Somewhere in a hidden lab in the middle of the night, a small explosion went off and took off part of a wall. Something came running out of there and ran as far from that place as it could.
"It escaped again!"
"Find it!" Something is running out of there. Something wants to escape, but what exactly is going on.
Pokemon
No time to question my moves
I stick to the path that I choose
Me and my friends are gonna do it right
You'll never see us runaway from a fight
To be a master is my dream
All I have to do is believe
(I believe)
I'm on a master quest
(Master quest)
I'm on my way to victory
I can be a champion if I just believe
I'm on a master quest
(Master quest)
I want the whole world to see
(I believe)
I'm gonna be the very best
Cause all I have to do is believe in me
Pokemon!
(Ichigo's voice) The Silvally Lining
Our heroes are getting closer and closer to Black Moon City for Ichigo's final gym battle. Right now, they stopped for some lunch and had some rest.
"We'll be at Black Moon City soon. It will just be another day or two." Rukia said as she looked over the map.
"That's great. Ichigo, you're final gym battle will be coming very soon." Orihime said.
"I know. We'll be ready for it, right?" Ichigo asked his pokemon with all of them ready to go. "I'll be back. I'm just going to stop by the stream and get some water." Ichigo grabbed a bottle and head over the stream with Absol following. When Ichigo got to the stream, he filled up on some water while Absol had some water for itself.
"Rai..." Ichigo and Absol heard a strange sound. They looked further down the stream and saw a pokemon they've never seen before. It stopped by the water and was having some as well.
"Wow. What pokemon is that?" Ichigo said as he was amazed by it. Ichigo and Absol tried getting closer to it carefully, but the pokemon spotted them and got defensive. It jumped in the air and used Flamethrower at them. They all moved out of the way from the attack. "Hey! Take it easy! We're not going to hurt you!" The strange pokemon kept its guard up as it didn't want them near them.
"Silvally!"
"Silvally?" Ichigo said. They all saw two strange people with a Raichu and Magnemite.
"You're coming back with us!"
"Raichu and Magnemite, Thunder Wave!" The two pokemon tried attacking it, but the pokemon known as Silvally avoided it.
"Now use Thunder!" Both pokemon used thunder and blasted Silvally with electricity and was getting hurt. Ichigo doesn't understand what's going on, but he didn't like what was happening. He thought those guys were hunters and were trying to hurt that pokemon.
"Absol, Razor Wind!" Ichigo said.
"Absol!" Absol used the attack and blasted the strangers and the pokemon with the attack. Ichigo hurried to Silvally with Absol acting as a guard.
"Come with me." Ichigo said. He tried pushing Silvally away and tried getting it out of there. Silvally reluctantly went with them. They moved as fast as they could to get out of there before anyone could follow them. Ichigo and Absol hurried back to the others as fast as they could. When they got there, everyone was shocked at what they saw.
"Ichigo, what's going on?!" Rukia said. "Who is that pokemon?"
"It's called Silvally." Ichigo said. When they stopped moving, Silvally dropped to the ground out of exhaustion. "Rukia, can you help it?"
"I'll try." Rukia said. She found this all strange, but she did what she could to help it.
"Ichigo, what's going on?" Chad repeated a question.
"I was down by the water when I saw this pokemon." Ichigo said. "I've never seen a pokemon like this before. I also saw a couple strange guys trying to catch and hurt it. It seemed pretty clear this pokemon had no intention of going with them."
"You say it's name is Silvally? I've never seen this pokemon before." Rukia said as she worked on it. She sprayed some potion on its back leg, but Silvally was stung by it and was getting its guard back up to try and fight them off, but Ichigo grabbed it by the head to keep it calm.
"It's okay! Settle down, big guy! We're only trying to help you!" Ichigo said as he tried to keep it calm. "You're hurt and exhausted. We're just trying to help you." Silvally was tired and exhausted, but was still reluctant to trust them. They all were curious as to what kind of pokemon Silvally really is.
"There it is!" All of them looked around and saw strangers with their pokemon surrounding them. "Hand over, Silvally!"
"No way! This pokemon doesn't want to go with you guys!" Ichigo said. All of them were ready to defend this pokemon from whoever these weirdos were.
"Put your pokemon away! Cant' you see you're making these poor kids nervous!" All of the strangers settled down when they saw a scientist came out. He wore glasses with black hair and had a teal shirt with beige pants. "I'm terribly sorry. This is a big misunderstanding. That Silvally actually belongs to us."
