I don't own Pokemon
Recap:
"Togi. Togi togi PRIIIIII" (Uncles Pikachu and Static are gone. WHAAAA)
"Ash. Aaron. Pikachu and Static are missing!" Misty translated.
"I understood Togepi Misty. But what does Mew's appearance have to do with this?"
"Mew took the two Pikachus."
"WHAT!"
Chapter 45: The Rescue
"It's true. I saw it" Kid said as she came into the room in her purple and white costume.
"Why did Mew DO that?" Aaron asked.
"Probably a prank." The maid answered.
"Mew is constantly coming to the castle and causing mischief. Most of the time it's just stealing toys." Aileen explained.
"Please tell us where Mew lives." The twins said desperately.
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Instead of telling them, Queen Aileen took our heroes (minus Kid) to the balcony.
"There." She said pointing to a tree. "The Tree of World's Origin."
"The Tree of World's Origin?" Neesha asked.
"That is where Mew lives. However, since Mew can transform into the shape of any pokemon, no one has actually seen its true form."
'Except for these five' Aaron thought to himself referring to Ash, Misty, Brock, Corey, and Neesha.
"How do we find it then?" Andy asked.
"Lucario can read the aura of all things, and is said that he could lead the Hero, Aaron, through even pitch darkness." The maid answered.
"Lucario, you have the ability to locate Mew. Correct?"
Yes ma'am.
"Won't you help these two trainers?"
If the Queen desires.
"Ash. Aaron. I'll lend a hand." Kid said as she came out onto the balcony wearing a pink and black spandex jumpsuit.
"AHH. YOU'RE THE ADVENTURER KID SUMMERS!" Brock screamed realizing who his date was. (Mime Jr. was mimicking his reaction.)
"I didn't even realize it though you were standing right next to me." He continued while shaking her hand. "I have failed. I am deeply, deeply regretful. It is such an honor to meet you."
"She's famous?" Aaron asked.
"OF COURSE!" Brock screamed and pulled out a notebook. "She's definitely ranked high in my notebook."
"You keep a notebook of girls?" Ash asked disturbed.
"Of course. Here she is. Record for the quickest trip around the world in a hot-air balloon, record for deepest one-man submarine dive, record for longest independent space walk, etc. etc." Brock told Kid's life story.
"Wow. We should be fine with someone like her on our side." Andy said.
"Please help us." Misty asked.
"I, too, would like you to help." Aileen told her.
"The truth is," Kid said, "I came to this city because I wanted to unlock the mystery of the Tree of World's Origin. I'd be coming with you whether you asked me or not."
"Then it's settled." Ash said
"We leave as soon as possible." Aaron finished.
"You'll depart first thing in the morning." The maid said.
Ash and Aaron looked out towards the Tree.
"Don't worry." Marie told them.
"I'm sure they are just playing with Mew right now." Misty tried to comfort them.
"Yeah."
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At the Tree,
Pikachu and Static were sleeping. Mew, hovered over them waiting for them to wake up so it could play.
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"So what did Lucario mean by Aura?" Ash asked.
"Another term that was used was Wave." Kid answered as she drove her jeep following Lucario who was running.
"So Lucario can see all that?" Misty asked.
"In the legendary era," Marie explained, "there lived people would could master the Wave. They were called Wave Users."
"Similar to those Nen users we hear about on TV?" Andy asked.
"When did you watch such a thing?" Brock asked.
"When Andrea was taking naps. Mom napped as well, and Dad was at work. What did you expect me to do? Read?"
"Yes." Marie answered. "But for your question, yes. It is pretty much the same thing."
"And Aaron was one of them?" Aaron asked for a confirmation.
"Yes." Kid answered.
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After a while, our heroes (Ash, Aaron, Misty, Marie, Brock, Andy, Neesha, Corey, Kid, and Lucario) decided to take a break for lunch. Lucario secluded himself from the group. Brock prepared a wonderful picnic lunch. As he passed out the meals, he noticed something had taken Kid's.
Brock knelt down under the table and saw a small tree-like pokemon eating Kid's lunch.
