stars for a few minutes and then Max felt something off.
"Max?"
"Something's up. Hang on." Max said wrapping an arm around Angie. Max jumped down causing her to yelp as he landed. He followed his instincts and pulled Angie behind him.
A few minutes later the two arrived to see a Dusknoir chasing a little girl. Ash, Misty, Drew and Gabby had shown up and were trying to chase off the Dusknoir.
"Chimchar Flame Wheel."
"Starmie Bubblebeam."
"Pikachu Thunderbolt."
"Kirlia use Shadow Ball."
The Dusknoir took the attacks and was knocked out of action as Max and Angie watched.
The rest of their friends arrived just as Dusknoir fell.
"Well now that's taken care of let's go help that little girl." Ash said as Pikachu hopped up to his shoulder.
Anabel closed her eyes to see how Dusknoir was doing but was perplexed at the emotions of the little girl…or rather lack of.
"That's strange." Anabel said getting everyone to look at her. "I normally can pick up the emotions of everyone but for some reason I am not getting anything from the little girl."
"Is there any reason when this is not the case?" May asked concerned.
"Possibly, I can only pick up the emotions on living things. Even Ghost types can give off a unique signature." Anabel said.
"So what you are saying is that…god damn it!" Drew said turning around to the little girl. Said girl began to glow ominously and a portal opened up behind them. The wind picked up and started to pull everyone in. Brock dug in by bending the earth and grabbed Anabel and Misty who were next to him. May grew some vines from her hands and used Vine Whip to grab Dawn, while Drew dug his sword in and Gabby and Tori held onto his shoulders. Ash though had to hold on to Max and Angie. Angie slipped and Max reached out and grabbed her while Ash was trying to hold on. Dusknoir seeing the distress reached out and grabbed Ash's arm. The Dusknoir used its tail to anchor them. But the pull was to strong and the three were being sucked in.
Over the roar of the wind, Drew turned to Gabby and then shouted at Anabel. "Gabby Anabel try to collapse the cave!"
Anabel nodded and with utmost concentration she levitated her chakram. Gabby meanwhile got herself in position while Drew and Toru held her as she prepared to fire.
SHADOW BALL
PIERCING SHOT
The two attacks fired and hit the top of the cave entrance that was sucking them in. The cave collapsed and the wind died down. Dusknoir let the three he was holding go and they fell to the ground.
Max was holding a slightly shaken Angie. "You alright?"
Angie nodded and held Max closer to her. Ash sighed and turned to Dusknoir. "Thanks Dusknoir. I guess you were trying to get rid of the spirit."
Dusknoir nodded and started to float away. Ash looked around and saw that most of the other campers and Prof. Rowan had showed up in the chaos. Rowan praised the group and in light of the circumstances they rewarded all three teams' full marks which kept the Blue team in the lead and Red Team in last place.
The final scheduled event was a triathlon involving pokémon they picked up along the route. Any points accumulated by the trainers were combined. As the trainers were warming up, Ash and Drew were taking jabs at each other.
"You couldn't keep up with a Rhydon."
"At least I can stay on the path, you can get lost on a figure eight."
"Yeah well at least I can keep up the pace."
"What you running into a wall?"
The rest of their friends could only laugh at their jabs. Angie feeling the challenge jumped in forcing Max, Dawn and Gabby to separate them when it got heated.
The trainers were at the start of the race. Just as Rowan was about to start the race an explosion went off. The trainers save the heroes panicked at the sound. When the smoke cleared, there were several menacing looking troopers and a green dragonfly looking monsters that looked like a Yanmenga. Two of the humans looked more fleshed out and had masks on. The female looking one started laughing.
"So many little kids and valuable pokémon to steal." The female, Jessie of Team Galactic behind a mask.
"Dragon Buzz take care of these kids, troopers grab the pokémon."
The other trainers started to panic and run. Ash immediately started fighting through the crowds with everyone else going towards protecting the civilians.
In the midst of the chaos Angie and Shinx fell down. She tried to stand up but saw three troopers in front ready to fire at her. She froze as they fired on her. Before the shots reached her a familiar figure ran in front of her and deflected the bullets away.
"Max? What are you doing?"
Max chuckled. "I'm protecting you that's what." Max scanned the fields and saw that all the civilians had left and his friends had started to transform.
"What's going on? Why are your friends transforming?"
Max grinned and pulled out his belt and strapped it on. "We are going to save you and everyone here." He said going into his stance.
"How?"
"Like this. HENSHIN"
EVOLVE
Angie watched as Max enveloped by a shield and became a taller grey armored figure. Ace spun his staff and swung it behind him.
"Max?"
"In this form I am Kamen Rider Ace. Now then I feel the need for speed." Ace said swing his staff. "AIR CUTTER." He fired several wind shaped blades at the troopers approaching them and cut them apart.
"Stay close. I'll protect you." Ace said as Angie walked up to him. They went into the fight ready to help their friends.
Hanabi was dancing around her opponents stabbing and destroying them. One of the troopers came up behind her and brought down its sword. Dawn looked up in time to see it come down on her. When it hit Hanabi, she shattered like glass. The remaining eight troopers were confused until pink beams pierced through them. Hanabi appeared in front of them.
PIERCING LIGHT
Hanabi whispered sheathing her blade as one by one they fell and were destroyed. Hanabi looked around and went to find where she could assist.
Triton had lured her opposition towards the lake. She jumped and landed on the surface of the lake and spun Lugia. Two pillars of water rose up next to here and the troopers following them halted.
