Chp. 16 is here. I'm starting a new Hybrid story, one set in the real world. It's going to be PG-13
because of language and other stuff. Older readers of this story should keep their eyes open for it.
I'll let everyone know soon when I plan to have it out. Until then, enjoy Chp.16.
Note: Point of view changes twice during this chapter. The second time, Dan will be telling it,
but the other times, a certain Poke'mon will be taking over. It'll be quickly revealed who that
Poke'mon is.
Note again: Big thanks to Tygerwind8 for her help with this chapter. Her suggestions made this
chapter possible. Thank you Tygerwind! You've been a big help!
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Chp. 16- Legendary Intervention
"Master Ball, go!"
The girl threw the ball at the crumpled pile of flesh that was once an ambitious Hybrid.
I couldn't allow this to go on. This child had too much to learn, too much to do, too many people
to help and meet before he could end his journey. This had to stop.
I quickly set up a Barrier around the Hybrid who called himself Dan. Just as the ball was
about to hit him, it bounced off the Barrier and landed on the ground in front of him. The girl
seemed confused as to why this was happening. She looked around for the person who'd protected
the child, but she didn't look up at me. Even her psyhic abilites couldn't have predicted this.
Stop. I thought. Not yelled. Not said. Just thought. Everything below me stopped.
Leaves froze in midflight, air stopped blowing; even the grass stopped twitching. The only thing
that continued to move was me. I floated down to the near-lifeless Hybrid. Before I could do
anything else for him, I had to heal him.
Heal Bell. The sound of ringing bells filled the air, then slowly, the Hybrid's body
began to mend itself. Bones moved back to their original positions and mended. Cuts closed and
healed over within seconds. Even his tail, which was once hanging by a few torn shreds of flesh,
sewed itself back together, as strong and as healthy as ever.
Release. I released Dan from the time freeze, so I could explain to him what was about
to happen. No one else was released; I couldn't risk any interruptions. He moved slowly at first,
like he wasn't sure if he could still move or not. That was understandable. Others who had been
in similar situations, barely clinging to life, reacted similarly when they were suddenly healed.
"What the Chu..." He slowly picked himself up and looked over his once battered body. He got
to his feet, apparently not noticing me. He looked around in confusion at the sudden stillness of
everything. He even snapped his fingers in front of the psyhic girl, looking for some kind of
reaction. "Hello? Raichu home?"
Excuse me. I called up to him. He looked around, unable to find me. Down here.
"What the..." He looked down at the ground. When he saw me, his face showed a reaction
that looked to be a mix of amazement and fear. Finally, he managed to get out, "Are...Chu real?"
Yes, I'm real. I floated up to his eye level. It's easier to talk to people when they're
not looking down at you all the time.
"But...Chu can't be." He followed me with his eyes, but his feet didn't move. Again, it's
a common reaction when people see me. "They're Rai stories..."
They're not just stories. I assured him. Many of those stories your mother told you to
make you sleep at night were based mostly on truth.
He paused for a moment, trying to recall those stories he was told as a baby. I knew he
couldn't. He was too young at the time. If only he knew what really happened...but I can't reveal
that, no matter how much I wanted to. He'd have to learn on his own.
"Rai...are Chu really called..."
Yes. I said with my psyhic voice. I am called Celebi, and have been called that for
all of time. Of course, you know of my time travel abilites, so this is no surprise to you.
He nodded slowly. "Yeah, Rai know Chu can time travel. Rai didn't know Chu could stop
time, Raichu."
I did not truly stop time. I admitted. We both keep traveling back to the same moment
in time, so it appears time is really stopped.
He nodded again, though he really didn't understand. He was just trying to be polite.
"Can Rai ask something?"
Why am I here? I finished for him. He seemed shocked to realize I knew what he was about
to ask. Do you think that a psyhic Poke'mon that can travel through time can't do something as
simple as read minds? Also, to put your other question to rest, I'm not the creature that you were
trapped with back in Viridian. That was another psyhic Poke'mon.
"Oh. So, why are Chu here?"
I'm here to allow you to fix what is wrong.
"Rai...there's a lot wrong Raichu. Chu really gotta be more specific."
That is your descion to make. I can allow you to go back to any one point in time, and
change something that happened.
"Any point Rai time?" I nodded. He got quiet again, and I knew what he was thinking. There
were two major things he wanted to fix.
"Can Rai only go back Chu one time?"
Yes. Everyone, Poke'mon, human or otherwise, is given one and only one chance to fix a
past event.
"Raichu...Is it O.K. if Rai talked to Chu about what Rai want to fix?"
Yes, but I can offer no help.
"Great." he sighed. I knew that's exactly what he wanted, but when it comes to matters like
this, I feel morally obligated to remain netural.
He said nothing, but I could still tell what he was thinking. He wanted to go back and
fix what had just happened with Sara and Vaporeon, prevent it somehow. However, he also wanted to
try and go back and prevent the baby of the people who'd raised him for almost thirteen years
from being taken from the hospital that day. Maybe then, he rationalized, he wouldn't be a Hybrid,
and he could have a normal life.
