Pokémon Journey: Kalos Quest
Hey guys Paradox here and welcome to Chapter 48 and and Chapter 5 of the Kalos Quest. Now we are back on a normal route to Coumarine City. Some of you guys told me how you're looking forward to this chapter and how Goomy is finally introduced. Have fun.
"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things,but their inward significance."-Aristotle
Chapter 48: A Goomy Introduction
As the group continued to get closer to Coumarine City,the group continues to walk down Route 12. "Drake how much farther is it to Coumarine City?" Bonnie asked. "It's a day's walk from where we are." Drake said. Serena and Clemont immediately became overjoyed about the news. "Alright,which means it's a day away from my Showcase debut." Serena then started to run ahead of them. Then Clemont decided on the same idea as well,surprising Bonnie. "Why are you so excited?" Bonnie asked. "Because we are a day away from civilization!" Clemont jumped in joy,leaving Bonnie confused and the brothers disconnected.
Two minutes later.
"Haff..*cough* Why does civilization have to be so far away." Clemont said while trying to catch his breath. "I agree...this road is so long." Serena agreed with them. What was excitement and energy turned to tiredness and dull for the two trainers,who fell behind the group. "But you guys were just excited a moment ago." Drake said. "Yea? Well excitement is over." Serena said.
The group waited for Serena and Clemont to catch and were ready to go. Then Bonnie spotted some Pokémon flying above them. "Wow,that kind of Pokémon is that?" Bonnie asked. "That's a flock of Swanna Bonnie." Ash replied. "It seems they'll migrating." Clemont said. One in particular flew over Ash and dropped something. The object began falling down and down until it went.
Splat
The object wound up landing on Ash's face,causing him to fall down. "Ash!" Serena yelled while running towards him. "I'm alright sweetheart." Ash muffled through the object. "Wow,its so slimy." Ash took the thing off his face. "Here let me." Serena then took out a towel to wash the slime off Ash's face. Ash smiled as she was done while Serena helped him up.
"Hey guys,what do you think it is?" Bonnie's asked. The gang saw what was a small,slug like Pokémon. With a upper magenta body and lower darker shade of purple,it also had green cheeks,and two sets of membranes on its head. "Is that a Pokémon?" Ash said with uncertainty. While Drake decided to scan it.
"Goomy,the Soft Tissue Pokémon,its known as the weakest dragon ever discovered. It perfers damp,shady areas so it's body doesn't dry out."
"The weakest dragon type ever discovered?" Ash said. "It sure doesn't even look like a dragon type at all." Said Serena. "Looks are irrelevant to some. Like I get trainers who still tell me that Charizard is part dragon type even though I say otherwise." Drake said. "Guys,I think something's wrong with it." Ash saw that Goomy wasn't feeling well. "It's color seems abit faded." Drake said. "Goomy is known to be at least 90 percent Water." Clemont pointed out. "Its body gotta be dry. We need to find water to wet it." Said Drake. Everyone looked until Ash spotted a river off the side of the road.
"Guys there's a river below. I'll just carry Goomy down below." Ash said. "Uh Ash,are you sure? It's very steep and there are sharp rocks on the way down." Serena worried about him. "I'll be okay,my training can help me navigate." Ash said as he picked up Goomy and ready to travel down the slope. "Alright,aim for the smooth areas alright." Drake said. "Drake,I got this." Ash rephiled.
Ash began to take the first step down,and then the second step. But it was the third step at went overboard as Ash lost his footing and began a tumbling run down the slope. The group laid worried as Ash continued to hop from rock to rock with a frighten look on his grin. As Ash continued to avoid rocks he remembered one of Drake's saying.
"Fear is shown to us. But the choice of reaction remains to us."
Taking those words by heart,Ash grunted and jumped high to avoid a rock formation in front of him. He then jumped from rock to rock in a zig zag form to avoid the rest of the formations and finally land on the river. "He did it!" Serena said. "Come on,we need to get down there." Drake said while trying to find a much smoother path to get to the river.
