Hello Ladies and Gentlemen, I am your host Pika-Bones and I bring a new chapter, let's begin.
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Chapter 8: Pokemon Royal Rumble
"I wonder what kind of Pokemon I will find in Kalos. I already know about Froakie, but obviously all these other Pokemon are foreign too me" Ash was deep in thought as he and his friends, Bonnie, Clemont, and May were traveling through route 4 , their destination Santalune City and Ash's first Gym badge.
Ash was snapped out of his thoughts when he heard May say something. He turned to see her holding an imaginary camera and he quickly remembered what this was about.
"And we are back with May's expeditions. This time we are traveling through the foreign region of Kalos. What new adventures, Pokemon, and people will we find?"
Ash gave a small smile as he looked on. She hadn't changed at all either. She was still that sweet girl and caring girl with a great imagination.
"May! That looks like so much fun, can I help too?" Bonnie said enthusiastically
"Of course Bonnie" responded May with a smile, "there's always room in the May's expedition. I know let's call it Bonnie's and May's expedition through Kalos."
"Yay!" exclaimed Bonnie happily.
They had been walking for a few hours, with a couple of short breaks wedged between. Paul had walked straight through the whole time, and now was out in the distance, out of sight.
Ash didn't know if he should be relieved or not. On one hand, he still couldn't stand Paul and he was sure Paul felt the same way, on the other they were still brothers, and he had promised he would try and get along.
He was once again snapped from his thoughts when the bushes began to rustle near them.
"What was that" May asked
Everybody waited as the rustling continued. Then a small orange rodent like Pokemon jumped out of one of the bushes.
"What's that?" Ash asked no one in particular as he took out his Pokedex and scanned the foreign Pokemon.
"Dedenne, the Antenna Pokemon. Its whiskers serve as antennas. By sending and receiving electrical waves, it can communicate with others over vast distances."
Dedenne then targeted a berry that Bonnie was holding. Bonnie noticed this and keenled down to give the berry to the rodent like Pokemon. Dedenne happily took it and was prepared to sink its teeth into it.
"It's so cute" Bonnie's eyes began to sparkle and she turned to her beloved brother, "Clemont, please keep for me so that I can take care of it."
"I don't know" Clemont began slowly.
"Pleeease, I promise to take very good care of it" Bonnie pleaded
"Alright then" Clemont took out a Pokeball and decided to catch the newly met Pokemon. But before he could make another move, another Pokemon appeared. This time a small red, gray, and black Pokemon swooped down from the skies and quickly snatched the berry from the Dedenne, causing the small rodent Pokemon to cry and run off.
"Hey! That's Dedenne's, give it back" Bonnie demanded, yelling at the flying time which was perched at the top of a tree. The robin like Pokemon seemed to give no heed to the little blonde girl's demands, and it ate the berry whole.
"What Pokemon is that?" Ash began as he pulled out his Pokedex.
"Fletchling, the Tiny Robin Pokemon. Fletching are friendly Pokemon with a beautiful lilting voice, but they are merciless to intruders that invade their territory."
"Fletching huh, looks like a cool Pokemon" Ash began as his interest grew, "Pikachu, use Thunderbolt" Ash ordered.
Pikachu quickly launched a lightning strike at the Fletchling. Fletchling though was not phased one bit as it easily dodged.
"Pikachu, keep attacking" Ash called out.
Pikachu continued to launch electric attacks, but to no avail as Fletchling dodged every single one of them.
"Wow, that Fletchling is really skilled" a small smile appeared on Ash's face, "Froakie, I need your help!" Ash released Froakie from his Pokeball, "Froakie, let's work together to catch Fletchling" Ash once again put his focus on Fletchling who was tantalizingly out of reach, "Froakie use Water Pulse and Pikachu use Electro Ball."
Pikachu began charging for the attack but Froakie stuck his arm out in front of Pikachu, "Froa-kie!"
Froakie then jumped into the trees and quickly ascended.
"Froakie, wait!" Ash called in surprise.
Froakie paid no heed to his trainers' words as it launched itself from the treetops and met Fletchling with a pound attack. But before Frokie could land the attack, Fletchling countered by firing white, crescent-shaped energy waves at Foakie.
"That's Razor Wind!" Clemont identified the attack.
