In Ash's room:
"Pika…" Pikachu said in awe as he cuddled in Ash's chest. The raven haired boy was sitting on his bed with the lights turned off around him. In front of him the television was playing highlights from the battles that happened during that day. Right now he was watching the highlights of a Hydreigon that was sweeping through the league with great ease and along with a Darmanitan this trainer was using. It was a trainer that was managing to get through the league with only two pokemon.
"And Damian moves into the quarterfinals with a clean sweep from Darmanitan and Hydreigon!" The announcer in the television exclaimed as Ash sighed and cuddled up more against Pikachu. Looking around, he noticed that the room was empty as it was just him and Pikachu. He knew Serena, Bonnie, Clemont and Brock were all asleep, mostly because there was no sound being heard through the walls. Other than that, Ash kept the volume of the television down to prevent waking any of them up. Ash then focused his attention to the television and raised an eyebrow as he heard the next thing the announcer said: "We will be holding a two day break in order to prepare ourselves for the quarter finals with our last eight trainers. For this, we will be interviewing a select couple of our participants the day after tomorrow and after the matchups are displayed tomorrow, we will make our pick for who to interrogate." Ash then saw as some of the past highlights of the day were played showing how Pikachu managed to get that amazing electric overdrive to get him his win over Hunter.
"That was an amazing battle, right Pikachu?" Ash said as he petted his best friend's fur.
"Chaaaa!" Pikachu cooed as he snuggled up against Ash a little more. Ash liked having Pikachu this close, but it was as if something was starting to make go nuts when he started imagining Serena in Pikachu's place. It was something he was kind of wondering about, but the thought of Serena being this close to him brought joy to him for some reason. At that moment Ash felt as his facial capillaries began to vasodilate thus causing his face to heat up.
"Alright Pikachu, let's go to sleep," Ash said as he turned off the television this leaving the two in a room that was pitch black.
"Pikapi, Pikachu," Pikachu said as he began to shut his eyes and fall asleep.
"Good night to you too Pikachu," Ash said as he closed his eyes and instantly began to feel himself fall asleep. Ash was on his back, meaning that Ash felt as if he was floating, but then he began to feel like he was beginning to be paralyzed. Ash shot open his eyes and began to feel vibrations take over his body. Panicking, Ash closed his eyes again, but something on his ear whispered something to him.
"Pull on the rope above you," it said. Ash felt as his heart was beating more and more. The raven haired boy imagined a rope in front of him and then began to pull on it, the vibrations getting more intense and intense-
"What the…" Ash said as he then floated out into the pitch black room- only to see a blue tint in his vision allowing him to see in the dark. Ash looked around and saw nothing, just the room. Ash felt as his body vibrated though, so he then decided to get up from bed carefully trying not to wake up Pikachu and take a little walk. "Huh?" Ash gasped as he tried to grab the water bottle he had left on the counter- his hand went right through it. Ash tried again to grip the bottle only to shoot through the wall and end up in Serena's room. "Weird… I must be dreaming," Ash said as he looked around to see Serena and Bonnie sleeping on their own separate ways.
Ash noticed that above Serena there was a cloud that lead to her face, it was as if he could go inside… Ash walked over to be next to Serena's bed and touched the cloud to then make his eyes go to the back of his head to see a room where he saw himself staring at the point of view of the person he was in. "Oh Ash," the voice that sounded like Serena said as the point of view then began to walk towards the raven haired trainer.
"Wait, what?" Ash said as he pulled his hand out in panic to see Serena then cuddle harder against her pillow. "What was that all about?" Ash asked himself as he then noticed that there was a silver link that went through the wall through where he had originally went through. Ash followed the link, completely ignoring what he just saw in the cloud next to Serena and ended up in his room again. "Huh?" Ash asked in an alarmed expression as he then noticed he saw himself in the bed. Ash instantly began to breath hard in dear as he then saw a bright light zoom him towards himself.
Ash's eyes shot open as he looked around. He was still lying with his head facing upwards. Ash just rolled over on his side opposite of Pikachu to avoid squishing the mouse. "I hope I don't do that again," Ash whispered to himself as he fell asleep again.
A/N: You guys right now: "Okay, what the actual heck did Ash just do?"
