Chapter 4: Sabrina's Legacy Pt 1
Kendra is in her room to be asleep to be dreaming of her times in the early days of her training in the Saffron City gym where Sabrina was training her and others to be Gym trainers.
-Flashback Begins-
10-year-old Kendra is in one of the training rooms in the Saffron Gym to have three Psychic Pokemon she is training with. Her Staryu, Woobat, and Kirlia are within her party with Kirlia being the oldest Pokemon she has ever gotten to rescue her from the forest as a Ralts to name her Lily for now onward.
"They don't understand," Kendra said as the other trainers keep clear of her due to her weird appearance like her thick dark hair, pale skin, and loose purple dress making her look like a ghost just floating in the background not wanting to be noticed.
"You fought with your parents?" Lily asked to be bonded with her via their telepathy since they first meet. She quickly became like her big sister always watching out for her.
"Yes, they freak out when I can't control my powers. Things move around, my father having blackouts or me spreading negative feelings," Kendra said feeling very sad.
"Don't worry, we will keep your powers under control. I and your mistress will aid you," Lily said as Kendra nods her head.
"Yes, I will do my best," she said as the 10-year-old Kendra looks over to see her Mistress Sabrina coming in to greet everyone.
"Okay everyone, your lessons are about to begin. Your journey to being Gym Trainers are beginning and maybe one day you will take over to be my successor," Sabrina said as Kendra is wondering about that.
"Successor?" she wondered.
"Are you okay Kendra?" Sabrina asked to show some concern.
"Well, I had a fight with my parents and they were scared of my psychic powers," the little girl said as the older woman sympathize with the struggles of her past and powers.
"I understand, I was mocked for my gifts too, and soon with hard work. People will respect you in time," Sabrina said as this touched the young girl.
"Really?" Little Kendra has her doubts about this as she was mocked for being a very weird girl almost like a ghost in terms of her disposition.
"Yes, I will help you calm down your mind. That is a key to controlling your psychic powers," Sabrina said.
"Okay mistress Sabrina, I will do my best," Kendra said as she smiles for the Gym Leader takes her by the hand to lead her into the main area to prepare her to be a proper Gym Trainer.
-Flashback Ends-
Morning has come for Kendra to wake up from her slumber to hold onto her forehead. "Those memories were in the Saffron Gym, that seems so long ago," Kendra said as she ponders her thoughts to remember her times at the gym all the training and raising her Pokemon to be a proper Gym trainer but in one battle ruined her life.
"After that, I became the town freak show and everyone wants to come over to take a look," Kendra said. She always wanted to be left alone but now people try to go into her ground to get a picture of the ghoulish woman with dark messy hair and deathly pale skin looking like a ghost.
She gets out of bed to head to get breakfast to see Lily at the table in the dining room drinking her tea. "Good Morning Mistress," Lily said to give her warm feelings within her mind.
"Morning Lily, where are Leaf and Michael?" she asked.
"Oh, Leaf left early to meet with an old friend in Vermillion City. Michael is still in his bed, you should wake him up," Lily said as Kendra is confused by this.
"Old Friend?" Kendra asked.
"Oh yes, they go way back. She is from the Johto region up north, her name is Lyra. She is one of the top Pokemon Trainers in Johto and they are good friends," Lily said.
"I see, I hope she is getting to help, We need all the help we can get," Kendra said as she goes off to wake up Michael to get him ready to eat breakfast. Lily can sense someone familiar but doesn't feel malice from her like other people who came to the grounds.
Sabrina is within the grounds to feel Kendra's presence to feel something odd. "Strange, she feels much calm than before. That is positive," Sabrina said as she walks up through the mist. Lily can sense her mistress's teacher disengaging her move allowing her to walk through the grounds to head to the mansion.
Elsewhere Leaf is in a coffee shop to meet up with a longtime friend as she turns around to see a girl around her age coming to greet her. She is standing 5'1 tall, brown hair with pigtails and matching brown eyes along with fair skin. "Hey Lyre, what's up?" Leaf greeted her as the young woman goes up to Leaf to hug her.
"Hey there girl, it's been a while. Miss Champion," Lyra said as they backed up for Leaf looked over Lyre's outfit.
"You look so cute," she said as Lyra is sporting a white cap on her hair, a red t-shirt underneath a pair of blue short overalls, white knee socks, and red sneakers.
