The Thing With Hajimes
Me: I do not own anything but my OCs and overall ideas.
Rhythmi: Keith and Karrie are finally dating! I'm so happy!
Keith: you seem a little too happy when it comes to romance
Rhythmi: well, someone has to be extra happy!
Karrie: *hides underneath couch* you're more scary when you're like this
Rhythmi: am not!
Me: this is a LONG chapter so we should get started soon
Kellyn: we were just dress shopping, how could there possibly be something so eventful that it takes a really long chapter to go over?
Me: you guys are Hajimes
Kellyn: T.T
Keith: I'm scared of this chapter now
Kate: how does knowing it involves Hajimes make the chapter scary?
Keith: giant parties, lots of family members, sparring, competitions, mega battles, you know, the usual
Kellyn: when you put it that way, we are pretty scary...
Chapter 54: Genesect Army
"Alright, I should get going," Mrs. Hitomi said after they went shoe shopping. "Your father is waiting." She took hold of Kate's new dress and shoes. "I'll drop these off at the school on my way back." She kissed the top of Kate's head as they embraced. "Be good." She then hugged Kellyn. "Take good care of my girl." Kellyn blushed and nodded. Mrs. Hitomi smiled and shook everyone's hands, except for Kiwi and Keith. Mrs. Hitomi hugged the little Hajime and ruffled Keith's red hair. "Sorry for the misunderstanding my husband created when we first met. I hope all of you will continue to look out for my girl and be good friends to her." They said their goodbyes and Mrs. Hitomi left.
"Now what?" Isaac asked. Rebecca started to open her mouth to say something, but she stopped when her oldest daughter shot her an angry look. Karrie was still not happy that her mother bought her eight inch heels for the prom. Rebecca was still upset that Karrie refused to continue looking for the right dress and decided to settle for second best.
"Those guys look familiar," Kate commented as she watched a couple of young adults and teenagers talk to each other outside a café.
"That's Gold, Red, Kenny, and Garnet," Kellyn commented. "With Yellow and Crystal."
"Aren't they talking to that couple we bumped into earlier?" Rhythmi asked.
"Hmm? Yeah, looks like it," Keith replied as he held Karrie close to him with one arm around her waist. Karrie turned as red as his hair.
'Something tells me this is something that is going to take Karrie quite a while to get used to.' Kellyn commented and Kate giggled.
'Yeah, probably, but it's adorable.' Kate replied.
'I can hear you.' Karrie commented and the brunette couple just smiled.
"Yo Gold!" Keith exclaimed as they walked over.
"My man!" Gold exclaimed and they gave each other a cool handshake. It was as if the two pranksters were lifelong friends. Kaleb barely glanced over at them as they approached. He was leaning against Ashleigh while reading a book. Ashleigh smiled and waved.
"So you bumped into them already," Garnet commented as he noticed how Ashleigh reacted to his cousins and their friends coming over. Ashleigh nodded and Kaleb sighed.
"It's a small world after all," Yellow commented with a smile and Kaleb rolled his eyes. Ashleigh whacked his arm and he looked up at her.
"At least try to control that sass," Ashleigh told him and he turned pink from embarrassment. The sky suddenly darkened and a flying pirate ship appeared. "Team Plasma?"
"Wasn't me," Kaleb commented and Ashleigh smiled as she let out a little giggle.
"Citizens of Almia! As of today, everyone will be under the rule of Team Plasma!" A voice declared. "We will let you attempt to resist our army, though it is futile. Also, we may spare you if the Legendary Protectors chosen by Lugia, Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres come to us to battle and win."
"What?" Rhythmi asked.
'That's the Hajimes, right?' Kate asked.
'Yeah and they just challenged my mother, Garnet, Kenny, and me.' Kellyn replied. A ladder was sent down.
"Just in case you don't want to fly up, the protectors can climb up this." The voice declared. At least fifty grunts were deployed on the ground along with a group of fifteen genesects, one of which was colored red.
"Well, I guess we should get going," Kenny said as he put his hands behind his head.
"What a pain," Garnet commented as he stretched.
"Get your butts moving, boys," Rebecca said.
"Yes ma'am," Kellyn replied before climbing the ladder. Rebecca went up last, after Garnet.
"Wonder if they have learned to work like a well oiled team yet," Gold commented as he watched part of his family board the ship.
"Will they be alright?" Yellow asked.
"They'll survive, they're Hajimes," Red replied.
"You say that like they're immortal or something," Keith commented while sweat dropping.
"Immortal? No. Thick skinned? Heck yes," Karrie replied as she rested her hands on her hips.
"So are we going to battle the grunt army or not?" Crystal asked.
"So glad I always have my pokemon with me when I travel," Gold said as he released his pokemon team. "Let's kick Plasma butt!"
"Protect the citizens!" Crystal yelled as Barlow, Luana, and Crawford ran onto the scene.
"Try to get everyone towards Vientown or the Ranger Union," Yellow said and the rangers nodded. Crystal and Yellow released their pokemon along with Red's.
"Yellow, take my pokemon to help fight the grunts, I'm going to make sure Kiwi and the others are not targets of sneak attacks," Red said and Yellow nodded.
