Chapter 2: The School
Two years have now passed. Ash Ketchum has grown in many different views. He has mastered everything that the Legendaries have taught him, and also defeated his mentors to prove his mastery. He is now standing 60 inches tall with regal expression that demand with respect to anyone who saw him. His powerful body weight is 300 pounds, packed with all but thick muscles. He did not have an over-muscled body, however. But his body shape and posture is enough to put any expert and/or strong wrestlers and body builders in shame.
Ash Ketchum is now standing at the center of the Hall of Origin with Arceus on his side. Neo is currently inside his Poke-Ball. He's wearing his school uniform to attend his boarding school. He's wearing black school dress code suit. He is wearing black school dress code jacket with standing collar buttoning down from top-to-bottom. The Buttons are decorated with an emblem of the school that he will be attending. His pants are straight and a dark-colored belt is worn on his waist, complete with the Poke-Ball carrier that allows him to carry 3 Pokemon. Ash is wearing a black sneakers with white socks. Ash is also wearing two collar-pin, each has Japanese words implanted on it. The first collar-pin is colored blue and have two Japanese symbols written on it, and it was '学生' that means 'Gakusei' in Romaji Japanese or 'Student' in English. Then, the other collar-pin is colored red and have one Japanese symbol and one number written on it, and it was '1A級' that means '1A-Kyū' in Romaji Japanese or '1A Class' in English.
The School Emblem on his button is colored dark chocolate with a shape of a shield. It has a globe-shaped circle at the center, colliding with the upper part of the shield, with several words written around it 'Kanto International School' with two birds facing either way at the lower of the globe. It was all colored white and chocolate. At the bottom of the emblem, there are some words written on it 'Student' with golden color that have white lining at the edges.
"What do you think?" Ash asked her. Arceus smiled and nodded, "Perfect. You look good, Ash."
"Thank you" He said with a smile. Ash took out a pair of 'lens' glasses from his pocket and wears it. Then, his red-blue slit-pupil eyes suddenly turned into blue with a small red circle around the pupil. Ash looked to Arceus, then said, "Does my eyes seems mortal?"
"Yep. At least that will do" Arceus said with a sigh, "Just don't take that glass off. I hope you have a happy day in your school" Then, she stepped aside, revealing a table that is full of Ash's routine equipment and regular black scholar backpack.
Ash nodded. He approached the table and picked up two small gauntlet. He attached both gauntlets inside his wrist-collar jacket and locked it. Then, a 5 inch hidden blade suddenly appeared on both of his wrists. Ash smiled, he retracted the hidden blade and picked up his favorite black Suppressed P99. However, Arceus said, "Ash, you shouldn't bring that pistol with you. This goes with your sword too."
"Why not?" Ash said with a surprised tone. Arceus replied, "While Hidden Blades are able to bypass the security detector, swords and any metallic weaponry could alert anyone" She explained to him, "I do not wish to have your weapon confiscated or have you expelled on your first day."
"Hmm…" Ash hummed. Then, Arceus continued, "Also, I heard that your mother have sired another child."
"Who?" Ash said with surprise. Arceus chuckled, then replied, "You have another sister, Ash. Her name is Koneko. She's currently 2 years old now and under your parent's care."
"I see…" Ash muttered. He snapped his finger and his other equipment suddenly disappeared, "I'll just place my other stuff in my Pocket Dimension, then" Then, he picked up his backpack and wears it. Arceus asked again, "Have you listed all your stuff?"
"Yep. Did that last night" Ash replied. Arceus nodded, "Good. Celebi is going to escort you there. Mew is busy doing her duty and Celebi currently have free-time right now."
"Okay Arceus" Ash replied. Then, Celebi suddenly appeared next to her, "Hey Ash! Ready for your first day at school?" It said with masculine voice. Ash nodded, "Yep! Ready when you are."
"Okay then," Celebi nodded. Then, he teleported away, along with Ash to somewhere else. Arceus chuckled, "I wish you luck there, Ash."
They appeared again in Pallet Town at Kanto Region. However, what Ash wasn't expecting is that Celebi have teleported him at the south edge of the Pallet Town limit. The place is located at the top of the mountain, giving the beautiful sight of the busy town of Pallet Town. Ash frowned, "Celebi, why are we here?"
Then, Celebi gave him a goofy grin, "Getting back at your prank" He said with an ear-splitting grin, "Have fun finding your school!" Then, he teleported away.
Ash's eyes widened. Then, he scowled, "Ah fuck" He cursed. He looked around to see if anything could help him to find the mentioned school. Suddenly, Ash blinked. He pulled out his night black Pokedex and activated his GPS. He put a marker on 'Kanto International School' which is located at the far North-East side of Pallet Town.
Ash scowled again, "That Pokemon is going to get me late!" He shouted, "Curse you Celebi!" then, he begins running with inhuman speed. He ran into an alley and jumped from the wall to another to reach the rooftop. Then, he begins jumping on the building rooftop to reach the school that he supposed to attend.
"Where, come on… I'm going to be late…" Ash muttered hastily. He stopped on top of a tall electric pole to look for direction. Suddenly, he saw a familiar brunette wearing white blouse attached with a sailor-style collar and a pleated skirt with short sleeves. A ribbon is tied in the front and laced through a loop attached to the blouse. She is also wearing red neckerchiefs ribbon with small white edge color. Also, she is carrying a black briefcase-like backpack on her hand. From her collar-pin, he noticed that this student is in the same class as him.
"I'm late, I'm late, I'm late, I'm late, I'm going to be late on my first day" Marchelle said hurriedly while running. Ash stared for few second, then sighed, "Why would I ever…" He quickly jumped down and picked up Marchelle in bridal-style, "Aah!" Marchelle squeaked as she clutched her backpack.