"Thanks, I just brought it. You look adorable too," Lyra said as Leaf is wearing a simple black dress reaching her knees.
"Thanks, let's sit down and chat," Leaf said as they sit at the tables to order some foods to enjoy each other's company. "How was your trip down from Johto?" she asked as the waiter delivers a plate of garlic bread and pepperoni and cheese-filled crescents.
"Pretty normal thankfully since all of the stuff happening here in Kanto recently," she said as she takes a bite out of the pepperoni crescent for her mouth is exploding with flavor. "This tastes so good," she said enjoying her meal.
"So, you saw the news?" Leaf asked as she bites into her garlic bread to wash it down with berry juice. "Damn that tastes good," she said.
"Yeah it did, some group called Cipher attacked Vermillion city and Saffron city in big terrorist attacks. It's insane, several people were killed and Pokemon being stolen in mass," Lyra said as she feels bad about this.
"Yeah this is bad but we are fighting back. Lyra, we can use your help with this one. You are pretty strong and you helped with defeating Team Rocket years ago," Leaf said as Lyra nods her head.
"Of course, we are besties. I always have your back," Lyra said as Leaf smiled at this.
"Thanks, another strong trainer is always useful," Leaf said.
"You got others on our side," she said.
'We got Michael, who you know already and Kendra who is a powerful Gym Trainer from Saffron City," Leaf said as Lyra remembers that name.
"Hey, it's that trainer you defeated when you were first coming to a Pokemon Trainer in Kanto. You told me it was a hard battle," Lyra said.
"Oh yes, she is Sabrina's best trainer I fought there," Leaf remembers her trials within the Saffron Gym with her facing off against an awkward yet quiet young girl.
-Flashback Begins-
11-year-old Leaf is going deep within the Saffron Gym fighting off all the Gym Trainers to get near the end. She managed to heal all her Pokemon to get ready for her last fight before fighting Sabrina.
"Halt, you have to face me before fighting my mistress," a quiet voice said as Leaf finds a slightly older girl blocking her path to sport a purple dress and long dark hair matching her pale skin.
"So, you are the last one right?" Leaf asked.
"Yes, I am Kendra. I will defend Sabrina with my Pokemon," 12-year-old Kendra tosses her poke ball to reveal Woobat to fly beside her.
"A Woobat, that is pretty simple," Leaf tosses a poke ball to summon a Ninetales which Kendra is a bit worried about it.
"That seems pretty strong. I need to think about this carefully," Kendra said as Woobat goes on the offensive to unleash soundwaves but the Ninetales can dodge and used a strong Quick Attack to tackle the bat to knock it away.
"Woobat, Confuse Ray," she ordered with her mind as the psychic bat lobs a wave of sounds to hit the fox slowing it down and making it dumbfounded on what to do next.
"You got to be kidding me," Leaf said as Kendra presses the attack with Woobat using Heart Stamp to hit the fire fox hard doing some damage.
"Sonic Boom," she mentally ordered as her Woobat unleashes a sound wave that launches the Ninetails across the room. Soon enough the fox regains its senses and presses onto the attack with it using Flamethrowers trying to burn the flying Woobat.
Kendra orders the bat to get away but gets caught getting serious burns. "Got it, finish it off," Leaf ordered as Ninetails uses a Quick Attack to take down the Woobat making it faint.
"Poor thing, you did your best," she pulls it back into its ball. She tosses another poke ball as she summons a Starmie which Leaf is not liking.
"Surf," Kendra said as her Starmie unleashes a huge wave that Ninetales can't avoid getting swept away taking heavy damage enough to make it faint.
"Shoot," Leaf said as she withdraws her Pokemon to switch for her Jolteon. Her lighting fox goes onto the offensive with Starmie shooting beams of water with Jolteon dodging its assault. "Go Volt Tackle," she commanded with Jolteon surrounded itself with a lightning aura about to slam into Starmie.
"Guard on," she ordered as the starfish puts up a psychic barrier to brace for impact. Jolteon slams into the Starmie to hit its target but Starmie manages to tank it barely. "Go Rapid Spin," she commanded as her Starmie spins its around to slash into Jolteon who is unable to dodge due to the recoil of the barrier making it lose balance for a moment.
