Welcome back readers to another chapter of Remembering an Old Friend! I'm really sorry about the delay on last the chapter but so many things just came up, anyway I hope you enjoy this chapter!
Haha yes Menace I HAD to leave that cliffhanger xD Well sometimes when the readers "think" they know what's going to happen next, there's a fifty percent chance that they're right. But you know sometimes the obvious is a perfect fit for stories, and sometimes it's not. And about my cliffhanger, wouldn't the evil ones be more exciting? It wouldn't be as much fun if I ended it at some calm point in the story now would it? Anyway thanks for your review!
Ridgyaxe! Yes they're starting to regain their memory one by one, but who knows, maybe the true ending is still a long ways away? And don't worry I will not lose track of my ideas! Cough: hopefully. I'm sorry did you say anything? Thanks for your review!
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Last time on Remembering an Old Friend...
Ash finally snapped, he was sick of all these people hating the thought of a person being with a pokemon. He charged towards the group, his hand in a fist, he was ready to fight...
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'Ash wait!' Latias called out, but was then pulled back by her brother. The raven haired boy continued his charge, his body prepared itself for battle. Ash's heart began to beat faster, sending blood to where it was needed. The ten year old's tiny body became a tank; adrenaline being pumped throughout his body as unnecessary bodily functions shut down, allowing the brain to concentrate on the fight.
"What's with him?" one of the four teenagers said as they put their guard up as a group. The raven haired boy dove into battle, two of the teenagers ganged up on Ash, grabbing his arms as they held him up in the air. With rage, adrenaline, and will power fueling his core, Ash managed to set himself free, punching both of his attackers' jaws; each jaw was dislocated.
"He got Andrew and Jesse!" the other teenager exclaimed. The two remaining teenaged boys went for a second attack, the first one shot his fist into Ash's gut, knocking the wind out of him as he went to his knees, while the other one kicked Ash hard in the ribs.
"Ash!" the idle heroes cried. 'Enough of this. Time to end this.' Latios announced. The blue eon took control of the surrounding area with his psychic, everything shined with a faint blue color as every single being in the area became frozen.
Ash and the teenagers where stuck in their place a long with Latias and the rest of the group. Latios quickly knocked out the teenagers, erasing their memories of what had just happened, their bodies dropped to the soft grass.
Latios was forced to become visible in the process of cleaning up the mess that Ash had caused. But then Latios noticed a small figure past the scene, it was the girl. Although nobody had any control over their bodies, the injured girl and her pokemon happened to be looking in the direction that Latios and Latias were.
'Crap!' Latios cursed as he instinctively attempted to erase the girl's memory as well. 'No brother.' Latias said, breaking her brother's psychic hold on the area. 'What?' Latios gasped, staring in disbelief at his sister. 'Don't erase her memory.' Latias begged as everyone regained their footing. Latias, using so much power to break Latios' hold, also became visible, revealing herself to the victim.
Latios sensed something emanating from his sister, Latias was physically and mentally stable and was still her innocent young self. But what was this strange presence that he felt? 'O-ok.' Latios stuttered. Bianca and Misty rushed to the injured girl while Brock and Latias rushed to Ash's side.
"What happened? I know Latias has become stronger... but, what was this? She broke my psychic hold..." Latios pondered, still in shock.
"Ash are you alright!" Brock asked, taking off his friend's vest as he checked for any signs of broken bones. "Yeah, I'm alright." Ash said, then began to cough as blood splattered into his hand. 'Ash!' Latias cried. "Two broken ribs and possible hemorrhaging." Brock stated as he pulled some medical supplies out of his backpack.
'Brock, let me handle this.' Latias said in a soft voice as her claws began to shine a faint green. The red eon placed her healing claws on her lover's chest, loud cracking noises were heard as Ash's ribs were snapped back into place, everybody cringed at the noise.
"Thanks Latias." the raven haired boy thanked, hugging the red eon as he gave her a peck on the cheek. Brock, Latias, and Ash got up and walked over to Bianca and Misty.
