Chapter 6: The Meeting with Cynthia
"Ok guys last one to the…", said Ash as he broke off and was thrown to the ground as Rilou had charged and pushed him back.
Suddenly an enormously power thunderbolt came roaring straight in front of him, millimeters from his face and Rilou's tail, and impacted a nearby abandoned building leaving a gaping hole big enough for someone to step in and out of.
"Rilou…what the…", said Ash angrily.
Ash looked to the direction of which the thunderbolt came from and saw Paul standing there, with his fully evolved Electivire standing next to him still charging volts of electricity between its tails.
"Paul you son of a…what the bloody hell's your problem", yelled Ash angrily.
"Thought I would test your new little friend in battle to see how much you have weakened him ever since Cynthia had given him to you", Paul retorted.
"We…weakened him; I show you who's weak, Rilou go!", Ash yelled.
Rilou: Rilou ri.
Rilou took off at an amazing speed towards Electivire.
"Now use force palm!", Ash commanded.
Rilou shoved his right hand forward in an attempt to push them back but, Electivire dodged it easily, all of a sudden Rilou disappeared.
"Wh…wh…where'd he go", Paul said angrily.
"Rilou, now!", Ash continued.
Rilou: riiiiii…lou.
The attack came down like a ten ton truck on Electivire's head thrusting him into the pavement, leaving an impact crater in its wake.
Paul stood there blankly, and then he recalled his Electivire into its Pokéball and begun to walk off giving his Pokémon his criticism as he always had done.
"Ash!", said Misty as she came and hugged Ash in loving care, "Are you ok?"
"Yeah we are fine; I just didn't think he would be this strong considering the very little training Pikachu and I have given him", replied Ash.
"Training, since when did you train him?", questioned Brock.
"Well, remember when I went for my walk, we dropped by the Pokémon center to give him a checkup just to see how healthy he was, and Nurse Joy said he was great form considering how young he is. Also that there was something else, he had a rare virus that doesn't hurt Pokémon, but helps them. The drawback is that it only lasts about 24 hours. So I thought after I was done with the meeting I'd spend the night training him with speed and attack. But you know what happened after that, although I was still able to train him a little, just not entirely like I wanted", continued Ash.
"Wait…you were asleep with me on the couch the whole night, you never left…so how did you train him?", asked Misty.
"Well, I had Pikachu do it, he knew what I wanted done and was rarin' to get some fightin' in since he couldn't participate in the last tournament battle", replied Ash.
"So they trained until the next morning, that's way Pikachu is asleep here and Rilou is running around like a chicken with its head cut off, alert and ready. Just had to have them, get away from the area a little bit in case they got too serious with each other", continued Ash.
Misty stood there with her back arched and a blank look on her face.
"Also since Rilou was able to sense that thunderbolt way before I even got there, it shows that he knows electric types very well, considering Pikachu's thunderbolts are almost always unpredictable, so that means the training not only was worth it, but surpassed my expectations. Plus I had a feeling that someone like Paul might try something like this, so it helped to be prepared", finished Ash.
"Wow…you are somethin' else Ash…", said a strange yet familiar voice.
"Huh…Gary!"; Ash, Misty, May, Brock, and Dawn said at once.
"How 'bout a rematch, Ash for old times' sake?", questioned Gary.
"Sure…anytime anyplace", replied Ash.
…(stomach growls )…
"Oops…I forgot I haven't eaten since breakfast and that was 45 minutes ago, mind if we postpone it till after lunch?", asked Ash.
"Sure…it's not like I have a choice when your stomach decides otherwise", replied Gary.
Ash and the gang arrive at a buffet house a few minutes later ready to eat another hole in their buffet line.
Everyone: "Itadakimasu!"
"So Ash tell me about this so called training", questioned Gary.
"Oh alright…well after Misty fell asleep I gave Pikachu and Rilou my backpack, inside contained the materials they needed, first thing was to acquaint Rilou with everyone's faces, and then test him on that, second was to work on speed and Pikachu used agility to cover that area, then eventually get to the weights…",said Ash.
"Weight's?", asked Dawn.
"Yeah, it was an idea that I got after thinking about what AJ had done with his Pokémon, Rilou come here for a second", said Ash.
Rilou: Rilou ri.
"AJ?"
"Yeah AJ, he was a big shot trainer I fought back in the Kanto league just before I got to Lt. Surge's gym"
Rilou then appears next to Ash.
"Ok now pick up your leg", said Ash.
Rilou: Ri.
Ash then begins taking off a navy blue leather weight brace and hands it to Gary.
"Here you go", said Ash.
…
"Wow…this is pretty heavy considering his size"
"I'd have to say it was about 20kg", replied Gary.