Me: "He just Astral Projected, this is an actual out of body experience (OBE). Keep in mind that the cloud thing was… Well that was made up, lol!"
Anyways, I just want to clarify that this chapter is not so much focused on Ash. I felt like Ash needs his day to train and since it is not the most interesting thing to write, then I will make this chapter more focused on Clemont. Mostly, I just want Clemont to have a bit of a learning day to himself to grow as a gym leader!
Also, why the two day break? You will see!
Without further ado, let's get right into the story!
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon
Chapter 41- Electric Inventor vs Electric Life Saver
With Ash:
"PIKA!"
"Whoa!" Ash shouted as he fell back on the concrete below. "Owww…" Ash said as he sat back up on the pavement that was bright because of the sun light. People were walking to and fro the stadium sides and there were stands everywhere. Ash noticed that in front of him was not one, but two Pikachu's looking at each other. Ash looked at the one that clearly was not his because there was a little bit of spiky hair in the front. Ash then noticed both Pikachu's look at him.
"Pikapi," Ash's Pikachu said in worry as he got to Ash's side and checked on the raven haired boy.
"PIKACHU!" The other Pikachu said as he pounced on Ash with a friendly manner.
Ash returned the embrace to then noticed that he also recognized being here before, "Wait, Pika is that you?" Ash asked with a very excited tone.
"Pika!" Pika shouted as he playfully began to run around Ash, who had recognized him. Pikachu was slightly confused and thus got on Ash's shoulder.
"It has been such a long time," Ash said as he pet Pika's fur. Ash then noticed Pika twitch his ears and begin to run in one direction. "Huh? Wait Pika!" Ash then noticed the cloaked man near the other end of the pavement and then watched as Pika walked into the cloak. "Pika… He is my father's Pikachu," Ash said in awe as he saw that. Ash then saw the cloaked man walk towards the pokemon center and then disappear into a corner out of Ash's view. Out of curiosity, Ash went up to get a better look only to be interrupted by a familiar voice:
"Braixen now use fire blast!" Serena shouted as he Braixen performed a large summersault over her. Ash turned the corner just in time to see Braixen launch a jet of elegant fire right towards the honey blonde girl and then make five prongs that then enclosed Serena like a jail cell. "YES!" Serena exclaimed with excitement as she raised her hands and laughed at how amazing her combination was.
"Serena!" Ash shouted in a slightly panicked tone as he ran up towards the honey blonde girl. "You are going to hurt yourself!"
"Huh?" Serena asked as she went wide eyed and noticed exactly that she was trapped in a vortex of fire. Serena did not panic though as she quickly acted: "Brionne use water gun to get rid of this fire!" Serena shouted as she threw a pokeball up towards the blaze. Brionne emerged from the light and instantly began spraying water as Braixen landed next to Serena with a sweat drop as steam began to glow everywhere.
Ash was impressed at how Serena was able to act so fast, especially with how amazing the water vapor looked. "Oh, Ash," Serena gasped as she looked at Ash and slightly blushed, "Thanks for warning me, I could have hurt myself."
Ash did not know how to respond as he got an eyeful of Serena's glimmering sapphire eyes in the steam that was clearing. Ash just put his hands behind his head and said, "No problem Serena, anyways, that performance was really good!"
"Wait, you really think so?" Serena asked with a shy smile.
"Yea! But maybe, I don't know, maybe add in some sort of dark type move to it to probably give it some more of a spooky atmosphere, and with that crooked laugh you just did, you could make an amazing Halloween performance!" Ash responded with his head down and his arms crossed with a grin on his face.
"C-crooked laugh?... You mean like a witch?" Serena asked as she began to fall flat along with her pokemon. "I am supposed to look beautiful during these performances, not like a demon…" Serena said that last part with her arms in her hips.
"What are you talking about, of course you are beautiful!" Ash said with a bright smile before then going wide eyed and making his own face begin to heat up.
"Wait… what?" Serena asked in slight shock as she made her tint of pink develop into shades of dark crimson red.
"N-nothing," Ash said quickly while looking the other way in an attempt to prevent Serena from thinking more of it. Serena noticed this and decided to let the conversation slide to her disappointment, but she then cocked her head as Ash spoke again, clearly having regained his composure. "Serena, do you know where the others are?"
