Road to Becoming a Pokemon Master, With My Brother?
Hello ladies and gentlemen, I am your host Pika-Bones and I bring you chapter 6. Thank you once again for your support, without further ado, here is chapter 6. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon
A Lot to Chew on!
"Froakie hang in there, were going to get help real soon" Ash was following Bonnie closely as she led him to professor Sycamores's.
Meanwhile, Clemont was lagging behind by a lot. It was clear that Clemont wasn't the most athletic, it also didn't help that he was carrying his, Bonnie's, and Ash's bags.
"I *gasp* hate this *wheeze*."
Just then, Paul caught up somehow by just walking at his own pace. He came up next to the struggling Clemont, "here let me help you" Paul stopped Clemont for a second and took Ash's bag from him.
"Thanks" Clemont responded surprised and relieved he didn't have to carry all those bags
"You don't need to run so desperately too, I'm sure Bonnie and Ash got this" Paul then looked ahead and began to walk, "actually I wanted to tell you something.
Clemont slowed down to a brisk walk like Paul, realizing what Paul said was true, and also to hear what Paul wanted to say, "so what is it?"
"From the battle you just had with Ash, it seems you know a lot about electric types" Paul began and Clemont looked at Paul wondering what he was getting at, "I heard that the Lumiouse city gym leader specializes in electric type Pokemon. Is that right?"
Clemont became slightly nervous at the mention of the Lumiouse gym leader, "Uh, I guess so, but why is that relevant?"
"I guess it isn't relevant, but all I know is that he tried to shock me, threw me out and dropped me 20 feet. When I find him, I'm going to kick his ass" Clemont's eyes grew wide while a tingling sensation went through his spine, "I'm sure you would understand my feelings."
Clemont tried to quickly regain his composure, "well I imagine that would be the initial and natural reaction after something like that. Albeit a bit hasty don't you think."
Paul kept his unemotional front, "of course it's hasty, but I'm still going to kick his ass."
"Uh-uh, you know Bonnie is probably worried about me" Clemont then began to hastily run towards the lab, "nice talking to you". Paul simply followed.
"Hello, Professor Sycamore?" Ash called out as he and Bonnie entered the building through two large doors.
A loud yawn could be heard from one of the hallways, and a man in a blue shirt, black pants, and a lab coat appeared.
"Are you the Professor?" Ash asked in a hurry, with Froakie limp in his arms.
The man took one look at them and quickly focused on Froakie, "Froakie, no!"
"Wait you know this Froakie?" Ash asked in surprise.
"Yes I do" Sycamore gently took Froakie from Ash, "We've been worried about, your trainer just contacted us" this didn't get a response from Froakie, "Sophie come quick" he called out.
A blue haired woman in a lab coat quickly entered, "Froakie needs help".
"Right" she responded quickly, took Froakie, and quickly left to help Froakie.
"Thanks professor, we were really worried. So is Froakie's trainer coming to get him?" Ash and Bonnie seemed to relax.
"I'm afraid not. Froakie's trainer contacted us to let us know he was giving him up."
"Giving up, Froakie?" Ash and Bonnie looked surprised that someone would give up such a great Pokemon like Froakie.
Just then Clemont arrived gasping for air and struggling to stay on his feet, "You're so slow" Bonnie scolded Clemont.
"How's Froakie" Clemont asked after catching his breath. Then Paul came in, he saw the group and walked up to Sycamore, "so are you are the professor Sycamore".
"Yes, I am" Sycamore nodded then he seemed to remember something, "wait a second, you must be Paul, and you must be Ash. Sorry, I was so worried about Froakie I almost didn't recognize you."
"What do you mean; I don't recall us seeing each other?" Ash responded.
"Well when Samuel Oak called and gave me your names he sent me a video of Paul battle so I could recognize him. And for Ash, all Samuel told was to look for the raven haired young man with a Pikachu on his shoulder."
"Pika?"
"Is it really that easy to recognize me" Ash turned to Pikachu who just shrugged.
"Well now" Sycamore began to walk, "I know you all want to see Froakie. Also we have some things to discuss, come with me."
Sycamore led them to where Froakie was being treated. They all looked on worried except for Paul who was somewhere else in the room leaning on the wall with his eyes closed.
