This is the twenty-first chapter in the Pokemon Heroes story. I just got pretty bored and I just thought of this chapter. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon or any of the songs.
(Opening song)
It was a sunny day without a cloud in the sky. Brendan was looking at his map to see where the group's destination was to next.
"We're supposed to enter some grassland," said Brendan, "After that, we get into some type of snowstorm and then we get into Snowpoint City."
"How is that even possible?" asked May, "I don't see any snow clouds or anything."
"That's the Ransei region," said Ash, "Full of crazy weather and lots of damn forests." They then came across a hill, where they all skidded down, and they then got into the tall grass. The grass went up to their chest.
"Can people be attacked in the grasslands?" asked Dawn as she looked around herself to see if Pokemon were going to jump at her.
"Of course not," said Brendan, "How the hell can Pokemon even hide in these things. I know that I would see a Pokemon in this grass." A Shiftry then stood from the grass and Brendan bumped into it. The Shiftry looked back at Brendan and its eyes were furious.
"Shiftry!" yelled Shiftry.
"Hey, you were the one that just unexpectedly stood up," said Brendan. They eyed each other and then the Shiftry just pushed Brendan down and ran away. Brendan sat up.
"Come back here and fight like a man," said Brendan. He then saw a Starly, a Nuzleaf, and a Buneary right in front of him. They were holding their hands to their faces for some reason like they were scared. They put their hands down and saw Brendan. They then all scurried away.
"What's your problem with Pokemon today?" mocked Ash, and Brendan glared at him.
Stopping a Pokemon Bully
The group continued to walk in the tall grass, watching out for any other Pokemon that were going to just jump out of the grass unexpectedly.
"Is this the right way?" asked Ash, "I think that we're just walking into nowhere. You're not even holding the map."
"I'm looking for those three Pokemon," said Brendan, "I think something's wrong."
"That's Pokemon business," said Ash, "Or maybe you're just looking for that Shiftry that kicked your ass before."
"And that too," mumbled Brendan. May's fanny pack began to shake, making May shriek. She opened her fanny pack and saw Eevee's ball shaking. She then released Eevee. Eevee came towards the ground and started to stretch itself out. It then jumped into May's arms.
"How is it able to get out of its Pokeball anyway?" asked Dawn.
"I don't know," said May and she took out her Eevee's Pokeball and bopped it on Eevee's head, returning it to its Pokeball. It then came out of its Pokeball again instantly and went on top of May's head. May sighed and put Eevee's Pokeball away.
"Fine," said May, "It's dangerous out here now. Be careful." Suddenly, Brendan tripped over and fell into the grass.
"Brendan, are you okay?" asked Dawn as she looked inside of the grass.
"I'm okay," said Brendan as he started to stand up. He looked to find the object that he tripped over and he saw a Nuzleaf was on the ground trying to sleep. It then woke up and yawned and looked towards Brendan. It then stood up. It started to mumble and jumped out of the grass. It jumped on the bent over Ash's face and went back to the grass and disappeared.
"That hurt," said Ash as he rubbed his face. Brendan stood up.
"Let's follow it," said Brendan and he started to run after it. The others followed and they ran after the small Pokemon. They then got into a place full of trees and they found an open space where the grass was low. The Buneary and the Starly were also there, and they stood up when they saw the humans.
"I don't think that we're welcomed here," said Dawn.
"Is this some kind of hiding place?" asked Brendan. Suddenly, Shiftry came out from behind them and started to chuckle. The Pokemon looked like they were scared, except for Nuzleaf, who was standing in front of the others.
"And what do you want?" said Ash. Shiftry just walked past him and started to walk towards the Pokemon. It took Starly by the wing and started to spin it around to Starly's dismay. Buneary then went towards Nuzleaf and held its arm. Shiftry just laughed.
"Put it down," said Brendan. Shiftry then stopped spinning around and looked towards Brendan. Brendan held a Pokeball in his hand and stared defiantly at Shiftry. Shiftry just threw Starly on the ground and started to walk away. Brendan then looked towards the other Pokemon. He saw Buneary comforting Starly and Nuzleaf was just cross armed.
"That was so mean," said Dawn, "That Shiftry must be some kind of bully."
"It is," said Brendan as he walked over to the small Pokemon.
"Then why didn't they just fight back?" said Ash, "Every time I get bullied, I just punch them in the face."
"That's no way to handle a bully Ash," said May, "You're supposed to contact an adult."
"Is there any adults here?" said Ash, "I don't think so. So these guys have to take care of themselves."
