Chapter 27: The Bonds of Evolution
Ash and his friends finally arrive at Brackish Town, they stop by at the holoboard which is posting about the advertisement of an exhibition battle featuring the Kalos Pokémon Champion, Diantha.
"Aunt Diantha is here in town having an exhibition match?" Golly says. "That is amazing."
"It sure is." Mark says. "How about we go meet her?"
"Sure. Why not?" Ash says. "I mean, it is nice to see him again."
When they arrived at the stadium, the gang goes down to the interior of the stadium. There they walk in a hallway where they then heard a commotion happening nearby. They turn a corner to see a large group of people, most likely from the press, outside a door.
"Wow..." Serena says. "Just how many people are here to see Diantha..."
"And there is Katie! She is Diantha's assistant." Ash says as they notice the girl.
"Now hold on, Diantha won't be seeing anybody or making any interviews today." Katie is panicked as she tries to get the crowd to disperse.
Before Ash and his friends can go there, they see the door open as Professor Sycamore is there.
"Hello everyone, how are you all today." Says the professor.
"We're all good professor." Says Ash. "By the way, what are you doing here?"
"I'm here to do extensive research on Diantha's Gardevoir on its Mega Evolution." Says the professor. "Right now she is in the back room talking to Aurora about something."
"Wait, Mom is here as well?" Mark asks in surprise.
Ash says, "She has been following us during this journey, but she would only interfere when we are really in trouble."
"I see." Golly says.
Then the door opens as Diantha says, "Aurora, thank you for- Oh my."
"Ash? Everyone?" Aurora is also surprised as Golly immediately hugs her.
"Hi Mom." Ash says as Ash and Mark also hug their mother. "What are you doing here?"
"Diantha is just asking me for some advice with battling, I assume that you saw the poster of Dinatha's battle?" Aurora asks.
"We do." Serena says. "That is why we are here."
Diantha asks, "So Ash, how are your gym battles? I assume you have two badges?"
"You bet. I beat Grant and get the Cliff Badge. And right now I am heading to Shalour City." Ash says.
"Oh, I see." Dinatha says. "You'll be able to see Father as well."
"We know." Mark says. "Father is also a gym leader there, which means it might be a tough battle."
"So Diantha, about what we discussed earlier." Professor Sycamore says.
"You mean about lending you my Key Stone correct?" Diantha asks. They then see her touching the charm necklace around her neck,on the center of it held her Key Stone.
"I'm sorry professor, but I can't lend it to you or anyone. This Key Stone represents the bond between myself and Gardevior." Says Diantha.
"I understand,perhaps the next time you visit Lumiose City, perhaps we can-" Professor Sycamore says.
"Nope, not gonna happen." The group then sees Katie come in the room. "Right now, Diantha's schedule is jam pack, so we don't have any time to visit Lumiose City."
Once the Professor is confronting, she turns around and sees Ash, Mark, Golly and East. "Oops, I am sorry to let you see that."
"It's fine, Katie." East says. "You really did a good job on helping our aunt."
"You're on soon Madam." Katie turns to Diantha, who nods.
"Thanks Katie, you're all free to watch the match." says Diantha then leaves to her match.
Once Dinatha and Katie leaves, Aurora says, "Why don't we go watch the match at the stands? It will be a good lesson for you all to see the match."
"That sure is a great idea, mother." Ash says.
In the battle, Diantha is facing an opponent using an begins with Bite, but Gardevoir is too quick. Absol then uses Quick Attack, but again Gardevoir evades the attack, able to understand Diantha's commands merely through eye contact. Absol uses Psycho Cut, but Gardevoir repels it with Shadow Ball, which rebounds to hit Absol. As a last resort, Absol uses Perish Song, but Gardevoir uses Moonblast to knock Absol out, winning the match.
"She is still strong as always." Ash says.
"You just can't wait to have a battle with her? Ash?" Aurora rubs his hair.
"Can't blame me, Mom." Ash says. "And don't do that, it is embarrassing.
After the battle, they want to go meet Diantha, only to see her left early.
"Now what are we going to do since we missed her?" East asks.
"I know. Why don't we go try out the famous chocolate cake?" Serena says as she shows the picture.
"I want to try it out!" Bonnie says.
"I have to take care of the data, so I'll join you later." Professor Sycamore then leaves.
However, when the travelers reach the restaurant, they are greeted by a long line.
"Man, this is too long…" Serena says.
"I really want to eat the cake." Bonnie whines.
Aurora sighs, "It is the famous cake after all, so it isn't a surprise to be this long."
Golly asks, "Mother, what should we do?"
Before they can come up with a plan, a person spot them and she yells, "Hey look! Is Kanto Champion Aurora!"
"No way! She also has Ash, Mark and Golly with her!" Another one who recognizes them says.
And much to their surprise, a lot of fans start to surround the 4 of them, causing the others to be left out.
Clemont says, "Wow, they are pretty famous here."
East says, "We Ketchums has a reputation of being one of the influential family, and with Ash being the one who stops the evil teams, almost every person know the family."