I warn you now; anything you do in the past will affect your other actions that you
would've taken afterwards.
That I knew would cause some second thinking. Now did he not only have to worry about
himself, but Sara, Misty, Vaporeon, and everyone else he'd already helped. How would his desicion
affect their lives? Yes, Vaporeon wouldn't have been just captured, and Sara wouldn't be in a
coma, but he also realized what else might happened if he chose to fix the matter at the hospital.
Sara would still probably be trapped in her town, and Vaporeon might have been captured by the
girl even earlier than now. Misty, too, would be trapped with Team Rocket, but since he wasn't in
the right state of mind at the time, he didn't know what would happen with her.
"Rai ready." he said after a few minutes of thinking.
Where do you want to go? I asked, though I knew already.
"Let me fix Rai just happened. Rai want to go back Raichu we were chased into the gym."
If that is your descion. This wasn't all there was to do. I need to tell you something
before I let you go back.
"Rai?"
I know you question wheither or not there is a point to all of this. Sometimes, you wish
you didn't have to be what you are. I tell you now; you must continue on. No matter what, you have
to press on, not just for you, but for the sake of everyone. Humans, Hybrids, Poke'mon; all
creatures need you to complete your goal in life. Otherwise, there is a chance that everyone will
suffer greatly for it.
"Great." he muttered. "Why do Rai gotta get stuck Chu the hero job?..."
Because you represent how two totally different races can unite to become one good thing.
Everyone needs that to truly be able to unite with other races and make this world the best it
can be. While your completing your quest will not do that all on it's own, it will be a big step
toward it.
"Wait! Isn't Raichu Hybrid going to try Rai unite everyone?"
Others will try. However, there are so few of your kind who willfully admit what they
are, and many will try to hide it from themselves, not to mention everyone else. The more of you
that try, the better the chances, but right now, you are the only one who knows and is trying.
"Thank Chu..." he paused for a minute before going on. "Rai are Chu telling me all this?
Rai thought Chu could only take people back Rai time, not advise them."
Under normal circumstances, yes. However, every race desires some help when it begins
to thrive. Since you are the one beginning to unite your kind, I can help you more than others.
I've done this for every race of Poke'mon. Humans too, milleniums ago, recieved some help from me.
"O.K." He still wasn't quite sure he understood all this. "Can Rai get some help before
Chu send me back?"
I started to fly above him, circling him as I released a bluish-whitish powder all around
him. It was time for him to go back.
All I can say is this; You and Sara combined to create your own downfall, no matter if you
realized it or not.
A second after, there was a flash of light, and he was back to where he wanted to be.
From here, he was on his own.
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We ran through the strangly empty city as the mob kept up their pace after us. We needed
to hide!
"In here!" Paul instructed us to follow him through a hole in an abandoned building. It
looked like an old gym of some sorts. Lots of the equipment was missing vital parts...
Wait...I was just here! I don't believe it! It really worked! I was really back in time!
No one seemed to notice the look of surprise on my face, though when they went into the pool area,
Sara had to yell at me to follow.
"What...NO!" I stupidly ran in there after them. "Get out of here, NOW!"
Too late. Paul slammed the door behind me, trapping us in there. No! Sara had told me to
get in here, and I followed. This must have been what Celebi was talking about! I ran over to the
door, pushing all my weight against it. I had to hold the door!
"Dan, we need to find a way out of here, now!" Paul told me as he backed away from the
door.
"There isn't a way out! We're trapped!" I informed him.
"How do you know that?!" Sara asked in confusion.
"I just do, now help me with the door!" Sara paused for a moment, then joined me in trying
to hold the door. She made it just in time; as soon as she started to push, the door lurched from
the other side. "Vaporeon, we need more help!"
"I'm coming!" He ran over and pushed on the door the best he could with his body. The door
lurched again, and a large crack appeared in the wood.
"Paul, help!" Sara yelled.
"What's the point?"
"What are you talking about?!"
"They're just gonna come in here and get us anyway. Why bother?"
"Since when did you get to be such a downer?" I yelled as the door lurched again. Now the
crack was getting really big.
"It's...it's just pointless, that's all!"
"That's all?! What's wrong with yo..." Suddenly it hit me like a Mega Punch from a Golem.
Six Raichu tails, muzzle, Raichu ears, yellow cheeks, Vulpix shaped feet...Celebi wasn't talking
about me and Sara! He was talking about PAUL!
I charged at Paul, who tried to get out of the way, but couldn't. I rammed him with my
shoulder, knocking him back. He slipped on the water surrounding the pool and fell into it, making
a huge splash.
"Dan! What are you doing?!" Vaporeon yelled. "Paul's been helping us!"
"No he hasn't!"
