Chapter 9 – Liza's at Charicific Valley
In Charicific Valley at Liza's home the sun was starting to go down in the sky, inside the home Liza was looking at the jacket that she had Charla remove from Flare and the belt as well. Liza held it up to the window being quite big she was surprised to see that the parts for the wings seem to be small about the size of the beginning of the wings on the back of Flare.
"How can a Charizard put this on? And remover it so easily?" Liza asked herself Ash walking in with a liquid in a cup
Ash thought about it placing the cup down "I am only wondering but look at the front" Liza turned it around "wasn't there slash holes through it?"
Liza looked at it closely "If I didn't know better but this clothe it able to fix itself, must be some technology that we never heard of." Liza spoke and Ash thought of something.
"Charizard" Ash called Charizard walked in, Ash took the jacket it "try this on." Ash spoke Charizard looked at him oddly then took it placing a arm through it as he sees his trainer do. Charizard pulled it around the back the wings going through it and they saw the holes in the back widen and stretch around the wings till the jacket was on his back and then put the other arm in the other the jacket was a bit big, showing that Charizard was a bit smaller.
"I gather that prove Flare is slightly bigger" Liza said looking at Charizard then smiled "Why Charizard you look cute in that" Charizard's eyes went wide then saw some red under Charizard's eyes then Charizard took it off giving it back to his trainer.
"Charizard are you blushing?" Ash blinked and Pikachu laughing uncontrollable till Charizard lower his head right at Pikachu then Pikachu just look with fear and jumped back shaking his paws saying he was kidding "Pika pikachu chu pika chu chu Pika." Pikachu grinned sheepishly with a paw on the back of his head.
"You two please. Flare is still resting" Ash spoke then they heard
"Was" they all looked seeing Flare standing there rubbing his head a little "I hope there be no more of this cursing battling, I went to school to study not to be some battering ram" Flare spoke feeling sour but a lot better then he felt after that battle.
Charizard snorts at this with a anger look in his eyes then Flare spoke in pokémon roaring out in Charizard to him. Ash and Liza watching then Charizard seem to turn calmer then nod once with a small smile on the tip of his snout. "I guess that sorted out, but how can you speak English and pokémon?" Liza spoke out to Flare he notice something missing on his arm touching it remembered ripping the damaged translator then hung his head down with a puff of smoke coming out of his mouth.
"Flare so you can speak out language?" Ash asked him with wonder looking at the fire pokémon. Flare opened his eyes raising his head looking right at Ash with settle eyes giving a small nod rubbing his right arm with the left claw feeling guilty of lairing to Ash then lower the neck a little his snout pointing a bit to the ground the eyes also set on it.
"Yes. It wasn't very hard to learn not after learning at a advance course how psychic telepathic powers work even I wouldn't be able to do such a thing it could come in handy helping to give me a quick learning tip in forms of language even with a big mouth like this" Flare spoke out to Ash explaining to him "I just kept it hidden cause I know how too smart pokémon could get into trouble half the time for the wrong reasons cause those around would be very jealous of them"
Liza got up walking with his belt and jacket "Flare, you shouldn't worry about that, it just something normal from where you come from. I am sure Charizard and Charla will be understanding" Liza and handing the items to Flare he put the jacket back on and then the belt clicking it on.
Flare looked at Liza "Thank you. Erm sorry but I didn't get your name" Flare spoke with some embarrassment
"I am Liza head of this place and I am Charla trainer and friend." Liza replied putting a hand out "But I must say your just as stubborn as any Charizard I know with pride included" Liza said to him as he took her hand and shook it a little then let go.
Flare took into account about it "I guess that a bad habit even for Charizards where I come from, but I am mostly a scientist believe it or not. I am not one for battling, the skills I have is for self-defence and protection of others. In the last 2 years I been in more conflicts with pokémon that I have done in my life time" Flare said to them and his left leg gave way a little putting him on the claw hands on the floor supporting him.
Charizard went up beside Flare taking a arm with his left claw hand and the right on his side help Flare back up on his feet and spoke in Charizard to Flare with a concern to the condition of Flare at the moment seeing that Flare wasn't kidding when he spoke that he wasn't a battling type. Charizard had respect for his strength that Flare had but understood that this power Flare had was not used for battling that Charizard had done in all his time with Ash but for a self-defence and protection mostly of the time.
