Ahoy, I'm back with chapter 2.
Finished this a couple of days before the upload, actually. Kept checking it, I feel like something's wrong. But nevertheless, here it is.
Introduced some of the companions, without any major details.
Enjoy!
Sibimet
8:00 AM
Pallet Town
Oak's Laboratory
"Hmm. They still show no sign of returning, huh..." The Pokémon Professor stood by the window of his lab, starting at the garden.
"What's wrong Professor Oak?" his assistant asked behind him, while cleaning some of Professor Oak's research equipments.
"It's nothing really important." The professor gave a white lie to his assistant. "Now, I wonder what's the progress on the PokéBalls research down at Elm's lab. I hope they're doing okay."
"Do you want me to check and call?"
"No need, Tracey, just do it tomorrow." Prof. Oak replied. "Okay!" Tracey said while getting back to cleaning.
"Now that I think about it, isn't today an anniversary of something?" Tracey stopped cleaning to think. "Oh, right! We were supposed to go to Mrs. Ketchum's house today!" Prof. Oak frowned, "For what, Tracey?" "That, Professor. That!"
Still confused at what Tracey is trying to say, Prof. Oak leaned at the window to see the garden once more. Then, he remembered what it was. "Oh my Goodness! How could I forget?" Said the elder while starting to run down the hill to the Ketchum residence. "Let's hurry!"
It was a bright and sunny day in the small town; however, one does not get to see many of the people carrying out their daily activities this day, as there was an event at one house, and most of the townspeople were present there. Two figures from the Oak Laboratory could be seen running at full speed towards this house, with the older one stopping every five seconds. Three minutes later, they arrived at the house to be greeted by a sweeping Mr. Mime.
"Mime mime!" shouted the Pantomime Pokémon, waving its hands.
"Has it started yet?" The younger one asked the Pokémon sweeping the floor. The Pokémon shook its head.
"Good. See you later, Mr. Mime!"
8:10 AM
Pallet Town
Ketchum Residence
"Oh, Hi Professor Oak, Hi Tracey!" The girl with the orange hair stated when she saw the two figures walk in the door. "You guys are a bit late, it's starting soon." She was in the same attire when the two saw her last; blue jeans and yellow top with long sleeves. Her hair had grown another inch, now reaching past her shoulders. "Hey Misty. Sorry, we ran here as fast as we could, if it weren't for Professor Oak to stop every five seconds, we would've got here a long time ago." "Hey, you should show some respect to our elders!" said the professor while gasping for breath.
Tracey finally calmed down, and started to walk around the house to see who came to the annual event that started four years ago. He saw a couple of familiar faces around the house, including a tall man with small eyes, going around the house flirting with every pretty girl in the vicinity. Not long, his Toxicroak went into action and did a 'Thousand Years of Pain' with one arm to its Trainer. In an interval of milliseconds, Misty also went into the scene and pulled him by his ears through the back door. With them out of sight, he swore he heard someone cursed Kakashi-sensei for inventing the 'Sennen Goroshi'.
Tracey saw many pictures that were placed and hung on many places, and they all have one thing in common. In every picture there is a boy with his varying trademark hats and his raven-like hair, with his Pikachu with him. Tracey smiled at the sight and quickly went outside the property from the back door, following Misty and the very flirtatious man.
When he stepped outside, he saw that many of the trainer's travelling companions have gathered. Every year they would pay their respects to the deceased trainer, whose grave was located on top of the small hill behind the property, next to a tall tree.
May Maple, a top coordinator from the Hoenn region, was seen chatting to her friends, which was identified to be Dawn Berlitz, who is another top coordinator, however originating from the Sinnoh region. They were quickly joined by Max Maple, May's brother, who is a top contender for the Grand Conference that will be taking place in less than two weeks, as well as the two female coordinators. Tracey smiled as he saw many of trainer's friends came, and at the sight of the top trainers and coordinators, including the Sinnoh Champion.
Tracey kept on walking around until he heard the program was about to start, and then joined the group as they slowly ascend the hill.
9:00 AM
Pallet Town
Ash Ketchum's Grave
The group finally reached the location of the tombstone, next to the divine looking tree that appeared only four years ago, but grew at a tremendous speed.
Mrs. Delia Ketchum, wearing a formal set of clothes, noticed a returning item this year also.