"That doesn't make any sense!" Sara said. I looked over at her and noticed something. As
Paul sputtered and struggled in the pool, the mob outside did nothing. It was almost like they were
connected...
"It's the trenchcoat guy!" I yelled out. That had to be it! He was the one who led us
all around town. He was the only one who went into the interview room. He was the one who had the
flowers when we went to the cematary, even though we never stopped at a flower store. He was the
one who led us in here to be trapped in the first place. It was all him!
"Blan! Blep me!" I knocked Paul into the deep end, and apparently, he didn't know how to
swim, judging be the way he could barely keep his head above water.
"Guys, come here!" Vaporeon and Sara ran over to stand on ethier side of me. "If were still
under Dream Eater, I think maybe he can be hurt too! Everyone attack him at once!"
They seemed confused at first, till I started to charge up. Then they started to get the
idea. Sara's eyes lit up with fire as she took deep breaths, getting ready for a huge blast.
Vaporeon had a growing ball of blue light in front of his mouth, readying an Ice Beam.
"RAICHU!" I cried out. Electricity surrounded me totally, pouring non-stop out of my
cheeks. I'd never had this kind of power or control before! I didn't think about it too much at the
time, but I later developed a theroy for it. We were in a dream world, where the mind is the only
major functioning body part. Somewhere, deep within mine, Sara and Vaporeon's brains, lays the
total control of our powers. Somehow, being in this dream world must have given us temporary
access to our full powers.
"Time to WAKE UP!" I yelled. Sara spit a continuious column of flame at the same time
Vaporeons Ice Beam let loose. I followed up right behind them with a giant bolt of electricty that
could put the worlds worst storm to shame. They traveled together, heading right for Paul.
"AHHH!!!" Paul screamed as the combined force of our attacks hit him. While Sara's fire
didn't do as much as it could, it still signed him pretty bad. Besides that, not only did my
electricity, sped up with the water's natural conducting ability, really sting, Vaporeon Ice Beam
began to freeze over the water, and Paul with it. He already had his right arm frozen, and it was
quickly expanding to the rest of him.
"AHHHH!!!!!"
All three of us bolted upright from our sleeping positions. Yes! We'd gotten out! I'd
fixed it! I fixed the past!
The trenchcoat creature was now on the floor of the tent, still screaming. His right arm
was covered totally in ice, and his trenchcoat was burned pretty badly. Actually, now that I
looked myself over, my clothes looked kinda singed, like it came from all the electricity. Did I
really use all that power?
The three of us got to our feet and surrounded the writhing creature. Even as he screamed,
which was finally starting to slow down, Sara and I dragged him outside and propped him up
against a tree. We waited till he stopped screaming before we asked any questions.
"Alright Raichu," I said. "Why did Chu attack us?"
"I'll...say nothing." he said in a strained voice.
"O.K., Rai be more specific. Rai is that girl employing Chu?"
"How...how do you know about that?" he said.
"Vul, how do Pix know about that?" Sara asked with a hint of confusion in her voice.
"Rai explain later," I assured her. "Now, start talking, CHU!"
He still refused to say anything. He just moaned and laid against the tree, not moving at
all. Actually, if it weren't for that silence, we never would've heard Vaporeon.
"Vaaaa..." Vaporeon moaned and started to look weak in the knees. He was barely holding
himself up at all.
"Chu O.K., Vaporeon?" I asked, looking back over at him.
"I...Vaporrrr..." He nodded, but then suddenly clutched at his head, landing face first
in the dirt.
"Vaporeon!" Sara and I ran over to Vaporeon, trying to figure out what the problem was.
He started to twitch uncontrollably, and he slammed his head into the ground repeatily. Sara tried
to hold him still, but he shaking was so bad he broke away and moved into her, knocking her down.
The two of us struggled with Vaporeon, still unable to get him to stop. His seizure, or
whatever it was, only continued to get worse. In the confusion, we temporarily forgot about the
trenchcoat creature.
"Vap, Vap, Vap!" he cried out as we struggled with him.
"Vaporeon, chill out!" I told him.
"VAP! VAP! VAP!"
"Vaporeon, calm down!" Sara said, trying to grab his arm. He just broke away from her.
"VAP! VAP! NO!"
The sudden burst of English caught us off gaurd. We backed away as Vaporeon suddenly stopped
thrashing about. What happened next really surprised us.
He stood up. He stood up on two legs, all on his own! Before, he couldn't even stand up
without me to help him most of the way, and now he just did it all on his own! Then he took a few
steps forward, without any problem at all. He couldn't even move at all on two legs before! The
surprises didn't stop there, ethier.
"You've hurt so many people already, you vile demon." Vaporeon spat. This was total
English I was hearing, not one bit Vaporeon speech at all! Something weird was going on here...
"Now, give my new friends back their Poke'mon!"
"Va...poreon?" Sara asked in shock. The collar of the trenchcoat turned to Vaporeon.
"I'd like to see you try!" he said confidently.
