OSPREY…SWOOOSH
UO: Hello and welcome back. Alright boys and girls roll call.
May: Here!
Misty: Here Ash is parking the car.
Brock: Here
Tori: Here Gabby is fixing here makeup.
Drew: Girls you don't need much you look fine.
Tori: Thank you for that.
Max: Here
Anabel: Present.
UO: Good…wait Misty you said Ash is parking the car?
Misty: Yes, Why?
Before he could answer there was a screech and a crash. They all ran out to see Ash climbing out of the car.
UO: To Answer the question Misty, I don't know maybe because your twelve AND YOU DON'T HAVE A LICENCE! Wait (Pulls out key chain clicks alarm.) Oh good that's not mine. Who's car did you use to get here.
Ash: uh…it was some red head, darker than yours Misty. Weird she had this tasty strawberry cake in the car.
UO: (Stiffens) You didn't eat that did you?
Ash: Yeah why?
UO: Oh god…I wonder if we can pin this on Laxus.
Misty: What's the problem?
UO: That was Erza Scarlett and she is very protective of that cake. She is notorious on Fanfiction for destroying anyone that touches it.
They all shivered when they heard the shout from the 2nd Magnolia set.
UO: Makrov is going to hear it from me. Let's just walk away and electrify the car. Disclaimer quick.
Max: Unitedosprey1991 does not own Kamen Rider or Pokémon. If he did my sister and Misty would be paired up with Ash and Anabel would be a close friend. He would also age us and make a good American Kamen Rider.
Erza: ASH KETCHUM.
Said trainer froze as they found their way into the studio
UO: BARRICADE THE DOORS
They all got in and the doors were reinforced with tables, chairs and a magic barrier.
UO: Okay that should hold us until the end of the chapter. Hopefully, she will be calmed down.
May: And if she isn't?
UO: I got a plan B if that doesn't work pray. By the way for ages of everyone
Brock: 15
Max: 10
Tori and Gabby: 13
Drew, Ash, Misty, May and Anabel: 12
So their ages are close. When they get older and their relationship gets more serious age won't be an issue. In the next book in this series I am going to have to make some age adjustments to the characters to fit. Anyway
Normal: Dialogue
Italics: Thoughts and flashbacks and telepathy.
CAPS: Attacks
Bold: Yelling and Belt Noises
Bold and Italics: Yelling in head:
Chapter 25: Summer Stress and Sickness
A week after the battle tower incident (First episodes will contain elements of AG173)
When we last left our heroes they had liberated the Battle Tower from potential takeover by Glenn and his forces. But because of the monster's abilities they were captured and were held hostage. A new friend Anabel was Glenn's real target, and the first attempt in capturing the empath drove her into the group's clutches. Swallowing her fear and her nervousness, she willingly gave herself up to Glenn. Before he could capture her, a bright light stopped him. Anabel remembering what Tsukihime told her summoned her courage and became Kamen Rider Kyokan. Through her friends help she was able to be the imposter. Afterwards with the interaction between her and Ash and May and Misty, she was welcomed in open arms into their little relationship. She made them promise to make her strong, strong enough to stand with them that was all she asked when she agreed to come with them.
Said empath was just waking up from a pleasant dream with her pokémon. She cracked open her eyes and smiled. Ash was still sleeping but had the dopey infectious grin that ensnared her into this relationship. She looked at her other bunk mates. May had her bandana off and one of Ash's hands was on her shoulder. Anabel had grown attached to May's exuberant energy and always seemed to have a smile on her face. Turning to the other side she watched the reason why she had the courage to fight and the reason she was here. Misty whose hair was down and had one of Ash hands in it seemingly rubbing before he fell asleep. Anabel would be forever grateful to her for given her this chance. Looking around the camp she saw that it was still silent with the others sleeping. Looking up the sky was just starting to brighten meaning sunrise wasn't far.
She laid her head back on the chest she had started using as a pillow and her focus glazed. All this warmth just made her feel like she was in a dream. A dream she hoped would never end.
"Hey." Anabel regained her focus to see a cerulean green gaze at her just as sleepily.
"Your awake." Misty said sitting up slightly.
Anabel nodded. She proceeded to sit up but winced slightly.
Misty saw and had a sympathetic smile on her face. "Talk about a workout yesterday, muscles you haven't used probably got worked for the first time ever. Don't worry you will get used to it."
Anabel sat up fully and looked to the fire pit. "I asked for it didn't I. I don't want to rely on you all the time."
Misty sighed and hugged the girl. "Anabel, that's a noble ideal. But I want you to know that we can protect you just as much as you want to protect us. Battle wise I think you're going to be a long range fighter and you seemed to be interested in healing. I think we will be satisfied to know that someone can help us fight but we will be really glad to see a friendly face take care of us when the battle is over.
Anabel looked up at her. "Really?"
Misty smiled. "Of course. But we will train you to make sure we can come back to you." Misty said tapping her nose.
Anabel smile and a tear fell. Misty saw this and gently wiped it. "No sad tears remember?"
Anabel shook her head. "It was a happy tear. Thank you…thank you for this…ch…chance." Anabel said breaking down slightly. Misty gently hugged her whole body and rocked her as much as she could. They were joined surprisingly by two strong arms and two lean feminine arms. They looked and saw Ash and May. Evidently the sad aura they were leaking woke them up. Before long Anabel had calmed down and they separated. She stood up a little shakily and put her shoes on.
"Come on I want to start training again." Anabel said with some enthusiasm.
Ash shook his head. "Give us a few minutes and some to wake up our lazy bones friends."
Anabel smiled and proceeded to warm up.
Misty smiled. "She really wants to prove herself." Misty said as she conjured up some water. Splashing the still sleeping campers they were rewarded with sputtering and shrieks. It had become a routine that if one side was slow to wake up the other would be unceremoniously woken up. Anabel had seen this one morning and upon questioning, just accepted it was one of the strange thing her new friends did.
After some light training they were on the road again. In the last town they were in May had heard about the next contest which was going to be the last one in this year's festival. May had told them point blank they were going to be at that next contest or someone was going to be sorry. That was two days ago and they had five to get to Mulberry City where the last contest was going to be. They had one more town and their destination was in the city after it
May being the girl on a mission was running ahead of the group.
"May slow down." Misty said as she nearly tripped over a root.
"No Misty if I miss this contest I won't be able compete in the Grand Festival." May said.
"That's all and good May but some of us can't keep up right now." Gabby called out. As if on cue, Drew was heard coughing and wheezing. He had sat down and Tori was looking over him.
"How long have you been feeling like this?" She asked
"Nauseous feeling started earlier. Coughing has been since the last town." Drew said. He coughed again and this he felt something build up in his mouth he went over to bushes and started vomiting.
Tori started to panic a little then calmed down. "Misty here." She said holding up a cloth. "Wet this. Anabel release your Metagross. No way he can travel in this condition. Brock, Max how far we from town?"
Brock looked at the map with Max. "Looks like two miles. If we hurry we can be there in about twenty minutes."
Tori nodded. "May head into town and find a doctor. Tell them we have someone with a stomach flu and might have some other issues."
May immediately took off. Tori took the cloth that had been soaked by Misty and walked over to the vomiting boy. He had finished vomiting when he felt the cold compress on his neck.
"Tori…damn I hate feeling weak." Drew said groaning.
Tori sadly smiled. "I know…come on we are taking you the nearest town. Up and at him." Tori said picking him. Thankfully puberty had not fully set in on the boy otherwise he would be much heavier to the smaller girl. Also helping they were of similar height at just five three and she was still growing slightly. Remembering what he said about his family he could easily tower over her in the future. Which wouldn't be so bad now that she thought about it. Shaking her head she started carrying the sick boy.
As she carried Drew he stumbled and brought both of them down. At this point Ash and Misty had walked over to help him up. They helped Drew get up onto Metagross.
"Anabel make sure Metagross goes slow." Tori said. "You don't want to rattle him too much."
Anabel nodded and spoke to Metagross. The metal golem nodded and started to levitate and move. Tori looked down to see Drew shivered slightly.
"It's going to be alright Drew. Just hold on." Tori said soothingly. "Gabby elevate his head." Gabby nodded and placed his on her lap. Drew blearily opened his eyes. "Tori..." Tori sadly smiled and rubbed his face. Drew uncharacteristically nuzzled his hand. "You know…we used to play nurse and doctor for you. Guess I'm glad you decided to be a doctor." He said closing his eyes.