Ash jumped again to the nearby rooftop and begin rushing toward the North-East, where his school is located. Marchelle saw her carrier, then she hugged him. Ash was too occupied to notice her blushing all the way to the school.
Finally, landing at the nearby empty alley, Ash puts Marchelle down and grabbed her hand, "Come on" He said. Marchelle begin running with Ash to his school, while wondering how did Ash jumping on the rooftop into another for hours without catching a single breath. Not to mention how fast they have arrived close at the school.
They finally reached their school where they will study their lessons. The school is huge, no wonder it was called the Kanto International School. The school has approximate 500 floors up to the sky and over 9000 square meters of landscape. There are many students that can be seen walking into the school gate, while some are talking with each other.
After arriving there, Ash stopped while staring at the school with a smile, "Looks like we made it" He looked to Marchelle. She was breathing heavy and have sweat drenched all over her skin. Marchelle hit his back, "Don't… do… that… again…" She said between gasps.
Ash smiled, "At least we arrived here in time" He said. Then, he saw an 11-years-old boy wearing the same school dress code heading toward them. Ash noticed, from his pin-collar, that this boy is also from his class. Not only that, this boy is the class Prefect. The boy has dark blue hair with blue eyes, and held a pleasant look on his face.
"Hey Marchelle!" He greeted. Marchelle, after catching her breath, replied, "Hey Riley."
"March, you're almost late for the class" Riley said with worry. He looked at his watch, "I was looking for you. There's only 2 minutes before the class started" He said. Then, he noticed Ash, "And who is this?"
"Riley, this is Ash, my brother" Marchelle introduced them, "Ash, this is Riley. He's my friend since kindergarten."
Ash offered his hand, "Hi, my name is Ash" He introduced himself. Riley smiled, and accepted his hand, "The name's Riley Gen" Then, Ash felt a small spark of electricity on his hand. Ash narrowed his eyes, 'Aura Probe.'
Aura Probe is a technique to read other people's aura. This usually can only be done to the fellow aura user to detect their aura signature. Unlike Aura Sight, Aura Probe can only detect and spot aura user's signature aura when a body contact is occurring, while Aura Sight can detect any Aura Signature from any living being. Aura Signature is the fingerprint of all living beings. It is used as the alternative to recognize someone without knowing his face or appearance.
Riley frowned, "Hmm… that's strange" He felt something is blocking his aura to probe Ash's aura.
"Oh, I almost forgot" Marchelle said, "Riley is an Aura Guardian in-Training. So please bear with all strangeness he can do."
"Oh…" Ash muttered. He released his hand, then said, "If you want to use Aura Probe on me, then you're out of luck. If Marchelle didn't tell me about your reason, then you'd probably off in Reverse World" He said with narrowed eyes. Then, he begins walking into the school building.
"How did he…" Riley said with gaping mouth. Marchelle giggled, "You shouldn't mess with my brother like that. See ya!" With that, she begins walking into the school building.
The bell has ringed and study time have finally started. Many students begin rushing into their classroom while the teachers are walking to their class to teach. Ash Ketchum is currently sitting at the corner left edge of his class, where it was very close to the outside window.
The 1A Class Room seems pretty much simple. The wall is white, along with the floor and ceiling. A long ceiling lamp can be seen illuminating the class, even when the sunlight came into the room through the fixed window. The tables are colored light chocolate, with gray tubular metal as they stand and small desk drawer in it. On the back of the class, there was some lockers and a cupboard that filled with many student's belongings and class materials. The class is using a large white board. There are 20 seats inside the class, and everything is pretty much occupied. The classroom temperature feels pleasant cold, thanks to the air conditioner.
The teacher in front of them is a man around 30 years old. He's wearing white formal shirt and black long pants with black Poke-Ball belt that contains six Pokemon. This man is also wearing black business shoes, with two collar-pin attached to his cloth. The first pin is colored blue with Japanese words written on it '教師' which means 'Kyōshi' in Romaji Japanese and 'Teacher' in English. The second collar-pin is colored yellow with Japanese words written on it '1A担任' which means '1 A tannin' in Romaji Japanese and '1A Homeroom Teacher' in English. To add the addiction, he has two pens in his button shirt pocket. The first pen is colored black, and the other one is colored red.
The teacher writes some Japanese words on the whiteboard, it reads '藤川 みちざね' in Japanese and 'Fujikawa Michizane' in Romaji Japanese. After writing that, he said with a Japanese accent, "Good morning, students. My name is Fujikawa Michizane and I am your Homeroom Teacher of this year. I teach Mathematic in this school. First, before we start our study, we will start introducing ourselves" Then, Fujikawa sat on the teacher's desk, then said, "Let's start with the one on the corner there" He pointed to Ash.
"Great" Ash muttered. He stood from his sweat and went to the front class. While walking, he noticed that the girls are adoring his looks while the male are glaring at him with jealousy. He hoped he could survive this school and get his Pokedex updated so he can explore the outside world without breaking the law.
Standing at the front of the class, Fujikawa said, "Go on. Tell us your name, your address, birthday date, you call it. Let us know more about you."
Ash shifted uncomfortably, "Umm… my name is Ash Theos Ketchum but people usually called me Ash. I'm 10 years old boy and live in Pallet Town at 8 Heaven Street" He was lucky that he remembered his parent's home address, "I live with my parents, Red Ketchum and Delia Ketchum, along with my sisters, Marchelle Ketchum and Koneko Ketchum. I like to eat Sashimi with rice…" He gulped, "I also like to fight, whenever it was Pokemon Battle or hand-to-hand combat. I also like to sing and play music, and I have much knowledge on using many instruments. And I also like to study and research things. I don't like bullies, especially people with arrogant manners. Then, uh… I hate getting into irrational conversation, and I hate people who forced themselves to talk to me. I also good at the computer, I know the various art of programming and programming languages. I also good at using a dagger and sword, since my father teach me how to protect myself at a young age. And, uh…" Ash gulped again, "People often said that I have overprotective nature to my friends and family" Then, Ash bowed to them, "That's all. Thank you for listening."
