Been playing too much Legends Arceus Lately and had to work on the Rewrite for 'The Road to a Pokémon Master'. So yeah, but this was and is still a side project. Anyway enjoy.
I don't need to remind you guys what's what.
Chapter 5
A Coincidence with a side of Psychics
"So Ash, what exactly happened to you during the camp? You arrived late, very late, it was almost dark." Ash sheepishly rubbed the back of head.
"It's a long story."
"Then tell me, we have time."
"Alright so basically, I got lost, which is pretty normal for me. Then I got picked up by a herd of Kangaskhan, they were super nice. There was even a Pichu that stayed with the herd, they were fun to play with, though sometimes they'd shock me it was fine though I knew they were accidental."
"Wow, you got to interact with a herd of Kangaskhan? That's so cool. What were they like?"
"Friendly and welcoming, that's basically it."
~translator_on
The two teens then continued to converse, hopping through topics faster than a Shuckle in trick room.
Pikachu however was in shock, there was no way they were the same person, right? It had to be a coincidence.
But as Pikachu heard more, the evidence pointed to yes.
"Dexter? Dexter!" Pikachu called for the Porygon.
"What is it, Pikachu?"
"Can you help me, I need to tell Ash something."
"So yeah-" Ash looked to see Pikachu pulling on his shirt. "What's up Pikachu?"
Dexter then dematerialized and Ash's Pokédex bleeped.
"Ash, you know the Pichu, the one you've been talking about. That was me, I'm the Pichu."
Ash's eyes widened in shock, he wasn't expecting this, but now that he thought about it maybe it was fate that let them meet again, even though they didn't know it at the time.
There was also the possibility of Celebi or Dialga shenanigans going on, but dealing with legendaries was basically routine for the two, so they both went with that as an explanation.
Nodding to themselves in silent agreement they pushed the event out of their minds, instead deciding to see what was on Tv today.
This didn't last long however, as Dexter beeped and text appeared on his screen.
"Should we surprise him?"
"We should be up front."
"Let's just go for it."
The words were different color Indicating multiple Pokémon were invisible or outside.
The first line was pink, the second was yellow, and the last one was blue.
Ash then thought of all the legendaries he's met so far, narrowing it down to the Lake Guardian.
"Azelf! Mesprit! Uxie! I know you're here!" Ash said, causing said Pokémon to appear in front of him.
'How did you know?' Uxie asked.
'Yeah tell us.' Azelf said and Mesprit nodded along.
Ash showed his Pokédex with the words they said earlier still on its screen.
'Is there a Pokémon in there?' Uxie asked sensing Dexter's presence.
"A Porygon."
'Ahh, okay.' All three said at the same time, causing their voices to overlap.
"So why are you guys here?"
'For your gift of course. I'm sure you received some of the others gifts.' Uxie said.
Ash nodded.
'Great, then I'll start.' Uxie said floating forward
'Why do you get to start first?' Both Azelf and Mesprit ask Uxie.
'So that we don't have to continually use telepathy to communicate with Ash.'
'Okay that makes sense.' Azelf and Mesprit said in unison.
'*telepathic cough* okay, so my gift is the knowledge of our language, of all languages. You may speak them all and you may understand them all.' Ash laughed a bit at the mini speech.
Uxie placed a hand on Ash's forehead.
Ash suddenly felt a headache, it was mild but noticeable. It went away once Uxie removed his hand from Ash's head.
"So, did it work?" Pikachu asked.
Ash looked at him in astonishment, this was definitely going to be useful in training his Pokémon.
"Quick Pikachu say your favorite food." Azelf said.
"Uh, okay. Ketchup." Ash laughed, Goh was confused. He didn't have any context for why Ash suddenly laughed at something Pikachu said, but he shrugged it off and decided to check his phone.
It was 4:30 in the afternoon.
"Oh, shoot! Uh. sorry Ash! Gotta go before I get a talking to from Chloe!" Goh said as he rushed out of the front door.
Everyone in the room stared at the swung open door for a moment before going back to what they were doing.
"Alright my turn now." Mesprit said, as she floating over to Ash.
"No fair, Mesprit. I wanted to go next." Azelf said as he pouted.
"First come, first serve, Azelf. You of all mons should know that."
"Okay, now my gift is, basically it's just Aura, but stronger and more precise at detecting emotion." Mesprit placed a hand on Ash's forehead and once again Ash gets another mild headache.
"Is it the same concept on how to use it?" Ash asked once the process was done
"it's seventy-five percent the same."
"Alright finally, my turn." Azelf said floating over to Ash.
"Now for my gift, it's kinda like Mesprit's but with willpower and determination, instead of emotion. But there's a second part to my gift. Do you have a Great Ball?" Ash pulled out a shrunken Great Ball from his pocket.
"Wait, what about your lake?" Azelf nodded.
"Another Azelf will take over. We're still Pokémon Ash, we can still be caught. Replacement are either natural or done through Arceus." Uxie explained.
"Okay then." Ash unshrunk the Great Ball. Azelf tapped the button on the middle of the ball and was promptly sucked in. three shakes later the capture was as confirmed.
"Azelf's Data has been added to the Pokédex." Dexter said as the dex entry for Azelf was sent to Oak's lab.
"The Professor's definitely going to be happy about that."
"We should probably get going, take care of Azelf for us okay." Mesprit said with a wink before teleporting, Uxie soon followed after.
After the two disappeared, Ash sat down on the couch.
"Wonder who we'll see next?" He told Pikachu.
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There we go Chapter 5, again don't expect regular updates for this. It's something I work on in my spare time.
