The Thing With Hajimes

Hajimes with the rest of the known cast: *standing in a big room with a welcome back poster behind them*

Lyra: this is so exciting!

Kellyn: how do we know if she's coming back today?

Keith: We won't unless we have a chapter for the story

Blue: and I found evidence that she's been coming in secretly and working on a chapter for this story

Zenya: you could be a little less snoopy

Green: Thank you!

Zenya: ah, you're welcome? O.o

Me: *walks in with a boy* And this is where The Thing With Hajimes, my first published fanfiction story I ever started plays out...*looks at all the people in the room and who's in the crowd* Um, you may want to step back away from me for a couple seconds...

Boy: why?

Me: . you'll see in just a sec

Lyra, Moon, Kiwi, Emolga, Topaz, & Sakura: ASH! *all go and hug me*

Me: oof! Hey girls =) *turns to the boy* see

Karrie: ASH! How's it been?

Me: good, thing's aren't as busy as they used to so I'll have more time for all of you

Keith: YAY! You're back!

Me: I'm not giving you cookies or any form of food

Keith: aw...

Kate: Welcome back, we've missed you

Me: I can tell...

Kellyn: It's good to see you

Gold: who's the boy?

Me: um, well, over the time I've been gone, I, um, surprisingly, um, got a boyfriend =)

Blue: OMG! CONGRATULATIONS!

Jimmy: so he knows about us?

Me: not yet, at least not in reality anyways. I just decided to go through the motions of showing him around with this hologram image of him. *clicks a button and boy is gone*

Blue: When's the wedding and can I be a bridesmaid?

Me: *turns bright red* There's no wedding, at least not yet. I'm still in high school. And no, you're not going to be a bridesmaid, I have other people who aren't fictional characters in mind for that position.

Blue: aw...

Bruno: ahem, anyways, pokelover0ash only owns her OCs and her ideas...

Me: eek! That's right! Places everyone! Showtime in one minute!

*people scramble around to where they belong*

Kellyn: I missed this crazy life

Keith: ya, it's pretty crazy when Ash is here

Me: what's that supposed to mean?

Kellyn & Keith: oh nothing

Chapter 49: Plans and a Tamer?

Garnet walked into a room one August day to find his tomboyish cousin sitting on the bamboo floors with a circle of large papers around her and a map. She was obviously aggravated as there were many crunched up papers that look like they were thrown by a person who no longer cared if they made the basket or not. She was putting a lot of thought into whatever she was doing and Garnet wondered if it would be safe to interrupt her. It wasn't long before he realized this cousin of his was in a room that was technically off limits for the students in which she was technically part of.

"Hey Ray, whatcha doing?" Garnet asked, startling his cousin, Karrie.

"Oh, hey Nettie," Karrie replied. "Phew, thought you might have been someone else."

"Who did you think I was?" Garnet asked with his eyebrows up and Karrie sighed.

"Keith," Karrie replied. "I had to go into one of the off limit rooms so that he can't find me and see what I'm working on."

"Why?" Garnet asked as he sat down by his cousin.

"It's his birthday today, he's turning seventeen," Karrie replied.

"So, all of this are attempts at the Legendary Hajime trying to plan a big birthday party?" Garnet asked as he stifled a laugh. Karrie turned red. "And to think your the one who hates it when people throw big parties for you." This made Karrie turn even more red. Garnet laughed and picked up a couple papers she had been working on. "So, he likes Nickleback, Green Day, Taio Cruiz, and so on as far music goes, loves chocolate milk, loves chocolate cake, and...wow, you're planning on going all out for him. You might as well kiss him on the lips if your going through this much planning and thought for his birthday." Karrie turned bright red. "Why don't you set up over by the lakeside? I can help, you know."

"Why didn't I think of that?" Karrie asked.

"Because you were over thinking things," Garnet replied. "Now, let's see, we can set up a stage and tables, put up lights, run electrical lines to and through the area, and we can suspend a disco like ball filled with confetti and candy in the air."

"When were you such a good party planner?" Karrie asked and Garnet's cheeks turned pink.

"Since I started getting into the baking business," Garnet replied quietly.

"You're finally going into the baking business?!" Karrie asked.

"Yeah," Garnet replied.

"Sweet, I'm going to be one of your first customers, I love your chocolate cake," Karrie exclaimed.