GEYSER CANNON
Triton pointed Lugia and the two water pillars and struck all off them, some of them slamming into trees with others drowning. Triton swung her trident and then walked across the water to continue the fight.
Kusa and Kyokan were weaving around their opponents. Kyokan moved her chakrams in an almost rhythmic dance as she cut up her opponents with the saw like chakrams. Kusa meanwhile had used petals in her attacks to disorient them long enough to slash them. The two stood back to back. Behind their masks they grinned. Kusa back flipped over Kyokan and brought her foot down cracking the skull of one of the advancing troopers. Kyokan ducked and threw her chakrams and cut the others surrounding them. Kusa meanwhile built up an attack and unleashed it.
PETAL DANCE
The petals struck and devastated the rest around them. Kyokan put her chakrams away and caught the dizzy Kusa in her arms.
"You alright?"
Kusa nodded. "That attack always takes a bit out of me."
Kyokan nodded and steadied Kusa on her feet as they walked towards the academy.
Orion and Sirius were standing back to back. Orion was sniping away while Sirius was putting up shields to deflect attacks and used her staff to knock them away while using some of her water attacks to destroy any that got close to them.
"Orion I think you would be wise to invest in making a rifle." Sirius said bashing her opponents head.
"I'm fine with a bow. Seriously its silent and I can do this." She split her bow up and spun taking out the two closest opponents.
Sirius rolled her eyes and the two kept battling their opposition.
Onyx was taking several opponents at once. His heavier armor allowed him take more punishment as he swung Mortar around. Once he got some room raised his straight up.
EARTH PILLAR
He drove the axe straight down and several earth pillars rose up knocking his opponents into the air. He swung his axe around catching them bisecting them. He looked around and continued to fight.
Zodiac and Aura was fighting Dragon Buzz, with Zodiac in his Aquarius form because it was his fastest form. This was because Dragon Buzz had Yanmenga's Speed Boost which increased its speed as the battle wore on.
Aura blocked the charge as he activated Pikachu's Agility in an attempt to keep up.
"This ain't working. We have nothing that can keep up with it." Aura yelled.
"I'm working on trying to slow it down here." Zodiac said launching a water blast from his cannons."
As they were working on the problem, Ace ran up. Zodiac saw him and Angie and got an idea. "Max do you think your Maverick form can keep up?" He yelled as he blocked another charge.
Ace saw the fast bug and nodded. "Worth a shot!" Ace called out and pulled out his Maverick card.
MAVERICK
Now transformed into the fighter pilot themed Ace Maverick form he started to fly around. Dragon Buzz saw Ace coming and charged at him. The next few minutes saw Ace actually keep up with the monster and dealing some considerable damage.
Angie looked at the other riders. "Is Max going to be okay?"
Aura looked at Angie. "He'll be fine. He's a rider he can take tougher stuff than this."
Zodiac watched the fight and got an idea. "Aura how good are you at the quick draw strike."
Aura looked at Raikou. "Pretty good why?"
Zodiac grinned. "If you have two cards that can work then this monster is toast." He looked up and cupped his mouth. "Ace drop down and charge at Aura until you feel you need to pull up!"
Aura got into position and pulled out his Thunder card and Aerial Ace from his Staravia and scanned them.
THUNDER: MAXIMUM ENERGY
AERIAL ACE: MAXIMUM ENERGY
Aura stood ready with his blade sheathed. Ace flew in not even ten feet off the ground with his opponent closing in. Angie watched as the distance closed between them scared for the collision. Ace got closer and closer. Ten feet from the Aura Ace pulled straight up and Dragon Buzz was looking right at Aura.
CLICK.
Aura had unsheathed and the reshetahed the blade in a blink of an eye. Dragon Buzz flew on until it had two distinct slashes were seen through one going up and one going down.
COMBO: IAIDO STRIKE
"Game Over." Aura said as Dragon Buzz blew up. Angie was wide-eyed at her friends actually saving the camp and defeating all those creatures.
Ace landed in front of her and powered down to his civilian attire. "You okay?"
Angie was a little shocked. But then she recovered and started gushing. "That was amazing! What were you guys? How did you that? You guys are so cool."
Max chuckled. "Well let's just say we have a lot of training. Can we trust you to keep a secret?"
Angie nodded rapidly as the rest of the riders showed up. They went to find Prof. Rowan to explain where they were.
After cleaning up the course, the triathlon went on as planned. In a close race, Ash just beat out Drew and Angie but in the end the points earned gave the Red Team the victory.
In the closing night bonfire the campers were passing stories around about their journeys after the camp. Max sat in front of the campfire watching the stars. Angie walked over to him and sat down.
"You know until I met you I never looked at the stars." Angie said to Max. "You told me about how you are learning about the universe. I've been thinking looking at the stars you wonder if they led to different worlds."
Max chuckled. "You never know."
Angie looked at Max. "Do you think will stay in touch?"
Max smiled. "Of course."
Angie returned the smile and in a tender move she took Max's hand and then kissed his cheek getting the boy to blush. The two stayed close throughout the night even getting good-natured teasing from his friends and sister. One thing was for sure, Max would find a way to keep in touch with Angie.
As the riders enjoyed their camping, evil lurks in the shadows as they plot their next move. What will happen? Find out next time on the Journeys of the Dreamer.
End of Chapter.
UO: Two weeks god damn it. Hope this is good for you all.
Preview: As the heroes head to Celestic Town they get lost and they find themselves in another town on the side of Mt. Coronet. But when Glen decides to tame Palkia and Dialga, the consequences are dire for the town. It is up the heroes a reluctant ally and three mysterious stones to help save the town.
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