Pokemon: Who Wanders?

by Shadow Guardian of the Gate

-SPECIAL AUTHOR'S NOTE!- \Squeal to Child of the Rainbow\ After Ash's disappearance, the group heads out to a new region beyond Johto to find him, but so are the Messengers of Ho-oh. Will they make it to their friend in time? Read/Review. Enjoy!

5. Chapter 4: The Waverson Springs Stories

Chapter 4: The Waverson Springs Stories

Part 1

SG: I WILL LIKE TO GIVE CREDIT TO MY BEST FRIEND, FLUFFY! FOR COMING UP WITH THE HUMAN NAME FOR MEW!

Fluffy:

Bakura: Fluffy? Why would someone call themselves Fluffy?

Fluffy: (Attacks Bakura) Fluffy Racoon Tail Slap

Bakura: (-) I stand corrected

Fluffy: XP

SG: XP When Mew assumes the form of Jamie, it will change over to Jamie after she explains what's going on...to keep the confusion down. Plus when Jamie/Mew thinks this is the thinking bar: ("...")

Anyway, the disclaimer is the same so lets' get going!

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Waverson City-Three Days Later
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The busy city of Waverson awaited the arrival of the cruise ship, The S.S. Tiffany. The massive ship not only carried people who were traveling to see the Castella region, but carried six who are in hope that their friend is okay. The S.S. Tiffany docked into the Waverson harbor as smooth as it can be. People from the city gather around to cheer for the cruise ship's docking and waiting for friends and family. Misty with Pikachu on her shoulder, Brock, Tracey, Gary and Richie walked off of the ship, to be found by a girl of nine years old with green hair and big brown eyes.
"Maika!"said Brock as they ran to her.
"Hi...I wished you guys took a red-eye instead of the S.S. Tiffany. I almost created a hole in the floor in my house from passing!"Maika yelled. The group gave a weird look.

"Anyway, you guys must be tired from all this sailing, come on over to my house..."she said as she ran off alittle.

"Uh...okay..."said Misty, little unsure because they should've been going to like a museum or some place with a clue to where Ash was. The group ran after the little girl.

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The Skies over Waverson
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For three days, Kamui was flying from Saven Island to Waverson non stop in fear that the three dogs escaped from Mewtwo and are trying to find him in the near by islands. Kamui is trying his best to keep himself high in the sky with pains that originated from his last dream and fatigue from not eating nor sleeping for three days.

"Mew..me..."a voice said that knocked Kamui from concentration. Kamui tiredly looked down at the pink cat Pokemon.
"I'm glade you are okay, Mew..."said Kamui giving a weak smile.
"Mewme...wemewmewe? mewmewwemew mewmew..." (Kamui...why are we flying? What happened to Mewtwo?)
"You were attacked. Mewtwo sent me off of the island with you to get help while he fended them off..."
"Mewme...mewmemewwemew?" (Kamui...how long have you been flying?)
"I dunno...three days?"
"MEWEME!" (THREE DAYS!)
"Don't worry...I think we are almost there..."said Kamui as he labored himself to keep at the same distance.
"Mewme...ewmewweme?" (Kamui...are you alright?) Soon as she asked that question, they dropped ten feet from the sky, but Kamui was able to regain his flight.
"Mewme?" (Kamui?)
"I'll...be alright...little tired though..."
"Mewme...wemewmewmewwemew mewmew..." (Kamui...you can't keep this up...if you go out we'll fall...) Kamui wasn't paying any thought to her. His eyes were dropping even more and so was their altitude.

"Don't worry...I won't let us fall..."said Kamui as he looked up and closed his eyes. Mew's eyes widen as she used her tail to slap Kaumi's face.
"Mewwemew wemewme Mewme!" (Don't you dare fall asleep, Kamui!)
"I'm not. My eyes just hurt, that's all..."Kamui said as he opened them just alittle and then closed them again. Mew, with a concern face, stopped slapping him with her tail and said, "Mewme?" (Kamui?) Then Mew's ears perked up to two Pokemon talking who were flying a few feet away.

"Pid...pidgeot..ot ot...geot..dgeot ot...pidgeot..." (There's a big cross breeze coming, think we should let it hit us or dodge it?)
"Egot...Pidg...ot..pidgeot...ot ot pidgeot...ot ge...pidgeot..." (Better dodge, seems like it's bigger than the one that came twenty miles back...)
Mew, a few feet back, cocked her head. "Mew we?" (Cross breeze?) She watched the two Pidgeots free fall down through the low lying clouds. Where the two Pidgeots were, a young Pidgeotto was flying and just like that, it flipped and twisted in the air. Loosing the feathers, it dropped and regain it's flight.