"Yeah that's about right",(everyone gasped in shock) "I was expecting to go further, but apparently Pikachu was probably already way beyond his limit, and knowing him he'd probably been that way for a couple of hours, and passed out. Good thing I had sent Staraptor after them and told him what to do in case he did that. So pretty much he was moving around, attacking, and dodging attacks in these which by the way they are on both legs and arms, so roughly he is carrying about 80kg worth of weight on his body."
Everyone gasps in shock again.
"Wow…I never thought he was into that kind of training", thought Gary as Ash began putting the weights he had taken back from him, placing them back on Rilou and then placing him back on the ground to go finish eating.
…
"…Gary?…Gary?...hey Gary", yelled Ash.
"What…what is it?", Gary replied.
"You ready for that rematch", asked Ash.
"Alright ashy-boy let's go", snickered Gary.
Soon after in a rather large field a fair distance from the diner they ate at…
"Brock, would you do the honors of being the judge for us?", asked Ash.
"Sure thing", he replied.
Ash and the gang step outside and walk to a nearby field.
"Smart choice Gary, I don't know how much power this little one is capable of, but I'm sure this is going to be fun", Ash replied.
"Yes I'm sure it will be, just you watch", replied Gary.
"Electivire…let's go", he yelled.
"Rilou…you're up, let's make this a good match", said Ash.
Meanwhile Pikachu is still sleeping in Misty's arms.
"Heads or tails Gary?", asked Ash.
"Tails", he replied.
"Dawn?", Brock asked.
"Its heads Ash goes first", Dawn replied.
"Alright Rilou use aura sphere", yelled Ash.
Rilou begins charging up a blue sphere in his palms and chunks it at Electivire.
"Electivire dodge, and use thunderbolt", yelled Gary.
Electivire pushes his two tails into the ground and jumps with them like a spring board, avoids the attack and begins to charge the thunderbolt.
"Rilou use Extremespeed to dodge and follow it up with Force Palm", returned Ash.
Rilou complies with Ash's order by charging power in his legs and pushing off all at once in a horizontal zigzag path towards Electivire.
"Wow he's fast even with all that weight on him, I'd hate to see his speed when he takes those off", thought Gary.
Electivire launches thunderbolt after thunderbolt trying to land a hit on the little blue creature.
"Arg… no openings for him to make a move guess we have to move to plan B", thought Ash.
"Alright Rilou, agility into that…", said Ash slyly.
"What's that ashy-boy?", asked Gary.
"Oh, you'll see soon enough, now go!", exclaimed Ash.
Rilou: Rilou Ri.
"Electivire prepare to counter", said the now worried Gary.
Electivire: Vire.
Rilou launches into a fury of agilities while charging his aura in his arms and hands and then uses force palm on the ground. All of a sudden Rilou is millimeter away from Electivire and he counters with iron tail before Rilou can react.
"Rilou use your arms to defend", cried Ash quickly.
Rilou was struck by Electivire and knocked to the ground, but the damage wasn't fatal. Rilou got up tired, and exhausted. The now panting Rilou was staring at Electivire with a serious look as if taunting him.
Electivire then began charging a couple of thunderbolt's without Gary's orders, to throw at the arrogant little creature. As Rilou dodged them nimbly Electivire began to anger and fire them more rapidly. All of a sudden Misty notices the little the mouse in her arms starting to awaken from his long nap, Pikachu sat up in her arms groggy and staring at the field.
"Hey Pikachu, it's good to see your up, look Rilou's in his first real battle", said Misty.
Seeing both Rilou and Electivire in the midst of battle Pikachu gets a quick flash back of what had happened the night before. He then notices the look in Rilou's eyes; he was serious just about as much as he was the night before while training with him. Pikachu remembered how painful Rilou's attacks were when he got serious, only because he (Pikachu) was holding back almost all power, to prevent him from hurting him in the midst of training. And by the looks of things Electivire was pumping out more and more energy with each shot.
Pikachu leaps out of Misty's arms.
"Hey Pikachu?, come back here", replied Misty.
But the electric rodent completely ignores Misty's calls, and begins charging for the battle field, keeping his eyes on Rilou and Electivire. As he enters the field and past Ash he uses his agility, just then Electivire launches a powerful thunder in an attempt to knock Rilou down.
"Pikachu?"
"Electivire!"
"Rilou!"
"Stop!", cry Ash and Gary simultaneously.
But none of them listen, and Pikachu charges straight past Rilou seconds before the thunder gets close to him. Just then Rilou gets into a peculiar form looking completely vulnerable to all attacks from any side. As the thunder contacts him he changes into a counter to throw it back at Electivire. As Rilou is beginning to counter the thunder, Pikachu goes into a quick attack and then charges Electivire with an iron tail knocking him to the ground, and heads for Gary's direction in attempt to do the same. Just as Rilou launches the counter, Pikachu blows Gary over with another quick attack, just as the thunder passes over their heads and impacts a nearby set of forest.
