The Thing With Hajimes
Me: so its been over 6 months since the last update...? ^_^"
Karrie: T.T
Kellyn: =.=
Kate: -_-
Keith: =(
Me: D= I get! I'm sorry!
Kiwi: on DeviantArt, there is a Hajime family tree (same username from fanfiction for her DA account)
Kate: the thing's huge O.O
Me: yep, it is
Kellyn: pokelover0ash does own anything except for her OCs and her ideas
Keith: you better have made me cookies!
Me: um...how about I give them to you later? ^.^" *didn't make any cookies*
Chapter 48: Over 100 Degrees
After three days after the busy night, Karrie woke up from a Yawn-induced sleep to find the air conditioner blasting on high, much to Karrie's dismay.
"Why the heck is that thing blasting cold air?" Karrie asked as she rubbed the sides of her arms and stood up next to her bed.
"Because it's like 110 degrees outside," Kate replied as she walked in fully dressed in a white spaghetti strapped tank top and gray shorts. "We were suddenly hit by a heat wave."
"Weather does not change that quickly in Johto unless some stupid organizations rile up a few legendaries," Karrie mumbled.
"Man, it's hot," Rhythmi said while fanning herself while being dressed in shorts and a light pink tank top.
"I'm going to the indoor pool," Laurie said as she came out of the bathroom dressed in her green one piece bathing suit while carrying a towel.
"There's an indoor pool?" Rhythmi asked.
"Yeah, why wouldn't there be one?" Karrie asked and Rhythmi rushed to gather her bathing suit and towel along with Kate's.
"Let's go then!" Rhythmi replied.
"You three go on, I'm going to take a while," Karrie said.
"You're sure?" Laurie asked.
"Yeah, I'll be lucky if I don't fall asleep with this cold blasting in the room," Karrie replied as she rubbed her eye.
"Okay," Laurie said and the three left Karrie by herself, though Kate looked back with an expression filled with worry.
"Dang, I hate the cold," Karrie mumbled to herself before going to the bathroom and changing into a green tank top and black shorts.
Who's bright idea was it to blast the AC on high right on me? Karrie asked her relatives as she opened her room's door with tired eyes with Munchlax and Emolga behind her.
We can't have people die of heat exhaustion. her mother replied and Karrie sighed.
"What's up?" Keith asked as he was waiting for her. Karrie lifted her head to see the redhead dressed in just swimming trunks.
"AC," Karrie mumbled in reply.
"Um, your picking a day like this to wear your hair down? Aren't you hot?" Keith asked. "Not like you should always keep your hair back." Karrie put her hand to her head and turned around to walk straight back into the bathroom to fix her hair. She walked back out and shut the room's door.
"I take it you'll be wanting to know where the indoor pool is and/or Kellyn's ice box," Karrie replied as she stretched.
"An ice box?" Keith asked.
"Its an a whole floor that is constantly at a cool temperature," Karrie replied. "It also happens to be where the indoor pool is." Karrie then started to walk down the hall. "Follow me, I'll take you there."
"O-Okay," Keith replied as he caught up with Karrie with Munchlax and Emolga at his side. Eventually they got to a stair case that they went down two floors before going on elevator. "Are we there yet?"
"Almost," Karrie replied. "What's the temperature outside?"
"Last time I heard, it was 103 degrees," Keith asked.
'Something's not right with this heat wave.' Karrie thought.
"That's strange, especially for Johto," Karrie replied.
Meiko, Kenny, Sapphire, White, Sakura, any ideas on what's causing the heat? Karrie asked her cousins mentally.
I'm loving the heat, but I can't help but feel like somethings wrong, like it's not natural. Sapphire replied mentally as the elevator stopped and the door opened.
Something's wrong, I agree with Sapphire. White replied. How are you doing Meiko?
I feel agitated, how about you Kenny? Meiko said mentally.
I feel the same, that and as if someone is trying to catch me. Kenny replied.
I feel awesome but annoyed at the same time. Sakura said.
I love the heat and all, but the AC is driving me crazy. Karrie replied as a blast of cold air hit her.
"That feels much better!" Keith exclaimed as he ran into the hallway while Karrie walked slowly. "Doesn't it Karrie?"
"Yeah," Karrie lied with a smile.
"Karrie?" Blue asked. "What are you doing down here?" Karrie pointed her thumb at Keith. "Oh. Well, come with me, the others are waiting." They followed Blue down the hall to the indoor pool where Kellyn was sitting in a chair with a black t-shirt and swimming trunks by Kate who was in the purple bikini from before. Keith jumped into the pool as Karrie watched from afar, trying not to shiver too much. Blue walked up to her with Bruno. "Are you staying?"
