Pokemon Black and White Rebirth
Chapter 3.1 You say you wanna a revolution. Part 1.
The Kanto boy woke up in a cold sweat, gasping for air as his head shot up from the pillow. Pikachu and Purloin were asleep on his legs. Ash could nearly make an outline of Iris and Axew in the dark, in the bed next to him. He wanted to move and get a drink of water, to ease his nerves. However, with the weight of his Pokemon on his legs, he opted to slowly lie down instead.
His mind went back to the nightmare, how he had lost to Tobias. He felt bad, but wanted to say thanks for the battle. Then his Pokemon started to vanish, even Pikachu. He could then see Dawn and Brock vanishing; every human was vanishing into thin air. The shadowy nightmare Pokemon grew larger, and Ash started to scream in pain as his body was lit on fire. Tobias changed into Red, his hero with glowing, angry red eyes. He spoke the words, "Failure." Ash closed his eyes hearing an orchestra of anger and hate, pounding on his ears. One voice kept playing in his head above the rest. "You little piece of trash! I lost a lot of money betting on you! Now I'm gonna take it out of your voice muttered.
The Darkrai was about to about to kill him. His mind thankfully stopped, however the boy checked his hands and body. He always did that since Dawn and Brock found him near the alleyway, beaten and bloody. He had barely slept since.
"Never again," he muttered as he put his pillow to his face.
Morning quickly came, and soon the two humans with their Pokemon were on the move, having paid for the room and food. Breakfast had improved Ash's mood, but he was still rather tired. Purloin was on Ash's other shoulder, preferring to spend more time with Pikachu. Ash didn't mind, but he was worried about her claws if they ran into any more dog Pokemon. Still they walked Ash in the front and Iris in the back. She used this as an opportunity to play a small silly trick. Iris patted Ash on his back, making him jump.
"Boo!" Axew cried out popping out of his trainer's hair.
"You okay? You've been kinda twitchy since this morning," Iris asked.
"Just had a bad dream, but it kinda freaked me out," he muttered. Pikachu shot a worried look at his trainer, while Purloin gave a confused but sad look.
"Well, dreams are just in your head, so you shouldn't let them bother you. I mean, you're such a little kid for letting anything get to your head," Iris stated, causing Ash to growl.
Pikachu was about to point out how wrong that was thanks to Ghost and Psychic type Pokemon knowing the move Dream Eater. However, the teenager took a breath and began hopping on the ground with excitement.
"You're right, I'm not gonna think of the past. I'm just gonna look at the here and now! New ground under my feet, new sky, and new friends lets go exploring!" He yelled as he grabbed Iris's arm and sprinted down Route 3.
"ASH, STOP! You don't know where you're going!" Iris screamed trying to get her new friend to stop as they zipped across the landscape.
"But Mama… we don't know where we're going either," Axew whispered.
"Axew, hush," she shushed her Pokemon. However, Pikachu picked up that tiny tidbit of info.
"So tell me, Iris, if Ash doesn't know where he's going, then where are we going, huh?" Pikachu asked in a sly tone of voice, making the wild child stop in her tracks.
"Well…I'm… um… I know where going past Route 3," Iris thought out loud as she looked around for some marker to find out where they were going.
"You don't know either do you?" Ash asked with a small childish smirk.
"Yes, I do! I'm just… um… not totally sure," Iris half lied, her face frowning as she kept thinking.
"Wow, you can't admit when you're wrong. What a little kid," Ash chided, mocking her insult for him.
"Oh, don't get smart with me mister. I just wasn't the best when it came to geography in school. …Okay I failed," Iris huffed, hating to lie.
"Well I was only joking around, Iris." Ash muttered, not liking the angry huff she was giving him.
She then looked at him, with a small smile.
"Well, at least I'm pretty good at battling. Say Ash, why don't we train Axew and your new friend Oshawott with a battle?" Iris asked with a challenging smirk plastered on her face.
Ash then gave a panicked expression as his mind forced him back into the nightmare.
"Now… like, right now?" he asked, getting nervous.
Iris noticed the change in her friend's body language.
"Well, yeah, we don't have anywhere to go, and I want to see if I can get Axew to master Dragon Rage," she said.
Axew popped out of her hair.
"I'm ready Mama!" he cried out, ready for a fight.
"Okay," Ash muttered, starting to shake as a Poke Ball flashed open, summoning Oshawott to the ground.
"Yeah, yeah, boy Oshawott is in the house! Ready to whoop some ass, grab me some lady ass, and smoke some grass!" The proud otter Pokemon boasted while tapping the shell on his stomach.
"What does smoking grass mean?" Both Axew and Iris asked.
Pikachu and Purloin smacked their foreheads.
"Arceus damn it, Oshawott. You do not say that in front of children," the cat hissed underneath her breath.