"You're not half bad when it comes to baking yourself," Garnet replied.

"I blame my mother for that ability," Karrie said while sweat dropping.

"Okay, so a large multiple layer chocolate cake, and how about this set up?" Garnet asked as he drew a stage with lights and then tables for presents and food nearby a rectangular dance floor along with tables set up behind the dance floor and by the lake view. He also drew a beautiful cake worthy of either a rich kid's birthday party or a wedding cake.

"Dang, you draw extremely well," Karrie exclaimed as he added a disco ball suspended in the air by key points that were on metal bared towers. "Now we just have to set it all up and make the cake."

"That and get a DJ and performers as well as instruments and a sound system." Garnet replied. "I'll contact my brothers for help." Karrie nodded as it was much easier to contact those who shared the same parent, are your parents, and/or someone you held a close friendship with, or was Psychic.

'Hey bros, want to help Ray set up a birthday party for the ginger?' Garnet asked and soon they had five dark haired guys in the room ready to help. They looked at the plans that were drawn and soon Karrie found herself outside watching Red, Jimmy, Bruno, and Gold set up the stage and dance floor as Ethan brought over tables.

'You mind help setting up so this goes faster, or are you just going to gawk at us?' Ethan asked as a smirked formed on his face. Karrie's cheeks were dusted with light pink blush as she ran over to help her cousin set up tables as Garnet told them were to place the tables. Least to say, Garnet can be very bossy when it comes to something he helped design.

~with Kellyn~

"Hey has anyone seen Karrie?" Keith asked as he walked into a room where Kellyn was reading a novel while playing with Kate's hair as Kate was sleeping on his lap. Kellyn looked up in surprise.

"No, actually I haven't," Kellyn replied.

"Any ideas on where she'd be?" Keith asked.

"Several, but there are many places she could be on the property," Kellyn replied. "You'd be better off waiting until Aunt Zoe yells for lunch or supper."

"Great, and I wanted to spend today with her today," Keith said as he sat down on a red bean bag.

"Why today out of all days?" Kellyn asked before remembering that today was Keith's birthday. "Oh, right, your birthday."

"I'm sure she has a good reason," Kate said. "To be missing on your birthday."

~with Teah~

"Are the fans gone now?" Teah asked with messy brown hair pulled back in a pony tail and sweatpants-like shorts and a t-shirt. White peeked through the window by slightly lifting up the blinds.

"There's just a busty chick with a clique waiting outside," White replied and Teah peeked out the window with her sister.

"Isn't she that girl that tries to attach herself to Kellyn and Kellyn's friend?" Teah asked.

"Possibly," White replied. "You mean the one who was hitting on Ethan at the party?"

"Yes," Teah replied.

"Then yeah, that's her," White replied.

"Hm, I've got an idea," Teah said. "Follow me." Teah opened the door and walked out barefoot. White followed her in her daisy dukes and white tank top.

"OMG, its her," a blonde follower said as the 'busty chick' crossed her arms with an unimpressed expression.

"Hey girls!" Teah said while waving.

"You're not as pretty in person as you are on magazines," the leader said and Teah had to restrain herself despite being insulted.

"And why is that?" Teah asked.

"Your pictures are obviously Photoshopped, no one can pull off what you supposedly pull off on a regular basis," the leader replied. "I don't see how some chick like you could have become famous."

'Teah, calm down and don't blow, don't snap.' White warned.

"What's your name?" Teah asked while trying to not slap the girl or loose her temper. If its one thing all Hajimes have, it's a ferocious temper.

"Sasha Queens," the leader replied. "Daughter of Elisha Queens." Teah twitched as she tried to remain calm and not have her Hajime instincts to kick in with the eye color change.

'Who's Elisha Queens?' White asked.

'The most sluttiest actress and pop star singer wannabe.' Teah replied.

"I didn't know she had a daughter, though I'm not too surprised," Teah replied.

"Of course not, my mother made sure the press didn't know about me so that I could be given the most normal childhood she could give me," Sasha said.

'And I take it she was spoiled rotten with a ton of different men in the house.' White said.

'That's what it seems to be.' Teah replied.

"Is that so?" Teah asked.

'Did this mother of this girl steal a boy from you or something? You're kinda overflowing with negative energy that I'm tempted to neutralize.' White said.