After everyone gets down the to the river,Ash came out of the river with a newly reformed Goomy in his arms. "He's all better now." Ash said. He then set it in the center of everyone to see. In Goomy's eyes in saw all the people around it and couldn't declare whether of their nature or suspicions. The only person it seems to trust was as the person who carried him to the river. "It's okay these are my friends." Ash said. "This Clemont,and his little sister Bonnie. My older brother Drake,and my girlfriend Serena." Ash pointed out. However Goomy still felt skeptical about the rest of the group.
"Guys I don't think it's still isn't comfortable around us." Bonnie said. "Let's try releasing our Pokémon." Drake said as he released ,Vivillion,and Charizard. The others followed suit and released their Pokémon as well. Everyone said hi to Goomy,and Goomy found this to be nice folk. Still abit nervous around the big Pokémon like Charizard he found him being gentle to him. But what was worse for it then its size came in the form of small mouse Pokémon with whiskers. Dedenne came over but Goomy was frightened and hid behind Pikachu.
"Guys,it afraid of Dedenne." Bonnie said. "But Dedenne is among the gentlest of us. Why would it be afraid of it." Serena asked. "If I had to guess. Since Dedenne is part fairy type and and dragons are weak against it. Perhaps that's the reason." Clemont hypothesized. Goomy responded by sliding over to Clemont,climbing to his shoulder and nibbling on his ear. Clemont laughed as the nibbling tickles. "Guess that means Clemont's correct,right?" Serena asked. Her question heeded when Goomy climbed off Clemont and onto Serena and started nibbling on her ear. Like Clemont,she'd laugh as the sensation tickled her. "Guess we know why." Drake smiled.
When suddenly they heard a stomach rumbling and instantly turn to Ash. "What? Hey don't look me. It's not mine this time." Ash backed away. They heard it once again and this time was much more clearer. One more time and the group was positive the rumbling came from Goomy. "I guess this entire debacle made you hungry right?" Ash asked it which Goomy nodded. "But how we know what it eats. Not all Pokémon's diets are identical." Clemont asked. Drake looked in his pokewatch to look for more information on Goomy.
"Let's see,Training tips,hygiene..ah diet. According to information. Since Goomy don't really have teeth to chew with. It nibbles on herbs and leaves found in the forest." Drake said. "Well,the forest is just ahead of us. We can get it some leaves from there." Ash said.
Once arriving to the forest. Goomy who riding on Ash's head finally saw the leaves it wanted. Jumping off,it raced to the nearest hedge and immediately started chowing down. "Wow,for a little guy it such as a big appetite." Serena said. "Yea,like take Ash here." Drake laugh. "Ok,ok let's not make this about me." Ash said. "Actually while we're at it. Let's have lunch. It's already a quarter past noon and we haven't ate yet." Said Drake. "Very well. I'll prep the stove." Clemont said.
As the group enjoyed having lunch,Dedenne tried to offer Goomy some herbs,but just at the sight of it Goomy coward behind Pikachu which left Dedenne sadden by the reaction. It doesn't mean any harm,it only wishes it could convince Goomy that. "Man,surely Goomy can't be that afraid of Dedenne can it?" Bonnie asked. "By that amount of fear. I feel it's more then just a simple phobia." Said Drake. "What do you figure?" Clemont asked. "Well,anything from just a dislike,to an uncertainty or even trauma could be the cause of Goomy's discomfort." Drake explained. Ash looked to feel Goomy expression every time I thought see Dedenne. It maybe like this for any other fairy type it'll face.
All the sudden three technical cubes dropped from above the group and landed around the campsite,releasing smoke. Everyone coughed and struggled to breath as the pitch blackness covered their sight. "Charizard,blow the smoke away with your wings." Drake answered. "Fletchinder you help as well." Both Pokémon nodded and hovered in the air and pushed all the smoke away with powerful wing blast. When the smoke dispersed everyone looked around to everything cluttered and out of place.
"Is everyone alright?" Drake asked. "We're fine,but we need to check our Pokémon just to be safe." Ash said. Everyone did a head count and so far so good. Until they notice one their own was missing. "Guys Dedenne is missing." Bonnie said. Ash then noticed someone was missing too. "Guys,Goomy is gone too!" He said. "But where did they go?" Serena asked. Drake looked at the remains of the smokescreens and realized the kind of tech they were. "More like who took them. Check this out." Drake showed them one of the cubes,leaving everyone disgruntled by the group who's responsible.
