Hello again guys I'm posting two chapters at once and since I've been out for so long they will be long(er) anyways any flash back thoughts will be quoted and italicized. And just thoughts will be bold and italicized. Thx again for reading. And don't forget to review and in case you were wondering the reason I took out some scenes was because they were either irrelevant to the story or they just didn't sit right with me. Also this chapter will have May & oc content (NixShipping) and Dawn & oc content (NervousShipping).
Chapter 24: A Day of New Beginning
(1st POV)
Ash and our heroes have finally arrived in Star Town and Ash's 3rd gym battle.
"Don't you worry Ash let me stop for my round at the Pokémon center and I'll take you right over to the gym."
"Thanks Mr. Nick…"
Moments later the truck arrives at the Pokémon center.
"Hey Nurse joy; here is your shipment for the month."
"Thank you Mr. Nick, you're still rather early though, I wasn't expecting you until tomorrow."
"Yeah I'm kinda taking someone to the gym so I could see his battle so I'm jumping a bit ahead of schedule if you'd sign for the packages real quick I'll take 'em to the storage room and be on my way."
"Sure,"
"Alright guys, bring 'em on in"
Suddenly a shiny blue Gardevior and Gallade enter the Pokémon center carrying the shipment.
Moments later both Pokémon return to the foyer
"Alright guy's thank you and great job like always, return"
And just like that both Pokémon disappear into their respective Pokéballs.
"Thank you Nurse Joy, I'll see you later…Oh and before I forget, what is the gym's address?" I asked almost halfway out the door
"Oh sure, she says as she scribbles something on a piece of paper and hands it to him."
"Thanks again Joy," I reply and exit out of the center.
(Normal POV)
"Alright guys, ready to go?"
"Hai!"
"Good, now computer scan address and calculate best possible path."
"Command received and understood, calculating route…"
Several seconds later the route appears on the windshield (highlighted over the road), and in a small minimap in the corner of the display.
"Wow it looks like my update worked, well that's good…alright lets go."
And the massive semi creeps along until it finally gets up to speed.
10 min. later the rig arrives at the gym; everyone hops out and walks up to the front door.
"Hello? Is anybody here?" Ash asked pushing the door open to a long dark hallway.
*explosion goes off
The gang charges in the direction of said explosion and walks in only to see the conclusion of the previous battle.
"…Pokémon are unable to battle, the challenger wins and shall receive his prize." Declared the ref.
"Thank you very much, it was a great battle…" the challenger says rather unenthusiastically.
"Well, that's a fine kettle of fish…I was hoping that would have been a whole lot better… oh another challenger. Hey!" shouted the defeated gym leader
"Welcome to my gym, I trust you're here for your challenge correct?"
"Why yes, yes I am." Ash replied
"Well good, just give me a sec to swap out my friends here…hey I remember these guys…"
"Tsu…
"Poka…"
"Miju…"
"Tsutarja, mijimaru, pokabu… oh those do bring back memories"
"Wait you know Pokémon from the isshu region?" Nick asked
"Yes, I'm originally from that area karakusa town to be exact." He replied
"Wow, so you and I would have probably seen each other and never knew the other existed."
"Yeah, I guess so…"
"Excuse me, my names Ash; you said you're from isshu right…well what I'm getting at is…could I battle with some of those Pokémon?"
"Well I don't see why not, sure let me go a grab 'em and I'll be right back, hey ref…"
"Yeah?"
"Go ahead and take five, I'm gonna run to the back and get these guys to Nurse joy, and swap out for 'my' team."
"Sure, thanks…"replied the ref as he sat down at a nearby bench
"Gardevior come on out!"
"Gar…"
"Alright we got another challenger, can you teleport me to the back real quick please?"
"Gar!"
And like that they disappear.
"Woah…"
"Oh that's no big surprise I've got one too…"
"Gardevior how 'bout you come on out, and you as well Gallade."
"Gar…"
"Gal…"
"Wow…they are both shiny!" commented dawn.
"Yeah got a pair of Ralts eggs from an old friend of mine and when they hatched they where that one in a million pair."
"Wow…"
*teleport sound
"Alright guys…I'm back…wow it looks like I'm not the only one here with some rarities."
"Alright Ash, we will have a 3 vs. 3, oh and by the way names Edge."
"Sure, Edge anytime you're ready."
*Joint- Kawada Mami
"Oops sorry guys, go on ahead I need to take this…"
A/N: alright guys here comes another split screen Ash's battle will be normal text, and the all important call will be in parenthesis.
"All right Ash, the theme of this gym is letting the Pokémon fight for themselves with no trainer support from the sidelines" ("hello?")
"Alright then, best to start off strong than with a good ol' friend of mine; Pikachu let's go!" ("transmission incoming from news broadcast concerning incident in Isshu")
"Alright then we will be matching that, Jalorda here we go!" ("Computer record broadcast to DVR, I'm unable to view it right now")
"Now Pikachu, everything you will be doing in this match will be dependent on you, I can't give you any orders." Said Ash rather unenthusiastically
"Pikachu…"
"The battle between Pikachu and Jalorda will now begin! Only the challenger will be allowed to make substitutions." ("Command received and understood")
And Edge just takes a seat on the ground, while Ash stares at him puzzled suddenly Jalorda begins attacking, and Pikachu is responding. ("Thank you computer, inform me via text message when the broadcast concludes")
Jalorda uses sunny day while Pikachu prepares himself to dodge. (And Mr. Nick takes a seat in between May and Dawn)
Next thing we know a solarbeam is fired in rapid succession, with Pikachu using everything he's got to dodge.