'No and yes at the same time on that aspect. She just decides to try to ruin my career at every turn.' Teah replied.

'Obviously something more is to it than that, but okay sis.' White replied.

"Yeah," Sasha replied. "And mom's right, you suck, trying to be a perfect angel to the world and put up a face that you don't have any dark secrets."

"Everyone has secrets, even you." Teah said. "Secrets make people interesting and unique. If we knew all their secrets, people would be dreadfully boring."

'Some people are boring even with secrets.' White commented with a smile.

~with Keith~

The redhead laid down on a couch, giving up for a short rest from his hunt for Karrie.

Why do the world's protectors have to be so darn hard to find? More specifically, why do Hajimes in general hide so well? Why is it that whenever they want to be found you can find them and when they don't you can't? Keith thought.

~with Ben~

The teenager with brown gravity defying hair lounged on floating lounge in a pool out by the deck of the guest house his school was staying at here in Johto. He was enjoying not having Sasha cling to him even though she's the only girl he's seen show obvious interest in him. He hasn't noticed that Summer likes him more than just a friend, which is very unfortunate and yet very expected of the boy.

In case you haven't figured it out, this boy is named Ben, Benjamin Natsuya to be more specific.

His Starly cooed before landing on his bare chest that remarkably actually had abs. Granted they weren't as grand or defined as Kellyn's, but he didn't go through the amount of training Kellyn has had to do within his life.

"Hey Star," Ben said as he ruffled the bird's feathers and scratched it behind it's head.

"Hey Ben," Summer said as she looked over the wooden railing of the deck. She was dressed in her boyish blue swimwear she had worn previously. She was a special girl, to Ben and to her friends. She was a tough cookie with a soft kind loving heart who would never try to dress her guy friends in dresses or in pink, which is unlike Rhythmi and Kate along with other girls like Blue, Moon, and Teah. Heck, even Hannah, the cold redhead, and Karrie, the tomboy, would enjoy helping in getting certain boys into dresses and pink, but not Summer. She was special, and she was special in more ways than she nor anyone else could imagine.

"Star, did you just talk in Summer's voice?" Ben asked his bird. Starly rolled her eyes.

"No doofus, try looking up at who's standing on the deck," Summer replied and Ben scrunch up his nose before looking up at Summer.

"Aw, I was kinda hoping you and Star switched places so that you could show interest enough to sit on my abs and Star could beat up that Jason for me in your place," Ben replied. Starly whacked her future ranger partner in the head with her wing while Summer crossed her arms while pink dusted her cheeks as she stole a quick glance at Ben's abs. "OW! STAR!"

"Well, you kinda deserved that," Summer said before throwing on a white tank top over her two piece bathing suit before pulling up black shorts.

"Where are you going?" Ben asked.

"I'm going out for a walk, see if I can meet up with Karrie and have her teach me how to kick your butt better," Summer replied.

"But you kick my butt well enough without any help," Ben complained and Summer grinned. Little did Ben know, she was going more because her gut told her that the short brunette was going to need her and she learned to always trust her gut. It was why she saved Ben, herself, and others many times during her short life. "Be careful and don't get lost."

"Yep," Summer replied.

"And bring Star with her, and Star come back to me as soon as she's in trouble and lead me to her," Ben said and Starly chirped before flying over to Summer.

"Okay, see ya," Summer replied before running off with Ben's Starly.

See Summer has always known she was different, her father was a scientist who was under the wrong side during the reign of terror of Go Go Rock Squad and her mother, whom she loved dearly, always seemed to be hiding secrets.

~with Karrie~

Everything was beautifully set and Karrie was helping the guys carefully bring out Garnet's chocolate masterpiece that was was guarded by stainless steel plate for the bottom and his new diamond glass top that cover the top of case. Least to say, it was heavy and required at least two Hajimes to carry it.

She sniffed as she picked up the scent of dirt, rock, minerals, sweaty stink, and something else that was way off. She also smelt danger, something she was able to do when she was among fellow Hajimes thanks to Rayquaza.

"You okay Ray?" Gold asked. "Do ya smell something other than us and the delicious cake?"

"Ya, danger, dirt, rocks, minerals, oh, and danger," Karrie replied.

"You can smell danger?" Gold asked.

