What a
Guardian Angel!
by Liv Valle and Joshua Falken
Thanks to BenRG for beta read this fic
Author's notes: The following story is of the Humor genre. Although it deals with religious concepts (such as angels and the spirit realm) it does not represent a serious commentary on religion or on the beings that may inhabit the spirit realm. It is intended only to be a comedy, no more. If you are easily offended by stories with a religious aspect or that treat religious concepts irreverently, you are strongly advised NOT TO READ THIS STORY. Joshua Falken, Liv Valle and Ben Russell-Gough cannot accept any liability for distress or offence that this story may cause.
Chapter 4
by Liv Valle
A week had passed since Ash, his friends and his "cousin" had returned to Pallet Town. On the day that Ash and his friends had scheduled to resume their Pokémon Journey, they had some unexpected surprises
"How come that now you are going with us in our Pokémon Journey?" Ash asked, confused and furious at the same time. The last thing that he wanted in the world was to have the annoyance of Gary honking in his ears the entire time. He only wanted that from Misty...
"You heard me right, Ash-boy. I will be very useful for two reasons: One, I never get lost. Two, somebody has to protect a lady from the dangerous situations in which you are going place her." Gary said, smiling like a gallant movie hero, making Giselle feel horribly embarrassed.
"Thank you, Gary, but you really don't have to do this," Giselle said quickly, trying to dismantle the situation. "Our group is just fine as it is."
"That is right, Giselle! We didn't need people like you!" Brock told Gary.
"Nobody asked for your opinion! Okay, my dear Giselle, let's make an agreement. I see that you have an Eevee, right? Well, I have a Umbreon. I suggest that we have a one-on-one Pokémon Battle. If I win, I will accompany you from Pallet Town. If you win, I won't join your party."
"What?" Giselle and Ash said at the same time. The despair took over Light Hope's face and he looked at the cadet Angel in panic.
"Ah... Gary, let me to think a little with my Eevee and with my cousin, 'kay?" Then Giselle ran over to the other end of Delilah's garden. Light Hope didn't like the idea of fighting. He especially didn't like the thought of fighting Gary's Umbreon. Watching him practice with Ash's Pikachu told the Pokémon Angel that the Dark-type Pokémon was strong and dangerous in a fight.
"Why have you put me in that mess, cadet?"
"Calm down, LH, you don't need to be so nervous. Besides you are a member of the First Command of the Poké-angels," Giselle said, making an innocent face.
"It is true, you said yourself that you were of the First Command. You've got all these supernatural powers, so you shouldn't have a problem against an ordinary Pokémon," Ash added.
"That is exactly the problem, Mr. Ketchum! I am an angel, and not an Cherubim!"
"And what is the difference besides the number of wings?" Ash asked confused.
Light Hope flew in his direction, sticking his muzzle in the young human male's face. "Angels are guardians and messengers. It is only the responsibility of the Cherubim to fight!" On that moment, he was turned to Giselle. "Cadet, you have put me in this impossible position, and now you will get me out of it!"
"So" Ash said thoughtfully, stroking his chin. "Ordinary angels don't have attack powers"
"I have an idea that will work," she said in an excited tone.
Ash and Light Hope looked at Giselle worriedly. 'Why don't I like that?' they thought simultaneously.
After a few moments of further heated discussion, Light Hope and Giselle were ready to face Gary and his Umbreon.
'I hope Giselle wins, otherwise I'll have to put up with Gary's arrogance for the next nine months!' Ash thought.
'I hope Giselle wins so that I can be alone with her.' Brock thought, blushing slightly.
'I hope Giselle wins, otherwise I'll be pulling two ears instead of one.' Misty thought.
[Ketchup I want Ketchup,] Pikachu thought.
[I want to play!] Togepi thought, deliriously happy.
Brock stood in between the two young people. "This is a one-on-one battle between Gary Oak and Giselle Ketchum!" he announced. "Trainers: Choose your Pokémon!"
"Go Halley!" Gary called, throwing a super-type Pokéball. There was a white flash and his Umbreon appeared, the yellow rings on his body glowing with dark-type elemental power.
"Okay, Light Hope!" Giselle called. "I choose you!" Light Hope visibly gulped in fear and then ran forward to face the five-times-larger Umbreon.
"Halley! Use Double Team!" Gary ordered. Halley seemed to glow and, suddenly, a ring of illusionary Umbreons surrounded Light Hope. The Pokémon Angel had never actually been in a Battle before and he stared around him in utter confusion.