"Kaleb, are you helping?" Crystal asked as Kaleb stood up. A lucario popped out of a pokeball that was in Kaleb's pocket. With the appearance of Lucario, six lights shown from Ashleigh's bag and her pokemon came out.
"I'll take care of the genesect army," Kaleb replied as he closed his eyes. Ashleigh touched his arm out of concern.
"Be careful," Ashleigh said and he nodded.
"You too, though not much gets by your pokemon," Kaleb replied and an absol stuck out its chest proudly.
"You crazy?" Karrie asked. "What makes you think you can stop a bunch of ancient modified insects that were feared as the strongest hunters?" Kaleb walked past her and towards the army of genesects, ignoring Karrie.
"I'd focus more on the army of grunts that are attacking," Kaleb replied as he looked up at the red Genesect leader. Red took Keith, Kate, Rhythmi, Isaac, and Kiwi to the side in order to keep them safe. Gold led the charge and soon a full out battle took place. Karrie tried to follow Kaleb's patterns through the crowd as he approached the army of genesects. Kaleb stops and faces the genesects who slowly get closer to him. Karrie ran up to his side and, feeling threatened, one of the genesects went to use an attack on Karrie. Kaleb's lucario jumped in and blocked the attack.
"See? They're dangerous!" Karrie exclaimed.
"You scared them," Kaleb replied. "You're making it worse and causing a misunderstanding."
"They're hunters, hunters don't get scared that easily, especially not the best ones," Karrie commented. Kaleb closed his eyes and stepped forward. Karrie went to hold him back, but he shrugged her off. "Let me help you."
"I don't need your help," Kaleb replied.
"You can't battle everything alone," Karrie said.
"Don't talk to me like you know me," Kaleb replied.
"Look at me when I'm talking to you! It's disrespectful to not look someone in the eye," Karrie said. Kaleb did not turn or open his eyes. Karrie's eyes glowed red and she threw a punch. Her eyes turned back to her normal blue-green eyes from the shock of Kaleb stopping a punch full force with one hand. He did not even turn to see the attack coming.
"Go try helping someone else, you're not need here," Kaleb said before taking a step forward and kneeling on the ground. The red Genesect landed on the ground and the two touched foreheads. After a long moment, the two separated and nodded to each other. "It's done."
"What the?" Karrie asked quietly as she took a step back. She was shocked over what just happened. "Just who are you? Or rather, what are you?" Kaleb smiled slightly but still refused to allow anyone to see his eyes.
'I've noticed that he is either a very strong individual human, a Tamer, something else, or a combination of the previous mentioned ideas.' Red commented mentally.
"I hate not being able to do anything to help," Keith commented quietly and Kate nodded in agreement.
"I'm not quite sure how I feel about the fact that we're being protected by a young adult and a five year old." Isaac commented.
"Hey, I turned six about a week ago," Kiwi replied.
"Please tell me she knows how to act like a normal little girl," Rhythmi commented.
"Don't worry, she makes the rest of us have tea parties and whatnot frequently if that's what you're worried about," Red replied. "And has us play dress up too."
"I got him to wear a pink dress to one of my tea parties!" Kiwi exclaimed proudly which caused Isaac and Keith take a giant step away from the little Hajime.
"As long as no one took a picture of it, I think I'll be safe," Red mumbled while blushing.
"Huh? But mommy always takes pictures for our photo albums," Kiwi said and Red tried not to swear. "She says she feels that it is important to document as many moments and memories of our childhood. Kellyn and Karrie have more than me since they were around longer."
"Next time you should bring those photo albums to show us," Kate replied with a smile.
"But Kellyn and Karrie might not like it, they say that mommy photographed a lot of embarrassing things for them," Kiwi commented, worried about her siblings' reactions to having their photo albums looked at. Kiwi was used to getting on Karrie's nerves, but she wasn't used to being the cause of Kellyn getting angry from getting on his nerves, that was Karrie's job.
"Watch out, twelve o'clock!" Gold exclaimed.
"What? Why should I watch time?" Red asked before looking up. "Oh, THAT twelve o'clock." Four figures were falling from the direction of the flying ship. They landed hard on the concrete which caused the roads to look like a meteor hit it.
"KELLYN?!" Kate exclaimed and Red had to hold her back so that she wouldn't interfere in the battle, for her safety. Kellyn pushed himself up in a sitting position. He was breathing heavily and was covered with scratches and bruises. Kenny and Garnet were not in much better condition. Rebecca was the first on her feet and the first to help the boys up.
"No major or significant wounds, they're fine, a bit shaken up, but fine," Red said in an attempt to calm Kate down. Three people jumped off the ship and landed in front of the Hajimes. "Hunters." The trio looked pretty beat up, but were acting smug.
"Thought the legendary birds would have learned to work better together by now," one of the people commented. This was a man with spiky yellow hair. A woman with red hair laughed and a man with blue hair smirked.
"Start working together," Rebecca said and the boys slowly nodded as they started to muster up all the strength they had left.
"Kenny, now is not a good time to show off," Kellyn said.