"Ya, all of us have our own way of sensing danger thanks to the legendary but they only seem to really kick in for most when they're among other Hajimes," Ethan replied. "Someone wasn't paying attention when Old Hajime was teaching us about our legendary powers."

"When has he ever payed much attention to anything that wasn't moving fast, a girl, a car, or a weapon?" Red asked.

"Um, we are all technically deadly weapons Red, and he doesn't pay much attention to that," Garnet replied.

"I was more thinking nonliving weapons," Red replied as he sweat dropped.

"Hey, I paid attention!" Gold protested. "Just not to the sniffing danger part."

"Because your legendary doesn't sniff danger, it feels it through electrical currents like the rest of the electric legendaries." Bruno replied.

"Oh, is that why things get all prickly before something bad happens to me when at least one of you is around?" Gold asked.

"Yes," his brothers and cousin replied in harmony. The cake was place on a table and they sat down on the stage.

"Wow, I learn new things about us everyday," Gold said. "Did you know that we can use our powers to make toasters fly at people's head?"

"I think only some of us can do it, like electric and psychic types," Red replied.

"Do I want to know that background story?" Garnet asked.

"Probably not," Ethan replied.

"Hey, my dark energy can move things," Bruno commented.

"And I don't know about you but I can sure as heck make a toaster fly at your head with my power," Karrie added with a raised fist.

"Okay, okay, so it's not as cool or special as I thought it was." Gold replied as he raised his hands as a sign of surrender.

"Is it just me, or does the danger level see to increase?" Bruno asked.

"The ground is very disturbed," Ethan replied.

"And it reeks to high heavens of danger," Karrie replied as Jimmy noticed a cloud of dust coming their way.

"Um, guys, dust cloud coming at at 12 o' clock and fast," Jimmy said as he jolted right up. The group of Hajimes all stood up in alarm.

"I guess it's a good thing Teah hasn't responded to come over to help us with dance and music," Ethan replied. "She'd freak if she got covered in dirt."

"But only if she has a show coming up or knows that outsiders are watching, right?" Red asked.

"So she says," Karrie replied. "She never did take the slime, the goo, and the mud pranks very well, she's as bad as Kellyn when it comes to it, and both are scary in their own right."

"Rhydon and Rhyhorn in coming!" Gold exclaimed as he clung to Jimmy in terror. "Save me!"

"Why the heck do you think I can save you, I have the same type of power as you!" Jimmy replied. "Get off of me!"

"Right, ETHAN!" Gold exclaimed before jumping on his other brother and clinging on to him for dear life.

"Gold!" Ethan exclaimed.

"This is bad, we've got mainly electric versus rock and ground," Garnet replied.

"But we don't always need a type advantage," Red replied.

"But we can't risk revealing our powers to the school kids," Bruno said as he placed his hand on Red's shoulder.

"Oh crap, what do we do? They're coming right for us!" Jimmy exclaimed. "I don't have my Pokemon on me!"

"Neither do we!" the rest of the boys, minus Bruno, exclaimed in horror.

"We'll have to use our martial arts training and our intelligence, though I realize some of you are lacking the capacity to hold much intelligence." Bruno replied. "Karrie, do you have your student capture styler?" Karrie searched her pockets but only found chocolate bar wrappers.

"Aw man, I left it in my room so that people couldn't call me!" Karrie exclaimed.

"Well, we're screwed," Gold said.

"Yeah, nice knowing you all," Jimmy added.

"Guys, they're not going to kill us, someone must have just agitated them in the mountains," Ethan said as he tried to pry Gold off of him. "And could you get off of me you big log!"

"No, I want my mommy!" Gold replied as he head on tighter.

"You have ten seconds before I use stone edge or something on you," Ethan replied as he continued to try to pry his brother off of him. The Rhyhorn and Rhydon came closer and then everyone noticed something rather unusual about them. They were black with red glowing lines all over their bodies.

"That's not normal," Garnet said.

"Nah, cause do you normally see pokemon that have glowing red lines in an ancient pattern of evil?" Karrie asked.

"Evil?" Gold asked.

"Ancient?" Jimmy asked.

"Legendary Hunters?" Ethan asked.

"How do you know so much?" Red asked.

"Yes, yes, yes, and because I do," Karrie replied.

"So, we're screwed because obviously one that isn't going to try to squirt water at us if behinds, right?" Jimmy asked.

