~Last time~
"HELP THIS UNCONSCIOUS BOY!" Verity yelled
Doctor kicks him
"HE WON'T WAKE UP!"
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" They screamed
~And now this~
The night went by slow as both young trainers slept as well as their Pokemon. The Doctor came in and checked on the Akira to see if he's doing better. Thankfully his heart is beating at a normal rate and his breathing has stabilized.
He stood up to leave when he saw Verity sleeping in a chair with no warmth. He grabbed some covers and threw it on the girl before calling it a night. When morning finally came Verity woke up and rubbed her eyes. It took her a minute to register her surroundings then went to check on Akira who was stirring around now.
"Akira, Akira wake up." Verity said lightly shaking him.
"Dad." He groaned. "I don't want to go to school. Just let me catch Pokemon!" He whined
"Hey Mikachu." The New Mouse Pokemon woke up. "You think you can?"
"Oh yeah!" Mikachu replied then zapped the unconscious boy. He flew out of bed then land headfirst on the floor.
"Good morning sleepy head." She said with a cheeky grin on her face to her friend who was currently dazed from the landing and attack.
"Uhhhhh." He groaned falling over regaining his senses . "Was that necessary? You could have shook me." He suggested
"You Ketchums all sleep the same." Mikachu stated floating by him. Akira went to grab the spawn of Mew but she was quicker and got distance.
"Well I'm hungry let's eat!" He said leaving the room with everyone in tow. Yesterday still bothered him a bit but he can't that get to him he has some battles to win and a goal in mind.
"Akira are you ok?" Verity asked, he looked at her confused unsure what Verity was asking.
"Yeah I'm fine, see." He responded stretching his body showing he's unharmed.
"She meant mentally. Remember yesterday's battle?" Zorua said while climbing her trainer.
"Oh that. I don't remember much. I remember that my head and chest hurt then it went blurry. Next thing I know I woke up in that room. Did something happen?" He said
"No nothing at all." Verity said in slight relief as they entered the cafeteria on the ship. Mikachu narrowed her eyes at Akira not believing a word he said even his expression wasn't convincing.
Akira got 3 plates of pancakes and a side of bacon. The Pokemon got a bowl of berries. Verity got a normal amount of food which consisted of eggs and bacon. Before they started eating Verity put a rag over Akira's eyes, so he doesn't have another episode.
"Verity what are you doing?" Akira asked going to take it off, but Verity grabbed his arm.
"I'm covering your eyes, so you don't freak out again like you did twice yesterday." Verity threw a pokeball in the air. "Piplup time to eat."
"Piplup!" The Sinnoh Pokemon cheered as he joined the other Pokemon. While Verity was trying to prevent Akira from freaking out since he knows there's a water type near him the Pokemon made friends with each other.
"Escavalier we did great yesterday!" Zorua complimented the bug/steel type.
"Indeed. We pierced through the competition that beast was nev." Escavalier started but was cut off by Piplup.
"I think you lost them." He said which was true as Mikachu and Zorua had confused looks on their face.
"My sincerest apologies. But yes, we did exceptional."
"Hell, yeah we did." Zorua said raising her paw for a high five which Escavalier gladly returned.
"Now that is out of the way. What are you?" Piplup asked Mikachu
"Mikachu only one of my kind." She introduced giggled like her mom would.
"That doesn't answer the question. As a starter Pokemon we stay in a professor's lab that means we could also have access to various forms of information yet there is nothing on you at all in the pokedex and the only sightings would be that tournament in the Alola region last year." Piplup spoke.
"Well your smart. I'm the child of Mew and a Pikachu and the Alola region knew about me before. As for the rest not sure why there isn't, I've been Akira's Pokemon for over 7 years now which was when I hatched." She answered
"Mikachu is our team's not so secret weapon and our best friend." Zorua said
"Well I had to get something from my dad." Mikachu spoke. At this Akira burst out laughing. Piplup and Escavalier were confused at this. Until Mikachu spoke again. "Akira can understand what we're saying." Needless to say, both Piplup and Escavalier were shocked.
Meanwhile with the trainers Akira finished his pancakes but still has the blindfold on.
"Can you let go of my hand? This is really embarrassing." Akira said his face redder than a tomato. Not only from a girl holding his hand but she was just feeding him.
Verity took a closer look and figured out what she was doing. She yanked her hand from and jumped back. "Um lets never bring this up again."