"Probably not," Karrie replied. "I'm thinking of joining Meiko, Kenny, Sapph, Sakura, and White."
"You six have the best tolerance for heat," Bruno said. "You guys should probably try to figure out what's causing this heat wave." Karrie nodded.
"Was planning on it," Karrie replied. "Make sure everyone keeps cool."
"Will do," Blue replied with a smile. Karrie left with a wave and Kate walked up to Bruno and Blue.
"Where's Karrie going?" Kate asked.
"She's going to make sure nobody's out in the heat and corral a few relatives of ours that like to avoid this level." Blue replied.
"Is she going to be alright?" Kate asked.
"As long as she's not kept directly in front an AC, she's good," Blue replied with a smile while giving two thumbs up.
"Why don't you get ice boy in the pool?" Bruno asked and Kate walked away before dragging Kellyn into the pool with the help of Keith.
~with Karrie~
Meiko, White, Kenny, Sapph, Sakura, outside NOW. Karrie told her relatives mentally and by the time she was outside, they were all there. Meiko was dressed in a black sports bikini top, black bikini bottoms, and red bathing suit skirt. White had a white bikini top on with her short daisy dukes over her bikini bottom. Kenny had on a blue muscle tank top and green swim trunks while Sapphire had on a blue halter bikini top, blue bikini bottoms, and a blue bathing suit skirt. Sakura was wearing a pink and white bikini.
"You called?" Kenny asked.
"Yeah, we're finding out what's causing the heat," Karrie replied and then Jasmine and Roxanne walked towards them with Zenya.
"We're coming with you," Jasmine said. "Just in case it's them again."
"Zenya, aren't you supposed to be Fiore right now?" Karrie asked.
"Almia, actually," Zenya replied. "But that's besides the point, you guys need a psychic and the other psychics are either tired from the practice for the battle tournament or isn't used to heat this high."
"Or don't have the liberty of teleporting," Roxanne added.
"Glad to see ya, Zen," Meiko exclaimed.
"Any clues we can go off on?" White asked. "Other than its hot?"
"Kenny and Meiko are agitated," Sakura replied.
"I'm not agitated! I just feel like I'm being chased!" Kenny protested.
"Which means Moltres is probably being chased by someone, or something," Daniel, Karrie's dad, replied. "And something probably is happening to Entei."
"Dad!" Karrie exclaimed with surprise.
"Glad you could join us," Roxanne said.
"It's probably them," Daniel said. "But then again, it could be a coincidence."
"Let's go get them then!" Sapphire exclaimed.
"Whoever it is, they're by the mountains," Zenya replied.
"I'll stay, in case something pops up here," Daniel said. "Everyone else, head out." They all nodded before following Zenya into the woods.
~Karrie's P.O.V.~
Since we don't want to draw much attention, we're not allowed to use our powers unless we run into THEM. So we're going through the forest and starting to go up the mountain though I can smell oil, fire, and people.
You're probably wondering who THEM is and why we don't speak they're true name. Well, they're a group of people who have been against the Hajime family since the very beginning, when Hajimes first got legendary powers. Many times they have tried to kill us all and destroy the world, so yeah, they're not a nice bunch of people.
Karrie, you and I will approach silently from the trees with Sakura. Zenya said mentally. White, Jasmine, and Sapphire, come from the side. Kenny, Meiko, and Roxanne, go head first. There are people ahead. We all obeyed because Zenya's Zenya and she's almost never wrong.
Well, you know those people who I was talking about? Well, judging from the people on the ground's clothing, we're dealing with them. They had Entei in a cage, a strange machine, and they even had Moltres in a cage. This isn't right, legendaries aren't supposed to be caught so easily!
"What the hell are you doing to those Pokemon?!" Meiko exclaimed as she came in with Kenny and Roxanne. The grunts panicked for a bit while spouting out Russian. How about I translate everything for you?
"D***! It's them!" one shouted.
"What do we do now?" the other said.
"You guys are useless," a tall blonde hair man dressed in a black cloak said. "We have the means to take them down. This is part of the plan." The man put his hand in the air. "Fire Dog, Fire Bird, and Rock Alien, it's nice to meet you. I am Nikolas Yami, a descendant of the first Legendary Hunters that hunted your ancestors, and because of my lineage, I've been blessed with the power to defeat you three." His hand began to glow blue. WHAT THE HECK?! I THOUGHT WE WERE THE ONLY ONES WITH POWERS?! "I call upon the power of water to destroy you all!" Suddenly a huge rush of water came out and soaked Meiko, Kenny, and Roxanne, weakening them greatly.
