Chapter 2: The New Power That Reveals Itself
Last time on Pokémon VS Lion Guard, while Isamu and Luna were making their way back to Pallet Town where their Pokémon friends could be waiting after many days has passed, they were called by one of the lions that was one of the Great Kings of the Past, Mufasa.
Mufasa requested the two young Trainers to aid his grandson named Kion, who was called the Leader of the Lion Guard and a Prince in a world called the Pride Lands. Understanding on what needed to be done, both Isamu and Luna allowed themselves to be transported into the Pride Lands.
It was that day when they met the siblings Erika and Cole, two new members of the Lion Guard, with Erika being another being that can use the Roar of the Elders, and with Cole being the wisest member of the Lion Guard. Right after the Trainers meet the siblings, they meet the rest of the Lion Guard: Kion, Bunga, Fuli, Ono, and Beshte.
Escorted to Pride Rock by the Lion Guard, Isamu and Luna met the King and Queen of the Pride Lands and Kion's parents, King Simba and Queen Nala. While Nala seemed okay to meet new humans, Simba wasn't as he took a leave, with the shaman named Rafiki joining in to meet the ones his old friend Mufasa had sent.
When Rafiki mentions about more comrades that Isamu and Luna had brought with them, the two Trainers revealed their friends, Umbreon, Typloshion, and Isamu's Ninetales. Luna had with her Arcanine, her Ninetales, and Espeon.
As Isamu meets with Simba, who was unsure of what he wanted to believe, the elder Ketchum brother comforted the hesitant King, before explaining about his father that went missing when both he and Ash were young together, encouraging Simba to believe in his own father, Mufasa, before allowing the Lion King to open up to him.
What neither Isamu or Luna knew, was that tomorrow they would meet new friends and comrades to trust in, while also meeting enemies that they need to look out for.
"You're both gonna love the Pride Lands for sure, Isamu! Luna!" Bunga cried out excitedly. The little honey badger was happy to show his new human friends around the Pride Lands with Beshte and Kion.
Fuli had something else that she needed to do for a while as she parted with lion cub and his four other friends.
After Simba had accepted the two new humans as comrades to the Lion Guard, along with Erika and Cole, Rafiki announced the news to the whole Pride Lands. Of course, the animals were shocked to see new humans joining along.
But, they were of course, intrigued for meeting their Pokémon. To that, Umbreon, Espeon, Arcanine, Ninetales and her daughter, along with Typloshion parted with their Trainers to explore the Pride Lands on their own.
Erika and Cole accompanied their new human comrades as Luna smiled at how energetic Bunga sounded.
"With the way things seem to be going around the Pride Lands, I'm pretty sure that we'll love it too, Bunga." Luna giggled as Isamu looked back at her. Remembering that both she and himself weren't back at their world, he couldn't help but feel whether Luna smiling or not was great or not.
But with the Lion Guard being friendly to the two, and with the King and Queen allowing them to explore around the Pride Lands, Isamu allowed the young animals to lead them around in the Pride Lands tour.
"Our roles for being here was to look over the Lion Guard. But do they really need our help or guidance? I mean, with the way Kion is leading the Guard, they seem to know what they're doing. And not only that, there's Erika and Cole..." Isamu thought deeply.
"You okay?" Cole's sudden question snapped Isamu out of his thoughts as he glanced to where the brother was, who seemed to notice on how serious Isamu looked with his thinking.
"You look a little dazed there..." Cole said, as Erika turned to where her brother's and Isamu was talking, before the elder Ketchum brother shook his head, before he folded his arms.
"I'm fine... I just need to... I don't know, get used to where I am right now. I'm a little surprised to see Luna already getting used to being in the Pride Lands..." Isamu explained. While he was talking with the twins, he didn't notice Luna giving him a small glance.
"This isn't the first time we had to do something so... complicating back in our world." Isamu continued on, with Erika joining in.
"Complicating? Now that you mention it, what is your world like? There are more, um... What do you call them? Pokémon?" Erika asked, causing Isamu to nod.
"Yeah... There are more than 100. Or I should say, more than 500 types. To be honest, I don't really know much. But I do know, is that they act like the animals here in the Pride Lands." Isamu explained, as Ono flew by, joining in their conversation.
"You mean, there are more flying friends like me? Like bigger or smaller birds?" Ono asked, as he was eager to know more about the Pokémon world where Isamu and Luna came from.