"MEWME!" (KAMUI!) But it was too late, the cross breeze hit the two like a fast ball thrown by the top pitcher. Kamui's body was thrown up into the air like a rag doll and like one, he started to fall, while letting go of Mew.

"MEWME!" (KAMUI!) Mew shouted as his body was dropping fast, head first towards the ocean. Letting herself fall, Mew dropped after Kamui, using a Recover attack. With in an instant, she disappeared in a flash of light while reappearing with Kamui. Grabbing his hand, they disappeared in a flash of light, one thousand feet from the ocean.

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Waverson City Gym House
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"To tell you the truth, the reason why we came here first before going to find clues on the Day Shooting Star going over the ocean, was because some Sharpedos just attack my private boat and I'm awaiting one from a friend from an island close by to here to bring over her boat..."said Maika as the group walked up the stairs of her house.

"That's alright...how long will it take for your friend to get here?"asked Tracey.
"She said with the current strong abit and the loading of supplies, she said that she might be able to get here tomorrow morning..."said Maika.
"That shouldn't be a problem..."said Misty.
"We are kind of tired from the boat..."said Gary holding his stomach.
"Ah...seasickness...not used to ships huh?"asked Brock.
"Yeah..."
"Oh! Before I forget, there's two people here saying that they are friends of yours..."said Maika as they arrived the door.
"Really? I wonder who..."asked Richie.
"Two Dollars that it's Team Rocket..."said Brock as Maika opened the door to reveal a brown haired girl in red/white/black shirt with black shorts and red/white bandanna. Next to her was a young boy with a green shirt, dark blue hair, black shorts and glasses.
Richie then held out his hand, "Two Dollars, please..."
Brock got out his wallet and gave the winner the money, with a giant sigh of loss.
"May? Max? You guys are here, too?"asked Misty in confusion. The two Hoenn kids nodded in sadness.

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Waverson City-A Random Allyway
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"Mewme...Mewme...wemewwe, Mewme..." (Kamui...Kamui...Time to wake up, Kamui...)
The sound of Mew's voice along with some honking of cars, sturred Kamui to open his eyes. His vision is blurred for a moment, then became clear as the sight of brick buildings towering over him.
"hu...Wha?"were the first words that came out of Kamui's mouth.
"Mewmew wemew wemewme Mewme..." (Glade to see you are awake, Kamui...) Mew said having an apple floating above Kamui's face with her Psychic Attack. Kamui weakly grabbed the floating apple, weakly sat up and started to eat it.
"Thank you..."he said in between his bites of the apple.
"Mewmew..." (You're Welcome...)
Kamui stopped eating his apple and continue to look up. "I thought..."
"Mew mewwe...we mewe ew we mew mew...we mew..." (A cross breeze...you didn't wake up and it knocked us out of the air...)
Kamui's eyes widen at what Mew said and he moved his head to look at Mew, "Then how..."
"We mew mew...e...we mew ew, Mewme...mewew..." (I teleported us...now...don't talk, Kamui...eat...)
With out question of how they were not flying, Kamui started to eat the apple again. He ate the apple down to the bitter core and tried to eat what little of the apple. When he could not find anymore, he looked at it and placed it in a discarded box that was next to him.

After a few minutes, Kamui stood up, almost falling over though from the still lack of food and sleep. Mew weakly floated to him.
"Now what?"asked Kamui. Just as he said that, Mew closed her eyes and started to glow. Kamui's sleep deprived eyes closed for a moment and waited till the light was gone. He opened his eyes to see a girl of his height with pink hair in a pony tail and bright blue eyes. She was wearing a dark blue jean coat and dark purple shirt underneath that said, "Starmie Baseball Team" in a light, glittery purple. She was wearing a pair of blue jeans and had a backpack that was also purple.

"WHA!"Kamui jumped back, almost falling over at the sight of the human infront of him. The girl giggled, "Kamui, it's alright. It's only me.."
It took Kamui a moment to regain his breath as he said, "Huh? Mew? But..."
She giggled again as she said, "It's a Pokemon move called Transform, where a Pokemon normally take shape of an object or another Pokemon. Only really strong Psychic types can take the form of a human and talk like a human."
"Really?"
"Yep."
"So..can Mewtwo do that too?"
"Yep! I think...that you can do it too..."said Mew as she smiled.
"I can?"
"Sure, Mewtwo said that you have some Psychic powers..."then Mew took his hand and placed her other one on the top part of his hand, "I'll give you a picture of a human you can take form of...then concentrate on that one form..."Mew's hand started to glow. Kamui closed his eyes and started to see a human boy of short blonde hair, wearing a black, long sleeve shirt with no writing on it. Wearing blue jeans and had a purple backpack as well. His eyes were a deep green color.