Tori blushed but smiled nonetheless. A few more minutes and they were in the village. May had walked up with the doctor and with some effort they moved him to a bed in the doctor's office. A tense few minutes passed then the doctor walked up to them.
"Looks like the beginning of a bad stomach bug. I also detected phlegm in his lungs his body must be reacting to get rid of it. He won't be traveling today and possibly tomorrow so I am sorry if you are in a rush. But with some rest and fluids he should be fine.
May wisely decided to be quiet. The doctor recommended a mixture of berries and some ginger ale from the store in town.
Getting Misty to look over Drew Tori, Gabby and Ash went out to look for the berries in the surrounding woods.
After a few minutes they were in the forest and picking out berries. Ash though was watching the girls look for the berries with more energy than he could ever produce.
The girls stopped when they thought they had enough berries for Drew. Ash had to whistle. "Damn girls, Drew must be something to do this for."
Tori and Gabby looked at each other and smiled. They took a seat and started to talk to Ash.
"Ash…you have no idea what it means to be with Drew like you are with May, Misty and Anabel." Gabby said.
Tori looked up at sky. "He said that he and Gabby here played nursemaid and doctor to me. Well when I was younger I wasn't always fit. You've seen I get tired a bit more than you but its nothing I can't handle. But that is because I didn't have a strong immune system for a while. Drew soon after I was found to be a knight, saw that I got sick more often than average. He vowed to make sure I wouldn't be alone when I was sick. It's funny, we found out Gabby was a knight on a whim when she brought homework to me. Soon after she started helping Drew take care of me. This is how we started training together."
Images of their time together flashed through their minds. One set of images had Tori in a bed with Drew and Gabby comforting her during one of her illnesses. Another had them practicing their moves near each other. A third image had Tori practicing her healing on Drew who was smiling under his gentle touch.
Gabby looked at Tori. "When Drew trains he tries to train as much as he can. He takes lessons in Tae Kwon Do he trains in other styles and he practices his elemental training. On top of school it's a wonder he has collapsed from exhaustion. Although there was one time he had to be taking to the emergency room."
Flashback
Drew was practicing his swordsmanship. It was early December not long before Christmas. Despite the cold weather he continued to practice.
Tori and Gabby had finished and were inside Drew's house watching him practice with concern.
"Drew its getting cold come on we have hot chocolate."
Drew had heard them and sheathed his sword. Even as he walked towards the deck he could be heard wheezing. He took two steps and then collapsed.
"DREW!" The girls yelled. Gabby ran to get his father while Tori went to Drew. When she got to him she felt his forehead and gasped. He was burning up and his breathing was labored. His father quickly ran out and picked him up. They drove to hospital and was immediately put in the emergency room. After a tense hour the doctor came to the three.
"Mr. Smith?" Mike and the girls looked up.
"I can say your son will live but I must ask how he got this way."
Tori and Gabby looked at each other and silently agreed to tell the truth. Tori spoke. "He was working out training with a kendo sword and I guess he was working himself too hard."
Gabby thought about it. "I guess he hadn't recovered from that flu he caught
The doctor sighed. "Thank you for being honest. I asked your friend and said something similar. Anyway what had happed was fluid got into his lungs, so he had pneumonia. Combined with his history of Asthma and that flu and it's a wonder he lived. How long and how often does he work out?
Mike decided to answer. "He has been working out like that since he was eight. He does other stuff too. He has been doing it at least twice to three times a week and he works about two hours after school.
The doctor nodded. "Okay then I advise until a doctor clears him he does not do that. He's free to go home he is going to be on a respirator regiment."
All three were relieved. They smiled as Drew was wheeled into the waiting room.
"Hey guys (cough) I guess I went overboard?" Drew said smiling.
"Overboard? Really? You're grounded." Mike said smiling.
"For what? I haven't done anything stupid (cough) yet." Drew complained
"For scaring us, until you are cleared you can forget training." Mike said.
Drew groaned. "Fine…but I get these two as nurses." He said pointing to Tori and Gabby who blushed.
End flashback
Gabby smiled sadly at the memories. "Asthma is a lung condition characterized by labored breathing and wheezing. It has something to with the airways constricting. Anyway we have an inhaler which he takes once or twice a day at this point. When we go to cities and we break up to do our own thing we go to the doctor and have them write a new prescription for the inhaler. You never see it because he refuses to show weakness to anyone. With all of this exercise I think it's starting to get better." Gabby looked over at Tori and tenderly took her hand. "But it isn't the worst part. Because of our reputations and society, we have had to hide our relationship. It's hard seeing the man you genuinely love being picked on and we can't do anything. Outside of us he doesn't have any friends in our school. In school we only show a platonic relationship but outside our school we normally hang out at one of our houses. We train, we eat and in most cases we sleep together. We have grown up together. He promised we would find a way to be together regardless of what society thinks." At this point Gabby was crying into Tori's shoulders while Tori was hugging her.
Ash sympathetically looked at the girls. "I know Drew wouldn't want me to know about this but I think he wouldn't mind. After all we are blood brothers and in a way I guess that would make you my sisters in law.
Toru smiled through her tears. "Thank you." Ash smiled as they stood up. "Not just for being a brother to Drew…but for being a friend. It's nice being friends with just him but it is nice to see a male."
Ash chuckled. "No problem. Now you brought up Drew's dad what is he like?" Tori and Gabby laughed and as they headed back with the berries talking about their home lives. Just before they got back to town their senses went haywire.
"Girls…you feel that?" Ash asked.
They nodded and pulled out their drivers. Ash went and then felt around his pants.
"Ash…come on pull out your buckle."
Ash looked at him and sheepishly smiled. "Uh…will you be upset if I tell you I left it in my bag and left it at the clinic?"
The girls groaned. Of course Ash would do that. "And I suppose you left Raikou there too." Tori said sighing. "I think we can take care of it." Gabby said. Ash nodded and did an Aura scan. He widened his eyes. "It's at the clinic, no one else but Drew is there." The girls gasped and started running activating their belts.
ORION/Kamen Rider
HENSHIN
ORION/KAMEN RIDE SIRIUS
Now in their armors they immediately started running towards the clinic.
At the clinic Drew was taking a nap. Everyone else had gone out to gather supplies for their trip to Mulberry City. The figure that entered the clinic and carefully made his away to the room Drew was in. This figure was like a humanoid Sudowoodo. Oak Stone, the creature's name, grinned. His master had seen that one of the riders was in a vulnerable position and ordered him to be eliminated. He found the room Drew was staying in and went inside. He grinned when he found the sleeping boy coughing slightly. He crept up to the bed and started charging up and attack.
"Stone FIST" He said thrusting at the chest of the sick boy thinking it would easy to kill him. Which is why he was surprised when the attack was caught. The hand gave a bit more than was expected but Drew held up.
Drew looked at him with red eyes evidently he was still out of it. "I may be sick…but it doesn't mean my senses are dull." He said lifting his other arms and started charging an attack.
"Eagle Shot." He said twisting his hand into a pistol and fired sending him back. Oak stone stumbled back. Drew climbed out of bed and reached for his sword. But Oak Stone recovered faster.
DOUBLE EDGE
Drew saw the attack and braced himself. He was sent out of the window which got the attention of the townsfolk. The monster saw Drew unsteadily get on his feet.
"You're not so tough. Without your blade and your armor you are just a mortal." Oak said.
Drew stood defiant. "You think attacking me when I am sick is the sign of weakness on my part? No it's on your part and of your master to attack what he deems the biggest threat with his shields down. (Cough) If anything even at 50% I could still take you down." Drew said cheekily.
This got the monster mad and he charged. This was part of Drew's strategy. He knew he couldn't fight at his full strength in his conditions so he fell back into trying to make his opponent make mistakes. He fell into a sloppy stance as he dodged the increasingly frantic attacks.
He continued to duck and weave until another bout of coughing paralyzed him temporarily and he got decked across the chin.
"Heh not so tough brat." Oak Stone approaching the fallen warrior. Drew still had that defiant smirk on his face.
"Bring it. I ain't afraid of you." He coughed again.
Oak Stone laughed. "You can't even breathe. How can you fight?"
Drew smirked as he continued to cough. He then vomited again. After a couple of minutes he looked up. "I will fight until I can't breathe if I have to. I refuse to show weakness to anyone."