After a bit of dodging Pikachu notices an opening and takes it, with a full power agility, until he gets up to a wall and scales it.
He continues' charging up the wall until he reaches a slight distance above Jalorda, and takes a leap of faith headed right towards his head.
Seconds later Pikachu has charged up his tail and is ready to take a few swings at Jalorda.
Jalorda prepares another solarbeam but this time holds the charge (even though he can just let them go, the ball of energy begins to grow) and fires it with about a couple of seconds' charge.
As it intersects Pikachu he cuts through it like a knife through butter with his iron tail picking up the energy leftover from Jalordas' attack.
Next just after he fired the first charged solarbeam, he's already charging up another attack; as Pikachu gets closer Jalorda unleashes his attack, but this time Pikachu is unable to cut it and is blown back into the same wall he leaped off of.
"No! Pikachu!" Ash shouts
Ash charges for the wall to catch Pikachu before he hits the ground.
"Pikachu is unable to battle, Jalorda is the winner"
"Good job Pikachu, take a good rest."
"Quilava, let's go;" says Ash as he takes Pikachu over to the stands and hands him to Misty.
"Lava!"
"Alright Quilava, this is your fight, do whatever you want."
Quilava nodes and charges himself up with a bulk up before the ref can even start the battle.
Quilava then goes from fire spin into flame wheel, catching Jalorda off guard; trapping him in a vortex of fire and impacting him with a wheel of fire. All before Jalorda can launch a single attack, knocking him out in the process.
Everyone just stares at the power of the fire type; including Ash trying to figure out what had just transpired before their very eyes.
"Oh uh…yeah Jalorda is unable to battle Quilava wins."
"Wow, he was one of my strongest battlers I guess all that solorbeam firing wore him out more than he thought, pretty good Ash. Now let's see you deal with my next Pokémon… Daikenki go!"
"Daikenki vs. Quilava…begin?" the ref tries to say, but has noticed that Quilava had begun at his own pace.
Quilava is already using bulk up to the max.
"Woah he must be ready to really do some damage to this one, I mean he's brimming with so much energy, just one wrong move and he could take himself out", though Ash.
"Well I guess he's is either gonna go out with a bang or get ready to hand it off… wait a sec…" (Quilava looks back at Ash) "Ok I get it… alright go for it".
And Quilava suddenly returns himself to his Pokéball and calls forth Rilou (since it was a Pokémon move the stat enhancements will remain in effect and Rilou completely knows that he is attacking on his own)
"Wait ref, is that even legal?"
"Yes it is, it's a move called baton pass, I'm sure you've heard of it…"
A/N: now yes I know Quilava can't normally learn this move, but for the sake of the chapter he can. And trust me I won't be doing it very often…
"Oh yeah that", "let's just hope this one is a push over…" Edge replies before getting lost in thought
Suddenly Rilou vanishes, even faster than before.
And Edges' mouth drops to the floor, suddenly small flashes of light can be seen impacting Daikenki on his armor.
"Oh my goodness, thank god I brought my camcorder;" said Nick as he pulled it out, turned it on, and started recording.
Soon attacks are coming more often and with more impact.
Then small explosions start pouring in.
"Wow he must be using aura sphere now, man that is some sweet power he's got…" Nick replied
"Dai…" I says upon feeling the impact coming stronger and stronger.
"Woah now its force palm and with that much strength, he's literally forcing him across the battle field still doing damage."
Rilou soon appears sliding on the ground catching himself to come to a halt, and both Pokémon fall to the ground knocked out.
"Both Pokémon are unable to battle neither side is the winner."
"It must have taken more out of him than he thought, anyway good job Rilou. Take a nice long rest…"
"Wow and we didn't even get to see the other one attack at all…" Nick and dawn reply.
"Yeah and the trouble is now that they both have only one Pokémon left but Ash's Quilava is exhausted and the gym leaders is at full strength…what will he do?" Brock comments
"Enbuoh I choose…" Edge says before he gets cut off.
"Don't bother Edge I forfeit…" Ash replies
"What but why?"
"Quilava, is tired and I can see that your Pokémon is very strong even though they are the same type Quilava is at a major disadvantage."
"Alright Ash if that's what you want…"
"Challenger forfeits the match, gym leader Edge wins."
"Message received…"
"Oh that's mine, sorry guys…" Nick says as he looks at the message.
"But I will be back in a few days though after I get some training in you'll see."
"Alright Ash I'll look forward to seeing your results."
"Good, and it would be awesome if you used the same Pokémon, not just because I'll know what they are but it will give my friends a good rematch."
"Alright Ash deal, I'll see you later…"
"Yeah see ya"
And Ash promptly exists with the gang right behind him.
"Alright Mr. Nick may I see that footage you have?" Ash asks rather confidently
"Yeah sure let me just take it to my truck so that we can actually see what Rilou was doing."