"You're an idiot," said Dawn. Brendan then went down by the three.
"You guys okay?" asked Brendan, "That Shiftry must be a big bully to you guys, isn't it?" The Nuzleaf just grumbled and went up the tree. Dawn picked up Buneary.
"This Buneary is so cute," said Dawn. While Buneary was in her hands, it saw Pikachu on Ash's shoulder. It clasped its hands together and got out of Dawn's grip and jumped on Ash's shoulder.
"What the fuck?" said Ash as Buneary went up to Pikachu and gave it a hug. Pikachu was able to break free from its grip and went on the other side of Ash's shoulder. Buneary jumped over to Ash's other shoulder and tried to hug Pikachu once again, but Pikachu jumped towards Ash's other shoulder again and they started to chase each other, jumping from shoulder to shoulder. They started to run faster and faster and Ash started to tell them to stop. Dawn then came and took Buneary.
"What was that for!" said Ash towards Buneary. Pikachu stayed in its spot behind Ash's head. Buneary started to struggle so that it could get towards Pikachu again, but Dawn put it on the ground. It wanted to jump up and head towards Pikachu again, but it was too scared of Ash, who was glaring at it.
"We can't just leave them here," said May, "We're the ones that showed that Shiftry where they were, so we have to do something."
"May's right," said Brendan.
"Let's just beat it up," said Ash, "That'll show that Shiftry that it should never show its face here ever again."
"No," said Brendan, "I could see that Nuzleaf wants to beat Shiftry up itself. We beating it up would just hurt its pride."
"You can know that by just looking at it?" said Ash.
"I know about Pokemon better than you," said Brendan.
"Beating up a bully is no way to settle it," said May.
"This is Pokemon we're talking about," said Brendan, "That Shiftry bullies these guys because it must be scared to battle something stronger."
"And how do you know that?" asked Dawn.
"Every time I stand up to it, it just walks away," said Brendan, "Imagine how it would feel if these guys were the ones to teach it being small doesn't make it weak."
"You want to train these Pokemon," said Ash, "That's a big waste of time. I say that it's easier to beat it up my way."
"Go ahead," said Brendan, "No one's stopping you."
"Hell yeah," said Ash, "Come on Pikachu, let's kick some leafy ass."
"Pikachu!" agreed Pikachu and they both disappeared into the forest. After a few minutes, they both came back all beaten up.
"How did your plan go?" asked May.
"Horrible," said Ash, "That Shiftry was crazy powerful. You're theory failed Brendan."
"I didn't say that it was weak itself," said Brendan, "It's just scared to battle someone that's stronger than it is. I bet that you just came charging in there like a maniac. It thought that you were weak and it started to kick your ass."
"I didn't charge in there," mumbled Ash while he blushed lightly, since what Brendan said was exactly what he did, "Why is that Shiftry scared anyway? Aren't Pokemon supposed to fight someone that's stronger than itself?"
"I don't know," said Brendan, "That's its biz. Now that your plan failed, I say that we move on to my plan." He then got off from the floor and looked up the tree the Nuzleaf went up.
"Hey Nuzleaf, how about I help you out, huh?" said Brendan, "I'll help you beat that Shiftry that's been bothering you and your friends. What do you say to that?" Brendan saw Nuzleaf just scratch its butt and put its hand up.
"I guess that means yes," said Brendan.
Brendan figured out that maybe training the Pokemon separately would help them get this over with quicker. They decided to pick sticks, excluding May, who didn't want to participate, to see who would go first in choosing their Pokemon they wanted to train. Brendan was going to train Nuzleaf. Dawn was going to train Buneary, and with the shortest stick, Ash was going to train Starly, since it was the only one left. They decided that they should split up and meet later on. Brendan was having a hard time trying to get Nuzleaf down from its tree.
"Hey, come down here," said Brendan, "How the hell am I supposed to train you if you're up in a damn tree." Nuzleaf just scratched its butt and just ignored Brendan.
"Fine," said Brendan, "If you won't come down from there, I'm just going to have to come up there myself." Brendan started to climb the tree and sat right by Nuzleaf on the thick branch.
"So," said Brendan, "What do you want to learn?" Nuzleaf stood up and looked Brendan in the eyes.
"Nuzleaf," said Nuzleaf slowly and it went down the tree.
"I hope you know that I can't speak Pokemon," said Brendan, "If you want to communicate, talk to Ash or May." Brendan also got down from the tree and walked towards Nuzleaf, who went back up the tree.