"Bonnie and Brock went out together, something about finding the perfect wife," Serena then pointed towards the stadium and said, "Clemont is alone, he said he wanted to look at something that had to do with the stadium… I don't know, stuff that only he was interested it," Serena finished the last part whole looking back at her pokemon, "I decided that I should train a little, for my next performance."
"You know, I need to train too, isn't that right Pikachu?" Ash asked.
"Pika Pikachu!"
"Alright then," Ash said as he took out his other five pokeballs and threw them into the air to see the flashes of light materialized into his pokemon. "Let's get training!"
With Clemont:
"Amazing," Clemont said in awe as he looked down from the first row of the red seats in the stadium and into the large abyss that was separating the two trainer platforms. Clemont noticed that down the shaft there was a track that below. "So, if they did what I suggested, the field rides on a track sort of like a train, and then it hooks up to the vertical tracks that go up towards the trainer's platform and then lock in place with an attempt to safely secure the field into position." Clemont then smiled as he looked down at the field and gave a hearty laugh, "I sure hope this invention of mine does not explode, that would be amazing if it did… But dangerous too."
Clemont then looked into the field and decided to head back up to the exit of the empty stands. On the way, he passed under a small tunnel that lead towards the dugout. Seemingly admiring the hexagonal shaped hallways as they were illuminated with bright blue lights. Clemont then turned to his left to see a monitor with the shape of Prism Tower in the middle along with a six trophies. "Isn't that the same symbol I designed?" Clemont asked in awe as he looked at the symbol. He clearly was not expecting his own design to be implemented at all.
Clemont turned the corner and then noticed that there was the dugout to one of the tunnels that lead out to the trainer platform. Out of curiosity, Clemont went up the stairs and began to walk towards the light. "So this is what it is like being a competitor," Clemont said as he covered his glasses with his hands at the sight of entering the field. Looking around, Clemont saw the amazing view of the stadium and all of the red seats thus imagining what it would be like if there was people sitting there and there was an opponent.
"Man, I wish I could compete."
"Jolteon!"
"Huh?" Clemont's attention was brought to the front of him to see a teenager about his age standing in the opposite trainer's platform with a Jolteon next to him. He noticed the black and blue attire on the boy with blue eyes and a blue outline around his hair. Clemont then spoke up, "Hey, what are you doing here? The stadium is off limits."
The boy, who was looking around, looked at Clemont and chuckled, "I could be asking the same thing to you too."
Clemont instantly froze up. He had forgotten that the stadium was to not be accessed by anyone during days when there was a break. "Uhhh…" Clemont then made his best excuse, "I am the main designer of the blue prints of this place."
"Oh," the teenager said as he began to look around with a sheepish look. "Guess I should be on my way then," the boy said as he turned around and began to leave.
"Wait!" Clemont shouted only to know that there was no avail because of the distance. "Oh man…" Clemont then began to turn around and run to the best of his ability through the dugout and reach the stairs only to be met with the same person in front of him. "Wait… How did you?"
"I can run," the boy said sheepishly as he eyed Clemont. "And I am guessing that you are just very slow."
"I guess," Clemont said with a sheepish laugh as he noticed an emergency exit and headed for it signaling the boy to come through. The spiky haired teenager followed with his Jolteon close behind him as they stepped back into the light of the sun shine that was previously at the stadium's main battling area. "Why did you even come this way?"
"Because I heard you shouting after me," The boy said simply as his Jolteon circled around him to eye Clemont curiously.
"Yes, well… I noticed you looked like a person that is an electric specialist," Clemont said as he looked back down at the Jolteon and fixed his glasses. "I was wondering if you would like to have a battle with me."
"A battle?" The boy said as he put a hand to his chin and then shrugged his shoulders. "Why not? It could be good practice, right Jolteon?"
"Teon!"
"Alright, well, where should we have it?" The boy asked as he looked around. Clemont just motioned to a practice battlefield that was on the side of the walkway and then both of them began to walk towards it, standing on opposite trainer boxes. The boy then chuckled as he said, "I probably should introduce myself, my name is Night."
