I'm alive and kicking with this chapter as proof. Tell the world that school is being murderous this time of year. It's only the first few weeks for goodness sake. Oh and Amourshipper35, please for the love of literature fix your spelling.
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon
Chapter 8: The Storm is Set to Rise
Gary sighed in frustration on his laptop as he continued to look at the documents he's typing. The teen having no more homework decided to try something else until Ash took him to see the fire. There he saw what Ash called 'Pokemon' battling it out. His best friend said that they're not supposed to exist at all. Apparently, reality or the Creation trio as Ash inadvertently said took a vacation.
An hour after their little escapade the duo with the electric mouse Gary was wary of went to his room. There Ash regaled on Pikachu appearing out of nowhere, completely invisible to everyone but him at the time. The tale also included that Pikachu was here since the first day but not even Ash could see him. Gary was quite skeptical about the last one but he let it slide.
He described the Pokeworld as some sort if alternate reality. People he could recognize like the captain of the swimming team, the school doctor and a number of other people from that realm. Albeit with noticeable differences in personality. Ash told Gary that he was a lot more cocky and Serena was a bit shy. He thought of what Leaf was like and when Ash told him, he laughed hard. The image of a brooding Leaf was enough for anyone to see when compared to the flirty one they have.
Apparently, he wasn't aware of another Pokemon in the real world but actually expected it. When asked, the response was 'I'm a walking trouble magnet in the Pokeworld. It was bound to happen. I just didn't expect it like this.' Gary took some sweet time making out with the desk in his room upon hearing that.
"Do you even know why the Pokemon are here?" Gary asked, voice muffled a bit by the furniture his head was on. "You told me that they're all part of a dream." He pushed his body from the desk to see Ash's starter on his bed and Ash sitting on near the end.
"No, nothing concrete. My first idea was to blame the legends since they're essentially Pokemon several kilometers short of godhood. But then it would be more chaotic than this."
"There are literal gods?" Gary said with shock evident on his face. He twisted his torso rested an arm on the chair.
Ash had the gall to look bored and waved his hand back. "There's at least 60 of them or so, give or take a bit and only a dozen and a half of those are deities. I do know that some of them are artificial. The feline clone, the bunny robot and the chimera in the likeness of the legendary llama." Where did the last one come from?
"Someone tried to make a god, are they crazy?!" Gary said until he replayed the words in his head and his face turned incredulous. "Legendary llama? Now I know you're making something up."
Ash leaned back on his chair and grabbed a pack of cards in his pocket. "Yeah" ignoring Gary's last statement. "Some organization called Team Rocket tried to make a clone of Mew, another legendary which is the base genetic template of everything. The process went wrong and Mewtwo broke out. I stopped him but somewhere along the way I got petrified."
"Team Rocket?" Gary snorted. "Someone was lazy enough to leave it like that." Ash shuffled the cards in his hand and grumbled a bit. "How old were you when this all started? You look like some kind if veteran when we talk about this it's creepy." Quite true, the teen noted.
"I was 10." Ash said distractedly as he shuffled the cards again and picked one. "Frankly everything at the time fit like my childhood dreams. Until the demographics started changing slowly. Remember that time in Grade 5 when we saw that ridiculous eco friendly show."
"Yeah, what about it?"
"Teams Magma and Aqua were eco-terrorists. Next year, when I read about those science fiction books regarding dimensions, Team Galactic formed. The year after that, Team Plasma was about the freedom of Pokemon gone bad. The last one was Team Flare after I saw the charity case shootout. That doesn't even count the individual criminals.
"Doesn't explain why your face looks like that?"
"I had a large hand in efforts to keep them in line. By fate or pure dumb luck, every single one of them follows the same pattern. Find mythical Pokemon, capture it for their use and use it to obtain their goals. Can't believe the number of times I was this close to death."
There was a bit of awkward silence as Ash finished his little rant. Neither of the friends knowing what to say to each since they came far in their topic. Gary turned on his seat browsed the internet as he found several interesting topics.
"Hey Ash" Gary called his friend. "What do you think about these. They don't seem normal."
Ash Satoshi Ketchum got up from his position and walked towards the laptop. He saw that things were flooding into the recent news section. Each event described in it more strange than the last. He looked carefully and saw the one showcasing the earlier fire.
"In other news, a fire has started in the old storage building near Viridian Academy. With the intensity of the flames and it's close proximity to the school, its speculated that the cause of this fire is manmade. Whether it's an accident or on purpose we won't know. Investigators are currently looking into it as of this moment to identify the cause. Stay tuned to learn more."
"Forest going through tremendous growth? Roars being heard over storms near beaches. Random out of order weather happening across the globe." He read aloud. "Conspiracy nuts are probably having seizures by seeing this." Pikachu opened one eye, looked and fell asleep again.
"You're right. Considering the school fire is also posted here too. How long until someone notices that… hey look here." Gary pointed at a disliked post. "Someone already had a theory about this being the end of times. Outright insulted if no one knew what's happening." the future biologist tapped on several keys loading a small chart he made.
"People see this as unnatural phenomenon." He said, his inner scientist leaking. "Those that are aware will know that someone or something is causing this. Events like these stemming from out of nowhere when days ago it was fine. Ash, are Pokemon capable of changing the weather and environment if they wish?"
"Yeah" the trainer answered. "There are some Pokemon that have weather follow them. There are also moves to change it temporarily."
"Then it's only a matter of time" Gary said. "I don't know if were the only ones that can see this but someone might be able to see them as well. If Pokemon are as strong as you say they are, we are screwed."
Time froze for a moment, with no one the wiser. Something appeared in the school grounds, something capable of leveling entire towns. As a threat appeared to the world, it fought back. Time resumed to a normal pace. In that moment, Ash felt for a split second that reality broke.
