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"Man, you were such a great assassin Liam. You weren't even trying." A girl with dark blue hair scowls at the boy who was shooting daggers at her. The girl had the same cloak on as Liam, but she held a sword instead of a knife in hand. "Seriously, do I really need to do your job again!"
Liam looked away from the girl and saw her Aerodactyl landing next to her. Its bulkiness was too intimidating to his liking. Why would Ines have something like that as her partner? Liam wasn't sure, but all he knows are two things; one is that he should be dead, and two; he left Darkrai with his enemy. Somehow, Ines revived him and wouldn't tell him why or how she was able to.
"I gave you a second chance and this is how you say thank you. Arceus, you are a pain in the ass." The girl, Ines, grumbles out as she takes out a tattered book from her bag she claims she stole from a traveler. She flips through the pages before landing on one that says something about a Lucario. "Look, I will give you Lucario, as your new partner. One chance! That is all you get, understand?"
Liam nods his head as red mists encircles a lone pokeball, making Aerodactyl cry out in confusion. Ines ignored the cries as she summons the aura pokemon. The boy didn't say a word as he bends down to grab the pokeball. He then releases his new partner with a grim expression.
"Rawr!" it cries out as it gets into a fighting stance while looking at Aerodactyl.
"Dactyl!" the fossil glares at it while putting on scary face. Lucario flinches.
"Lucario, Aerodactyl and you are allies. Please behave." Liam says calmly putting a hand on the aura pokemon's shoulder. That motion calmed the both pokemon down as they both nodded at each other. Ines, on the other hand, rolls her eyes before recalling the fossil pokemon. "Want to go on a journey to become the best assassin ever?"
The aura Pokémon nods while relaxing a bit turning towards his partner. Liam smiles as he returns his partner, casting a quick glance at Ines before taking off with a stride, disappearing from the girl's eyes.
Ines, who was feeling suspicious of the boy, threw a pokeball up into the air and releasing a Dusknoir. She glances at her ghost type before pointing at the forest where Liam ran. "Pursuit the boy, and then do your worst to kill him. He is nothing but weak now. Same thing with that Lucario too." She commands as the gripper pokemon nods, disappearing. She grips her heart and sighs. "I knew he was useless with that Darkrai." Ines whispers before running the opposite direction.
"Can we slow down? I don't want to get lost!" Asks a lagging Clemont. Bonnie and Serena stopped and waited for him to catch up. They were all wearing different clothing as to not draw any attention to themselves.
Serena has a red knee-high skirt, black socks, a dark grey shirt, and brown boots that helps her cover rough terrain. Bonnie, has a brown shirt, and black pants with pink boots. Clemont changed into a blue jump suite, but wore his black boots he had on earlier. He carried a backpack filled with his equipment (because he doesn't like not being able to tinker, as Bonnie puts it), and some of his, and Bonnies things. They were all left on Rhyhorn's to get to the gates of Kanto. Serena, on her own Rhyhorn, while Clemont holding Bonnie on another.
By sundown, they have arrived at the gates and to the engineer's surprise, there weren't any guards around. Maybe they were taking the night off? It was early enough to have at least one guard on duty. Why aren't they keeping watch? The question made Clemont shiver as they gaze up at the wall that separates Kanto from Kalos.
"Why aren't there any guards around to let us in?" he asks quietly to the princess as they walk towards a set of stares that will lead them to the other side of the wall. "I hate stares." He then complains as Bonnie and Serena move quickly to the first level.
"I don't know Clemont, all I do know is that if we don't get going soon, we will be in trouble."
"I can't argue with that, princess." He says while wheezing a bit as he rushes after them. Bonnie shoots him a look of amusement as she holds the princesses hand. Clemont reaches them and falls onto his knees still panting. "I'm so glad we are almost over the wall."
"Silly brother, we are just on the first of five levels." Bonnie rolls her eyes as she runs up ahead of Serena and her brother. The older boy grumbles as he rushes to catch up to her.
"Don't worry, Clemont. When we get over the wall, we can go get a room at an inn." Serena says leaving the poor boy to lag once again. "Bonnie don't wonder off to far!"
"Serena, I am fine. I have Dedenne with me!" came the reply from the youngest of the three. Bonnie climbs to the third level before stopping and facing them with a grin on her face. The antenna Pokémon appeared her head minutes later to nod at them.
"Ne ne!" it agrees as he and his trainer climb up the steps.
Serena breaths in and out as she can feel her excitement igniting inside her stomach. But she can't help but feel a bit nervous about this? Kanto is mere levels away, and she is already feeling nervous. This is totally unlike me, the honey blond thought reaching Bonnie who was already climbing to the next level. Why do I feel like I've been here before?
"Hey, what are you doing here?! You better have an explanation!" a guard shouted suddenly as they stopped short from the fifth level. Silence came next as Serena stands next to Bonnie. Clemont finally stood beside them as they look shocked at the guard before them.
"We are here for business sir." Serena says stepping up in front of the group. The guard took this as a lie because he was taking out a pokeball from his belt. "We are here to take refuge from Kalos." The lie slipped out from her tongue as the guard looks at them with pity. He still had a pokeball in hand as he looks at them with suspicious eyes.