"If you must." Vaporeon stood still for a moment, then, I swear, started to GLOW. It was
the same blue light as the eyes of the girl back at the gym. Was Vaporeon...psyhic?
Nothing happened for a few seconds, then six Poke Balls began to float from the side of
the creature. He made a lame grab for them as they floated over to me and Sara, but missed. When
the Poke Balls were inbetween me and Sara, they seperated into two groups of three, with one group
floating over to ethier of us. Later we realized that Vaporeon had gotten all of our Poke'mon
exactly right! Sara got her's in her group, and I got mine in my group.
"You stupid...I thought she'd already taken care of you!" the creature whined.
"Even her powers couldn't have predicted what truly happened to me. Now, run back to your
employer and let her know of your failure!" Vaporeon was still glowing when the trenchcoat creature
began to glow as well. After a few seconds, he dissappeared in a puff of smoke.
We stood in a long, akward silence. Vaporeon said nothing. Sara said nothing. I said
nothing. I was still trying to absorb everything that just happened, and I guessed Sara was too.
Finally, Sara managed to speak.
"Vaporeon," she said slowly, "what Vul happened?"
"I'm not truly the Vaporeon you've come to know." Vaporeon, or what WAS Vaporeon, said,
turning toward us.
"Well...then who are Chu?" I asked, just as slow.
"My name is...is...is..." Suddenly, Vaporeon collapsed on the ground again, not twitching
or anything like that. Needless to say though, we were still concerned about him.
"Vaporeon!" I rushed over and knelt down next to him, holding up his head. His eyes looked
hazy, and his eyelids were fluttering, like he couldn't hold them open.
"Please..." he said, his hand slowly and shakily reaching up to me. "This maybe...the
last time...I can speak to...you...please...do what I...could not...Tell her...tell her I still
love her..."
"Who?"
Vaporeon mouth started to make the name, but he passed out before he could say it.
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I appeared back in the woods, just outside the tent of the Hybrids. Dan was the only one
awake. After the days events, Vaporeon had regained conciousness, but he seemed to be back to,
"normal". He no longer spoke English, and he has no memory of what happened after escaping the
dream prison. After what had happened, they decided to just rest and keep their eyes open for
anything suspicious. Nothing had come, but Dan had volunteered to stay on gaurd for the night
anyway. It was very late, and he was tired, though he fought sleep with everything he had in him.
I phased through the material of the tent inside. There was one last thing I needed to do before
I was done.
Hello, Dan. It took a few seconds, but he did seem taken aback by my presence.
"YAH!" Yes, he was surprised. "Geez, Chu scared me!"
I am sorry. I didn't mean to frighten you.
"Yeah, well it's Rai everyday one has Rai legendary Poke'mon come Chu him twice in a day!"
He took a few breaths to calm down. "So...are Chu here for a reason?"
Yes, I have a reason for being here. You did a good job today. I knew you'd figure out what
to do.
"Raichu. There's more, isn't there?"
I nodded. Nothing you need to worry about. Just close your eyes and go to sleep. You have
earned it.
I floated over to Dan and brushed a wing along his head. He quickly fell back and began
to sleep, all memories of my visit, everything that happened between the first time they were
chased to my sending him back, to this very visit, wiped from his mind.
I phased out of the tent and prepared to leave. Yes, I've helped many races. However, once
they've done what they need to do, I erase the memories, just as a precaution. Like everyone else
I've done this for, Dan hadn't told anyone of my visit. After all, what would he say? "Hey guys,
a time traveling Poke'mon had to help fix some stuff so Vaporeon didn't get captured by the little
girl, and Sara wouldn't get put in a permenant coma, and I didn't get tossed around like a rag
doll, but don't worry, I fixed it this time."? No, that was highly unbelievable.
I quickly moved on into a different time. After all, there were still many others I needed
to help. I would have to keep an eye on these three, however. They're very special. Yes, very
special indeed...
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And so concludes Chp. 16. Please review my story, and tell me what you think. All feedback is
appriciated. Once again, thank you Tygerwind for all the help you provided to me for this chapter.
Other readers; please, if you have ideas, send them to me! As you can see, I give all credit where
do.
Once again, I have another short scene from the 8-bit theater at nuklearpower.com
(Fighter and the Black Mage arrive at the gate of Cornorea. At the gate, they see two gaurds.)
1st gaurd: Welcome to Cornorea!
Black Mage: Thanks! What's up?
1st gaurd: Welcome to Cornorea!
Black Mage: (long, akward pause) O.K., I'm gonna go talk to my friend now. (To Fighter) Hey Fighter,
do these guys seem weird to you?
2nd gaurd: (to Fighter) Welcome to Cornorea!
Fighter: (to 2nd gaurd) I like swords.
2nd gaurd: Welcome to Cornorea!
Fighter: I like swords.
2nd gaurd: Welcome to Cornorea!
Fighter: I like swords. (This goes on...)