"Cool…"
And like that they are back inside the cab waiting for nick to finish editing the recording to watch Rilou in action.
After about an hour…
"Alright Ash, here we go;" nick says as he places the footage on the large screen in the back of the cab.
"Alright now I had the computer run a few calculation's to get the timing right, and it turns out that after all the buffs he was moving at 15 times his normal speed."
Everyone's eyes just grow wide.
"Holy…"
"Yeah that's my thoughts exactly."
"According to the computer he hit Daikenki approximately three-thousand two hundred and fifty-five times and then used approximately 2 aura spheres', and finished it with another sixteen force palms."
Everyone's jaws drop even further than before.
"Holy…"
"Alright…enough staring at this, Ash you need to get to the Pokémon center and get them healed up…"Lati comments after seeing Ash and the gang huddled around the screen watching the battle.
*Pokéballs appear on the teleporter pad without warning
"Whoa…"
"Oh sorry Lati, I sent them over to Nurse Joy before Mr. Nick here started his little project…"
"Oh well then I guess you had better get to training then huh?"
"Yeah, well who wants to join me?"
"May and dawn get up and prepare to follow him out."
"No one else…alright see you in a few…"
And just like that; Ash, May, and Dawn step out of the truck and head for the park to train for a bit.
"Incoming message…"
"Huh? I'm not expecting anything; what's the message computer and whose it from?"
"Message from home, from wife."
Suddenly Nick's face goes blank, he leaps out of the driver's seat where he was relaxing, and chunks himself in front of the computer main screen.
Brock and Misty, given the cue at wife step out and decide to talk a walk around town.
As soon as the door closes a black Pokéball appears in the teleporter.
Nick struggles to reach for the ball fearing the worst…but then tosses his doubt out the window and grabs it.
"Alright…come on out…"
"A shiny Pidgey appears in front of him with a letter in his beak."
"Hi there little fella, is that for me?"
The Pidgey nodes slightly and flaps up to his shoulder so that he could take it from him.
"Thank you Pidgey, now you're probably hungry after that long travel. How about so food huh?"
The Pidgey nodes and chirps cheerfully.
"Computer, Pokémon food flying type; age about a month"
"Command received and understood"
The food dispenses into a bowl underneath the screen and the Pidgey flies over to it.
"Alright my little friend, let's see what you have in store for me…"
He places the letter onto the scanner, and waits for the encoded image to appear.
"Wow, she must have been written this all week to have written this much…"
"Alright time to get started…"
Dear my love,
This is rather hard for me to write so I'll try to keep it as simple as I can. We are in trouble someone is after us and I don't know why…as far as how our day went for the planning of your birthday, went absolutely great. We found everything we needed and even found something else you've been looking for… and guess what young dash caught his first Pokémon today, isn't that great… too bad you weren't here to see it…but I know you would have been proud all the same. Anyways I went ahead and took the liberty in feeding everyone even though we just don't have the room to keep them all out at once. They are all happy and also got a little bit of exercise in…but other than that they all miss being there with you like the old times, especially luxray.
Oh also Nagisa and her family wish you a safe trip back…hope to see you then, oh and princess will be staying the night with them on Tuesday so if no one answer's at home you know who to call. Now also before I forget, I sent everyone to Nurse joy at the Pokémon center -_- (yeah I know it's a lot but she loves taking care of them every 6 months) just before doing my rounds so make sure to check in with her when you get the chance ok? Anyways…that's roughly all I can think of right now, other than the Pokémon that is carrying this letter is the one that young dash caught. I love you, and I'll hope to see you when you get back. Hugs and kisses, and in the event that, we don't ever see one another ever again…I just want you to know that…[corrupt data]
Amber
XOXOXOXO
A mass of tears could be seen flowing down his cheeks and he finished up the letter, and printed it out.
And he cried like he hadn't done since he was young. Pidgey, Tsutarja, mijimaru, and pokabu jumped up on top of him to comfort and share his pain, until they all stopped and fell asleep.
After they fell asleep, Latias de-cloaked and picked them up to lay them down into the bed. As she stepped out of the cab he could be heard talking in his sleep; "Thanks Latias…"
Latias simply smiled and quietly closed the door, and made a break for the park at which Ash was training.
"Guys…"
"Yeah what is it Latias?"
"Mr. Nick just received a letter from his wife…"
"Yay! That means she's ok right?"
"No…the letter was sent just before the explosion…and she almost knew it was coming…"
"What do you mean Latias?"
"I can't really say without proof…just don't tell him that I told you guys, I don't want him to fall into further despair trying to explain himself to us."
"Alright Latias just calm down."
"Meanwhile back at the cab…"
*yawns rather loudly
"Oh that was a good nap," *stretches, "oh yeah guess I had better check in with Mrs. Nagisa and Nurse Joy."
He gets up out of his bed and has a slight flashback, and smiles.
"Well maybe I should get around to telling them, I mean they're gonna get curious…"
"Alright first let's, give Nagisa a call to check upon princess and then I'll call Nurse joy to have my Pokémon sent here once she's done with their checkup."
And after a bit he gets some more information on the 'accident' from Mrs. Nagisa, and then calls up Nurse Joy to check upon his Pokémon.
"Hello and thank you for calling the Hiun city Pokémon center my name is Nurse Joy how can I help you today?"