Children inside the class applauded at his introduction. The teacher chuckled, "Well then. Glad to meet you, Ash. On another note, we have a Combat-Fighting club at this school. You should probably join that club."
Ash bowed to him, "Thank you" Then, he went to his seat. While walking, he noticed that Marchelle is sitting at the center of the room, next to Riley. He almost growled in irritation when he saw Riley are staring at her with charming look.
"Now then, for the next one" Fujikawa looked around, then pointed at Marchelle, "You" Marchelle jumped in surprise. She looked around, then said, "Me?"
"Yes. Introduce yourself to your fellow classmates here" he said with a pleasant smile. Marchelle nodded. She nervously went to the front class, then said, "H-Hello. My name is Marchelle Ketchum. I, uh…" She clutched her Flame Shard necklace that Ash gave her two years ago. As if the necklace gave her courage, she suddenly regained her confidence, "People usually called me in March. I'm 10 years old and live in Pallet Town at 8 Heaven Street. I live with my parents and brother" She looked to Ash, "I love to hear music and painting art" She looked around the students, "I also love to play with firearms since my uncle teach me how to protect myself with firearms" She heard some people gasped in surprise, while Ash raised his eyebrow, "I uh… I don't really like bullies and all that. I also like to watch and observe people… And, uh… my parents said I'm a shy girl, so please bear with me" She bowed to the students, then said, "I think that's all. Thank you for listening."
Everyone applauded at her introduction. After that, the teacher said, "Well then, if you like to use a firearm, you should probably join the Combat-Fighting club too, like your brother" Fujikawa said with humorous giggle, "Take your seat" He said.
"Thank you, sir" Marchele said with a bow. Then, she went back to her seat.
The introduction went on and on. Ash was bored listening at the introductions, so he looked to the ground from the window. His gaze fell onto the small cottage house at the right corner. The cottage house seems small, but it has a very large front yard. He saw many people wearing school sport dress code. The male one is wearing black T-shirt with the school emblem at the button and black long pants with white color at the edges. The female one is practically the same, except they have counterpart color than the male.
He saw the students are sparring against each other with wooden sword, while some are firing arrows in the field. Surprisingly, some are actually firing firearms like pistols to the target. However, he noticed that the firearms are filled with non-lethal paintball bullets. He looked and observed the training students, and seems interested with this one, 'Maybe this is the student club that Teacher Fujikawa said' Ash thought.
The class is finally over, and Ash is packing his books and stationery. He put the backpack in his class locker. After that, he walked out of his class and went to the corridor.
The school corridor also looked usual. It has the same chilling and pleasant cold air from the air conditioner. Many students are talking with each other while some are walking around the hall. Ash sighed, he was about to head out to the field when someone called, "Hey!"
Ash looked to the source. There, he saw a 12 year old girl. This girl puts him in mind of a curious Meowth. She has almond-shaped orange eyes that are like two glowing embers. Her thick, wavy, very short hair is the color of fresh blood, and is worn in a precise, utilitarian style. She is tall and has a voluptuous build. Her skin is light-colored. She has high cheekbones and small feet. From her collar-pin, he noticed that this girl is from 2C Class and a Prefect, his senior class.
"How can I help you?" Ash asked her. She smiled, then said, "The name's Saito Akirako, nice to meet you!" She extended her hand, offering a handshake. Ash accepted her handshake, "Ash Ketchum" Releasing her hand, he asked, "How can I help you?"
"I was wondering if you'd like to join our club" She said with a bright smile, "You see, we heard about your introduction and we'd like to test your skill in combat. So far, we have recruited Riley Gen and your sister Marchelle Ketchum. We're wondering if you'd like to join our Combat-Fighting school club."
Ash we're about to reply when he saw his sister confronted by five 4D Class students from her shoulder. Saito noticed this, she turned around and noticed the problem, "Oh! Let me deal with this" She said, stepping forward. However, Ash grabbed her arm and pushed her aside, "Hey!" She said in surprise.
Ash walked to them. He grabbed his sister and pushed her behind him. Then, he turned to the five upperclassmen bullies, "Is there any problem, gentlemen?" He said with coolly and arrogant manner.
The first guy huffed, "Heh, this boy wants to play hero" Then, they laughed at him. Ash's eyes flashed a glow for a quarter second, "I assure you that you didn't want to deal with my sister or me here. Now, I expect you to leave this place, now" He drawled.
"Hah! Look at this guy! He was trying to avoid fighting in this school corridor!" The second guy said. Then, they laughed again. Ash smirked, "Be my guest" He gestured them to attack him. The five seniors stared at him like he was crazy. Then, the fifth one said, "Come one guys, this guy's nuts."
"Nah, we beat him up like how heroes usually end up" The first guy said as he tried to grab his collar. However, Ash caught his hand. He punched his face and grabbed his shirt. Then, he throws him across the hall. The boy shouted in panic before landing 100 feet from Ash. After that, Ash stared at the upperclassmen, "Anyone else?" He said challengingly.
The second boy pulled out a wooden dagger, while the third boy pulled out a wooden sword. Then, the fourth boy pulled out a paintball pistol, and the fifth boy readied his hand-to-hand combat battle stance. He heard Saito and his sister gasped behind him. Ash smirked, "Bring it on."
Then, they charged.
Ash first kicked the dagger off from the second boy and dodged the incoming slash from the wooden sword. Then, he grabbed the second boy to cover himself from the paintball-shooting boy. Then, he continued to kick the fifth boy. He stomped his feet at the edge of the fallen wooden dagger, making it jump in midair. Ash grabbed the wooden dagger, then blocked the incoming slash from the wooden sword with it. He punched the second boy several times in his groin, chest and neck, making him groan in pain. Then, he threw the injured boy to the third boy. Luckily, the third boy dodged the attack.