Smiling at the eagerness from Ono, the elder Ketchum brother shook his head.
"Yeah... There are more bird-like Pokémon like you, Ono. Big or small." Isamu said as he continued walking. He caught up to Luna, who was being led around by Kion, Bunga, and Beshte.
"How are you already used to this place? This world is nothing like home, and there are many things we don't know about." Isamu said silently, his serious tone showing off as Luna smiled at him, showing her bright expression to the boy she cared about.
"I may look like I'm okay with this, Isamu... But believe me, I feel kind of... weird being in a world where our families aren't around, and when our friends aren't around." Luna said as she kept walking, with Isamu at his side.
"But for some reason... I feel like King Mufasa sent us here for a good reason. To be friends with Kion and the others, or to protect them when they really need it. At least, that's how I see it." Luna said softly, leaving Isamu surprised as he stopped for a moment.
"A good reason, huh..." Isamu thought before he continued walking.
While they were walking, Beshte grinned as he called to the hippos that were at their territory.
"Hi, Dad!" Beshte called out as he ran over to one of the older hippos, which seemed to be one of the adults.
"Beshte! And... oh? I see you've brought your human friends, along with the rest of your Lion Guard friends, too." Beshte's father said with a chuckle. Before, he was a little surprised, but that quickly faded away.
"Um... You don't seem surprised, Mister..." Luna started to say shyly before the father chuckled.
"You don't need to be shy, young one. Call me Basi. I'm Beshte's father and the leader of the hippo herd." Basi said politely, causing the two Trainers to introduce themselves, too.
"Oh... My name is Luna, Mr. Basi. It's nice to meet you, too." Luna said softly, before she glanced at Isamu, who followed along.
"My name... is Isamu. I'm pleased to meet you..." Isamu said reluctantly, causing the father of Beshte to chuckle before he spoke again.
"Mm... It seems we have two shy newcomers to the Pride Lands. Besides this, is there anything new around, kids?" Basi asked, only for Kion to shake his head with a smile.
"Not much really... Were just showing Isamu and Luna around. Rafiki said that Grandfather Mufasa sent them here from their home." Kion explained, allowing Basi to narrow his eyes before he understood with a nod.
"I see... Good old Rafiki. And to think the Father of King Simba would summon the two young ones here. It seems one of the Great Kings of the Past saw something in the two of you that made him want to bring you two here." Basi said with a caring smile.
Luna gave a small giggle to that while the elder Ketchum brother gave a sheepish nod.
"To tell you the truth, sir... Luna and I did go through some harsh times, so this isn't the first time something strange has happened to us." Isamu admitted, causing Bunga to feel eager as he turned to Isamu.
"Oh really!? What did you two do together?" Bunga asked, only for Luna to make the answer in a teasing way.
"We'll explain later when the time is right, Bunga." Luna said, earning a small pout from the young honey badger before Kion turned to the siblings.
"You two have been quiet for a while. Are you both okay?" Kion asked, causing Cole to blink while Erika shook her head in reassurance.
"We're fine, Kion. It's just that's, we're kinda surprised that we weren't the only ones that your Grandfather called to help you and the others with your roles as the Lion Guard." Erika said bluntly.
Cole just looked at Isamu and Luna interacting with Bunga, Beshte, and Basi as he scratched the back of his head.
First, his sister and himself were destined to be with the Lion Guard. And now, they meet with two new humans coming from a different world where creatures called Pokémon lived, and that they were similar with the animals in their world.
"What did Erika and I got ourselves into? Talking animals and people from a different universe... This definitely feels like a crazy dream..." Cole thought before he slowly shoved the thought out of his mind.
Later...
"And this is where I live! Hakuna Matata Falls!" Bunga points out excitedly. After a few more touring around the Pride Lands, Bunga was eager to lead Isamu and Luna to where he lived with his uncles, which was near a waterfall.
"It's also the place where we usually hang out together if we're not at the Lair. Pretty neat, huh?" Kion asked the two humans. Isamu looked around, interested while Luna did the same, although it was more out of curiosity.
"The Pride Lands... It's pretty nice, in my opinion. But still... It's not like the home back in our world, though..." Isamu admitted, before he became blunt, causing the young lion cub to frown while Luna just looked back at her companion.
"Isamu..." was the only thing Luna could say while the Robert siblings looked at each other.