Oak Stone chuckled. "You are a naïve fool. You humans think that defying anything will give you strength. No matter, you will be a message to your friends that my master cannot be defied. FOCUS PUNCH"
He built up his energy as Drew stood defiant. Stone Fist charged in and time slowed down. Drew without his glasses looked on as his opponent charged in. Just as the fist was cocked back a glowing fist impacted the walking tree. Time resumed as Oak Stone was thrown back. Drew watched as Orion in her Hercules form and Sirius in her Ursa Major form stand in front of Drew. Ash grabbed Drew and brought him to safety. But he couldn't help but impart one more shot.
"Doesn't matter if I can't fight. There will always be someone ready to take place. Orion…Sirius you can do this. Show him what I mean when I said that we will fight to the end.
The two stuck their thumbs up and turned to their opponent who was recovering from the blow.
"You…well if I can't destroy a weakened Kamen Rider then I can destroy his little birds. ROCK SLIDE."
Oak Stone launched several rocks intent a crushing the girls. The girls though were calm and using their powered up arms they started punching and clawing at the rocks. When the storm finished they made their counter-attack. Sirius clawed at their opponent while Orion used her knives which got a power boots from the Hercules Driver. Left, right going up and coming down, they were almost perfect synch. Soon the attacks took their toll and Oak Stone stumbled back. Orion and Sirius looked at each other and nodded. They activated their finishers, Sirius grabbing the appropriate card while Orion place the drive in the appropriate slot.
FINAL KAMEN RIDE: U-U-URSA MAJOR
HERCULES: MAXIMUM DRIVE
COMBO: STAR STRIKE
Orion's fist glowed brightly while the claws on Sirius turned white. With a yell they charged in. Sirius' claws found their mark and lifted him. With a toss she threw him up. Orion which had taken to the air brought her fist down and nailed Stone Oak. He glowed white and on impact with the ground blew up. Orion landed next to Sirius as they looked at the crater.
"This hunt is over—" Orion began
"—and the dog has beaten its prey." Sirius ended.
They walked over to where Ash and Drew were watching and powered down. Drew looked a little better as he saw them just of their armors.
"My angels…(cough)…glad you made it." He said smiling.
Gabby giggled. "What are you doing out of bed mister?" She mock scolded him.
Drew laughed and coughed again. Tori walked over to him and noticed the bruise on his cheek. "Come on let's get you back to the bed and get looked at again. We got plenty of berries for you."
They helped Drew back to clinic which the doctor had thanked them for protecting the town. Another examination showed that while Drew had cleared his system he was going to be tired for a while. They were given extra rooms at the clinic to spend the night at.
That night Drew lay in bed after having a refreshing shower and put on his night clothes. He heard a knocking on the door. "Come in. I'm decent." Drew called out. He was met by Tori and Gabby who were in their night clothes as well, Tori a long gown and Gabby in a t-shirt and shorts.
"Hey girls." Drew said smiling. The two walked up to him. "How are you feeling?" Gabby asked softly.
"Yeah just sore from coughing." Drew said tiredly.
Tori crawled to Drew's left where a nasty bruise had formed. Tori infused her hand with water and gently rubbed her hand against it. Drew sighed and closed his eyes. He nuzzled into her hand as Gabby crawled to his right.
"We told Ash a little about your past…sorry." Gabby said as Tori finished healing the bruise.
Drew shrugged. "Ah…no big deal. You haven't said anything about my condition did you?"
Tori shook her head. "No he doesn't know about your Asperger's. You haven't done anything and none of our friends would know the signs.
Drew nodded and snuggled into her chest which Tori held his head tenderly. "I am a bit scared that they would find out and question why I lead them.
Gabby squeezed him a little harder. "No they won't it will just mean that you have something that wouldn't impact them as much.
Drew sighed. "Whatever…I will tell them eventually. Anyway good night." He closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Tori looked at Gabby. "Such a burden on a boy." Tori said. Gabby sighed. "I am glad…we know him." Gabby looked at Tori and took her hand. "Is this what love is not caring what he has?" Gabby wondered.
Tori nodded and closed her eyes with Gabby falling asleep too. Only they weren't aware of eavesdropper. May was getting a drink of water when her ears picked up their conversation.
'Asperger's…what is that? Why don't they want is to know about it? Is it that bad? I think until they want to say something I should keep this to myself. They are probably keeping it for a reason.' May mused as she came back to the bed she shared with Ash and the other girls.
Two days later (Elements of AG 174 and 175)
Drew was still not feeling up to traveling a long distance so Gabby and Tori stayed behind as May and the others traveled for her contest. They agreed to meet in Pewter City for the eventual trip to the Battle Pyramid.
They were sitting down to lunch and May was stressing out. So she fell back on her comfort foods. Ash and Misty watched her eat with a little concern.
Anabel though voiced their concerns. "May…you need to calm down. Please you don't want to give yourself a tummy ache.
May swallowed her food. "I know but this is the last one and I am really nervous about this. Plus a couple of my bigger supporters aren't here.
Misty chimed in, "Well then I guess we are going to have to cheer extra loud for them." Referring to Gabby and Tori especially since they decided to stay behind.
May started to calm down until a creepy voice sounded in her ear. "Why hello little Maybelle" May screeched which got the restaurant to look at them.
The rest of the gang with the exception of Anabel looked at Harley with stern looks. "Harley what the heck are you doing here?" Ash asked
He tsked. "No need to get defensive. I was trying to wish little Maybelle luck in trying to get into the Grand Festival. Of course the competition should be easy after all I already have five ribbons. By the way where is that guard dog of yours?" He asked curiously.
Max growled. "If you are referring to Drew he had something to take care of and unfortunately could not make it this time. Rest assured when May wins this contest he will be cheering her on at the Grand Festival." Max lied. The others thought this was a good lie.
Harley shrugged. "It's a shame. One of your friends won't get to see May fall on her face. Ta-ta." With that Harley left.
Anabel turned to regard the others. "I am guessing you have a history with him."
Brock folded his arms. "We have had run ins several times. He's beaten May once but for some reason he doesn't like her. Almost every time he has competed something has happened to May."
Ash turned to regard May who looked like she was going to panic. A shuffling of seats and May felt two strong arms surround her. She closed her eyes and leaned into Ash as she slowed her breathing.
"You relaxed now?" Ash asked which got a nod. "You going to win this contest?" A quiet yes. "You going to rub it in Harley's face." A louder yes. "You going to the Grand Festival?" A stronger yes snapped May out of her funk. "That's my Beautifly." Ash said kissing her cheek. They paid and left the restaurant to allow May to train.
Meanwhile Harley was formulating how to mess with May this time.
"Greetings young man." A shadowy voice said. Harley turned to see Glenn walking out of the tree's shadows."
Harley turned to regard the man. "Who are you?"
Glenn bowed. "Forgive my rudeness. I am merely a fan. I happened to watch your previous performances. I have a vested interest in making your little friend and her party fail. If you are interested?"
Harley grinned sinisterly. "Oh…anything to hurt little miss Maybelle I am in."
Glenn matched his smile. "Excellent…Jessie, James bring it out." Said duo stepped out with a monster that looked like an Ariados.
"Meet Venom String. And you can use it to disrupt May."
Harley though had a thought. "But I already told May I wouldn't be competing wouldn't that be suspicious.
Glenn had it covered. "Not to worry…Jessie here will be going in undercover. Divert everyone's attention with her performance and when May comes you will strike."
Jessie though looked hesitant. Harley walked over to her and took her hands. "Do not worry my dear I will lend you my personal pokémon, Banette and Cacturne so you can win this and put that upstart in her place."
Jessie looked at him and nodded. Glenn and Harley left. Jessie shivered. "That man Harley gives me the creeps. Arceus why do we put up with Glenn?"
James looked at Jessie. "Because we decided to play on three sides. One our boss one our benefactor and one our enemy. Jess…what will we do when we have to choose?"
Jessie turned to James. "Choose between them? You know who we are going to choose."
Meowth decided to pipe in. "But how are we going to keep our cover to the other two? Essentially that means we have to choose one to betray."
Jessie turned to Meowth. "That's the question. James…regardless of what happens we will be together right?"
James nodded. "Always Jess. Now do you want me to warn the twerps?"
Jessie nodded to his question. "I think this will make up for the tower fiasco. Come on contest is a couple of hours we need to get ready.
James and Meowth agreed and left the park.