The remaining boys stepped back to look at their condition, while Ash came close to Marchelle. The second boy said, "Who the hell is he?!"
Ash laughed, "Me?" He threw the wooden dagger upward, then catches it. He pointed it to them, "You can call me Ash Ketchum" Then, he threw it to the fifth boy. It hit his chest, making him stumble several steps backward.
"Come on, it's just one boy!" The fourth boy said. They charged again. However, this time, he heard a shout, "Ash!"
"Hmm?" He hummed. He noticed that Saito threw him a Battle Staff. Ash smirked, he waited for a few seconds and grabbed the 100 inch battle staff. He quickly hit the fourth and the second boy in the stomach and continued to block a wooden sword from the third boy. However, he didn't finish there. He whipped the wooden Battle Staff and hit the wooden sword, breaking it apart. He continued to whip the Battle Staff to the third boy's leg, shattering its bone. The third boy shouted in pain, "Aaah!"
Ash thrust the staff to the second boy, breaking some of his ribs. Then, he whips his feet, making him fall to the corner and knocking him unconscious. He spins the Battle Staff several times, blocking the incoming paintball bullet that is heading his way. Seeing that, he jumped forward and landed behind the fourth boy. He locked his feet with him and pulled, making him fall to the floor. Ash continued to hit the fourth boy's palm hand with his Battle Staff, forcing him to release the paintball gun and breaking his palm bone, "Aaaah!" The boy shouted. He saw the fifth boy is trying to run away. However, seeing that's not possible, he grabbed Marchelle and used her as hostage, "Put the Staff down, Y- You freak! Who are you?"
Ash glared at him, "Like I said. My name is Ash Ketchum" He stepped forward. The scared fifth boy shouted, "Stay back! I'm warning you, or I'll hurt her!"
Ash smirked, "You won't" He begins walking forward, "If you do, then you won't have anyone for cover" He continued. The fifth boy whimpered, "Screw it!" he threw Marchelle away. Marchelle hit the wall head on, stunning her for several minutes. Ash's eyes flashed with anger, "Oh, now it's on" He muttered.
"Heyaaaa!" The fifth boy shouted as he charged to Ash. However, Ash suddenly disappeared and appeared right in front of him. In less than a split second, he grabbed the boy's collar and threw him to the wall, hard. He continued to kick the boy's head, but he barely dodged it. The boy stared at the cracked wall that he just kicked. He hastily stood from the ground, "Aah!" He shouted in fear as he tried to run. Ash growled, "Next time" He grabbed the boy's back collar. He continued to grab his shirt and raised him several inches above him, "If you want to bully someone, try to find someone match your size, capiche?" He asked him with a calm and dangerous tone.
The boy frantically nodded. Ash huffed, "Coward" He threw the boy upward, then spun full degree and kicked the boy while in midair. The boy flew meters away from him, hitting the end of the hall 100 meters away from Ash.
After his latest fiasco, Ash looked around. He noticed that many students are gaping after they watched the latest fight. Ash continued to walk to his dearest sister, "you're okay Marchelle?" He asked. Marchelle slowly stood from the ground, then nodded, "Yeah."
Then, Ash looked to the gapping Saito, then gave the Battle Staff back to her, "Here" Saito took the Battle Staff. She observed the staff condition, it seems there are many paintball marks and spots on the Battle Staff.
"And oh, you better get these folks to the hospital" Ash said as he grabbed Marchelle, "They'll need it" Then, they walked away from the scene. Saito snapped from her shock. She shook her head, and mused, "That boy really is something" She pulled out her Poke-Ball, "Ninetails, aid me!" She released her Ninetails.
"Nine!" Ninetails shouted its cry. Saito pointed at the injured students, "Ninetails, use Psychic. We're going to bring them to the nearby hospital" She said. Ninetails sweat-dropped. Its eyes glowed purple as the five injured students were carried with Psychic.
"Let's go" Saito said.
Ash and Marchelle are now sitting in the cafeteria, while enjoying their lunch at their break time. It was 10AM, and the next class is going to start in 15 minutes. Many students are still hanging out in the cafeteria, some are eating, while some are using or playing their devices, such as a Tablet PC, Laptop, and others.
Ash is eating some sandwich while Marchelle is texting someone with her phone. Then, Marchelle sighed. She slumped onto the table and said, "Whatever…"
Ash noticed this. He asked with concern, "What's wrong?"
"It's just- Gary and many other students from my kindergarten are schooling here too" Marchelle replied to him, "It won't be long until they confront us here, I think."
"I think that might be an understatement" Ash dryly replied, as he saw Gary and his goons walking toward them. Gary didn't change at all, except he was wearing the school dress code. He noticed from their collar-pin that these three are from 1B Class, and Gary is a Prefect.
"Hey guys!" Suddenly, Riley came out of nowhere carrying her picked lunch and sat next to Marchelle. Ash raised his eyebrow while Marchelle jumped in surprise, "Don't do that" She hissed in irritation.
Then, Gary and his goons finally arrived to their spot. Gary stared to Marchelle with disdain, "Well, don't you look at that! Parceling is also in this school" Then, they laughed after insulting her. Ash stayed put, waiting for the right moment, while Riley stood from his seat, "What's your problem?" He asked with irritation.
"Oh look! His boyfriend went to protect him. Such romantic moment" Gary said with insulting manner. They laughed again at their insult. Ash noticed that Riley and Marchelle are blushing in red. Then, Gary noticed Ash, "Eh? And what about this brother of yours, Parceling? Is he broken?"
