Chapter 4: new adventure
Misty waterflower's morning was peaceful as usual. she woke up, got herself some coffee and fed her pokemon. on her way to the cerulean gym, she greeted a few elders, threw a ball at a few kids, stepped over Tracey...
"WAIT A SECOND! TRACEY?! WHAT HAPPENED?!"
Tracey did not respond, but flipped himself over in his slumber. Misty saw that he had a letter, strapped to his shirt. Misty became curious, and put the letter in her backpocket while dragging Tracey to the gym. once she put Tracey in one of the beds, she unfolded the letter. the handwriting was strangely familliar.
hello, miss waterflower.
as you can see, I've taken care of Tracey. I'm going to repay you all, for every-last-motherfucking-thing, that you did to me two years ago! I'm going to hunt all of you down, and humiliate you so much, you will wish, you've never met me in the first place...
I hope you have a strong appetite, because I'm going to make you eat your words you little bitch!
sincerily yours,
Ashura satoshi ketchum.
as she read the letter, she started shaking in fear. when she finished, she gulped as she thought only one word.
'shit...'
three hours earlier...
Gary stood up, quite early to check up on Ash's pokemon, when he heard noise coming from the ranch.
(it'd better not be those poachers again!) he ran up to the gate, with blastoise's pokeball in his hand, however he stopped as he saw the source of the commotion.
Ash, was training with his pokemon.
infernape and emboar were boxing, garchomp and charizard were clashing claws and metagross was using psychic on a sleeping snorlax and about thirty panicking tauros.
what amazed Gary even more was the fact that Ash was sparring against primeape.
"alright, now use close combat!"
primeape didn't even question Ash's comand, and followed order. Ash's eye turned blue again, and his arms became coated in blue energy. he blocked all of primeape's punches, kicks, and headbutts before returning a powerful uppercut that sent the raging ape pokemon flying a few feet.
"okay guys, go take a break... I'm gonna go get some breakfast at mom's place..."
"Ash... JUST HOW STRONG ARE YOU?!"
the young man shrugged. "about as strong as a full grown lucario. all thanks to my aura though..."
"aura?"
"the life force of all living things. it's about the strongest power there is. all living creatures have aura. all pokemon use it in their attacks, but only a handful of humans can bend it to their wills like me. people like me are called aura guardians."
Ash explained the basics of aura, and Gary quickly wrote it down, for later studying.
Gary noticed that Ash kept throwing glances at his watch.
"are you expecting someone?"
Ash grinned, and patted his old rival on his shoulder.
"a few people actually. they're late... my students... I've decided to take on some apprentices while travelling around." Ash said smiling.
Gary raised an eyebrow.
"where are you going this time Ash"
Ash raised his shoulders, and laughed like a madman at the sky.
"I'm visiting all kinds of ancient relic sites around the six regions. you know, places like spear pillar, sky pillar and the ruins of pokélantis."
Gary raised another eyebrow, and roared a laugh.
"never thought that you of all people would be intersted in stuff like that! I mean, no offence, but you were never the sharpest knife in the box, and you were never interested in- and I quote: 'stuffy old legends about old pokemon' -end quote."
Ash sighed a bit while mumbling something about being a foolish six year old.
suddenly, the sounds of engines were heard, and before long, two cars, and a motorcycle became visible.
all three vehicles stopped in front of the ranch.
from inside the first car, a young woman with blazing red hair emerged. one lock of hair fell over her face, covering her right eye. she wore a black top, that hugged her curves, but showed her flat belly. and very wide jeans with a bright red belt. since her battle with Ash, six years ago, she hasn't changed that much. her hips became wider, and her breasts a little bit larger, giving her a perfect hourglass figure.
the door of the second car opened, and a slightly younger woman with lavender hair stepped out. unlike her old outfit, her new purple t-shirt, DID show her C-cup chest and her pants were hugging her long legs. her hair became pretty long in the five years since Ash challenged her. they did keep in touch, and during the past two years, she helped Ash develop his powers.
the third person, on the bike was a petite young woman, with short, pure white hair, in a spiky knot on top of her head. her eyes were a 'poisonous' blue colour. her outfit consisted out of a purple-blue striped long-sleeved shirt that was slightly too big for her, and a miniskirt. her attire was completed by a set of military-style combat boots, and a black and purple guitar hanging from her back.
"Gary, meet my three cute little students. the lavaridge town gym leader: Flannery, the second strongest frontier brain: Anabel, and the virbank city rockstar/gym leader Roxie."