'Night… I have heard that name before…' Clemont said as he then opened his mouths and said: "I am Clemont, honored to meet you." Clemont then took out a pokeball and threw it towards the battlefield, "Luxray, you are up!"
"Luxray!" Luxray shouted as he emerged from his pokeball and stood in front of Jolteon who Night had signaled to go out to battle.
"Luxray… wait, by any chance are you also an electric type specialist?" Night asked curiously.
Clemont smirked as he looked at Night and adjusted the glare of his glasses, "I am the Lumiose City Gym Leader, and yes, I do specialize in electric type while being an inventor."
Night then smirked back, "Same way, but I like to consider myself a health care provider, you see, health care has always fascinated me as a person, speed is everything in an emergency, so that is why I always love using fast and speedy pokemon like Jolteon here."
"Jolteon!"
"Inventing takes time, I like to specialize on slower pokemon because it reflects my slow and steady inventing," Clemont said. "I can see now that there is a good amount of differences between us, but we have the same passion in electric types."
Night smiled as he bent his knees and pumped his fists at his side, "Let's learn more about the differences in our passions through battle."
"Agreed!"
Battle music begin! Clemont (Luxray) vs Night (Jolteon):
Clemont adjusted the glare of his glasses as he then put his arm out in front of him, "Luxray start things off with electric terrain!"
"Luxray!" Luxray cried as he roared and then made himself generate electricity in his mane before delivering it out in all directions. The electricity then surged the field around Luxray and Jolteon and at times, sparks crackle around the field. Clemont smirked at this as he commanded for a wild charge. At this Night narrowed his eyes as he watched Luxray become enveloped in an aura of electricity while headed towards Jolteon.
Night pumped his fist as he put an arm out and shouted: "Jolteon use your speed to get behind Luxray!" Clemont flinched as at the moment that Luxray was about to slam into Jolteon, the electric type disappeared to then appear with a large cloud of dust behind Luxray who was extremely confused as to where Jolteon was. "Use Shadow Ball!" Night exclaimed as he noticed that Jolteon was charging up an attack.
"Counter it with swift!" Clemont shouted urgently as he watched the ghost type move come close to his electric lion. Although slower, Luxray managed to swing around his tail and launch a barrage of stars that interacted with the Shadow Ball and caused smoke to pick up above the field, but then out of surprise, a barrage of electricity came from the cloud and slammed into Luxray who staggered a little to then fall to the ground as if he has been battling for ages now. "Luxray!" Clemont shouted in panic as he noticed how his electric type slowly and weakly stood back up.
"Ray…" the lion moaned as he lowered his head and began to growl at the spiked cheetah in front of him.
"Night, how did you do that?" Clemont asked with curiosity.
"Engaging to then provoke you was a great way for me to land a surprise attack," Night replied as he looked over at Jolteon and put his hands in his pockets. "Jolteon and I are full of surprises, that is how we managed to defeat the Tunod Conference."
"Wait… are you saying that you are a…" Clemont stammered with his words.
"Champion?" Night finished with an extended eyebrow. "You can put it that way, but I am no traditional champion." Night then looked up and smirked, "Thunder!" Jolteon jumped into the air and with a quick reel of his head began to launch an attack of electricity that Clemont knew all too well from his experiences as a gym leader. The lightning bolt streaked through the air on its way to Luxray who was watching in awe as the attack neared him.
Luxray then acted fast as a mirage image of Clemont made an order: "Make a dust cloud with your feet!"
"Ray!" Luxray shouted as he stopped his feet and made a dust cloud that quickly dispersed the electricity away, but the fact was that the electric terrain still let some of the attack through this causing Luxray to stagger back and scratch his paws across the dirt as he skidded to a stop in front of Clemont.
"Jolteon, let's try something different!" Night declared as he pointed forward and issued forward his fist. "Use hidden power!"
"Teon!" Jolteon shouted as he made a battle cry that instead of launching spheres of energy, made a shockwave that formed a barrage of ice stones towards Luxray. At this Clemont nearly had the wind knocked out of him clearly not expecting such an attack. Clemont was still fast in making his command and called out for a dodge. Luxray was not extremely successful in dodging all of the rocks, but he managed to only get hit once, but that hit still caused a lot of damage to happen to the electric lion as he landed in front of Clemont.