Ash huffed. He finished his sandwich and his orange juice. After that, he stood from his seat, then coolly said out loud, "I'd be careful if I were you. I don't think you get the clear message two years ago after you tried to injure or harm my sister."
Many students begin murmuring in the background. Marchelle stood and hide behind Riley, while Ash is looking at Gary and his goons with a badass look that promise pain and suffering. However, Gary didn't seem to get the message, "And what's the matter about 2 years ago, eh?"
Ash gave an arrogant smirk, "Heh. A boy like you wouldn't last long in this school" He said out loud, "Your stubbornness and arrogance amuses me. I always laughed when I saw you crying for help or hiding behind an authority figure when your victim fights back. In my opinion, you really are the definition of coward."
Gary gritted his teeth, "And what would that mean?"
Ash laughed. He looked to Riley and Marchelle, then said, "See Marchelle? This boy is not only a coward, but a stupid one too" Then, he looked to Gary with disdain, "And because of your own stupidity, you are now facing a slightly stronger opponent than yourself. Are you here for a beating, or will you walk away and pretend like this never happens?" He drawled with a loud voice.
Gary was about to retort. However, they heard a familiar voice, "I think you should walk away, Gary."
"Huh?" Gary muttered in confusion and turned around. There, he saw Saito and her Ninetails are standing there. Gary huffed, "So you decided to recruit me eh? I definitely will make your club proud" He said with victory and arrogance manner. Saito laughed, "Recruit you? Why should I? We only want to recruit people ranged from Novice to Professional Fighter, not some spoiled brat like you."
"Grr!" Gary growled. However, Saito and Ninetails walked to Ash, then said, "I've seen how you battle, and, I'm quite surprised to see how you deal with those goons. I don't think you need a test to prove yourself. What do you think about joining us?" She offered her hand.
Now Gary is confused, "What do you mean dealing with goons?" He asked with surprise. Saito smirked at him, "He literally destroyed 5 of 4D Students that we're bullying his sister. All of them have their bones broken. One has broken ribs, two of them have broken noses and skull, another one have destroyed palm bone, the other one has shattered ribs, broken leg bone and destroyed groin. All of them are being carried to the hospital and diagnosed to have a third degree mental problem, as if they were being tortured for years. And Ash was lucky here since the school headmaster had expelled them and this was their last day at the school, so he won't get any problem."
Gary's goons shuddered, while Gary didn't believe what she just said, "And do you have any proof of that?" He asked with arrogant manner. Saito nodded, "Yes. In fact, I am the one who carried them to the hospital, right Ninetails?" She said as she looked to Ninetails. Her Ninetails nodded, confirming her story.
"Hah! That's just stupid" Gary said as he gestured to his goons, "Come on. Let's deal with this guy" Then, he walked forward, facing to Ash face-to-face. He's only several inches away from him now, while his goons stayed behind. Gary, confused, looked back, "Hey! I said come on!" He said to them. His goons quivered forward, having themselves fearing the Legendary-Trained boy in front of them.
Gary tried to punch him. However, Ash grabbed his wrist and crushed it, "Aaah!" Gary shouted in pain. Ash chuckled, "How fragile human body is. No wonder many humans died each day passed in this world" He coolly said. Gary tried to punch him with his other hand, only to get his other hand grabbed by Ash. Then, he crushed his palm, "Aaah!" Gary shouted in pain. Many students gasped in shock, while some are staring with enjoyment.
Gary is now whimpering in pain, while his goons already left in fear, as if they were running for their lives. Ash stared close to his eyes, "I don't want to see your face here again. If I saw or hear you tried to bully my sister, then I won't hesitate to cut (Ash amplified his hand, crushing Gary's hand and wrist even more, making Gary whimpered in pain) your head and left it on your grandfather's doorstep, and feed your headless corpse to the Houndoom Pack. Is that clear?" He said with voice that full of hatred and venom. Gary numbly nodded.
"I said" Ash intensified his grasp even more, making Gary whimpered in pain, "Is that CLEAR?" He drawled. Gary whimpered, "Yes" He said, almost dropping to tears.
"Good" Ash said with disdain. Then, he released Gary, making him run away for his life. Ash huffed, "This also goes to all of you" He looked to every student at the cafeteria, "Any of you tried to hurt my sister, then you know the consequence."
"And for you" He looked to Saito, making her jump in surprise, "I'll think about joining your club, preferably giving you the answer tomorrow since I need to think about it first" With that, he grabbed Marchelle and Riley, then walked away.
"That boy never ceases to amaze me" Saito murmured, "I think we're going to have a powerful ally soon enough" Ninetails nodded, agreed with her statement.
Finally, the bell rang, and students begin rushing into their class. Unfortunately, an unexpected heavy rain happened at the school, and many unfortunate students outside are drenched with water. While most gym classes are done indoors, some classes that have gym schedule have to be canceled since the indoor gym classes are full.
Ash Ketchum, Riley and his sister are now sitting in their own seat in their own class. The rest of students are present at the current time. At the front claws, there is a normal-string piano that didn't use electricity. The teacher is a woman in her mid-20. She's wearing black robe with one collar-pin that tells them this is a Teacher. This woman has a blonde white hair, with light brown eyes and white skin. In Ash's opinion, this Teacher looks cute.
"Welcome" The teacher said, "My name is Kase Rinako, and you can call me Kase. I am your Teacher in Musical Class. Today, we will be learning about Piano" Then, Kase went to explain many functions and things about the current piano in front of them.
As usual, Ash is looking to the raining field outside through the window. He stayed that way for straight 2 hours without moving an inch. Then suddenly, he heard someone hissed, "Ash!"
"Huh?" He blinked. Ash looked around and noticed that everyone is looking at him. He cleared his throat, then said, "How can I help you, Miss Kase?"