"Right," Garnet replied and nodded.

"Mommy!" Jimmy shrieked before joining Gold on Ethan.

"I'm going to kill both of you!" Ethan exclaimed as he tried to shake his two dear brothers off of him.

"My cake!" Garnet exclaimed. "They're going to ruin it!"

"Don't be a priss Nettie," Gold replied.

"Yeah, it makes you look kinda gay," Jimmy commented making Ethan stopped struggling and look away, yet only Karrie and Bruno noticed. Karrie whacked Jimmy in the head and hard, knocking him off of Ethan and startling Gold.

"What's wrong with some being flamboyant?" Karrie asked.

"Nothing Ray, I'm sorry," Jimmy replied. "And I'm sorry Garnet."

'This is why I could never tell them.' Ethan said to Karrie .

'They love you, they'd accept you regardless. They're your brothers, you're triplets.' Karrie replied.

'But, Jimmy...' Ethan said.

'I'll kick his butt if he makes your life a living hell, heck I'll do the same to anyone who tries to make your life a living hell.' Karrie replied.

'Thank you Kare,' Ethan said and Karrie smiled.

"It's alright, just Gold, NEVER call me prissy." Garnet said. "You know it took me along time to show off my baking talents outside of closed doors and I don't want to be compared to that prissy rich boy, Jewels."

"Ya, I'm sorry Sparky," Gold replied.

"So, controlled Rhydon and Rhyhorn by evil people, have any ideas?" Bruno said.

"Um, how about not clinging to the one who can do something against them out of a set of triplets?" Ethan asked and Gold reluctantly got down from his gentle hearted brother.

"Let's try to deter them away from Keith's birthday present," Karrie said before running towards the stampede, which is not something a sane completely normal person would do. The group of Hajimes tried to stop the stampede but were not succeeding.

Karrie was in tears as she watch the stampede start to trash what she worked so hard to put together for Keith. Summer saw the stampede as she approached from the woods. She didn't have a styler but she knew she had to do something, especially since Karrie seemed to paralyzed as she was about to be trampled over. Summer ran out in front of Karrie and put her hand out and closed her eyes.

'Stop, don't hurt her!' Summer cried out mentally and a blue aura was emitted from her hands, shocking the Hajimes. The Pokemon returned to normal, licked Summer and went back to the mountains.

"No way," Gold said before his jaw hanged open with the rest of his brothers.

"Did, did you see that?" Jimmy asked.

"She just emitted power and changed them back to normal," Garnet replied.

"Um," Summer said as she blushed as she forgot that only she knew that she had this special connection to Pokemon that not even Rangers had.

"That was awesome," Red replied.

"I thought they had all died out," Bruno said.

"She's a, she's a," Karrie stuttered.

"She's a Tamer," Ethan exclaimed.

"Wait, what? You mean you know who and what I am?" Summer asked.

"Um, ya," Karrie replied. "Never expected to find a Tamer, but thank you for saving my butt."

"You're welcome," Summer replied while blushing. "So what are you guys if you know about me?"

"You are a gifted being called a Pokemon Tamer, you have the gift that has been passed down generations to tame, calm, and control Pokemon." Ethan explained.

"That explains a bit, but what about you guys?" Summer asked and the Hajimes looked at each other.

"You can't tell ANYONE about it," Karrie replied.

"But we're the Legendary Protectors," Bruno added.

"That explains so much," Summer replied.

"Yeah," Karrie replied with a nod. "And we have hunters after us, so for your protection, we ask that you don't tell anyone about that and for your safety, don't tell people about your gift as some may try to misuse you and your gift."

"Trust me, I know that goes without saying," Summer said. "Especially since my father got tangled in with the wrong crowd years ago when I was young."

"I suppose there's a story we'll be hearing about in the future," Karrie replied as she noticed Summer get a bit depressed. "But that's for the future, you got great friends and you got the Hajimes. We're a bunch of goofballs but we can kick some serious butt."

"Ya, when some of us aren't screaming for their mom in the face of danger," Ethan said as he glared at Jimmy and Gold who smiled sheepishly. Summer chucked.

"Alright, we need to clean this up and set up a party," Karrie said.

"A party? For who?" Summer asked.

"For Keith," Gold replied with a sing song voice.