"You're one to talk, what was that back there, mister twinkle toes?" Kenny asked. "You spent more time trying to dodge than helping."
"Like you're much better with dodging, I'd appreciate if you stopped hiding behind me and trying to fry my rear end," Garnet commented.
"You're too slow," Kellyn replied.
"I thought you could use Protect," Kenny replied.
"Oh for goodness sake, stop fighting each other!" Rebecca exclaimed as a new figure landed onto the scene. This one looked completely untouched, a man with green hair and yellow eyes. He lifted his handed and sent out an attack.
"Kellyn!" Kate shrieked and everyone's heads turned to look at the battle scene, everyone except for Kaleb. Kiwi disappeared in a pink light and reappeared in front of the attack that was quickly coming as Red, Gold, and Karrie started to run to their family's aid. Kiwi took the hit head on and would have been sent back flying through buildings if Red had not been there to catch her. Red's eyes glowed red with his pupils turning to a blue color as electricity started to spark in the air.
"Kiwi!" Karrie screamed as her eyes turned red and her nails started to grow rapidly.
"Oh no, not the kid, please not the kid," Rhythmi exclaimed as everyone who witnessed it were temporarily frozen in shock. Gold ran so fast that he seemed to have disappeared only to reappear by Red's side. Gold's eyes glowed yellow with white pupils.
"Ooh, I think Chase made them really angry," the woman commented. Icy wind flowed around Kellyn as his eyes glowed red. Clouds formed over head as thunder boomed and Garnet's eyes turned white with a black center. The temperature rose and flames seemed to whip around Kenny as his eyes turned blue. The wind really started to pick behind Rebecca as her eyes went from bluish green to pure blue like the deep oceans were colored. "And oops, looks like momma Luiga has been unleashed." Rebecca growled as two more people came down from the ship. One of them was a tall dark man who had black hair and the other was woman shrouded in a black cloak who had dark purple hair.
"Looks like this is just getting serious, too bad you can't fight us and stop rampaging pokemon at the same time, not with the grunts and genesects in the way." The purple haired woman commented.
"Ashleigh," Kaleb said and Ashleigh nodded.
"Got it," Ashleigh replied as she waved over at her big blue lizard pokemon. "Let's go Feraligatr." The pokemon rushed over and jumped into the sea as it waited for its trainer to jump on its back.
"Impressive, but narrows down my guesses to who you lousy trainers are," the woman commented. Crystal took her xatu and went towards the Chroma Highlands. Yellow ran over to see Kiwi. "No human should come in the middle of a fight between hunters and protectors."
"Then it's a good thing that I'm not a mere human," Yellow replied as she took Kiwi from Red. Yellow went to the side and her hands started to glow as she tried to heal the little girl.
"You're going to pay for what you did!" Karrie exclaimed and Chase stepped aside so that the purple haired woman could deal with the rampaging Karrie.
"I am Aracelli and it is my pleasure to finally fight you, Legendary Hajime." The purple haired woman said as she blocked Karrie's punch. Kellyn, Kenny, and Garnet attacked the first three hunters that appeared in sync, for once. Working together was enough to knock out their opponents in less than a minute. Rebecca took on Chase as Red and Gold went against the last hunter. Meanwhile, the pokemon, with the help of the genesect army, drove off the Team Plasma grunts. Keith, Kate, Rhythmi, and Isaac went to Yellow to see if they could help out.
"What the heck is going?" Isaac asked. "This shouldn't be humanly possible."
"So this is what Kellyn meant when he said that there is more to being a Legendary Protector than just telepathy." Kate commented as she looked at the battle scene with concern written all over her face.
"How is Kiwi doing?" Rhythmi asked and Yellow smiled.
"She's breathing and her heart is bumping strong," Yellow replied. "She just needs rest." Yellow then fainted. Keith caught her before she could hit the ground.
"That must have been really draining," Keith commented as he heard Yellow start to snore. "Who wants to be her pillow?" Rhythmi gently laid Yellow down so that her head rested on Isaac's lap as she used her own lap as a pillow for Kiwi's head. "Thanks Rhyth."
"No problem," Rhythmi replied as she nodded. Ashleigh and Feraligatr came back to land as Crystal became visible in the sky.
"How the heck did they succeed so quickly?" Aracelli asked as she glanced over her shoulder. "They didn't bring ranger devices."
"They're Tamers, Aracelli," the man who was now fighting Gold, Red, Kellyn, Kenny, and Garnet.
"Someone give mom assistance," Kellyn commented as he punched the man. Red went up to help Rebecca out with Chase without a second thought. The man fought well by using rocks to block attacks and the ground to diffuse the electricity in the air.
"Tamers?" Keith asked as he looked at the sleeping Yellow.
"Tamers or not, they're in the way and becoming a nuisance," Chase said as he smacked Rebecca down into the ground hard, knocking her out. He dodged Red's attack and fired at Crystal, Ashleigh, and Yellow.
"Ah crap," Keith exclaimed. "Anyone know how to put up an instant shield?"
"Nope," Kate replied. "Sorry, left my instant shield generator at home."
"Now is not the time to be sarcastic," Keith said.
