OSPREY SWOOOSH
UO: Finally back on this. This time we get to complete the Aura Rider line-up. Actor check please.
Ash: Here
May: Ready
Max: Good to go
Brock: Ready to swoon Nurse Joy
Misty (Hammers Brock) Can it lover boy.
Drew: Ready
Tori and Gabby: Here
Anabel (bows) Present
Dawn: (Trips over a cable and crashes into everyone. She recovers and notices Ash underneath her causing her to blush) Sorry Ash.
Ash (Groaned) No problem.
UO: Well at least it didn't destroy the studio. Dawn do the disclaimer please.
Dawn: Okay. The Pokémon franchise is not under the ownership of UnitedOsprey1991 Productions and neither is Kamen Rider. They are owned by Nintendo and Toei respectfully. He would not be writing this otherwise and there would some distinct changes with Pokémon and a faithful American adaptation for Kamen Rider. And I would have won the Grand Festival in Sinnoh.
UO: Thanks a lot
Normal: Dialogue
Italics: Thoughts and Flashbacks and communications
CAPS: Attacks
Bold: Yelling and Belt Noises
Bold and Italics: Yelling in head:
Underline: Dates and locations
Chapter 31: Dancing in the Light (Starts with DP009)
When we last left our heroes that had rescued a Shinx and had shut down a pokémon poaching ring. They had also started training Dawn who had started out not understanding what they did but has been slowly learning.
Now it had been three days since then and during that time, Ash had run into Paul who despite his confidence could not beat the arrogant trainer.
Now we find Ash and Drew on one side of a clearing and May and Misty on the other with their practice weapons out and in their training gear. Ash was in a white outfit, Drew was in a black one, May was in a pink out fit with a skirt above a pair of sports shorts and Misty was in a blue outfit similar to May's. Anabel was off to the side in a purple outfit observing the fight. At an unspoken signal they charged at each other. May swung at Ash who duck and tried to kick her. She flipped back and attempted to kick Ash who blocked it. She started spinning and Ash had to bounce back into the fight. He then used his speed to get inside Mays guard and punched her in the stomach. May was forced to roll away and went into the air to counter.
Meanwhile Misty's fluid motions were keeping Drew off balance slightly as he kept trying to punch and slash at her but she bent out of the way of his attacks and countered. He blocked and then grabbed the extended arm and started grappling with her. This showed one of Drew's strength's and one Misty's weaknesses. Despite Drew's lack of speed his grip was almost iron like and if it came down to it he could force people into submission and choke them out.. Meanwhile because of Misty's focus on swimming and flexibility, it dispersed the muscle strength through her body leaving her upper body with less strength to break stronger holds. These traits showed why they teamed up with Ash and May respectfully. Ash's speed made up for his low strength which Drew had a lot of in exchange for low mobility, while Misty's flexibility allowed her to avoid more harmful attacks while on the ground, while May's aerial attacks were like a butterfly in the breeze quick and precise, making Drew comment that she would be taking the whole "Float like a butterfly sting like a bee" phrase to a whole new meaning.
After thirty minutes of sparring the four combatants were laying on the ground catching their breath. The four watched as the sun started to creep over the mountain to the east of them giving them a great sight in their early morning. They each took turns observing the fight with Anabel switching in as well so that each of them fought each other. Drew was off to the side drinking from his canteen while Ash was being cuddled by his girls with May using his lap and May and Misty using his shoulders.
"Man what a work out. You guys really put up a fight today." Drew said from his spot against a tree.
"Yeah that had to be one of the roughest spars we've had." May said looking up at her companions.
Ash chuckled. "Well you girls are awesome so I have to put in more effort to keep up with you."
Misty laughed. "Well, we have to get better to even keep up so you can put more effort in."
Anabel closed her eyes. "Your Auras were completely in sync with each other. The more time you spend with each other, your ability to stay sync gets even better. I can practically feel it without even trying. Its comforting." She said wrapping an arm around her shoulder.
Drew smiled at their interaction and then they heard a high-pitched scream. Everyone save Anabel groaned. They liked Dawn well enough but she had been sheltered most of her life and judging by her scream she had encountered another issue with traveling on the road.
"Ugh…let's go see what she's complaining about now." Drew said as they made their way.
When they got to the camp Dawn had not come out of her tent.
"Where's Dawn?" Ash asked.
Gabby who was brushing her hair nudged her head towards the closed tent. "She woke up screaming about bed head and she had to fix it."
Ash walked over to the tent. "Dawn come on your hair can't be that bad."
"DON'T COME IN HERE!" Dawn yelled which threw Ash back knocking him into Brock which caused a potato he was holding to go flying in the air. With quick thinking Pikachu used Quick Attack to catch the potato land on his feet and hand it to Brock.
This impressed Shinx who showed her appreciation by yelping. It had been five days since Shinx was saved from poachers. They had been taking care of her as best they could until they could get to Jubilife City and the Pokémon Center there. In that time because Pikachu was the only other electric type there it had taken to watching out for the relative young pokémon. Over the past couple of days Shinx had started becoming affectionate with Pikachu which the mouse blushed at and turn to Ash and Drew their trainers. They laughed at their closeness and their girls giggled at the innocent Shinx' affection towards Pikachu. In the end Pikachu didn't really mind, being in the same egg group, as their trainers found out meant that if they want to go that far they could. But for the moment they were content to spending time walking together and Pikachu helping Shinx recover.
While this Drew was groaning. "Dawn what's the big deal. Just comb it down and eat your breakfast."
"Look who's talking you need a haircut." Gabby pointed out.
"I am highly aware of my unmanageable locks. When we get to town I am finding a barber. But that's me we are talking about Dawn and her issues with a comb." Drew said.
Before they could continue the argument Dawn issued a command to Piplup from within the tent. The weird command was followed by Dawn stepped out in her normal cut.
"So what did you need Piplup for?" Tori asked as she was breaking down the camp site.
Dawn smiled. "I had Piplup use Bubblebeam to wet my hair and I combed it afterwards. Do you want any guys? How about you and your hat hair Mr. Ketchum?"