"Hey are you alright? Why did they hurt you like this!" Bianca asked, taking a look at the girl's injuries. "They attacked me because I love my ditto." the girl answered. Then Brock, Latias, and Ash joined in. "Could you tell us why you love your ditto?" Misty asked as Brock and Latias checked the girl's injuries.
"Well my boyfriend was shot by Team Rocket and he died in the hospital four years ago. Ditto was the only one who helped me through my grieving. My parents were always too busy with work to ever spend any time with me." the girl began.
"Ok Latias, she has a fractured wrist, arm, and an ankle. Do you think you can heal her?" Brock asked quietly as the girl told her story. 'Roger!' Latias laughed playfully as she began to heal the girl.
"Ditto was the only one who actually showed that he cared about me. Then one day ditto transformed into my boyfriend. It made me so happy, and that's when I knew that I loved him." the girl finished, although it was a little under detailed.
"How sad..." Misty and Bianca said, both girls were almost in tears as they gave the girl a comforting hug. "Thank you everyone for saving me." the girl thanked. "No problem, but where's your ditto?" Ash asked, looking around the forest in search of the pink blob. "He's back at my house, I was going to the harbor to get us some seafood, but then the boy's from my school came out and attacked me." the girl answered.
"Oh." Ash said. "There, all set." Brock said as he made on more check before he got up. 'You're all fixed!' Latias said sweetly, with her claw in a thumbs up. "Thank you. May I ask what kind of pokemon you have with you?" the girl asked as she stood up.
'We're eon pokemon! Exclusively from the Hoenn region!' Latias squealed. "Oh. Both of you look outstanding." the girl complemented. 'Thank you.' Latias giggled as she embraced the girl in a hug. "Well thank you so much everyone. I have to go now, bye!" the girl said as she continued to walk towards the harbor.
Our heroes waved back at the girl as they continued towards Pallet town. "I can't believe those boys attacked her because she loved her pokemon." Misty said in disbelief as her fear of bugs suddenly vanished.
'Humans can be so cruel.' Latios said, still in mild shock of Latias' action. Everyone fell silent as they continued walking, "We're almost out of the woods, after that we'll be in Pallet town." Brock announced while looking down at the map.
Ash was still enraged about the previous events, but a comforting hug, smile, and a peck on the cheek from Latias helped him calm down. Suddenly Latias claw emitted a black spark which disappeared as quickly as it came.
'Huh?' Latias said as she looked down at her claws. "What's wrong Latias?" Ash asked. 'Nothing. It was nothing.' Latias replied, still gazing at her claw with great curiosity as a familiar feeling grew inside her.
"What was that? Why did Latias emit a black spark? Could it be part of the strange presence I sensed earlier?" Latios asked himself. The blue eon continued to think of why this mysterious black spark came from his sister while the rest of the group continued to walk in peaceful silence.
"That spark." Latias thought to herself. "This belonged to someone. But who? Could it be him?"
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"SHADOW!" the blue dragon roared, his voice echoed in the white space. "Yes, my king? What's the problem this time?" the shadow asked while he materialized in the white space, leaving a trail of black smoke.
"You know damn fucking well what the problem is!" the blue dragon cursed, grabbing the shadow by it's throat. "Oh. You mean Latias' spark?" the shadow sneered. "Tell me why that happened!" the blue dragon ordered, shaking the shadow; his chains rattled in the air.
"The only reason I can think of is that she's been overusing the powers that you gave her, and she's becoming slightly unstable." the shadow said in a serious tone after his king stopped shaking him. The blue dragon stared at the shadow with cold eyes, but finally he let the shadow go.
"What will happen if she keeps overusing her powers?" the blue dragon asked. "I don't know for sure, but she might completely lose all of her powers if she does." the shadow explained, rubbing his throat.
"My king, you've become quite evil ever since you put us in here." the shadow smiled evilly. "That's a lie. I've been in a bad mood ever since I put us in here because of you." the blue dragon insulted. "We'll see about that..." that shadow laughed evilly as he disappeared, once again leaving a trail of black smoke behind.