Froakie was out of position and it was hit square in the chest by the Razor Wind and was knocked out of the air, back to earth. Thankfully Froakie managed to land on its limbs.
Froakie became frustrated and quickly responded by forming a Water Pulse, "Froakie, we need to work together, stop".
Ash's word fell on deaf ears as Froakie launched a Water Pulse at the flying type, which once again was easily evaded, but Froakie quickly followed as it jumped in in the air to get closer and began to form another Water Pulse.
This time around, Fletchling dove right at Froakie as its beak began to glow,
"Froakie watch out!" Ash called out, but at that point there was nothing he could do.
Froakie fired the Water Pulse at the diving Flecthling, but the Robin Pokemon skillfully spun around to avoid the attack and proceeded to land the peck attack on Froakie, causing the Blue Frog Pokemon to fall back down out of control, with its eyes tightly shut preparing for a hard landing.
Froakie would have hit the ground hard if it weren't for its trainer who caught him before hand, causing Ash to hit the ground hard due to the momentum.
Frokie opened its eyes with frustration still covering its face, but its expression quickly turned into an ashamed one once it realized it hurt its trainer.
"Are you okay Froakie?" Ash saw Froakie's expression and continued, "I'm okay, but Froakie, you can't battle by yourself like that. You're part of a team now" Ash looked into Froakie's eyes, "Do you trust me?"
Froakie gave Ash a nod.
"Alright then, let's catch us a Fletchling" Ash got back on his feet and Froakie joined Pikachu again.
Fletchling was getting bored so it decided to vacant the area.
"Hey, wait! Get back over here" Ash yelled towards the flying Pokemon, "Come on guys let's go after it." Ash, Froakie, and Pikachu chased after the Fletchling.
"Ash, wait!" May called out as she ran after them.
"Come on Clemont, they'll leave us behind" Bonnie ran after everybody with Clemont in tow.
Paul was walking with one hand deep in his pockets and the other holding a small book as he read.
He sensed something coming over head. He gave a small glance, and sure enough there was a Pokemon in the soaring through the sky. It was a Pokemon he had never seen before. Athough he made no attempt to identify it, he was curious.
That is when he heard a footsteps coming from behind. Suddenly Ash, Froakie, and Pikachu ran past him,
"Pikachu use Thunderbolt! Froakie use Water Pulse!" Called out the raven haired trainer.
Both Pokemon launched their respective attacks but missed their target,
"Damn, that Fletchling is quick" Ash said as he and his Pokemon kept chasing it, disappearing from Paul's sight.
The chase after Fletchling had taken Ash of the main route and deeper in the forest. Ash quickly formulated a plan as they chased the quick flying type, "Froakie, go into the treetops and keep chasing. Wait for my command."
"Froa-kie!" Nodded the Blue frog Pokemon as it went into the trees.
As they kept chasing Fletching, Ash began to see a clearing up ahead. As they reached the clearing though Ash soon realized it was not the clearing in the forest he had in mind. He stopped in his tracks as he soon came up to a large ravine. Fletchling had stopped and was hovering in the air, in almost a mocking fashion.
"Pikachu, Electro ball!"
"Pika!" cried the electric type as electricity began to condense in its tail, forming a ball of electricity. He proceeded to fire the attack at Flecthling. Once again though, Fletchling evaded the attack, but this time Ash was ready,
"Froakie, Water Pulse, now!" Froakie appeared out of the tree tops with a Water Pulse loaded. It finally had a clear shot at Fletchling and sent the Water Pulse at the elusive target.
"We have it" Ash thought to himself excitedly. But his excitement was short lived when he heard something from the forest,
"Dark Pulse" a black and purple beam appeared from out of nowhere and collided with Froaikie's Water Pulse, canceling it out and causing a small explosion.
"Hey! Where did that Dark Pulse come from?" Ash asked in surprise. His question was answered when another Flying type came into view.
"Honchcrow? Paul!" On cue, Paul came out of the woods.
"What was that" growled Ash.
Paul ignored Ash and walked up to the edge of the ravine,
"Dark Pulse again" commanded Paul.
Honchcrow began to fire another black and purple beam at Fletchling.
"Intercept, Thunderbolt!" Ash ordered and Pikachu quickly responded by firing a lightning strike, meeting the Dark Pulse and causing an explosion in front of Fletchling, causing the small flying type to be knocked back.