Time Skip Two hours
"Welcome everyone to the final contest of the Kanto Contest scene, the Mulberry City Contest. I am your host Lillian." Lillian announced to the roar of the crowd. Up in the stands May's cheering section watched as the other contestants took their turns. After about ten acts Jessie dressed up in a disguise came out on to the stage.
"Cacturne time to dazzle them." The disguised Jessie called out. The cactus pokémon stood ready.
Jessie started twirling a carrot and tossed it into the air. Cacturne extended its and punctured the carrot into equal size pieces. The crowd got into as Cacturne released spheres and launched a Bullet Seed causing the spheres to explode into fireworks. The judges and the crowd loved it.
James also in a disguise happened to sit down next to group.
"That was such a beautiful performance. It was like a gift from above." James said. He turned to the group. "Who are you hear to cheer for?"
Brock responded. "We are here to support May who is hoping for her fifth ribbon."
Max smiled. "Yeah my big sister worked hard to get here."
James smiled. "I see. Well then I hope she doesn't trip up. Some people would want to make sure she doesn't win."
Brock thanked the man. Ash though heard something in the way he talked.
'Heaven's above? Tripped up? Someone wanting to make her lose?' Now without training Ash would not have picked up on these cues and he would have walked into a trap. With the training Ash tilted up and focused his eyes. He caught a glimpse of red and black. Returning his attention to the contest he stood up. "Hey Anabel want to help grab some snacks?"
Anabel was startled. "What why? May is about to go on."
"Oh don't worry we will be quick. You guys want anything?"
After getting several drink requests from Max they left for the snack bar.
"See Anabel now we can carry all of the stuff back with two people." Ash said smiling as they left the stands.
"Okay…Ash I know I haven't been around long but what is the real reason to leave?" Anabel asked seriously.
Ash dropped his façade. "Okay. That man is secretly our friend. Based on what he said someone is about to cause May to fail at her appeals round. I needed an excuse to get out of there and help her. Asking you was just another way to do it discreetly."
Anabel sighed. "I guess I need to get used to all of this."
Ash hugged her and kissed her head. "Don't worry. When we get to Pewter City I will take you on a date to make up for it."
Anabel's face brightened. Her first solo date with Ash she couldn't wait. Ash saw the look and smiled then turned serious/
"Now then let's make sure our Beautifly makes it to the next round." Ash said as they found a way up to the ceiling. Anabel was slightly nervous but Ash held onto her hand. Looking down he two saw May was taking her turn. As she did so she seemingly tripped. The lighting and the angle showed something akin to spider string. Looking up they saw Harley and a monster that looked like an Ariados firing the string at Combusken tripping it up. Anabel thinking quickly unfolded one of her chakrams and tossed it. It severed the rope which startled both Venom String and Harley.
"What…You. You're May's friends aren't you. How did you get up here."
Anabel caught the thrown chakram and folded into its blade form and pulled out her other. (The edges are all folded together its grip is at the cross. Remember this is Axel's Chakrams in purple).
"The how is not important. The why we are up here is important we are her to make sure you don't run May's chances."
Venom String said nothing as he charged. Ash summoned Raikou and the two preteens struck towards the monster. Harley used this chance to get away. Ash who clashing against the claws of Venom, parried and attempted to run after him. Anabel who was not used to fighting but assured Ash she had this tried strike against her opponent. But her opponent was trickier and he hit her in such a way she had trouble maintaining balance.
"Whoa...Ash…I'm slipping." Anabel said trying to maintain her balance. Ash heard her and immediately giving up the chase and went to help her. Just as he reached her she slipped off and was about to fall to floor but Ash caught her hand and land against the beam.
"I gotcha don't worry." Ash said assuredly. Anabel calmed down slightly then tensed when she saw her opponent charging up her attack. Looking over and seeing the chakrams she dropped she concentrated the limited training she had.
One of the things she learned was to levitate stuff but to use it as weapon was out of her reach at the moment or so it seemed. Adrenaline did funny things at different moments. It activates a body's fight or flight response in accordance to what was seen in front them (correct me if I am wrong on this please). Anabel was holding on to dear life but saw that if Ash was attacked she would fall, her body went with fight response. More energy flowed through her and the chakram lifted slightly. She looked up at Ash. "Ash duck." The trainer didn't know what was happening but did so and Anabel swung her hand in the direction of their opponent. The chakram hit its mark sending him flying. Ash quickly pulled Anabel up and she caught her weapon.
Venom String looked his opponents. "I'll be back for you just you wait." And with that he swung away from Ash and Anabel.
The purple-haired girl sighed. "That was exhausting." She said as they started walking back down.
Ash smiled. "You'll get used to it." The roar of the crowd caught their attention. They saw on the screen that both Jessie and May made it to the next round. They quickly ran down the stairs in an effort to catch up with everyone else.
In the locker room May examined the tournament board. She saw she was towards the bottom of the bracket as a one of the last seeds (In this episode if she was the last seed she would have faced Jessie. In a normal tournament the lowest seed plays the highest. Opposite sides means she may have at least been number 7).
Jessie in her disguise walked over to her. "Oh hello dearie. Good job getting into the knockout round.
May smiled up at her. "Thank you, your pokémon was great."
Jessie giggled. "Oh think nothing of it. This nice young man dressed like a Cacturne seemed to love my performances so much he decided that with five ribbons in his grasp he let me use his winning team…oops dearie I think I spoke too much."
May gasped and understood that Harley was up to no good. But with the contest about to restart she hoped her friends could take care of this.
Meanwhile outside her friends were heading back to the stands. A disguised Harley and the monster were directing traffic. When they saw Ash and his friends they directed him to another door which they said was VIP seats. They didn't fall for it for a second and when the two were distracted Max discreetly dropped a Sai in such a way that the door was kept open slightly. The door closed and the cage they were in was lifted up into the air.
Contest Hall
While this was going on the knockout rounds were taking place. Jessie with Harley's Banette crushed her opponents as she made her way into the finals. May's first opponent had a Skarmory, which she countered with Squirtle. Squirtle and Skarmory clashed both intent on winning this battle for their trainers.
Meanwhile in the box they were busy trying to unlock the cage. With five people in the box plus Pikachu it was a tight squeeze but Max was able to get the leverage needed to pry open the cage.
"Alright 1…2…3 and got it…whoa!" Max was able to pry the door open but nearly lost his balance. Ash caught him and looked down. They were about a hundred feet up and they did not want to go splat.
Misty looking over Ash's shoulders spotted a green flash. "Look guys." Misty pointed out. They turned and saw a Flygon coming towards them. A mop of green hair confirmed it was May's friendly rival Drew.
"Hey guys what the heck happened?" He called out.
"Harley happened he captured us and we are kind of stuck." Misty called out.
Drew nodded and had Flygon use Sandstorm to pop the balloon and allowed the cage to come down gently.
"Guys listen-"
"We know, Harley is trying to make sure May loses and to make sure we aren't there. Come on." Ash said as they started running towards the contest hall. Only for the ground to collapse. A cage fell on top of them. The group groaned as they fell for another trap. Brock though had an idea.
"Forretress use Rapid Spin break the cage." Forretress quickly did so and the cage was reduced to rumble. They climbed out and ran to the contest hall. They saw Harley and the Kaijuu enter the underground area.
"Guys go cheer May, I got this." Ash said. Anabel quickly followed him as Misty, Max and Brock ran to the hall. Drew not sure what they were doing just followed the bigger group. Ash and Anabel snuck in and pulled out their belts.
"Ready Ana?"
Anabel nodded and inserted the change Espeon card while Ash swiped in Pikachu. Going into their stances as the belts went into place they activated them.
HENSHIN
EVOLVE
Now in their rider forms Aura(Ash) and Kyokan(Anabel) ran quickly to defeat the monster.
Inside Harley was furious seeing that May had reached the finals and was facing off against Jessie.
"You useless monster I paid good money for you and this is what you do? That bane of my existence is in the finals with a chance to be in the festival." He yelled. (I have a plan to get rid of Harley. Not kill him give him what he deserves.)
"You are the bane of May's existence Harley and we are hoping to put you down." Aura said pulling out Raikou.
"Grrr… take care of them and maybe I will consider yourself redeemed." Harley said leaving Venom String immediately started attacking Aura and Ky okan who responded in kind with their weapons.
STRING SHOT
Venom launched a long sticky strand that tied up Kyokan briefly but Aura was quick to cut them loose. Kyokan responded in kind by scanning two of her cards.