"Dragon Pulse!" White shouted as she emerged from the bushes.
"Shock Cannon!" Jasmine shouted as she emerged as well.
"Hammer Arm!" Sapphire shouted as she jumped out to hit Nikolas directly. I moved to go help but Zenya stopped me, so I had no choice but to wait.
Nikolas simply stepped aside to evade Dragon Pulse and Shock Cannon before merely using his water power to stop Sapphire's attack and hurting her as well.
"I know you have a psychic with you, no need to hide," Nikolas said. "Besides, I know there is still the Rainbow Bird and the little Victory Flame to be lured out here." Zenya growled and jumped down with Sakura.
Stay up there, he doesn't realize the Legendary Hajime, a.k.a. the Great Dragon, is here. You're our trump card. Zenya told me mentally and I had to suppress a growl.
"Ah, so let me guess, Rainbow Bird decided to stay behind?" Nikolas asked. "Must be getting old."
"Energy Ball!" Zenya shouted while shooting out a ball of green energy at the water user. He was hit, but he was still standing.
"That all you got?" Nikolas asked.
"Zen Headbutt!" Sakura shouted as she glowed blue and rammed her head into the man. It clearly did damage.
"Crank the heat to 120," Nikolas said and the grunts obeyed. "You better hope that no one you care about is outside." Zenya was clearly sweating like crazy and the suddenly, Roxanne and Zenya fainted from the heat soon followed by Jasmine. It was hot, but I was fuming with anger, especially when he laid a hand on Sakura and smacked her into a tree. "Give it up, none of you can win." I let out a growl, making him look around before I jumped down with a roar, scaring his grunts away in a heartbeat. "The Great Dragon." I was almost seeing red, but I knew he was shocked. I could feel that my fangs had emerged and my nails had elongated as well as sharpened. I growled at him. "So your the great beast, what a savage." I jumped up and then came at him with blinding speed in a human form of Aerial Ace. "That all you got?"
"You haven't even see a quarter of what I can do, hunter," I replied as I faced him with electricity flowing to my hand. "Thunder anyone?" A huge bolt of lightning came down on Nikolas and greatly injured him.
"I'll turn the heat on so much, the ACs will fail," Nikolas threatened in a panic as I walked towards him with drawn claws. I put my hand on the machine.
"You mean with this?" I asked before I blasted it with Focus Blast, destroying the machine. "Oops."
"I still have Entei and Moltres!" Nikolas exclaimed as the temperature began to drop down to 100 and then to 90. I used Extreme Speed and Dragon Claw to destroy the cages, letting the legendaries free.
"As you were saying?" I asked as I sharpened my claws.
"I was just leaving!" Nikolas replied as he tried to run away. I used Hyper Beam and set him flying off. As my relatives started to come to, I started to be able to see more clearly and man, did I make a mess of my surroundings. My teeth and nails went back to normal and Lyra, on cure, popped up to heal everyone with Kiwi to transport everyone back, except for Zenya, because she really needs to get back to the Ranger Union.
"I don't remember hearin' about them havin' powers," Sapphire said and I nodded.
"Looks like Karrie's temper saved us this time," Roxanne said as she brushed herself off. I blushed from embarrassment.
"Your friends are worried about you," Kiwi said.
"They are?" I asked, as I was suddenly dumbstruck. I was whacked in the back by Meiko, and trust me, she whacks hard even when she's not trying to hurt someone.
"They're true friends, Kare," Meiko said. "Everyone can see that."
"Oh, and I've been wondering, is it possible that Kate might have powers from a legendary like us?" Kenny suddenly asked. "I mean, we are missing Genesect and Keldeo still."
"I don't know," Zenya replied. "That is something the Elders would know, especially Old Hajime."
"Huh, how come I never thought about that?" I asked.
"Because you probably just have written it off as a coincidence and an abnormality." Roxanne replied.
"Well, we'll ask the Elders next time we see them," Lyra said. "Can we go now? I want to play volley ball with a big beach ball in the pool." We smiled and nodded and we were all teleported. Zenya went to the Ranger Union while the rest of us went back to the Hajime property by the building we started from.
~Normal P.O.V.~
"KARRIE!" Keith and Kate exclaimed as they ran out and hugged the short brunette, startling her.
"Told ya they were worried," Kiwi said as she skipped away and Meiko gave her two thumbs up.
"Karrie!" Laurie and Rhythmi exclaimed and it was evident that Karrie didn't know what to do.
"Hey! Shorty's back!" Ben exclaimed as he stepped outside with Summer. Kellyn was standing in the doorway, using the door frame as support.
