Chapter 8: Testing Mega Evolution
Ash and his friends managed to book a room at the Jones Motel. Ash and Pikachu went outside to do a practice battle. Serena and her Pancham were waiting inside their hotel room. Pancham was a mammalian, bipedal Pokémon that resembled a young panda. Its head and short, puffy tail were white. There were tufts of fur on top of its head and on its cheeks. There were black circles around its eyes, and the ears were also black. The upper body and hind feet were black, while the lower body is a dark gray. It had dark brown eyes with no visible irises. There were small, dark brown circular pads on the soles of its three-toed feet. This Pancham was male and had red sunglasses. Just then, the two heard some frantic knocking. "Okay, okay. We're coming," said Serena. "Pancham," said Pancham.
(Insert "Alouette")
Serena opened the door and saw the one knocking was Fifi La Fume. But she was still knocking that she started knocking on Pancham's face. "You can stop knocking," said Serena. Fifi stopped and saw she accidentally caused Pancham's face to get scrunched in. "Oops. Sahrry, måahnsieur," said Fifi. She giggled an embarrassed giggle. Pancham shook his face back to normal.
"What can I do for you, Fifi?" asked Serena. "Ees Peekahchu here?" asked Fifi. "He is. But he's outside doing a practice battle with Ash's Sceptile. After he foiled Team Flare's evil plot for world destruction, Ash earned a Key Stone and Mega Stones for his Pokémon that are capable of Mega Evolution. He's going to test out his Sceptilite. Why?" asked Serena. "Ahsh's Peekahchu ees sahme Peekahchu who sahved me frahm Elmyra years ahgo! I've waited fahr years to finahlly zank heem prahperly weethout heem runneeng ahway! Ahsh ahlso prahmised zat I would cahme weeth heem so zat I cahn be weeth Peekahchu ahftair I grahduated!" said Fifi excitedly. She was about to run outside, but Serena grabbed her by the tail. "Wait a minute! Hold on! Hold on! You're going to scare him the way you're going to approach him, like you always did. You need to take it slow," said Serena. "I'm sahrry, Serena. I guess I gaht cahrried ahway," said Fifi. She giggled an embarrassed giggle. "Why don't we go outside and watch the battle?" asked Serena. "Okay," said Fifi.
(End Music)
(Insert "Hoenn Trainer Battle" from Pokémon)
Outside the motel, Ash's Pikachu was facing off Ash's Sceptile. Sceptile was a reptilian, bipedal Pokémon. Its neck was somewhat long, and it had two crests on its head. It had semicircular, yellow eyes with red rims. Its lower jaw and a belt-like band across its waist were also red. Along its back, it had two lines running down the middle and two rows of yellow nodules that were described as seeds. Its tail was shaped similar to that of a palm tree's branch. Both of its long arms have two sharp, elongated leaves and three claws. These leaves allow it to use its former signature move, Leaf Blade. Sceptile was wearing his Sceptilite on a belt. Both Pokémon were starting to tire out. Clemont and Bonnie were watching the spar. "Sceptile, Leaf Blade!" said Ash. The four leaves on Sceptile's wrists glowed light green and formed into two. Sceptile then slices at Pikachu, but he dodged each swipe. "Pikachuuuuuuuu!" said Pikachu as he shocked Sceptile. It didn't do much damage.
"You ready, Sceptile?" asked Ash. Sceptile nodded. "Mega Evolution!" said Ash. He pressed the Key Stone on his Mega Ring and Sceptile's Sceptilite began to glow. Serena, Pancham and Fifi arrived just in time. A bright light flashed and everybody shielded their eyes. When the light faded, Sceptile was now Mega Sceptile. As Mega Sceptile, its head crests became more pointed with a round portion missing from the middle. Red markings surrounded its eyes, which became smaller and more narrow. The yellow seeds down its back grew larger. The last pair of seeds turned red, while the pair above it turned orange. Red stripes encircled the base of its tail and ran across its lower belly. The leaves on its wrists became more pointed, and the upper ones had red tips and half-circles cut out of the middles. Covering its chest and shoulders were plates of leaves similar to those that formed its tail. Mega Sceptile's tail grew longer and developed a red stinger at the tip. Mega Sceptile can cut off a portion of its tail to fire it like a missile at an opponent. Its lost tail will continue regenerating as long as it still had the energy required for Mega Evolution. Mega Sceptile stood in a battle ready pose.
"That doesn't scare me," said Pikachu. Pikachu then fired a full power Thunder attack. Mega Sceptile was zapped by the attack, but it did nothing. "Ah, ah, ah. I have Lightning Rod," said Mega Sceptile. Pikachu's eyes widened in horror when he heard those words. "Sceptile, Dragon Claw!" said Ash. A light-green aura formed around each of Mega Sceptile's hands and they turned into a claw like shape. Mega Sceptile charged at Pikachu. The electric mouse tried to dodge him, but he was too fast. Mega Sceptile struck Pikachu with the Dragon Claw attack. This was enough to defeat Pikachu. Pikachu was sent crashing into a wall, back first. Pikachu then fell to the ground, with swirly eyes. "Ooh. Zat hahs to hurt, no?" asked Fifi.
(End Music)
Mega Sceptile de-evolved back into its base form. "Good job, Sceptile," said Ash. Sceptile nodded. After the battle, Ash healed up Pikachu. "You weren't really focused on the battle, were you, Pikachu?" asked Sceptile. "How could you tell?" asked Pikachu. "Your mind kept wandering away as you fought Sceptile. What's troubling you, Pikachu?" asked Ash. Pikachu sighed, knowing he couldn't keep it a secret any longer. "I keep thinking about Fifi's situation when we saw her at the pizza parlor. She seemed so sad, due to the boys keep running away from her, especially after Hamton broke her heart. All she wanted was a boy to love her. Now I'm beginning to feel guilty for always running away from her, especially since I was the one who saved her," said Pikachu.
"I hahpe you ahctually mean zat," said a stern voice behind Pikachu. Pikachu turned around and saw Fifi standing behind him, looking a bit mad. He yelped when he saw her. "How much have you heard?" asked Pikachu. "Every wahrd. Eet wahs very rude of you to keep runneeng ahway frahm me. Ahll I wahnted wahs to zank you fahr sahveeng me," said Fifi. She crossed her arms and turned away from Pikachu. "I waited years fahr you to cahme bahck to me ahftair our dahte aht Hoenn. I hahve ahlso naht fahrgotten when you ruined zat dress when you zahpped me dureeng my veesit to Celahdahn Ceety," said Fifi. "Is this true, Pikachu? Did you really ruin a dress she was wearing?" asked Ash. "Yes. It was during when you painted Misty, Brock and I to look like skunks. Which in turn caused Fifi, Pepé and Bimbette to chase us," said Pikachu sheepishly. "Why did you paint them to look like skunks, Ash?" asked Bonnie. Ash and Pikachu sighed. "I guess we can tell. But both Pikachu and I don't really like talking about what happened there. It was when I was traveling with both Misty and Brock," said Ash. And they began to tell the others the tale.
Fifi and Pikachu reunite for the first in a while, but she's annoyed about how Pikachu kept running away from her in the past. Next chapter will be a flashback of this fanfic series version of "Pokémon Scent-sation", but it'll have a different title. I know all you Pokémon fans hated how Erika, Misty, Brock and Pikachu treated Ash in that episode. So in the next chapter, Ash actually decides to teach them a lesson without the help of Team Rocket. This chapter will also show how dangerous Fifi can get if the boy she's in love is threatened, which Team Rocket will learn the hard way in this flashback chapter. Til next time, peace out.