On cue a wall of flurry leaves battered against the closed windows followed by a sudden rain. The duo were startled at the sudden events that they looked outside. Water pounded down on the glass so they didn't bother to open it but look outside only. Pikachu immediately moved from his napping position to join them.
Two Pokemon were on the school grounds battling it out for unknown reasons. A Serperior and a Gyarados. Ash adopted a panicked expression on his face. Gyarados were well known for their penchant for destruction, especially collateral damage. He bolted out of the room and into the hallway, his Pokemon following him. Gary chasing after them a while later.
Somehow, there was nobody around as the three of them ran down the halls and into the battlefield. They left the dorms and saw the two Pokemon duking it out. A stray Dragon Pulse landed near them and forced the three of them back. The Gyrados took one look at them before roaring at the interlopers.
Ash managed to notice that people haven't appeared at all. Which both relieved and worried him. Turning to the battle, he saw scorch marks scattered across the ground covered by foliage or washed away. Both the Serperior and Gyarados were launching attacks at each other. No one noticed the figure in the background high above.
Footsteps pounded on the roof as someone raced to the anomaly. Rain washed down some waterproof clothes as the sudden storm appeared. The person wore a black hoodie and a silver hued skirt with the hood covering half of their face, mostly the eyes. In their hands was a sophisticated device despite it's simple design. A remote with several color coded buttons, a speaker and two antennae sparking some electricity. Right now, this person is rushing towards the event in the school grounds.
Some of the person's tracking equipment detected two spatial rifts in the area. The first was near the school in the woods. However due to the number of witnesses in the operative's current area, she couldn't leave. Now, with most people out of the way she could act.
From her position on the roofs, she leapt over a small wall on her way to her target. Getting close to the danger zone, she spotted two boys on the lower floors headed for the same direction as she. That wasn't the only thing she say, a yellow, definitely out of place mouse was running with them. The girl recognized the mouse from the start of the day and the boy that chased it. There were other people who are aware? Looks like she has more work to do soon.
She made it to the area and she was taken in part awe and fear. Two big monsters were fighting each other in the school grounds. One a green snake with vines protruding from it. The other a sea monster that had the fury of a dragon. Both were locked in battle causing damage to the area.
This couldn't be allowed to go on. Her hands gripped the device as she aimed the antennae at the two creatures. She saw the two boys and the mouse appear and nearly get hit by a stray attack. Right now, nothing mattered as she pulled the trigger. A bolt of energy forming and firing at the battle.
The effect was instantaneous the moment it hit. Both the monsters screamed in pain as they were vaporized away. Tiny fragments of their bodies fell off and transformed into their respective types. A large pile of leaves that were blown away by a sudden burst of wind and water. The rain slowly cleared up.
The two boys stepped back in shock as they witnessed what happened. One of them murmuring that a disintegration ray shouldn't exist yet. The other boy just looking at her ready to ask questions. Not wanting to stick longer than necessary, she took a hollow metal ball and threw it on the ground near them. With that done, she took off, wanting to discuss the ramifications of this event.
Ash wouldn't admit it to anyone except his Pokemon but he was terrified when he saw the battling Pokemon vanish like that. Sure, the move Teleport only transports the user and targets but no move bar legendary attacks had the power to turn living beings into light and remains. His friend was having a fit about the sheer improbability of these events all happening in one day, but he'll live. It took Ash to shaking Gary physically out of his stupor to calm him down.
'Just who is that girl?' Ash thought as he picked up the metal ball that suspiciously looks like a Pokeball. Pocketing it for later, he pulled Gary and Pikachu away from the area and back into the dorms. It'll be awhile but at least he has something to think about that isn't school work.
"There's too many damn conspiracies!" Gary yelled as he vented his frustration into his bed. "What leads from one innocent question about Pikachu leads to this fucking shit!" He then turned to his friend, the one that led him into this mess. "You" he said, pointing at Ash. "Try not to get me involved in another one of these again. Alright?"
Ash nodded as he left Gary's dorm room with Pikachu in tow. Figuring that his best friend needed time to cool down from all these revelations. The teen looked down a bit as he walked towards the roof holding the pokeball look-alike in his hands. Pikachu sat on his spot on Ash's shoulder as both of them remembered what was in the ball.
'Meeting at 9 tonight. Top of the main building. Don't be late.' was written on a slip of paper. Ash pressed the button that usually releases a Pokemon only for the container to show the message. The teen decided to take a risk and see what it's about. He didn't bring Gary with him, the guy is still pissed.
Ash stepped out of the stairway's shadow into the moonlight hours later. It took a while to get away from his dorm without the guards jumping in. Reaching the designated area, Pikachu jumped from his position and went to the ledge that led down a total of 5 floors. No one in their right mind would try to jump down unless they wanted to die.
He heard the door leading downstairs open and the girl from earlier exit. She still wore the same clothes from earlier that afternoon and he still couldn't see under the hood. The teen didn't notice before but the girl before him had pale skin and eye catching legs.
Shaking his head out of his staring, he looked at the girl's covered face. "So, my name is Ash Ketchum. Why did you want to talk?" He asked. Of course he wanted to know just how she managed to kill *cough* remove two evolved Pokemon from the premises.
The girl nodded slightly before removing her hood. It revealed the girl had light blond hair in a bun and green eyes. Behind her, a wispy figure teleported into the area. It looked like a gastly. The girl looked directly at Pikachu and then looked at him. She spoke in a somewhat cold voice.
"My name is Lillie, Lillie Aether."
End of chapter here. To be fair the second half of writing this chapter came up on a whim and stuck. Inspiration like that comes rarely so I'll make good use of it. I make it customary for each separate world to have at least 3 chapters before switching so expect this little arc to drag a little.
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