"Um... Sorry." Kion said apologetically, causing Isamu to blink before he shook his head.
"N-No, don't be. I'm only making this feel weird, huh..." Isamu said as he face palmed for his mistake. Ono flew on top of Isamu's head, giving him a look of comfort before he spoke.
"We understand, Isamu. It's never good to be too far from your home, especially when it's in a different world." Ono said bluntly, amusing Isamu as he gave a small chuckle at that.
"Ono's right. For the time being, you're welcome to call the Pride Lands your temporary home. Dad says so, at least..." Kion said as Luna smiled, before she rubbed Kion's head, grateful for what he and his family had to offer.
"Thanks, Kion... I just hope we get along with the other animals in the Pride Lands." Luna said, before Erika joined up with her.
"Don't worry. My brother and I felt weird of talking to talking animals when we came here the first time, so it makes sense if you're feeling uncomfortable right now." Erika said, earning a nod back from Luna.
"Thanks..." was the only thing Luna said before two screams were head from behind the Guard and the four humans!
Everyone turned to see a meerkat and a warthog shivering, possibly due to both Isamu and Luna being here, along with Erika and Cole. Bunga didn't seem to noice this however, as he grinned at the sight of the two.
"Uncle Timon! Uncle Pumbaa! You both made it back!" Bunga cried out happily as he ran to his "uncles".
"Uncle?" Luna repeated in surprise as Cole scratched the back of his head.
"Kion told us about this, but... I think those two are Bunga's uncles. The warthog is Pumbaa and the meerkat is Timon, I guess. The truth is, we've never actually met them physically." Cole explained as Timon pointed at the four young humans that were in their home.
"Uh... Bunga? Would you mind telling us who those four are?" Timon asked, as he was still surprised and shaken up to see the four humans in the Hakuna Matata Falls.
"They're not gonna eat us, are they!?" Pumbaa panicked along, causing Bunga to be confused while Kion, Ono, and Beshte now understood on why they were all shaken up.
"What? No! Of course not! Those two over there on the left are Erika and Cole! They're twin siblings that King Mufasa called out for! And the other two over there are Isamu and Luna! They come from a different world!" Bunga explained.
It took a few minutes for the two to take in what their adopted nephew had said just now before they blinked back at the four humans. The girls looked a little concerned while the guys were a bit annoyed for being looked at like they were monsters of some sort.
"Wait, wait, wait! Rewind that, Bunga! A different world? And how Simba's dad called them? That sounds kind of crazy to me..." Timon admitted as Isamu folded his arms, showing how annoyed he look with the meerkat.
"Can you not look at us like that? It's starting to feel weird..." Isamu said, annoyance rising up a little as Luna placed a hand on his shoulder with a comforting look.
"Come on, Isamu. Let them be. It makes sense for them to be stiff and scared of us since they've never even seen people like us before." Luna said softly, calming the elder Ketchum brother down a little before he sighed.
"All right... Fine." Isamu said silently as Pumbaa stopped shaking, before he slowly looked up at Isamu's eyes.
"So... You four are not gonna eat us?" Pumbaa asked, only for Cole to shake his head.
"Of course not... We're not monsters, you know." Cole said as Timon sighed in relief.
"Alright, alright... We believe you four. So, what was Bunga telling us about you four becoming from a different world?" Timon asked, only for Ono to correct him.
"Actually, Erika and Cole over here are from this world, while Isamu and Luna over here are the ones coming from a different world." Ono explained, as he flew to the two humans separately by getting in between them to show the two what was different about the two.
"Oh... I see now." Pumbaa said, as he was starting to understand a little, before he raised another question.
"So... Why are they here again?" Pumbaa asked, causing Isamu to sweat drop before Kion explained with Bunga and Beshte together. Soon after, the two uncles of Bunga finally understood as Timon looked at the four once more, starting with Isamu.
"Huh... I can finally understand what you all mean, but... Can you four do anything to help our Bunga and his friends?" Timon asked, causing Erika to look at Cole, who nodded back in understanding.
"Well... Cole and I can do this." Erika started to explain. Everyone turned to her as she was saying that, when both she and her brother began to glow, causing everyone to all cover their eyes a little before the glow died away.
Soon, there were no Cole or Erika around, but two lion cubs that looked like twins, although with different genders. They both had red face markings as well, with their Lion Guard marks on their left shoulders.