Black Mage: Urge to destroy world rising...
because of language and other stuff. Older readers of this story should keep their eyes open for it.
I'll let everyone know soon when I plan to have it out. Until then, enjoy Chp.16.
Note: Point of view changes twice during this chapter. The second time, Dan will be telling it,
but the other times, a certain Poke'mon will be taking over. It'll be quickly revealed who that
Poke'mon is.
Note again: Big thanks to Tygerwind8 for her help with this chapter. Her suggestions made this
chapter possible. Thank you Tygerwind! You've been a big help!
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Chp. 16- Legendary Intervention
"Master Ball, go!"
The girl threw the ball at the crumpled pile of flesh that was once an ambitious Hybrid.
I couldn't allow this to go on. This child had too much to learn, too much to do, too many people
to help and meet before he could end his journey. This had to stop.
I quickly set up a Barrier around the Hybrid who called himself Dan. Just as the ball was
about to hit him, it bounced off the Barrier and landed on the ground in front of him. The girl
seemed confused as to why this was happening. She looked around for the person who'd protected
the child, but she didn't look up at me. Even her psyhic abilites couldn't have predicted this.
Stop. I thought. Not yelled. Not said. Just thought. Everything below me stopped.
Leaves froze in midflight, air stopped blowing; even the grass stopped twitching. The only thing
that continued to move was me. I floated down to the near-lifeless Hybrid. Before I could do
anything else for him, I had to heal him.
Heal Bell. The sound of ringing bells filled the air, then slowly, the Hybrid's body
began to mend itself. Bones moved back to their original positions and mended. Cuts closed and
healed over within seconds. Even his tail, which was once hanging by a few torn shreds of flesh,
sewed itself back together, as strong and as healthy as ever.
Release. I released Dan from the time freeze, so I could explain to him what was about
to happen. No one else was released; I couldn't risk any interruptions. He moved slowly at first,
like he wasn't sure if he could still move or not. That was understandable. Others who had been
in similar situations, barely clinging to life, reacted similarly when they were suddenly healed.
"What the Chu..." He slowly picked himself up and looked over his once battered body. He got
to his feet, apparently not noticing me. He looked around in confusion at the sudden stillness of
everything. He even snapped his fingers in front of the psyhic girl, looking for some kind of
reaction. "Hello? Raichu home?"
Excuse me. I called up to him. He looked around, unable to find me. Down here.
"What the..." He looked down at the ground. When he saw me, his face showed a reaction
that looked to be a mix of amazement and fear. Finally, he managed to get out, "Are...Chu real?"
Yes, I'm real. I floated up to his eye level. It's easier to talk to people when they're
not looking down at you all the time.
"But...Chu can't be." He followed me with his eyes, but his feet didn't move. Again, it's
a common reaction when people see me. "They're Rai stories..."
They're not just stories. I assured him. Many of those stories your mother told you to
make you sleep at night were based mostly on truth.
He paused for a moment, trying to recall those stories he was told as a baby. I knew he
couldn't. He was too young at the time. If only he knew what really happened...but I can't reveal
that, no matter how much I wanted to. He'd have to learn on his own.
"Rai...are Chu really called..."
Yes. I said with my psyhic voice. I am called Celebi, and have been called that for
all of time. Of course, you know of my time travel abilites, so this is no surprise to you.
He nodded slowly. "Yeah, Rai know Chu can time travel. Rai didn't know Chu could stop
time, Raichu."
I did not truly stop time. I admitted. We both keep traveling back to the same moment
in time, so it appears time is really stopped.
He nodded again, though he really didn't understand. He was just trying to be polite.
"Can Rai ask something?"
Why am I here? I finished for him. He seemed shocked to realize I knew what he was about
to ask. Do you think that a psyhic Poke'mon that can travel through time can't do something as
simple as read minds? Also, to put your other question to rest, I'm not the creature that you were
trapped with back in Viridian. That was another psyhic Poke'mon.
"Oh. So, why are Chu here?"
I'm here to allow you to fix what is wrong.
"Rai...there's a lot wrong Raichu. Chu really gotta be more specific."
That is your descion to make. I can allow you to go back to any one point in time, and
change something that happened.
"Any point Rai time?" I nodded. He got quiet again, and I knew what he was thinking. There
were two major things he wanted to fix.
"Can Rai only go back Chu one time?"
Yes. Everyone, Poke'mon, human or otherwise, is given one and only one chance to fix a
past event.
"Raichu...Is it O.K. if Rai talked to Chu about what Rai want to fix?"
Yes, but I can offer no help.
"Great." he sighed. I knew that's exactly what he wanted, but when it comes to matters like
this, I feel morally obligated to remain netural.
He said nothing, but I could still tell what he was thinking. He wanted to go back and
fix what had just happened with Sara and Vaporeon, prevent it somehow. However, he also wanted to
try and go back and prevent the baby of the people who'd raised him for almost thirteen years
from being taken from the hospital that day. Maybe then, he rationalized, he wouldn't be a Hybrid,
and he could have a normal life.