PSYCHIC
PSYBEAM
Kyokan quickly spun her Chakram and opened up one of the points in the chakram. The opening fired a multicolored beam which connected with a multitude of sparks. She then raised her hand and held him in place.
SHURIKEN BLADE
Kyokan empowered by the suit held their opponent in place as she tossed one of her chakrams and cut across their opponent after for slashes she held it to the side and scanned another Psychic card while Aura power up his blade.
PSYCHIC: MAXIMUM ENERGY
THUNDERBOLT: MAXIMUM ENERGY
LEAF BLADE: MAXIMUM ENERGY
COMBO: LIGHTNING BLADE
DOUBLE COMBO: LIGHTNING SHURIKEN BLADE
Kyokan's Chakram grew in size while Aura's blade glowed with electricity. Aura jumped and came down on the head of their opponent. Kyokan thrust arm towards her opponent slicing it just seconds after Aura bisected him. Not even a cry was heard as it exploded.
"Game Over." Aura said.
"Feeling's mutual my enemy." Kyokan said.
Ash turned to Anabel as they powered down. "Feeling's mutual my enemy? Not bad might need to work on the execution."
Anabel smiled. "It takes practice. Come on the show is almost over." Anabel said as they ran to the seats.
Out on the battlefield it had been intense four minutes and 30 seconds. May was using her Squirtle while Jessie was using Banette. Jessie was closely leading May. Ash and Anabel came in just in time to see the end of the match.
"Banette use Frustration." The ghost pokémon hit the smaller turtle. May with her quick think ordered Squirtle to withdraw to avoid some of the damage. When the attack ended May ordered a Rapid Spin which spun Banette and released its grip. Squritle started to spin around the stadium.
"Banette get that turtle." Banette tried but all of the spinning caused it to get confused. The time expired and the crowd looked up at the score. To everyone's surprise it was a tie score.
Lillian was excited. "This last contest of the season is going to come down to a tie breaking round.
(Hoenn victory music)
"Banette use Thunder." Banette fired a yellow bolt at Squirtle which dodged the attack having seen it from his older brother Pikachu.
"Squirtle use Ice Beam." The turtle retaliated but it too missed. Banette fired a Will-o-Wisp to which Squirtle countered with Bubblebeam.
"Squirtle use Ice Beam." May called out. This attack connected and froze Banette in place.
"Now finish with Tackle." Squirtle charged in and connected with Banette just as it broke free from the ice knocking out. Using its momentum Squirtle back flipped and landed on May's shoulders raising its arms up in victory as Lillian announced the winner. Her friends cheered as May accepted her fifth ribbon now qualifying herself for the Kanto Grand Festival which would be at the Indigo Plateau. She walked over to her friends and Ash Misty gave her hugs of congratulations as they celebrated her win.
Time skip two days (Elements of AG176 and SS001 which is a pokémon chronicles episode. Also after reading a story featuring a Brock pairing I decided to change Brock's girl. You will see who and why below.)
After May's victory in Mulberry City the shrunken group headed towards Brock's hometown where they would meet up with the rest of their party.
However when they got to Brock's place of residence well that's where we find our heroes. Brock's eye was twitching at façade of the gym. Instead of the stone grey exterior he left home, it was colored in a variety of different colors. Now Brock knew that the Pewter gym was under his dad's leadership so something or someone took else took it over.
Ash though chose to comment. "Now I may be a little dense…but I don't remember the Pewter Gym being…this colorful." Ash said a little hesitantly.
"Gee you think knucklehead. I know before I left for Hoenn Pewter was running smoothly but this is ridiculous." Misty added
"Although the color seems to make this gym come to life a little." May pondered.
"May…this gym is supposed to be a rock gym. It isn't supposed to be pretty." Max deadpanned.
Anabel watched the exchange with a small smile as Brock's twitching became worse as the comments continued.
Brock finally broke his silence. "As much as I want to hear you comment on my family's gym, I have an idea who did this. Come on." Brock grumbled as they walked inside. Inside was worse than the outside with decorations that were gaudy as heck. They say a dark red haired woman putting a painting up.
"This Smeragle artwork is delightful. I am a connoisseur of these things you know." The woman said to a man that looked like an older version of Brock.
"Yes, yes Lola dear it is lovely." The man said to the woman now named Lola. The man turned and saw Brock and his friends. "Brock is that you?"
Brock smiled. "Hi dad." Brock said as he hugged his father. They released from their hug and turned to the others.
"You remember Ash and Misty right?"
Flint nodded. "Yeah I remember Ash. Not every day a Pikachu wins in a rock gym. And I seem to recall you are the Cerulean gym leader what are you doing here?"
Misty chuckled sheepishly. "It's a long story."
Brock turned to the other three. "The brunette is May a Coordinator from Hoenn and her brother Max. The purple haired girl is Anabel the former Salon Maiden of the Battle Tower."
"Hi there." May said.
"Nice to meet you." Max said.
"A pleasure to meet one of our friend's family." Anabel said.
Brock turned to his father. "What is mom doing here I though you split."
Flint sighed. "She came back I guess she missed the family. But" turning to see Lola was distracted. "When she came back she started transforming the gym. You see she likes water pokémon and…well see for yourself." Flint said motioning them to follow him. When they got the gym field it was a disaster. The rock field was filled with water, the rocks were colored in a variety of colors and the gym looked like something out an aquarium.
Brock was starting to twitch badly which only worsened when his mother walked in.
"Isn't it lovely, Brock. I spruced up this whole gym and now it looks much better then the drab grey the gym was before.
Brock turned to his mother. "Mom let me make this as clear as possible. Pewter City has always been a roc gym and you are disgracing it. If you wanted an aquarium you could have gone to Cerulean, they have a large swimming aquarium.
Lola frowned. "But Brock I would be so far away from my family. Why can't this support both types. Here let me show you all the pokémon. Come on everyone."
All of the gym's pokémon both rock and water appeared. Brock noticed that there was a Steelix which they didn't have before.
"When did we get a Steelix?" Brock asked which got pouts from Lola that he was more concerned about that pokémon.
"I trained it well bro." Said a younger voice. They turned and saw Brock's eldest sibling Forest. Behind them was Brock's other siblings.
"Hey everyone." Brock said smiling as his siblings swarmed him. He turned to Forest. "Thanks for training him. It means a lot." Brock said. The younger siblings saw Brock's friends and at once they swarmed them to their amusement. Flint though turned to Lola. "If you can't remove these water pokémon then I will make you move them. One on one. Winner gets to decide the gym's type."
The younger siblings showed their worries about the rock pokémon being vulnerable to water types. Ash though looked at two of the younger siblings. "It's not impossible for those weak against certain types to win. Just look at Pikachu. He's beating a lot of rock pokémon. Including Steelix when he was an Onix.
The kids were amazed at that as they watched their parents battle. Flint sent out Golem while Lola sent out Marill. It was a short fight as Golem launched an Earthquake that nearly defeated Marill. It was quickly swamped by Marill's Surf Attack which nearly drowned the rock type. Lola was forced to save Golem with her Blastoise. The two turned to each and started complimenting each other on the battle as Brock brought out a hair dryer to us on Golem. Forest however had seen enough and left the gym. Brock sighed and went after him.
Brock eventually found Forest next to a river skipping rocks.
"Hey there Forest." Brock said gently. Forest saw his brother and sat down on a boulder. "What's up?" The older man asked.
Forest sighed and looked up. "I want to take over the gym someday and I really trained all of the pokémon well. But mom, as much as I love her, she is ruining this gym. I don't want that."
Brock chuckled. "You know specializing in a type might hurt you in the long run. Just look at Ash and May they have several types. But you are right, mom has kind of gone a little far. Don't worry rock pokémon will have their day." Brock said.
Forest laughed. "So what kind of girls have you seen on the road."
Brock chuckled. "I did have a girlfriend for a short while but I broke it off too much distance." Brock said talking about Lucy the Pike Queen. They continued talking about Brock's encounters as they headed back to the gym.
When they got there they noticed that Blastoise and Golem were struggling hoisting up a sign.
Brock shook his head and turned to see his mother. "Mom I am sorry but I challenge you to a battle. If I win this gym remains a rock gym while the water pokémon need to find a new lake.