"We can turn into lion cubs, so it would be easier for us to fight against enemies, like the hyenas or so." Erika explained, with Cole adding in.
"I'm supposed to be the wisest member of the Lion Guard, while Erika is another lion cub girl that can use the Roar of the Elders, like Kion can." Cole explained. That left both Timon and Pumbaa shocked as they grew pale at the sight of two human kids transforming into two lion cubs.
Even Isamu and Luna had to admit that they were surprised by this quick transformation of the two kids.
"That's... a surprise." Isamu admitted while Luna just nodded in agreement. Kion could only grin as he remembered how Erika managed to defeat the hyenas once and save his father by using the Roar to drive them all away.
Flashback
The hyenas laughed manically as Simba stood weakly but found it hard to take another step,
"Aw, is the little kitten hurt?" Chungu mocked, causing Simba to growl angrily as they stalked towards him slowly.
"Go away," a voice said firmly causing the hyenas to turn and see Erika and Cole glaring at them in anger. They laughed manically once more.
"Ooh, the big bad humans have come to tell us off," Cheezi laughed causing Erika to glare firmly as they turned back towards Simba preparing to pounce.
"I said GO AWWWWAAAAYYYY!" Erika yelled except this time, it came out as a lion's roar and the clouds above her turned into roaring lion heads as the sun shone down upon her causing her and Cole's Lion Guard marks to shine brightly, fangs to jut out from their mouths, and red marks appear on their cheeks (two on each side).
All they hyenas could only do is watch in terror as the wind swirled strongly around the twins and when it faded, they saw two lion cubs in the twins' place, growling warningly.
Lioness cub Erika has gold fur and white paws while the lion cub Cole has the same fur color as Erika and instead of white paws, he has a small tuft of brown hair on his head. They both still have the red marks on their faces.
"Did I make myself clear this time?" Lioness cub Erika growled, causing all the hyenas to shake with fear and Cole leapt towards them before chasing them back towards the Outlands and roared at them.
"Don't come back!" he roared and Simba watched in amazement as the two cubs turned back towards him with an exhausted expression as the wind surrounded her once more as they transformed back to their human forms before fainting. It didn't take long for the residents of Pride Rock to come to Simba and the twins' assistance.
Flashback End
Kion believed that he was the only one capable of using the Roar now, but with Erika showing her powers like that, there was proof that he wasn't the only one to do so since she knocked out Janja and his clan, while Cole helped her drive them out of the Pride Lands.
His thoughts were interrupted when Timon and Pumbaa turned to the two Trainers now.
"And you two? What can you two do?" Timon asked, causing the two Trainers to look at each other before Luna made the explanation.
"Well... We brought some of our friends along back from our world. We give orders for them to attack, since some of them don't know what to do unless we give them orders..." Luna started to say as Pumbaa frowned.
"Does this mean... you two don't fight?" Pumbaa asked, causing Isamu to frown as he understood of what the warthog was saying. If their Pokémon was the one doing the fighting part, then it feels as though they're just watching.
"We'll... tell you that later. I think the best way for you two to know is if you actually watch us fight against the enemies that the Lion Guard has to go against." Isamu said carefully, enough to make both of Bunga's uncles to understand, despite their reluctance.
Kion, Ono, Beshte, and Bunga just looked at each other before they looked back at the newcomers.
"Can they actually fight...?" Ono asked bluntly, silent enough to not let the two Trainers hear.
"They did bring their 'Pokémon friends' with them, didn't they?" Beshte added, despite of his reluctance to doubt his new friends.
"Isamu and Luna gives orders to them so they can fight, right?" Bunga added while Kion just frowned.
Like the rest of the Guard, he didn't want to doubt their new comrades' powers, but with them just giving orders to their Pokémon friends, it didn't seem or sound like that they'll be much any use.
Isamu noticed this before he sighed. What could he and Luna do besides giving orders for their Pokémon to follow. From what he remembered when he reunited with Ash several times, both Minato and Hikaru in the Hoenn and Sinnoh regions had their own powers to use to fight against their enemies.
But unlike those two, neither he or Luna had any powers to begin with. The elder Ketchum brother sighed before he scratched the back of his head. He turned to the others, reminding them of what he wanted to do alone.
"Do you all mind... if I go get some fresh air? It feels kind of... stiff in here." Isamu said, catching everyone else's attention.
"Uh, sure..." Kion said, as he was confused with the sudden request. Did Isamu listen to what he and the others said just now?