I warn you now; anything you do in the past will affect your other actions that you
would've taken afterwards.
That I knew would cause some second thinking. Now did he not only have to worry about
himself, but Sara, Misty, Vaporeon, and everyone else he'd already helped. How would his desicion
affect their lives? Yes, Vaporeon wouldn't have been just captured, and Sara wouldn't be in a
coma, but he also realized what else might happened if he chose to fix the matter at the hospital.
Sara would still probably be trapped in her town, and Vaporeon might have been captured by the
girl even earlier than now. Misty, too, would be trapped with Team Rocket, but since he wasn't in
the right state of mind at the time, he didn't know what would happen with her.
"Rai ready." he said after a few minutes of thinking.
Where do you want to go? I asked, though I knew already.
"Let me fix Rai just happened. Rai want to go back Raichu we were chased into the gym."
If that is your descion. This wasn't all there was to do. I need to tell you something
before I let you go back.
"Rai?"
I know you question wheither or not there is a point to all of this. Sometimes, you wish
you didn't have to be what you are. I tell you now; you must continue on. No matter what, you have
to press on, not just for you, but for the sake of everyone. Humans, Hybrids, Poke'mon; all
creatures need you to complete your goal in life. Otherwise, there is a chance that everyone will
suffer greatly for it.
"Great." he muttered. "Why do Rai gotta get stuck Chu the hero job?..."
Because you represent how two totally different races can unite to become one good thing.
Everyone needs that to truly be able to unite with other races and make this world the best it
can be. While your completing your quest will not do that all on it's own, it will be a big step
toward it.
"Wait! Isn't Raichu Hybrid going to try Rai unite everyone?"
Others will try. However, there are so few of your kind who willfully admit what they
are, and many will try to hide it from themselves, not to mention everyone else. The more of you
that try, the better the chances, but right now, you are the only one who knows and is trying.
"Thank Chu..." he paused for a minute before going on. "Rai are Chu telling me all this?
Rai thought Chu could only take people back Rai time, not advise them."
Under normal circumstances, yes. However, every race desires some help when it begins
to thrive. Since you are the one beginning to unite your kind, I can help you more than others.
I've done this for every race of Poke'mon. Humans too, milleniums ago, recieved some help from me.
"O.K." He still wasn't quite sure he understood all this. "Can Rai get some help before
Chu send me back?"
I started to fly above him, circling him as I released a bluish-whitish powder all around
him. It was time for him to go back.
All I can say is this; You and Sara combined to create your own downfall, no matter if you
realized it or not.
A second after, there was a flash of light, and he was back to where he wanted to be.
From here, he was on his own.
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We ran through the strangly empty city as the mob kept up their pace after us. We needed
to hide!
"In here!" Paul instructed us to follow him through a hole in an abandoned building. It
looked like an old gym of some sorts. Lots of the equipment was missing vital parts...
Wait...I was just here! I don't believe it! It really worked! I was really back in time!
No one seemed to notice the look of surprise on my face, though when they went into the pool area,
Sara had to yell at me to follow.
"What...NO!" I stupidly ran in there after them. "Get out of here, NOW!"
Too late. Paul slammed the door behind me, trapping us in there. No! Sara had told me to
get in here, and I followed. This must have been what Celebi was talking about! I ran over to the
door, pushing all my weight against it. I had to hold the door!
"Dan, we need to find a way out of here, now!" Paul told me as he backed away from the
door.
"There isn't a way out! We're trapped!" I informed him.
"How do you know that?!" Sara asked in confusion.
"I just do, now help me with the door!" Sara paused for a moment, then joined me in trying
to hold the door. She made it just in time; as soon as she started to push, the door lurched from
the other side. "Vaporeon, we need more help!"
"I'm coming!" He ran over and pushed on the door the best he could with his body. The door
lurched again, and a large crack appeared in the wood.
"Paul, help!" Sara yelled.
"What's the point?"
"What are you talking about?!"
"They're just gonna come in here and get us anyway. Why bother?"
"Since when did you get to be such a downer?" I yelled as the door lurched again. Now the
crack was getting really big.
"It's...it's just pointless, that's all!"
"That's all?! What's wrong with yo..." Suddenly it hit me like a Mega Punch from a Golem.
Six Raichu tails, muzzle, Raichu ears, yellow cheeks, Vulpix shaped feet...Celebi wasn't talking
about me and Sara! He was talking about PAUL!
I charged at Paul, who tried to get out of the way, but couldn't. I rammed him with my
shoulder, knocking him back. He slipped on the water surrounding the pool and fell into it, making
a huge splash.
"Dan! What are you doing?!" Vaporeon yelled. "Paul's been helping us!"
"No he hasn't!"
"That doesn't make any sense!" Sara said. I looked over at her and noticed something. As
Paul sputtered and struggled in the pool, the mob outside did nothing. It was almost like they were
connected...