"I suppose you are not listening to my lecture about this piano" Kase sternly stated with a frown, "Kids these days doesn't know how important music is. Tell me, my students. How many of you played video games?" Many hands raised in the air, including Ash. Then, Kase continued, "And how many of you can play instruments?" Only Ash raised his hand.
"Music is the vital spot of the art" Kase lectured, "Without music, there will be no joy, no happiness, no sadness, no enjoyment, and no feeling. We feel and experience things by hearing music, whenever it was literal or not. Talking or speaking a language is actually singing many different tones in different pitches, so others can communicate and understand each other."
"This also goes for video games" Kase continued, "Without music, you won't have an interest in video games. A good video games always have good Original Soundtrack, Music, this also includes Anime and Movies" She finished as she looked to Ash.
"Now" Kase looked to Ash with an expectant look, "I see you can play instrumental music device. Would you like to give us an example of playing piano?"
"Yes, miss," Ash said as he stood up. He walked to the piano and sat on the seat. He looked to case with an expectant look. Kase smiled, then said, "Go on. Don't be shy."
Ash nodded. He braced himself, and played the piano.
|Nightmare Night (Remastered Special) - Synthesia HD|
|By WeimTime (YouTube Channel)|
Kase eyes widened as he begins playing the piano. She stared at the swift fingers pressing one piano keyboard key to another. The students are listening with interest, both impressed and awe with the performance that Ash is doing.
The dark and smothering tone along with the rain ambience give the sensation of both chill and pleasant, while some are actually enjoying the piano music. Kase can only stare with awe at how Ash is playing the piano. She has to admit that he was playing even better than her.
Ash himself didn't put much effort on the piano. His face seems motionless, but if anyone looked closely, he actually has less concentration on playing the piano. The smothering tone and perfect pressure from his hand lets out many different strings of tone and various notes that are pleasant to be heard. He played the piano for 5 minutes.
|End of Music|
After the music has ended, Kase only can give one word, "Incredible."
Then, everyone applauded at his performance. He stood from the seat and bowed to them, "Thank you" He said. After the applause died down, Kase said, "I'm quite impressed. It seems you have more skill than I expected."
"Thank you, miss," Ash replied. Kase grinned, "You can go back to your seat now" She said. With that, Ash went back to his seat.
"And that is the example of playing a piano" Kase said with a smile, "What Ash just performance is an Expert-Leveled Piano Skill. Usually it takes years for people to forge and master the art of piano music" She looked to her watch and noticed the class is almost over, "Now, for your homework, I want each of you to play and record an instrumental music. If you can't play instrumental music, you can always sing and record it on your phone or computer."
"Yes, miss," They choired. Just like Kase expected, the school bell rang, notifies them that the school time is over. Both students and teachers begin packing up their belongings to their backpack and wears it. The students are starting to walk out of the class. However, right before Ash could leave, Teacher Kase said, "Ash Ketchum. I want you to stay in the moment."
Ash stopped. He looked at her and nodded. After all the students went out of the class, Ash asked, "Is there something I can help you with?"
"Ash, I want to congratulate you with your performance using this piano" Kase praised him, "You have shown me an extraordinary craftsmanship in playing piano. Tell me, how many years have you played piano?"
"I've played and studied music for 5 years miss" Ash said to him, "I know how to play Violin, Classic Piano, Harp, Drum, Flute and Harmonica. While I know how to play more instruments, those are the one I already mastered."
"I see…" Kase muttered with interest, "Perhaps you should join the Music Club in this school. I could arrange it for you if you want" She said with a bright smile. However, Ash replied, "I will think about that. I already got offers from the Combat-Fighting school club, and I also expect some other club to offer me as well."
"Hmm…" Kase hummed, "Well then. You can go now."
"Thank you miss" Ash replied. Then, he walked out from the class.
Kase hummed with a smile on her face, "Maybe I should register him in Kanto International Music Association. This boy has potential, and I won't let it go to waste" Kase muttered with a smile. She picked up her handbag, then walked out of the class.
Ash teleported back to Hall of Origin. It was already night time in the mortal world. The first thing he saw is Celebi sleeping in the center of the room. The rest of the Legendaries are off to their duties around the world, and Arceus is resting at the Hall of Origin Garden.
Ash smiled, "Let's see about that," He waved his hand. His wardrobe suddenly changed to black sleeveless shirt, brown shorts and no socks. His hard muscles are visible and bulging from the black sleeveless shirt. He sneaked toward Celebi, then grabbed him.
Celebi yelped in surprise. He tried to scream. However, Ash already clasped his mouth and locked his Time-Travel ability, "Sssh… Don't speak any words" He hissed. Then, he pinned Celebi to the nearby wall.
"Hmm… don't you think I won't get you back after you teleported me 10 kilometers away from my school?" Ash said to him. Celebi tried to squeal and struggled. However, no avail since Ash's grip was too powerful.
"What should I do to you?" Ash hummed with a sly smile. Then, he smirked, "Oh, I know. I'm going to turn you into a salad and eat you alive" He saw Celebi's eyes widened with shock as he tried to struggle even harder.
"Nah, I'm going to eat you now, anyway" Ash said as he licked his neck. Celebi shuddered, as he felt his saliva running down on his skin. Ash smiled, he continued to bite Celebi's paw, hard. Celebi tried to scream in pain, but no avail. Celebs paw was bleeding from the bite. Ash licked the dripping blood from his paw, then said, "Really, you should know how hard it was to find my school after you teleported me 10 kilometers away from it. You jerk."
"Ash?" He heard a familiar feminine voice. Ash turned and saw Arceus standing there. She has a book floating close to her. Ash mentally cursed, he waved his hand and healed Celebi's wounded paws.