He didn't get to ask properly as he watched Isamu leave the Hakuna Matata Falls, with Luna watching him leave.
"Isamu..." Luna said before she sighed.
Meanwhile...
The elder Ketchum brother left the Falls to be alone for a while as he sat on a rock nearby. Looking at the sky that was turning orange, the elder Ketchum brother gave a stern look, before speaking as if Mufasa was there.
"Why did you bring me and Luna here, your Majesty? We can't do anything except give orders to our Pokémon friends to battle, like we always had back at our world..." Isamu said sternly, before he lied on the rock, feeling the hard surface on the back of his head.
Just as he closed his eyes, he felt something warm on his left hand as he blinked. Putting his left hand to his sight, the elder Ketchum brother blinked to see some sort of symbol on the back of his left hand.
"What's this...? A symbol? I don't remember having this when we arrived at the Pride Lands..." Isamu said as he stood straight while sitting before he touched the symbol. The symbol looked like some sort of fluffy tail that seemed familiar.
"An... Eevee tail? But why is this symbol...?" Isamu started to ask himself before a new voice called out to him.
"Who are you!?" A girl's voice demanded, catching the elder Ketchum brother's attention as he turned to see three new lioness cubs, with the middle one seemingly be the one that asked the question. Isamu sighed, before turning away.
"I'm a human. Just like the ones you might've seen. Erika and Cole?" Isamu explained simply, as the middle lioness cub frowned before she spoke again.
"You're pretty rude for a human. You're nothing like those two..." The lioness cub said bluntly as the lioness cub on her left whispered something into her ear.
"Come on, Kiara... I don't think it's a good idea to talk to this thing here... He might lash out at us when-" The cub didn't get to finish when her eyes met with a sharp glare from the Ketchum brother before he turned to the three cubs fully.
"Excuse me, young miss. But I'm not a thing. I'm a living being like the three of you are. So, I'd appreciate it if you all don't treat me like I'm some sort of freak hanging out in your home lands." Isamu said seriously, earning a glare from the middle lioness cub while her two friends shivered at his tone.
"Excuse me, mister! But I'm the Princess of the Pride Lands, and the future Queen! You should know that my Daddy, the King does not tolerate subjects that don't respect royalty-" The lioness cub, now known as Kiara started to snap before Isamu interrupted her.
"Future Queen means you're not really Queen yet. And besides, I've met better animals than how you're behaving, your Highness." Isamu said bluntly, saying sarcasm about the 'Highness' part.
"You...!" Kiara started to snap until Kion and Luna called out to her, with Erika and Cole.
"Kiara!? What are you doing!?" Kion called out as he ran over to his older sister.
"This human here isn't respecting the future Queen of the Pride Lands! I thought I should let him know who he's talking to, but..." Kiara started to say, only to get an unimpressed look from the leader of the Lion Guard.
"Uh, yeah... As far as I can tell, future Queen means that you're not the Queen yet. And Isamu doesn't have to listen to you yelling at him like that!" Kion retorted back, only to get glares from both lioness cubs that supported Kiara.
"Kion, Kiara is your older sister! How can you say something like that to her?" The first lioness cub said with a frown while the second lioness cub followed.
"Yeah! She's also going to be the Queen! You may be her brother and the Leader of the Lion Guard, but that doesn't give you the right to interrupt her like that!" The second lioness cub snapped back. Luna sweat dropped at the four lion cubs arguing with each other before she sighed.
Erika and Cole just watched blankly before they looked at each other. Isamu on the other hand, sighed in annoyance before he stood straight up. He turned to leave, only to be stopped by Kion, who saw him stand up.
"Isamu, you don't have to listen to her. My sister can be, sometimes... arrogant because of where she stands as..." Kion started to say before Isamu finished for him.
"The future Queen of the Pride Lands... Yeah, I heard her too, Kion." Isamu said sheepishly, earning a sheepish smile back from the lion cub. Kiara pouted at this, seeing her little brother supporting the human instead of supporting his own sister before she sighed.
"Tiifu... Zuri... Let's just go." Kiara sighed, allowing her two friends to follow her. While they were leaving, Luna frowned at the three lioness cubs leaving. She felt sorry for the three a little as Isamu seemed to have acted a bitter towards them.