Flint was about to protest when Ash stopped him. "Flint let Brock do this it's a matter of pride for him that this gym remains a rock gym." He said sagely. They were led back to the gym. Brock released Steelix while Lola released Mantine. With Steelix on the small island it looked to be at a disadvantage. But Brock being the resourceful boy he was used the battlefield to his advantage. He ordered Steelix to use Dig right on the platform. Steelix did so and it was like a drain unplugging as the water drained completely out of the pool. Mantine was a sitting duck without water to swim around.
Steelix retaliated and sent Mantine flying. However Mantine's secondary typing allowed it to get back in to the action. Mantine fired a Bubblebeam at Steelix which was countered with Bind that wrapped up the ray. Lola was desperate and ordered a Confuse Ray which missed and then another Bubblebeam which connected. Steelix undeterred used its tail to slam it into the ground knocking it out.
Lola gasped then sighed returning Mantine. "I guess I went overboard with this gym. Can we at least keep the decorations."
Brock smiled as he patted Steelix. "It's fine I guess it could use a color change."
Lola looked at her water pokémon. "What am I going to do with them?"
Misty who had been watching with everyone else stepped forward. "May I make a suggestion Lola. If you want to be a gym leader then I can let you use the Cerulean gym. It's got plenty of water and could use a permanent leader while my sisters are away."
Lola smiled and turned to her pokémon. "What do you say gang?" All her pokémon cheered at that.
"Good to know. Now I am used to making big meals so I think its time I start dinner."
Brock smiled. "Let me help. If it wasn't for me, my friends would have starved a long time ago." He turned to his friends. "My mom is a great cook, I learned some of her recipes and well you will not believe your taste buds."
Brock's friends smiled. They started training while Brock and Lola started cooking. An hour later they all sat down to dinner. At the first bite Brock's friends were amazed and thank them for the meal. They started eating with the younger kids being their rambunctious selves.
"So Brock how long do you plan on staying here?"
Brock looked at his dad. "Hopefully not too long. Our friend his companions are pretty punctual. Maybe within the next day or so they will be here. That's if they take their time."
Lola nodded. "So why did you leave them behind?"
Ash answered. "Our male friend Drew got sick shortly before May's last contest. Our other friends decided to stay back and keep him company."
Flint smiled and turned to Brock "You have some loyal friends Brock my boy." Flint said, which got Brock to smile and thank him.
Salvadore the fourth child of the family looked curiously at the newcomers. "I saw you training your pokémon and you were doing things that weren't training them."
Tommy the middle child agreed. "Yeah you were punching and kicking and you were swinging these cool looking weapons around."
May giggled. "You think that was cool we can wield fire, water and all kinds of different abilities."
The kids shouted in amazement as they wanted to see this. Flint and Lola laughed and after the cleaned up they decided to humor the girl and let them use their so called abilities. When they got to the gym they were amazed as one by one their eldest son's friends showed off for the kids. When Brock took his turn he took one look at a pink rock and punched a hole through it shocking his parents. For the next couple of hours they trained in their moves while their pokémon trained off to the side. In time the kids got tired and soon everyone went to sleep. Lola and Flint were shocked to see the girls go into Ash's room. When questioned they explained they were seeing each other which got the mother to gush over the cuteness of the couple and Flint and Brock to sweatdrop. When Flint asked how the relationship worked, they shrugged and said their feelings were genuine which got Flint to bow down and worship them, getting Lola to scold him and cause Flint to suck up to her. Brock shook his head. "You four are something else. But I have dealt with this for a while besides you love each other right." Brock said as they walked to the room they were forced to share.
Anabel shyly smiled. "Yeah though like I said before it will take some time to get used to this." Misty kissed her cheek getting her to blush. "Don't worry, we will always be there for you right May?" The brunette agreed. "Come on its bed time." May said climbing into their sleeping bag.
"I'll be there in a minute girls." Ash said taking Brock out of the room for a moment. Ash turned to his friend. "You're jealous aren't you?"
Brock sighed. "Yeah I see how you are with the girls they just fell into your lap. While I was forced to break up with Lucy."
Ash looked at Brock with a small smile. "I guess I got lucky I got girls who don't care they have to share. I wouldn't be surprised if this rumored fourth girl has a severe aversion to this arraignment.
(In Sinnoh a blue haired girl sneezed and then went back to acting out a scene from a contest battle.)
Brock sighed. Ash patted him on the shoulder. "You'll find someone don't worry." Ash said. He saw Brock's look. "Something else bothering you?"
Brock looked at Ash. "I just want to be more useful on this trip. So far I have played a supporting role while all of you have these belts with mystical powers."
Ash smiled. "Trust me when I say this I think your time is coming just be patient. Come on its late." Ash said as they went back into the room. The girls saw them enter and moved around to let Ash into the bag. It was a tight fit but they didn't mind the closeness. Brock chuckled at that and turned away from them. Saying good night they all fell asleep. But for Brock sleep would lead to something more.
Dreamscape (Play Zelda's Lullaby)
Brock opened his eyes and was amazed at scenery. He was watching over a large canyon with areas for rock pokémon of which he could his comrades. Off to the side he saw a forest which held some of the non-rock pokémon he had.
"This is…so amazing." Brock said.
"It is. It is a representation of your dreams." Said a soft voice. Brock turned around to see a white haired woman in a long white dress.
"Well hello there miss angel…may I ask why you are here?" Brock said surprising himself he normally didn't act this way around girls. Maybe it was the regal appearance of this woman that made him behave.
The woman giggled. "My name is Tsukihime. The last princess of a fallen kingdom. And I am here for you Brock Slate of Pewter City.
Brock widened his eyes. "How did you know my name?"
Tsuki walked to the Cliffside to stand next to him. "I am sure by now you are aware of Drew's story about the past world. I have kept track of all of since my adopted brother came to this world."
Brock looked at her. "Drew said he didn't have any siblings. Did he lie?"
Tsuki shook her head. "He doesn't have blood siblings if that's what you are asking. To help him train I asked to be adopted by his family."
Brock nodded. "So you didn't answer my question."
Tsuki turned to the canyon. "Your pride in the type your gym runs and your loyalty to your friends. I sensed that you felt useless with all of the riders, despite you being here longer with Ash. However something in you changed. Maybe it was because of the meeting with your family, maybe it was because you longed to protect those you deemed sibling in all but blood."
"You mean Ash and everyone traveling with me?" Brock asked.
Tsuki smiled and pulled something out the canyon ground. It was a brown belt buckle with a deck of cards.
"This will give you the power to protect your blood family, and to stand with your brothers and sisters in arms." Tsuki said as she started to blow away.
"Wait, how will I know how to use it?" Brock called out.
(End song)
"When the time comes…you will know." Tsuki said as the dream faded away.
(End dreamscape)
Brock groaned awake. He sat up and saw that Ash and the girls were dead to the world. He watched as May groaned then nuzzled her head into Ash's torso. Brock smiled and stepped out of bed. Only for his hand to hit something. He looked and widened his eyes when he saw the belt he received in his dreamscape. He heard someone start to stir and decided to hide the belt buckle and decided to help prepare breakfast.
After breakfast Ash and friends decided to do their own thing as they waited for the remaining members of their party. As Ash had promised and had explained to May and Misty, he would take Anabel out for some time alone together. Brock would walk around the town he hadn't seen a while, while Max would help take care of the gym. May and Misty were going to do a little shopping in the town.
Ash and Anabel were walking together as they went through the town. They were in the woods when Ash pointed something out.
"See that mill over there?" Ash said pointing to a mill that hadn't seen use in a while. "When I challenged Brock to a battle and lost that's where Flint took me to help power Pikachu up." He said walking up to it.
Anabel looked around. "So how did you get it to work. This mill looks abandoned."
Ash grinned. "Let me show ya." Ash said as he hopped up to the wheel. "Without water all it need was some elbow grease and some leg work like so." Ash said straining slightly but got the wheel moving. "As I moved the wheel, electricity was sent into Pikachu until he couldn't take it and leashed a large bolt of lightning fortunately not shocking me in the process. Misty kept offering me to use her pokémon but my pride wouldn't let me." Ash said as he stopped moving.
Anabel nodded. "May I try?"
Ash gulped. "Uh sure just be careful." Ash said as he hopped down. Anabel went through the mill and stepped onto the wheel.
"Just grip the bar and then try to walk up." Ash said. Anabel nodded and with some considerable effort the wheel started to move. Anabel started to climb but considering the amount of training and walking she had compared to Ash, her endurance was not as high and after a couple of minutes she was sweating.