"Poor Froakie" Ash thought out loud.
"Don't worry, Sophie is the best at what she does, Froakie will be fine. Come and let's talk over some tea."
Sycamore led the four too a couple of seats around a table with tea. Ash, Bonnie, and Clemont all sat on one sofa while Sycamore sat across form them. And Paul sat on another side of the table.
Paul was taking a sip of his tea when Sycamore began to talk, "Now, let me properly introduce myself. I am Professor Sycamore; I am a researcher currently working in the Kalos region. Thank you very much for saving Froakie."
"Of course, but it was really Froakie that saved us. My name is Ash Ketchum and and this is my buddy Pikachu. I'm on a journey to become a Pokemon master."
"Nice to meet you professor, I'm Bonnie and this is my brother Clemont."
"Professsor Sycamore, I've heard much of your work, it's an honor to meet you."
"Welcome, it's a pleasure to meet you all."
"So professor" Ash's smile disappeared and he became serious, "may I ask what is the deal with Froakie's trainer. Why would he give Froakie up".
"Well you see" Sycamore began, "one of my numerous responsibilities is to give beginning trainers their first Pokemon" Sycamore turned to Froakie, "Froakie is one of the three starter Pokemon a beginning trainer may select to start their journey."
"The thing is that this Froakie is a bit different. It refuses to listen to any of its trainers in battle, and sometimes it would just run away because it doesn't like its trainer."
Paul became bored with his tea and chimed in, "so what your saying is that Froakie refuses to be with a weak trainer and wants to be with a trainer that it believes is strong enough."
Sycamore glanced towards Paul's direction, "yes, that's one way to view it". Sycamore looked back at Ash, "Several trainers have already gone to my lab to return Froakie".
Ash, Bonnie, and Clemont gasped, "You mean more than one!?"
"I'm sure there is a reason, maybe the way Paul explained it could be one of them" Sycamore added.
"Gar Gar" they suddenly heard a cry where Froakie was resting.
"Cool, check it out, a Garchomp" Ash, Bonnie, and Clemont all stood excitedly.
"Garchomp lives here at the lab. It has a good heart" Sycamore walked over to Garchomp and petted the mach Pokemon, "don't worry, Froakie will be alright. You can thank these people".
Ash came up to Garchomp and petted him on the head as well, "nice to meet you Garchomp. You really care a lot about Froakie don't you".
"Gar Gar" replied Garchomp.
Bonnie became excited, "can I pet Garchomp too. I've never seen a real Garchomp before".
"Of course, Garchomp would love that" Sycamore proceeded to pick up Bonnie so that she could pet Garchomp on the head.
"Oh you're so cute and you like me" Bonnie was really enjoying herself.
"Professor, I've heard much of your research on Pokemon evolution, is it true?" Clemont asked curious.
"Sure, there is a lot more Pokemon here in the lab."
Bonnie couldn't hold her excitement, "really, I want to see them, I want to see them now".
"Whoa, I'm sure there is something we could do about that. Cosette look after Garchomp won't you?" Sycamore turned to one of his assistants.
"Of course" she responded. But something was off. Garchomp wouldn't budge from his current spot, "What's wrong Garchomp?" Asked Sycamore's assistant.
Sycamore took Bonnie and Clemont to the other Pokemon while Paul trailed behind them. Ash stayed behind to talk to Froakie for a bit, "Hey Froakie, I just wanted to thank for saving Pikachu, we think you are a great Pokemon. Any trainer who wouldn't want as a partner must not be too smart" Froakie took a look at Ash before falling back to sleep.
Ash exited Froakie's room and headed over where the others were. But it seemed that Garchomp was following him as well. The assistant continued to ask Garchomp what was wrong, but to no avail.
Ash made it to where the others were. Bonnie was busy playing with the Pokemon, Paul was, well being Paul, and Clemont and Sycamore were making conversation.
Clemont noticed ash, "So how is Froakie?"
"He's doing better, Froakie is really strong" Ash responded with confidence.
"Well that's great" Clemont then looked behind Ash, "Wait, why is Garchomp here?" Ash turned to see Garchomp get closer and closer to him.
"Garchomp what's wrong?" at that moment Garchomp lowered its head towards Ash's waist and began to search for something, "He-hey, Garchomp that tickles" Ash began to laugh uncontrollably as Garchomp kept looking for something.
