Nerd: When are the effects going to wear off?
Demon: Yeah, that would be nice.
*Still shivering from water*
*POOF*
*Everyone turned back to normal*
AnonJolteon: Right about now.
Nerd: …
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Chapter 43: Leaving the Familiar...
When Latias came back, she saw the scene where all of the people she knew were outside of the place they were staying.
She quickly went around a tree, turned into her human form, then ran over to Brock.
"What happened?"
"Oh hey Latias. Where were you?" Brock asked back.
"Don't ask that now! Why are there firefighters and people everywhere?" Latias shouted back.
"Some gas container was thrown into the home, then there was a small gunshot…" Brock looked around to finally notice Ash wasn't outside. "...Where's Ash?"
"I didn't see him come out." Serena said with a worried look.
Latias dashed into the household head first.
"Hey! Young lady, don't go in there!" Too late, the firefighter's warning didn't help.
Inside, it was slightly foggy, so Latias held her breath. Lati are divers in the ocean, so she could probably hold her breath for a long time.
After passing through a doorway, she finally spotted Ash.
Alright, time to get him out! Latias thought. She used psychic on him to bring Ash to the doorway, then started dragging him on the way out.
Come on… just a little more! Latias struggled to not breathe in anything, physical and mental labor exhausted her lungs very quickly.
When Brock saw her pulling Ash out, he came to help. The pace quickly fastened.
*Huff huff* Latias breathed in fresh air.
"...Thanks…" Ash's voice murmured.
"What?" Latias fixed her gaze on Ash's expression. His eyes were still closed and he was somewhat happy.
"...Pikachu, use thunderbolt…" Ash said after.
"...What." Latias paused.
"I think he's sleeping again…" Pikachu sweatdropped.
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Ash opened his eyes.
Once again, he was floating around in his dark space in his head.
'Hello Ash!' Dude appeared, though looking a lot like him.
"You used to be a Latios, why are you now a person?" Ash asked.
'I take the form of what you are, so I guess you're now a regular human being.' Dude shrugged.
"Awww, now I lose some pokemon abilities." Ash sighed.
'You still have aura.' Dude replied.
"Yeah, but I like psychic better."
'Close enough.'
"Why am I here again?" Ash asked. "Am I asleep?"
'Well, it works in a way where I can call you, and you can sometimes call me.' Dude shrugged.
"That sounds unfair."
'I only call you when you need it the most, or where you're doing absolutely nothing, A.K.A. sleeping.'
"Oh. Can I leave now?" Ash stood up on nothing and started walking away.
'Sure, just close your eyes really hard.' Dude said.
Ash did that, and when he opened them, he saw a ceiling.
Oh. Ash discovered he was on the couch, laying down with many of his friends doing something else.
"What happened?" Ash asked. A lot of attention faced towards him.
"Hey, you're alright!" Brock said. "Someone shot a syringe into your back and threw a can of a different sleeping powder into the house. What I don't get is why you're still a per…"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAASH!" Latias appeared out of nowhere for a large bear hug.
"...Not… too… hard…" Ash gasped for a breath.
"Sorry…" Latias let go and back away a bit.
"Man, do weird things happen around you." Professor Kukui said. "
"I know, it's getting slightly annoying." Ash sweatdropped.
"Brock said you had a syringe stuck into your body, but you still look normal. What happened?" Latias asked.
"Uhhh… Maybe I'm human again?"
Latias simply stared at Ash, with her face getting sadder and sadder each second that passes.
"Um… cheer up, I guess?" Ash sweatdropped.
"...Great!" Latias lit up after a second.
"Alright, now that's settled, what now?" Ash asked.
"I don't know, Kukui can't guide us since he quickly dashed to be there to teach the students, so I guess we'll have to resort to the pamphlet." Brock flipped open the pamphlet of Melemele Island. "Let's see… surfboarding, tour guide through the capital, riding through the jungles…"
"How about we just wander around again?" Pikachu said as a joke.
"How about we just wander around the island?" Ash said right after. Pikachu gaped in surprise.
"Sure, we can explore it ourselves." Brock looked up from his map.