"Agreed. But uh." He said his face still a little red cause he can't get the blindfold off on his own.
"Oh. Well you can just pull it down it'll be like an ascot." Verity answered
"You're not taking it off, are you?" He asked as he pulled it down to see. She had a smirk which confirmed he was stuck with it for a while. He sighed as he listened in on the pokemons conversation and saw Zorua and Mikachu chuckling at something.
"Hey what's so funny?" Akira said curiously before either Pokemon could answer a couple came over to the table.
"OMG your both like the cutest couple I've ever seen can I get a picture!?" A hyperactive girl yelled.
"Wait we aren't a couple!" Akira yelled but both of their faces were red with embarrassment. Right before she took the picture the phone flew out of her hand and over to Mikachu.
"Aww come on it's just a picture." She complained
"Tina there you are. Please don't run off like that again!" A man looking to be in his early 20s yelled running over. He wore a green jacket with a white shirt in it and purple pants.
"Oh, Eddy I'm glad you're here! Look at them aren't they adorable!?" Tina exclaimed
"Oh yeah sure. Hey, shouldn't we get ready for them to announce the second round?" Tina said running off leaving them at the table.
"Sorry about my girlfriend she has this thing she calls a 'cutedar' I don't know but I hope she didn't you both too much."
"No, it's fine. But to clear things up we are not dating just friends and I was helping him get over his…" She was saying but heard a thump and doors shutting. "Where did he go?"
Escavalier pointed towards the door meaning he ran out them.
"Right the battle!" She pulls out her pokeballs and returns her Pokemon. She ran to the locker room hoping that's where Akira was and saw him staring at the screen where it showed they were against Chris and Sarah the ones from the first battle yesterday. They looked over and saw Tina and Eddy were going against a couple people named Razeal and Enzo.
"Our battle is in a few minutes lets get ready. Who will you be using?" Verity asked
"Mikachu your up." Akira called to his starter who cheered.
"I'll use this one." Verity said as she held Piplup's pokeball.
"Will both teams come to battlefield the first match of the semifinals will start in 5 minutes!" Akira and Verity ran out to the field and met their opponents. After introductions they walked to their corners.
"Ready!" Mikachu got ready to enter the field while the rest held their respective pokeballs. Verity grabbed Akira's hand surprising him.
"I'm using Piplup alright. You don't need to be scared." Akira nodded
"Begin!" The ref announced
"Mikachu your up!" The new mouse Pokemon charged onto the field.
"Lucario go!" Chris called
"Piplup show them what your made of!" Akira's breath went unsteady at seeing the water type but stood firm.
"Wobbuffet!" Sarah called out
"What a surprise after yesterday's battle Akira's partner brought out a water type. Is she trying to take her own partner out?"
"Piplup use Bubblebeam!" Verity called out which Piplup fired towards Lucario.
"Wobbuffet take it and use Mirror Coat!" Sarah called out
"Lucario Close Combat!" The Bubblebeam hit Wobbuffet but due to Mirror Coat it was sent back.
"Mikachu use Trick Room!" Right as it finished Lucario hit Mikachu with a flurry of hits while Piplup was able to get away from Mirror Coat.
"Now Mikachu Breaking Swipe on Lucario!" Mikachu flew at the Aura Pokemon with her tail glowing with a dark purple energy.
"Wobbufett Counter!" Mikachu hit it and was immediately hit with the damage. Before Sarah could even call out another move a hit it and it seemed Super Effective.
"Great job with that Hidden Power Piplup." Verity complimented her Pokemon.
"Wobbuffet Destiny Bond!" Sarah called out
"Lucario Aura Sphere!"
Mikachu Thunderbolt!"
Piplup Peck!"
The moves collided and caused a dust cloud to cover the battlefield. No one knew if any of the Pokemon were unable to continue or not.
"What a battle this is folks. Both sides are exhibiting such tenacity. This battle has me on the edge of my seats!" The commentator yelled
As the dust cloud settled it showed Wobbuffet was knocked out from the attack while Piplup fell over from the Destiny Bond showing it's the one that knocked Wobbuffet out.
"Wobbuffet return!" Sarah called out returning her psychic type to her ball.
"Piplup return!" The red beam returned the starter to his ball.
"That wasn't half bad." Chris called out. "The way that Piplup was used as a conductor for the Thunderbolt and flew past my Lucario hitting Wobbuffet."