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The black shadow appeared in his imprisonment realm, his chains rattled in the air as he materialized. "The effects are appearing faster than I expected. Oh well, it's just a matter of time before they all remember who he is..."
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"We're here everyone!" Brock and Ash cheered as the group exited the dark forest. They were surrounded by large fields of the greenest grass, a small number of houses were visible. 'It's beautiful!' Latias gaped in awe as well as Bianca and Latios.
"It's as peaceful as Altomare." Bianca sighed as she gazed deeply into the scenery. "Well, let's just hope my mom doesn't freak out." Ash sighed as Latias disguised herself as Bianca, and Latios became invisible.
"How are you going to explain, 'you know what' to your mom Ash?" Misty asked quietly as they neared the few houses in the field. "Don't worry I've got a plan." Ash assured, not very convincingly though.
'Be careful you two, don't raise any suspicion.' Latios reminded to Ash and Latias. "Right." the couple said in unison as the held each others hand. The group of heroes continued to walk toward Ash's home, each step increased he tension in the air until they finally reached the door.
Ash raised his empty hand and knocked on the door, "Mom, I'm home." Ash said uneasily as the group heard a loud feminine gasp come from inside the house. Rushed footsteps were heard as the door was opened, a young woman was smiling warmly with excitement for the return of her child.
"My baby boy is home!" Delia said as she embraced her embarrassed son. "Oh I was worried about you Ash! Did you remember to always wear clean underwear like I told you to?" Delia asked sternly, looking into her son's eyes after breaking her embrace.
"Mom!" the raven haired boy whined as everyone even Latios forced back waves of laughter. Delia examined her son's shoulder, it was slightly raise to the side. She carefully followed Ash's arm to where it was elevated, and to her surprise she found a girl at the other end, holding his hand.
Latias looked nervously at Ash's mother as she gave a shy smile and waved to Delia. "Ash! You didn't tell me that you had a girlfriend!" Delia gasped as she examined the disguised Latias. The scene was so embarrassing that even the others began to blush.
"She's beautiful! You aren't messing around with her are you Ash?" Delia asked, both Ash and Latias turned red in an instant. "Oh who am I kidding? I know you're too good of a son to be doing that!" Delia said, giving her son another hug.
"Hi, my name is Delia, what's yours?" the overexcited mother asked as she leaned in closer to the disguised Latias. Everybody froze, they had completely forgotten to make a fake name for Latias!
"Her name's, Jay!" Ash finally said after a few moments of silence. "Ashy don't be rude, let her speak for herself." Delia scolded as she flashed a warm smile towards Latias. "Um, she can't. My twin sister was born a mute." Bianca said, saving Ash and Latias. "Oh you poor thing!" Delia said, hugging Latias, "Come on everybody, come on in."
As Ash's mom turned her back to the group to lead them into her lovely home, the group let out a quiet sigh of relief. 'That was too close.' Latias sighed as they entered the house. 'Hey wait, how am I supposed to get in?' Latios asked, still hiding on the roof of the house.
'Just wait there until Ash tells his mother about, us.' Latias said nervously, still holding the raven haired boy's hand. "You ready for this La- I mean, Jay?" Ash asked sure that his mother didn't suspect him of anything.
Delia had led them to the living room, Ash and Latias sat on the love seat(2 seat couch), and Bianca, Brock, and Misty sat on the couch. "Would any of you like some snacks?" Delia asked kindly as she started slowly for the kitchen.
"Yes please." everyone said in unison. "Ok, oh I'm sorry. Before I go, I forgot your name." Delia apologized as she approached Bianca. "My name's Bianca, it's nice to meet you Mrs. Ketchum." Bianca said politely.
"Oh my, it's been a while since I've been called that. It's nice to meet you too Bianca." Delia blushed as she continued to the kitchen. Again, everyone sighed. "Your mom is really kind!" Bianca gushed as she relaxed her tense body. 'And she's beautiful!' Latias added.