"Is there a reason for you to punish Celebi?" Arceus asked him. Ash sighed, "Celebi teleported me 10 kilometers away from my actual destination last morning. I almost late for school that time" He ended with glare to Celebi. Ash released Celebi.
He gulped, "Umm… I can explain…" Celebi nervously said.
"Celebi" Arceus said with calm, dangerous tone, "While you can prank him as much as you wish, you have to know that sabotaging his actual destination is out of the border. As your punishment, you are not allowed to time-travel for two weeks. Dialga will make sure of it."
"What?!" Celebi said with desperate shout, "But, you can't do that!"
"Well, you did cross the border of your prankster nature" Ash simply stated, "You should know there is a time and place for everything."
"Hrmph!" Celebi pouted, "Whatever. I'm going to look for Mew now" With that, Celebi teleported away. Arceus sighed, "Nothing change, nothing change" She muttered as she conjured an XXL bed at the center of the hall. She lay down on her bed while reading the book.
Ash float next to her, then said, "What are you reading?"
"Oh, just some history of Dark Black and Light White Aura. Old things" Arceus replied. Ash smiled, he lay on top of Arceus and begin massaging her body. Arceus lost her concentration and dropped the book. She moaned and purred in pleasure and comfort as Ash begin massaging her body, "Oooh… yes, there, right there… Mmm… feels good…"
Arceus hummed in comfort as she slowly fell to sleep. After she fell asleep, Ash kissed her cheek, "Sleep well" Then, he suddenly disappeared from his place, as if he never there in the first place.
Marchelle has been always a shy girl, even her father says so. People like to harass her because of her beauty, knowledge and heritage. Ever since she was 5 years old, many children around her hates her without any reason, while some tried to get on her because of her body and wealth. Many children in her kindergarten always bullied her, no matter when and where she was. Because of that, she often shy away from people on her age because she feared herself of being bullied.
However, it all changed after she was 8 years old. It was when some children tried to befriend her and urge her to see Pokemon in the woods. However, when she stepped inside the woods, she noticed that those children already went off without her. She was scared, so scared of the unknown wilderness surrounding her. She knew she was in danger that time, but she was defenseless. She only has her wooden Pistol that her father made for her that equipped with non-lethal rubber bullet in her arsenal. Then, when she encountered an angry and powerful Onix, she screamed.
Then, it was when she met her brother.
After she screamed, it took 2 seconds for her long-forgotten brother to come and blasted the angry Onix away from her. It took her a few minutes to process what just happened. Then, when she saw his eyes, she saw the deep and powerful eyes that filled with nothing but power, either knowledge, physical and magical. She always feared power. She fears power because it was what people seek. She always believed there's no such thing as 'Light and Dark' or 'Good and Evil', she knows it was all about power, either can be influenced, money, politics, magical, physical, knowledge and lust. It was all because of her power of Influence and Money that makes children around her to fear her, while some tried to turn her into a whore. She knows all their dirty mind and nauseating will to marry or get into her, it was all because of her power.
It was when she didn't recognize her brother. She we're surprised when she found herself being helped by the strange man that know she called brother. She wondered, why didn't her brother ashamed with all the power he have? Why did he come to her? Did he actually care for her? Did he?
She found the answer when they were attending Gary's birthday party. It was when Gary and his goons tried to bully her while looking all charming and eyes filled with lust. She knew that it wasn't rational for 8 years old children to think about that. But in reality, those children only care about her money. They cared nothing about her heart and only cared about her heritage and body. They didn't care about 'Marchelle' but they only care about 'Ketchum' and her beautiful body.
Back when she found her long-forgotten brother, she realized that her brother is named Ash Ketchum, but some actually called him 'Theos'. He told her that people who called him 'Theos' is people that he really trusted, the people that actually care and know him. She realized that her brother have completely different manner, and act even more mature than a 30 year old man. She first thought that her brother would be another arrogant brat, bullies, terrorist, criminal and all that malicious titles. However, she was surprised when he actually fought for her. She was surprised when he fights Gary and his goons only for her, even her brother threatened Gary and his goons not to come close to her for their own good. She always liked those kind of people, kind and caring while hiding their true nature behind those seriousness and wickedness behavior. She always glad that she has a good brother that will always be there for her.
Then, there was her favorite Flame Shard Necklace. It was a gift from her brother to keep her safe. Ever since she had that necklace, she never felt alone. She felt comfort and warmness from the necklace. She already vowed herself to never take off the necklace from her neck, just like what her brother asked her. To tell the truth, she actually loved that necklace. The strange necklace that her brother gave her gave her pleasant feeling that calmed her in any situation, as if the necklace assured her that nothing happens. The strange necklace also sometimes helped her in many situations, whenever it was small issues or life-threatening situation. She remembered when she was cornered at the edge-top of the building by five people who wants to kidnap her. She still remembered that moment. It was when she thought that it was her end, her necklace told her to jump off from the building, which she did. She jumped off from the building and fell from near 1000 feet building. However, the strangest thing that happened is when she survived that fall without any injuries at all. She still remembered that moment, she still remembered the 1 meter deep crack on where she landed, the explosion-like sound when she crashed to the ground, and the faces of five kidnappers that tried to take her. Her father is also confused with that phenomena, but Marchelle knew, it was a help from her necklace.
Since then, she always held her necklace in her heart. It sometimes gave her ability to run faster than the bullies that tried to chase her. It sometimes gives her direction whenever she was running from a trouble. It always gives her warm feeling that not even her mother could give. Don't get her wrong, ability and power is different. Where Ability is the uniqueness of certain object's functions or individual uniqueness, power is the fuel of the Ability. She sometimes talked with her brother through the necklace, but didn't have any long talk since her brother seems busy with his training. Sometimes, she just stayed in her room and held her necklace for comfort and warmth, where she loved to enjoy it. She loves to enjoy the warmth from the necklace that radiating to her. In a short term, she loved the necklace, and, she was glad that her brother had gifted it to her.
