Welcome back dear readers. Hope this chapter will be to your enjoyment.
Ash's log:27
Me, Raichu and Chansey have now explored almost every part of this cave level and we have yet to find a way up. The only room we have yet to properly explore is a resting spot for gravelers. Not a good idea to disturb. The three of us have come to the decision to go further down to check for another way up.
The trio were now walking in the tunnel that would take them further down. Raichu who was the strongest amongst them was walking first while Chansey and Ash walked next to each other.
Chansey was at first not sure about this being called a human. He was weak, careless, easily distracted and had no idea how things worked in the caves.
Chansey then learned why he was useful, his strategic mind. He was great at looking at things in ways she could only dream of and get out of situations where she would have already given up hope. He was also good at teaching her and Raichu attacks to use in battle. He had for example taught her to use some sort of energy from her hands that healed whoever it hit, it was apparently called "heal pulse".
He was also able to teach her the importance of "teamwork" by showing off how him and Raichu worked great together.
Another good quality in this human was that he was supportive. Even though she couldn't properly understand what he was saying she could understand that he was cheering her up when she had a hard time and it helped her to perform her very best. He could also use his hands to "pet" her which felt great.
Concerning the criticism she had given him earlier was also starting to fade away since he is becoming increasingly focused and careful and is starting to learn more about the caves. The only thing left was his weakness and considering everything else it is not even a concern of her anymore.
Raichu had also told her about the world outside the caves and it sounded like a paradise. Edible plants as long as the eyes could see, warmth and light from above, fresh air and best of all fighting was a choice and not a necessity. All in all it was a place she really wanted to live in and by following this human she would get the chance to leave this rocky prison. She definitely felt it was the correct choice to join this human.
The three of them kept walking down the wide underground path somewhat casually. Except for the gravelers there was no pokemon on this level that could beat Raichu in a 1v1 and with Chansey's help Raichu have even won a 8v1 against a group of gloom. They felt sure of themselves.
The only thing that could go wrong would be if a graveler decided to attack them. And as Murphy's law dictates, if something can go wrong it will go wrong.
The three turned around as they heard heavy footsteps coming towards them. There in all it's rocky glory stood a hungry looking graveler who apparently seemed very interested in Raichu. Thinking about it it made sense since ground types are natural predators of electric types it would definitely see Raichu as a treat.
Ash before falling into the caves would have likely taken the gravelers approach as a challenge and happily fought back in a fair 1v1. Luckily for current Ash he had mostly changed that mentality, now he would only fight if he felt he had a good chance of winning, which he in this case doesn't. So he made the sensible choice to run as fast as he can with Chansey.
Raichu would stay behind and stop the gravelers approach while the other two ran away. It might seem like a cruel idea but Ash had figured out a good way to temporarily stop gravelers. Those walking rocks sure hit hard but only if the managed to work up a good momentum so if Raichu kept using slam on it the graveler would never be able start that momentum. Unfortunately the slams would barely do any damage so it would be a standstill where graveler would likely be able to win since Raichu would soon get to tired to effectively keep it in place. So while Raichu kept slamming graveler into a wall the other two ran away.
Unfortunately this graveler seemed to be a bit smarter than the other they have encountered as it decided to use earthquake which threw Raichu backwards and gave graveler enough space to start.
The cave tunnel they were in had quite a lot of space which led to graveler being able to build up a good momentum. It began with rolling away from its opponents since that would give it a better chance at getting some good speed. Then it started moving towards Raichu who had just managed to stand up after that earthquake.
As graveler was about to hit Raichu the orange mouse jumped up in the air and managed to avoid the rollout. Only for graveler to quickly turn around and attack again. And that started what almost looked like a game as Raichu kept jumping above graveler while graveler kept attacking from all directions. This would be an even game if it wasn't for the fact that gravelers speed kept increasing while Raichu's didn't.
That was until Ash noticed something that gave him an idea. Whenever the wall was behind Raichu and graveler attacked it would barely be able to turn before hitting the cave wall. So Ash waited for the chance to give his next order. And after three more attacks that chance came.
"Raichu, use slam behind it and add to its speed." Ash shouted to his partner. While Raichu didn't understand the plans he heard on his trainers tone that Ash had an idea and he trusted his partner enough to follow through with that very plan.
When graveler was once again about to hit Raichu the electric type once again jumped but this time with a flip where it slammed its tail in the opposing pokemons backside. That added it the gravelers momentum enough so that it couldn't stop before hitting the wall.
Raichu after seing what happened took some deep breaths since all the slamming and jumping had taken its toll on the little guy. What Raichu hadn't noticed was that graveler had actually become fast enough to roll up the cave wall and was going full circle.
Ash who noticed that reached out for his best friend screaming his name. Raichu hearing this looked at his friend who had a terrified expression, then he followed Ash's eyes and saw the approaching graveler. Unfortunately to late as it was already to close to dodge.