"Hi Nurse Joy it's me," he replies rather unenthusiastically.
"Oh hi, I was just about to finish up with everyone's checkup, and so far they are in healthy condition, although there vitamin levels are a bit lower than normal, they are doing rather well. I trust you know about 'it' right?"
"Yes I know about 'it', and did amber happen to send any letters over to you in the time before 'it' happened?"
"Actually yes she did, I received quite a few since we started doing the checkups on your Pokémon, and received one more right before 'it' happened."
"Oh really?"
"Yes, although the last one she sent to me, was kinda puzzling."
"Puzzling how?"
"Well see here for yourself…"
And Nurse Joy share's her screen where he could see the letter.
"read the last few lines"
"Ok…"
P.S. Please make sure to send a copy of all my letters to my husband in the case that I go missing, thank you very much Nurse joy.
"…that is rather strange, well Nurse Joy after you get done…"
"Oh no need to worry about that, I've already compiled a file that has all of the enclosed letters in one compressed file. So in the case that something like this ever happened or a request was needed for something like this I already have it pretty much done, and since I've know amber for as long as I can remember she's been known for hiding things in these types of things…"
"Ok thank you Nurse Joy,"
"You're most welcome, now how would you like to get this done?"
"Well first I'm gonna send one your way, for his first check up; it's a shiny Pidgey that my son caught before they disappeared and then you can send me the letters first via my private server, and then my friends via the following address, after little Pidgey is done you can send him there too."
"Ok, we can get started immediately."
"Thanks again Nurse joy…"
"No thank you for taking good care of my friend…"
And like that the screen goes blank and they little Pidgey appears at his side.
"Alright little guy, time for a checkup…return."
And the Pidgey disappears into the Pokéball in a stream of red light, and he places it onto the teleporter.
As it disappears the computer lets out an acknowledgement signal that it was receiving a file, followed by a rather large amount of Pokémon and then shuts itself down for cleanup.
Meanwhile back with Ash and the girls…
"Hey guys I think we should go back and check up on Mr. Nick", May says suddenly
"Yeah May you're right we should make sure that he at least hasn't left his Pokémon to fend for themselves in his truck." Dawn agrees.
The gang arrives back at the semi, five minutes later and steps in only to find him reading a book.
"Hey guys I was wondering when you were coming back."
"Yeah it was getting kinda late and we couldn't just leave without saying anything, speaking of which any word on the 'incident'?"
"…yeah…"
"You wanna talk about it, if you don't it's no biggie, we can wait…until…you're…ready…to…oh my god…what is all this?"
"These are all letter's that my wife sent to the Nurse Joy in Hiun city every time she needed to talk to her about something, see they were very close friends and it almost took an act of god to get her(Nurse Joy) to allow me to marry her, then when I got her pregnant…"
"But now…Joy and I have talked a bit here and there and I have started to get to know her and her profession a bit better."
"But other than that, we haven't really seen eye to eye in a while; I think it might have been because I left Amber to raise our kids on her own while I went overseas in search of work sending any money I earned back to them so they could live on it."
"Wow, so you've been running jobs just to make sure your family had food on the table and a place to live", Ash commented
"Yeah and these onetime things have been really good though sometimes I'm away for long periods of time, it kept them fed and safe…at least until now…at least Hikari is safe and I'll get to see her this weekend."
"If there is anything we can do, to help… just let us know, here let me go ahead and give you our numbers," Dawn replies soothingly
"Oh sure, computer open contact list and prepare download of set numbers"
"Command received and confirmed; Please input device…"
"Dawn just plug your phone in here and I'll take care of the rest."
"Sure…after a bit Mr. Nick has everyone's number and vice versa."
"Now Ash, if you would allow me I would like to record your rematch…would that be ok?"
"Yes…if you would be so kind as to give us copies, you are more than welcome to."
"Good, let's just make this rematch a good one."
"Yeah!"
"Alright we'll head over there first thing in the morning, so everyone make sure you get a good night's sleep."
*cop car pulls up
"Uh-oh, guys just don't worry about a thing, I'll take care of this."
"Is there a problem Officer Jenny?"
"Yes… there have been a few complaints that a semi has been parked here all day, and numerous people have been seen coming in and out."
"Oh yeah I'm sorry 'bout that Jenny, it's just…"
"I'm sorry to, but protocol requires me to inform you to move your rig to the outskirts or to the nearest overnight station",
"Alright jenny, I will do that now."
Nick starts up the truck, and moves out, after a bit of searching it is dually noted that EVERY truck stop was filled up to the brim.
"Sorry guys I guess we are gonna have to sleep outside tonight",
"It's ok we understand…"
"Misty, you and the girls can have the cab for the night," said Nick
"Yay!"
"Thanks but I think I'll pass too much stuff with too uncomfortable space."
"Yeah me too, plus I like to listen to the crickets sometimes too."
"Alright then girls; what about you May, Lati?"
They both shake their heads.
They reach the edge of town, and park off to the side of the road to get ready for the night.
"Alright girls we'll be outside if you need us."
"Hai!"
Brock, Ash and Nick step out of the cab and pitch their tents and start up a fire.
"Alright who's hungry?, because I'm aching to cook!"