Why do humans even do this?! Pikachu thought.
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Alright, calm down. This is for the sake of my dreams, and nothing can stand in the way of it. Robert thought as he put on an average trainer's clothing. He had two teleportation objects, one being activated at range while the other activated by hand.
I just need to bump into the target, put this into his pocket, walk off, teleport to base, and activate the switch.
Robert started walking off into the city area. He quickly looked at his watch, which in reality was a GPS tracker.
Alright, still at that home, I'll be waiting for him in the city.
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"..." Jessie opened her eyes, and found they were underneath a wood roof. A very natural looking one.
She tried lifting her body up, but found no success because of that bear's tight grip.
"...I need to contact with someone…" James and Meowth were still out cold, and the bear was also sleeping, but still having a constricting grip.
Jessie wriggled to get the mobile phone out.
Before typing in a number with her nose, she stopped.
Who am I going to call? Jessie thought. Not the boss, I'm going to look so stupid. Not that stupid lady either…
She simply stared at all the saved numbers she had.
"I don't know…"
The bear let out a small squeak.
Uh oh.
It rolled over, forcing all the bear's weight, plus James's and Mewoth's, onto her body.
...OW.
When the bear collapsed with its face on the ground, Jessie got a moment to open her eyes to see the phone shattered to pieces.
...Goddammit.
It rolled over again, squishing Jessie down again.
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"To be honest, there was something strange about that voice…" Brock said. "I feel like I've heard it that night where Gabe originally transformed into a Glaceon…"
"Really?" Serena replied. "The only person who could of remembered it clearly is Ash."
"I forgot." Ash simply said.
"Well, I feel like that's not going to be the only time he's going to be coming around."
Everybody packed up all their items, and prepared to leave to adventure the rest of the area.
"Thank you for letting us rest in your home!" Latias thanked.
"You're welcome, and I'll gladly do it anytime soon." Kukui responded, waving back.
I wonder if that cat will come back again… The bowl with pokemon food was empty during the time where everyone was packing.
"Bye!" Everyone shouted at different points of time.
The only person in the gang who aren't normal from what they were before was Gabe, still being a female.
"Honestly, I'm starting to rethink about why my dad told me to come here." Ash said. "I don't feel like I'm accomplishing anything…"
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"Uh oh." Arceus said.
"What do you mean by 'Uh oh'?" A large starry lion.
"Apparently… the Chosen One is starting to lose interest in Alola."
"WHAT?! WHAT ABOUT THE PROPHECY?!"
"Calm down Solgaleo!" A bat replied.
"SHUT UP LUNALA! THIS DETERMINES THE FATE OF OUR REGION!" Solgaleo roared back.
"Well, any ideas of how to bring him back?" Arceus asked.
"...Nope." Solgaleo immediately calmed down.
"Then stop panicking and start thinking." Arceus retorted.
"" Solgaleo had a pissed off expression.
"Is there any way of persuading him to stay on the islands?"
"What usually makes him stay in places?" Lunala asked.
"A goal, a rival." Arceus replied.
"...Neither have been set out."
"Maybe you should try and create one oh might and powerful god?" Solgaleo retorted.
"The only thing that might catch his interest is the power of the Z-Crystals…" Lunala said.
"EXACTLY!" Solgaleo roared. "Exactly what we should do!"
"Hang on. Is it okay if we just simply wait for another person to come along?" Arceus asked.
"...THAT'S THE MOST ABSURD THING I'VE EVER HEARD! STALLING A PROPHECY?!" Solgaleo raged.
"I don't think it's such a good idea to put a power weapon into his hands…"
"Well, why not? He will only do things for good!"
"As long he isn't possessed."
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The gang we all know and love is currently traveling along the road to the larger part of civilization.
"I can smell berries from here!" Alice remarked after taking a sniff of the air.
"I want to stop by a pokemon center to drop off some of my pokemon to see what I can catch here." Ash said.
"This is the path we're traveling along." Brock pointed at a curvy line. "The nearest pokemon center is right about… there."
Where his finger was pointing, a blurry but obviously a Pokemon Center sign stood there.