"Would you rather have me scream?" Kate asked.
"No, I'd rather have the sarcasm," Keith replied. Red flew down and crossed his arms before taking the hit for them. Unlike Kiwi, Red was still standing. "He's stronger than Kiwi."
"I'm older than Kiwi and a dragon, not a psychic," Red replied as he glanced back. "Is everyone alright?"
"We're all breathing, if that's what you mean," Isaac said.
"Yellow and Kiwi are still passed out, but other that, we're fine," Kate said as she punched Isaac hard in the shoulder for not answering Red's question seriously. Gold flew in front of the blast aimed at Crystal. He was tossed backwards and Crystal had to catch him in midair as her flying psychic pokemon tried to land safely.
"Geez, how come, in the end, I'm still the one saving your butt?" Crystal asked.
"Because I'm just that lucky," Gold replied and Crystal turned bright red. They landed and watched Ashleigh's feraligatr put up its protective shield. Kaleb suddenly appeared in front of Ashleigh and her pokemon. The blast hit a barrier between Kaleb and blast that sent the blast up in the air where it was disbursed. Lucario stepped out from behind its trainer. The rock wielding hunter took the time of distraction to trap Garnet mostly in the ground, cover Kenny in a giant sand pile, and send a swarm of sharp rocks to stab and hit Kellyn.
"No! Don't!" Kate cried out as she reached her hand out.
'Please, something, someone, stop him from hurting Kellyn.' Kate cried out.
'I'll help you.' A voice replied. It sounded like a boy.
'Who are you? Please help.' Kate said to the voice.
'Will you accept the power, honor, duty, and responsibilities I want to give you?' The voice asked. 'Katherine Hitomi, I've been looking for someone to fight along side me for a long time, even when the others forbid me to officially choose one.'
'How the heck do you know my full first name? And why won't you just come out and help? Those rocks are going to hit him any second!' Kate exclaimed.
'Time has stopped since you heard my voice. We're pretty alike, you know? I want to fight and help, but I'm stuck in Unova and they still haven't finished my training.' The voice replied. 'Try opening your eyes. I bet you'll be able to see me like I can see you, hard to explain how though. It's kind of like meeting someone in a dream, but not quite.' Kate opened her eyes and fell backwards as she found herself in a place completely different from Pueltown. She was in a meadow near a river. She heard chuckling. 'I've been wanting to meet you, in some way or another, for a long time. Wish it could have been in person though.' Kate looked over and her eyes widened in disbelief. It was Keldeo, the youngest member of the Swords of Justice.
'Is this Unova?' Kate asked before looking up. It was sunny like Kate remembered it being in Summerland.
'Not quite, it's a different dimensional plane that is influenced by who is in it.' Keldeo replied. 'The meadow and river is from Unova, but the hot weather is from your Summerland.'
'Why is this happening? And to me?' Kate asked.
'I want to partner up with you.' Keldeo replied. 'You see, ever since these humans decided to bond with a type of darkness and chaos that does not belong in this universe, powers similar to each legendary, sometimes more powerful and diverse, legendary pokemon decided to join forces with a select group of humans.'
'The Hajimes,' Kate commented and Keldeo shook his head. 'No?'
'Arceus chose the first Hajime, but not everyone in the beginning were family.' Keldeo replied. 'Not all the legendaries participated either. Darkrai and Cresselia oversaw a group of people gifted with powers to enter and influence dreams called the Dreamwalkers. Two of them were chosen to be Legendary Protectors, but something happened in the group and the two were murdered. Two rebelled against the majority to fight with the Legendary Protectors. They tried to lead the Dreamwalkers into battle against the evil group. The legendaries that did participate in that battle were Arceus, Giratina, Palkia, Dialga, Mespirit, Azelf, Uxie, Kyogre, Groundon, Latios, Latias, Cobalion, Virizion, Terrakion, Mew, Regigigas, Celebi, Ho-Oh, and Lugia.'
'Did they win?' Kate asked.
'They sealed away the darkness, but at a price, because of the battle and not being able to get all the legendary pokemon to work together and the dysfunction in the Dreamwalker group, a group called the Legendary Hunters was born. They are who your friends are fighting now, sworn enemies of the Legendary Protectors. They will stop at nothing to rule the world and unleash that darkness back on the world.' Keldeo replied.
'So why do the hunters refer to Karrie as the Legendary Hajime?' Kate asked and Keldeo sat down in front of her. 'Sorry.'
'No, I would be asking a lot of questions too, wanting to know everything, if I was in your position right now.' Keldeo replied. 'For the first major battle against the Legendary Protectors, the legendaries finally were able to convince Rayquaza to join in. You see, Arceus' choice wouldn't be able to take care of enough enemies. There was something about Rayquaza's power and rage that they needed to fight the hunters. Arceus' choice was a Hajime and some of his children were already picked by other legendaries. His youngest daughter, a kind soul who never quite got along with people, was able to connect to Rayquaza's heart. This girl was also in love with a Dreamwalker who promised that that he and his people would come to her aid in the battle. He lied and broke his promise and as a result, she ended up having to sacrifice her life in order for the world to be safe and the hunters to be defeated until the next time.'