"Well technically it was Latias' turn to cook tonight, but I'm sure she'd be glad to have your help."
"What's this I hear about cooking?" Latias chimes in outta nowhere.
"Oh girls, Nick said he wanted to help cook tonight", replied Ash.
Latias is then again jumping up and down like a school girl again.
"Don't worry I have all the ingredients we need and even the ability to cook it all." Stated Nick.
"Although girls you may wanna step out for just a sec…alright computer enter cooking mode."
And without a word the entire back of the cab transforms into a kitchen.
"Wow…it's like a five star kitchen in here…" Latias says as they walk back into the cab
"Yeah I bought and built this truck from the ground up, it perfect for living on the go as much as I do."
"Alright girls, ready to get started?"
"Hai!"
"Alright how about Lati and I work on the main course, May you take care of the desert, dawn you take appetizer, and Misty take side dishes."
"Hai!"
"Um…Mr. Nick I'm still learning how to cook. So would it be ok if I worked with someone?"
"Sure, Lati you wanna do it, or would you like me too?"
Lati gives a slight bow and steps to the side, to allow Misty to sit beside me.
"Alright then Lati I'll leave you to the side dishes then?"
"Roger!" She says as she salutes and then begins to leap towards the cabinet.
About an hour later the food is ready, and everyone is happily eating including everyone's Pokémon.
"Wow Mr. Nick that's quite an array of Pokémon you have",
"Yeah thanks Brock, I've been collecting them since I started. I've been breeding 'em, training 'em and just plain playing with 'em for quite some time now."
"Plus all there different diets that I have them on, the list just goes on and on."
"I spoil them occasionally, but the next day they do so much better, it's just like they are completely different Pokémon."
"Wow…"
20 minutes later…
"Alright guys lets hit the sack, we have an early start tomorrow, and I don't wanna risk taking the big guy here in so I think it would be best probably either walking or riding our Pokémon."
"Umm…"
"Yeah Misty?"
"I don't feel comfortable riding on anything…well because of…"
"Yeah ok I understand walking it is then."
"Alright then, computer walking distance back to the gym please…"
"Approximately 20min. walk 2 miles; arrive at tram station that will take directly to gym."
"Alright that sounds good, ok guys go ahead and get some sleep and I'll clean up."
"Ok!"
Ash and Misty get up from the table and head for Ash's tent. Dawn heads over to the campfire to sit for a bit with Latias.
"Um…Mr. Nick would you mind if I helped?"
"No not at all May, not at all."
Soon all the dishes are brought back into the cab to be washed, and May and Nick have begun to wash.
Just to pass the time the both of them try to talk to pass the time, but end up talking at the same time.
"So May…why did you decide to come with Ash to the island?"
"Well I thought I'd take a break from Pokémon contest and work on my skills as a coordinator."
"A coordinator huh? That sounds interesting tell me…"
And before he can finish the sentence, May is right in his face and she gives him a quick peck on the lips.
After a few seconds she breaks the kiss and apologizes rather quietly.
"May…"
He sneaks up behind her and plants another kiss on her tender lips.
"No we shouldn't be doing this, you're married…"
"No May I'm not, at least not any more…my wife and two of my kids died in that accident, and I will never see them again. And I don't think my wife would want me to just sit here and sulk over something that has already happened. She would want me to move on with my life…"
"Alright…but please be gentle with me…"
"Are you sure this is what you want?"
She mumbles a yes and the lights cut off.
The next morning Nick wakes up and searches the cabin for May, but she is nowhere to be found.
"Heh…must have gotten up early to go train for a bit, before we leave for the gym."
"Alright…guess I'd better get up and get ready myself."
"Morning guys…"*yawn
"Oh good morning Nick did you sleep well last night?"
"Why yes I did Dawn, how about you guys?"
"Actually yes I did thanks to a little less snoring that went on last night, please you have to tell me what you put in that meal to get him to stop."
"Hey I don't snore that loud, besides at least I wasn't being kicked to death."
"Don't blame me, they're your kids too buddy."
"Alright guys, calm down please; don't make me act like the adult now…"
"Alright…"
"Okay good, by the way has anyone seen May?"
"Yeah I saw her this morning, and she said she was going to the lake nearby to train a bit."
"Ok I'll go grab her and bring her back, for breakfast."
"Thanks…"
Nick goes off a bit and low and behold there is May practicing her contest performance at a nearby lake.
"Hey…May…there you are…"
May jumps' and grows a rather dark shade of red upon Nick's arrival
"I just came to tell you breakfast is ready…"
"Thanks Nick…"
"May…what's wrong…you seem…rather distant today…"
"Well I was thinking about well you know last night… and I thought maybe…we should just forget it ever happened…"
"But…May…"
"Please…"
"Alright May…but at least tell me why…"
"It's just I didn't expect things to happen so fast as they did last night…I don't know what came over me…"
"May it's alright…I understand…but if you ever want to talk about it…or anything at all you can always come talk to me…"
"Ok…I'm glad you understand…" May replies as she starts to brighten up a bit
"Now there's they May I know, now come on lets go have some breakfast before Ash's match otherwise we won't have any energy to cheer for him."
"Yeah let's go… come on Blaziken, Venasaur."