Kamui kept his eyes closed for a long time until he heard, "Okay...you can open them..." Kamui opened his eyes to Mew holding a mirror. There in the reflection was the form he was thinking of. He jumped back with a "Wha!" and looked at himself. The clothes that the form was wearing were on him. He touched his face and then hit himself abit. Mew gave a confused look at what Kamui just did. He moved his head to look over at his shoulder to find his wings were gone. He spun around trying to find them. After a few spins, Mew grabbed him and said, "You're making yourself dizzy..."
"But, my wings? What happened to them?"
"Don't worry, they'll return when you want them too..."
"I don't get it..."
"It's like I said before, it's Transform. You willed yourself to look like the form I showed you and did your form had wings?"
Kamui shook his head and said, "No...it didn't..."
"Exactly..."
"I still don't get it..."
"Don't worry about it...just don't think about changing back until for a little while..."
"Okay...I guess..."he said as he tipped abit to fall over on his side. Mew caught him and said, "You must be still worn out and hungry..."
"Yeah..."he said as Mew helped him to stand up straight.
"How about we hold hands, that way, I can keep you from falling over and you can keep me from fainting until we get to Waverson Springs..."
"Waverson Springs? You mean the spring that Mewtwo was talking about?"asked Kamui as she nodded.
"Yep...but first...we have to pick up a few things..."
"Few things?"
"Bathing suits...shampoo..."
"Uh, what are those?"
Mew giggled, "I'll explain when we get there..."
"Okay?"said Kamui as they walked out of the allyway and joined in the crowd of humans. While Kamui was busying looking around at all the different things that Waverson City has,
("Mewtwo was right about the Psychic powers...some how, he was able to use the Transform move...but...is he a Pokemon or a Human? He's really confusing me on what he is or who he really is...") Deep in the conversation that Mew was having to herself, Kamui stopped and since they were holding hands, that caused her to loose thought as she was being pulled back. She looked at Kamui, who was looking at the window. There was a poster that said, "Coming Soon: The NEW Waverson City Gym" The poster had different pictures of Dark Type Pokemon.
"Mew...What's the 'Waverson City Gym'?"asked Kamui. His response from his friend, her hand over his mouth and whispering,
"It's Jamie..."
"Jamie?"said Kamui even though that his mouth was covered.
"Yes! I don't want my cover to be blown! So until we are either away from everyone or I'm back to myself, call me Jamie...understand!"Jamie snapped. Kamui nodded rapidly and Jamie removed her hand from his mouth.

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Maika's Home
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"You you guys decided to come to Waverson City?"asked Brock with Misty and Pikachu sitting next to him and the Hoenn kids across from them. Gary, Tracey and Richie went to help Maika out over seeing the rebuilding of the Waverson City Gym.
"After Ash disappeared in Ecruteak City after the Tin Tower was destroyed, I just couldn't keep myself in Petalburg City...I had to come and help..."said May.
"May told me about the whole 'Child of Ho-oh' and Ash having wings...which that part I don't believe..."said Max.
"But it is true..."said Misty. Max shrugged his shoulders with a 'Whatever' look.

"Hey you guys..."said Maika as she came in to break the silence, "Why don't I treat you guys to the Waverson Springs!"
"Waverson Springs?"asked Misty.
"The Waverson Springs are popular because of a rumor that it can cure any physical problem like burns, sprains or cuts..."said Brock. Maika nodded, "Mount Music up north created these hot springs that stretch out down to here from Music City and that's pretty far..."
Misty nodded, "that is a good idea..."

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Waverson Springs later on
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The group, after a long walk, walked into the lobby of the Waverson Springs. The girl at the counter gave them a glade look and said, "Maika! It's good to see you again!"
Maika nodded and said, "Sure is...this is a party of nine..."
"No problem, just fill out this..."said clerk as she gave Maika the form. As Maika was filling it out, Misty looked over at the other end of the counter to see a girl with pink hair happily filling out a form and next to her was a guy with blonde hair with his head in his crossed arms. The guy's green eyes shifted over to see who was staring at him and then he stood up straight. Misty and the boy were caught dead in sight. Their staring lasted for a moment as the girl said, "Kamui?" Kamui snapped out of the staring contest and said, "Huh? Oh, sorry Jamie..."
"That's alright...come on..."she said as she pulled Kamui away down the hallway.