'So wait, she's legendary because she's supposed to die in a brutal battle to save the world?' Kate asked and Keldeo nodded. 'That sucks, poor Karrie.'
'There's nothing saying she WILL die, but it seems like every time the major Hunter versus Protector battle happens Rayquaza's choice always ends up sacrifices themselves for the sake of many to the point that it's just an accepted tradition or view in the family that whomever Rayquaza picks will die for us all. This is probably why that whomever gets picked ends up being one of the most powerful Legendary Protector, her power, in her rage mode, is probably as power as Arceus' pick or sometimes greater, depends on how old Arceus' pick is and how well the people can use their powers.' Keldeo replied. 'In the Hunters' minds, if you can defeat Rayquaza's pick before the major battle, then there is no way they can lose against the Protectors. Rayquaza became one of the trump cards, the most used and obvious trump card, but a trump card.'
'Karrie's fate shouldn't be sealed because she resonates well with an antisocial dragon pokemon.' Kate said and Keldeo nodded. 'You've never been in the battles before, right?' Keldeo nodded again. 'Then we can be a new trump card and turn the tides so that Karrie doesn't have to die!'
'Since this first generation of my picks, there's no telling how powerful you can be.' Keldeo replied excitedly. 'Especially since I'm still growing in power too!' Keldeo stood up on all four legs. 'Katherine, this time there should be Genesect's pick and Phione's pick too so if we can get them to fight with us, then we can change history!'
'Sounds great! But please, call me Kate,' Kate said. Keldeo smiled and winnied. 'If I officially join forces with and become a Protector, then what can I do?'
'Water and fighting will be your elements, you can use any moves I know, and if you manage to learn more, then I will learn what you learn.' Keldeo replied. 'You can use Aqua Jet, Water Pulse, Double Kick, Bubble Beam, Retaliate, Aqua Tail, and so on!'
'Cool!' Kate exclaimed.
'I know, right?' Keldeo exclaimed. 'So do you agree to join forces?'
'Yes,' Kate replied. 'I, Katherine Hitomi, hereby join forces with Keldeo as a Legendary Protector.'
'And I, Keldeo, hereby join forces with Katherine Hitomi as a Legendary Protector.' Keldeo said.
'Is always this formal?' Kate asked.
'No idea,' Keldeo replied. 'Well Kate, I look forward to working with you from this moment until the day one of us pass away.' Keldeo's forehead touched Kate's and Kate felt power course through her veins. She closed her eyes and opened them, returning to the real world. Water rushed from her hand out to the rocks, breaking them. Kellyn looked over at her in disbelief as Keith's jaw dropped.
"Holy crap, not only is my girlfriend a Legendary Protector, but one of my best friends is one too," Keith muttered under his breath. Kate was surprised that she was able to here him so easily. Kate stood up and the rock based hunter turned and looked at her.
"Didn't realize that another water based Protector was here," the hunter commented. "Something about you is different, which one are you associated with?"
"Like it matters to do! You'll be going down either way, for hurting my boyfriend!" Kate exclaimed. Kellyn didn't know if he should feel proud, embarrassed, or something else with her declaring that she was going to take down this powerful hunter just because Kellyn had been getting his butt handed to him for most of the battle. Poor guy, he really did not get much time to shine with his powers. Kate sent bubbles at the man as she ran over to join the fight. She used Retaliate against the man which dealt a lot of damage due the state of Kiwi, Rebecca, Garnet, and Kenny.
'Try a fighting or water type move next, it will be super effective that way.' A female voice said and Kate looked confused. 'Sorry, you're probably not use to hearing someone talk to you through auras. This is Ashleigh, I am a Tamer of the aura wielding branch. I am known to many, especially as pokedex holders go, as The Teacher. I will try my best to help you, Protector and Keldeo.'
'How does she know that I bonded with Keldeo?' Kate thought as she went to look at Ashleigh, who had her eyes closed with her Riolu.
'Your aura has mixed with Keldeo's. I've had the honor of meeting Keldeo before so I recognized it. Don't look at me, focus on your opponent.' Ashleigh told Kate. 'Try using Double Kick.' Kate obeyed and it worked. 'Keldeo can use Aqua Tail, so try using a leg or two in place of a tail. You can always try to use your arms too.' Kate discovered that she could water kick and punch people thanks to Ashleigh's advice. Unfortunately, the other hunters noticed what Ashleigh was doing and tried to stop her from helping Kate. Aracelli went to attack, but Karrie grabbed her collar and punched her in the face.
"Darn it, I forgot that I'm battling a raging Protector," Aracelli commented as she wiped blood off her face. Karrie's eyes were no longer red, but were yellow and demonic. "This mode of hers is really powerful and annoying." Chase then went after Ashleigh, but before he could launch an attack. Kaleb came up behind him and twisted his arm. Ashleigh was startled and looked over as Kate looked over as well, in sync with Kellyn and the rock based hunter.
"Kaleb," Ashleigh exclaimed. The sound of bone breaking could be heard as Kaleb tightened his grip on the hunter.