"So Ash, when are you going to tell her?" Misty asked in a hushed voice. "Um, I'll tell her after we catch up." Ash said uneasily as he could feel the butterflies in his stomach spazz out at the thought. 'Are you sure she won't, you know, over react to Ash being a pokephiliac?' Latios asked from the rooftop.
'Don't worry brother I can sense that she won't.' Latias responded as she gave Ash's hand a reassuring squeeze. "I hope you all like sponge cake!" Delia announced as she came back into the living room with a tray filled with light, fluffy, strawberry filed cakes.
"Wow!" Misty gaped in awe as Delia began to serve the light delicacies. Everyone thankfully took their slice of cake and enjoyed it to their hearts content as Delia watched them. "I'm so glad you all like it so much!" everyone nodded, except Ash, who was busy stuffing his face... "And do you want to know a scary secret?" Delia said with a smile.
The group of friends paused and waited for her to finish. "These are homemade!" Delia finally announced, receiving loud gasps from everyone in the room, Brock's was especially the loudest. "You're incredible!" Brock, Misty, and Bianca praised as Delia fidgeted in embarrassment.
"Thanks everyone!" Delia smiled once more as she took a seat on the recliner, which was next to the couch. "So Ash, tell me what's been going on in your adventure?" Mrs. Ketchum asked her son, as she watched him swallow the remains of his cake.
After finishing their cake, Ash and his friends all contributed to telling Delia the recent events during their traveling.
After a few hours of nonstop story telling, it all came to a stop as Ash stood up, bringing Latias with him. "I can't believe I'm missing out on so much of my boy's life." Delia sighed sadly, but was happy at the same time for Ash's achievements.
"Mom, I have to tell you something." Ash announced nervously as he squeezed Latias' hand for support. "Oh but I already know that your in a relationship with Jay." Delia said in confusion. "It's not that, the truth is...!"
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'What's taking them so long?' Latios asked himself as he lay peacefully on his back and gazed dreamily at the clouds. The blue eon sighed, 'Ken... your friends miss you. I still need the others to know. But why? Why did you erase our memories? I still don't understand!' Latios said in frustration, sitting up.
But then something caught the blue eon's sharp dragon eyes. Out in the distance there was some sort of commotion near the woods. Latios tuned in with his sensitive ears, "Are you sure?" a farmer from another town asked.
"Yeah! As we woke up we saw some kid with black hair kiss his pokemon!" the teenagers from before said. There was a hoard of people, they were armed with weapons of all sorts. Some had pistols, rifles, and shotguns. The rest had some sort of blunt weapon to accompany them
"We will not let this small town be marked as filth just like the others! We will make sure that this disgusting pokephilia is abolished for good!" the leader of the mob shouted. Many people cheered as others readied their weapons.
"Just how many freaks do we need to kill? I'm still tired from chasing after that girl again, and beating her to death!" one of the teenagers whined as he lifted the sleeve of his shirt to stretch his tired arm.
'Oh my... holy shit I got to tell the others!'
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"Mom, this girl right next to me isn't really Jay, she's not even a human!" Ash said, receiving a strange look from his mother. "I'm in love with Latias! Not Jay!" Ash finally announced after his long pause. He nodded to Latias signaling her to reveal her true form.
The disguised eon was covered in a veil of blue light, it disappeared as quickly as it came, revealing a petite red dragon. There was a moment of silence. Delia, with her legs crossed on the recliner, gasped as she examined Latias with her eyes.
There was more silence, Brock, Misty, Bianca, and especially Ash and Latias held there breath, waiting for Delia to respond. "A-Ash, your in love with a pokemon?" the shocked mother asked in disbelief.
The raven haired boy nodded, still holding Latias' claw. "Ash, you do realize that you're committing a crime!" Delia exclaimed.
Then, the patio door was suddenly opened as a blue eon entered the living room. 'Ash! People know about you and Latias!'
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And there we go! I hope this small gap was a good treat for you guys! So yeah please review and tune in next time on Remembering an Old Friend!