"I never thought I'd see the day where I'd really miss Piplup," Pikachu mumbled, feeling that this Water Pokemon was going to be a pain in his ass.
However, Ash just laughed. He just looked at Iris's smiling face, and Oshawott's pumped up expression.
"Oshawott, you ready for some fun?" He asked his new Pokemon, only to be assured by the grin on his face.
"Yeah dude, let's go! Give me the bell!" the Water Pokemon declared.
The Kanto boy got a long breath of air then quickly switched his hat backwards. Pikachu gave a large smile, knowing for the first time in weeks, he buddy might have been back.
"Alright! Iris let's have some fun! Oshawott, use Tackle!" Ash ordered.
The otter Pokemon jumped into action like a spring board and slammed his head against the tiny Dragon Pokemon's stomach.
"Axew, use scratch on Oshawott's head!" Iris said.
"Quick, Oshawott, get away!" Ash panicked.
Oshawott did get away, while taking a Scratch to the head.
"Now, use Leer!" Iris commanded.
The otter Pokemon looked up to find Axew leering at his hardest, freaking out the young Starter Pokemon, while simultaneously lowering his attack. Pikachu and Purloin, however, found it kind of cute.
"Oshawott, snap out of it, use Water Gun!" Ash ordered.
Oshawott quickly shook his head and blasted the dragon with a burst of water, knocking Axew back.
"Dodge it, Axew!" Iris cried out, as the tiny dragon tried to get away from the Water Gun.
"Keep firing, and then use Tail Whip," Ash said.
Oshawott kept firing Water Gun at Axew, while shooting at the ground, making it rather muddy for Axew. He then whipped his tail, smacking Axew's face and lowering his defense.
"I hate to admit it, but he's not bad," Pikachu thought.
"Now, Oshawott, use that Razor Shell to finish the battle off!" the boy called.
"Axew, Bite Oshawott's tail!" Iris ordered.
"What you say, dude? I zoned out thinking about how awesome –OUCH!" Oshawott yelled as he felt Axew chomp on his tail.
His eyes started to water and he let out a large ear shattering scream, one that could be heard for miles. He started running around in circles as Axew was still hanging on.
"Gethimoffgethimoffgethimoffgethimoff!" Oshawott screamed as he kept running while crying in pain.
Iris and Ash weren't sure what to do. Pikachu and Purloin could only cringe at the sight.
"Oshawott, calm down and shake him off!" Ash ordered.
"Axew… you can let go now!" Iris called out. Oshawott shook Axew off his tail, allowing the dragon to sail in the air.
"Now, use Dragon Rage!" Iris ordered.
"What!?" Oshawott cried out, getting nervous as Axew was charging up his Dragon attack.
"Oshawott, quick, knock him out with Razor Shell!" Ash commanded.
The otter Pokemon grabbed the shell off his stomach. It flashed an energy blade of light blue. He dashed at his opponent when Purloin noticed something. Axew closed his mouth again as the Dragon Rage was about to fire, and to his trainer's shock, it blew up in Axew's face. This caused them both to faint.
Both trainers had a disappointed look on their faces, but replaced it with a smile.
"Nice job, everyone. Oshawott, you did pretty well," he said, returning his new Water Pokemon to his Poke Ball.
"Come on Axew, up we go," Iris cooed as she picked Axew up and put him in her hair for safe keeping.
"You did well, too, Ash. I just wish I knew what Axew and I are doing wrong," Iris muttered in frustration.
"I wish I could help out, but I'm not sure myself," Ash muttered.
The cat Pokemon jumped up to them.
"I think I know the problem," Purloin stated.
"Huh?" Both humans asked.
"It's quite simple. Axew has been closing his mouth at the last second!" The cat Pokemon proclaimed, posing with her pointed paw like she was a character from Ace Attorney.
"Wait, what?! Are you sure?" Iris asked.
"Yes, I'm sure of it. Now you might want to get those two healed at the next town's Pokemon Center. Accumula Town, it's about a few miles from here," she explained
"So why didn't you say that?" Ash asked his Pokemon.
"Cause watching you two bicker is kinda fun," she admitted. This caused Ash, Iris, and Pikachu to drop to the ground in an anime style, as Purloin gave a small grin.
With the purple cat Pokemon's help, Ash and Pikachu were able to walk to Accumula Town, while Iris glided on the tree tops. On the way, they had managed to acquire a Potion, which reminded both trainers to stock up on healing items. To the Kanto boy it looked like a slightly larger town then Nuvema Town. It still had the tall buildings, but also a mix of small homes. He couldn't see the Pokemon Center, but a lot of the city's buildings were covered in graffiti, some of which looked like interesting paintings of people, movies, and Pokemon. Others were gang signs neither of the two trainers understood and swear words only Ash's friend Wes would say if he was really ticked off. Both Ash and Iris were being shoved around by a large crowd of people. Some were giving Iris dirty looks as she held on to her talisman.