"Charizard I will be alright, it just took a fair bit out of me. Unlike you and Charizards here it not a real need at Pokélonum to train daily we kind of formed a civilized life style that battling like this happen once a year as a yearly competition world wide that gather 8 finalist from each provinces then a world grand contest happens" Flare gave the finest details about pokémon in Pokélonum "We all in good shape and all but battling isn't a need to be better, we all feel that we've having equal chance to grow in the world"
"Wow that sounds like a place of legends where pokémon are almost civil with each other" Ash said quite amazed by this both hands on his cheeks listing to Flare as Charizard let go of Flare letting him stand on his own two three clawed feet
Liza was listening to this as well Charla was from behind a wall very curious about Flare, one in being able to speak both Charizard and Human, two being very strong and three liking to know more about Flare's life style. "Flare with all those type of attacks you must train then. No one that don't train and keep just in shape can so that"
"Ok Liza you got me. I when a young Charizard just about 6 months after evolving I found battling a thrill." Flare answered to Liza "So after becoming more coming into my age as time went I grown to training as a style in life and did it 4 times in a week for 5 hours on end." Flare gave her the reason why he had such shiftiness.
"Now I understand from what I saw, and gather that things work different on Earth so your skill and strengths could give the reason why they where greater" Liza said to Flare then spoke of something that she pulled out on the table as she sat back down. "I hear this is your child, if you don't mind me asking, what is her name?" Liza asked him.
"Novaflame" Flare said "It a name that her mother gave months before… before" Flare started to well in tears and swallow hard "before she was killed in the Great Surge Storm" Flare spoke out almost crying at this point and then roared out in sorrow remembering that day clearly in his mind landing on his knees and claw hands back on the floor.
Liza felt sorry for him "I didn't know that you lost someone important in your life" Flare raise his head with tears rolling down and took out a device from a pouch getting up placing it in the middle of the table.
"It's ok…" Flare wiped the tears away "it just tough remembering how it happened. Here is a footage of it hitting the town that was hit the hardest the one I grow up in" Flare touch a button and a massive image cover the room like foresight powers that Ash saw before.
"What is this?" Liza said and Charla stepped out from behind the wall and stepped in to see this. Charizard looking around as it seem everything was dark and the room had been removed.
"Foresight" Ash spoke "It a power I seen by a pokémon that I saw showing what the pokémon can see, but I guess this is like a News report but showing what happened 16 years ago as Flare talking about when his mate must of died" Ash said looking over at him "I am sorry for you lose Flare"
Flare gave a Charizard roar speaking out the words only to pokémon something that Ash could see was a bit of respect keeping quiet and just saying 'hmm' as they look at the image coming to light filling the room.
The it begun showing in front of them was a Ekans using the tail to hold a microphone and behind was a atmosphere of destruction of a whole town, some buildings totally destroyed other parts with damage but they could see work crews all pokémon with emergency marking on clothing they was wearing.
"Is this going to translate what going to be said?" Ash asked
Charla thought she'd speak up seeing if this was the fact "If you can here what I say then yes" Everyone looked at Charla part from Flare
"Wow Charla this might be a first but you sound amazing, never knew there was such a meaning as a sweet voice for a female charizard" Liza smiled to Charla not hearing the typical roars that a Charizard makes either female and male.
"I believe we should put this on hold, that Ekans about to speak, look at that Magmar bending the claws down" Charizard spoke they look to see the camera device and landscape behind with a hospital unit and a train station of some sort behind that.
"Welcome to Pokélonum Prime News World Wide. PPN for short, I am Elesser and standing in front of the devastated town Soemliff at the Coast of Lugatita Ocean. It is the morning of the day after the Surge Storm. Many believed that the last two over 200 years apart from each other was caused by the burning of fuels that damaged the worlds atmosphere making weather violet but now there is new beliefs that this storm is a natural formation." Elesser speaks turning her head over at the town
"Last night it caused the death of 9 pokémon and injuries of 48 which 9 are serious at this time, one to believe in a serious coma after one stuck her hard, we will bring more about that later into this report" Elesser slither able to keep high up as she did keeping the mic up speaking onwards as the crew followed. "As you see ahead two large electrometric towers still stand out of the five. These was suppose to help protect the town from violet thunderstorms but the Surge Storm was too much for these state-of-the-art technology." Elesser speaking to those that viewing "if you look at the top 3D image it will show you how these towers should of worked, as you see the lightning is taking now the tower into these earth base points let the ground soak up the lightning harmless. But the Surge Storm was too much as these images of live events that night took place at the point of the storm already over the Town" Elesser talking to them the image changed they looked around seeing the sky as well full of thick clouds firing lightning down bolt after bolt the sky fully lit.