Ash held his hat. "I am quite fine with my hat and my hair Dawn." As if the universe loves to hate him Aipom took the hat and started running off with it.
"Universe really loves to hate you Ash." Misty said as they ran after the monkey. Pikachu was much faster than Aipom and quickly caught it and the hat but then found himself in the path of Officer Jenny on her bike. Before she ran over him, a Buneary hopped in and pulled Pikachu and Ash's hat out of the way. Jenny was forced to brake hard as the group ran up to Pikachu. Dawn noticed Buneary off to side who only blushed and hid its face behind its wool then hopped off after hitting a tree.
"Is this your Pikachu young man? You need to be more careful with him." Jenny scolded both Ash and Pikachu.
Dawn looked at Officer Jenny. "Is that the same one from Sandgem Town?"
"No this beautiful lady is completely different from the rest of her family. Just look at her face—OW!" Before Brock could start he got stabbed by Croagunk, bashed by Misty and had his ear pulled by Max.
Drew saw the entire scene and looked at Gabby and Tori who were just amused at the scene.
"Is it too late to say it's too early for this?" Drew groaned rubbing his head.
"Everything before 10 is too early for you, Drew." Tori said which got him to sigh.
Jenny had taken out a photograph. "While I am here I want you take a look at this picture." Everyone took a look at the picture. It showed a purplish monster with gems coming out its back. Behind them in disguises was Team Rocket.
Ash quickly glanced at Drew and then looked up at Officer Jenny. "Sorry Officer Jenny, we have no idea what or who that is." Ash lied through his teeth.
Dawn who overheard him looked shocked at the blatant lie. "What? Drew are you nuts? That's" Before she could continue Misty elbowed her in the gut. Jenny raised an eyebrow.
"Sorry she tends to speak before thinks some times." Misty said holding Dawn's mouth.
Jenny nodded and took off down the road.
Misty let go of Dawn's mouth.
"What the heck Misty? Why did we lie to Jenny?" Dawn yelled.
"I am sorry but if we had told Jenny what we knew suspicion would come down on us. I was keeping us safe and our secret secure." Misty replied.
"And it's a good thing we did now we can focus on finding this creature. It can't be too far." May said looking at the leaders of the group.
"Yeah let's keep an eye out for it." Ash said as they started walking down the path. After a couple of hours they settled down for lunch.
"Man I would have loved to catch that Buneary." Ash mused munching on his food.
"Excuse me, how about saving some for a girl who hasn't caught a pokémon yet and would like to have one for her debut contest." Dawn shot.
"Well….when you put it like that…" Ash replied. Before they could continue the Buneary from before hopped out of the bushes in front of them. Ash and Dawn immediately gave chase with Pikachu and Piplup hot on their heels.
Gabby groaned. "Track team is sounding really good right now." She said as everyone save Brock and Max left them to clean the dishes.
They cornered Buneary and Dawn decided to take the lead to capture it.
"Piplup use Bubblebeam." She ordered her started. Piplup fired but to everyone's surprise Buneary fired a white beam that froze the bubbles solid which shocked everyone.
"Okay the rabbit can shoot Ice Beams. Are you sure this isn't Looney Tunes?" Gabby said.
Piplup then responded with Peck but Buneary punched its ears which sent Piplup into a confused state.
"That would be Dizzy Punch geez this is a tough rabbit." Misty muttered.
Buneary took the opportunity to jump really high in the air and slammed into Piplup knocking it out.
"No Piplup!" Dawn called out as she ran to the fallen penguin.
"That appeared to be Bounce. And a very strong one at that." Anabel mused.
Ash used the knock out to send out Pikachu but then a curious reaction happened. Buneary suddenly turned all shy at the sight of Pikachu. Tori looked at the reaction and her eyes lit up. "Aw Buneary has a crush on Pikachu." The other observed the response and they had to agree at the very least Buneary was smitten with Pikachu.
Ash took the opportunity to pull out a poke ball but before he could throw it the whole group save Starly and Shinx were frozen. Buneary grabbed Pikachu's paw and danced away. Shinx quickly followed suit.
A few minutes later the ice broke thanks to Drew. Recovering from the cold prison they pondered what to do next.
"Pikachu is with Buneary and Shinx and Starly followed them. Their auras lead that way." Anabel said pointing into the woods.
"Pikachu I ain't worried about he can handle himself. It's Shinx I'm worried about. I know it has a couple of attacks but until I can clear her with a doctor I can't train her safely." Drew said reminding the group of Shinx's previous injuries.
"Guess that's true. I mean we've been giving it some care but we aren't qualified doctors. Whatever happened to Shinx needs a real doctor to look at it." Tori said worried.
"They'll be fine. Pikachu is a great leader for the pokémon he wouldn't lead them astray." Ash said.
In the woods Buneary had pulled Pikachu further into the woods. Pikachu finally broke free and turned around.
Pokémon translator on
"Buneary what are you doing?" Pikachu asked a little harshly.
"Oh Pikachu I am just showing you my appreciation for you. I saw what you did earlier and I was quite impressed.
"That may be true but that doesn't mean you kidnap me and separate me from my trainer. You fired an Ice Beam at my friends. That was really mean." Pikachu said pointing his paw at the bunny.
At this Buneary dropped its ears. "I'm…I'm sorry. I just want to meet you and play with you I didn't mean anything honest." Buneary said starting to tear up and sniffle.
Pikachu sighed and put a paw on her shoulder. "Look I am glad you're a fan of mine. And I guess I was a little harsh. But you know we can't play for long. My trainer will get worried.
Before Buneary could respond, Shinx had approached from the bushes.
"Pikachu there you are. Are you okay?" The young electric type said.
"Yes. I was just telling Ms. Buneary here about kidnapping." Pikachu said which got the bunny to blush and hold up her wool to hide it."
Shinx nodded and then winced. Pikachu noticed. "Did something hit the wound Shinx you really shouldn't be moving this much."
"It's alright I am getting better. I want to fight those bad guys so badly it hurts." Shinx said with a grimace.
Buneary looked at the interaction with a small frown. "Pikachu what is Shinx talking about."