"Out of the way!" Two people yelled as they shoved Ash and Pikachu to the ground, while stepping on him. Iris took a good look at them as she picked up her new friends from the ground. From what Iris could tell, one of the two red heads was male, the other female. They were covered from head to toe in this medieval white armor like cloaks, with black sleeves for the arms, and legs, with sliver looking gauntlets and boots. To top off their interesting get up, that reminded of Iris of old knights or dragon slayers, was this shield symbol on their chest, a blue P and Z mixed together while separating the black and white part of the shield. They gazed upon Iris and Axew in disgust, and spat in her face. As Ash, Pikachu and Purloin opened their eyes to this disgrace of their friend, Ash was treated the same as well.
Purloin hissed at them, while Pikachu blasted them with a Thunderbolt. The two thugs quickly ran away as the young trainers got on their feet, wiping off the spit.
"Who were those jerks?" Ash muttered.
"I dunno, but they looked mean. Mama, are you okay?" Axew asked, worried.
"I'm fine, Axew, don't worry about me," she said with a smile.
"That's not fine at all! Is this whole region full of rude people?!" Pikachu growled.
"Well, mostly rude humans," Purloin smirked, however her fur was nearly soiled on by a Pidove dropping.
"Hey, watch it lady!" Purloin hissed at the sky seeing a smirking Pidove.
"$# # off, litter box!" the female Pidove insulted.
Pikachu then blasted the bird with a Thunder attack, which earned him a smooch on the head from the cat Pokemon. Ash pulled out a Poke Ball and caught the tiny dove.
"I really hope you aren't going to keep her," Pikachu said.
"I'm just gonna get her healed and see if she wants to join," Ash said, much to Purloin's and Pikachu's displeasure.
The two trainers kept walking, looking for the Pokemon Center to heal their team and to get something to eat.
"Man, I'm so hungry," Ash mumbled as his stomach growled.
"I told you to save those apples I gave you for later," Iris remarked.
"They were too good, and I had to share them with Pikachu and Purloin," he whined.
"Well here, I'll give you mine then." Iris groaned, wanting Ash's stomach to stop growling. The wild child was checking her hair for the spare apple she found, only to find it missing.
"Oh no, come on, it's got to be here somewhere," she muttered.
Then her stomach started to growl.
"Hrrm… where is that Pokemon Center?" She mumbled sadly starting to feel as weak as Ash or Axew right now.
"I miss Brock," Ash said.
"Who's he?" Iris asked.
"A great friend, however I think I relied on him a bit too much," Ash said in hindsight.
"How could we not, he was the king of cooks!" Pikachu declared as his mouth was starting to water, remembering his Pokemon food.
As they kept walking, Iris was starting to notice a lot of flags around the town with the symbol those knight like people had from earlier. Iris couldn't shake the unsettling feeling that she got from those flags. Call it her sixth sense, or something. Iris kept gazing around until she found what she was looking for.
"Guys, I found it!" Iris declared.
"Found what?" all her companions asked.
"The Pokemon Center; let's go!" She yelled happily. They made a dash for it.
The two had finally made it when they saw three thuggish men who wore bad leather jackets, tacky sunglasses, and baggy pants. Two were bald and the one that looked like the leader had a pink Mohawk. They were standing in front of the Pokemon Center's doors with their Timburr and Patrat. Ash and Iris noticed a young blond girl with an orange, white, and greenish dress. In fact, Pikachu kind of recognized her.
"But I don't have any money to pay! Please let me heal my Pokemon! Also, I really need to go to the bathroom," she cried while dancing around.
"Tough luck babe, you pay up or you don't get in," the leader muttered as the other two laughed at her.
"Just try not to think about running water," the second one snickered.
"Aw, the little baby needs a diaper?" the third one said, mocking her and laughing as she whimpered.
"Hey jerk faces, get out of the way!" Ash yelled, not wanting to deal with anyone's BS right now.
"Hey pay the toil we-aAHHHK!" The leader yelled as Iris jabbed his throat, causing them to fall to the floor. Pikachu started blasting the low level Pokemon, while Ash shoved the other two thugs out of the way and opened the door for the young girl.
"Thank you," she yelled as she dashed into the center for the restroom.
Ash then held the door for Iris, grinning.
"Oh, what a gentleman," Iris said, smiling as she grabbed her friend and the two went into the center.
The thugs were about to go in and attack, however they were grabbed by six of those knights.
"I think it's time we liberate some Pokemon, don't you guys?" The first asked.
"Oh, yeah!" The other five knights agreed as they took the punks away to do Arceus knows what to them. The Pokemon were taken as well.
A Nurse Joy in training looked outside, thinking she heard yelling. However, seeing no one in need of help, she went back inside. The people and Pokemon were starting to take notice of the flags and people that were planting them. However, none were ready for what they would bring.
End of chapter.