"Interesting, Quick Attack," Leaf said as Jolteon is using its speed to head for the Starmie. Kendra's Starmie is preparing for a psychic barrier to block its next move.
Jolteon lobs bolts of lightning to break down the barrier until it breaks. The Jolteon uses a swift tackle to hit the starfish and knock it into the air leaving it vulnerable.
Jolteon uses Thunderbolt to give it a big shock dealing with a super effective hit greatly weakening the Starmie.
"Recover," Starmie uses its energy to heal almost all its wounds to press the attack with beams of water. Jolteon is evading the moves with Starmie using Lock-On to get a track on the speedy fox.
"Psychic," Kendra said as Starmie strikes down Jolteon with a powerful psychic shove to knock it into a wall. Starmie takes a grip on the Jolteon to use Psyshock to unleash pulses of energy into its body to drain away its energy.
Leaf is feeling the pressure as Kendra is not a regular trainer within this Gym. "Get out of the way," Leaf tries to order a retreat but Jolteon is held hostage via Starmie's psychic grip.
"Hydro Pump," Kendra ordered as her Starmie unleashes a powerful jet of water to slam into the fox to knock it into a wall instantly knocking it out cold. "Don't underestimate me, I will guard Sabrina," Kendra said as she is very focused.
"Okay, got this. Dragonair," Leaf summons her dragon Pokemon who looks very powerful. "Thunder Wave," Dragonair hits the Starmie with a wave of electricity to stun it in place. "Dragon Pulse," Dragonair unleashes blue flames to engulf the Starmie to knock it out.
"Oh gee," Kendra said as she returns the Pokemon to its ball. "Lily let's go," Kendra said as Kirlia is watching from the shadows for Leaf is spooked by her presence.
"She was there the whole time," Leaf is uneasy with this little Pokemon sporting powerful psychic powers.
"I am ready Kendra, Swift," Lily unleashes a storm of energy stars to crash into the dragon peppering it with powerful attacks.
"Oh boy, that girl got some power behind her," Leaf said as Dragonair is evading the energy stars. Dragonair uses Drago Pulse to score a direct hit on Lily. Leaf is surprised to see the psychic Pokemon is unharmed by the dragon's move.
"Thankfully Lily is half Fairy and they are immune to Dragon moves. Speaking of which," Kendra works with Lily via telepathy giving her orders.
"Misty Terrain," Lily said as she summons a thick mist filled with mystical energy for Dragonair is getting weaker under the influence of the mist. While her fairy moves get even stronger than before under the power of the mist. "Dazzling Gleam," Lily unleashes powerful rays of rainbow light to seek down Dragonair heavily damaging it.
"Shoot, that hits hard. Recover," Leaf said as Dragonair begins to heal with the Kirlia using Double Team to make illusions making it hard to tell which one is real within this thick mystic mist. "Seriously," she said as her Dragonair is shooting fire to only hit copies.
"Fairy Wind," Kirlia jumps on top of the Dragonair's head to unleash a gust of magical winds to pepper the dragon for her fairy powers are rapidly weakening the powerful dragon type.
She then tosses psychic blasts to slam it into the ground unleashing a more powerful blast with each hit creating a bigger crater.
"Eat this," Lily said as she hits the Dragonair with a powerful psychic blast and then follow up with a Dazzling Gleam striking down the dragon with flashes of rainbow lights.
Leaf returns the Dragonair to her Poke Ball as she calls out her Blastoise to go onto the field. "Okay let's good Withdraw," Leaf said as the big turtle goes into her shell. "Iron Defense," Leaf's Blastoise hardened her shell.
Lily tosses beams of rainbow light against the armored shell doing little damage. "She's up to something," Kendra said.
"Aqua Jet," Leaf said as the Blastoise swiftly launches at the Kirlia to slam into her. Both females were surprised by Blastoise's raw speed. Lily gets back onto her feet as she took a huge hit with the Blastoise coming at her with rapid speed.
The Kirlia is using her psychic powers to hold back the huge turtle but the heavyweight is becoming a problem.
"Rapid Spin," the shell of the Blastoise begins to spin at fast paces. "Surf," there are loads of water shooting out of the holes of the shell. Kirlia gets swept up by the waves to slam into a wall taking more damage.
"Moonlight," Kirlia is absorbing the mist's power into herself to recover her wounds going back to normal. "Dazzling Gleam," she tosses more powerful beams of rainbow light to push back the incoming spinning turtle shell.
