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( ): Pokemon Translation
Ages:
Ash/Aaron: 14
Misty/Marie: 15
Brock/Andy: 17

Chapter 23: High Sea

"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU BATTLED CLAIRE WITHOUT US!"

Misty and Marie were still having fits over that. They were not too happy when the Ketchem twins came into the Center carrying their Pikachus. When they found out that they battled Claire, things only got worse. Of course, when they mentioned that the Pikachus lost to Lance, well, saying that they were unhappy would be an understatement.

Now our heroes were on their way to New Bark Town. Misty and Marie had cooled down a little bit, but not that much.

"WHAT WERE YOU TWO THINKING BATTLING LANCE KNIGHT?"

"For starters, he's the one who challenged us. He was so impressed; he wanted to see how we'd fare against him." Ash said "forgetting" to mention that Lance is their uncle.

Ash is right, Misty. I even learned some valuable lessons. People need to battle Elite Four Members more often."

By the end of the day, Marie and Misty had gotten over it. How were the boys to know that they'd run into Claire and Lance? They did say that they trained near the entrance. Claire and Lance were probably further in.

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"Here we are. Alto Mare!" Brock did his usual announcement every time they'd enter a familiar city.

"Yeah. You know we skipped this place?" Aaron stated.

"Really?" Ash asked.

"Yeah."

"Did you know that there is a legend concerning the two legendary Pokemon Latios and Latias." Marie started to read out of her Birthday Present "Once there were these evil prehistoric pokemon who were destroying the city. Then this huge wave came and threatened to destroy the whole town. But Latios and Latias stopped it. However, Latios gave his life and his soul was put into this sphere called the Soul Dew"

"Really?" Aaron and Andy asked.

"Yeah. And then these two girls named Annie and Oakley showed up about 100 years later, and stole the Soul Dew and Latios' son, Latios. Latias got help, but it was too late for the Soul Dew. It went black and another huge wave came and threatened to destroy the whole town again. This Latios and Latias stopped it, but Latios gave his life and HIS soul was made into another Soul Dew." Ash finished the legend.

"That second part isn't in here."

"Probably because it happened a year ago." Misty said.

"Let me guess." Andy said, "You three were the help."

"Actually, it was only Ash." Brock said, "But since we were his friends, we were able to help."

"Really?"

"Yeah." Misty said as they walked into the dark town.

Night time had fallen over Alto Mare and everyone was asleep. Ash looked at his watch.

"Oh no! We missed curfew!"

"Great. So do we camp or wake Lorenzo?" Misty asked.

"Probably camping would be the best thing." Brock said.

Just then, bars popped up from various places cutting off all access. The way to the canal hadn't been blocked yet.

"Quick. Into the canal!" Ash yelled.

The six humans ran toward the canal, and jumped into the water just as the bars closed the way.

"That was close." Marie said

"What is going on?" Aaron asked

Misty looked around before answering "I think I know."

She swam over to the shore and grabbed a paper. The headlines read:

TEAM ROCKET MEMBERS ANNIE AND OAKLEY ESCAPE FROM PRISON!

"I should have known." Ash said as he pulled out a golden pokeball when nobody was looking.

"C'mon out Celebi." He whispered after pushing the button.

"Lebi Lebi?" (What's wrong?)

"WHAT'S CELEBI DOING HERE?"

"Long story." Ash told his friends "Celebi. Think you can teleport us to the museum? Alto Mare's in danger."

"Celebi" (Sure thing)

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When Celebi teleported the gang to the museum, they found that Misty was write. Oakley was controlling the defense system as Annie watched on. Bianca and Lorenzo were caught in a spider web. Two Latias were trapped in a cage as a Latios was being drained of its power. Luckily, nobody saw our heroes appear out of nowhere.

"Lebi bi celebi. Bi lebi beli lebi." (It's not too late. If we can get the Soul Dew and put it back then it won't go black)

"Alright. Here's the plan." Ash said before whispering.

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"STOP IT! YOU'LL DESTROY THE WHOLE CITY!"

"DON'T YOU REMEMBER LAST TIME?"

Bianca and Lorenzo were trying to talk the Team Rocket girls into stopping without prevail.

"Calm down Gramps. I won't let it go out of control this time."

"YOU GOT THAT RIGHT!"

Everybody looked toward the door to see someone come running up to the machine with a Celebi hovering over his head.

"Ash?"

Ash didn't stop. He ran up to the machine, grabbed the Soul Dew, and had Celebi teleport them both out of there. Once Ash took the Soul Dew, the machine abruptly stopped.

"You won't let it get out of control, because you won't be in control." Aaron said as the rest of the gang stepped up.

Everyone looked confused. Didn't they just see that boy disappear with the Soul Dew and a Celebi? And wasn't he wearing different clothes?

"But…you…didn't…weren't…" a shocked Annie stuttered as she pointed back and forth between Aaron and where Ash disappeared.

"Oh. You mean my TWIN BROTHER?" Aaron said getting where Annie was getting at. "Yeah. He took the Soul Dew to prevent anymore Pokemon deaths. Celebi, being Psychic, saw that it was not too late for it." He said as Brock and Marie helped Bianca and Lorenzo and Misty and Andy helped Latios.

Aaron then went over to the two Latias and got them out of the cage while Annie and Oakley were having a little bit of trouble understanding the twin thing.

"And I thought Jessie and James were stupid." Aaron stated seeing the still shocked faces of the Team Rocket females.

"Did I miss anything?" Ash said as he popped out of nowhere with Celebi.

"Not really. You can still see the original reaction." Aaron said pointing to Annie and Oakley

Ash had to laugh at the shocked and confused faces. Annie was still pointing.

"Don't you people ever listen to DJ Mary?"

"Did everything go alright?" Misty asked.

"Yes. Celebi teleported to the exact place." Ash answered.

Just then he was run over by a red and white blur.

"Hi Latias."

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"Thanks again for saving us." Bianca told the gang.

"No problem." The twins said in unison earning a groan from Andy and Brock (The unison thing was getting old fast).

"One question though." Misty said with a look on her face.

As she whispered something in Bianca's ear, the boys grasped their lengend balls. Latias, naturally, wanted to go with Ash, while Latios, grateful to Aaron for getting his aunt and sister out of the cage, went with Aaron.

"It must have been Latias." Bianca said.

"Well you can just tell Latias that he has a girlfriend." Misty said.

"Wasn't Brock the one who was extremely jealous?" Ash said with a knowing smile.

"Hey. He wasn't the only one."

"Mind telling us what happened?" Aaron said.

"On our way out of Alto Mare last time, it was either Bianca or Latias, anyways, she stopped us just before we left the city to give me two things. One was a picture of me and Pikachu. The other was a quick kiss on the cheek making these two jealous."

"I understand why Misty would be jealous," Aaron said, "But why Brock?"

"I was kissed by a pretty girl and he wasn't"

"WHAT WAS THAT ASH KETCHEM!"

"I said pretty. You are beautiful Misty." He said to his angry girlfriend who had heard him.

"Good save." She said.

"Very good save." Aaron agreed.

TBC

A/N: In case anybody is wondering about the title, here's the answer. Alto Mare is based on the Italian city of Venice. So, I translated Alto Mare (I'm taking Italian)

Alto: High, tall

Mare: Sea

Preview:

"I'm sorry." Aaron quickly apologized. "You looked like my twin brother."

"It's ok." The boy said. "It was an honest mistake."

"Pikachu" (That's right)

"Thanks. I'm Aaron Ketchem originally from New Bark, but now my parents live in Pallet." Aaron said as he held out his hand.