"What did you call me?!" Karrie exclaimed as she snapped. Kate, Keith, Laurie, and Rhythmi's hold on her loosened as they were startled at her sudden outburst, but they quickly moved to restrain her from letting her temper get the best of her.
"Eep!" Ben exclaimed as he was startled at her reaction while Summer shook her head and Kellyn let out a sigh.
"Hold your breath and count to ten, Kare," Kellyn said and Karrie surprisingly obeyed, causing her to become calm.
"You guys can let go now, I'm not going to take his head off or anything," Karrie said and her four friends let go of her. "But thanks, for restraining me, I would have hated to find out I hurt a friend in a rage of anger."
"Man, your temper still as bad as I remember it being," Kenny exclaimed.
"But at least she's not as likely to explode as she used to," Lyra added.
"Don't remind me," Karrie mumbled.
"At least it more tameable now," White pointed out.
"She wouldn't be Karrie if she didn't have a temper that showed ever so often," Rhythmi said.
"How about we talk about something else?" Laurie asked.
"Yes, let's," Karrie replied.
"Why did the temperature suddenly go down from high hundreds to the nineties?" Kate asked. Karrie and the other Hajimes coughed in surprise and awkwardness as they did not anticipate someone asking them about the weather.
"Must have been a fire legendary passing through," White replied.
"Can we go play in the pool now?" Lyra and Kiwi asked.
"Sure," White replied and left with Lyra and Kiwi.
"Well, I'm starving!" Meiko exclaimed. "Let's go see if Aunt Mary-Ann will make us lunch!" Karrie's, Kenny's, Roxanne's, Jasmine's, Sakura's, and Sapphire's stomachs growled on cue.
"Patrolling the property sure works up an appetite!" Roxanne exclaimed while she sweat dropped with Jasmine, Sapphire, Kenny, and Karrie before laughing along with Sakura and Meiko before Keith's and Ben's stomachs growled.
"Guess its time to eat," Ben said nervously as he rubbed the back of his head and sweat dropping while Keith did the same.
"I have to admit, I am hungry," Kate replied as she put her hands on her stomach.
"Then let's eat!" Summer exclaimed.
"Last one to the kitchen has to help clean the dishes!" Sakura, Karrie, and Sapphire exclaimed before running off into the building.
"You're on," Kellyn replied before chasing after the three girls to avoid being trampled by everyone else who started to run after the girls.
"Cheaters! You three had a head start!" Keith exclaimed.
"'The early bird catches the worm'!" Karrie and Sapphire exclaimed.
"I thought we weren't supposed to run in the hallways," Kenny said as he looked at Roxanne, who was running too.
"If you can't beat them, join them!" Roxanne replied with a smile before running ahead, leaving Kenny in last place.
"Woo hoo!" Meiko exclaimed.
"Your family is awesome!" Summer exclaimed.
"Well, you won't meet a family quite like us," Jasmine replied as she ran along side Summer. "That's for sure."
"I wish my family was like this," Summer said.
"KEITH! I'M GOING TO BEAT YOU!" Ben exclaimed.
"In your dreams!" Keith exclaimed as the two raced down the hall.
"I love you guys," Kate said as she laughed as she ran.
Finally they reached the kitchen where Mary-Ann was, with Rhythmi in last place.
"Bread is on the table, Caitlin will be there shortly to take orders for drinks and Carol will give you your menus so you have idea of what I can make in this kitchen for you kids," Mary-Ann said. Mary-Ann was a petite woman with chocolate brown hair thrown up in a bun dressed in a pink summer day dress with a white frilly apron over it. She also had adorable blue eyes.
After they got their drinks and met Carol, a woman with brownish pink hair that was shoulder length accompanied by blue eyes. They ordered their food, though it was quite a process as there were many options. Finally, everyone had what they wanted and were eating happily while chatting about ranger-oriented subjects, trainer-oriented subjects, celebrity-oriented subjects, and so on.
Eventually, the subject of the freak heat wave was dropped completely, though Kate and Keith had their suspicions, and they went through the day playing volleyball, swimming, splashing each other, running around, laughing, singing, talking, and just plain having fun.
Me: *gives Keith cookies*
Keith: YAY! For a while there, I thought you didn't make me cookies!
Me: um, yeah, sure, let's go with that
Kellyn: this chapter was interesting
Me: yeah, but now I'm hungry
Kate: well, thank you followers for patiently waiting for the next chapter of this story!
Me: yes, thank you!
Karrie: well, that's it for this chapter! Until next time, bye!
Me: And don't forget to review please!