Meanwhile back at the campsite…
"I wonder where Nick and May are, they've been gone an awfully long time?"
"They are about 2 minutes from us…they're just having a bit of conversation, they'll be coming shortly", Latias says.
"Ok then let's go ahead and dig in!"
"Wait Dawn…here they come…"
"You should try that May, and I think your performances should improve."
"Thanks…hey what's everybody staring at?"
"Hey May stop getting all lovey dovey with Mr. Nick, he's married remember?"
"Actually Dawn…"
May tugs at his side
"It's alright May, I'll tell them…guys my wife and kids are no longer with us, I received the statement from Nagisa last night while washing up. So I'm officially single again, but that doesn't mean that I'm gonna go hit on every girl I see like Brock does…I'm just gonna accept my current situation, and get on with my life. I mean I still have Hikari so part of her is still with me at least."
Everyone just stares at him with pure shock, except for Latias and May but smile rather lovingly.
"Ok then now that, that's off my chest let's get eating!"
"Everyone (except for Misty) falls anime style, while Nick goes to pick up a plate and start eating."
"Come on guys, we have to eat before the food gets cold, and so we can get to the gym for Ash's rematch."
Everyone slowly get's up, and follows toot suite and grabs a plate and begins to chow down.
An hour later the gang is cleaned up and back at the gym for Ash's rematch.
"Alright Ash as requested, it's the same three Pokémon."
"Alright Pikachu you ready?"
"Pikachu!"
"Mr. Nick, you ready too?"
"Just a sec…alright ready!"
"You don't mind Edge; I mean it will have you in the video too…" Ash asks.
"Eh…I'm already in enough videos as is so what's one more video, especially with my Pokémon in it."
"Alright…Pokémon begin the match!"
Pikachu takes off at the get go and lunges at Jalorda with iron tail,
"Woah gotten faster have we Pikachu…well we shall see how he fair's up against Jalorda's defense." Edge says.
And before Jalorda can act, Pikachus' tail is making contact with Jalordas' head, throwing him across the field.
Jalorda shakes his head a few times and leaps back at Pikachu with his own iron tail, and Pikachu responds back with iron tail as well. But before they can collide, Pikachu uses thunder bolt and stores the additional energy in his tail, making it more powerful.
"Pika!"
"Chu, chu, chu, chu, Pikachuuuuu!"
Pikachu starts swinging his body just before impact, and manages to deflect Jalordas' attack and leave him wide open for another complete full on attack.
Jalorda is on the ground after the dust settles completely knocked out.
"Jalorda is unable to battle, Pikachu wins." Ref states
"Woah, but how Ash? What changed in twenty-four hours?"
"Well think of it as a handicap/training method," replied ash
"Huh?"
"Come here Pikachu, let's put them back on…"
"Back on?" quires Edge
"Yeah, I usually take 'em off before each gym match, but I thought I would want to see how he performed in this kinda situation with them on."
"How much weight are you at now Ash?" asked Brock.
"Well, if you must know; if you count the two on his legs, the two on his arms, and the two on his tail. It's probably about 150lbs…"
"Wow…Ash that's a lot of weight…" Nick comments
"Yeah and each of my Pokémon wear it"
"…each of them…" Nick and edge reply together.
"Yeah some are more and some are less, it mainly depends on the level of training I have them in right now."
"Alright then we shall see how Quilava does in his…"
"Ok then Quilava, let's go!"
"Daikenki you're up!"
"What? Why would Ash use a fire type when he's at a clear disadvantage?"
"Just watch Mr. Nick…" Latias telepathically says
"If you say so Latias…" Nick replies
"LAVA!"
Quilava uses bulk up, again like before, and switches himself out, but instead of throwing out Rilou, he comes back out taking everyone by surprise.
Starting off with a flame wheel, and adding a flamethrower into the sphere.
Suddenly Daikenki braces himself and then turns a rather dark blue.
"Oh no he's gonna use that, every one might wanna take cover…" yells Edge
"Why?"
And Daikenki launches a surge of water so powerful it would tear even the biggest wildfire to nothing but a slight campfire.
"Uh guys in case you didn't know, Daikenki here is a water Pokémon and he is also one of the leading member's of our group of fire fighting Pokémon, and has been known all over the island, to put out any size fire without fail, and for him to lose now would cripple his pride especially to a 2nd stage fire type."
And just before the two attacks collide Quilava pour's another flamethrower into his attack causing it to swell up in size.
A large thick pea soup fog can be seen appearing as the two attacks collide.
"Hah, luckily I've got thermal imaging on this camera" thought Nick rather casually
"Just don't spoil it for the rest of us Mr. Nick…", Latias retorts
"Yeah I gotcha Latias…"
As the fog beings to clear only Daikenki is able to be seen and a hole can be seen where Quilava disappeared on the battle field.
As Daikenki prepares for the attack, nothing comes
"Hey where is Quilava?" asked May.
"Just hang on a sec May, you'll see in a second." Nick replies
May sits back down and shuts up.
A flamethrower can been seen coming out of one of the holes, then in several more areas in the field come bursting out of the sand with flame throwers.
And finally small little streams of fire can been seen appearing around Daikenki, and within a few seconds he is surrounded by pillar of fire.
"Quilava!"