But as the day passed, her life was getting weirder and stranger. She was usually billed at least twice a day when she was outside or in her kindergarten. As the day passed, none of them tried to bully her. In fact, many of those who had bullied her before are avoiding her like a plague. She also noticed some students are scared of her. She had asked her friends if they had noticed something strange around her, but it seems that none of her friends noticed it nor they are scared of her. It was when she investigated the problem. All students that scared of her are all have bad histories toward her, whenever it was small issues or substantial problem. She thought it could be her brother that punished everyone that tried to threaten her. However, Mew's assurance that Ash never left Hall of Origin for years after slacking off one day had taken care of that. She also suspicious with her friends, since all of her friends have overprotective nature towards her. But she shot that thought down, since it is not possible for her friends to do that in the shadows. So all her suspicions were ended up in her dearest necklace.
But now, here she was, a nice 10 year old girl who-
"Marchelle!" She heard a shout, snapping her out from her train of thought. It was afternoon after school that time, and she is wearing a completely different clothing. She is wearing black skirt with only black bra that covering her womanhood. Most of her body posture is visible at all angles. She has small muscle in her body. Her white beautiful skin is shining with beauty and her beautiful face adored on her face. Her dashing outlook could make any men cower on her feet.
She is now in Ketchum Residence's personal gym. It has many types of workout machinery and devices around the place. The walls are white, along with the white carpet floor and ceiling. The air feels pleasantly warm, since it was the gym. Also, there are few glasses that reflects those machinery around the room. She always did her work out at least 4 hours a day. She wondered where she got that habit, since she hated workout back when she was 8.
She turned and saw her own brother standing close to the entrance. However, her jaws dropped in shock when she saw his body posture. He's only wearing black boxers and tight black sleeveless shirt that reveals her body shape. She loathed and gapped at the bulging, over-muscled brother of hers. Ash ran to her, then said, "How's your workout?"
"G-G-Good" She stammered while staring at her chest. Ash seems to notice this, he chuckled, "Like what you see?" Ash asked her.
Marchelle quickly turned away. Ash chuckled, "Marchelle, my sister. You don't need to be embarrassed around me. After all, I am your sister, and while we cannot do any… mature… moment, we still can stare and talk" He said to her. As he expected, Marchelle's face turned into red dead heat, clearly embarrassed by his statement.
"What are you doing here?" Marchelle asked. Ash chuckled, "The same purpose of yours in this place" He replied. Ash walked to the Weight Training section and loaded some 20 kilograms of metal in a small barbell-slot. Marchelle raised her eyebrow when each barbell reached 2000 kilograms weight, not that she know it was possible. However, imagine her surprise when Ash really did used those barbells in his own workouts. He didn't hear him grunt or whatsoever, but she can see and feel that her brother did this in his usual routine, or slightly heavier than this one.
After staring at him for many hours that feels like some minutes, Ash dropped those barbells and flexed his muscles. He continued to advance to Marchelle, then said, "Marchelle, today I am going to help you work out."
"What?!" Marchelle said with shock. She already did her workouts, didn't she?
"You heard me" Ash said, his tone suddenly changed from calamity into serious one, "I am going to train you now. I still have 12 hours before going back home, through."
"Why? I did have my training already" Marchelle said with nervousness. She wondered what kind of training her brother will give to her.
"Nope, it wasn't enough" Ash replied with his serious and demanding tone, "Now, I don't want you to be weak just like what people are expecting you. Before I do this, I ask you this: Do you want to punish those people without relying with those around you?"
Marchelle opened her mouth to answer, but she is frozen in shock as she didn't have answers to that one. Then, Ash continued, "Do you really want to rely with someone else for your protection?"
Marchelle was hesitated to answer, "N-No…" she muttered.
"Then answer me this: Do you wish to have strength to protect yourself against the one who truly wants to harm you?" Ash asked her again. Marchelle sadly nodded, "Yes…" She replied.
"Okay then," Ash piped up, "I'm sorry for doing this Marchelle. This may give you a headache, but you don't have any choice. This is for your own good" Then, his slit-pupil eyes glowed a bit. Marchelle eyes widened as she felt her body moving against her will. She tried to fight back, but Ash keeps advancing into her very own mind. She was shocked at the moment, and felt a little betrayed with her brother's action toward her. However, she finally gave up her body. Her consciousness is still intact, but her body is none of her control.
Ash gave her a white bottle of water, and she emptied it. Marchelle felt relieved with the water that she had drink, as if it wasn't an ordinary water. Also, all her muscle-ache she had suddenly disappeared. Then, Ash said, "Now you will do as I say."
"Yes Master" Marchelle said with a monotone. Inside his consciousness, Marchelle was shocked when she said those words, it was so opposed and against her own will. Then, Ash continued, "You will do 500 lift-up with those barbells over there, do it in 2 hours" He pointed at the two 10 kilograms barbells in the Weight Lifting section, "If you feel weakened and painful at the same time, stop doing whatever you are doing and notify me."
"Yes Master" Marchelle said with a monotone. Marchelle came to the two barbels and begin lifting it, fast. In Marchelle's consciousness, she wants to scream from the pain she was having on her body. She felt her muscles begin to burn as it was expanding into strength that she never have experienced before.
After 67 lifts in 2 minutes, Marchelle stopped, "My muscles feels weak and pain" She said with a monotone. Then, he gave her another same bottle, "Here, drink this" He said. Marchelle drink another one and all the pain went away from her. Then, Ash said, "Continue lifting, but start over to zero."
"Yes Master" Marchelle said. Then, she begins lifting weight again. In her consciousness, Marchelle howled in pain as the intense pain she was enduring on her muscles again. Her vision begins to fade, as her consciousness slowly fading away.