"Ash, what in the hell is wrong with your Pokémon", snapped Gary.
Ash stood there with a pale face.
"Well answer me… huh, why's everyone look like that?", asked Gary.
Everyone lifted a zombie like hand to point behind Gary at where the attack landed.
Gary's mouth dropped like a rock, as he nearly fell over on the ground.
"What in the hell happened here?, I was sure there was a small forest right here behind me", questioned the now mortified Gary.
"Ummmm…Gary how powerful was Electivire's thunder", asked Ash?
"Well if I'd have to guess about 12 giga-watts, heck certainly not enough to destroy a forest let alone this…", replied Gary.
"Wait…Rilou's form…what was that", questioned Gary.
"I don't know, but I'm going to find out, if Pikachu hadn't jumped in when he did Electivire or even you would probably be hurting right now, or worse.", finished Ash.
"You're right, please accept my apology", replied Gary in a sympathetic tone.
"Apology accepted, now I need to have a talk with someone and get some answers, about my little friend here; Misty…come with me, Brock watch after Pikachu and Rilou would ya?", said Ash.
"Sure, go on ahead", replied Brock.
"Misty?", asked Ash.
"Right behind you darling", replied Misty.
10 minutes later… Ash and Misty arrive at the Sinnoh now hotel entrance.
"Alright…get in, talk to Cynthia…get out", thought Ash.
The two of them began walking through the revolving door into the hotel, and located the front desk where they would get directions to the location of their target Cynthia.
"Yes, how may I help you today?", asked the service man
"Yes I need to locate Cynthia", replied Ash.
"Well is Ms. Cynthia expecting you, Mr.…", asked the service man?
"Ketchum and no, but I must speak with her its urgent matter that just came to my attention", replied Ash.
"Well I'm sorry Mr. Ketchum; I can't allow you to see her no matter how urgent unless you have special permission to see her, security measures and all, you know, especially while she's in a meeting", he replied.
"What If I told you I'm the same person that just beat her in the tournament only yesterday?", replied Ash.
"I'm sorry I have strict orders by her boss not to let anyone see her, unless she requests to see them", the service man said anxiously. "Now I'm going to have to ask you to leave…Now, or I'll call security and throw you out.", as he began to pick up the nearby telephone.
Ash stepped back scared and said, "Ok…ok…I'll go."
The service man put down the receiver to the phone.
As Ash headed towards the door with Misty behind him, Ash took a sharp 360° turn in the opposite direction, grabbed Misty, and ran back into the hotel as fast as he could.
Before the service man could respond Ash was already inside the hotel. He ran back to the counter and dialed for security.
"Gotta find the conference rooms, that's where I shall find her", Ash thought.
As he passed the map for the hotel, he located the conference room area and dashed in its general direction, with Misty in tow right behind him.
As Ash began darting down the conference rooms hallway glancing into each room as he dashed by, to see if she might be in there.
"Ash, slow down your hurting me, please lis…me, you gotta, Ash KETCHUM SLOW DOWN YOU ARE HURTING ME AND I'M GOING TO RIP YOU A NEW ONE IF YOU DON'T SLOW DOWN THIS INSTANT", exclaimed Misty as she went from a stutter to yelling while grabbing her boyfriend by the shirt and strangling him.
"What's all the commotion", said a most familiar voice coming from a few doors down from where they were fighting.
"Oh, Cynthia just the person we needed to see", said Misty in a soft voice.
Just then security comes around the corner and apprehends the two trouble makers.
"Oh wait guys don't take them away, I need to speak with them, I just forgot to tell them at the counter, so if you please", replied Cynthia in a tender voice.
"Yes mam", replied the security officers all at once.
"Come in you two, please", continued Cynthia.
"Yes…", Ash and Misty said at once.
Moments later…
"Ok now tell me what ails you two, that you had to cause that much of a ruckus to come see me?", questioned Cynthia.
"Well, it's about Rilou…Cynthia…who really gave me Rilou, because I know it wasn't the judges; my fighting style is nowhere near that type. Now please tell me, who really gave me Rilou, I have to know", pleaded Ash.
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"So you figured it out huh? I was hoping we would have at least gotten you to the league before you found out this much… *sigh* …alright I'll tell you", replied Cynthia.
"Well, when my best friend has to hold back his own attacks just to train with him to prevent Rilou from killing him when he gets serious I would hope so", yelled Ash.
"Ash the person who really gave you your Rilou was…"
"Your father…", said Cynthia in a low tone.