Everybody went to Ash except for Paul, "Ash, are you okay?" Clemont asked confused.
"I ca-can't take it" Ash couldn't take the tickle attack from Garchomp anymore and tears were beginning form in his eyes. (And just in case you didn't know, tickle is a real Pokemon move… I know right. Garchomp can't learn it, but it's pretty self-explanatory.)
"It looks like Garchomp is searching for something" Sycamore tried to explain Garchomp's strange behavior.
"But what could Garcomp possible looking for" Clemont added.
Ash finally reached a point where it was unbearable and he took a couple of huge steps back before falling to the ground, "Gar-chomp, I-I can't take it, wha-what are you looking for."
At that moment a bright white light came from one of Ash's pokeballs attached to his belt.
"Gi-ble?" The white light revealed Gible, mouth agape as always.
"Hey look it's a Gible. Cool! Ash I didn't know you had a Gible" Bonnie once again became excited at seeing a new Pokemon.
"Yeah, I caught Gible in Sinnoh. So Gible, what's up?"
Gible didn't respond, it just stared at Garchomp, "Gi-ble". Then without warning, Gible launched at Garchomp's head and attached itself to its head using its powerful jaws.
"Ah! Gible, I told you to stop biting everything" Ash began to try and pry Gible off of Garchomp.
"Well" Sycamore and everybody else sweat-dropped a little at the scene in front of them, "I wouldn't be too worried, takes a lot to rattle Garchomp".
Ash managed to pry Gible from Garchomp, "Gible, what got into you?"
Gible replied by latching itself onto Ash's head this time, "Hey!"
"Ash! Are you okay" Clemont was surprised and worried how Gible chomped down onto Ash's head like that.
"It's okay Clemont" Ash turned towards Clemont showing he was fine, "This is just how Gible shows affection".
"Pika!"
"Really now" Clemont pushed up his galsses. He has never seen a Pokemon show affection like that before.
Ash removed Gible from his head, "I wonder what got into Gible".
"Professor Sycamore, you don't think that Garchomp sensed Gible's presence" Clemont turned to Sycamore.
"My thoughts exactly Clemont" Sycamore approached Ash and Gible, "It looks like Gible has a lot of energy Ash".
"Yeah, there's never a moment when Gible is still" Ash looked at Gible who was in his arms.
"Well then, don't you think it would be a good idea to burn off that energy in a battle" Sycamore proposed a battle.
"A battle? Between who?" Ash looked confused.
"Well, me and Garchomp versus you and Gible. I think there is a reason why Garchomp wanted to see Gible, what better way is there to reach the answer than a battle."
"Really?" a determined look appeared on Ash's face, "Alright then, let's do this, ready Gible…. Gible?" Ash turned to see Gible but he was gone.
"Hahaha, that tickles Gible" Bonnie giggled and everybody turned to see Gible attatched to Bonnie.
"Ah! Gible stop doing that!" yelled Ash while Clemont tried to pull the land shark Pokemon off.
The entire group moved to a large grassy clearing in the lab for the battle.
"Ash, remember that I'm a Pokemon researcher, not a Pokemon battler, so I'm not that good, go easy on me."
"I call BS on that" Paul thought to himself as he looked on from his current perspective as a spectator.
"Alright Gible, let's do this."
"Gible!"
"Now Ash, could you give me a second before we begin. Sophie, can you get my guitar please."
"Wait, Guitar?" Ash was wondering if he had heard right.
"Right here Sycamore" Sophie handed Sycamore a dark brown, wood Guitar which was a bit worn.
"Ah yes, thank very much Sophie" She walked back to the sidelines.
"Now, we can begin" a glint appeared in Sycamore's right eye and he began to play his guitar. (Commence Professor Sycamore's theme song. Hon hon hon, French level over 9000 croissant. I'm sorry, I'm terrible)
Ash was more than a bit surprised. Was he really going to battle him while playing that guitar?
"U-uh, yes" Clemont the refree began slowly, "this will be a one on one match, begin!"
Garchomp began moving to the music but Ash made the first move, "Gible, rock smash!"
Gible charged Garchomp at top speed with its fist glowing white, "Gible!"