"It does?" Orihime said.
"Who are you people?" Ichigo said.
"I'm Professor Tenner. I'm the head scientist of a research facility not that far from here. Silvally is actually one of the pokemon we study, but it escaped and we're just trying to take it back." Ichigo was a little distrustful and wasn't sure if he could really believe what they were saying. "Let me prove to you. You can come with use to the research lab and see that there's nothing to worry about."
"I guess that would be okay." Rukia said. They brought all their pokemon back to their pokeballs and were leaving with the scientists. Ichigo did look back and saw they were trying to force Silvally to move by using ropes and polls to move it.
"Hey! You can't move a pokemon like that! Just put Silvally back in its pokeball if its really yours!" Ichigo said.
"We would, but Silvally refuses to return to its pokeball." Tenner said. "That Silvally is just disobedient." Ichigo wasn't too sure that was the case.
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The Research Lab
"Here at our lab we study unique and unusual pokemon." Tenner said as he was giving all of them a tour. They were a little fascinated by the place. "We run try to learn their history, their origins, and much more of rare pokemon."
"Is Silvally a rare pokemon?" Orihime asked.
"Very rare. It is believed that Silvally was created by men." Tenner said.
"A pokemon created by men?!" Orihime said as she almost couldn't believe that.
"I've heard about that. Some pokemon known as Mewtwo and Genesect are the same." Rukia said.
"Silvally started from a pokemon known as Type: Null." Tenner said. "After that, it evolved into Silvally and we've been studying everything we can about that pokemon." They showed Silvally in a room, but Silvally kept trying to claw its way out. "However, this pokemon is being very stubborn. We can't just let it go. It's important to our research, but it refuses to work with us."
"I guess that would be frustrating." Rukia said.
"I wonder why it feels like that." Chad said. Ichigo stared at Silvally. Their eyes soon met and Ichigo could almost sense what Silvally was feeling. It felt frustrated and confined. Ichigo felt so bad for it.
"We'll keep trying to get Silvally to listen, but it looks like it will continue to be stubborn." Tenner said, but Ichigo might have an idea or two as to why Silvally is acting this way.
...
Later
They all stayed a little longer to see more of the place. The research lab seemed like an interesting place, and seemed like it was being fair to the pokemon that are there. However, they all still felt bad about Silvally.
"I can't stop thinking about poor Silvally." Orihime said. "Why do you think it doesn't want to work with these scientists?"
"Who knows. There could be any reason." Rukia said. "There's not much we can do about it in the first place." The others felt the same, but Chad noticed something for it seemed someone didn't think the same.
"Where's Ichigo?" Chad questioned.
...
Ichigo
Ichigo and Absol were sneaking through the lab. They had to see Silvally again. They hurried to the room where Silvally was being held, but noticed that there was an electronic lock.
"Great. Looks like we need a special key or something to get inside." Ichigo said.
"Absol. Ab Absol."
"I know this is crazy, Absol, but I have to see Silvally again. Silvally doesn't want to be here. There's got to be something we can do." Ichigo said. "We just need to get this door open." Absol didn't like this, but he did agree with what Ichigo was thinking. Absol took its horn and smashed it against the lock. "That will work." Absol busted the lock enough for Ichigo to slide the door open. Silvally became alert again when it saw the door open. It didn't settle when it saw it was just Ichigo and Absol.
"Rai!"
"Easy. We just came to see and talk to you. It seems like you're rather frustrated about this whole thing." Ichigo said. He closed the door when he and Absol were inside and made sure no one saw them. Silvally growled at Ichigo and Absol looked ready to defend Ichigo. "Calm down, Absol. We want Silvally to see us as friends."
"Sol..." Absol calmed down, but still kept it's guard up.
"You really don't like being here, do you?" Ichigo said. He moved closer to Silvally without fear. He reached out at Silvally and gently placed his hand against the side of Silvally's face. Silvally was starting to calm down as it saw Ichigo wasn't really a threat. The two of them stared in each other's eyes and felt a real connection with each other. "You really don't want to be here, do you?" Silvally shook its head around and confirmed what Ichigo was thinking. Ichigo couldn't take it anymore and felt like something needed to be done.
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Later
An alarm soon went off and everyone was alert. Chad and the girls were alerted about the alarm as well as it was echoing through the whole building.
"What's going on?" Orihime said.
"Not again!"
"It got out again!" They heard a couple workers said as they passed by. All three of them instantly thought that it had to have been Silvally.