'What am I going to do against a champion?' Clemont thought as a drop of sweat went down his cheek as he grit his teeth. Clemont then adjusted his glasses and out his hand forward while saying, "Luxray, use wild charge!"
"Gonna do the same move again?" Night asked as he put his hand forward towards the rushing Luxray enveloped in an electric aura. "Use Shadow Ball and knock it off balance!" Jolteon charged up the attacks on his mouth and launched them in the direction of Luxray only for Clemont to smirk:
"Thunder fang!"
"RAY!" Luxray shouted as he destroyed the ball of shadow energy into an explosion of dust from which Luxray emerged coated in electricity about to slam into Jolteon.
Night saw this and then looked around to see the electric terrain and then raised his hand, "Jump into the air and then follow it up with thunder right on Luxray!"
"Jol JOLTEEEEEOOONNNN!" Jolteon shouted as he jumped to be above Luxray at a blinding speed. Jolteon then made an electric charge shock in the direction of Luxray. Clemont's electric type was just in the way of Jolteon's attack and the young inventor knew that he had to do something.
"Use wild charge!" Clemont shouted while pumping his fist. Luxray made himself glow in an electric aura and as the thunder collided, the wild charge absorbed most of the electricity that was being issued towards Luxray.
"Impressive," Night said as Jolteon landed in front of him. Night then narrowed his eyes as he then declared his final attack: "You are worthy of this… JOLTEON!" Jolteon nodded as he prepared himself by absorbing the electricity from the electric terrain with a large flash. Clemont shielded his eyes as he saw this and then looked in awe as Night then pointed his fists forward and shouted: "Sinister Current!"
"JOLLLL!" Jolteon began as he began to glow blue and black while making the electricity around him to make five dark blue orbs that went around Luxray. Clemont did not know what to do as he witnessed how Luxray was completely trapped. "TTTTEEEEEEOOOONNNN!" Jolteon shouted as the electricity from the orbs discharged into a giant wall of electricity that engulfed Luxray into a dark blue crackling fest of power. At this, an explosion echoed through the practice field that made Clemont and Night both have to cover themselves from the shock wave caused by the blast.
"Luxray!" Clemont yelled in extreme shock as he saw the smoke clear and was unable to tell the condition of his pokemon.
"Ray…" Luxray grunted on the ground with scratches all over himself. Clemont noticed that Luxray had gone through so much and raced to get on Luxray's side to take care of him.
"Luxray, you were excellent," Clemont praised as Night came up in front of him and also kneeled down with a berry in his hand.
"Here Luxray, have this," Night said as he fed the berry to Luxray. The electric lion swallowed the berry to then begin to move around much easier. "Take it easy Luxray, I am surprised you even stayed conscious after that attack," Night said as he turned to Clemont and said: "Luxray will be fine, he just needs to have some rest to recover." Night then looked back down at Luxray and stroke his mane with care as he then said, "He is well trained, for being a gym leader's pokemon, I have never seen such a well trained pokemon. Also, you gave me a good challenge after everything, you managed to take some of my attacks and still avoided getting knocked out sooner. Also, the fact Luxray stayed conscious the last attack is something that I rarely see."
Clemont was dumbfounded by the words of Night to then look down with a shy smile and say, "Thank you, I think I now know what it takes to make me a better gym leader. I also think I know a good path to take along side my Luxray to make a closer bond with him." At this, Clemont raised Luxray's pokeball and recalled that electric type back to red energy. "Thank you so much Luxray."
"Teon!" Jolteon shouted as he then signaled for Night in a certain direction.
Night looked on to see Hunter and Leaf walking together outside of the pokemon center while talking with Ash and Serena. Night eyed Serena with awe as he and Clemont went over to see what was going on between Leaf and Hunter. "Leaf, Hunter, what is with you guys now?" Night asked as he reached the group. The spiky haired trainer was sneaking glances towards Serena with a nervous motivation, suddenly realization hit him like a train when he saw Serena call out his with the others.