Paul glared at the three, who were standing just a few feet away,
"Don't interfere" he hissed.
"You're the one who got in the way first!" yelled Ash.
"Pika!"
"Fro!"
Paul quickly gave a quick order, "Use Sky Attack, get rid of these runts"
Honchcrow oblidged to its trainer command and prepared for the attack before diving straight for Froakie and Pikachu,
"Dodge that!" called out Ash
The Pokemon jumped out of the way, avoiding the Sky Attacking Honchcrow, but that left Ash open.
Ash became wide eyed as Honchcrow came right on top of him before the Flying type climbed in the last split second.
The speeding Hochcrow caused a strong wind as it climbed right in front of Ash, causing the trainer to struggle to keep his footing.
"Night Slash on the Fletchling, now."
Ash quickly realized that it was all a distraction as he saw Honchcrow come in on Fletchling.
Fletchling dodged the first Night Slash, but the second one knocked it of balance. Honchcrow went for the kill with the third.
"Quick Attack into Iron Tail!"
Pikachu came streaking into the picture and blocked theNight Slash with the steel hard tail.
"Honch?" let out a shocked Honchcrow.
"One more time!" called out Ash pointing with his index finger with a smile.
"Pika!" Pikachu contorted its body in midair and slammed a steel hard tail on top of Honchcrow's head,
"Crow!" cried the the Big Boss Pokemon.
Fletchling meanwhile took Pikachu's interference as a sign to vacant the area. Even a somewhat aggressive Pokemon like Fletchling new when it was time to get out of dodge.
"It's getting away! Pikachu, Froakie, come on" Ash and Froakie took off to the bottom of the ravine after the Fletchling while Pikachu followed soon after.
"Pull yourself together you stupid bird. After them" Paul began to descend to the bottom of the ravine after Fletchling as well.
Honchcrow quickly shook its head to regain its composure, "Crow!" it cried pissed as it descended into the ravine as well.
"Foakie!" Ash began as an idea formed in his head as they ran after Fletchling, "look at the ravine, it's a perfect place to use your jumping power with all the high and low places you can jump. Use that to get good position on Fletchiling."
"Fro!" nodded the Blue Frog Pokemon. But before Froakie could put Ash's plan in place a seriously pissed Honchcrow caught up to them.
"Honch-Crow!" cried the Big Boss Pokemon as its body became surrounded in a light blue aura. It then dove for the trio and slammed both its wings into Froakie and Pikachu, smashing them into the ground, and picking up dust in the air as a result.
"Pikachu! Froakie!" Ash looked back at his Pokemon as the dust cleared, "alright, this means war".
"Bayleaf! Vine Whip now!" Ash called out as he released the Leaf Pokemon from its Pokeball.
"Bay" responded Bayleaf as it quickly took a serious demeanor. Two dark green vines shot out of Bayleaf's neck, grabbing the dark blue avian Pokemon causing it to cry in surprise,
"Now, send it into the rock face" directed Ash with a wave of his Arm.
Bayleaf nodded and swung Honchcrow into one of the walls in the ravine.
"Crow!" cried Honchcrow as it was painfully smashed into the wall of the ravine.
"Good job Bayleaf. Pikachu Froakie, are you two alright" Ash turned towards his other teammates who were able to get on their feet and confirmed that they were fine with a "Pika" and "Fro".
Ash gave a small nod, "right, come on Bayleaf, we can't lose Fletchling".
Ash began to fun after Fletchling, who had slowed down to see what had happened, once again with Pikachu and Froakie beginning to follow.
But before the two could begin to follow, Paul ran past them, with a Pokeball in hand,
"Dumbass, I'll make you wish you hit the pavement back in Lumiose."
"Weavile, stand by for battle" Paul realeased a weasel like Pokemon.
"Wea-vile!"
"Blizzard, now!" At Paul's command Weavile summoned a vicious icy storm headed for Ash and Bayleaf.
"Bayleaf! Run!" Ash saw the blizzard coming and tried to out run it, but the attack landed,
"Co-Cooold!"
"Ba-Baaay!"
And both of them became frozen in a huge block if ice.
Paul and Weavile ran past the block of ice, and then Pikachu and Froakie arrived soon after.
"Pikapi!"
"Froakie Fro!"