"Dragon claw please" Garchomp smoothly avoided Gible's attack and sent Gible flying.
"Gible!" Ash called out in shock.
"Wow! It dodged and attacked all in one motion" Clemont couldn't believe how smooth Garchomp moved.
"Again" Sycamore directed as calm as can be.
"Chomp!" Garchomp soared in the air and smash a Dragon Claw into Gible, sending the land shark pokemon crashing to the ground.
"Gible! Are you okay" the raven haired trainer seemed rattled. This wasn't the first time he faced a musician in battle. But it was never to this extent or level, the movements were too perfect, Garchomp never broke rhythym, and Sycamore just kept playing those same cords.
"Gi-Gible!" Gible stood up quickly.
"Can you explain this?" Paul looked over to Sophie.
"Oh, of course. When Augustine began traveling on his own with Pokemon, he developed his own battle style. That same guitar and that exact same song. He would never battle without his guitar and that song. Thus he became very difficult to defeat. His battles attracted a lot of attention, mostly the attention of females" she explained.
"You where one of the girls, weren't you" Paul said simply.
"U-uh, wa-wait, what" she began to stutter as a light pink he appeared on her face.
Paul turned back to the battle, "nevermind".
Ash quickly realized he was in trouble, so he called on Gible's strongest move, "Gible, Draco Meteor!"
Gible charged up a powerful orange ball of energy in its mouth and launched in the air, it then exploded at the highest point and rained back down of the field.
"Garchomp" is all that Sycamore called out.
"Gar!" with great speed and agility Garchomp weaved in and out of the incoming projectiles. A large amount of dust was lifted in the air, obstructing everybody's vision for a moment. The dust cleared and revealed Garchomp, and to everybody's surprise, without a scratch on its body.
"Garchomp, follow suit" Garchomp launched its own Draco Meteor and rained hell on Gible.
"Gible! Roll and dodge!" Ash called out quickly.
Gible began to use quick and sharp movements as it rolled, stopped, and rolled again to avoid the projectiles.
"That's very good use of Gible's physical makeup. I'm impressed" commented Sycamore.
"Need to create momentum" Ash grounded his teeth, "Gible, Dig!"
Gible made its way underground.
"That's not a very good idea Ash" Sycamore thought to himself as he just kept on playing his guitar.
"Gible, Now!" Gible attacked from right under Garchomp's feet, but the attack completely whiffed. Garchomp moved out the way at the same time, as if it knew exactly where and when Gible would come up. Both seemed to be suspended in mid-air.
"Wow! Being a ground type itself must give Garchomp the ability to sense movements underground perfectly" Clemonts glasses almost fell off his nose.
"Garchomp, Dragon claw!" Sycamore ordered.
"Rock Smash!" Ash called hurridly, seeing that Gible was in no position to dodge the incoming attack.
Both Pokemon followed orders and Garchomp's blue energy covered claw clashed with Gibles bright white hand.
Both Pokemon struggled for a moment, but Gible was finally pushed out of the vicinity and sent flying back to Ash's side of the field.
Garchomp rolled to a stop, "Gible are you okay?" Gible struggled to get up this time,
"Gible!" Gible still seemed determined though.
"This battle is getting lopsided; I might need to call it before Gible gets hurt." Clemont began thinking as a referee.
"You're getting beat by a guy with a French guitar, how does that make you feel" Paul gave Ash words of encouragement.
"Shut up!" Ash turned back to the battle, "Gible, Dragon Pulse!"
Gible charged a turqoiuse ball of energy in its mouth and fired it at Garchomp.
"Knock it away with Dragon Claw" Sycamore called out smoothly.
The incoming Dragon Pulse was met with Garchomp's glowing claw. The Dragon Pulse was sent away harmlessly as it dissipated.
"Follow up with Dragon Claw" Garchomp quickly went on the offensive and charged Gible.
"It's going on the attack, this is our chance" Ash quickly thought.
"Gible, you know what to do, turn this match around!" he called out.
"Ash, don't tell me you think Garchomp will fall for that. Garchomp was a Gible once after all" Sycamore left it up to Garchomp at this point.
Garchomp was closing in and Gible opened its mouth wide, "Closer and Gible can catch it and we can end this with Draco Meteor".