Pikachu sighed. "Evil men had captured Shinx and had her in captivity long enough to imbed a metal collar into her neck. We removed it but until we can get her cleared she won't be battling at all. But she has definitely been an enjoyable presence in our group."
Shinx just smiled and nuzzled Pikachu. "Thanks Pikachu. I hope to be as strong as you."
Buneary just looked at the exchange and looked down. "Uh…if you can't stay with me…can I come with you guys?"
Pikachu looked at Shinx and then at Buneary and smiled. "Of course do you mind becoming Dawn's pokémon?"
"Who's Dawn?" Buneary asked curiously.
"The blue haired trainer who hasn't caught another pokémon. She's going to be a coordinator." Pikachu said.
"Oh her. Why not? As long as I get to show off my cuteness." Buneary said.
Pikachu smiled and Shinx nodded. Just then Pikachu caught a glimpse of something and watched in horror as both Shinx and Buneary were ensnared in a hollowed out ruby.
End Translation
Pikachu turned around and saw three masked figures and a large purplish monster with multiple gems sticking out of it.
"Hehehaha. Look at what I have. Two little baby pokémon and a cute little mousey for me." The creature said.
"Gem Shadow you need to capture that mouse. Our boss wants him to deprive the prince of power." Said the disguised Jessie.
"Yes so don't mess around and capture that rodent. He is a sly one." Said James who was equally disguised.
Pikachu looked and pointed the gem prison and then at himself. "Pika Pikachu Pi Ka."
Meowth who was looking at him laughed. "So if we let them go you'll come with us?"
Before Pikachu could respond a lightning bolt was fired at Gem Shadow which was forced away. The villains turned to the heroes running up and Ash powering up another attack.
FIRE SPIN
That attack managed to surround their opponents which gave them some time to set up a plan.
Brock looked at the gems. "It is a very hard Ruby but maybe a hard punch in the right spots would break it.
"Stand back guys I got this." Gabby said pulling out her driver and the Hercules drive. Before she could activate it a blue object was thrown and ensnared her.
"What the? Hey what's the big idea?" Gabby yelled.
The group turned to see the kaijuu ready to fire another and this time it hit Anabel and Misty. He turned to see Dawn shaking in her boots as the others prepared to fire at her. May saw this and ran in front of May to take the hit. But the attack ensnared both and they fell to the ground.
"Are you alright Dawn?" May said from their cage.
Dawn said nothing but nodded which May saw in the gem's surface. May sighed but hit her hand on their green cage. Which bruised it slightly. At Dawn's concerned look she smiled. "It's nothing Dawn. My hand is fine." She looked up at the sky. "This position means we can't see the fight. I hope everyone is okay."
Dawn nodded from behind May's back. "No need to worry May. I know they can win."
May smiled. "Thanks sweetie."
On the battlefield, those not captured were dodging the best they could while they thought of another plan.
"I think I got one. Cancer's drill can probably penetrate at certain spots but I am worried about overheating." Drew said having regrouped with everyone as they had gotten Gem Shadow into a corner with the Fire Spin.
"I can cool it down but if we go this route A. we need a person to guard us and B. We need someone to punch through the gems." Tori said.
"I can do both. Ash, Max can you handle this monster while we free everyone."
Ash looked at Max. "Yeah let's do this." Ash said.
"Great. Let's Ride." Drew said as they pulled out their belts and went into their stances.
STANDBY CANCER/Kamen Ride
HENSHIN
COMPLETE/SIRIUS/EVOLVE
They got into their riders forms just in time to have another attack come out of the shadows. They blocked it and then Aura and Ace went after the monster while, Onyx, Sirius and Zodiac went to the nearest gems which were Buneary and Shinx.
"Don't worry guys. We'll get you out of there in no time. Just don't panic at what I am about to do." Zodiac said as he folded down the drill and started drilling. Soon enough the drill did start to overheat and Sirius was right there. In time there were cracks in the gem. Onyx reared back with Mortar.
"Brace guys." Onyx yelled as he broke through the stone.
"Guys get to safety we have to rescue the others." Zodiac said to the pokémon as they went to the gem Misty and Anabel were in.
Meanwhile the battle between Ace and Aura was at a stalemate. Ace swiped two of his cards as Aura fired off a Thunderbolt.
WHILRWIND
AIR CUTTER
Ace spun his staff and sent multiple bladed at their opponent. That attack barely scratched him.
"Hehehaha. Sorry little man my gems aren't going to fall to some puny wind. SHADOW PULSE."
The attack connected and sent Ace flying back.
"Ace!" Aura called out and then quickly scanned a couple of cards.
FLAMETHROWER
LEAF BLADE
COMBO FIRE BLADE
Aura quickly brought out Raikou which was engulfed in flames. While Shadow was distracted he did not see Aura come up and slash at his back. Using his speed he managed to get five consecutive slashes across him and kicked him back. Shadow staggered back as Aura charged up two cards.
VOLT TACKLE MAXIMUM ENERGY
IRON TAIL MAXIMUM ENERGY
COMBO: IRON THUNDER
Aura zoomed in before Shadow could react. He appeared behind his opponent sheathing his blade.
"Game Over." He said clicking it. Sparks and slash marks appeared and Gem Shadow was destroyed in an instant.
The rest of the group showed up having been freed from the rocks and congratulated the two fighters. While Ash took the praise with his usual bravado, Max had a false smile as he remembered he had to be bailed out again.
While Max was battling his inner demons, Buneary had bounced up to Dawn to ask to join her party. Dawn agreed but wanted to battle it first. After a couple of minutes and countering all of Buneary's moves Dawn had her first successful capture of her career. With that that they headed to Jubilife City.
Two days later, three days before the contest. (Parts of DP010)
After a couple more days of traveling the group finally reached the largest city in Sinnoh where Dawn was set to debut as a coordinator and where May will begin her new quest to be a master coordinator.
"So this is Jubilife City. Not as big as some of the cities in Kanto but it feels nice." Ash said.
Before anyone could say anything they heard a smack and then the ground shaking. They turned to see Gabby and Tori smiling and Drew on the ground.