"Well that didn't go entirely to plan." Meowth said while huffing. In another part of the forest Team Rocket sat to catch their breath after swiping away the twerps Pokémon. Difference is that they didn't get the Pokémon they wanted. "That entire plan,and all we could get were these two little runts!" Jessie exclaimed,pointing to Dedenne and Goomy stuffed in a cage. "Hey,I told you using smoke was a bad idea. We were lucky to get anything at all." Said James. "What with the twerps and their new powers and all." He added. "Don't even get me started with that..." Jessie sighed. Over the years the trio saw Ash and Drake grow more into the men they are now. One learn how to harness his power and is now teaching the other. Which meant that stealing Pikachu or any of their Pokémon with be Mission Impossible by now.
"Well,I'm staving." Meowth grumbled. "Well,we do have leftover sandwiches from this morning." James said. "Please,like we have anything else to eat." Said Jessie. The trio laid a blanket under a tree nearby,slightly out of view from their quarry. As they ate,Dedenne tried to tried to squeeze through the bars,but to no avail. The bar were too narrow to sqeeze through. It then tried to Tackle the bars until that too failed the bars were structured well with steel alloy. Goomy however,stood on one side too frighten to even move while at the fairy/electric mouse keep Tackling the bars. Overwhelmed by the sheer determination to be set free,Goomy wondered the bravery that he too would process.
Finally enough Tackles managed to bend the bars but still not enough to sqeeze through. Dedenne figure Goomy should go first. First skeptical,but followed instructions nonetheless and managed to successfully go through the bars. Dedenne went next but still couldn't get through. Goomy knew it couldn't leave Dedenne behind and came up with an idea. Jumping back in the cage and then it climbs on Dedenne and slithers around it,coating Dedenne in slime. Afterwards,Goomy jumps back out and Dedenne follows suit,successfully making it through the bars.
Both cheered and then started to run far away from Team Rocket as fast as possible. "Wow this sandwich is great." Said James. "Hey,don't eat mine,I'm gonna check on the twerp's Pokémon." Meowth said while getting up. "Well...you move your feet you lose your seat." Jessie said while swiping Meowth's sandwich. "HUH!" Both were startle when they heard Meowth. "Meowth what is it." Both ran to him. "Look!" Meowth pointed to the empty cage. "What! Where they go!" Jessie said. "They jumped the bars. Look." James pointed to the bend part of the cage. "We gotta go after them. Get to the balloon." Team Rocket ran to their balloon hoping they didn't go too far.
"Pikachu could you still pick up Dedenne's electricity?" Ash asked the Mouse Pokémon. Pikachu still felt Dedenne's electricity thought the air and send some of its own,hoping Dedenne was on the receiving end. "Pika!" Pikachu caught the sense and started running. "He caught the waves." Ash said,signaling the others to follow.
Dedenne and Goomy continued ran to get away from Team Rocket,until Dedenne suddenly felt a tingling sensation. It remembered that it was Pikachu's electric waves,and knew the group was looking for them. Tracking the waves back to Pikachu,both started to run East to find the group. Unfortunately they didn't get very far as explosion cut their pace. Above them was Team Rocket in their balloon along with Inkay and Pumpkaboo by their side. "Inkay use Psybeam. Pumpkaboo Shadow Ball." Both Pokémon fired but narrowly missed as the each attack struck the ground while Dedenne and Goomy keep running,hoping to run into the group.
As Pikachu and the gang got closer,they heard the brief sound that was an explosion. "What was that?" Serena asked. They heard it once more,and Pikachu said that Dedenne was close. "They're close by,come on!" Ash said as he laid the others towards the sound.
Meanwhile Dedenne and Goomy continued to run until Dedenne felt Pikachu's presence. "Dedenne,Goomy,where are you." They heard the voices of their friends and cried out. Ash and the group finally saw the two Pokémon and went running. But suddenly a stray Shadow Ball was hurling towards Goomy and Dedenne saw this and acted. It jumped in the way of Shadow Ball's trajectory and wound up getting hit in Goomy's place. The was left horrified by Dedenne's noble act,but Goomy was most raddled.