"Who were you staring at?"asked Gary behind her.
"I have no idea...that guy gave me a look like he knows me or something..."said Misty.
"All set!"said Maika, "We can all go in now!"
"That's good...my legs are killing me from that red-eye flight..."said May as the group walked down the same hall way.

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Kamui and Jamie's Room
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"Sure you don't want to go into the springs, Kamui? It'll heal the burns that you have."asked Jamie from the bathroom. Kamui was laying on the bed looking up at the walls. Since there was no video cameras, the doors were locked and the windows were covered, he returned to his original form.
Mew is right...maybe I should take a dip in the springs...these burns do hurt... Kamui thought in his mind as he looked at his right hand. A black ring was around his wrist like a cheap bracelet was just on that wrist. He sat up and let one of his wings come infront of his face and his eyes widen. Black marks similar to the ones on his wrist were on there. "Mew...I mean, Jamie...I need you to come out here!"Kamui said with some fear in his voice. Jamie rushed out in a one piece, purple, bathing suit and said, "What's wrong?"
Kamui brought the other wing to his field of vision. "My wings...Mewtwo healed them before we left. How come the burns came back?"
Jamie walked alittle closer and placed her hand on the black area. Soon as her hand touched it, the wing reacted and flew back with Kamui groaning in pain.

"Sorry..."said Jamie as she sat down next to him on the bed and placed her hand on his shoulder.
"I...don't understand..."Kamui started to say, "Did Mewtwo make me believe that my wings were healed and sent me off like this?"
"He may have given you strength while numbing the pain of your wings and created an illusion that your wings were completely healed...We don't have the absolute power of healing...we can only regain the strength to keep fighting...Then...the pain is gone..." Jamie looked over at Kamui, who had a confused face. Jamie smiled and said, "I know...it's very complicated..."

That brought alittle smile back to Kamui, but that moment was interrupted by a rumbling stomach. Jamie looked at Kamui's stomach. "Still haven't eaten yet?"asked Jamie. Kamui looked at the front of the wall and closed his eyes. "No..." With that, he transformed back into the blonde human form. He turned to Jamie, smiled and said, "I'll go eat while you get healed...you need it more than me..."
"Are you sure?"asked Jamie as Kamui got up and headed for the door. Kamui turned back at her and said, "I'm sure..." Then left the room. Jamie sat there quietly and then said, "You're only faking it, Kamui. You're in pain too..." She looked down at the bed and saw one of the feathers laying on the bed. She picked it up and looked at it.

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The Hallway
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Kamui silently walked down the hallway as night started to press on to the city. A few kids ran past Kamui in their bathing suits, heading for the springs. He closed his eyes a bit to catch the whiff of some food from the kitchen. He stopped and turned around for a moment. I swore I thought someone was following me... Erasing the uneasiness, he continued to walked down the hallway.

Down the other way, Misty was walking alone with her Togepi, who was fast asleep. She decided to not take a dip in the springs and go get something to eat while the dinner buffet was still open. The two kids who ran past Kamui, also ran past Misty with laughter and joy in their faces. Misty started to frown alittle bit more at the joy the kids had at some thoughts that ran through her head like the Magnet Train. She looked over at one of the empty springs that had big boulders and saw an illusion of herself, Brock, Pikachu and Ash, sitting on them while eating Brock's cooking. Brock started to say words, but Misty could not hear them as if she was watch them from afar and couldn't hear them. She stopped focusing on the illusion of herself, Brock and Pikachu, and focused more on the illusion of Ash. Talking, smiling and then laughing while taking a bite into the rice cake, then started to choke on it and recovering from it with laughter.

Then, all four disappeared and the illusion of Ashura with wings, sitting there and staring at her. Her eyes widen while saying, "Ashura?" But he didn't speak, all he did was close his eyes. After that, the illusion disappeared and Misty found herself just standing there staring at the boulders. She closed her eyes and shook off what she saw while saying, "Stupid steam..."As she started to walk again, tears started to flow without her knowing it.