"Pikachu!" Ash mumbled through the ice, "Get us out of here! Iron Tail!"
Pikachu nodded and quickly broke the block of ice with an Iron Tail, freeing Ash and Bayleaf from the icy prison.
"Brrrrr, he's go-giong to pay fo-for this" Ash said as he trembled furiously from both anger and cold.
"Fro!" Froakie became reenergized and suddenly began to jump on the walls of the ravine.
Ash gave a small smile, while still trying to warm himself up "come on guys, let's follow Froakies lead, let's catch us a Fletchling!"
"Pika-pi"
"Bay-Bay!"
"Ice Beam, quickly" Paul ordered as he and Weavile ran after the red and gray robin Pokemon.
"Wea-vile" cried the the Sharp Claw Pokemon as it fired an Ice Beam at Flecthling.
"Fletch-ling!" Fletchling spun to avoid the attack and turned towards Weavile and fired a Razor Wind at Weavlie.
"Dodge, and useIce Shard" ordered the purple haired trainer.
Weavile leaped into the air, avoiding the razor wind, and fired a block of ice at Fletchling. The flying type had no chance to dodge due to Weaviles speed and was hit with the super effective attack, sending it to a freefall back down to earth.
Paul took one of his pokeballs into his left hand and pitched the red and white capsule towards Fletchling which bounced of it before it formed Fletchling into energy and capturing it.
"No!" Ash and company reached Paul in time to see him catch Fletchling with the Pokeball.
Ash gritted his teeth at the sight, "No, it's one thing for me not to catch Fletchling, but the last person I want to cath Fletchling is him."
Ash looked on helplessly as the Pokeball on the ground shook due to Fletchling's struggling. And when it seemed the Flying type was caught, the Pokeball suddenly broke up, and with a flash of light, Fletchling reappeared.
"Fletch-ling!" it cried is it swooped down towards the flat footed Weavile and slammed a steel hard wing into the ice type for major damage and causing it to tumble backwards.
"Dammit, I thought I had it. And it also knows Steel Wing."
Ash took a deep breathe in relief seeing how Fletchling still was not caught,
"Alright! Here's our chance, let's go!" he called out as he and his Pokemon began to run towards Fletchling.
"Not a chance" Paul stepped in their way. Then a flash of light appeared revealing Raichu.
"Rai!" smirked the beige rodent like Pokemon.
"Pika!" The sight of Raichu made Pikachu's cheeks spark with electricity.
Ash began to quick quickly as every second mattered if he wanted to catch Fletchling, "Froakie, keep going".
Paul turned to the direction of Froakie who at the moment was jumping on the walls of the ravine, "Raichu, Thunderbolt" he ordered/
"Bayleaf! Razor Leaf!" Before Raichu could launch the attack at Froakie, Bayleaf forced Raichu out of its spot with Razor Leaf and allowed Froakie to advance pass them.
"Weavile, go after Fletchling" Paul said evenly. Weavie obeyed and went off.
"It's two against one Paul, you can't win" Ash said mater-a-factly.
"Are you sure you're counting right dumbass" Paul responded with his poker face.
"What are you-" was all Ash could say before he was caught off by a cry from above.
"Shoot, Honchcrow" the Fedora hat feathered Flying type landed with grace and power.
There was a long pause as neither Pokemon or trainer moved a muscle, then Paul broke the silence, "Raichu, get rid of that Pikachu."
"Rai!" cried the Mouse Pokemon as it advanced on Pikachu before slamming its right fist and sending Pikachu out of the Ravine and back into the woods. And Raichu followed soon after.
"Pikachu!" Ash yelled. But Paul didn't give Ash time to worry about Pikachu.
"Night Slash" Honchcrows wings began to glow light purple as it charged Bayleaf.
Ash turned his attention back to what was in front of him. He desperetaley called out an attack,
"Razor Leaf!" Bayleaf fired razor sharp leaves at Honchcrow, but they were easily avoided and Bayleaf took the hit straight on.
The collision caused a small explosion and black smoke to appear, which Honchcrow quickly flew out of, "Crow!"
The Flying type looked to be in the clear, but Ash had other plans, "Bayleaf, vine whip!"
Out of the smoke caused from the previous attack, a pair of vines shot out and smashed the Big Boss Pokemon out of the air and into the ground.