She uses Psychic to slam into the shell to lift it barely and slam it down onto the ground. "Bubblebeam," Blastoise uncurls out of her shell to unleash a barrage of bubbles from her mouth. Lily is moving away from the bubbles with dance-like grace to blast them away with Fairy and Psychic moves.
One of the bubbles got through to trap her inside it as Blastoise follows up with a big Skull Bash connecting very hard on impact. Kirlia gets sent flying across the vast room. Kendra is very worried about her best friend getting hurt like this.
"Lily, you are badly injured," Kendra said as she barely gets back up to feeling very tired with Blastoise preparing her cannons to finish the fight.
"I can still fight," Lily said as she sees the Blastoise preparing to use Hydro Pump. "I need to deflect it," Kirlia powers up her move to match her opponent as she absorbs the mist within herself.
"Hydro Pump," Blastoise unleashes twin jets of water heading for the Kirlia.
"Moonblast," She makes an orb of moonlight to toss it into one of the water jets. The two moves clash and cancel each other out with one Hydro Pump still heading for the Kirlia. She catches the beam in mid-air but in her weakened state can barely hold it off. "Reflect," she bounces the beam to the side as she is on her knees feeling drained.
Blastoise uses a Bubblebeam to pepper Lily with explosive bubbles to finally knock the little Pokemon down. "Damn it, I am sorry," Lily gets flung across the room for Kendra to catch the little Pokemon in her skinny arms.
"Goodness, you are bad. You should have stopped," Kendra said as Lily hugs her chest to rest her head on it.
"I just want to do my best for you Mistress," Lily said as she looks up at her mistress to show tears of pain.
"You did and now rest," Kendra said as she kisses her on the forehead. Leaf redraws her Pokemon onto the Poke ball to approach Kendra to reach out her hand.
"That was a good match, one of the best I had for a while," Leaf said as Kendra looks at the hand feeling shy, and turns away.
"Sorry, I need to tend to my Pokemon. My mistress is up ahead, good match by the way," Kendra said as she walks away with leaf thinking she is odd but seems to be nice with her Pokemon.
"Okay, I need to heal up my team and tackle the main leader," Leaf heads to face off against the Gym Leader Saffron.
-Flashback Ends-
Leaf finished her story with Lyra being very impressed. "Damn, Kendra is quite the trainer despite being pretty odd. I would love to meet her," Lyra said.
"You will soon, she and Michael are back at her mansion. Getting pretty cozy I bet," Leaf said.
"Oh, those two have a thing for each other?" she asked.
"Oh, it's very obvious what is going on. It's cute, so I push them when I can. Kendra doesn't have any friends and things get pretty awkward," Leaf said.
"Can I see what she looks like?" she asked as Leaf pulls out her smartphone to show her a picture of Kendra. Lyra is very surprised by her appearance to see this ghostly girl being very buxom in her purple dress along with long thick hair and ghostly pale skin.
"Damn, this woman got some knockers on her. I can see why Mike likes her," Lyra said as she looks down at her chest which is a modest 32B cup compared to Kendra's huge 36G cup.
"Yeah, but she is very awkward and odd. She doesn't have any friends due to things happening in her past," Leaf said as she remembers the Saffron Gym is currently active now before it was destroyed by Kendra's psychic surge a few years ago due to an accident.
"Well, we can easily fix that. We girls got to stick together," Lyra said.
"You know it, thankfully Michael is pretty gentle with her. She is in good hands," Leaf said.
"Yeah, Mike is a good dude. Can't wait to see him again," Lyra said as the girls hang out at the café to catch up.
Elsewhere Sabrina is at door to press the doorbell. Kendra hears this as she can feel her former boss's presence. "She is here," she goes up to the door to unlock it and sees the stoic Gym Trainer standing over her. "Hello Mistress Sabrina, it's been a long time since the destruction of the gym," Kendra said as Sabrina places a comforting hand on her shoulder trying to put her at ease.
"It's okay, I am not here for a fight. I want to talk with you," Sabrina said as she enters her home. "This place hasn't changed except being dustier," Sabrina said.
"Yeah, no one servants are here anymore. I let them go," Kendra said.