The next moments looked like slow motion to Ash who was starting to despair. He saw how Raichu gradually adopted an expression of terror as the large rock approached. He saw how his hand kept reaching out for his partner even though he knew he would not get there in time. He didn't care though, even though logic told him it was impossible to reach there in time and that even if he reached there was nothing he could do he still tried his absolute best. He had thrown logic and care out of his mind and now only had one thought.
'I need to save Raichu'
And as if some otherworldly power answered him he felt something in his hand. And before he could even notice the feeling it left out his open palm, and with the feeling that left came a blue fire looking ball. The blue ball flew through the air before hitting the ground in front of graveler.
That created a hole in the gravelers path that made it change direction. And this time it was unable to go up the wall it was approaching and instead it crashed right into it. A large hole opened up in the cave wall where the rock type hit where one could see the graveler with its face stuck in the wall. It was clearly conscious as it used its arms to try and push itself out of the wall but it was very much stuck there.
Ash after a few seconds of complete shock at what happened then decided to save those thoughts for later as he started ran up to check if Raichu was fine.
As it turned out Raichu was unharmed, only exhausted. The two hugged each other in relief as Raichu was now safe.
The two of them then heard the sound of rocks breaking and saw that the graveler was starting to free itself. Ash grabbed Raichu to run away with him but Raichu resisted.
Ash looked at his friend and saw determination burning in his eyes and understood what that meant. Raichu didn't want to take any more risks.
Ash nodded and started running away as Raichu once again started slamming the graveler this time making sure it was still stuck in the wall.
Raichu partially did this to keep his friends safe but another more selfish reason was simply out of sheer spite. He kept on hitting thinking to himself, 'harder, harder, harder.' Until it became a mantra constantly repeating.
Raichu started noting that some of gravelers back started taking actual damage and that just encouraged him to hit even harder. He kept going until something happened, his tail end became a shining gray color. Not much different from metal and when he hit with the tail this time with the thin end instead of the flat side it cut straight through the gravelers back and blood started flooding out.
Ash and Chansey who saw the entire thing from a safe distance was in awe at the display of power. Gravelers were known for having a high defense so the fact that Raichu straight up cut right through it was beyond impressive. And that thing with Raichu's tail was something completely new.
Raichu used his new technique to cut up graveler a few more times before running over to his friends who were looking at him with wide eyes.
"Seems I am not the only one with a new ability to test out huh?" Ash said a jokingly. Raichu made a happy "chu" in response.
The three walked away completely ignoring the now dead rock/ground type behind them.
Ash's log:28
Me Raichu and Chansey have just entered the new lower level of the caves. My first impression was that it was a lot more water down here. I guess water types will be more common around these parts, should stay away from larger water sources in case of more gyarados. The three of us have now found a safe cave opening to camp for now and me and Raichu are gonna try out the new abilities we discovered. Oh right I forgot to write that part down, well in a fight against a graveler I shot some weird blue fire from my hands and Raichu made his tail look like metal. Anyway I will write more about these abilities after we get a good handle on them.
After putting the log down Ash looked up at his companions grinned and then stood up before saying "who's ready for some training?"
To that he got no answer since Raichu was asleep from exhaustion and Chansey was focused on healing him. It wasn't much healing considering it was only tiredness but she still watched over him, with quite a gentle expression. 'Might wanna keep an eye on that,' Ash though to himself.
Ash decided to let them be and walked a small distance away. The young boy raised one of his hands towards a rock and tried tried to shoot that ball again. Nothing happened.
He then decided that trying to call upon that energy first was a good idea so he sat down cross legged and held one of his hand in front of his face. He tried to remember the feeling he had in his hand earlier. He remembered that it felt like electricity was running through him but not hurting him. Once again he didn't feel anything no matter how he tried to put it into his hand. He then decided to try and feel the emotions he felt earlier, the absolute need to save Raichu.
This time he could feel the energy reappearing in his hand but instead of shooting it he decided to try and summon it still. It worked and it was like a blue flame in his hand. Ash then wanted to experiment and started making it move around his hand in a circle. He then tried to shape it and managed to draw out the ball like a stick, not a very even one but still got the right shape.
He stayed like that for quite some time just experimenting with how to move it around and to throw it and then re summon it. He then wrote it down in his analysis book.
He actually had two books he wrote in. One was the log where he wrote everything major that happened, the other was an analysis of the cave. Every pokemon got its own analysis where he wrote down as much information about them as possible, he kinda felt like he was building a pokedex but instead of writing about lore or rumors he wrote down his analysis of how to avoid and/or kill them. He also wrote down what they ate where they prefer to live, their intelligence, their normal hunting methods, how they work together etc.
He started writing them down for the sake of survival and he still does that but it has also become somewhat of a hobby of his now that is one of the few things he can do down there. Now he also had an entry of himself and these new abilities. He smiled to himself about how fun it was going to be to experiment with these powers.
So this was a new chapter. Sorry that it took its time I have had some distractions irl and simply writers block.
So Ash have aura in this story but don't worry he will not become overpowered and make his own pokemon irrelevant. He will play more of a support roll in his team than an actual fighter.
So I honestly don't know much about aura in pokemon and the search results I've gotten is quite vague so I am sorry if I get some wrong.
-Octopie21