This turned out to be wishful thinking by Ash when Garchomp wisely stopped right in front of Gible and sent him flying through the air with a flick of its tail, "Gi-bllllle!" cried the land shark Pokemon as it began to wave its limbs frantically as if it were trying to fly.
"Gar!" Garchomp was not done, as it soared in the air and met Gible with a Dragon Claw.
Gible stood no chance as once again it hit the ground hard, "Gible! Can you still go?" Ash asked trying to keep his Pokemon going.
"That's it, I'm calling the match" Clemont began to raise his right arm to signal Garchomp as the winner and call an end to the battle.
Ash saw this and his blood pressure spiked a bit, "what are you doing! We're not done yet!"
Clemont didn't like the tone in Ash's voice, "This match is over. Gible's going to get hurt."
Ash stared daggers at Clemont who didn't appreciate it, "This is not a gym battle and this is not the Pokemon League. This match is over, Garch-"
"Gi-bllle!" Clemont was cut off by Gible roaring at the top of its lungs. Suddenly its arms became surrounded by a claw like blue aura.
"Wait that's Dragon Claw." Paul quickly identified the new move, "I guess it got smacked around so much by Garchomp's Dragon Claw that it learned the move itself".
Gible wasted no time closing the distance between the two Pokemon, both Garchomp and Sycamore seemed to be caught off guard.
Gible hit Garchomp square in the chest sending it sliding backwards as it closed its eyes in pain.
"Gible!" Gible stood revitalized.
"Alright Gible, I knew you could do it!" Ash called out, revitalized like his Pokemon.
Clemont took a look back at Ash, "Gible responded to Ash's fighting spirit".
"Interesting, it has been long since I've had a battle quite like this" Sycamore looked towards Ash as he continued to play the cords on his Guitar.
But Gible wasn't done with the surprises as it began to glow, "Look! Gible's glowing. It's-" Bonnie pointed out.
"-Evolving" finished the older sibling.
"Dumbass, your Pokemon are always trying to bail you out."
Gible's body began to transform as it grew taller, its arms grew and ended in a claw, and it grew a tail.
"Gabite" roared the newly evolved Gabite.
"Interesting, I must say, what a turn of events" Professor Sycamore reached into his lab coat pocket, "Ash" he called out, "I was going to give this Pokedex to you later, but here, catch".
Sycamore, to everybody's surprise threw the pokedex across the battle field towards Ash.
"Wait, waaahh! Hot pokedex, hot pokedex" Ash juggled the pokedex as he was trying to get a hold of it. When he finally got a firm grip on it, he sighed in relief.
"Well, Professor Sycamore definitely is different from the other professors. I can't imagine any of them challenging me to a battle, or throwing a pokedex at me. Aren't these things expensive?"
Ash looked at the pokedex and after a second figured out how it worked. He scanned his newly evolved Gabite and dexter began, "Gabite, the Cave Pokemon. Gabite loves sparkly things, thus it seeks treasures in caves, and digs up gems. It then hoards them in its nest.
"Wow! Gabite looks so cool!" Bonnie seemed she was about to faint because of all the new Pokemon she was seeing.
"It's not every day you see the full evolutionary line of a Pokmeon like Garchomp" Clemont stated, quite pleased.
"Gabite gained some power, but it's still outclassed by Garchomp. Impressive will shown by the Pokemon, but this battle is over" Paul decided the match was over, so he pretty much stopped paying attention to it and he went to an almost Zen state of mind.
"Alright, time to rock n' roll, Gabite show them your new power, Dragon Claw!" Gabite proceeded to charge Garchomp with a locked and loaded Dragon Claw.
"Garchomp, counter it" commanded Sycamore.
As Gabite came in close, Garchomp skillfully avoided the attack and at the same time put Gabite in a headlock.
"No way" Ash said through clenched teeth.
"The difference in Pokemon strength is still evident" Clemont thought to himself as he observed the battle.
Ash quickly thought on his feet, "Gabite, send a Dragon Pulse in the air!"
Gabite sent a single Dragon Pulse in the air, and it began to be pulled back down by gravity towards the two Pokemon.
"It's going to hit both of them!" Yelled Bonnie
"Garchomp pull away" called out Sycamore.