"Dedenne!" Bonnie ran to it. "You!" Drake yelled. "Aww,the twerps." Meowth exclaimed. "Pikachu use Iron Tail." Pikachu then jumped up to attack with steel tail. "Don't think so Kay. Inkay use Foul Play." As soon as Pikachu got close,Inkay managed to catch Pikachu by the tail and redirected him back towards the group. Pikachu quickly broke his fall by landing on his feet,but was disgruntled by when Inkay managed to get the catch on him.
"Ha,we may actually win this time." Jessie smiled. Goomy meanwhile looked at Team Rocket,then the group specifically at Bonnie and Clemont trying to treat Dedenne then at Pikachu who rebounded from Pumpkaboo's Shadow Ball. Such courage,skill,and most important teamwork,and Goomy figure with people like this,it can learn how to defend itself,but first things first these people gotta go. "Let's finish this. Pumpkaboo another Shadow Ball,Inkay let's join in with Psybeam." Both Pokémon charged up and then fired. Pikachu braced itself for the impact,but it never came. "Huh." Ash saw the attacks were being absorbed,and in front of Pikachu was none other then Goomy.
"Hey what's the big deal?!" Meowth said. Goomy continued to absorb the attacks more and more until they stopped. It slightly glowed in a red outline around its body and then opened its mouth to released a large powerful white beam. The beam struck both Inkay and Pumpkaboo,hurling them toward the balloon and managed to pop it right where Meowth's nose is. "Ahh my nose!" Meowth said. The Balloon deflated causing it to whip around in the air until it finally goes to the sky.
"WE'RE BLASTING OFF AGAIN!" Team Rocket said as they flew and finally twinkled. The group narrowly caught their breath as they knew they won. "Wow,that was close." Drake said. "Tell me about it. By the way what was that move Goomy just used." Serena asked. "If I have to guess..I'd say that was Bide." Drake said. "Wow that was some power Goomy. You're really strong." Ash commended it which Goomy accepted.
"Big things come in small packages. Which reminds me." Drake walked over to Clemont. "How's Dedenne." He asked. "Some damage but it should be fine." Clemont said while holding a Potion. "That's good." Ash said.
After treating Goomy and Dedenne the group finally made it back on the road. "Alright guys,home stretch to Coumarine City." Said Drake. "With a bit of luck,we could be able to get there by tonight." Said Clemont. "Awesome that mean one more day until my next gym battle." Ash cheered. "And don't forgot my Showcase debut." Serena added. "How could I not?" Ash held her hands softly causing the both them to smile. "Goomy?" The group then turn to see Goomy standing in front of the road. Ash then walked up to it.
"You were awesome today Goomy. Anyone would be honored to have you." Ash said. "Goo,my." It said. "Really,are you sure." Ash took out an empty Pokéball. Goomy's only response was touching the center button allowing to get sucked in and the Pokéball instantly dinged. "Alright I got a Goomy." Ash cheered. "That's one way to catch a Pokémon." Drake said. "Well,Ash you raise Goomy right and he might become this." Drake showed Ash Goomy's final evolution on his pokewatch. "Wow from the weakest dragon type to a powerhouse huh." Serena said. "I could care less what the Pokédex says. Goomy is as strong as it needs to be." Ash looked at Goomy's Pokéball.
"Welcome to the family Goomy."
Done well,now Goomy joins the group. In my opinion Goomy maybe one of the most motivational Pokémon Ash has ever owned in the series from small to powerhouse. So,next is you guys guess it. We finally make it to Coumarine and I know there are many of you guys telling how excited you are. The Gym Battle,The First Date,and finally Serena's Showcase debut. I know I'm excited too.
Unfortunately that may have to wait,since I probably won't be able to post this weekend. I'll be away from home for the weekend and for good cause...I mean...it is gonna be my birthday after all. So enjoy this chapter and bear with me until next week. This is Paradox signing off. Goodbye.