"Night!" Everyone in the group shouted as Night chuckled a little as Clemont came up behind the spiky haired boy with the Jolteon, there was a slight bit of disappointment in Night's inside because it seemed like Serena hadn't really thought much of seeing him for the first time in a while… Only, Night knew why Serena was so familiar to him and he was expecting Serena to feel the same way instantly too.
"Hunter, Leaf, where are you two going from here?" Night asked as he turned his attention back towards the electric pokemon and watched Jolteon and Eevee exchange a playful smile with each other.
"Leaf and I decided to go travel around Johto," Hunter said. "We want to embark on our journey together and when I win the Johto League, I will challenge you to a battle, Night." At the last part Hunter pumped his fist as Leaf chuckled from behind.
"You got it," Night said as he pumped his fist back in a friendly way towards Hunter.
"Alright guys, I guess we are now going to be on our way," Hunter said as he turned to a nodding Leaf. "I will see you guys soon!"
"Bye!" Leaf shouted as she left behind Hunter. Eevee also shared one last goodbye with Jolteon and Pikachu as he then ran up to Hunter's shoulder and waved good bye with the duo as they walked off.
As the others waved, Serena smiled, "Do you think that Leaf and Hunter will recognize what they feel for each other?"
"Huh?" Ash and Clemont asked cluelessly as Serena face palmed.
Night though, he chuckled as he thought of a way to hint having similar blood to Serena by saying: "When they are mature enough, Leaf will probably make a move, she is that impulsive." Serena went wide eyed that someone actually understood her and carefully eyed Night… Only for the spiky haired boy to look back at Serena and motion his head towards Ash: This motion made Serena's face instantly become a tomato, so she started back towards the now setting sun and watched as Hunter and Leaf disappeared over the horizon. "I hope to see them again soon," Night said as he saw his friends leave only to then sigh as he saw the setting sun and share a serious glance with Jolteon.
"Wait… Are you going to return to your champion duties Night?" Clemont asked that caused the attention of the other two teenagers to go to Night.
Night smiled as he said the next part: "I have some business to take care of here in Kalos before I return to the Soul Stadium," Night replied as he and Jolteon began to walk away from the group. "I hope to see you guys again," Night said as he began to walk away towards the pokemon center.
"He's interesting…" Clemont said with a surprised tone as he looked at Night walk in through the automatic doors.
"He is a very strong trainer, that is for sure," Ash replied as he looked at Pikachu on his shoulder and smirked.
"I feel like I know him," Serena muttered as she remembered the sight of Night being at close proximity of her just then. It was as if she knew there was a lost connection between Serena and him. Serena did not think much of it, but this is something that sooner or later will affect her more than anything…
"Let's get back to the hotel, it has been a long day and I am expecting Bonnie and Brock to be back home… With some girls for me," at the last part Clemont face palmed with a slight amount of nerves.
"Come on Clemont, maybe one is very beautiful," Serena implied as the group started walking away from the direction of the pokemon center.
Ash walked next to the two as he snuck a glance at Serena and watched how the setting sun made a radiant shine in the figure of the honey blonde girl. Ash could not help, but gasp and shake his head at the thought. 'Maybe I am just getting sick' Ash thought as he kept walking, only to still find his eyes leaning towards the girl he was next to.
"Pika?" Pikachu asked from the shoulder of the raven haired trainer as he noticed Ash acting so strangely. Looking ahead at the line of Ash's sight, Pikachu saw Serena as she lead the group. Pikachu grew wide eyed as he saw this, but snickered into his hand knowing that something is going on with Ash that involved Serena…
Like if he was zinged to her.
At the Pokemon Center:
"Nurse Joy," Night said as he and Jolteon walked up to the counter and looked at the nurse.
Nurse Joy turned her head to see Night and Jolteon walking next to each other, Jolteon looking a little roughed up from his last battle. "Hello there, welcome to the pokemon center, how may I help you?"
Night smiled as he looked down at Jolteon and said, "I was wondering if you wanted to take a little break and let me rest the other pokemon for you, I was going to do it for Jolteon, but I felt generous…" Night trailed off at the next part while scratching his cheek. "I need to keep practicing so that I can be a lot better at my job when I get older."