"HEY! THAT'S KID'S FOOD!"
"Bon…"
Just then, the tree started to cry.
"Brock! You made it cry." Ash said.
"Bullying is wrong." Misty scolded him.
"Actually, this is a Bonsly. Its specialty is Fake Tears."
After realizing it had been found out, the Bonsly grabbed the food and made a run for it. However, it was stopped by Lucario who gave it some of the berries it was eating.
Do not take people's things.
Bonsly ran away.
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At the tree,
Pikachu and Static woke up to see Mew hovering over them. When Mew realized they were awake, it pulled them out of the make-shift bed and the three started to play. Just then, Static fell through a solid tree trunk. Pikachu and Mew peeked in and saw a hollow pipe with greenish bubbles flowing through (almost like cells in a blood vessel.) Mew knock Pikachu in and they rode the bubbles after they caught up with Static.
When they emerged, they found themselves at another part of the tree. This part had a view of the outside world.
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"Geysers." Brock said when he recognized what was blocking the path to the tree.
There were about twelve geysers in the middle of the road. And as luck would have it, they went off just as Lucario and the jeep approached them.
"Nothing to do but to wait." Kid said.
"Wait. Is that a hot spring?" Marie said as she looked out the right window.
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"Ahh. This is the life." Andy sighed.
The gang had decided to let the pokemon out to enjoy the hot spring.
"Hey guys. Look who stowed away." Misty said as she approached in her bikini from the jeep carrying something.
"Bonsly?"
Just then, Bonsly ran behind Ash's Phanpy.
"What's wrong with it?" Aaron asked.
"Since Bonsly is a rock type, it hates water." Marie answered.
"I would have liked to have brought Pikachu here." Ash sighed.
"HEY LUCARIO!" Aaron called to the pokemon who was deep in thought. "COME ON IN! THE WATER'S GREAT!"
Instead of joining, Lucario walked away.
"What's up with him?" Ash asked.
"Maybe he doesn't like hot springs." Andy suggested.
"Hey Ash. Check that out." Misty said pointing to the cliff.
Sure enough, there was a closed flower on the top of the cliff. The flower was a bluish-purple-crystal color. Ash climbed up to get a closer look.
"Ash sure is nimble." Kid observed.
"Yeah. Like an Aipom." Corey agreed.
"Really? We tend to compare it to a Mankey." Brock laughed.
Ash reached the flower and barley touched it when it started to glow. Ash lost his footing and as he fell, the flower became uprooted and
SPLASH
Misty caught the flower, but Ash wasn't as lucky as he fell into the hot spring.
"Don't you know you're not supposed to pick mountain flowers?" Aaron told him.
"Yeah. Like it's my fault it started glowing."
"Well, we can replant it later." Misty said.
Lucario heard the splash and came to see if everyone was alright. When he noticed the flower, he had a look of recognition.
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That evening,
Andy was done digging the hole for the flower.
"There. That should be deep enough."
"I'll put the flower in." Ash said. "As it's my fault we have to do this."
"Ok. Here." Misty said handing over the flower.
Just as it was placed in Ash's hands, the flower started glowing again. This time, it showed something. Like a hologram, the gang noticed that the scene had changed to the hot spring and Ash was falling from the cliff. Misty caught the flower, and Ash fell into the spring with a SLASH.
When the hologram stopped, everyone noticed that they were back.
"What was that?" Ash asked.
"It's a Time Flower." Kid answered
"A what?" Aaron asked.
"A Time Flower." Marie told him. "It is said to show a miracle of time to Wave Users."
"I guess since Ash has the same "Wave" as Aaron, it showed him the miracle." Neesha said.
"Would it do the same with Aaron?" Corey asked.
"More than likely." Marie told him.
After they planted the flower, they drove off after the geysers calmed down. Leaving the Time Flower for future wave users. (FYI: When Ashley and Bailey get to Rota, they find it and see Ashley's father fall from the cliff when she touches it)
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At the tree, Pikachu and Static were missing their trainers.
"Pi Pikapi." (I miss Ash)
"Pika pikachu. Pi Pikachu pika." (I miss Aaron too. We'll wait until morning and then get Mew to take us back to him.)