"Isamu... Didn't you take it a bit far with those three? They're just lioness cubs..." Luna asked softly, worried with how her companion was acting right now. The elder Ketchum brother scratched the back of his head while biting his lips as he knew what Luna meant before he sighed.
"Ugh... yeah. Maybe I was a bit too... bitter with them?" Isamu said until Kion piped up, comforting his human friend.
"She's fine. She's just... I don't know, a bit annoyed?" Kion said hesitantly. The Robert siblings both gave their Leader an unamused look before they transformed themselves back into their human forms.
"I'm going to go after them..." Erika said as she ran after to where Kiara and her two friends were going. Cole slowly followed his sister. The twins were gone by the time Ono, Beshte, and Bunga came out to see what was going on.
"Uh... Did we miss something? Because it sounded like there was a fight going on..." Ono asked, allowing Kion to explain.
"Kiara told Isamu off for disrespecting the future Queen of the Pride Lands, even though she isn't the Queen yet." Kion explained, allowing Beshte to understand before he looked at the elder Ketchum brother.
"Don't let Kiara get to you, Isamu. We all know you're a good guy. And so does Luna!" Beshte said in comfort, catching Isamu's attention before he sighed, accepting the words Beshte had told him just now.
"Yeah... Thanks, Beshte." Isamu said silently, before he smiled at the young hippo. It was at that point when Fuli reunited with the Guard and the newcomers with a confused expression her face before she turned back to where she came from.
"Did something happen, guys? Kiara looked a little mad when I was passing her, along with her two friends. Even Cole and Erika were following after them." Fuli asked, causing Luna to give the female cheetah a sheepish smile before she explained.
"It's... kind of a bitter story, really." Luna said simply before she explained on what happened, allowing Fuli to understand.
"Oh... I see. Although, it's kind of hard to imagine on how your sister will rule the Pride Lands, Kion..." Fuli said before she showed a bitter expression, thinking of how Kiara would rule the Pride Lands as a Queen with the attitude she had right now.
The Leader of the Lion Guard gave his cheetah friend a nod of understanding before he noticed the Eevee tail mark on Isamu's left hand.
"Isamu...? What's that on your paw?" Kion asked, as the elder Ketchum brother blinked. Noticing what Kion meant, he sat down on the rock, allowing the Lion Guard and Luna to see what he had just now; the mark he had never seen before until a few minutes ago.
"To be honest, I don't really know. The symbol looks like an Eevee's tail here, but..." Isamu started to say before Fuli interrupted with a question.
"Eevee?" Fuli repeated in confusion.
"It's one of the Pokémon back in our world. It looks like, a brown and fluffy fox that can change into different forms. They're quite popular back in our world." Luna explained, allowing the cheetah to understand. The young girl sighed before she gave a smalł smile.
A good memory came back to her when she remembered on how she met her Espeon as an Eevee once with her brother once when she, Yellow, and Isamu were trying to save them from a poacher back when they traveled in Kanto together.
"Yeah... What Luna said. Anyways, I don't really know how this got here. It was never here when we arrived at the Pride Lands, but..." Isamu started to say before Bunga jumped up to touch the Eevee tail symbol.
"Do you think it's a sign of some sort? A sign that Kion's grandfather is showing... Wait, what?" Bunga started to say, but stopped when he saw something weird. The others noticed him stopping before they all looked to see the Eevee tail symbol starting to glow!
"Um... guys? What's going on?" Kion asked nervously. Luna blinked while Isamu felt something stirring inside him.
"This... is starting to feel weird." Isamu grunted before he was engulfed by a bright light! The others yelled in surprise while Luna fell back, shocked to see what was happening to her crush.
"No! Isamu!" Luna shrieked out loud.
"Hapana! Something bad is happening to him!" Ono panicked until Beshte noticed something off.
"No, Ono! I don't think it's something bad! Look!" Beshte called out. Everyone looked closely to see what was really happening to the elder Ketchum brother. The glow was dying down and by the time it ended, everyone was shocked to see what they've witnessed just now.
What was once Isamu, was now an Eevee with the hairstyle a little similar with Isamu's. The Eevee tail symbol was still on the left paw, with the rest of the body looking quite the same as a normal Eevee. The eyes were the same as the Eevee groaned.
Shaking his now furry head, the Eevee groaned again before he looked around.
"Ugh... Wh-What happened to me?" The Eevee started to say before he looked to see the shocked eyes of the Lion Guard and Luna, who fell to her knees in both disbelief and shock.