"God damn it I wasn't even going to say anything this time." Drew said.
"We were pre-empting you." Gabby said without losing her smile.
"So sue us if we are used to your antics." Tori said as he helped him up.
Dawn looked at the city of her debut contest. "So this is where I will debut. I can't wait to break out my dress. I hope it fits."
May looked at Dawn. "Dress? Do you mean we have to get dressed up for these?"
Dawn nodded. "Yep. Something about the coordinator being as stylish as the pokémon."
May's eyes sparkled. "Oh my gosh we need to find a place to get these outfits." May squealed and grabbed Dawn to drag her away much to the blue haired girl's shock as May ran to find her outfit.
Ash sighed. "She really has some energy when it comes to pretty outfits." He chuckled, "She wouldn't be her if she didn't do that."
Drew nodded. "Yep. So we have a couple of days. Girls why don't you go help May out. While we handle our own business."
Everyone nodded and separated from each other.
Tori, Gabby, Misty and Anabel finally caught up with their wayward coordinators at a clothing store that sold contest dresses. May was in awe at the selection and the other girls also were amazed at the selection. For a couple of hours they decided to try on different clothes which were judged by the others quite constructively. They were drawing a small crowd from the men in the department.
Gabby eventually scared them off as Dawn was becoming uncomfortable with the attention.
"Don't worry Dawn they are just jealous of our looks." Misty reassured the young girl.
"Alright I'm coming out." May called out and pulled aside the curtain. To the earth girl she looked like a tasteful Arabian dancer. She was wearing white pants with white edges, her top was orange with small jewels in it that showed off her taut tummy and her headdress fell like a curtain to her mid-back. (Her Wallace Cup outfit)
Anabel said what was on everyone's mind. "Wow, May you look gorgeous."
May walked over to the mirror and posed and spun around. "I feel like a princess in this for some reason. It feels right."
Gabby giggled. "I think Ash will have trouble keeping his hands off of you. Not like he can normally."
May shook her head but smiled nonetheless. She turned to Dawn. "Let's see your dress Dawn."
Here Dawn turn sheepish. "Well I don't think my dress can stand up to yours." She said looking a little hesitant.
"Oh come on its not that bad." Misty encouraged her. Dawn eventually relented and went into her bag to grab her contest dress. A few minutes later she came out in a pink outfit with a white collar and red shoes with her hair in a ponytail and had her two hairclips to frame her face. The girls smiled and were amazed at how Dawn looked in the dress and without make-up to boot.
"Can someone help me with the choker?" Dawn asked holding up the pink material. May volunteered and wrapped it around her neck.
Dawn looked at her reflection and smiled and curtseyed with a smile. May wrapped her arms around her and put her head on the young girl's shoulder.
"You don't know how hard it is for me to not take you home and put you on my shelf. You look like a dress-up doll. Anabel may be fragile but you, I feel like I can break you with a single touch. A little blush, a little white powder and some make up, and you wouldn't feel out of place in a doll collection." May whispered into her ear.
Dawn felt May's embrace and she wanted to tell her to let go. Feeling Dawn's distress May let go but Dawn for some reason felt disappointed at the loss and she didn't know why. After redressing they paid for their purchases and left the store talking about stuff they encountered. To the untrained eye they were a bunch of gossiping teenagers.
Meanwhile, Drew had checked everyone into the pokémon center which was a good thing because they were almost out of room with the contest around the corner. Nurse Joy had been nice in telling him where to find a pokémon vet. She was more for general injuries but this serious enough to require special attention so she directed him to a vet nearby.
After a few minutes in the waiting room Drew was led inside the doctor's office.
"So Mr. Smith what seems to be the issue with young Shinx?" The man asked.
"Well we found her being chased by poachers and had a collar imbedded into the neck. My traveling companions have been taking care of her but until we could see a doctor we have been keeping her sidelined." Drew explained
The doctor nodded and started examining Shinx more closely. Though Shinx had recovered a little bit the signs of abuse were there. At the same time Drew was pulling out a plastic bag which contained the collar.
"This is what we pulled off of Shinx. She was scared of me and I made her wince in pain." Drew said handing it to doctor.
The doctor nodded grimly. "I see. Well I can say you have been taking care of him quite well. I am going to prescribe her some antibiotics. But as for battling, you can start lightly training her for the next week then increase the load. I don't think there will be any lasting injuries but if there are, many towns have vets in addition to Pokémon centers."
Drew nodded and took the medicine and walked out with Shinx.
They walked onto the main street looking like a trainer and his pokémon bonding.
"What they did to you is unforgivable Shinx." Drew said looking at his electric pokémon. "Why do those monsters exist I will never know."
Shinx looked up and replied with a firm yes in its own words.
Drew chuckled. "Yeah you want to beat everyone up because you don't want anyone to suffer what you did."
Shinx nodded. Drew looked straight ahead. "I bet you want to impress Pikachu huh?"
Shinx looked away and blushed. Drew chuckled. "You know you have some competition right?"
Shinx nodded. They started walking again but then they noticed that several pokémon were walking aimlessly in a certain direction. Some trainers were trying to get their pokémon to listen to them but it looked like they weren't listening to them.
"What's going on? Shinx are you okay?" Drew asked. Shinx appeared to be under the same spell as the others but his voice appeared to snap it out of it.
"Shinx it be better if you go inside your pokeball for now. Return."
Shinx nodded and was reabsorbed into the ball.
Drew looked at the pokémon marching and followed him.
A few minutes prior
Max was in the Jubilife park on a bench watching the people interacting with their pokémon. He sighed and pulled out the Ace Buckle.
'I don't feel like a hero. Especially if I have to be bailed out constantly.' Max thought.
Memory Flashes
Ace was thrown back against the Dark Hydra failing to protect Anabel and Tori.
Max in human form struggling with against multiple opponent only for his sister to come in and help him.
Ace was facing against the kaijuu at the poacher's camp only to be knocked out and Ash in Aura form was forced to help out.
Against Gem Shadow he could not even get a scratch on him and Aura was forced to bail him out again.