"The new Foresight system helping you to see a real three dimensional view of the power that this storm had" As she was explaining a image came up showing a model of the storm forming "It formed over the ocean a build up of electronic discharges over 202 years. Then the storm push forwards over this town the storm power as said in the past is a Lightning horror story even for electric species" The Lightning they saw blast one of the towers again and again, suddenly it explodes in flame the tower falls onto homes below lightning now striking homes as well. Then they saw pokémon using their thunderbolts or thunder attacks to knock the lightning away with alarms going off for a maximum evacuation of the town.
Charla eyes was wide and almost in tears seeing all those pokémon running for the train station even through her turning around watching it all happening "As you seeing they all quickly heading for the hover trains, it was very successful and we now show in respect to that died in this natural event of Pokélonum's mother natures power" the view came back to Elesser as she was in a different place in a hospital ward quite a far size for all sizes massive or small.
"Serge a 90 year old Raichu, died at the hands of multiply strikes from the Surge Storm last saw protecting his son and their family from these bolts as they got away, he was known to be a hero from the Skirmish of Bolt Mountain 60 years ago and be greatly missed by those from Town Soemliff" Elesser speaking a image of him shown wearing a lightning bolt cap on his head and a army looking orange jacket zipped up standing with his son and his grand kids.
The image change to two Blastiose "A couple just married under the great falls died when the first tower fell onto their home. Their family in tears over the lose of their love ones told me to read this out. They have past so soon and only 20 years old they died too young we will never forget them and their souls live on in the spiritual falls that all water kind will go to, Jet and Toise." Then Elesser showed other 6 images came up with names appearing under each "The others been asked to just display the names to be displayed with images in respect" Elesser slither to one of the beds showing a Charizard laying in bed with a pipe in the mouth a machine beeping and another machine pumping.
Ash then noticed another Charizard sitting by the bed holding in his arms a tiny Charmander and knew it was Flare "Flare" Ash looked at him then at the image version the younger one of him. "Flare Dezard, his mate Firestorm Dezard fell victum to more then a dozer bolts to protect her loved ones Flare and their few month old child Novaflame" Elesser came up to them then spoke to Flare "I am Elesser from PPN would you like to tell what happened to your mate Firestorm?"
Flare look at her holding his child with some tears in his eyes "We was one of the last to get out heading to the station the centre of the Surge Storm passing over us then it happened a bolt was heading for me and our child. Firestorm" Flare looked over at her "Took the hits and I couldn't do anything watching each. I felt that I was nothing, unable to help her but she survived some how and that smile brought our kid hope and me. Someday Firestorm will come out of the coma and we will be a family again till then I will never have the machine turned off" Flare said to Elesser "Now if you don't mind we want to be alone with her" Flare stood up and pull a certain across
Elesser then speaks again "This report might be short but it shows how many have been affected just by a storm that quickly came and quickly faded after hitting a part of the landscape it faded away. End of our special report and first on Foresight Imaging. A sad way for beginning of technology, Elesser reporting at Soemliff Hospital" the image then fades and the room return to normal.
"Flare I am sorry for what happened, but did she?" Ash said looking at Flare he shook his head "You mean Firestorm still laying there?" Ash asked
"Yes, not much in brain waves, she been told by doctors dead but I will not let that happen, the machine will stay on till her brain waves are gone, while their there she is still alive" Flare spoke to Ash "I won't give up hope for her and Novaflame"
"That a Charizard sprite that is good to see" Liza smiled then Ash thought about something and cut in
"Sorry Liza but maybe Mew at the Tree of Beginning could see if her Aura is strong, Maybe that Great Barrier can be pass through by looking for a Aura" Ash suggested a idea "that could show if it work that Firestorm still there holding on"
Flare smiled at that idea "I love it!" Flare hugged Ash tightly spinning around Ash trying to gasp for air Pikachu cheering away. Flare then let go "Sorry Ash" Flare spoke
"So who taking care of your kid?" Liza asked him about it
Flare look at her "My twin brother Blackflare" Flare replied "But lets stop the chit-chat and go"
"I like your style Flare" Ash turn his hat around then look at Charizard "Hey bud like to have a visit in the Hoenn Region?" Charizard roared with delight. "I wish that there some way I can understand you and Pikachu better since I heard you two talk"
Flare pulled out of another pouch on the belt a tube and with the claw tip of the middle finger press twice two round red objects land in his palm of the other claw hand "Liza, Ash take one each and eat these. It will help you to understand pokémon and last for about a week at most" Flare told them as they took one each Flare putting the tube away "But be careful they are very hot to the taste"
"You had something like this and never told me?" Ash said looking at it
Flare shrugged "You never asked" Ash laughed at that knowing he was right.