"Oh, so you want to play that game, huh?" said Brendan, "Let's play." He then went back up the tree, but Nuzleaf went down. He also went down, but Nuzleaf went back up. They went like that for some time. When Brendan got back up the tree, he thought of a plan. He broke a big branch from the tree and threw it towards the ground. The Nuzleaf would think that it was him and go back up the tree. It did, and Brendan caught it.
"Gotcha," said Brendan. Nuzleaf took Brendan's arms and then threw Brendan towards the ground. Because the tree wasn't that big, Brendan was able to land on his feet safely, only he felt a shock go throughout his body.
"Hey," stuttered Brendan, "This could be some sort of training." He then fell on the ground. The Nuzleaf looked towards him and just groaned. It lay down and started to scratch its butt again.
Dawn was busy trying to help Buneary, but it was being all sassy towards her that she wasn't able to get anything done. Pikachu was just walking around, since it had nothing to do while its trainer tried to train another Pokemon.
"What do you want from me?" asked Dawn, "I'll do whatever you want if you could just start training." It then spotted Pikachu walking around and hopped towards it. It jumped up and surprised Pikachu by trying to jump on it. Pikachu rolled out of the way.
"Bun Buneary!" said Buneary. Pikachu started to walk away, but Dawn picked it up.
"You want Pikachu?" asked Dawn. Buneary started to jump up and down happily while Pikachu looked towards Dawn.
"Pika!" said a surprised Pikachu.
"Come on Pikachu," said Dawn, "It's for a good cause anyway." Pikachu just sighed in defeat. Dawn then put it back on the ground.
"Now chase Pikachu," said Dawn, "Pikachu, I want you to just run away from it and not let it catch you. You get a five second head start." Pikachu started to run, but Buneary ignored the five second head start and ran after it.
"Whoops," said Dawn, "I can't control that bunny. At least I'm finally making progress here."
"Pika," said Pikachu, saying that it really wished that it shouldn't have left its trainer and that this was torture. Suddenly, Eevee came by Dawn. It also left its trainer, who was also with Ash.
"Hey Eevee, how are you doing?" asked Dawn. Eevee then saw Buneary chasing around Pikachu and pouted with anger. It then ran in the middle of Pikachu and Buneary and they started to growl at each other. Pikachu stopped and turned back. It gave a sigh of relief, since Eevee stopped Buneary.
"Calm down," said Dawn, "There's enough Pikachu for everyone." Pikachu started to walk away, but Dawn caught it.
"You're not going anywhere buster," said Dawn, "You started this and now you have to fix it."
"Pika!" said a surprised Pikachu, since Dawn was the one that told Buneary to chase it around in the first place.
Ash was with Starly in another part of the grasslands that were filled with trees. He also had a hard time trying to train Starly because every time it started to fly, it just gets scared that it's going to get hit or something. May was with him, since she had nothing else better to do.
"Come one Starly," said Ash, "Just fly or something. You were able to fly before. Why not now?"
"Maybe it's because you made Pikachu shoot thunderbolts at it while it was trying to fly," said May, "Now it's scared that you might shoot it again."
"No one asked you May," said Ash, "Where is Pikachu anyway?"
"I told it to go out and play," said May, "I sent Eevee out there too."
"Okay then," said Ash as he looked towards Starly, "How about you follow this battle plan? When a Pokemon is just standing there, just charge right at it. Works every time."
"That doesn't work at all," said May, "Their ass will be kicked out there."
"It'll work," said Ash, "I know it will. Now fly straight for that tree over there and crack it open. Don't worry. Pikachu isn't going to shoot you. It's off someplace else now." Starly looked in its surroundings and was positioning to fly. Its feet got off the ground and it flew towards the tree at full speed.
"There you go," said Ash. Starly was so happy that it didn't notice that it had to focus on the tree. Its head slammed right against the tree and it fell down on the ground.
"That just needs a little bit more work," said Ash.
Later on, they all gathered to see if they had anything done. Sadly, nothing was done because all of the Pokemon didn't really progress that far. Nuzleaf got bored and went to sleep, Buneary didn't get anything done since it got into a fight with Eevee, only Pikachu got hurt trying to break them up, and Starly just kept on slamming its face against a tree.
"Well that was a total failure," said Ash, "We didn't even accomplish anything. I say that we pack up our bags and maybe move these Pokemon to someplace else. That'll keep them safe."
"We can't give up on them," said Brendan, who was on top of the tree, "It took me a very long time to train my Aron. Now look at it now, it's a strong Aggron. We just keep training them until they get stronger. Isn't that right Nuzleaf?" Nuzleaf woke up from its slumber and pushed Brendan off the tree. Brendan fell into some bushes.