End Memory Flash
'So many times I could have won my battles but I couldn't because I was weak. I need to find more power so I can stand beside them. But even then, if I get the power I won't feel like a hero because I am doing this for me, not other.' Max said sighing.
"Wah! Skitty come down." Max's ears perked up and noticed a small girl crying with her mother. He looked up to see a Skitty high up in a tree and looking quite frightened.
Max walked over to the tree. "Don't worry little girl. What's your name?"
"Amy." The little girl said.
"Well then Amy I'm Max. Let me see if I can't get him down." Max said walking to the tree.
"Young man aren't you going to get a ladder?" Amy's mother asked.
"Don't worry I know what I'm doing." He said starting to climb up. He got to where Skitty was and he could tell that the cat was scared.
"Hey there Skitty. What's wrong?"
Skitty meowed its concerned.
"You ran after something and now you don't know if you can't come down. But what about your owners?"
Skitty meowed. Max smiled. "You don't want her sad do ya?"
Skitty shook its head. "Alright then why don't come to me."
Skitty slowly walked to Max and he scooped the cat up gently.
"There we go. Let's get you down." Max said as he jumped down the tree which stunned the woman.
"Here you go Amy." Max said as Skitty bounced over to the young girl.
"Skitty! Thank goodness you're okay!" Amy said cuddling the kitten. She looked at Max. "Thanks mister you're my hero."
Max looked at Amy and smiled sheepishly. "It was nothing Amy." Before he could go any further he felt a disturbance.
"Young man what's wrong?"
Max looked at Amy's mother. "Nothing why don't guys get home I bet you're hungry."
Just then Amy's stomach growled and she giggled.
"Thanks mister. Come on Skitty." Amy said as she and her mother left.
Max smiled then turned around and ran in the direction of the disturbance.
Where Max was running to
Brock and Drew were fighting the troopers that appeared in the city. In front of them was a monster that looked like a more human form of Hypno. Around the monster were several pokémon that seemed to be in a trance.
Brock slashed at another trooper and looked around. "We can't move against him without harming the pokémon what do we do?"
"Working on it." Drew said ducking under another one and slamming it down on the ground.
"The hypnosis seems to be broadcasting to something. What do all of the trainers of these pokémon have in common to create this situation?"
A few minutes later Ash and Max had finally caught up to the fight and were engaging as well. They pushed them back enough to regroup.
"We can handle the troopers but we can't get close to the hypnotist with all the innocent pokémon in the way.
The young boy who accompanied Ash looked at the group of pokémon. "No my Shinx. Mr. Ketchum you said you were going to save him."
"We will Landis we just need to make sure we can him out of there safely." Ash reassured the young man.
Drew pointed at Landis. "Who's the kid Ash?"
"Oh that is Landis. His father makes the Pokétches Dawn has been talking about. His company recalled them because of counterfeits being produced."
Brock then looked up. "Wait so these counterfeits have been given out to trainers and as a result the only ones on the street would be the fakes."
"So what if the fakes had the transmitters in it. Question is how do we do that?"
Max snapped his fingers. "I got it. What's the weapon they like to use in movies to disrupt electronics?"
"An EMP?" Drew answered.
"Yeah Ash and I using our electric cards or rather me using your Shinx can create a strong enough wave to disrupt the miniature transmitters without damaging the city's infrastructure." Max theorized.
"Do it. Landis can you keep what your about to see a secret?"
Landis could only nod as Drew handed Max Shinx's card. They pulled out their belts and activated them.
"Let's Ride. HENSHIN!"
COMPLETE/EVOLVE
Now in their armored forms they went to take care of their jobs.
Ace and Aura had pulled out their electric cards while they scanned the horizon for a way to get the pulse away.
"Aura up on the tower." Ace pointed out. Aura looked and saw it was a T.V antenna.
"Good call Ace. Now we need to build up power. Can you try and hold the charge?"
"I'll try." Ace said scanning the cards in his hands
SHOCK WAVE
Aura then scanned on of his electric cards.
THUNDERBOLT
Ace immediately felt the electrical charge build up in him and he struggled to hold it in.
"Just a little more Ace. Landis get out of the way." The young man did so as Aura put his hand on Ace to share the charge.
"And here we GO" Aura said pointing Raikou at the antenna. The lightning jumped from the blade and hit the antenna. The lights briefly flickered as the electrical charge traveled through the wires and spread out to. The miniature transmitters could not stand up to the charge and were destroyed. The hypnotic commands immediately ceased and the pokémon under the spell snapped out of it and they began running back to their trainers.
"NO!" Hypno Bear yelled.
Jessie who was in her disguise tsked. "You failed your mission, sorry you're on your own." She said as they walked away.
Bear growled but had no time to chase them because Onyx and Zodiac slashed at the back of him.
"You aren't going anywhere. Time to finish you off." Zodiac said pulling out his phone.
STANDBY FINISHER LEO
"Time to bury you." Onyx said powering up his finishing cards.
IRON TAIL
FLAME WHEEL
COMBO: IRON FORGE STRIKE
Mortar and Leonid glowed brightly. Onyx leapt up and Zodiac charged in and swung his sword bisecting him horizontally while Onyx crashed down to bisect him vertically. It did not even let out a scream as it blew up.
Sheathing their weapons and powering down Brock and Drew walked over to Ash who was hunched over Max. The overload seemed to have knocked out the poor kid out.
It was at this point the girls walked up and upon seeing her brother hurt, May rushed over to him.
"Max are you okay? Please wake up." May said shaking him rapidly.
Max came too and had swirls in his eyes. "May I was fine just a little shocked but now I feel like I've been in a blender."
May sighed and hugged her brother. "You are nuts you know that. But you are my baby brother. I'm supposed to worry about you."
Max recovered enough to respond. "Yeah I know. Just sometimes I want to do the protecting sometimes."
"It's a team effort Max. Whether it's with your team or any combination, you have your role to play. Plus you're still young it takes time to develop." Drew said smiling.
"Yeah Max you are part of our team, rider or no rider gear and you are May's brother, trainer or no trainer." Ash said.