"Pika" (Ok)
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The next morning,
Our heroes were on the road again. Things were going well until Lucario stopped.
"Lucario. What's wrong?" Marie asked.
This is where I was sealed.
"What?" Aaron asked.
Why?
Just then, Lucario's foot touched a Time Flower and the scenery changed. Instead of a recent event such as Ash falling into a Hot Spring, it showed Lucario being temporarily blinded by a Houndoom attack. It also showed Aaron arriving.
"It's him" Aaron said.
Aaron (from the past) threw his scepter in front of Lucario. Much like what happens when a Pokeball touches a Pokemon, Lucario was sucked into the staff. It wiggled a bit as Aaron jumped onto his Pidgeot and flew towards the Tree of World's Origin. The wiggling was explained shortly when the one of the two armies came through. Lucario, who was upset, started attacking the holograms.
"LUCARIO! STOP IT!" Aaron tried to calm the pokemon down
"THEY'RE NOT REAL!" Ash joined in.
Just then, the Time Flower closed and the figures disappeared.
"That was scary." Misty said.
"There HAS to be an explanation!" Aaron said refusing to believe his namesake would do such a thing.
"I'm sure there is Aaron. We'll find an answer. That's why we're here in the first place." Ash said.
"Do you think that Aaron sealed Lucario to protect him?" Andy asked.
"Probably." Marie said.
Why?
Just then, Lucario sensed something.
"What's wrong?" Ash asked as he approached Lucario.
Lucario closed his eyes and then pushed Ash out of the way as something came from the ground. The new pokemon landed behind the jeep and picked it up before throwing it out of the way.
"It's a Regirock." Brock said as he recognized the tan and red rock pokemon Tracey showed him a picture of.
"Have you been in Professor Oak's notes?"
"No. Tracey told me when I pick up my earnings from him."
"What earnings?"
"Probably from the bet. But now is not the time for that." Misty said and ran into the entrance to the Tree.
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After they emerged from the tunnel, our heroes found themselves in a paradise full of pokemon. Not just Yanma, and Nidorans, but Areodactyl, Omanyte, Omastar, and other "extinct" pokemon.
"We must be directly below the Tree of World's Origin" Kid said while putting on special glasses that recorded what she was looking at and transferred the data to her butler.
"So Pikachu is up there?" Ash asked.
Lucario nodded.
"ALRIGHT!" the twins shouted and ran up.
"Do you two even know where you're going?" Misty asked.
"All we have to do is head up." They told her and ran.
"Since they left, I can say it." Andy said. "I hate this unison thing."
"It does get annoying after a while."
"Well. Let's follow them." Marie said.
"You go on ahead." Kid said as she activated her Survey Modules.
Unfortunately, unknown to everyone, one of the survey modules landed on a crystal and activated the tree's "immune system".
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At a clearing with a view of the outside world, Ash and Aaron stopped running.
"PIKACHU!"
"STATIC!"
"IF YOU CAN HEAR US, PLEASE RESPOND!"
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Pikachu's and Static's sensitive ears picked up the sound as Mew slept. They ran towards the direction of the voices of their trainers. As they ran, Mew woke up and followed them.
"PIKAAAAAA!"(AARON!)
"PIKAPIIIIII!" (ASH!)
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"pikaaaaa" (aaron)
"pikapiiiii" (ash)
The two pikachu's voices were distant, but unmistakable to the two trainers.
"WE'RE COMING!"
As Ash and Aaron ran in the direction of the voices, something blocked their path and shot an ice beam at them.
"Uh oh" Ash said.
"It's a Regice"
The pokemon that looked like a light blue rock shot another ice beam at the twins.
"We're not your enemies." Ash said as Lucario prepared to defend them.
"We only came to look for our friends." Aaron said.
In response, the Regice shot another ice beam which was blocked by Lucario's Aura energy.
"I suggest we go another way." Aaron said.
"Considering our options, that's not a bad idea." Ash said as he turned and ran for it.
"Hey! No fair! My idea! I'm first!" Aaron said as he followed his brother. "C'mon Lucario!"