"Damn Ash… how did you do… this when you were younger?" Anabel said panting.
Ash smiled. "Determination to be the best I guess." Anabel nodded at the answer and was about to climb down when the wheel suddenly moved and she lost her balance. With a yelp she fell off the bar and with quick think Ash moved to catch her. The momentum caused them to fall into the stream with Ash landing back first. Anabel opened her eyes to see Ash moaning in pain.
"Oh my god I am sorry Ash!" Anabel said shocked at the landing. Ash groaned and opened his eyes. "It's alright." They then took notice off their position and Anabel's face resembled a tomato. She slowly climbed off and sat down on the shore. "I didn't mean to land on you like that. Are you alright?" Anabel said shyly.
Ash sat up. "Not the worst thing I have done. Although I think you might need to change. Water is kind of going through them.
Anabel looked down and covered her chest and turned away. Ash chuckled. "Don't worry. If your chest is small now they will get bigger, you're like Mist, a late bloomer. Besides, only me, Mist and May will know and care. And I don't care much at all. I prefer personality over body." Ash said as they climbed out. Ash took the jacket he discarded before getting on the wheel and gave it to Anabel who hugged it close to her body. She looked up at Ash with a smile. "Thanks Ash."
Ash smiled as they continued to walk. Ash tightened his hold on her protectively to let her know he was there. Anabel just leaned her head against Ash and sighed. The world was just her and Ash and right now she could care less what happened.
With the girls
May and Misty were curiosity shopping in the market area. They were amazed at all the precious stones that were on display.
"Wow these are so pretty!" May said holding up a green emerald.
Misty smiled. "Pewter is known for its gem deposits so it's no surprise that so many valuable gems can be found here." Misty said holding up a blue gem. "Shame of this is expensive."
May nodded. Then she noticed several gems of to the side. One was crystal like, one looked it was on fire, one had a leaf on it, one looked like it had a lightning bolt on it one looked like a sun and the last one was blue colored with a yellow spot.
"Wow what are those?" May asked.
Misty walked over. "These are evolution stones. There is a water stone, a fire stone, a leaf stone, a thunder stone, a sun stone and a shiny stone. They can evolve many different pokémon. Eevee can use three of them, the water to turn into Vaporeon, the thunder into Jolteon and the fire into Flareon. The other stones I don't know what they could be used on in our party."
May beamed and pulled out some of the money she earned from battling and contest battles to buy the whole set. "Never hurts to have options." May said upon asking why she would buy them all.
Misty smiled and they continued to browse the wares.
Brock was out in the Pewter City park after seeing the city he was raised in. Not much had changed in the months since. He found a bench to rest and enjoy the cool summer weather. It was in high seventies but there was a nice breeze.
"Nine." Brock looked over to see a gorgeous Ninetails walking up to him.
Brock smiled. "Well hello there. Aren't you a pretty girl." Brock said. Ninetails walked up to and nuzzled Brock who petted her. Brock looked down and saw the fox's eyes. They looked familiar to him.
"Wait a minute…Vulpix?" Brock asked curiously. The Ninetails nodded. "Wow…you look amazing. Suzie has done a great job on you. Speaking of where is she?"
As if to answer his question a familiar voice was heard. "Ninetails where did run off to girl.
Brock turned and saw a green haired woman dressed like a hairdresser. It had been two years since he last saw her but she only grew more beautiful with her figure growing more mature and her face turning more womanly. Brock thought Lucy was the one but they broke it off amicably due to the distance.
Suzie looked and saw Ninetails sitting near a man on a bench. "There you are girl. I was looking for you. Sorry sir, if she bothered you she is normally…distrusting of…strangers." Suzie trailed as she got a better look at the man. "Brock is that you?"
Brock smiled at Suzie and patted a spot on the bench. Suzie smiled and sat down. "It's nice to see you after so long. How have you been?"
"I've been doing great, training all sorts of pokémon and helping care for all of my friend's pokémon. Now we just to meet up with a couple of friends that weren't feeling well.
Suzie giggled. "That sounds great. You have so many adventures."
Brock smiled. "That I do I have so many I don't know if I will be able to tell them all. But enough about me what's up with you?"
Suzie sighed happily. "My breeding career is doing great. But Ninetails has been acting weird. When she was Vulpix she didn't want to evolve for a while. Then about five months ago she pawed a fire stone in a market one day. I took it as she wanted to evolve which she did. Then she has started being restless. Matter of fact, the moment we entered the city, Ninetails popped out of its ball and went to the gym. We met your parents and asked me if I was one of your friends. This young boy" "That must have been Max." Brock interrupted. Suzie nodded. "Max told it wasn't one of the girls they were waiting for. Ninetails then starting acting weird like it was looking for something. I followed her to this park and well here we are." Suzie looking at the golden fox napping at their feet.
Brock was amazed. Ninetails must have remember his scent from before. Just as he was about to speak, he stiffened.
"Brock what's wrong?" Suzie asked concerned. Brock looked and widened his eyes when sensed the disturbance coming from the gym.
"Suzie whatever happens stay here." Brock said as he stood up and started running in the direction of the gym.
Suzie looked concerned at where Brock ran to. "What is going on?" Suzie wondered. Ninetails who woke from the noise suddenly took off after Brock.
"Ninetails wait!" Suzie called out chasing her companion. Ninetails refused to listen as it followed Brock who was picking up his pace
At the gym the Slate were watching in horror as Max was being beat around. His opponent looked like a large humanoid Ivysaur.
Max groaned as he stood up. "Just my luck I got an evolved pokémon." He said as he pulled out his staff.
The monster, Bulb Spore laughed. "You can't do much with out your powers can use. POISON PELLETS
Max was forced to deflect the bullets away from the family which left him vulnerable for a Tackle which sent him into the wall.
"Now then you pesky rider di—Gaaugh" He was about to say until he got kicked aside. He turned to see that Ash, Misty May and Anabel had arrived.
May saw her brother. "Max!" She shouted as she and Anabel went to check him.
"More riders. Now this is fun." Bulb said turning to regard the riders. May left Anabel to look over Max while she stood with Misty and Ash. Pulling out their buckles and inserting their change cards they went into their stances as the belt let out a pulsating sound.
HENSHIN
EVOLVE
Where Ash, May and Misty stood were Aura, Kusa and Triton. The kids were cheering at seeing superheroes while Flint and Lola watched amazed.
Pulling out their weapons they started attacking with what cards they could. One of the weakness this entire team had at this point was their limited capabilities with fire and flying types. Combined they had three fire and flying types. (At this point it was Torkoal Combusken and Swellow). In addition, electric types didn't do much and Triton's reliance on water types was going to bite them at this point. Glenn had the gym scouted out and sent a monster that could take out rock and water types. An added bonus was that he knew from watching their fights they would have issues with this type. A third factor against the riders was they were in a small area that limited which move they could do without damaging the gym. What this added up was despite being three on one they were being outplayed by the creature.
THUNDERBOLT
LEAF BLADE
COMBO: THUNDER BLADE
Aura ran and tried to slash at Bulb Spore with one of his strongest attacks. The attack fizzled out against the strong vines. Bulb responded with yellow paralysis bullets which Aura was forced him to deflect the bullets. Triton tried to follow up.
AURORA BEAM
From her trident Triton fired the multi colored beam which was blocked by a spinning shield of leaves (Mega Man reference).
"LEAF SHIELD HURRICANE." Bulb fired in all directions and did considerable damage to Triton which knocked her into the wall.
Anabel seeing her friends being beat around, after make sure Max was okay grabbed her belt and activated it. Now Kyokan she quickly scanned two cards.
PSYCHIC
PSYBEAM
COMBO: PSYCHIC WHIRLWIND
Kyokan concentrated and caught Bulb Spore with her psychic attack. With a concentrated effort she launched him out of the blown open doors. Checking to make sure the family was okay they told them to stay put as they ran outside.
Bulb Spore recovered as they caught with them.
"Grrr…you are more trouble than you are worth. Minions come on out." And just like that about a hundred showed up. With their type disadvantage their numbers disadvantage became more apparent.
"Now my minions attack." Just as they did an arrow storm shot out of the air and struck down six of them. The riders and their opponents looked to see Zodiac in his Sagittarius form, Orion and Sirius standing right there weapons drawn.
"Now then who said you could start the party without us." Zodiac said with a smile behind his mask.
Before they could continue Brock came in with a battle cry and slammed his poleax against three of them.