"Light Hope, use your Rollout attack!" Giselle yelled.
"I don't believe that I am doing this!" The Poké-angel thought in frustration. He rolled up into a tight wheel shape and began to roll towards the ring of Umbreons. By rolling right around the ring, he was able to score single strike against Halley, who tumbled away with a bark of surprise.
"Stay calm, Halley!" Gary commanded. "Use Skull Bash!" Giselle shouted for Light Hope to dodge, but the Pokémon Angel was too shocked by the sudden sight of Halley looming over him to respond. The Umbreon jumped into the air and slammed his head against the smaller Light Hope's head, driving the Eevee's head half into the ground.
"Oh no! LH!" Giselle shouted, covering her mouth in worry.
"Giselle, if you can't beat him move-for-move, use a defensive strategy!" Ash shouted.
"Finish it, Halley!" Gary commanded. "Use Faint Attack!" Halley's golden ring markings glowed even brighter and then the Dark-type Pokémon unleashed a rippling wave of golden-red energy right at the Pokémon Angel.
"Use Light Screen, Light Hope!" Light Hope was scared, but complied, realising that the cadet probably knew more about this than he did. The otherworldly Eevee erected a bubble of psychic energy that reflected half of the attack energy back at Halley, who staggered back in surprise.
"Damn!" Gary snapped when he realised that Giselle had countered his attack. He didn't notice the way the girl winced at his words. Angels had a particularly poor view of cursing, and disliked the world 'damn' most of all. It reminded them of their kind's worst failure.
"Okay, Halley, we'll have to finish this up close and persona! Use Quick Attack!"
"Use Quick Attack too, Light Hope!" Giselle cried out. The two Pokémon blurred towards each other, moving so fast that they couldn't be easily seen. Normally, an Umbreon would be much faster than an Eevee, but this wasn't a normal Eevee. Halley was knocked sideways by the high-speed impact and struck the ground hard. "Yeah! Now use Rollout again!" Giselle called out.
'Again? Oh dear, I wish she hadn't said that,' Light Hope thought in annoyance as he rolled up into a wheel shape again and began to tumble forwards towards Halley. Gary shouted for his Pokémon to counter with another Skull Bash attack, but he was too slow and the first impact between Eevee and Umbreon knocked the larger Pokémon head-over heels. Light Hope pressed his attack and struck the reeling Umbreon four more times. Finally, Halley tumbled to the ground with a moan and fainted.
Light Hope rolled up to Giselle, unrolled from his ball and staggered around in front of his cadet, very dizzy. "Very well LH! Good boy!" the Cadet angel laughed in joy. She swept the Eevee up in her arms, hugging him and shaking him in congratulation. This was the last straw for Light Hope, who vomited his breakfast all over her white tee shirt.
"EEEKKK!" Giselle screamed with disgust.
After washing and drying the blouse in question, the group found themselves at the start of Route One once again. Light Hope was still a little dizzy but he no longer felt so nauseous. He murmured that, as soon as the mission was finished, he would ask some vacation time in Pokémon Paradise.
"What made you decide to teach Light Hope the Rollout attack, Giselle?" Misty asked in curiosity. "It is an unusual attack to see a normal-type use."
"Well, I've always loved 'Sonic the Hedgehog'," Giselle replied. Ash and Misty fell over backwards. Then, as if from nowhere, Gary appeared in front of them.
"Hi Lady Giselle, how you are going? Now we will be together in our Journey." Gary said, seizing her hands in an excess of politeness.
"Wait one minute!" Ash called out. "We agreed that if Giselle's Eevee defeated your Umbreon, you would not go with us." Ash said.
"I said that I would not accompany you on your journey Ash," Gary said with his usual aura of arrogance. "However, we didn't say anything about me maybe taking the same route as you guys and just happening to be walking alongside you and staying at the same campsites and coincidentally going to all the same places"
"That's it!" Ash shouted and jumped at Gary.
While Ash and Gary fought, Giselle looked at for Light Hope, who had perched on her shoulder the way that Ash's Pikachu usually did. "LH, I think that you battled in vain," she said with an embarrassed smile.
"I knew that I should have I got a different mission..." the Pokémon-Angel murmured, feeling the bruise on his head from Halley's Skull Bash attack beginning to throb again.
To be continued