"It's the trenchcoat guy!" I yelled out. That had to be it! He was the one who led us
all around town. He was the only one who went into the interview room. He was the one who had the
flowers when we went to the cematary, even though we never stopped at a flower store. He was the
one who led us in here to be trapped in the first place. It was all him!
"Blan! Blep me!" I knocked Paul into the deep end, and apparently, he didn't know how to
swim, judging be the way he could barely keep his head above water.
"Guys, come here!" Vaporeon and Sara ran over to stand on ethier side of me. "If were still
under Dream Eater, I think maybe he can be hurt too! Everyone attack him at once!"
They seemed confused at first, till I started to charge up. Then they started to get the
idea. Sara's eyes lit up with fire as she took deep breaths, getting ready for a huge blast.
Vaporeon had a growing ball of blue light in front of his mouth, readying an Ice Beam.
"RAICHU!" I cried out. Electricity surrounded me totally, pouring non-stop out of my
cheeks. I'd never had this kind of power or control before! I didn't think about it too much at the
time, but I later developed a theroy for it. We were in a dream world, where the mind is the only
major functioning body part. Somewhere, deep within mine, Sara and Vaporeon's brains, lays the
total control of our powers. Somehow, being in this dream world must have given us temporary
access to our full powers.
"Time to WAKE UP!" I yelled. Sara spit a continuious column of flame at the same time
Vaporeons Ice Beam let loose. I followed up right behind them with a giant bolt of electricty that
could put the worlds worst storm to shame. They traveled together, heading right for Paul.
"AHHH!!!" Paul screamed as the combined force of our attacks hit him. While Sara's fire
didn't do as much as it could, it still signed him pretty bad. Besides that, not only did my
electricity, sped up with the water's natural conducting ability, really sting, Vaporeon Ice Beam
began to freeze over the water, and Paul with it. He already had his right arm frozen, and it was
quickly expanding to the rest of him.
"AHHHH!!!!!"
All three of us bolted upright from our sleeping positions. Yes! We'd gotten out! I'd
fixed it! I fixed the past!
The trenchcoat creature was now on the floor of the tent, still screaming. His right arm
was covered totally in ice, and his trenchcoat was burned pretty badly. Actually, now that I
looked myself over, my clothes looked kinda singed, like it came from all the electricity. Did I
really use all that power?
The three of us got to our feet and surrounded the writhing creature. Even as he screamed,
which was finally starting to slow down, Sara and I dragged him outside and propped him up
against a tree. We waited till he stopped screaming before we asked any questions.
"Alright Raichu," I said. "Why did Chu attack us?"
"I'll...say nothing." he said in a strained voice.
"O.K., Rai be more specific. Rai is that girl employing Chu?"
"How...how do you know about that?" he said.
"Vul, how do Pix know about that?" Sara asked with a hint of confusion in her voice.
"Rai explain later," I assured her. "Now, start talking, CHU!"
He still refused to say anything. He just moaned and laid against the tree, not moving at
all. Actually, if it weren't for that silence, we never would've heard Vaporeon.
"Vaaaa..." Vaporeon moaned and started to look weak in the knees. He was barely holding
himself up at all.
"Chu O.K., Vaporeon?" I asked, looking back over at him.
"I...Vaporrrr..." He nodded, but then suddenly clutched at his head, landing face first
in the dirt.
"Vaporeon!" Sara and I ran over to Vaporeon, trying to figure out what the problem was.
He started to twitch uncontrollably, and he slammed his head into the ground repeatily. Sara tried
to hold him still, but he shaking was so bad he broke away and moved into her, knocking her down.
The two of us struggled with Vaporeon, still unable to get him to stop. His seizure, or
whatever it was, only continued to get worse. In the confusion, we temporarily forgot about the
trenchcoat creature.
"Vap, Vap, Vap!" he cried out as we struggled with him.
"Vaporeon, chill out!" I told him.
"VAP! VAP! VAP!"
"Vaporeon, calm down!" Sara said, trying to grab his arm. He just broke away from her.
"VAP! VAP! NO!"
The sudden burst of English caught us off gaurd. We backed away as Vaporeon suddenly stopped
thrashing about. What happened next really surprised us.
He stood up. He stood up on two legs, all on his own! Before, he couldn't even stand up
without me to help him most of the way, and now he just did it all on his own! Then he took a few
steps forward, without any problem at all. He couldn't even move at all on two legs before! The
surprises didn't stop there, ethier.
"You've hurt so many people already, you vile demon." Vaporeon spat. This was total
English I was hearing, not one bit Vaporeon speech at all! Something weird was going on here...
"Now, give my new friends back their Poke'mon!"
"Va...poreon?" Sara asked in shock. The collar of the trenchcoat turned to Vaporeon.
"I'd like to see you try!" he said confidently.