Both Pokemon rose up slowly, both hurt after taking damage.
"Fro, Fro, Fro" Froakie continued chasing Fletchling, but Weavile was at his heels.
"Wea-vile" the red feathered ice type neared Froakie and fired an ice shard. But Froakie leapt out of the way and fired a water pulse to counter attack.
Weavile dodged the attack, but unknown to the dark type, Fletchling came swooping in from the other directions,
"Wea-vile!" it cried as it was hit with a peck attack.
Froakie saw this as an opening and jumped from the ravine wall and attacked with a pound.
Weavile recovered quickly though, and intercepted Froakie with a Metal Claw.
"Fro!"
"Vile!"
"Sky Attack" Paul commanded quickly.
Honchcrow became surrounded in a white aura before diving at Bayleaf.
"Bayleaf, jump!" Ash called out. Bayleaf obeyed as it used its vines to propel it of the ground and high into the air.
The Sky Attack missed its mark and left Honchcrow vulnerable,
"Follow up with Razor Leaf!" Ash ordered with a clenched fist.
"Bay-Leaf!" While in midair and with a swift motion with its neck, Bayleaf fired a barrage of sharp leaves at Honchrow, causing the flying type to cry out in pain.
Honchcrow stayed airborne though while Bayleaf landed back on solid ground.
Both Pokemon were on their last legs though as both were exauhsted. Both trainers knew this, and both went for their finishing move,
"Bayleaf!"
"Honchcrow!"
"End this with Head-butt!"
"Night Slash immediately!"
Honchcrow's wings began to glow a light purple, while Bayleaf charged with its head lowered.
Honcrow dove and became level with Bayleaf as it when in for the attack, and Bayleaf charged at full power.
"Bay!"
"Crow!"
Both Pokemon cried simultaneously as the made landed their respective attack. The collision resulted in an explosion, leaving the trainers in the dark for a second before the smoke cleared, revealing an unconscious Bayleaf and Honchcrow.
Ash ran up to Bayleaf, "are you okay Bayleaf".
Bayleaf raised its head and gave him a nod.
"You did great, take a long rest" Ash returned Bayleaf.
"Your accuracy was lacking, looks like we both know what you're working on later" Paul scolded Honchcrow as it returned it back to its Pokeball.
"I need to get to Froakie" Ash got up and quickly sprinted past Paul.
Paul though did not have the same urgency as he began to follow at a slower pace.
Froakie and Weavile were exchcaching attacks when Ash came up to them.
"Froakie!" Ash called out.
"Fro!" Cried the Pokemon happily, but that split second caused it to lose concentration.
Weavile came in on Froakie quickly with a knock off attack. Frokie tried to counter with a pound, but it was too late at that point. Froakie was sent flying towards the wall of the ravine, with its eyes tightly shut.
"Froakie! Pull yourself together, bounce of the wall."
Upon hearing his trainer, Froakie regained its compusre, and with its strong legs bounced of the ravine wall, back towards Weavile.
"Water Pulse!" Ash called out confidently.
Weavile's only reaction was a widening of its eyes as it was blasted on the spot by Water Pulse.
"Good job Froakie, now let's concentrate on Fletchling." Ash looked up and found said Pokemon perched and an elevated rock formation in middle of the ravine.
"Froakie! Go and get above it" Ash commanded.
"Froa!" Obeyed the Blue Frog Pokemon as it began to ascend the rock formation by jumping ledge to ledge, increasing its jump.
Fletchling reacted to the climbing Froakie by Diving and using peck. Froakie though followed throught its trainers command and simply avoided Fletchling, reaching the top of the rock formation.
"Use Water Pulse" Froakie followed Ash's direction and fired a Water Pulse at Fletchling from a better angle.
"Fletchling managed to barely dodge the attack dodge, but Ash would not give it time to rest,
"Slow down Fletchling and use Bubble!" Ash called out at full force.
Froakie leaped from his position on the rock formation and threw its frubbles at Fletchling.
"Fletch" cried Fletchling, who was now in a sticky situation.
"Fro!" Froakie fired a barrage of bubbles at Fletcling, gaining a direct hit, and causing the flying type to fall.