"So, it's just a one on one now?" Akira asked
"That's right. Let's give the crowd what they asked for! Lucario Extreme Speed!" The Fighting/Steel Type seemed to vanish from existence as Mikachu and Akira looked around for where it might be Mikachu was sent flying by a quick blow and ended up in the wall.
"Mikachu are you alright!?"
"Yeah I'm good." She flew out. "Man, this guy's good."
"You said it. But we're not done yet!" Akira called out
"We're not losing either!"
"Lucario it's time we reward their persistence." Chris is as he pulled up his sleeve.
"Oh no." Verity said seeing the bracelet on his wrist.
"This is getting exciting." Akira said Mikachu agreed.
Chris tapped the stone in his bracelet causing an energy to come out and engulf Lucario. "Lucario just like their bond ours is even stronger! Mega Evolution!"
The light exploded showing Lucario in a different form. its cream fur becomes longer, and its thighs slim down. It develops more spikes on the back of its paws, which have turned crimson. It also develops spikes on both of its feet, which have become crimson too. Its previously red eyes are now orange colored. Its aura-sensing appendages grow longer, and two of them are tipped in crimson. Its shoulders also possess a spike each. Its aura heightens throughout its body, which formed black markings on its blue fur.
"Now Aura Sphere!" The attack was much larger this time and Mikachu could barely dodge it. "Extreme Speed!"
"Psychic before it moves!" Lucario ran it Mikachu at breakneck speed like before but before he could land a hit Mikachu managed to catch it within Psychic and threw him in the air.
"Follow up with Thunderbolt while it can't move!"
"Use your own Psychic and send it back!"
"Dodge and use Breaking Swipe!"
"Close Combat!"
Both Pokemon took hit after hit from each other. Mikachu's tail hit Lucario in the face sending it back a few feet. It quickly recovered and hit Mikachu some more with Close Combat.
"Mikachu Trick Room!" Akira called out. Mikachu made the room causing her to be faster now.
"Extreme Speed!" Lucario vanished and hit Mikachu who made no effort to stop him. What shocked Lucario and Chris is that attack had Mikachu sustain no damage.
"Thunderbolt!" That one moment was all Akira needed to land this hit given Lucario had his palm on her electric sack this was sure to paralyze it.
The Lucario screamed in agony from the attack. When the attack finished Lucario was still standing but sparked surrounding its body.
"Lucario Bone Rush!"
Mikachu Breaking Swipe!"
They charged at each other but before Lucario could swing at Mikachu its body froze due to the paralysis giving Mikachu the opportunity to land the hit knocking Lucario out.
"Lucario is unable to battle Mikachu wins. The winners are Akira Ketchum and Verity Shirona!" The crowd cheered for an amazing battle.
"That was intense. How did you do that?" Verity asked Akira who gave her a goofy smile.
"I made it up as I went along." Akira answered as Mikachu slowly flew over and sat on his head where she rested.
"You did good today." Akira said to her
"I know." She replied with a smirk as she closed her eyes.
"Let's get our Pokemon to Nurse Joy then rest in our rooms." Verity said as she started walking but was stopped. During the battle both of them forgot one thing.
Verity is still holding Akira's hand.
She pulled her hand away in a rush. "Anyway, let's go relax and watch the next battle." She ran off. Akira followed after her to Nurse Joy.
After taking their Pokemon to nurse joy they bought some snacks and decided whose room they should go to watch the next battle. They ended up going to Verity's room while eating said snacks.
"Uhhh I need a bit of help." He hasn't eaten a bag of chips without Mikachu holding the bag for him in the past year. Verity rolled her eyes as she helped him as they put their focus on the TV.
"Bulbasaur use Toxic!" Enzo yelled
"Slurpuff deflect it with Moonblast!" Tina yelled the Fairy type sent the blast of pink energy towards the Toxic causing the poison to splatter everywhere.
"Pumpkaboo Leach Seed!" Razeal yelled small seeds flew towards Eddy's Pokemon
"No, you don't Furret Dig to get away!"
Enzo and Razeal looked at each other and nodded.
"Slurpuff Flamethrower!" Tina called out
"Substitute!" Enzo and Razeal yelled as the Flamethrower engulfed the grass types.