Nurse Joy seemed a little unsure, but she smiled and nodded. Night nearly jumped for Joy as he ran into the clinic and noticed that there was a line of pokemon beds with some pokemon on them. They were pokemon from trainers at the Kalos League and Night knew that he could get straight to work. "Jolteon? Jol Jolteon?" Jolteon asked as he leaped onto one of the beds as Night got next to him with a potion.
"Alright Jolteon, let me fix you up from that battle," Night said as he took out a potion and began to spray Jolteon, who was feeling very nice thanks to the effects of the potion. The small nicks that Jolteon had all over his body slowly disappeared as Night continued spraying. When he was done spraying, he fed Jolteon some berries and took his vital signs that proved to be in phenomenal shape. "Jolteon, your body temperature is normal, your blood pressure is very strong and high because you are a fast electric type… And your pulse." Night then put a stethoscope up to Jolteon's thoracic area and listened, "You are running a pulse of 600 beats per minute, which is healthy for a fast pokemon like you." Jolteon leaped out of the bed happily as Night then took out a pokeball. "Alright Decidueye, I need you to help me with something."
"Dueye!" Decidueye said with a sinister voice as he looked around and examined the room he was in.
"Remember your training, use your strong vision to locate any hidden complications on any of these pokemon," Night instructed as the archer owl began to walk around the clinic as Jolteon also hopped on the beds to check on a Pachirisu that was on the bed nearest to Night. Jolteon gave a slight electric shock to the electric squirrel and then smiled as he hopped into the next bed to see a Bunnelby. The bunny pokemon also reacted in a way that made Jolteon smile as Night looked over a Growlithe that was breathing hard. "Wow, looks like he is short of breath," Night said as he looked at the shallow breathing of the fire type. "Jolteon hand me some oxygen," Night commanded as he began to check the heart rate with the stethoscope.
"Jolteon!" Jolteon said as he handed Night an oxygen mask which the larger trainer inserted on the snout of the pokemon. Night then went over to the oxygen control and began administering air that was more oxygen rich than the air around him. Night and Jolteon watched as Growlithe's breathing slowed down to be normal to other pokemon, which made the black and blue attired trainer to be relieved.
"Dueye!" Decidueye cried out getting the attention of Night and Jolteon, who were instantly on Decidueye's side to see what was on the bed. Looking down, Night saw a steel and dark type that had an axe like head, red and black armor along with white blades that stuck out around his body. Looking closer, Night noticed that this pokemon had sparks around him sometimes appearing along with a small burn mark on the trunk of this pokemon.
Night went wide eyed seeing the condition of this pokemon and turned to his pokemon, "We need an antidote and I am going to need some water as well." His two pokemon nodded as Night looked back down at the pokemon and said: "Don't worry Pawniard, we will help you."
"Niard…" Pawniard grunted in pain.
"Teon!"
"Decidueye!"
Night thanked both pokemon as he took the antidote and instantly began to spray it on the Pawniard. The dark and steel type pokemon began to feel alleviated as the sparks went away and the burn mark began to disappear. At that moment, Night then grabbed the cup of water out of Deciduye's hands and then put it up to Pawniard's mouth for him to drink. "Drink up and you will feel better," Night said as Pawniard slumped back down on the bed and fell asleep after drinking up all of the water. Night smiled as he saw this and then recalled Decidueye to then walk out of the clinic with Jolteon.
Outside the clinic, Nurse Joy waited and asked Night how things went inside. "It went well," Night explained as he began to walk towards the door. "Also, make sure that Pawniard stays out of trouble, it looked like he was badly injured." At this Nurse Joy smiled as Night walked out. It was dark out now, and the night sky seemed to make the stars pop and then moon shone at the first quarter as they met the pavement of the walkway that was nearly completely dark due to the stadium not being used for the day, granted that the monitors were on as they displayed matchups and different highlights from the day prior.
Night and Jolteon walked through the darkness and ended up sitting down in the bench that was illuminated by a street lamp. Night sighed as he heard something out of the corner of his eye and out loud said, "I was not expecting of running into Serena again, after all these years…"
"I know, you must have missed her," A familiar voice emerged from the shadows as it neared Night. Night chuckled a little recognizing the voice as he looked in the direction of where it had originated.