Max smiled as he stood up a little shakily and the group headed back to the pokémon center.
Evening before the Contest (Play Zelda's Lullaby)
Dawn had been sleeping restlessly because of the contest the next day but somehow she fell asleep. When she opened her eyes she gasped. She was in front of audience on a contest stage and they were clapping for her with the spotlight on her. Looking down she was in her pink contest dress but it looked more sparkling and it came down a bit further. She looked at her arms they were covered in opera gloves. She saw her reflection in the mirrored floor and she saw her hair and face done regally.
"So you desire to perform for the masses. I must say," Dawn looked at the voice. It was a white haired woman in a similar colored dress. "You have the beauty to perform but I feel doubt from you, Dawn Berlitz of Twinleaf Town."
"Who are you? What do you mean beauty? And where am I?" Dawn asked rapidly
"My apologies. I am Tsukihime, the princess of a fallen kingdom. You are aware of others including three of my guardians."
Dawn widened her eyes. "Ash, Misty and Drew."
Tsuki nodded. "As for where you are in your mindscape." Her eyes then turned sad. "Tell me…why you doubt your beauty and your confidence.
Dawn looked away and grabbed her arm. "I saw Misty, May, Anabel, Tori and Gabby. They looked so pretty. And their training only made them look great. May and Misty especially. How can I compete with that?"
Tsuki shook her head. "Nonsense Dawn. If anything they recognize your beauty, inside and out." At this Dawn felt her stomach being held lovingly. She widened her eyes. This was her memory of May hugging her and calling her doll like. She didn't know why but she liked the feeling.
"I have watched young May develop like a caterpillar or in this world's case a Wurmple into a Beautifly. She would not have had the confidence to open up like that before Ash met her." Tsuki said waving her arm.
In the mirrored floor Dawn saw Ash encouraging May, hugging her, kissing her and comforting her. The image then showed Misty doing the same thing to May and then Anabel who joined later.
"These girls had locked away their feelings for Ash and they were content in. But it took a good soul like Ash to open up and now they are inseparable." Tsuki said waving her arm to show the scene in the room they had at pokémon center. Dawn was on one of the beds, Max was above her, Brock was on the top bunk across the room and Drew was sleeping soundly with Gabby and Tori. But on the floor was a site that filled Dawn with happiness, a little bit of jealousy and a bit of sadness. Ash was laying on a pillow with Anabel on his left shoulder, Misty on his right and May on his stomach. They looked really happy being in each other's embrace.
"I'm happy for them but I can't help feeling this longing to be there too." Dawn said sadly smiling.
Tsuki returned the smile. "It is understandable. But perhaps your heart is not open to him yet."
Dawn looked at her. "I want to be sure of my feelings. I just met him after all." Dawn said waving her hands frantically.
Tsuki giggled. "Of course." Tsuki said. She waved her arm one more time and this time a gold buckle with a star and two fairy wings on it.
"Now for the reason I am here. You are the last knight under the banner of the Water and Lightning guardians. You are descended from the last knights that fought alongside them."
Dawn pointed at herself. "Me? A…rider like Ash? Misty? Everyone?"
Tsuki nodded. "Yes. You will make a great Knight and rider. All you need is confidence."
Dawn took the belt. "You pokémon will become one with you even those you catch in the future." Tsuki said as she start to fade.
"Before I leave I leave something that will let you enjoy the rest of your dream."
End the song
"Wait what do you mean? And how do I work this?"
"When the time comes you will know, Maiden of light." Tsuki said as she disappeared.
When Dawn looked down she saw she was in a white doll's dress with red frills that came to her hips, opera gloves and white stockings with matching shoes. Looking at her reflection she had rosy cheeks, her hair in pigtails and her lips painted red.
"Wow. May wasn't kidding. I look amazing." Dawn said in her mostly white get up.
"I wonder." Dawn said curiously thinking of something. Suddenly any exposed skin turned a porcelain white making the red patches stand out more, and her chin had two lines that mimicked a puppets mouth. She giggled.
"Wow this looks great." Dawn said.
Suddenly she felt her body freeze up. But it wasn't a bad freeze as she had an idea who had her. She got her confirmation as she unconsciously started dancing like a ballerina. She was paused for a few moments to look around and saw Ash and the other girls smiling at her performance. Anabel had her hands out and were twisting like a marionette all the while pleasantly smiling. Dawn just let her do her thing and lost herself to the silent rhythm as she danced her way over to them. With one final movement she collapsed onto Ash's arms. She smiled at the embrace as the dream ended feeling the warmth of the embrace.
Waking world
Dawn woke up surprisingly refreshed. She felt her stiff joints and giggled.
'Guess being a doll kind of kills your joints…WAIT!'
If what happened in the last part of her dream happened then…
Dawn looked at her hand and saw the buckle she got during her dream.
"No way." Dawn whispered feeling the buckle. Just then she heard the door knock.
"Dawn you up? Is everything alright?" Ash called out.
Dawn shook her head. "No need to worry." She called out as she put the belt away. She went to go get changed into her contest outfit and then proceeded outside. She noticed everyone talking and May is in her outfit as well. She was the first one to notice Dawn.
"What did I tell you guys, she looks amazing!" May said walking over to her and throwing an arm over her shoulder. Gabby took pictures of both of them and then noticed something missing.
"Uh, Dawn, where's your choker?" Gabby asked.
Dawn felt her neck and panicked. "Oh no where did it go?" Dawn said looking around.
Fortunately for the panicking girl, a Glameow walked up to her carrying the choker in its tail. Behind the cat was a red headed girl in a white and green suit.
"I figured this was yours. Of all the outfits here yours is the only one that matches." The girl said as she approached the group. "I'm Zoey, nice to meet you."
"I'm Dawn and this is May a pleasure." Dawn said as she took the choker and handed it to May who placed it on.
The rest of the group introduced themselves and they made their way to the contest hall where May and Dawn registered for the Sinnoh Contests. They were given a ribbon case and seals which were explained they were to help the Pokémon's entrance. With their entry secured the competing girls went to the locker room while their friends went to find their seats. On their way to their seat they saw a red-headed coordinator with masked specs walking towards them. She bumped into Misty.