"Thank Arceus there were some Brendans here," said Brendan as Dawn started to get him out of the Brendans. (Remember that Christmas special? A bush was seriously named after him). Suddenly, Shiftry came out of the bushes and started to chuckle. The three Pokemon gathered together, and Buneary and Starly stood right behind Nuzleaf. Ash stood up with Pikachu in his shoulder, but Brendan, put him back down.
"Let the Pokemon take care of it," said Brendan, "Come on guys. Teach Shiftry a lesson." Shiftry continued to chuckle as it got closer. Nuzleaf used razor leaf, but Shiftry just deflected it with its bushy hands. It came up to Nuzleaf and used faint attack, which slammed Nuzleaf towards a tree. It then looked towards Buneary and Starly. The stare of Shiftry was able to let the two Pokemon stay where they were. It then used razor wind, blowing the two Pokemon away. Nuzleaf came back and also tried to use faint attack, and it hit, but it didn't deal any damage to Shiftry. Shiftry used scary face on it, freezing Nuzleaf. It then grabbed its arm and threw it towards the two other Pokemon. It laughed again and walked towards them. It was then stopped by Pikachu's thunderbolt.
"Now can I drop in?" asked Ash. Brendan sighed, and Ash stood up. Shiftry stepped back when it saw Ash stand. It then waved its hand in annoyance and walked back into the grasslands. The others walked towards the beaten Pokemon.
"You guys could've been able to beat it if you just followed our training," said Brendan, "How about we go for another training session, but this time, will ya just at least listen to all of us?" Nuzleaf stood up. It didn't want pity from the humans, but if it could be able to beat Shiftry, then it couldn't refuse.
After a whole lot of training, the Pokemon were able to get stronger. They trained for the whole day, and this time, they actually listened to the trainers. Nuzleaf sparred with Aggron, being able to fight something that's bigger than itself. Starly trained with Pikachu, since it wanted to learn how to dodge attacks more. Buneary had fun by sparring with Dawn's Piplup. They had a goodnight's rest, and went back to training in the morning. During the afternoon, they decided that they were ready and they stayed in their hiding spot, waiting for Shiftry to show up. After a few hours of just talking about random stuff, Shiftry finally appeared.
"Okay guys," said Brendan, "I know that you can do this, just teach Shiftry to never come back to your hiding spot ever again." The three Pokemon then stood right in front of Shiftry, confusing it. It then started to laugh. It growled, but the Pokemon weren't scared at all.
"Shiftry?" said a confused Shiftry.
"Nuz," said Nuzleaf, "Nuzleaf!" Nuzleaf then attacked with a powerful razor leaf, pushing Shiftry back. Starly then flew up and used quick attack, attacking Shiftry. When Shiftry wasn't looking, Buneary used ice beam on the ground behind Shiftry. Nuzleaf and Starly kept on hitting it with razor leaf and quick attacks, making it step back. It then slipped on the ice and fell down back first. Buneary then jumped up and used jump kick, hitting it on the face, and jumped away. Shiftry stood up quickly, very surprised.
"The training actually paid off," said Brendan, "Now Shiftry is no match for them all." Shiftry then got angry and attacked using solarbeam, blowing the Pokemon away.
"Hey, I thought you said that Shiftry was too scared to fight powerful Pokemon," said Ash, "We only trained them to scare it away, but not make it faint. They're too low leveled for that."
"I know," said Brendan, "I guess that Shiftry must be thinking that this is some sort of trick. It's going all out on them now."
"Should we step in?" asked Ash.
"Hell no," said Brendan, "These Pokemon have to fight themselves. This is their battle, not ours." The three Pokemon went back on their feet. Nuzleaf used bullet seed so that it could distract it while the others do something. Starly flew up and used wing attack on Shiftry, while Buneary charged up another ice beam. It shot at it, freezing its legs. Shiftry started to pound on the ice so that it could break free. While it was slamming the ice, Nuzleaf came up to it and used faint attack. Shiftry then used bullet seed on all the Pokemon. It then shot seeds towards the ice, finally breaking it. It then used a shadow ball, hitting all of the small Pokemon. It then jumped up and slammed its foot on Nuzleaf's stomach.