"Gabite, quickly get out of there" Ash called right after.
Both Pokemon avoided being hit by the stray Dragon Pulse.
Paul wasn't exactly in a Zen mode actually, he had one eye wide open, "Interesting" he quickly thought before closing his eye again.
"That was quite the move to get out of that situation, color me impressed" he then got the same glint in his eye he got in the start of the battle, "but this battle has dragged on enough. Garchomp, end this with Dragon Claw."
"I agree, Gabite! Show them your true power, Dragon Claw!" Ash called out in full force.
Both Pokemon sped toward center field, looking to end the battle in one final attack. Once at midfield they both gave a slight hesitation trying to throw the other of balance, and then they sent their respective Dragon Claw to their opponents jaw.
Once they made contact the air cracked, and both Pokemon had a claw at each other's jaw. Neither Garchomp nor Gabite backed off, as they stared each other down, with a Dragon Claw still at each other's jaw.
"Gabite!" Called out the raven haired trainer, "don't give up, stay on your feet!"
But after what seemed an eternity, Gabite couldn't hold anymore, its body became limp and it fell to the ground, knocked out.
Clemont gave a long look at Gabite before, "Gabite is unable to battle" Clemont raised his right arm towards Sycamore, "Garchomp and Proffesor Sycamore are the victors."
By the time Clemont finished declaring Sycamore the victor, Ash was already at midfield kneeling next to Gabite, "hey Gabite, are you okay" Gabite responded by slowly opening its eyes, "thanks Gabite, you were amazing out there, you fought with great fighting spirit. You learned a new move and evolved, you did everything possible. You have nothing to be ashamed of."
Professor Sycamore and Garchomp came up to Ash, "That was a great battle Ash; it has been a long time since I had a battle like that."
"Thank you too professor, thanks to that battle Gible learned a new move and evolved."
Gabite decided to get to its feet. It stumbled a bit before it got its balance, "be careful Gabite, don't force it" Ash worriedly tried to keep Gabite in its feet.
Gabite turned towards Garchomp and both just stared into each other's eyes, "Gabite" nodded the land shark pokemon.
"Gar" responded the Mach pokemon.
"What do you think is going on between the two professor" Ash asked trying to pinpoint exactly what was going on.
"You can't always be sure what is going on between two Pokemon, but I'm sure having this battle helped both of them" answered Sycamore.
Sophie then came back, "Professor Sycamore, you want me to take these two too the lab to get some treatment" she referred to Garchomp and Gabite.
"Of course, thank you Sophie" both Gabite and Garchomp followed Sophie into the lab to get some treatment.
"That was a great battle Ash" Clemont and Bonnie both came up to him.
"Thanks Clemont, but it was mostly Gabite, I didn't do so well" Ash gave a coyly smile.
"No way, you did great Ash, it was awesome how you got Gabite out of that bind when Garchomp had it" Bonnie said with her usual big smile.
"Thank you Bonnie that means a lot" Ash smiled towards the younger blond sibling.
Clemont was pleasantly surprised by Ash's attitude since he met him. He obviously cared for Pokemon deeply, but not only that, unlike most other trainers he had met, Ash was relatively humble and he didn't have a huge ego. He gave his Pokemon most of the credit and he didn't get overly upset about a loss. Sure, being a Pokemon trainer requires a high level of confidence in one's ability that sometimes can border over confidence and an oversized ego. But Ash is different, he carried himself well.
"Oh and Clemont" Ash broke Clemonts train of thought, "I'm sorry about what happened earlier."
"Don't worry about" Clemont began with a huge grin, "I get it, you were in the heat of the moment. But just one thing" then the air around Clemont seemed to darken and his expression seemed to darken as well, but his grin remained, "if you ever do that again, I will punch with my aibpom arm" he pulled out his aipom arm to drive home the point.
"Hn! I get it!"
"Good" Clemont seemed to calm down again, as he turned to talk to Sycamore.
"Wow, you made my brother really mad, that almost never happens" Bonnie said curiously.
"Got it, don't mess with Clemont when he's referring a Pokemon battle" Ash made a quick mental note, "oh yeah, and that aipom hand is really cool too".
"Professor Sycamore" Paul walked up to him, "here is the mega stone."
"Ah, thank you very much Paul."