As the guard looks at them, Clemont feels a hesitant look in Serena's eyes. He could tell she was nervous and freaking out on the inside. He just hopes the princess knows what she's doing. If the kingdom knows then- He shook his head to think of something else besides those thoughts. They don't need them now. Especially if they need to plan on kidnapping the prince.
"So, your business here is taking refuge from Kalos? I'll let you in, if you have a proper form of identification. If not, then I can't let you through." The guard says almost with sympathetic tone. Serena tensed as she glances at Clemont for help.
"Sir, we don't have proper identification because we are afraid that Kalos would track us then." He squeaks out as the guard looks at him. Bonnie mentally facepalms as the princess breaths in.
"Sorry kids, but-" the guard was interrupted by another guard running down the stairs with a Machop following them down with a frantic look on its face.
"Sir, a bunch of people are running around destroying stuff! They have cloaks on and hoods covering their face, so we can't identify them. What are your orders?" The guard asks frantically waving his hands in the air.
Those people that appeared earlier are here? Did they follow us?! the princes thinks as she came up with a plan. The guard turns to his fellow guard.
"How did they get past the border?"
"How? With ghost types of course!" The other guard yells as Machoke looks at them in frustration.
Serena frowns at Clemont with a slight nod as she grabs onto Bonnie's hand. They creeped behind the two guards as they started chatting on the issue at hand. Clemont got past the guards and started running up the stairs. The guards were still busy yelling at each other. Serena pushed Bonnie up the stairs, both running for their lives and away from the guards. Clemont kicked down the door as they made it up, unfortunately catching the two guards attention.
"Hey! You kids don't belong up there?" One yells before yelling at Machoke to follow them.
The honey blonds heart was pounding in her chest as she makes her legs run faster. She takes Bonnie's hand and follows Clemont up to the fifth level where the door was already open. He stops and looks at them with wide terrified eyes. Serena looks at him before looking downwards where a latter was pushed down by a raging river.
"Ma!" the superpower Pokémon growls at them running at them with arms outstretched.
The river was their only option. Guards were running towards them, yelling orders to each other. Bonnie takes Clemont's hands without hesitation. Serena looks down again and without thinking pushes the siblings over the edge. She then dives in after them, ignoring the loud cries from the guards. She feels the air blow through her hair and felt her eyes barely open. She just sees Bonnie hugging her brother as they continue to fall downwards.
Then before she could think about instincts, her vison blurred as the rough water takes her. She could here Clemont calling for her, but she could only think about their safety. They must be okay if they were calling her? Right?
Before her vison went black, strong arms wrapped around her body. She could only think about her friends as she closes her eyes.
Ash and Brock was able to leave the forest without any problems. They were excited, because they were close to Pallet, Ash's castle waiting for his return. Until they see a wall at the edge of the forest. Brock hums in confusion as the prince looks up. He narrows his eyes. Why are their walls separating themselves from the forest?
"That's strange, I never seen these walls before when I pick up supplies for the cabin. Ash, could've this have been ordered before your parents died?" the doctor asks the prince as he shrugs.
"To be honest Brock, I have no idea." He answers honestly before looking strangely at the river. Almost like he hasn't seen a river before. "My parents probably didn't like having people cross into the kingdom without a purpose."
Brock nods slowly before frowning. "Why are their black specks falling from the wall?"
Ash look at Brock before following his eyes up to where he was staring at. They had legs and arms. It almost looked like- the prince's eyes widen before jumping out of the carriage and racing for the river.
"Brock, those are people! We have to help them!" He yells at the doctor who takes off after them while ignoring the calls from the carriage driver.
Ash sees a boy his age splashes with a small girl in his arms. Another girl, follows after them the two kids call her name. Brock leaps into the river grabbing the boys collar and the girls arm before swimming to shore. Ash takes the little girl and lays her down on the ground as Brock drags the boy next to her.
Then without thinking, the prince dives into the river. The raging waters weren't helping much, but he was able to find the girl who was his age if not a year older, struggling to stay conscious. He fought the current to grab her. Her honey blond hair making it difficult for Ash to see the girls face.
Your running out of time, the thought comes into the boy's mind as he wraps his arms around the girl's waist. He can feel his lungs burn. He needs to get them to the surface and fast. He kicks upward, but the current seems too strong for his liking. The current is too strong! He thought as he tries to keep a grip on the girl.
He then kicks with the current and sees a branch next to the river. Ash smiles silently before swimming for it, reaching with his free hand, making sure he had a good grip on the girl.
That's it! He thinks as he grabs the branch and pushing both up to the surface. He pants as he drags the girl with the last of his strength over to a dry surface. Ash pulls himself up and lays there beside the girl, closing his eyes to get his breath back. He moves his head over to where the girl was, and looks at her face.
She's beautiful. He thought before blacking out as exhaustion got to him.
I have no comments on the ending. I probably rushed things for Ash's part. The wall is going to be important for the plot. As for those guards, they are important too. The whole thing, Ash saving Serena from drowning is important, not knowing about the wall, or what's going on with the cloaked people. Gosh I need a break.
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