"Go, Pokeball!" Ash tossed the Pokeball at Fletchling with the hopes of catchiong it. But those hopes were soon dashed when he heard the all too familiar voice of Paul from behind him,
"Knock Off" Paul called out
Weavile quickly cut off the Pokeball and knocked it away from Fletchlling.
"Hey!" Ash said angrily as he turned towards Pau.
"Froakie, use Water Pulse!"
"Fro" cried Froakie in agreement as it fired a Water Pulse at Weavile.
"Knock Off" Weavile followed orders as it charged Froakie, eluding the Water Pulse in the process and smashing its claw onto Froakies head.
"Froakie!" Ash uttered in worry.
"Now, after that Fletchling, Ice Punch" commanded Paul.
Fletchling had recovered from Froakies offensive, but it was in no position to protect itself from Weaviles Ice Punch.
Ash saw this and began to go through his mind furiously and think of something, all of the sudden he found something on the ground.
"Wea-vile!" cried the ice type as it swung down on Fletchling. But before it could land a hit, a rock came flying in out of nowhere and hit it on the head, causing the attack too fail and allowing Fletchling to escape.
"What the Hell!? Where did that rock come from!?" An exasperated Paul quickly turned towards Ash.
"Yeah! Rock beats ice, good thing I remembered that type chart."
"You've got to be kidding me."
"Wea-vile!" hissed the weasel like Pokemon towards Ash.
"Oh hey Weavile" Ash began nervously, "no hard feelings right".
"Vile!" Weavile angrily charged Ash with its claws glowing white.
"Crap!"
"Froa-kie!" At the last moment, Froakie was able to Pound Weavile out of the way.
"Fro!"
"Wea-vile!"
"Get a grip and focus on the objective" Paul said sternly.
"Wea-vile?" It looked towards its trainer, and its words seemed to calm it down a bit. It then quickly turned its attention to Fletchling.
"Froakie! Bubble!" Froakie obeyed and and fired a Bubble at Fletchling.
"Ice Shard!" Weavile obliged and fired an Ice Beam at Fletchling as well.
Both attacks landed their mark and Fletchling was thoroughly defeated, primed for capture.
"This is it" Ash and Paul thought simultaneously.
They both flinged their Pokeballs at the same time, it would come down to who's Pokeball arrived first.
"No way." Much to Pauls dismay, Ash's Pokeball had much more juice than his own, and Ash's Pokeball reached Fletchling first.
After a moment of struggling, the Pokeball gave the signature "ping" completing the capture.
"Alright! We got Fletchling!" Ash held up the Pokeball triumphantly.
Paul just looked on before he began to make his way back to the main route.
"Come on Froakie, let's go back to the others to introduce Fletchling to everybody."
Ash began to walk back but he realized somebody was missing soon,
"Wait, where's Pikachu" Ash cupped his mouth, "Pikachu!"
On cue, Pikachu came flying out of the trees, "Pika-Piii!"
"PikaCHU!?" was all Ash could say before Pikachu crashed right onto his head, knocking both Ash and Pikachu out and making them see stars.
All Froakie could do was wrap his mind around what just happened and try to wake his trainer up.
And somewhere in the woods, Raichu is laughing its ass off.
"Come on out Fletchling" Ash said as he released his newly caught teammate.
After some serious backtracking, Ash and Paul made it back to the main route and found Clemont, May, and Bonnie waiting for them.
Ash kneeled down to Fletchlings level, "hey there Fletchling" Ash began with a gentle tone, "from on now where all going to be great friends, a family. What do you say," Ash then pumped his fist towards the sky, "do you want to part of it? Together we will become the strongest".
"Fletchling" nodded the Tiny Robin Pokemon in agrement.
Ash gave Fletchling a big and genuine smile, while the other Pokemon happily responded.
Bonnie kneeled down to Fletchling next, "And Fletchling, tell me when you get hungry next time, because stealing other Pokemon's food is bad" she said as if it were common knowledge.
"Fletchling" responded the small flying type ashamed.
"And allow the neutering process to begin" thought Paul as he looked on a few feet away, "poor Fletchling".
"It's okay, you're forgiven" Bonnie assured Fletchling.
"How about an Oran berry to celebrate our new friendship" Clemont handed out Oran berries for everyone.
"Now let's go on to Santalune city" Ash began to take a step before May interrupted him.
"Um, Ash it's already getting dark" May Pointed out.