And another rather large cylinder of flames emerges from the opposite side of the field, and opens one more hole in the ground and out comes Quilava burning brighter than ever.
And within seconds he fire's one final cylinder of fire strong enough to enter the pillar of fire that encompassed Daikenki and impact him straight in the chest with enough force to blow him out of the fire spin and into a nearby wall.
"Daikenki is unable to battle, Quilava is the winner."
"Alright then I guess we shall be spending the next few weeks getting him out of another depression." Alright ash, I think I get where you're going with this. And I'll bite Enbuoh it your turn for battle."
"Quilava come on back," Ash orders
But Quilava declines and uses bulk up again.
"But Quilava your body can't take anymore, return!"
But Quilava declines again and one more time uses bulk up, and then follows it up with baton pass.
"Oh so that's what he was planning, alright but you didn't need to go that far."
And Rilou appears for a split second and then vanishes into his attack system.
"Uh oh, he's gotten serious let's just hope I don't have to go there again…" Ash says
"Again? What's he taking about guys?" Nick asks the gang
"We will explain later, just keep your eye on Rilou and prepare your psychic types, in the case things get ugly…"
"Ok, will do…"
And suddenly rilou appears center field, just waiting for something to happen.
And Enbuoh charges at him with a fire punch in an attempt to knock him out with one punch, but soon after ends up on the ground underneath rilou's paws completely knocked out.
As the ref. makes the call ending the match rilou hopes off of Enbuoh so he can be returned and slowly walks over to ash, to give him a hug at the leg.
"Hey what's up buddy, you seem like you're…"
"All right, go ahead and take a rest you did well."
Edge walks up to ash hands him the badge and gives him a firm handshake.
"Well Ash that was rather interesting, I look forward to seeing you battling in the finals."
"Yeah, I'll see you there."
"Actually other orders prevent me from doing so, so you more than likely won't, see I've got crowd control duty since I've got the widest selection of strong Pokémon than any other gym leader here on the island so just to make sure the tournament goes off without any snags my Pokémon and I have to deal with all the heavy lifting during the competition. So if you do see me it will probably be either outside the stadium or patrolling the grounds."
"Alrighty then, see you soon Edge."
"Bye ash…"
As they reach the door to the exit the gang is waiting for him ready to pounce as soon as he walks out.
"Oomph… alright lati I get it, thanks…"
Latias pulls herself off of him so he could get up, and the gang makes a break for the Pokémon center to have lunch.
"Oop, looks like the twins are hungry guys."
"Yeah, would you like me to cook when we get back or go out to eat?"
"I think we'll get a burger at the Pokémon center today; I've been craving one for a week now." Misty says.
"Well then before I drop you guys off near the next gym you will have to try my homemade burgers, my kids would beg me to make them every time…I came…home…"
"Hey you ok?"
"Yeah I'll be fine, just reminiscing on the past."
"Well anyway lunch is on me guys so get whatever you like." Nick says as they arrive at the front counter to place their order.
"Yay!"
The gang arrives at the Pokémon center a few minutes later and Ash leaves his Pokémon at the desk with nurse joy while he and the gang head for the cafeteria, to grab a burger. Ash being his bottomless pit of a self; picks up five hamburgers (dressed all the way), two large orders of fries and two large drinks. Misty grabs three burgers (vegetarian toppings, and one for each kid) 1 large order of fries and 2 large drinks. And everyone else eating moderately, except for May who apparently picked up a rather larger appetite than normal pilling on two and a half burgers, two large orders of fries, and two large drinks.
"Um…guys are you gonna be alright…"
"Yeah…Ash normally eats like this, as for Misty it's rare only because of her pregnancy, and May this is a first. Are you gonna be ok there May?"
May nodes slightly as she sits down with her over sized meal.
"Alright…"
Everyone: "Itadakimasu!"
After about an hour, their entire table is clean of all food and drinks and the group is heading out back to the semi to get on the road so they can at least make camp before the sun sets.
"Ah that was very good, thank you Nick."
"Oh no problem girls, it was my pleasure. Now when we get to the 4th gym I will have to drop you guys off and be on my way because there are no centers in that direction, at least none that I know of. So after tomorrow night you guys will be on your own."
"Thanks Mr. Nick we really do appreciate you takin us around in your semi." Dawn thanks
"Yeah it sure does beat walking with two kids any day kicking and squirming inside of you any day." agrees Misty
"I hear ya Misty, just one word of caution, when the start to get movin around keep them in check at all times otherwise they may get away from you and cause havoc."
"Will do Mr. Nick, thanks for the heads up."
"Alright guys, let's get rollin!" Nick shouts
"Yeah!"
The gang practically leaps into the truck, and takes off.
"Hey Brock you would happen to have the location of said gym on you?"
"Actually yes, yes I do…it's about a day's walk from where we are now."
"Ok computer analyze map and determine best drop off point."
"Command received and confirmed, best possible drop off point is at these coordinates."
"Alright set best possible path and let's take it."
"Understood. Calculating…"
And within about six hours of driving they arrive at the location and decide to break camp for the night.
"Alright guys, now that we've set camp how about we make dinner and chat for a bit."
"Ok!"
"Alright then as a parting gift from me, I'll make one of my father's specialty dishes that he taught me shortly before he died several years ago."