"Alright!" Ash picked up speed without notice.
"Hey! Stop running!" Serena shouted.
Everyone started chasing after the excited boy, except for two individuals.
"..." Gabe simply stayed at her own pace.
"Why aren't you going after them?" Alice flicked her ears.
"I usually don't go with the flow."
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"I usually don't go with what people around me are doing."
"" Alice stopped and looked at her as she paced by before realizing her position. She then ran and jumped high enough to latch onto Gabe's head.
"Warning, please?" Gabe irritatedly replied.
"Sorry!"
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The sun was starting to set, so everyone decided to stay at the pokemon center instead of sleeping outside.
Apparently, Croagunk was out of his pokeball with Brock laying on his side.
"Alright, the only pokemon that are on me now are Pikachu, Cosmog, and Alice." Ash looked at the yellow rodent on his shoulder then to the eevee still sitting on her favorite spot: Gabe's head.
"Honestly, I think she likes you more than Ash." Latias commented.
"Alright." Gabe replied.
"It looks like all of you are the last of the stayers here, so you can use the three rooms left if you'd like." Nurse Joy said before yawning. "It's about 9:40 right now, so if you could decide where you'll be sleeping early, that would be great."
"I don't really care whoever I'm sleeping with, just nobody raid my food supplies." Brock got up.
"I don't care either, but I want Pikachu to stay with me."
"I'm fine." Serena flicked a glance to Latias.
"I'm OK." Latias stared back.
"..." Gabe simply said nothing.
"Alright, I think we should draw sticks since nobody seems to have a want to sleep by themselves or with someone else." Brock quickly went outside and brought back five sticks, two sticks of the same length, another two sticks with the same length, and just one short stick. Brock grasped all the sticks so it appeared they were all the same.
"I'll pick first." Ash drew a stick with a matching pair.
"I'll go next." Serena quickly pulled out a stick. It was also a matching pair, but not with Ash's.
"Gabe, you wanna go?" Brock asked, gesturing the cluster of sticks towards her."
"Sure." She pulled out a stick, it was the single one.
"Latias, you're last." Brock held the sticks out.
Latias drew, and it was the same size as Serena's.
Damn it.
"Then it's Ash and I, Latias and Serena, and you're alone Gabe." Brock said. He went to the counter with the sleepy Nurse Joy. "Three rooms please."
"Here you go, now I'll be going to bed." Nurse Joy handed Brock the three room keys, went outside to hang the 'Closed' sign and activated the emergency button, then went into her own room.
"Great, let's go."
The rooms were all adjacent to one another, so it was easy to get to.
"Well, goodnight." Serena took the room key and walked inside, followed by Latias. The door shut and locked soon after.
"I'll take my key." Gabe held out her hand, and a key was put into it. She walked in and closed the door.
"That just leaves us." Brock walked inside and plopped his bag down.
"C'mon Alice." Ash motioned the eevee to come.
"...Alice?"
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The interior of the room is almost like all the other pokemon centers: a bunk bed, a tv, a couple of water bottles, and a chair.
The only difference was the environment.
It had some sort of summertime feel, with junglish wood and paintings of surfing and beaches. There were even small plants exotic to Alola.
It was in summer, so the sky wasn't as dark as if it were to be in winter.
This is pretty nice. All I see back at home is cities. Gabe plopped her stuff down onto the chair before falling onto the bed. A lot of dust fluffed off.
*ACHOO!*
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AnonJolteon: Sorry about the intensely late chapter… I've been quite busy.
Nerd: Or playing video games instead of writing this fanfic.
AnonJolteon: Shut up.
Nerd: Just saying, it's been a long time since we've started writing this. Soon, it will be time to create the end.
Demon: Kewl.
Nerd: So, there will be something new. Something that will follow this, but someone...
AnonJolteon: Me.
Nerd: ...can't decide what to do. So, he created a forum with one topic on it: What will come after "Ridiculous Turn of Events?"
Demon: There are some choices to choose from, AnonJolteon will take all of the considerations together and decide what to do next.
AnonJolteon: Hopefully more of you will vote so it will be more accurate for the community!