"What about you? East?" Bonnie asks. "Why aren't you being surrounded as well?"
East says, "I need to be with my family so they could recognize me. That is a harsh truth to know."
"I see." Serena says.
Once the fans are gone, Ash turns to them, "Guys! Look!"
Serena and the others are shock that they have a full sized cake on Ash's hands. Clemont asks, "Where did you get that?"
Mark says, "Well, some fans decide to give us because we are famous after all..."
Golly says, "It is quite embarrassing, but at least we have some cake to eat."
"Yay!" Bonnie cheers with Dedenne.
As they are about to slice the cake, the group then hear of a dispute between a customer and a worker.
"I'm very sorry, but we already sold out the last pieces of our Chocolate cake madam." Says the worker.
"Oh that's a tragedy, I was really hoping to finally try a piece of this shop's Chocolate cake. It brings the end of the world." Says the lady, who wears a black coat, black sun hat, and tinted glasses.
Aurora says, "Let me handle this." She goes to the lady and pats her shoulder.
"Huh? Sister Aurora?" The lady says.
"Come with us, we have a plenty." Aurora says.
"Really? That's nice of you all, thanks." Says the lady. Who reveals herself to be Dinatha.
"Wow, that is a great disguise, Aunt Diantha." Golly says.
"Thank you, Golly. How do you manage to get the cake?" Diantha asks.
"Don't ask, you can say we didn't disguise like you and you know." Aurora says.
"Wow. Maybe I should try that as well." Diantha jokes. "That way I will get more cake from fans."
Each takes only one bite, and one is enough to fill everyone's mouth in tastiness.
"Wow that was delicious." Says Ash.
"Now I've got to say, this is one of the best desserts I've ever tried." says Diantha.
"Really you enjoy desserts?" Asks Serena. Amazed by her comment and her sharing her love of desserts.
Aurora says, "Of all the Ketchums, she is quite a dessert lover. Whenever we go, she likes to try the famous desserts in that city."
Diantha blushes and says, "Would you please not tease me? Sister Aurora?"
"Seems like a good time." Says Mark.
"So Diantha, how do you balance all between actress and Champion?" Clemont asks.
"It all seems overwhelming, but I'm able to balance it all, because I do it all out of love. That way it doesn't feel overwhelming at all." Says Diantha.
"Diantha, can I have a battle with you?" Ash asks. "Of course it won't be an official battle."
"Sure. I also want to see how strong you are since the last time we meet." Diantha says.
"I hope I can watch as well." Says the professor who just came over.
"Of course professor. The more the merrier." says Diantha.
Diantha sends out Gardevoir, while Ash does the same.
"I see you have a Shiny one." Diantha says.
"Yes, but you won't believe that it was once a Tauros." Ash says.
"If it is Aurora, then I wouldn't be surprised." Diantha laughs.
Ash and Diantha both command the attacks by telepathy, which made everyone looks in awe.
"Wow, both are in equal power..." Mark says.
"Ash has been training hard I see." Aurora says.
But before they could continue the battle, a cube is thrown at both Gardevoirs and then ended up in a force field.
"What's this, Gardevoir!" Diantha sees her long time friend trapped in a box then floated to a balloon in the sky.
"Oh no." Ash says, knowing what happens next.
(Insert Team Rocket Motto)
Diantha asks, "What is the meaning of this?"
Golly says, "The three are still thinking they are evil, so Uncle Giovanni let us be our play toys I guess."
"I see." Dinatha says as she turns back to them.
"These Gardevoir clearly belongs to someone more elegant hence the best actress in the world, and not someone inferior, we just take it for the taking." Says Jessie.
"And since Gardevoir has the potential to Mega Evolve, it makes the cargo all the more precious." Says Meowth.
Ash says, "So you want a Mega Gardevoir? Why don't we just summon one?" Ash looks at Diantha, who nods back. Both of them press their key stone and say, "Respond to my heart! Mega Evolve!"
Both Gardevoir change their forms, Professor Sycamore says, "This is amazing...not only one but two..."
Ash and Diantha yell, "Shadow Ball!"
The two Pokemon break through the cage quickly, much to the trio's shock.
"I don't like where this is going." Says a very scared Meowth.
"Now, use Moonblast." The two Gardevoir fires pink balls and then causing the balloon to break and the trio sent flying.
"We are blasting off again!" They yell before they disappear out of their sight once again.
Diantha says, "I guess they sure are a pain for you guys?"
Mark says, "It sure is, but it is fun to see them flying all the time."
Clemont says, "But the only question I have is that how do they always find us?"
Aurora says, "I am not sure about that, they have been following my son for what? 5 years and 3 months."
Then they see Katie with the helicopter arrives, Diantha says, "Well, it seems like I have to go. I am sorry that our battle is interrupted for now."
Ash says, "It is fine, since I am going to challenge the league, I can battle you then."
Diantha nods and they bid farewell as she is going for film shooting, everyone also waves to her until the helicopter leaves out of their sight.
Here is a new chapter, it is basically the episode 28 with a slight change. I hope you like it. The next chapter will be introducing Korrina.