"Uh... Luna? How did you get so tall? And how did you guys get... so big?" The Eevee groaned as Kion began to stutter in surprise, with Luna doing the same.
"Um... You're a..." Luna started to say before Bunga was awed with what the Eevee looked like.
"Are you really Isamu?" Bunga asked in awe, causing the Eevee, now known as Isamu to cock his head in confusion.
"Of course it's me... Who else would it...? Oh... No..." Isamu started to ask before he widened his eyes in realization. He slowly turned to Luna, who bit her lips at the situation her crush was in at the moment.
"Luna... Please tell me I'm not who I think am right now..." Isamu said while shaking with both fear and embarrassment.
The young girl gave her crush a comforting look before she took out a mirror for Isamu to see, allowing him to see what he had become once before in the past.
One look at himself at the mirror that his crush had pulled out left the elder Ketchum brother to pale in horror before he groaned.
"How... How did this happen to me? Again!?" Isamu groaned, causing Luna to take the human turned Eevee into her arms before she tried to comfort her crush. The Lion Guard on the other hand, were still surprised with what just happened and what became of Isamu just now.
"Luna... Do you mind... explaining to us what happened with Isamu just now? He's... an Eevee, I think?" Kion asked, causing the young girl to turn and give a nervous smile to her Lion Guard friends.
"This isn't... really the first time that happened. It's kind of a long story." Luna explained as Fuli raised her eyebrow in curiosity.
"Well, we have time. So tell us! That is, when we're back at the Lair." Fuli said, causing Luna to nod as she carried her crush back, all the way to where the Lion Guard hung out together at the Lair, where she would be able to tell stories of why Isamu became an Eevee all of a sudden.
Later...
At the Lair, Luna explained on how this wasn't the first time it happened and how Isamu transformed into an Eevee once when the two of them were traveling with Ash and some of their old friends back in their world.
Umbreon, Typloshion, Ninetales along with her father and mother, and Espeon had joined them when all explored around the Pride Lands to see what was around. When Umbreon saw Isamu as an Eevee again, she couldn't help but squeal in joy to see how cute her human brother was as a young Eevee.
That left the elder Ketchum brother even more embarrassed, especially since he had Typloshion teasing him in a playful way until both Luna and Umbreon stopped him from doing any more, as they wanted Isamu to get used to being an Eevee again.
"So the first time this happened, Isamu became an Eevee because of magic? Hevi Kabisa... That sounds a bit crazy." Kion admitted in surprise.
"I had to wait for a whole day until my time as an Eevee would end... And believe me, it wasn't really pretty for me." Isamu groaned as he placed his furry head onto his paws until Umbreon smiled sweetly at her human brother, nuzzling his cheek with hers.
"Isamu, don't say it like that. You were pretty cute when you were like a little Eevee that was having trouble walking on four paws while Ash on the other hand did it perfectly." Umbreon said softly as Isamu glanced at his partner Pokémon and little sister figure.
"Mm..." Isamu sighed before he groaned, until Bunga and Beshte tried to comfort the young Eevee.
"Aw, come on, Isamu! There's nothing wrong with being a Pokémon or an animal! You might not know it, but being an animal is kind of fun! You could have special powers you can use when you fight!" Bunga exclaimed excitedly.
"Little B's got a point, Isamu. With you being an Eevee, you can use attacks, right? That's what Umbreon and the others told us while all of us were together back at Pride Rock." Beshte added, as the elder Ketchum brother looked at the two with a sheepish smile.
"That's easier said than done, you two... Even if I could use moves, I won't even know how to use them. And come to think of it, I didn't remember learning any moves when I was an Eevee the first time when I accidentally transformed into one..." Isamu explained.
"I can teach you, if you'd like. The moves I had when I was an Eevee before I became an Umbreon like what I am right now." Umbreon said nicely, causing Isamu to turn to his little sister figure thankfully before he spoke.
"Thanks... Umbreon." Isamu said as Kion walked over to see the Eevee tail symbol that was on the left paw of Isamu's.
"That symbol, though... it began to glow when Bunga touched it. I wonder..." Kion started to say before he gently placed his paw over the Eevee tail symbol that was on Isamu's left paw.
Before the elder Ketchum brother could react, as soon as Kion touched the symbol, it began to glow, like it did before when Bunga touched it! Everyone turned their attention to see the symbol glowing before the same light began to engulf Isamu once more.