"Ashura, why is it that you are always right?" Night asked towards the figure that then sat down next to him to be Ashura. This time, he did not have his cloak with him and was in his usual red outfit as he looked at Night. "You are probably here to talk to me about what this means for Serena and me, right?"
"Yes," Ashura said calmly. "This is something that only Serena and you can do," Ashura explained as he sighed. "Tony is my best friend, but ever since he left with you and then left you to complete your journey, it is time that Serena and you go and find him… And allow her to learn that truth about her father."
"Are you sure my sister is up for it?" Night asked unsurely.
"She has been following my son this whole time," Ashura said with a sincere voice. "I know your sister has some sort of a thing for my son, so keep in mind that she will use his morals and values to get through."
"I guess you are right," Night said as he held Jolteon close. "Anyone else that we will be accompanied with?" Night asked with a curious face.
"I have an idea of who," Ashura said. "He is from Alola though, so I recommend you and Serena head there first." Ashura then stood back up and was about to leave Night and Jolteon alone as Ashura then said: "I want to let Serena watch my son battle during the league, it will help her in the long run, for now, keep an eye on any suspicious activity around here. I will come back to you soon," Ashura said as he left the light and went into the shadows.
Night sighed as he looked at Jolteon and said, "Should I pay a visit to mom as well? Oh man it has been so long, will she even recognize me? Serena didn't so that is really not giving me the best chances," Night conceited that last part with slight regret.
"Jolteon!" Jolteon cried as he snuggled on Night thus making him comfortable.
"Yea," Night said. "Let's go to sleep so that we can get ready for surveillance." Night stood up and began to walk away only for the monitors to turn on and display matchup for the day that made Night narrow his eyes in curiosity.
The television portrayed Damian commanding his Hydreigon and then defeating a Skarmory with his Darmanitan. Later, it showed Ash's highlights against Hunter and Hau along with portraying the large potential of Ash's team. "The third match of the quarter finals will include Ash and Damian as they face off against each other for a spot in the semi finals!" Night narrowed his eyes as he looked at the referee from the highlights of Damian's battles and was shocked to see the same referee that Nero had used against Hunter.
"Alright then," Night said as he squinted his eyes and looked forward. "If someone can beat that bastard it has to be Ash… If Hunter can defeat one of his goons, then Ash can take down the ringmaster." Night then turned to Jolteon before walking towards the darkness while muttering, "But that referee… Jolteon, shoot a thunder into the sky, because he is ours!"
"Jolteon!" Jolteon agreed as he launched a jolt of yellow electricity up into the air, thus causing a bright light that illuminated the darkness over the lights of Lumiose City.
A/N: Plot twist! Serena and Night have the same blood! Why? Well, things will be revealed soon enough. The main reason why I had to relate them is so that there is no shipping controversy… And also because it will make things more dramatic.
Anyways, Ash is still dazed about his newly found feelings, it is as if he cannot see Serena the same way that she was before! What's better is that there are some catalysts going around, and it might speed up the chemistry.
Ash against Damian? Oh god… This is going to be an intense battle in my book, I can already see the tension building up between the two trainers and I am scared that Ash may not be able to teach that jag his deserved lesson.
Anyways, I am going to call it a day for me, been writing this chapter late at night and I am extremely tired.
I hope you guys enjoyed! Remember to R & R and I will see you guys next time!
Responding to some reviews:
ArmorshippingFan: Glad you enjoyed and thanks for reviewing! Means a lot!
NinjaFang1331: Thanks, hope you enjoyed it and let's see how Ash fairs in the Top 8!
Guest 1: Haha he is very arrogant now that I think about it, but the battles and the weeb music are just the minimal of what you can enjoy, in the top 8 (since Ash advanced to it and I don't want to spoil too much), trying to visualize the battle will make it like if you are actually watching the anime ;)!
LanaishAiden: Actually there is no spoil to that, she is not becoming UB-01, but she is going through a medical condition that makes her look that way, nothing much, I just wanted to give her a different appearance in order to separate Lillie from the anime and the games, this Lillie is the Lillie from my story!
Guest 2: Glad you enjoyed and that we can all still support Amourshipping! Am proud of that man!