"Excuse me mam." Misty said.
"Sorry about that." The red headed coordinator said as they walked away. A few moments later Misty felt her pocket and pulled out a note and handed it to Ash.
Ash and Drew read it.
'Attack imminent. Probable time would be the finals. Target more than likely the rookie and the butterfly.'
Drew groaned. "Alright here's what we do. Ash go talk to the girls and encourage them. We will keep an eye out on the rest of the contest."
Ash nodded and ran back in the direction they came from while the others found their seats.
In the locker room Dawn was being fussy about her hair. Zoey was kind enough to help fix the hair and show her the ribbon case which had one ribbon from a previous contest she participated in. Zoey then encouraged her to the young girl's surprise but thanked her nonetheless.
Ash walked in shortly after wards. "Hey girls I just want to say good luck to you all and I hope you do your best."
"Thanks honey." May said walking over to Ash and hugged him. Ash whispered in her ear.
"Be really careful, they got you and Dawn targeted."
May widened her eyes which went unseen by the other girls but nodded her head. "I will thank you honey." She said kissing his cheek.
Ash left the girls to head to his seat. Soon the MC stood in front of the crowd.
"Good Afternoon Ladies and Gentleman and welcome to the Jubilife City Contest. I am your host Marian." Marian said to the roar of the crowd.
"We have a lot of exciting coordinators today competing for the prestigious Jubilife Ribbon. With us as always is our three judges. Mr. Contesta of the Sinnoh Pokémon Coordinators Union."
"I am sure we are in for a treat to today." Mr. Contesta said.
"Mr. Sukizo of the Sinnoh Fan Club."
"This show will be remarkable."
"And the Jubilife's Nurse Joy." Marian said
"Let's make this a fun experience." Nurse Joy said.
"Alright the first contestant out is Miss Zoey of Snowpoint City."
Zoey came out onto the stage and released a Misdreavus in a cloud of smoke. From the smoke Zoey ordered a Double Team to create multiple copies of itself. Then she dispersed the spoke with its Confuse Ray which cause the move to sparkle. To end her appeal she used Shock Wave to send large amounts of electricity towards the edge of the hall in a shower of Sparks amazing the judges and the crowd.
"And what a performance by Zoey earns her a great score." Marian said as Zoey bowed. Some coordinators went after her then it was Jesselina's turn. She called out Carnivine which appeared in a heart shaped poke ball. She threw up her lollipop that split into multiple ones which Carnivine destroyed with Bullet Seed. Then she ordered Bite which looked like it backfired but then she went with it and she finished her performance with her hands in the air. The judges awarded her a good score.
May was up next to the delight of the crowd. They had evidently heard of her exploits in Hoenn and Kanto. She released her Eevee in a shower of stars, which she ordered destroyed with its Iron Tail. Then with lightning fast reflexes she fired off a Shadow Ball which she froze with Ice Beam and then shattered with Iron Tail again. The crowd was in a frenzy again as she gracefully bowed and Eevee landed on her shoulders.
After a couple more performances it was Dawn's turn.
"And now making her debut, please give a warm welcome to Dawn from Twinleaf Town." Marian announced.
Dawn blew out a breath and released Piplup in a shower of bubbles. She then used Bubblebeam to keep those bubbles in the air then she ordered Peck to be powered up and sent Piplup in to pop them all giving off a shower of sparkling water. The crowd cheered especially her friends as she waved to the crowd.
In the locker room Dawn was a nervous wreck. May walked over to her and put a hand on her shoulders.
"Relax Dawn. You did great." May said sweetly.
"I know but I can't help it." Dawn said nervously.
Before May could respond the judges had come in and announced who proceeded into the next round. Dawn, Zoey, and May had advanced which exciting them greatly. After a random shuffle they were put in separate matches but May was lined up to face Jesselina while Dawn and Zoey were put in the same bracket.
They all proceeded to win their first round matches. Dawn used her Buneary to beat her opponents Metang. May decided to go with Squirtle and its Ice moves defeated her opponent Budew. Zoey used her Glameow and it was obvious she had experience on her side and easily won her match.
In the semifinal round May was prepared to go up against Jesselina.
"Alright we have May of Petalburg City vs. Jesselina. Five minutes on the clock and begin!" Marian announced.
"Squritle take the stage." May called out.
"Carnivine gobble them up." Jesselina called out.
"Carnivine use Bullet Seed."
"Squirtle counter with Rapid Spin."
The seeds came in fast but Squirtle's shell deflected them away and cutting Jesselina's score.
"Now use Ice Beam to propel yourself into Carnivine with Tackle."
Still in Rapid Spin, Squirtle use the Ice Beam to launch him into Carnivine which did considerable damage to both Carnivine and Jesselina's points.
"No! Use Vine Whip quick."
May who had sense taken to dancing a little bit to get into the rhythm of the fight spun around in pirouette. "Use Ice Beam to freeze the vines."
Squirtle reared back and fired catching the vines and freezing them. This followed up with Tackle knocked the rest of the points off.
"And with that Jesselina's score is gone. May has booked her ticket into the finals."
May's friends cheered the loudest and Dawn was smiling backstage. Just then Jesselina looked up with a mad grin and snapped her fingers. In an instant the ground burst open to reveal troopers and a monster that looked like a Carnivine appeared. The crowd panicked and began evacuating the stands. Meanwhile the gang was slipping through the crowd to get to the stage.
Once on stage and seeing the army they pulled out their transformation items.
STANDBY LEO/ORION/KAMEN RIDE
"Let's Ride! HENSHIN"
COMPLETE/ORION/SIRIUS/EVOLVE
Now in their rider forms they began to attack the army that had appeared.
In the locker room the coordinators who had stayed behind were beginning to clear out.
Zoey looked at Dawn who had been transfixed by the fighting that her friends were doing on screen.
"Dawn we need to go now!" Zoey called out grabbing her arm.