"Silvally got out again? How?" Rukia questioned. They all saw Professor Tenner running their way. "Professor Tenner! Has Silvally really gotten out again?!"
"Yes, and I think there's something all of you should see." Tenner said. He showed them the way to the security room. When they got there, Tenner showed them security footage and showed Ichigo helping Silvally escaped.
"Ichigo helped Silvally?!" Orihime said.
"I can't believe he would do something that stupid." Rukia said. "Why would he do something like this?"
"It doesn't matter." Tenner said. "What is important is that we get Silvally back. They couldn't have gotten that far." Ichigo's friends were worried now. What's going to happen to Ichigo after this?
...
Ichigo
Ichigo was aware of what he was doing was crazy, but he felt like he had to do something to help Silvally. He helped Silvally get out of there and helped make sure Silvally got far out of there. The three of them went into the woods and was trying to keep a low profile.
"I think we're in the clear." Ichigo said. That was good news to the pokemon. "Still, you shouldn't stick around Silvally. If you want to be free, you better get as far from here as you can. Keep going and don't stop for very long." Ichigo wanted to make sure Silvally was really free. Silvally moved a few feet, but stopped as it looked back at Ichigo. "You better not stop. You need to go now." Silvally was going to keep going, but some pokemon got in the way. "Oh man."
"Absol." Absol looked ready for a battle.
"Ichigo!" Ichigo turned around and saw his friends, Tenner, and others catching up to them.
"Ichigo, are you crazy?" Rukia said.
"Let's go, Silvally. Quit making this difficult." Tenner said, but Silvally kept growling and didn't want to go anywhere. It looked like there was going to be a fight, but Ichigo got in the way and held out his arms to shield Silvally.
"Hold on." Ichigo said. "Can't you see Silvally doesn't want to be there? Silvally doesn't want to go with you."
"Ichigo, just get out of the way." Rukia said.
"No! Silvally isn't happy there!" Ichigo said. "I understand that Silvally is an incredibly rare pokemon, but its still a pokemon. Silvally wants to roam free and battle just like any other pokemon. I get that your research is important, but do you really need to lock pokemon away to have it?"
"But if we don't have Silvally, how can we get the research we might need?" Tenner asked.
"Silvally probably isn't the only one of it's kind." Ichigo said. "All I'm saying is that you need to consider how Silvally must feel. Why do you think it refuses to go in a pokeball?" Tenner never thought about it like that before. Tenner looked at Silvally and was beginning to see how angry and trapped it must have felt.
"Stand down." Tenner said as he ordered his men to back off. "You're right, Ichigo. If Silvally wants to be free, we'll set it free." Ichigo was glad to hear that.
"Hear that? You're free, Silvally. You can go now." Ichigo said. He was expecting Silvally to be free, but Silvally wasn't going anywhere. "What's wrong now?"
"You know, it's possible Silvally wants to go with you. You said so yourself that it's still a pokemon. That means it might want to go with a trainer. With a trainer, it can go wherever and battle whoever." Tenner said and took out a white pokeball. "Ichigo, how about you take this?"
"A premiere ball?" Rukia questioned.
"It's Silvally's. I think it wants to go with you. Personally, I would feel better if Silvally was with a trainer that cares so much about it." Tenner said. Ichigo took the pokeball and almost couldn't believe it.
"Silvally, do you want to come with me?" Ichigo asked. Silvally stayed where it was and allowed it to be with Ichigo. Ichigo held out the pokeball and Silvally was pulled inside. Ichigo now has a new friend and an incredible pokemon.
"I have something else for you." Tenner said as he pulled out a case and gave it to Ichigo. Ichigo opened it up and saw several colored discs.
"What is this?" Ichigo asked.
"They're memory drives." Tenner said. "Silvally has an ability called RKS System. Silvally is a normal-type. When you give it one of these drives, it can change it's type. Silvally also knows an attack called Multi Attack. It changes it's type to match Silvally's."
"Incredible." Ichigo said.
"I'm sure you'll take great care of Silvally." Tenner said.
"I promise that I will." Ichigo said.
By standing up for someone else, Ichigo gained a new friend and an incredibly rare pokemon. With Silvally joining the team, Silvally might make a great difference in any and all future battles. With a full team, the journey continues.
To Be Continued...
Pokemon Question: Here we go, all your trainers. The answer to the last question is...Cleffa. It is believed that Cleffa came from falling stars and are the stars reborn. Here's the next question. What pokemon holds fur for a lot of insulation for cold weather?