"Seems like you are doing well for yourself. I heard the news about you and a group of friends fighting back against Cipher appearing all over Kanto," Sabrina said as they go into the living room. They sit on the couch.
"Yes. I and my new friends are fighting back against Cipher. I am being useful for once," Kendra said as Sabrina pities the young woman.
"You know I didn't do what I did out of malice right?" Sabrina asked.
"I know, you let me go to protect the town. I understand what you did but it still hurts," Kendra said.
"It would be a PR nightmare to keep you in my trainer program yet you still live with the pain of losing control of your powers. Causing hurt for others in the progress," Sabrina said as Kendra closes her eyes to remember years ago of her in a match against a trainer looking to gain the Marsh Badge.
A move went wrong with the trainer's Pokemon and Kendra got caught by it slamming into a wall. This made her psychic power lose control and this energy surge destroyed the Gym hurting a lot of people. The last thing she saw before leaving was Sabrina's face filled with disappointment and pity.
"Yeah, I want to put that past behind me," Kendra said as Sabrina noticed she has become calmer now.
"Indeed, we both got what we wanted. I got my Gym back and running with you gaining new friends and purpose. We both win," Sabrina said.
"Despite the pain, I went through, I managed and I feel better these days," Kendra said as Mike comes into the living room.
"Oh, we got the guest and the Gym Leader Sabrina herself. Nice to meet you," Mike said as Sabrina did sense someone new here.
"So, he is your friend right?" Sabrina asked.
"He is a very special friend," Kendra said as she has a sheepish look on her face with a big blush on her face.
"Special huh, there is a deeper connection going on here," Sabrina thought as she has a small smile on her face.
"I wish I can fight you sometime," Michael said.
"That would have to wait. I want you to come to the Gym and fight me," Sabrina said with Kendra is surprised by this.
"Mistress Sabrina, why?" Kendra asked.
"You have changed Kendra and I can tell recent events have changed you for the better. I want to see that combined with your skills on the Gym floor. You were my top student and still are today. I want to see how far you have come," Sabrina said.
"Mistress, I will do it. I will take up your challenge," Kendra said as Sabrina nods her head.
"Perfect, I want to test your skill and resolve. Prepare and I will take you to the Gym soon," Sabrina said as Kendra nods her head to head to her room to get ready.
"Why are you doing this?" Mike asked as Sabrina can sense his concern for Kendra.
"I sensed greatness within Kendra and she needed guidance due to her psychic gifts. Most people can't understand this and I took her under my wing. She was amazing and very gifted in training Pokemon. She was the one who guarded me just before a trainer faced me," Sabrina said.
"What you did was harsh, you should have stuck by her," Mike said being a big upset with that.
"Yes, but my hands were tied and I had no choice. Thankfully her fire hasn't been put out. Seems like I have you to thank for that," Sabrina said.
"Right, she is strong and kind despite her oddness but even then there is a charm in that as well," Michael said as Sabrina can sense Michael truly cares about Kendra.
"Yes, and I am happy she has people who care for her despite her quirkiness," Sabrina said as Mike can feel the softness in her stoic voice for this put his mind at ease.
"Right, thanks for training her," Mike said.
"Don't thank me, all I did was bring out something that was always there before. It's all on Kendra to mold it into something great," Sabrina said as Mike looks over to see Lily nearby.
"Hello there Mistress Sabrina," Lily said as Sabrina looks over to see the familiar Lily who has fully evolved.
"Hello Lily, you have grown quite strong and graceful," Sabrina said.
"Yes I did, all due to Mistress Kendra's hard work," Lily said.
"Good to know with everything happening, we need all the help we can get. Cipher is not Team Rocket, they are a worldwide criminal empire that has its reach all over the world," Sabrina said. Mike knows Wes only took out the Orre Region section of Cipher even then they still linger there to this day.
"Yeah like a pest, can't get rid of them so easily," Mike said as he is already dressed up with Kendra coming down the stairs to sport her favorite purple dress hugging her body, and her long hair still unkempt.
"I am ready to go," Kendra said as Sabrina nods her head for Mike, Sabrina, Kendra, and Lily to head off to the Gym.
Elsewhere Grace and her team are within the city of Saffron to look at a digital billboard showing a big match with Sabrina and her former student Kendra. "Oh, a stage where the world can see your death sentence," Grace laughs to herself to enjoy the show.