"Don't you dare touch her," Kaleb said and his voice came out almost in a growl. His eyes snapped open, revealing eyes that were completely red with no pupils at all. Ashleigh recognized what was happening and looked extremely worried.
"I see, so that's why the genesects were so easily swayed," Chase commented as he tried to smile through the pain. "We're very similar to each other, you know? You should be fighting alongside the Hunters, your legendary is one that hunts, not protects, anyways. Not like the fellow legendaries or Protectors ever acknowledge your position, status, or power." Kaleb tightened his grip and more snapping of bone could be heard. Ashleigh and Kate tried not to wince from the noise. "I've read up about you, Kaleb, you were abandoned by an old man's door by your mother. You weren't even related to those who raised you in anyway. Tell me how does that feel? To be an outsider no matter where you go? To not have your real family want you?"
"I wouldn't know," Kaleb replied coldly. "That woman you were about to attack, that's my fiance, my light, the air I breathe. With her, her pokemon, my pokemon, her grandfather, her parents, her family, that is my family, my real family, always has been. If you're so knowledgeable about hunters, then you should know that a hunter will hunt down and kill anyone or anything that threatens the ones whom they love." Chase's eyes widened and he sent a water attack at Kaleb. Ashleigh dug something out of her pockets and tossed it to Kaleb. It was a yellow drive. Kaleb caught it and let the hunter go only to hit the hunter with an electric attack. Kaleb was able to perfectly combat against Chase's type changing ability with the help of different colored drives that Ashleigh threw at him. Ashleigh ran over with her feraligatr towards Kate.
'We need to defeat this hunter while Kaleb takes care of the other one. Karrie should be done with her hunter soon.' Ashleigh commented.
'Can all Tamers communicate like you?' Kate asked in a thought, instead of telepathy.
'No, but anyone who has a strong connection and sensitivity to auras can.' Ashleigh replied. 'Kaleb can do it too as can a strong trainer named Riley from Sinnoh. I bet you could learn too.' Kaleb and Chase began to rise into the air as they battled. 'Hit him with all you've got with water. Feraligatr will help.' Kate nodded and rock based hunter was overpowered by the sheer water power created by Kate and Feraligatr. The hunter was knocked out as Karrie sent Aracelli crashing into the ground while holding in to her throat.
"Karrie," Kate whispered as Ashleigh looked up as she looked grim and worried.
"Not good," Ashleigh whispered as Kaleb was ready to go for the kill as he was caught up in the moment and in Genesect's hunter instincts. One of the hunters that were knocked out by Kenny, Kellyn, and Garnet sent an attack at Ashleigh. Feraligatr roared to warn its trainer and Kaleb looked over. Chase was immediately dropped and Karrie let go momentarily which gave Aracelli enough time to cut a gash on Karrie's side as the hunters tried to gather themselves for a retreat. Kaleb practically divebombed in order to protect Ashleigh. Her pokemon scolded him after he took the blast head on.
"I know, I know, she has you guys, I wasn't thinking," Kaleb told her pokemon.
"Karrie!" Keith exclaimed as he scrambled to get on his feet to run to Karrie. Karrie looked up at the sky, as if calculating the best route to take in order to get the hunters. Kellyn quickly grabbed Keith's shirt to stop him as Red hurried over to physically stop Keith. "Let me go."
"Do you want her to do something she'll regret?" Gold asked as he walked over with Crystal as the two trainers supported each other.
"She's not in control of herself," Red added.
"I know Karrie, the last thing she would want is to accidentally hurt you," Kellyn added. "Just like accidentally hurting Kate is the last thing I would ever want to happen." Kellyn met Kate's eyes and smiled slightly. Kate returned his smile.
"I don't see any of you trying to stop Ashleigh from getting too close to Kaleb while he's in his current state," Keith protested. Kaleb growled as he looked over at Keith with glowing red eyes. Ashleigh wrapped her arms around Kaleb's neck and nuzzled her face into the crook of his neck. Blush began to spread across the man's face and his red eyes expressed him being startled.
"Relax, Kaleb," Ashleigh whispered. Kaleb went to affectionately bite her, to make a statement in front of all the male Legendary Protectors present. He was met with a hand in his face as Ashleigh pushed him away, irritated and blushing. "Hunter mode or not, you know the rules, no biting me." Kate tried not to laugh as the Legendary Protectors became baffled by the fact that Kaleb's current state of power and control did not phase Ashleigh one bit. It was enough of a surprise that Red and Kellyn let go enough that Keith was able to break free and run to Karrie.
"Karrie! Are you alright?" Keith asked and Karrie looked over at him, startled, with yellow demonic eyes. She turned and faced him. She looked like she had every muscle prepared to pounce and attack him, but something was holding her back. She was frozen where she stood.
"Kellyn, have any ice left to cool her down?" Red asked.
"Wonder if there's another way," Kate commented as she looked over at Ashleigh and Kaleb. Kaleb pouted slightly before his lips were pulled into a slight smile as his eyes returned to normal. He wrapped his arms around Ashleigh.
"What did I do to deserve someone who can see all sides of me and not be afraid of me or hate me?" Kaleb asked quietly. Ashleigh smiled and looked into his eyes lovingly.