Dawn made to follow her but stopped when she saw May being knocked around. She saw Zoey going away from the stage. Dawn decided to head towards the stage to help her friends unaware of the glowing coming from her bag.
On stage it was not looking good for some of the riders. They were fighting the troopers well enough but Big Cactus, their opponent was undermining their efforts forcing them to jump out of the way. They found this out the hard way when Sirius was caught unaware and damaged enough to be powered down. Ace was forced to stay in the air and take shots at the creature while Orion was forced onto the bleachers which made her useless as the battle kept moving away from her.
EMBER
Kusa fired at three troopers near her which burned them and destroyed them.
She then heard Oynx's shout and jumped as another underground attack happened.
She lept back and fired a Silver wind from her sword in an attempt to do some damage. But the monster was too quick for her.
The monster laughed at their futile attempts at attacking them. He then noticed something off to the side and turned its head which caught everyone's attention. It was Dawn who had appeared on stage and in a basic fighting stance.
The riders all widened their eyes. "No Dawn what the heck are doing?" Aura called out.
Dawn looked at Aura. "No need to worry. I am giving you the chance to win." Dawn said smiling.
Big Gulp saw the defenseless girl and dug in underground to attack her.
Dawn stood there unwavering as her friends told her to get out of the way.
'No. I must stand my ground.' A heartbeat was heard. 'They need me I am confident they can win this.' Another heartbeat sounded as the creature opened up his mouth. 'No…I am confident…I CAN WIN!' With the final heartbeat her eyes snapped opened at the same time as the attack came. Big Gulp was bounced off a shield that suddenly appeared. Dawn was shocked and then looked down to see the belt buckle she had in her bag.
Dawn looked at her opponent and then grabbed the belt and put it on her waist. The belt formed around her waist and started to pulse. Dawn then spun around and stuck her two right fingers in the air knuckles facing her opponent.
"What's the word? Oh yeah. HENSHIN!
She brought her had fingers to lever and flipped it revealing her emblem while raising her left up to her face.
EVOLVE
The shield popped out from her belt and then came back to her enveloping her. When the light died down, where Dawn stood now was a pink clad figure. It had matching whit eon the collar, gloves and boots and the helmet appeared to be based on some sort of Eevee evolution. On her left hip was a white rapier sword with a silver hilt that had compartment similar to a revolver. (Think Weiss' weapon from RWBY.)
"Dazzling with light. Kamen Rider Hanabi." (Naruto fans should know the meaning but for those who don't it means firecracker.)
Dawn's friends were amazed at Dawn's transformation.
"So Dawn is lucky number 7 for you guys." Zodiac said hefting his sword up and looking at Aura who could only nod.
Kusa looked at Hanabi from her perspective on her knees while steadying herself on Mori. "She looks amazing."
(Start playing the first Diamond and Pearl American theme)
Dawn now Hanabi pulled out her blade. "Alright Tears of Sylveon, let's do this." Big Gulp growled and dove under the ground. Hanabi scanned a card which had her Buneary on it.
BOUNCE
Hanabi gathered energy in her feet and just as her opponent appeared to attack her she jumped high into the air to avoid the attack. She quickly scanned another card in the revolver this time of Piplup.
BUBBLEBEAM
She pointed Sylveon at her opponent and fired. The attack blinded her opponent as she gracefully landed. Hanabi spun the revolver to another card once again it was Buneary.
ICE BEAM
She fired the attack, which combined with the water from Bubblebeam froze the monster.
"Time for your curtain call." Hanabi called out powering up two cards.
BOUNCE MAXIMUM ENERGY
DRILL PECK MAXIMUM ENERGY
COMBO: DRILL SPIRE
Hanabi spun around as leapt high into the air. Doing a graceful twirl she lined up and stuck her glowing sword in front of her. She let out a war cry and dropped down to her opponent piercing it and landing behind the monster.
"That's your curtain call." Hanabi said whipping her sword around settling to the side. The monster let out a death cry and blew up.
Hanabi sighed and sheathed her weapon. She powered down and then noticed her friends walking over also powered down.
"That was amazing Dawn." Ash said.
May hugged her. "Great job sweetie. You were awesome."
Dawn smiled and then felt a little woozy.
"Whoa I feel like I just went on a twenty hour sugar rush and feeling the effects." She said as her legs gave out and May caught her.
"It will be alright. That's just the power rush leaving your system. You'll feel better after a nap."
Dawn wanted to fight it but her eyes drooped closed and fell asleep.
Ash took her and carried her princess style out of the contest hall and back to the pokémon center.
About five hours later, Dawn groggily opened her eyes. She found she was still in her contest dress but back at the center.
She saw the door open and in walked Ash carrying food.
"Hey how are you doing?" Ash asked.
"Like a herd of Tauros ran over me." Dawn said as she eyed the food. Ash gave it to her and she eat without the normal grace she was used to."
After slowing down, Dawn looked up at Ash. "So what happened after I fell asleep?"
"Well we had to forfeit your spot in the contest and gave the explanation that you were hurt in the attack. Zoey beat May in the final. She now has two ribbons." Ash explained.
Dawn nodded. "Don't worry there will be other contest. I am sure of it." Ash said confidently. "Now why don't you get changed and rest up. We leave for Oreburgh in the morning."
Dawn nodded and Ash left the room. She looked up at the bed above her. 'So that's what a rider was. That felt amazing. I hope I can stand with them soon. Maybe even tell Ash my feelings.' Dawn said as she got into her pjs and went to bed.
Now with the Aura rider team complete how will they respond to stronger threats? Tune in next time on Journeys of the Dreamer.
END OF CHAPTER.
UO: Finally done. Geez this took a while anyway next update is Bleach Grand Prix.
New Powers
Kamen Rider Hanabi: Dawn's new confidence has given rise to the seventh Aura Rider Hanabi. Her abilities will be based on dazzling illusions and keep her opponents distracted much like a contest.
Preview: As Ash and Drew prepare for their first Sinnoh Gym battle they run into an unfriendly face. Then Max faces a test of a lifetime as a mysterious temple opens for him and he must confront the past to face the future. What will happen? Find out.
Next Time: Aces High
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