"Look, this person dropped flowers also this year! Whoever this person might be, he must've been a pretty close friend of Ash's." Stated Ash's mother at the sight of the flowers placed in front of his tombstone, not knowing that it was from her own son.
One by one, people from the group stepped forward to pay their respects. People from the town thanked him for being a proud image of Pallet Town, representing his hometown with such pride and joy. Over time, the only people left were his travelling companions, with a few of the trainers he made friends with along the way. Ash's mother was tending to the guests in the house.
The victim of the 'Sennen Goroshi' stepped forward first, completely recovered from the damage done earlier, proving that 'a thousand years' is nothing compared to him. He brought a bouquet of flowers and placed it in front of the grave. "I pretty much said what I have and wanted to say the first 2 years, buddy. And I still mean it." A weak smile formed on his mouth, with now his eyes slanting downwards and forming buds of tears in the corner of his eyes. He stood up quickly, saluted the grave, and got ready for a soldier like vow.
"I, Brock, swear that someday I will find a girlfriend, like you wished!"
Everyone sweatdropped at his statement, and giggled a little at his usual conduct. "Yeah, I don't think he cared for that at all, Brock!" Max shouted. The group laughed it out while Brock sulked next to the tree while crying anime tears.
Brock knelt afterwards, and touched the stone. "Thanks for everything, buddy."
The group smiled at Brock, who ran to the house crying anime tears, this time, buckets. While running, Misty tripped him, making Brock's face crash to the ground with full force. Misty dragged Brock to the sweatdropping group, making him stay while he was still crying.
They took turns saying what they had in mind, going back to either the house or staying with the group to wait for the others to finish.
Next, it was Sinnoh's Champion's turn, who had more to say than the others thought she would.
9:45:50 AM
Viridian City
"At-chooo!" The young trainer sneezed.
"Wonder if somebody's talking about me?" he thoughtlessly asked himself out loud.
"Probably a lot of people are talking about you right now." Pikachu thought to himself.
"Well, let's go get some good food." He calmly said to his partner, heading to a fancy restaurant, when a mysterious cloaked figure appeared in front of him in a flash and teleported him back to his hometown.
9:45:51 AM
Pallet Town
Professor Oak's Laboratory
Roof
"Great." He sighed. "We're back here again." He stared at the cloaked figure, two legs, two hands with three fingers each, and a tail. It stared at him with its clear purple eyes.
"So? Mind telling me why we're back in Pallet Town, Mewtwo?" he asked to the cloaked figure that opened its hood.
Mewtwo smirked at the trainer, and came up with a reply, "My Apologies. I must have slipped away from my course during my teleportation session." "Yeah, sure, sure." The trainer said while standing up to stretch his body. Mewtwo then disappeared out of sight.
"Smooth, Genetic one." Ash said sarcastically. "So much for my grand lunch plan." He jumped down from the roof, to land on a seemingly floating manner for a mere second. He then noticed a group in a distance, but did not pay attention to it.
Suddenly, Pikachu glowed blue and was floating away from Ash, much to their surprise. His little mouse was flying towards the group in the distance, and Ash figured out who was the culprit behind this. Pikachu landed safely, close to the group.
"No harm, no foul, Chosen one." Said the legendary Pokémon while teleporting away.
"Tsch, that bastard." Cursed Ash while he was running towards the group, who was still shocked by the view of a Pikachu falling from the sky and landing with a summersault.
10:00 AM
Unknown Place
"Is it ready?" the man with the blue hair inquired his staff.
"Yes, sir. We have re-captured the three legendaries of Lake Acuity, Verity, and Valor. They are currently being kept in BF6." The person ranked as a grunt answered with a salute, showing fear on his face at the sight of the organization's leader.
"And Celeby?"
"Being transported here as we speak, sir."
"Excellent. There will be no brat to stop me this time. I've been waiting for this moment..." The man grinned, leaning back on his chair, revealing a 'G' imprint on his silver vest. "Start the device."
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10:03 AM
Pallet Town
New Landmark Tree (Next to Ash's Grave)
Nearing the group, ash let out his hair from his ponytail, letting his hair cover his good, handsome features of his face. His plans would require him not to reveal his identity, even to his closest friends and former companions.