"Again...!?" Isamu said in surprise as everyone stepped back to see what was happening to the elder Ketchum brother.
Moments later, the figure began to grow taller, allowing everyone to see that... Isamu has returned to his human form.
"H-Huh? This is... I'm me again." Isamu said as he looked at himself, to see his body parts all in one piece and with his outdoor clothes still on. Luna widened her eyes before she smiled in relief, the same going for Umbreon, Typloshion, and Ninetales (although Umbreon was a little disappointed by this).
"You're human again!" Fuli pointed out in surprise.
"Oh, I think I understand now... What happened to you just now was the same way how Erika and Cole were able to turn into lion cubs!" Ono exclaimed as he flew over before perching onto Isamu's right shoulder, causing Bunga to be confused.
"Uh... What do you mean, Ono?" Bunga asked, confused. It was at that point when Typloshion began to explain as he was quick to understand.
"This Eevee tail symbol Isamu has in his left hand... I believe this is what made him transform into Eevee in the first place, Bunga. And when Kion touched the symbol again..." Typloshion started to say before Umbreon finished his words for him.
"...it changed him back to his human form. All Isamu needs to do if he wants to become an Eevee again, is to touch that symbol, like what you did, Bunga. And if he wants to become human again, he needs to touch the symbol again if he wants to change back." Umbreon explained softly.
The elder Ketchum brother frowned before he looked back at the symbol that was seemingly given to him, possibly by Mufasa somehow after he and Luna was transported here.
"An optional choice of transformation, huh..." Isamu said as he stared at the symbol, which seemed to be his power now.
Kion smiled at him, along with Umbreon as they both looked at their human friend, with Kion speaking first.
"Anyways, I think we found a way for you to be able to help us fight when we need to! Don't you think that's a bit neat, Isamu?" Kion asked, causing the elder brother to blink while Umbreon followed along.
"Kion's right. Now instead of you ordering us to attack, you can help me, Typloshion, and the others with battling." Umbreon added, causing Ninetales and her parents to nod in agreement while Espeon slowly followed along.
Realizing the points of what Kion and Umbreon were saying to him, the elder Ketchum brother sighed before he gave a sheepish smile. Seeing the others all looking at him, Isamu felt pressure pushing him before he felt it slowly going away as he knew what he wanted to do while he was in the Pride Lands.
"All right... I guess now I can fight. But... Umbreon? Typloshion? And Ninetales? When the time comes, I'd like you all to help me train so that I can help the Lion Guard with their tasks to keep the Pride Lands safe. Yeah?" Isamu asked, earning smiles from the three before they all nodded back.
"Yeah!" The three cried out as Isamu smiled back, before nodding back. Bunga and Beshte just laughed together, both happy to see that a new teammate would be joining them in their work when they needed to, while Kion, Ono, and Fuli on the other hand, were satisfied to see a new comrade joining them, along with the two siblings.
For Luna, she gave a small smile before it quickly faded away.
"Now that Isamu has discovered his ability to help and fight, what is my power? Do I transform like Isamu does? Or do I get something else? Nothing really peculiar happened to me yet, so I guess this means I have to wait and see later..." Luna thought before she rubbed Espeon's head, who smiled at the affection she was getting.
"I hope I can discover on what my ability or powers are later so that I can help you and the others fight when the time is right..." Luna said to herself, enough to let her two Fire Types and her Psychic Type to hear, before her Pokémon parents comforted her.
"Don't worry, Luna... I'm sure you will find that ability someday. Or maybe later, even." Arcanine said in a reassuring tone.
"You just need to be patient for when that time comes, honey. For now, you can help us by giving us commands in battle so that we all can fight together." Ninetales added, allowing Luna to understand before she gave a small, but bright smile to her Pokémon parents.
"Yes... I know. Thank you..." Luna said thankfully before she embraced the two softly, before she felt the two Fire Types embracing her back.
To be continued...
Events that occurred:
- Isamu and Luna meets Kiara, Tiifu, and Zuri
- Isamu and Luna meets Pumbaa and Timon
- Isamu discovers his new power to turn into an Eevee and have Eevee's powers
Trivia:
- The flashback comes from Chapter 4 of TGRickel's story: The Lion Guard: The Pride Land Twins
- The Eevee tail symbol on Isamu's left hand is a resemblance to the Eevium-Z.