"You creep stay away from my family." Brock said charging at the monster. With that the battle was rejoined as Brock continued to strike against the big monster while the other riders worked on the henchmen. But without armor and Brock's earth skills it was quickly turning against him. A big Tackle knocked him away.
"You pitiful human what do you expect to do without precious rider armor. You are just a weak human."
Brock gripped his axe and helped himself up. "I may be weak but when it comes to defending my family I won't quit." He yelled out.
Spore started laughing which was cut off my a large flame. He covered his face and looked to see Ninetails looking extremely mad.
"Ninetails what are you doing?" Brock called out.
"Ninetails there you…what THE HECK IS THAT?" Suzie started and then screamed.
Ninetails paid it no mind and launched a Fire Blast at Bulb Spore. It did some damage which angered him. Before Ninetails could launch another attack Bulb Spore launched a Vine Whip which wrapped around the fox. It then dropped her several times and the flung it.
"NINETAILS NO!" Suzie cried out in horror as she ran to the fox. "Please be okay." She whispered to her. Ninetailes opened her eyes weakly. Suzie started tearing up and hugged her faithful companion.
Bulb Spore turned to Suzie. "Let your body be the message that my master is to not be trifled with." His bulb started charging up an attack. Brock saw that if that attack hit, Suzie would be killed.
"No…got to save her." Brock said standing up. He started running. 'Got to save her' A heartbeat sounded. I can't let her get hurt' Brock thought as the heartbeat sounded again. 'Suzie…SUZIE…' "SUZIE!" Brock shouted as he started glowing brightly.
A small voice the echoed around sounded.
Henshin
EVOLVE
EXTREMESPEED
Suzie's eyes were closed and hugging Ninetails so she didn't see Brock running to her. All she felt was protection. She wondered if this was what heaven felt like. She slowly opened her eyes and saw she was being carried bridal style by a brown and grey figure with a helmet that looked like a Geodude. The arms she was in had armor plating and eyes were grey. Despite the figure's stony appearance she felt like she could be protected.
"Suzie you alright?" Suzie widened her eyes.
"Brock? Is that you?" Suzie said in astonishment.
"Yep but in this form I am Kamen Rider Onyx like the mineral." Brock said. Suzie nodded not believing what she was seeing. She then had a panicked look to her face.
"Don't worry Ninetailes is fine see?" Brock said holding up the cards with Ninetailes' picture on it.
Suzie nodded and then blushed realizing the position she was in. Brock notice this and set her down. "We can talk later. Go over with my family. Let me take care of this." Suzie nodded again and ran over to the family who was walking out to see the fight.
"Dear…who is that?" Lola asked.
"That's…Brock." Suzie said still stunned. The kids heard this and cheered for their big brother.
Brock's friends saw the transformation and smiled behind their helmets.
"Well how about that Brock. I told you was only a matter of time." Ash said as he casually blocked and slashed one of the troops coming at him.
Blub Spore growled. "So what, you got an armor change. You are still weak against my powers. RAZOR LEAF.
The leaves were launched at Brock but he quickly scanned one of Ninetails' cards
HEAT WAVE
The increasing heat incinerated the leaves and cause some damage to Bulb. Getting more furious he launched a Vine Whip. Brock just scanned another card.
HEX (Using all moves up to Gen 5)
Brock fired the dark cloud causing the vines to decay. Brock then went on the offensive scanning two cards one featuring his Geodude one having Crobat on it.)
ROLLOUT
QUICK ATTACK
COMBO: BOULDER CRASH
Brock charged and in a reversal of what happened earlier he sent Bulb crashing away. It started sparking badly. Brock picked up two more cards and scanned them charging them to full power.
IRON TAIL: MAXIMUM ENERGY
FIRE FANG: MAXIMUM ENERGY
COMBOE: IRON FORGE STRIKE
Gathering energy into his Poleaxe and setting it alight. Charging in he jumped and swung his axe down bisecting and destroying the monster.
"Guess this rock was too tough for ya." Brock said. He walked towards the spectators more specifically to Suzie. Powering down he looked at Suzie's eyes. "Are you alright?"
Suzie nodded and then felt something soft against her leg. She looked down and saw Ninetails looking up none the worse for wear.
"You're both okay. That's good."
Brock smiled. His friends walked over having cleared the other troops, as the kids surrounded their big brother.
"Alright kids we can celebrate after Brock wakes up."
Lola asked the question. "What do you mean wakes up?"
At once the riders counted down. "3…2…1." At one Brock toppled back where Ash and Drew caught him.
"We've theorized that with so much power and adrenaline going through our bodies that the first couple of times the body just shuts down. Relax he'll be fine. Let's get him inside." Drew said as they carried Brock to his room.
A few hours later Brock groaned awake. He looked out the window and saw it was nighttime. He felt soar all over, the power overload he remembered from the others seemed to have caught him.
He looked down and saw a green bundle of hair. Suzie was sleeping on his bed holding his hand. He gently released the hold and rubbed the hair. All that healthcare and beauty tips she gave to her pokémon seemed to translate to great hair, it was very silky. She groaned at his hand weaving through her hair. She looked up and saw Brock awake.
"You're awake. We were worried." Suzie said.
Brock chuckled. "Yeah that power overload was something huh."
Suzie just looked at him and in instant their lips were on each other. Brock was stunned but for some reason felt right to him. He pulled he closer as they kissed like the teenagers they were. Releasing each other, they looked into each other's eyes. Suzie took the step.
"Brock…what you did for Ninetails I will be forever grateful. I guess you can say she is our little girl."
"Are you saying?" Brock said.
"I don't know what this is yet but I would like to make a relationship work. Please Brock?" Suzie pleaded.
Brock smiled. "Of course Suzie." He said softly.
Suzie smiled right back and kissed him short and sweet. She then yawned. "I'm still tired. Do you mind company?"
Brock chuckled. "Not at all." He said getting themselves comfortable. They fell asleep with the biggest smiles on their faces. A short time later, Ash and Drew went to check on them and found them sleeping like that.
"How about that? Brock finds a girl willing to put up with him. You know she is good for him." Ash said.
"You know something you are right. Don't rub it in." Drew said as Ash was about to say something. "Let's give them privacy." He said walking away. Ash took one last look and left as well.
The next day they were getting ready to leave. Brock's family and Suzie were sending them off. Brock was taking hi Forretress, Steelix, Bonsly and Crobat. His Ludicolo hit it off with the kids and decided to leave it behind.
They said their good byes and was about to leave when Ninetails stepped forward.
"Ninetails…are you sure?" Suzie asked.
Ninetails nodded. Suzie turned to Brock. "Please take care of her she means the world to me."
Brock smiled. "Always. I will stay in touch." Brock said kissing Suzie and then leaving with all of his family waved them good bye.
Ash and Drew slowed down to talk to Brock. "You see Brock I knew you were going to get it and now you are one of us." Ash said cheerfully.
"Yeah, plus now you have something to fight for. She is good for you." Drew smiling.
Brock smiled and laughed. "Guess you're right." He said as they started catching up with the rest of the group. Brock's final thoughts were to his family and his new love. 'Mom…dad…Forest…my baby brothers and sister. Suzie.' He smiled at the images. He looked at the buckle. 'This power is for you.' Brock said as he rejoined his friends.
With that the Rider number is nine total and number six for the Aura riders. Glenn is pushing stronger monsters and it's only a matter of time before something big happens. Want to know find out next time one the Journeys of the Dreamer.
End of Chapter
UO: Damn finally this is done. I blame partially school, my laziness and Erza for this. Anyway Omake time
Omake: Blooper real
"Whoa Ash I'm slipping." Anabel said. Ash tried to grab her but she slipped and the wires holding her caught her.
"A little help." Anabel called out.
The director UO groaned. "CUT! Ash what happened man.
"Guess my hands were slippery." Ash called down only for him to slip and get tangled in a compromising position with Anabel.
"God I thought Bleach Grand Prix was bad. Someone help them please before they fall." UO said into a mega phone.
End Omake
New powers
Kamen Rider Onyx: Brock's determination to save her family and Suzie enabled him to unlock Kamen Rider Onyx. This is a defensive wall with a lot of powerful moves but is really slow.
Preview: On their way to the Battle Pyramid the gang runs into craziness. But when they arrive at the Pyramid their over eagerness leads them to face one of their own. Who is it? Find out on the Journeys of the Dreamer.
Next Time: Curses of old.
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