"Ooh," Summer replied in the same kind of voice causing Karrie to turn bright red. "How about I help set up?"

"That would be great!" Karrie exclaimed. "And we can bond! I've always wanted another tomboy to befriend! Rhyth keeps trying to get me in so many dresses and pink stuff." Summer laughed before putting her arm around the short little brown haired teenager.

"I'd like that," Summer said. "Besides, both of my friends are male, I need some female friends that aren't going to try to get me into a dress."

"This is the start of a beautiful friendship," Karrie replied.

"And why do I have a feeling she just a got a partner in kicking all of our a****?" Gold asked.

"language," Summer and Karrie replied in harmony as they both hit him in the head at the same time.

"Because she just did," Jimmy replied.

"Ow...I don't like this," Gold said as he held his head.

"So, the cake survived," Garnet said as he held up the giant heavy cake by himself.

"Now that's a strong boy," Summer exclaimed and Garnet smiled.

"Thank you mi'lady," Garnet replied as he bowed.

"Oh, and a gentleman, now Ben could take a few lessons from you," Summer said.

"Take a few lessons from who?" Ben asked as he came out of the woods.

"The woods are popular today," Red said.

"From Garnet," Karrie replied.

"What are you doing here?" Summer asked. "You're supposed to be in the pool."

"And you're supposed not to get into any trouble," Ben replied. "Starly came frantically saying something about a stampede."

Ah yes, Starly was supposed to go back to Ben if trouble showed up so that Ben could come to her rescue even though Summer could clearly hold her own more than Ben.

"Oh, THAT stampede," Jimmy commented.

"We took care of it together, no injuries to ya girl," Gold replied which caused Ben to turn red.

"And we've sustained barely any injuries ourselves, in case you're wondering," Ethan added.

"A stampede?!" Ben exclaimed.

"I'm fine!" Summer snapped.

"Sorry, I was just worried." Ben replied.

"Hey Ben, do you want to help us set up Keith's birthday party?" Karrie asked, trying to change the subject before Ben and Summer got into a fight.

"Sure, though he's been looking for you," Ben replied.

"Really?" Karrie asked. "Well, guess he'll have to keep looking and not find us until we're ready for him to find us."

"Is that his cake?" Ben asked as he looked at the cake Garnet was holding.

"Yes," Garnet replied. "I designed and made it myself, with Karrie's approval of course."

"AWESOME!" Ben exclaimed. "Wait, how heavy is that thing that you can hold it with one hand."

"Um, well," Garnet replied while he tried to do the math in his head.

"That thing is wicked heavy, weighs like a ton to me," Gold replied.

"Wow, you work out a lot!" Ben exclaimed and Garnet shook his head.

"No, I don't really," Garnet replied. "I bake a lot and have a lot of arm work out between all the exercise I get from baking and training my Pokemon as well as traveling with friends."

"Oh," Ben replied.

"Ya," Garnet replied.

"So, to start, I guess we should clean up the mess the stampede made, huh?" Bruno asked.

"Was he always there?" Ben asked Summer quietly.

"Yes," Summer replied.

"Oh, oops," Ben replied while sweat dropping.

The Hajimes along with Summer and Ben cleaned up and set up Keith's party in the matter of hours, which was something they were running low on. Keith was going to be in for a surprise, and hopefully, he'd like it.

~end of chapter~

Kate: =( how come me and Kellyn didn't have much of a spotlight?

Me: because the stars of this chapter did not include you two, sorry

Karrie: Tamers...I did not see that one coming =O

Garnet: you sure love curveballs

Me: not really, baseball and softball aren't really my thing

Garnet: T.T

Summer: cool, now I have super awesome powers!

Karrie: Summer! You're not suppose to tell anyone, remember?

Summer: relax, it's not like we're going to break the third wall in the story, or is it the fourth wall? Oh well...

Karrie: I've broke a few walls

Me: Kare, you've only broke actual walls which are not the walls she's talking about. She's talking about the dimensions in which the fictitious world resides in which is separate from the actual world.

Karrie: but hasn't she broke one of those walls then in the past?

Me: maybe, I don't remember...

Ethan: anyways, review while Garnet serves cake

Me: wait, there's cake?!

Ethan: ya, it's part of your welcome back party

Me: *starts tearing up* You guys are the best