Ash then pulled out the key stone, "here professor".
"Thank you as well Ash."
"Hey guys what are those" Asked Clemont.
"Those are the stones professor Oak had us to deliver too Sycamore" explained Ash.
"Wait, professor, are those what I think they are" Clemont's eyes widened.
"These are mega stones, they are the key to mega evolution" Sycamore held up both stones, which shined in the sunlight.
"Professor, what is mega evolution exactly?" Ash asked curiously
"What if I told you that Pokemon evolution can go beyond what was thought previously."
"Wait, are you serious" this new idea of evolution was foreign to Ash. As most, he had learned that evolution happens as a Pokemon grows, but all Pokemon had a final stage, so was it possible to go beyond that?
"So professor, are you saying Garchomp can evolve again" at the moment Clemont's thought process was the same as Ash's.
"Possibly, we have some accounts of Garchomp evolving, but we're not sure of anything yet. That is what we are researching at the moment. So far we have come to conclude that these stones, as well as a strong bond between Pokemon are crucial to mega evolution. The thing is that it seems only a select few of pokemon can mega evolve, and we cannot be certain which Pokemon can mega evolve. It also seems that a Mega Pokemon can return to its original form."
The four looked on in awe as the heard this new information; the Pokemon world seemed to hold infinite secrets. Well, ok actually only three of them looked in awe. Paul looked bored as always.
Then all five of them heard a loud commotion going on back in the lab, "Gaaarrr!"
"What's that!"
"It sounds like Garchomp!" They all ran back to the lab, only to see Garchomp seemingly out of control and firing random Hyper Beams.
"Garchomp, whats wrong" Ash called out. He quickly saw the red collar on Garchomp and then he looked towards the three familiar people across the room, "Team Rocket!"
"Sweet, now we got Garchomp, so let's make our getaway" called out team rocket.
So Garchomp decided to show them the way out with a Hyper Beam, sending the trio flying, "We're blasting off again!"
Gabite and Froakie began to try and calm Garchomp calm down, but to no avail as it began firing more Hyper Beams.
"Get down!"Called out Paul as a stray Hyper Beam went just over everybody's heads.
"Garchomp must be in a lot of pain. We need to do something!" Ash advanced towards Garchomp despite the rampage.
At that moment Garchomp, who was in intense pain, bailed from the lab and began rampaging through the city.
"Garchomp, come back!" Ash knew he had to do something, "I'm going to go and help Garchomp" he said to everybody before he began to run outside as Pikachu hopped on his shoulder. He was met by Froakie and Gabite.
"Gabite!"
"Fro!"
"You guys are worried about Garchomp too" they gave him a nod, "alright let's go" Ash , Pikachu, Gabite, and Froakie all went after Garchomp.
"Brother, we have to go and help them" Bonnie took off as well.
"Bonnie, wait!" Clemont ran after her.
"Sophie, please look after the lab while I'm gone" Sycamore turned to his assistant.
"Right!"
Paul took a couple a steps outside, watching everybody as they ran, "Tch, I have to go after him and make sure he doesn't kill himself" he took off as well and he soon noticed where they were all headed, "Prism Tower".
And there it is, chapter 6.
Thank you for reading, reviews are very much appreciated.
Just wanted to talk about something real quick. If you guys haven't heard, last week was the last hooray for Saturday morning animation in America in its traditional sense. CW aired its last batch of back to back Saturday morning cartoons, thus being the last broadcast network to hold a cartoon program block. If you were one of those like me who grew up watching the cartoons and anime's that aired Saturday mornings on the different channels you are probably familiar with the shows. Dragon ball z, yugioh, Pokemon before that got moved to cable (still ticked off about that), and all of those other great cartoons and anime. It is the end of an era and I will miss it, I woke up early all those Saturday mornings just to catch those shows. I don't know, it's probably not that important, but it was something to me. Now the new generation of spoiled brats kids get everything on demand. I'm just kidding about that last part though, it's not that big of a deal but yes I will miss it. So if you were one of those who loved to fill a bowl of cereal and watch the Saturday morning cartoons, take a second to mourn the loss of Saturday morning animation, it will be sorely missed.
I apologize for leaving on a somewhat somber note, but thanks for reading. This has been Pika-Bones, Peace!