"Ash..."
"yes Gary?"
"you lucky bastard..."
Ash turned around to stare at his best friend.
"it's not like that you horny old growlithe."
Gary met the stare with his own and smirked in a nasty way. "suuuure it's not. I mean what could possibly happen between you, three total babes, and no supervision. I mean, the four of you are sleeping around a fire, but the three girls start crawling closer as they are afraid of the shadows being cast over the ancient texts by the fire. they warm up to you, and slowly open your sleeping bag. one of them starts to undress, and-"
he was then met with an aura infused elbow to the gut. courtesy of Ash
"low blow dude... low... blow.." he wheezed out.
"you should'n have made such comments about us then" Flannery said with an amused smirk on her face.
"yeah that's right, pervert!" Roxie yelled.
Gary sputtered a bit. "pervert? me? I can assure you that I'm no pervert!"
however Roxie wasn't listening and kept chanting 'pervert' over and over again.
Ash chuckled and patted her head. for some reason, this calmed Roxie down as she sat down with a contempt, dreamy look on her face. Gary looked at Ash as if he was going to say 'really?'. Ash grinned. "works like a charm."
their banter was interrupted when Ash's Xtransciever started ringing. Ash pressed a button, and Cynthia's face popped up on the tiny screen.
videoconversation between Ash and Cynthia.
"hey Cynth!"
"ah hello Ash. how are you doing?"
"I'm fine thanks. so, what's up?"
"what makes you think something's up patchy?"
the girls looked annoyed, Gary amused and Ash's mother suprised at Ash's new nickname.
"ha. ha. make fun of the blind guy" Ash responded dryly.
"half blind actually." she interjected, but flinched at his glare. "okay. okay, sorry. anyway, where are you right now?"
"still at pallet, why?"
"can't I know where my favorite student is? I'm hurt." she said with a mock pout
"cut to the point Cynth." he said while shooting her a flat stare
"okay mr. serious, we have to attend an urgent meeting in two days."
"seems reasonable. where?"
"viridian city. the grand hotel. room 384"
"isn't that the hotel where you got drunk off of your ass last time" Ash asked amused.
on the other side cynthia flushed in emberassment "hey! I wasn't even THAT drunk!"
"cynthia, you stumbled into my room, jumped on top of my bed because you thought it was a jeep and you tried to drive us home, only to fall asleep behind the wheel." Ash deadpanned.
"I only had three vodka!" she exclaimed.
"three BOTTLES of vodka, doesn't count as three vodka sweetheart. Walker had to drag you off to your own room."
Ash sighed softly as he chuckled a bit.
"is that all?" he asked her
"nope. your traveling companions can come along since they're from diffrent regions. it might concern them as well." she responded, turning serious.
"okay. got it. anything else?"
"yes."
"what is it then?"
Cynthia winked seductively and blew a kiss at him.
"I wuvz you" she said in a cute voice.
Ash became bright red, and coughed a couple of times before regaining his composure.
"okay. see you in two days Cynthia... see ya later!"
"bye patchy!"
"QUIT CALLING ME PA-"
she hung up on Ash before he could finish.
end videoconversation.
Ash's eye and the corner of his mouth twitched, tick marks popped up on his forehead and a dark aura appeared around him.
"d-d-did s-she just hang up on me?..."
Delia patted him on the head. "you sure got a pretty girlfriend there."
Ash instantanously turned bright red, and he fumed.
"m-moooom. Cynthia's not my girlfriend..." Gary roared a laugh, and fell down onto the ground, holding his sides.
after Ash repeatedly stomped on Gary, he pulled himself together and spoke as if nothing ever happened. pikachu snickered a bit, but managed to keep it mostly in.
"it seems our first stop is known. anyone objecting?"
no one reacted.
"very well. now, mom. it was nice seeing you again." he pulled Delia into a deep hug, drawing a few awww's from the girls, and kissed her cheek.
"I'll be back in a few weeks, one month tops, okay?"
Delia nodded and Gary raised an eyebrow. "why will you be back so soon?"
Ash flashed a feral grin. "'cuz my shitty old man's coming home, and I want to be the first to beat his lazy ass back into a fatherly shape!"
everyone laughed, and then the ferry arrived. Ash waved his mother, mentor and best friend goodbye, before sitting down on a small bench.
"viridian city, better get yourself ready. Ash ketchum is back in town."