"What!?" Ash looked up and sure enough the sun was setting, giving way for night.
"Oh Arceus, thank you" Ash, Froakie, Pikachu, and their new friend, Fletching all fell onto the ground exhausted.
"Whoah, are guys alright?" Clemont asked.
"Were fine, just a little tired" then Ash's stomach began to growl, "and hungry".
Paul remained quit, but he was tired as well, and it was getting let. He would have to stay around here for the night.
"Well, how about we set up camp, I make us a good dinner, and we turn in for the night" suggested Clemont.
"Alright!" Ash quickly got back up, "food!"
The group set up camp, except for Paul who definitely did not include himself as part of the group. He simply sat by himself under a tree reading a book and drinking tea.
"Mmmm, Clemont that smells great." Ash had practically begun drooling as the aroma of the food hit his nose.
Everybody sat down around a foldable table as Clemont served dinner, a delicious looking stew.
Ash was about to dig in, but May stopped him.
"Ash" May began, "how about Paul".
"Paul?" Ash looked over to where Paul was seated, "what about him".
"Aren't we going to invite him to eat with us. He is your brother. It would be rude not to invite him, isn't that right Clemont" May turned to Clemont for back up.
Clemont tensed up a bit at being put on the spot, "uh… sure, I mean of course, it would be rude not to invite him" Clemont said a tad bit unsure.
May turned back to Ash, only to find him already eating and ignoring anything she said, "Ash!"
"What?" Ash began between a spoonful, "he looks fine. "I'll invite him after one plate of food. It takes all my energy to deal with him; I can't do it on an empty stomach.
Ash was about to grab another spoonful of the stew, but instead of hitting the stew, his spoon hit table, "huh?"
Ash looked up to see May holding his plate of food away from him.
"Hey! Give my food back!"
"No, go and invite Paul now" May said sternly.
Ash clenched his teeth before sighing in defeat, "fine".
Ash walked away from the table and towards Paul, who was under a tree reading a small book, the same book he had been reading the whole time.
"Hey, Paul, I just wanted to ask you if you would like to have dinner with us?" Ash said indifferently.
Paul gave a simple "no".
Ash asked him if he was sure, but Paul affirmed he was fine,
"I have my own food, now leave me be."
"Alright then, Clemont's food is pretty good, but if that's how you want it." Ash returned to the table and snatched his plate back from May,
"There, he doesn't want to join us, no let's eat."
May looked towards Paul, something was weighing on her mind, but she didn't know what.
Soon enough, everyone, including the Pokemon, began eating.
"Mmmm! Clemont, this tastes great!" May was thouroughly enjoying Clemont's cooking.
"Isn't it awesome, my brother Clemont is an amazing chef, probably the best around" said Bonnie quite proud of her brother.
Clemont gave a sheepish grin, "Well, you know, cooking is a bit similar to inventing, so I guess I always had a knack for it".
"Must be true, he's definetly the best chef I've ever traveled traveled with" said May with a smile.
Somewhere in Pewter City.
"Ahhhh!" Brock let out a cry of pain as a he felt a searing pain go through his back, "Croagunk! Why would you do that!"
Brock turned around expecting to see Croagunk but said Pokemon was not there.
"Wait, Croagunk is outside" Brock looked out the window, and sure enough Croagunk was just sitting there, "so, what was that pain?"
Just then, Brock's younger brother, Forrest, appeared in the doorway.
"Hey, Brock are you okay?" Asked Forrest wondering what was the commotion.
"I'm fine, but it's strange, it felt like I got poisoned jabbed in the back, but it wasn't Croagunk" Brock then put his hand on his chin, "it feels like there's a disturbance".
"Now you're just talking crazy. You're probably just stressed from studying and working at the Pokemon Center all the time" Forrest began to leave, "take a break or something".
"Great, now I won't be able to concentrate enough to study" Brock sat down to begin studying again, but this time studying would be taking a backseat.
A few moments later
"Officer Jenny, this time you are the one who has committed an injustice. You have stolen my heart, but if you really do believe in justice, there is one thing you could d-Ahhhh!"
Brock fell of his chair in pain, "okay, this time it was Croagunk".
Croagunk gave out a scratchy chuckle before walking outside to once again enjoy the beautiful day.
There it is. Thank you for reading, peace! And remember to review.