Still with his dark attire, Ash approached the group, and talked with an unrecognizable voice that has changed over the years. "Sorry about that, my Pikachu tends to let its guard down." The group, who sensed a certain sense of familiarity from the person, frowned at that statement, wondering how letting one's guard down would result in falling from the sky. While saying this, Ash had kept his distance from everyone, being careful to not show his face.
"Come here, Pikachu." Said Ash calling his Pikachu, where the mouse immediately responded and jumped to his right shoulder. "Let's go, pal. Sorry to bother everyone. Probably I'll see some of you during the Grand Conference." He gave a slight nod to the group, and walked away after a slight glance at Cynthia. He heard a strange noise on the grass when Pikachu jumped on him, but decided not to care and kept walking.
"Well.. That was one unique entry." Max remarked.
"I think that would do well in a contest." Dawn commented. Everyone looked at Dawn with a funny expression. "What? I seriously think it could!"
"Are you done, Cynthia?" A young blonde man with striped shirt asked the champion if she was done paying her respects. "This boy is always in a rush, even at times like these." Thought the trainer with long and blonde hair with two unusual hair clips on her hair. "Yes, I'm done. Let's get going." "I'll return at night." She thought to herself, while looking back at the tombstone.
"Hmm?" She found a glove near the tree, dark blue in color. "This must be that guy's. I think he mentioned something about the Grand Conference. I guess I'll give it back to him when I meet him there." Placing the glove in her coat pocket, she went back to the Ketchum house.
9:00 PM
Indigo Plateau Outskirts
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West of the Indigo Plateau is an area covered by thick forests. There, a seemingly untouched wildlife habitat was bathing under the care of the almighty sun.. When most of the Pokémon stopped their activities to welcome the arrival of their trainer.
A figure wearing a dark blue overcoat arrived at the scene.
"I'm back." Claimed the young trainer, releasing his party to join the others.
"What a day. I thought we were going to have some nice lunch for once in a while, but that cursed Genetic Pokémon just had to ruin it for me." Stated Ash in disappointment, which was now going to go back to his 'house'. "Go get some rest, you guys, I'm sure you all trained without me here." Ash said, smiling. All his Pokémon went back to their respective areas, making sure that they had a comfortable place to rest for the night. "Now, I'm going to get some rest also." Pikachu followed him shortly after.
Ash sat on his chair, and placed his right hand to rest on a rock, which was shaped like an armrest.
Clonk.
He immediately took his hand off the rock. A frown formed on Ash's eyebrows to the familiar, yet, surprising sound. He didn't see anything wrong outside or inside, and tried to rest once again.
Clonk.
Annoyed by the sound, he stood up and check the exteriors once again. Finding nothing, he tried to rest. Again.
Clonk.
"Hrrnnh..." Ash let out a growl showing his displeasure at this situation, but decided to ignore it. He went to his self-made 'refrigerator' to grab a drink with his right hand.
Clurnk.
"Again!" He thought.
He sat down, passing his drink to his left hand, and sat down to relax once more.
Clonk.
He raised an eyebrow, starting to get an idea where the sound was coming from. He lifted his metallic, artificial right hand, and placed it back on the rock.
Clonk.
He repeated the same process, but this time while looking at it.
Clonk.
The little yellow creature who was watching from the beginning was laughing at his unusually relaxed attitude for the night.
"Darn it.. I must've dropped my glove when I was picking up Pikachu! Curse that stupid Genetic Pokémon!" Ash shouted while exiting the cave, forgetting to wear his overcoat. "Come on Pikachu, we're going back to Pallet." Pikachu gave an understanding look, then hopped on to his right shoulder. "We're going to make this fast; better hold on tight." "Pika!" Pikachu said with an excited face and holding a thumb up.
Ash had a happy look while jumping tremendous distances, closing in to Pallet. "Maybe I'll get to see her again." He thought to himself, and laughed a little. Pikachu, knowing his partner too well, smiled at this scene. "Happy that you might see the champ again after so long?" Hearing his partner hit the spot, Ash had a blush on his cheeks. "Oh shut up, or you won't get to see the day after tomorrow." Ash quickly replied, still with the blush. "The day after tomorrow?" His Pikachu had a questioning look.
"Teasing doubles your special training." He said while grinning, then covering a large distance with a jump.