"What is it?"
"Spaghetti with a chunky meat sauce that has been simmering for a few hours."
"What? …but that will take forever…"
"Ah but you also forget I come prepared, just before we left star town I had already begun cooking it so it actually already done, I just need to make the noodles."
"Wow… I guess it pays to have a mobile kitchen in your truck huh?"
"Yep worth every dime I spent on her…saved up for many years…"
"Alright just give me a minute and I'll get everything done…whoops what up Dawn?" he says as dawn grabs his arm and begins to drag him away from the truck and into the nearby forest.
"You are coming with me, and you have no say in the matter."
"What, then whose gonna finish dinner?"
"Latias will take care of that she's more than able, I mean she is a legendary Pokémon…oops…"
"Oh don't worry about it dawn I know she's a legendary, she told me the day I met Ash and Misty."
"Wow she trusted you from that early on?"
"Well she is the one who begged me to take you guys, I guess with her being a psychic type and all she picked up a bit on my playful nature…and would you stop pulling me so hard…"
"Where are we going anyway?"
"To a Lake nearby, so I can talk to you."
"A Lake why not back with the others…"
"It's because…we all know what you're doing."
"And what am I doing, exactly?"
"You're just trying to cover up the fact that your wife and two kids died by pushing it out of your mind, but you just can't do that. All that bottled up emotion is gonna be loosed on someone when you least expect it and it won't be pretty. I brought you out here so you could get rid of it now and get it off your chest."
"Dawn I thank you for trying, but I'm fine. I'm over that fact, I mean I haven't started drinking uncontrollably, or tried to commit suicide. So that at least has to mean something.'
"It does but it doesn't mean that you're completely over it. What you're doing now is just trying to cover up all the sadness with cheerfulness around you."
"Dawn just what are you getting at?" Nick replies with a touch of anger in his voice
"I mean the overpriced lunches, the extravagant dinners; the showing off it's just not you…"
"The moment that newscast came on it been like you were a completely different person…"
"Dawn I…just wanted to…"
And all of a sudden he start crying again like he did only a few days ago… except with someone to lean on.
After about ten minutes he wakes up and his head is on Dawns' lap.
"Oh dawn I'm sorry…"
"No Nick it's ok, you were just…well…you weren't acting like yourself."
"Dawn…thank you…"
And he comes up and places a peck on her lips, and turns around and begins to head back for the campsite before Dawn stops him.
"Dawn look I'm sorry I did that…"
"No don't be…actually I kinda felt the same way…"
"You mean it?"
"Um hmm… and I was hoping you know after Ash finished up here we could start seeing each other a little more."
"Oh Dawn…how about after dinner…"
"I was just thinkin the same thing…" she replies rather lovingly
"Come on dawn lets head back," said Nick holding out his hand for dawn.
"Umm…"she replies placing her hand in his.
Several minutes later they arrive back at the campsite still hand in hand and everybody begins to stare.
"Alright guys don't stare, just grab your plate and eat…"
Dinner went along peacefully and after the cleanup everyone went to their respective tent's to break for the night, except for dawn in which she headed for the cab and stepped inside.
The next morning…
"Alright guys…I guess this is where we depart for a while…"
"Yeah but we can still talk to one another, I mean it's not like we don't have each other's number…"
"And Dawn I'll call you just right before I leave alright?"
"Hai and every night before bed…"
"See you later guys…"Nick says as he climbs back into the cab and start's it up. Moments later he pulls out back onto the dirt road and continues on his route waving until Ash and the gang are out of sight…
Well readers this has officially been my long(est) chapter, EVER… don't worry this is probably one of the only times that I will write anything this long… (and watch ill probably do it for the next couple of chapters XD) anyway don't hate me for making dawn and May look a little one timeish, I had to break him in somehow, and also don't hate for the oc shipping's because although yes I do support contest shipping and twinleaf shipping among many other for dawn and May, I had to throw mine in there somehow.
Now if you see any mistakes and/or other corrections that need to be taken care of, don't be afraid to message me. Also please, please, please review this and tell your friends if you liked it, I would at least like to know that my work is actually being read without having to check the statistics. Anyways I'm also gonna need some oc's for the grand tournament pretty soon (after this 4th badge, the 5th to 12th might seem a little rushed, so I may just rush him from town to town picking up badges so that he can finish on time.)
But anyway if you wanna submit an oc for the finals either add it to your review or pm it to me. Also make sure to include the following information:
Name of trainer:
Hometown/ Region (yes you can make up a region just be reasonable):
Pokémon (they have to be real, up to fifth gen. and NO legendaries (a.k.a. one of a kind) if you're doubtful, ask.):
Moves they have (can been all of them if you want but just be reasonable, no fake moves, no moves that cannot be originally learned by that particular species (bred move are fine but no hacked ones!)):
Nature(can be a dream world nature, see Serebii or your favorite Pokémon site if you don't know this ):
Strategy/fighting style(defensive, offensive or support (if you don't know what this means just ask…)):
Nickname (if applicable):
Shiny or not:
What type of Pokéball (no fake Pokéballs only the ones used in the shows and games):
And a short background on your trainer that you would want read during the mc introduction.
Other than that I got nothing more to say, cheers my peeps! XD