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The Hotsprings-Gym Leader's Private Area
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The group relaxed in the spring. Pikachu and Sparky were laying on their backs while floating. There was a a small rock wall that separated the girls from boys, so they would be able to hear each other. Maika had to go and order rice balls for the group, so she wasn't there to listen to the conversation. There was some silence, till Max said, "There's one thing that still confuses me, why would Ash do what Ho-oh told him. I know he's her son, but still..."
From the other side, May's head popped up and said, "You know, I'm wondering about that too? Wouldn't Ash, even though he became Ashura, would know not to do the things that Ho-oh said, like destroying the Pokemon Gyms?"
There was some silence to May's question the Gary asked, "Think it could be mind control?"
Brock then said, "I highly doubt that. You would notice signs of mind control..."
"There's signs?"May asked.
Tracey nodded and said, "Yes, many. Like the eyes would be blank and maybe, if the person is strong willed, them trying to stop the person or something controlling them..."
Brock looked over and said, "I saw that before, when some Exeggcute used a Hypnosis attack on Ash and their trainer made Ash capture alot of Exeggutor..."
May, Max and Richie's eyes widen while Richie was saying, "He was mind controlled? When did that happen?"
Brock put his hand on his chin, "A long time ago, when we were starting out...around the time Ash's Charmander evolved into Charmeleon...It was funny at first, cause they made him act like a Bulbasaur and dance, then it started to get out of hand with the Exeggutors..."
Some started to laugh then May said, "You know," The group stopped and look, "There's something I remember, back when we were in Hoenn, around the time we were heading for Lillycove and we were passing Mt. Pyrite..."
(SG: PLEASE NOTE! THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN IN THE SERIES (I don't think)THIS IS SOMETHING I MADE UP!)
"Yeah, go on..."said Tracey.
"Well..."she started to say, "It was one of those cloudy nights and I was having problems sleeping. I noticed Ash was gone, but his Pikachu was still asleep and all 5 of his Pokeballs were still there, so I went off to look for him. It took me a while, cause I didn't take a flashlight, but I was able to find something but..."
"But what? What did you find?"asked Richie. May started to open her mouth to finish the story, but Maika came back in saying, "I GOT FOOD!" The group jumped in surprise of the tiny gym leader.
"What? What is it?"she asked. The group gave a weird look while saying, "No...it's nothing..."
Then Richie came out and said, "Uh, Maika...I'm...I'm allergic to rice...It makes me...break out and choke..."
"Really? Oh no...jezze, I almost cause a medical emergency! I'LL BE RIGHT BACK!"she yelled while putting the plate down and running back to the room.
"Nice save..."said Gary.
"It was no problem...go ahead May, what did you find?"asked Richie.
"Well..."May restarted, "I found him at a small river, sitting on one of the rocks. I shouted to him, but he didn't answer, so I hopped over and asked him again. All I got from him was some mumbles that I couldn't hear. So I finally snapped and shouted at his ear. He then shouted, 'LEAVE ME ALONE!'. The shock knocked my balance and I fell into the river. I couldn't see for a moment, but I could feel something grabbing my hand and helped me back up. It was Ash, and he was standing perfectly in the river. I couldn't keep my balance. It was so strange, his eyes were blank like Tracey said. Then he said, 'Are you alright?', but his voice was different, alittle deeper."
"Was it Ashura's?"asked Brock.
"No...it wasn't like Ashura's...more like...his voice mixed with another. Then, he like scooped me up off my feet and carried me out of the river..."May started again, with the group having their mouths dropped.

"Whoa whoa whoa...back up, May, "Max started to say, "Ash, as in the Ash we all know, picked YOU up and CARRIED you across the RIVER?"
"Yeah? There a problem?"
"No, never thought that Ash, being stubborn like he is and other stuff, would've been able to pick you up and actually carry you..."

That was the biggest mistake Max every said because he got a rice ball slammed in his face from his sister.
"So what..."Gary was saying next, till...
"I'M BACK!"shouted Maika with a plate full of fruit. The group sighed because the nine year old had returned.

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Kamui and Jamie's Room
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Jamie had came back in from the springs that she had rented for the two. She had a towel on her head and another wrapped around her. She went into the bathroom for a while and came back in a different set of clothes and her hair still in a towel.
Sighing, she sat on the bed and looked up while saying, "I'm glade I traveled, or else I wouldn't have been able to collect money."
Jamie looked over at the nightstand and pulled the drawer open. Inside sat the lone feather that Kamui left when he left the room. She pulled it out and stared it. She lifted her legs up to become a human ball and stared at it.
"Kamui...Now I remember. 'The Promised One'...heh, I guess I choose the right name for him...Makafushigi Hikari Mitsukai..."

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SG: You know, I was so stupid enoth to ask the reviewers who are X/1999 fans if they knew what Kamui means cause I can't find my copy of X/1999. I was able to find it.

Here are the translations to what Jamie said:

Makafushigi Hikari Mitsukai- Mysterious Light Angel

Anyway, that's the end of Part one of the Waverson Springs Stories. If you are alittle confused ont he title, I will tell you! Reason why it's called the Waverson Springs Stories is some characters start to tell stories like Brock and May. There's going to be more along with the ending to May's story on what happened one night on Mt. Pyrite.