"What did I do to deserve meeting someone so amazing like you?" Ashleigh asked in order to answer. Kaleb started to lean in for a kiss. "Why did you have to declare your love like that to a hunter?"
"Why? Did I embarrass you?" Kaleb asked in a teasing tone and Ashleigh turned bright red. "I love you."
"I love you too," Ashleigh replied and they kissed. Kaleb then decided to bite Ashleigh's lip as if to prove a point or to protest the rule Ashleigh reminded him about while he was in his red eyed state. Ashleigh gasped and went to scold him when he decided to silence any protest by french kissing her.
"Hey, do you think Keith could bring her back to normal state? Like how Ashleigh was the one who brought Kaleb back to his normal state?" Kate asked and the guys blinked as they stared at her.
"It might work," Kellyn replied. "I don't think I'll be able to stop her by freezing her unless I go completely into my own rage mode." He held on to the side of his chest with one hand as if he was in pain.
"Okay Keith, it's on you, try to bring her back to normal and not die," Gold said and Keith looked at them with surprise written all over his face. Keith took a deep breath and stepped forward. Karrie stood there, ready to fight, while looking like a caged wild animal. Keith put his hands on Karrie's hands as he noticed that she was bleeding from the side.
"You're hurt," Keith commented and Karrie looked ready to bolt. "Don't run away from me, please. I want to help. I may not have super human strength or telepathy or any of that stuff, but I want to help you, Care Bear." Karrie began to relax and blush at the sound of his nickname for her.
"Dude is actually starting to get through to her," Gold commented, impressed. Keith wrapped his arms around Karrie and pulled her closer to him. Tears streamed down Karrie's face.
"Don't...want...to...hurt...you," Karrie said slowly between breaths. Keith smiled and touched his forehead on hers.
"Then don't run away from me, be open to me," Keith replied. "I love you, Karrie." Karrie's eyes widened and turned red as she felt Keith's lips smack against her own. She began to turn completely back to normal as she threw her arms around Keith. The kiss deepened as Keith felt her nails dig into his back by his shoulders. They pulled away and smiled at each other before Karrie fainted in Keith's arms.
"Some kiss," Gold commented as Crystal passed out and he began to fall over because his balance had been thrown off. "Ah! Of all times for you to pass out on me!"
"Are they okay?" Kate asked as she helped Kellyn up.
"Yeah, just extremely exhausted." Kellyn replied as he noticed that Ashleigh had fallen asleep on Kaleb. "Seems like using their powers can exhaust them more than it does for us."
"They're just ordinary humans with extraordinary powers," Red said as he picked up Yellow. "Their bodies aren't designed to take as much stress as ours do."
"As much as Ashleigh seems to enjoy everyone's company, we'll be leaving now," Kaleb said as he got Ashleigh's and his pokemon away into their pokeballs.
"You're not going to stick around and help?" Kate asked and Kaleb looked her straight in the eye.
"No, I'm not a big fan of the Hajime family," Kaleb replied. "I only helped as much as I did because they went after Ashleigh. Kate, was it?" Kate nodded. "I noticed how easily you were able to figure out how to communicate with Ashleigh with auras without trying to use the telepathic channels created by legendaries. If you ever want to learn more about auras or would like help similar to what Ashleigh gave you earlier, feel free to find a way to contact us. That does not mean the Hajimes should use you or Ashleigh to get to me, unless they want an enemy." The genesects gathered to make a platform for Kaleb and Ashleigh to stay on in the air. Kate looked confused. She thought for sure that Kaleb would be open to the idea of helping a fellow first generation and would be concerned with the well being of the universe. Instead, Kaleb seemed to hate and resent the Hajime family, to the point in which he seems to want no part in any upcoming battles that could decide the fate of the world. "Just don't follow along with whatever they say, do, or follow. Don't be foolish, first gen. girl." With that, Kaleb flew off. Kate watched him leave, with a hundred different thoughts and concerns running through her head. Kaleb seemed to know that Kate was a first generation Legendary Protector like him, but he seemed to be too wary of her connection to Kellyn and the other Hajimes.
"What happened here?" Daniel asked as he stepped onto the scene with Lyra. Lyra was dressed in a white off the shoulder dress and high heels.
"I was supposed to be at a big fancy party," Lyra complained.
"Hunters and Team Plasma," Garnet commented with his head sticking out of the ground. "Now would someone please get me unstuck?" Lyra glowed green as she lifted her hands up. The area around them returned to the clean state it was in before the battle. Garnet was out of the ground. "Thank you!" Lyra looked over at Kiwi.
"Out of all people to get mixed up in a fight, why her?" Lyra asked.
"We need to get everyone someplace where they can be healed, once healed, we'll have them sent back here at this time, Lyra," Daniel said and Lyra nodded.
"So who wants to recover in Summerland?" Lyra asked before transporting everyone to the house of Daniel, Rebecca, Kellyn, Karrie, and Kiwi. Kiwi woke up and helped Lyra and Daniel tend to everyone's wounds.
"Oh, Red, Gold, why weren't Crystal and Yellow surprised to see us having powers?" Kellyn asked.