"If you must." Vaporeon stood still for a moment, then, I swear, started to GLOW. It was
the same blue light as the eyes of the girl back at the gym. Was Vaporeon...psyhic?
Nothing happened for a few seconds, then six Poke Balls began to float from the side of
the creature. He made a lame grab for them as they floated over to me and Sara, but missed. When
the Poke Balls were inbetween me and Sara, they seperated into two groups of three, with one group
floating over to ethier of us. Later we realized that Vaporeon had gotten all of our Poke'mon
exactly right! Sara got her's in her group, and I got mine in my group.
"You stupid...I thought she'd already taken care of you!" the creature whined.
"Even her powers couldn't have predicted what truly happened to me. Now, run back to your
employer and let her know of your failure!" Vaporeon was still glowing when the trenchcoat creature
began to glow as well. After a few seconds, he dissappeared in a puff of smoke.
We stood in a long, akward silence. Vaporeon said nothing. Sara said nothing. I said
nothing. I was still trying to absorb everything that just happened, and I guessed Sara was too.
Finally, Sara managed to speak.
"Vaporeon," she said slowly, "what Vul happened?"
"I'm not truly the Vaporeon you've come to know." Vaporeon, or what WAS Vaporeon, said,
turning toward us.
"Well...then who are Chu?" I asked, just as slow.
"My name is...is...is..." Suddenly, Vaporeon collapsed on the ground again, not twitching
or anything like that. Needless to say though, we were still concerned about him.
"Vaporeon!" I rushed over and knelt down next to him, holding up his head. His eyes looked
hazy, and his eyelids were fluttering, like he couldn't hold them open.
"Please..." he said, his hand slowly and shakily reaching up to me. "This maybe...the
last time...I can speak to...you...please...do what I...could not...Tell her...tell her I still
love her..."
"Who?"
Vaporeon mouth started to make the name, but he passed out before he could say it.
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I appeared back in the woods, just outside the tent of the Hybrids. Dan was the only one
awake. After the days events, Vaporeon had regained conciousness, but he seemed to be back to,
"normal". He no longer spoke English, and he has no memory of what happened after escaping the
dream prison. After what had happened, they decided to just rest and keep their eyes open for
anything suspicious. Nothing had come, but Dan had volunteered to stay on gaurd for the night
anyway. It was very late, and he was tired, though he fought sleep with everything he had in him.
I phased through the material of the tent inside. There was one last thing I needed to do before
I was done.
Hello, Dan. It took a few seconds, but he did seem taken aback by my presence.
"YAH!" Yes, he was surprised. "Geez, Chu scared me!"
I am sorry. I didn't mean to frighten you.
"Yeah, well it's Rai everyday one has Rai legendary Poke'mon come Chu him twice in a day!"
He took a few breaths to calm down. "So...are Chu here for a reason?"
Yes, I have a reason for being here. You did a good job today. I knew you'd figure out what
to do.
"Raichu. There's more, isn't there?"
I nodded. Nothing you need to worry about. Just close your eyes and go to sleep. You have
earned it.
I floated over to Dan and brushed a wing along his head. He quickly fell back and began
to sleep, all memories of my visit, everything that happened between the first time they were
chased to my sending him back, to this very visit, wiped from his mind.
I phased out of the tent and prepared to leave. Yes, I've helped many races. However, once
they've done what they need to do, I erase the memories, just as a precaution. Like everyone else
I've done this for, Dan hadn't told anyone of my visit. After all, what would he say? "Hey guys,
a time traveling Poke'mon had to help fix some stuff so Vaporeon didn't get captured by the little
girl, and Sara wouldn't get put in a permenant coma, and I didn't get tossed around like a rag
doll, but don't worry, I fixed it this time."? No, that was highly unbelievable.
I quickly moved on into a different time. After all, there were still many others I needed
to help. I would have to keep an eye on these three, however. They're very special. Yes, very
special indeed...
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And so concludes Chp. 16. Please review my story, and tell me what you think. All feedback is
appriciated. Once again, thank you Tygerwind for all the help you provided to me for this chapter.
Other readers; please, if you have ideas, send them to me! As you can see, I give all credit where
do.
Once again, I have another short scene from the 8-bit theater at nuklearpower.com
(Fighter and the Black Mage arrive at the gate of Cornorea. At the gate, they see two gaurds.)
1st gaurd: Welcome to Cornorea!
Black Mage: Thanks! What's up?
1st gaurd: Welcome to Cornorea!
Black Mage: (long, akward pause) O.K., I'm gonna go talk to my friend now. (To Fighter) Hey Fighter,
do these guys seem weird to you?
2nd gaurd: (to Fighter) Welcome to Cornorea!
Fighter: (to 2nd gaurd) I like swords.
2nd gaurd: Welcome to Cornorea!
Fighter: I like swords.
2nd gaurd: Welcome to Cornorea!
Fighter: I like swords. (This goes on...)
Black Mage: Urge to destroy world rising...