"Tina behind you!" Eddy called to her. "Furret come out of the ground and use Fury Cutter!" The attack hit Bulbasaur but to his shock it vanished. "Substitute." He realized. He was going to look around for the real one but Furret was hit by Pumpkaboo.
"Slurpuff Metronome!" It started to move her fingers back and forth.
"Oh no you don't!" Enzo called out. "Bulbasaur Sludge Bomb!" Unfortunately, he was to slow as Slurpuff finished and slammed her fist into the ground causing large vines to come out and attack Bulbasaur while Pumpkaboo got to safety.
"Enzo is Bulbasaur alright?" Razeal asked his partner
"Yeah. I got lucky it was just a grass type move." He replied
"Frenzy Plant may have done less damage but it's still a powerful move." Razeal said as Bulbasaur ran back to that side.
"Yeah we just got lucky it was that move." Enzo smirked then looked at his partner who nodded.
"Pumpkaboo use Sunny Day!" Razeal called out
"Bulbasaur Solar Beam!"
"Furret Quick Attack!"
The Furret tried to prevent the Solar Beam and with Slurpuff still recharging he has to do this alone. However, Furret wasn't even halfway there when Bulbasaur fired the Solar beam hitting Furret who couldn't dodge in time.
"No Furret!" He called out seeing his partner was knocked out.
"Don't worry. Slurpuff can go again! Flamethrower!" The fairy type sent the powerful fire type move at the grass types and due to Sunny Day, it was powered up as well.
"Substitute!" The grass types managed to avoid the flames, but the fakes were destroyed instantly.
"Now Solar Beam!" Enzo and Razeal called out! Bulbasaur and Pumpkaboo fired their grass type moves at once.
"No no no! Flamethrower again!" Slurpuff fired again but the sheer power of the fire type move couldn't over come the 2 powerful grass type moves which hit her Slurpuff head on. When the attack ceased it was revealed Slurpuff was knocked out as well.
"Furret and Slurpuff is unable to battle making Bulbasaur and Pumpkaboo the winners. And the winners of this match Enzo and Rezeal!" The ref called out
"That was awesome!" Akira called out
"We should probably come up with a plan when we battle them tomorrow in the finals." Verity suggested
"Don't you think they will switch their Pokemon like we did?"
"No cause from what I heard they used Bulbasaur and Pumpkaboo in their first match as well." Verity told him. "Why am I talking to you about this you're just going to ignore me and say it'll be fine."
"Because it will. It turned out fine earlier didn't it?" Akira responded to her
"Alright guess we'll just wait and see tomorrow." Verity said. "With this round over want to go hang out around the ship?"
"You bet!" Akira said as they left the room leaving Zorua and Escavalier by themselves.
"You can tell they like each other to, right?" Zorua asked
"Of course." The bug type replied
~Elsewhere~
A man sitting walking down the hallway checking to see if everything is going smoothly. He walked into a lab where a Raticate lied on a table. He looked at the Pokemon in disgust before grabbing a scalpel and cut it apart slowly.
"Boss! A report!" A subordinate called from behind him. He dropped the scalpel and looked at them.
"Let's hear it. We found it the 5th one. It's in Jubilife City. However, Cynthia was recently spotted there."
"Hmmm. She could destroy everything before we even begin. Delta have you sent anyone to retrieve it yet?" The boss asked picking up a power drill.
"No. After learning Cynthia was there, I had to report this and await your orders." Delta said
"You did the right thing. Had you sent anyone without consulting me. Had you sent anyone before hand with this information then well you see this Raticate on the table?" He asked drilling something into said Pokemon.
"Yes, sir I understand." Delta replied
"Anyway send 10 people over along with yourself. By the time you get there Cynthia will have moved on." The Boss told Delta as he stepped away from the Raticate. The Raticate now had mechanical limbs with sharp claws on each foot. One of its eyes have been replaced and now looks like a grid. Half of its body had its flesh torn off and now had metal plating on it as well as across its belly.
"After all, once we obtain all of them." The Raticate woke up and attacked the boss who threw a pokeball at it which sucked the Pokemon inside. Without even shaking it clicked signaling a successful catch. Handing the ball to Delta and left saying. "We'll use that power to recreate the world."
(Oh man that was intense to write. Anyway this chapter is done hope you all enjoyed if you did let me know. Also those that are not aware Breaking Swipe is a gen 8 dragon type move that lowers the targets attack. The Bulbasaur and Pumpkaboo was for my friend.)