9:25 PM
Unknown Location
*Sigh*
"This thing is going ridiculously slow." A man with #3 written on his back said, looking at the newly activated device.
"Oooh, that's what she said." A younger man with #27 written replied.
"Oh, grow up."
9:27 PM
Pallet Town
New Landmark Tree
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Cynthia was sitting, leaning on the huge tree behind the Ketchum residence. She looked to her right to the tombstone, then continued her stargazing, carrying a depressed look on her face.
Ash had just arrived in Pallet, trying to find a good clearing to land. He had to suppress his falling speed.
He raised his right metal hand that opened small holes around the wrist, which pulled the air around Ash to enter the artificial hand. This time, the holes appeared on the edges of the palm, below each finger. He lowered his hand, and flipped his palm so that it faced upwards. The holes released the newly received air to surround his body, coating him. The air coat's course went against the direction Ash was falling, reducing his fall speed. Decreasing his altitude, he is slowly trying to settle behind the huge tree, accidentally hearing Cynthia's thoughts.
"I wonder how many times he's saved me." She smiled brightly. "There's those times with Team Rocket," she started counting with her fingers, stopping at three. "When Team Aqua and Magma tried to join operations in Sinnoh," adding one more finger to the count. "And that time at Spear Pillar..." she suddenly stopped when she remembered the time at Spear Pillar. "If only I had my Pokémon team then.. I could've saved him."
Ash, hearing her thoughts, is still focusing on his silent and smooth landing. Only at the sight of a flying Snorlax could he flinch and mess up his techniques. Then again, he had seen his Noctowl lift his Snorlax. 50 feet away from the ground, he started to speed his descent.
"It's been four years, but.. I just can't forget about him." Cynthia stated, with a blush on her cheeks.
Ash completely stopped in mid-air, processing what he just heard. Literally. A couple of seconds later, he finally snapped back to reality, however, losing his concentration on his hand, making all the air vents close. "Curse that stupid Genetic Pokémon!" He said while free-falling.
Hearing someone said something, Cynthia immediately got up and turned around, to see a person falling.
Ash tried to soften his fall with a kick to the back when he hit the ground to lunge his body forward and roll. When his vision kicked in, he saw his a tombstone in front of him, with his face ready to bash the Squirtle out of the stone. Realizing his situation, he stopped his rolling motion with a reflex, stretching out his left arm to the ground, the other grabbing the tombstone's top.
Thud.
Surprised seeing the entrance the person made, she tilted her head with confusion. She saw a figure wearing a dark coloured turtleneck shirt, with sleeves elbow-long. "That's.. The person from earlier, with the Pikachu." She thought, seeing his Pikachu doing a headstand, with swirls in its eyes. She saw the figure kneeling, one hand stretching to grab to tombstone. A hand that catched her attention. Her eyes widened at this sight, remembering a person who lost a similar body part four years ago. A person who she saw died.
Ash, who was trying to recover from his very basic mistake of losing his focus, attempted to stand up, not realizing he was being examined. His Pikachu, who was feeling okay, jumped to his trainer's shoulder that was swaying from left to right.
Cynthia examined the person who seemed to have fallen from the sky, now trying to stand up. Long, Raven-like hair, handsome facial features, taller than her. With the sight of his artificial, metallic hand, and his Pikachu on his shoulder, an image of that person flashed in her mind.
"I should've worn my overcoat!" Thought the young trainer, who was starting to regain his composure. Pikachu gave an understanding look. The man was usually composed and dignified, but he loses composure when he gets close or thinks about his romantic interest. "Curse that stupid Genetic Pokémon!" he cursed once more, not realizing he was holding his forehead with his right hand, revealing his metallic arm.
Cynthia, still dumbfounded from the sight of this trainer and his entrance, broke the silence.
"... Ash? Ash Ketchum?"
"..."
"Mewtwo! I can't be found out here! You're responsible for this, help me!"
The cloaked Pokémon then appeared, teleporting them both away from Pallet.
Well, that's it for chapter 2. Hope you like this too, and I hope I didn't make too many mistakes =S
Yup, I decided to give the two an early meeting. This fanfic is still open for ideas, suggestions are welcomed.
Now then, I'm off to finish my lunch!
Please review.
Also, #3 and #27 will be back. Brace yourselves.