Liza look at it then at Flare "Why are you giving me one?" Liza asked "What the catch? Is this going to turn me into one?"
Flare roared out laughing the slowly calmed down then answered Liza "No this is just called Smartfire, it taste real hot but lets say it improve your hearing to understand pokémon language" Flare explained "but there is something in one of these pouches that could do that if you like"
"No this will be fine" Liza put a hand up then look at it "Let me guess Charla like to join on this quest" Liza looked at her, she roared with a nod. "Just as I thought"
"Alright here goes nothing" Ash put it in his mouth and start chewing them swallowed he felt a burning pain in his mouth and he waved his mouth "Hot! Hot hot hot hot!!" Ash took the mug of juice and drunk it quick sighing in relief. Liza had ate hers then drunk something afterwards just quick enough not to get the same burning as Ash.
"Ash he did warn you it would be hot" Pikachu spoke out to him Ash look at him with a smile on his face, Pikachu look scared at that look "I guess it worked"
Charizard shook his head "Ash sometimes you can be really weird for a trainer" Ash looked at Charizard with a not so happy look "But that you and I like the way you are"
"Thanks I think" Ash rub the back of his neck not sure what else to say
Charla snorted a little "If you are done, how about we go to this Tree of Beginning?" Charla said not very impressed by the way the trio speaking to each other.
Liza walk up to a rack taking her bag "Since Ash been there, we will follow Flare and Ash" Liza said to them
Ash then spoke "The Castle of Orudoran will be our first step. By the time we get there a contest will be held in a pokémon battle and we get to dress up in cool costumes, I am sure we can spare a day doing that before coming to see Mew" Ash said to them hoping they will agree
"I am in!" Pikachu shouted out
Charizard thought about it then nod "I am up for it"
Flare blinked then gave his answer "I am only under one condition I am not dragged into one more of those battles for a whole day. I still feeling pain from those 12" Flare spoke to him
Charla shook her head and spoke with a whisper "coward" Flare glared at her "If you can take on 12 pokémon on your own and blast them to wherever you did, one pokémon in each battle should be nothing to you. Unless your afraid and if you don't do one battle I won't go and Liza stays as well"
Flare growled under his breath with anger and yelled at her "I am no coward" one foot in front of the other with a closed claw hand "I will show you how good I am one battle at this contest to make you happy" Charizard put his claws over the snout shaking his head a little.
"Sounds like we got a deal then, I'll come and enter it as well." Liza said they then leave the house and Liza look at Charla "Let them know that they will be alone for the next few days and keep their training up and if they slack you will personally test them" Liza winked
Charla grinned and roared out the message to the valley below then look at Liza "Now we go?" Liza nod and walk around getting onto her back. Ash looked at Flare then Charizard
"Erm guys I don't want to upset either of you. How do I choose?" Ash asked then Pikachu jump up on Charizard's back
"I will ride on Charizard Ash, you go on Flare's that solve it right Charizard?" Pikachu look down at his eye from the top of Charizard's head.
Charizard smiled looking at Ash "Go ahead ride on Flare, he a great Charizard and from Pokélonum that a honour to ride on one from that legend, in a way your riding a legend" Charizard said to Ash
"Wow Charizard thank you" Ash pat Charizard on the side with a happy smile then climb up on Flare's back
"Charizard please don't use legend to talk about me, on Pokélonum there Charizards there that far more skilled them me" Flare said to Charizard turn his head over to him
"I don't see any others, you're quite the legend already fighting off that trio of humans and blasting them like that. So Flare enjoy the feeling of being something worth while like me to Ash being great friends" Charizard took off into the sky so did Charla
"Ash I never met such a group before, you've really amazing human being, I don't think I would find anyone quite like you again, I am really glad that we met a few days ago" Flare said then took off into the sky
Ash smiled from on top of his back "Same to you. You might be a bit mixed up at the moment cause of all that happened but you're a very cool Charizard same to my friend Charizard you two have your own differences and they cool" Ash said looking ahead to see the night closing in the day nearing a end but they travel into the sky to Orudoran to get there by morning at best.