"They're Tamers," Red replied.
"They also accidentally already saw us using our powers one time when we were training on Mt. Silver," Gold added.
"How come they didn't get into a lot of trouble and I did?" Kellyn asked as he looked over at his mother who was being bandaged up.
"I'm not their mother, how am I supposed to know?" Rebecca replied.
"So what's the deal with the aura stuff?" Gold asked as he looked at Kate. Kate shrugged as she had no clue.
"There are many different types of Tamers," Daniel replied. "Some, like Yellow, have healing powers. Some, like Crystal, have fighting powers. It's not surprising that there would be a group that has a strong affinity to aura." Yellow walked in with a drawing of Kaleb and Ashleigh. "Thank you."
"Ashleigh was also born in the Lucario Kingdom, where almost everyone has a stronger than normal connection and sensitivity to auras," Yellow said as she handed Daniel the drawing.
"At least Ashleigh is a bit of a celebrity, makes her easier to find," Rebecca commented.
"To think, that rude stubborn guy is most likely Genesect's pick," Kenny commented as he held an ice pack on his head.
"He's also very good at blocking out telepaths. His skills for that are on par with Karrie's," Kiwi added. "Also, I think he's older, and taller, than Kellyn." Kellyn wrinkled his nose as he frowned, displeased at the fact his baby sister brought up.
"Both him and Ashleigh have always been really good with communicating with pokemon and using auras for stuff," Yellow commented as she walked over to check up on Red and his wounds.
"Maybe he's just a really talented Tamer," Kellyn commented. "He does look similar to Summer."
"Right, and Summer's a Tamer," Garnet replied. "But his eyes glowed, definitely one of us."
"Why does he hate us so much though?" Kenny asked as he looked over at Gold.
"Hey! He was like that before he met me!" Gold protested. Daniel's eyes widened at the sight of Yellow's drawing.
"What is it dear?" Rebecca asked.
"It can't be," Daniel commented as he looked at the pictures Yellow had drawn for him.
"Care to enlighten us?" Gold asked.
"No, it's nothing, nothing to worry about," Daniel replied. "I thought, at first, that the people in the pictures resembled ghosts from the past, but I was mistaken. I apologize for any confusion I may have caused from my reaction." Daniel walked out of the room, leaving very confused people behind.
"Can the guy be any more formal in his mannerism?" Gold asked.
"Ghosts from the past?" Kellyn asked as he looked as his mother.
"Your guess is as good as mine," Rebecca replied after she shrugged.
"Kiwi! How many times do I have to tell you? Stop trying to pry for more information than you're given!" Daniel exclaimed and Kiwi winced before smiling meekly.
"Kiwi," Kellyn and Rebecca said in a warning tone of voice.
"Hey, I had to at least try," Kiwi replied in defense.
~end of chapter~
Keith: Kate's one of them too?!
Kellyn: why does it seem like Dad recognizes Kaleb and Ashleigh?
Gold: why do people assume that I cause all the trouble around here?
Garnet: T.T Gold, do you really want us to answer that?
Kate: =O I met Keldeo! And I was able to save Kellyn!
Kellyn: *blushes*
Rhythmi: hunters are the worst! They hurt Kiwi!
Karrie: Tamers sure are nifty to have around O.O
Kenny: can't believe Keith got Karrie out of rage mode just by hugging and kissing her
Karrie: *turns bright red*
Keith: why did you have to bring that up? *turns bright red*
Yellow: wonder who Phione will pick...
Red: whomever it is will have to be babied by Moon
Garnet: T.T she seems to like to baby almost anyone
Lyra: XD wonder if it will be Nathan
Gold: now that would be hilarious XD
Kate: but won't it be weird if Moon is paired up romantically with someone whom she's supposed to treat as her own child?
Lyra: DX you're right! Maybe Jewels will be chosen!
Garnet: how is he a good luck charm?!
Ashleigh: What Kaleb said, does that mean that Kate might go to me for training or to learn auras? Or others will come to me for help?
Me: *shrugs* you were the one who has been working with Genesect's choice since you were a baby
Kiwi: so now we know of two Legendary Protectors that are not Hajimes, until Kate marries Kellyn, then we'll just have Kaleb, unless he turns out to be a Hajime too, though that would be pretty much impossible.
Kenny: speaking of Kaleb, remind me not to get into a fight against him in the future. I think fighting him would be just as bad as fighting Karrie when she's mad.
Me: I'll try
Lyra: why didn't Uncle Dan come to fight sooner? And why did I have to be dragged into it if I was busy?
Me: you're the only one, besides Dialga, who can travel through time and you can heal people. Someone had to teleport people while Kiwi was out cold.
Lyra: fair enough
Me: besides, him meeting Kaleb might create another fight
Lyra: O.O do I want to know why?
Kaleb: no
Kellyn: well, we hope you liked the chapter! Please review!
Rhythmi: =( Haven't got a review since chapter 51
Me: *pushes Rhythmi out of the way* don't mind her! I am interested in reading your comments and thoughts on the story so far though! Will be trying to update more often than I had been doing, so no more waiting a year for an update, in theory. =D