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Just as the others were headed out of the tunnel where Ash, Aaron, and Lucario emerged from before, Ash and Aaron came running back.
"Everybody!" Aaron shouted.
"Run Away!" Ash finished.
"Huh?"
Just then, Regice's ice beam made a trail of ice.
"REGICE!"
This way
Lucario pointed towards another tunnel. This time it led to a room with crystal bridges.
"HELP!"
Two new figures came from another opening across the room. They fell off the ledge and landed in front of Aaron.
"Team Rocket?"
"I don't care if you're the brat. Anyone will do." Pearl said.
"Just do something about them!" Heart told him.
Two pokemon showed up. One was Regirock. The other was grey and black.
"Great. Registeel's here." Brock said.
"How many are there?" Aaron asked Marie.
"Let's see. Those that I know are Regirock, Regice, and Registeel."
"So basically, that's all of them?" Aaron asked.
"Yeah."
"I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad."
Just run.
After some running, our heroes and the two Rocket members found themselves in another tunnel.
"Uh Pearl"
"What?"
"Behind you."
Pearl turned around to see a red blob in the shape of a Cradily. Just then, it grabbed her.
"PEARL!"
"What's that?" Aaron asked.
"Cradily. It's a Hoenn Pokemon" Andy answered.
"I highly doubt it's a read Cradily." Marie told him.
After the Cradily disappeared in a crack taking Pearl with it, a red blob the shape of an Omastar did the same with Heart.
"Did Team Rocket just disappear before our eyes?" Aaron asked.
"Yeah. We better run if we want to escape that fate." Corey suggested.
Everyone nodded.
All of a sudden, the Regis appeared.
"You see Misty. THIS is why we thought about ditching you." Ash told his girlfriend.
"Just shut up and run."
"Banks. What is this?" Kid asked into her headphones.
"Perhaps, that these are like white blood cells." Banks was heard through her headphones. "They must be trying to exterminate the bacteria, which has entered the body."
"You mean the tree thinks we're bacteria?"
"Yes ma'am."
"That means that the Tree of World's Origin is alive. Banks. Find us an escape route."
"Of course."
Just then, a blob started to attack Kid. However, Lucario pushed her out of the way.
"LUCARIO!"
As the blob disappeared, it left Lucario unharmed.
"It must not affect Pokemon." Marie observed.
After some more running, they came to a fork.
"I'll draw them off." Ash stated.
"I'll go with you. Kid. Take care of everyone."
"Right."
"Hold on Ash/Aaron Ketchem. You two are not going anywhere without us."
"Misty. I'm serious. Go with Kid. If anything happens to you…"
"Nothing's going to happen."
"Please Misty. Just go."
"You too Marie."
"You win this round. But we'll be back."
Kid and the others went one way. The only ones left were Ash, Aaron, and Lucario.
Until you meet up with Pikachu and Static, I will stay with you.
"Thanks."
Ash and Aaron let out Bayleef and Typlosion.
Regirock and Registeel appeared.
"Bayleef! Razor Leaf!"
"Typlosion! Flamethrower!"
The impacts caused an explosion.
"Ok. Let's go." Aaron said as he ran in the other direction.
"HEY! UP HERE!" Aaron called to the two Regis.
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With the others,
"Do you think the boys will be ok?" Marie asked.
"I'm sure of it."
"Is Ash constantly doing stuff like this?"
"Yeah. Once Ash ran between two psychic Umph."
"Shut up Brock." Misty said while covering his mouth.
"No. What happened?" Neesha said with almost recognition.
"Ash just ran between two psychic attacks. He lived."
"What were the two pokemon?" Corey asked with the same look as his girlfriend.
"That is confidential information."
Just then, blobs in the shapes of Kabuto, Kabutops, Omanyte, Omastar, Cradily, Armaldo, Areodactyl, and Relicanth came out of another tunnel and swallowed everyone except Kid who escaped. (Barely.)
TBC
Preview:
"Kid? Where are the others?"
Kid only gave him a look that said that she was sorry.
"Oh no."