"Shiftry," mocked Shiftry as Nuzleaf started to scream in pain. Buneary saw this and used jump kick towards Shiftry's face, pushing it back. Shiftry then used razor leaf, pushing Buneary towards the ground. Shiftry charged up a solarbeam, but Nuzleaf came in the way and used faint attack. Shiftry grabbed Nuzleaf and threw it aside. Shiftry once again started to charge up another solarbeam and shot it towards Buneary, but Nuzleaf stood in-between Buneary and it and got hurt itself. It fell to the ground weakened, and Buneary stood up to see if it was okay.
"Bun," said Buneary. The weak Nuzleaf looked towards it and smiled, making Buneary blush. It didn't see Shiftry charge up another solarbeam, and it hit Buneary this time, and it went to the ground badly hurt. Shiftry started to laugh.
"Dammit," said Brendan as he took out a Pokeball, "Looks like I'm just going to have to—" But he didn't finish because Ash stopped him this time.
"Hey, there's still one more player left," said Ash and he pointed towards the weak Starly that was behind Shiftry, but it was lying on the ground.
"Starly's hurt to even be battling Ash," said May.
"It can do it," said Ash. Starly looked towards Ash and remembered something that Ash taught it. It stood up and flew in the air. It saw Shiftry laughing while its friends were all down. Shiftry was just standing there. It then flew top speed towards Shiftry.
"Star!" yelled Starly, and Shiftry stopped laughing and looked back. Before it could even do something, Starly slammed its head right across Shiftry's face. Shiftry was knocked down. Starly, happy that it beat Shiftry, forgot that it was flying, and it fell towards the ground. The Pokemon won. The weak Shiftry stood up, and also the Pokemon. When Shiftry saw them, it ran straight in the grasslands, where it disappeared. The others were just surprised.
"I can't believe this," said Brendan, "It defeated Shiftry by charging at it. That actually worked."
"Yeah," bragged Ash, "You should really listen to me more."
"That's never going to happen," said Dawn. They then walked towards the weakened Pokemon and tended to their wounds, congratulating them for their victory.
"Told you that we could help," said Brendan as he was helping the beaten up Nuzleaf. He gave a smile, and Nuzleaf gave a smile also.
Now that they helped the Pokemon stand up to a bully, the group decided that they should really get going now. Brendan took the map again and they all started to go back on the path that led them out of the grasslands.
"I'm going to miss those guys," said Dawn, "They were all so adorable."
"We should just leave them in their own habitat," said Brendan, "Now that they know how to stand up for themselves, they won't need our help anymore. We should be able to get out of this grass soon." Brendan then suddenly tripped over.
"What is it now?" said Brendan and he checked, and he saw Nuzleaf.
"Why is Nuzleaf doing here?" asked May, "Is that some other one?"
"No," said Brendan, "This is Nuzleaf. It must've followed us." Buneary and Starly also came out of the grass.
"They all followed us," said Ash and Starly flew up and landed on his other shoulder, "I think they want to follow us."
"You really want to come with us?" asked Dawn. Buneary cheered happily. Buneary then got out of Dawn's hands and landed right by Eevee, who was walking by May's feet. It gave a smile and held its paw out. Eevee was a little suspicious, but it then shook hands with Buneary, knowing that their rivalry was already over for some reason.
"Okay then," said Brendan, "The more the merrier." They all caught each of their own respective Pokemon. Nuzleaf was with Brendan, Buneary went with Dawn, and Starly went with Ash.
"At this rate, I'll be able to catch much more Pokemon than Drew and Gary," thought Ash. They then were able to get out of the grassland and were now going to enter snowy territory as they continued their adventure to Snowpoint City.
Giovanni sat in his chair and he waited for news from his grunts. His intercom started to ring, and he picked it up.
"Sir, we're on route towards Snowpoint City," said the grunt on the other line of the intercom.
"Good," said Giovanni, "Make sure that we don't get into any distractions. I want to be able to get there in time."
"Yes sir," said the grunt and Giovanni hung up. He shook the wine in his wine glass and took a drink.
"It's about time something is beginning to go my way," said Giovanni and he gave a big devilish smile and then took another drink from his wine glass.
(Ending song)
Next time on Pokemon Heroes: While the group is trying to get out of the snowstorm that their stuck in, Gary has to stop Team Rocket from terrorizing a small village outside of Snowpoint City. Jesse, James, and Meowth are trying to find the Snowpoint City gym leader, who is supposed to be in the village, and Gary is the only one who can stop them. Will Gary save the village? Next time: Gary and Team Rocket.
That was that chapter. Next chapter is pretty much in Gary's point of view than Ash's group. I have to give the other characters a chance in the spotlight. Next chapter will be up next week, since I changed the updating schedule to only one chapter per week.
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