The Shining Latios
A/N: Yo people! Triforcelord here with the next chapter of this story! However, before we get onto the chapter, I want to clear up something that I'm sure at least half of you are wondering about: The issue of my supposed plagiarism of Mekon's story, The Black Latios, with this story. After both of us getting many PM's about the issue, we talked about it to clear it up once and for all. And now I can tell you for sure that Mekon does not have an issue with this story, as long as I did some things. The first, as some of you may have noticed I have done, is put some acknowledgement that I got inspiration from Mekon's story, which is now on the summary. The second, as you will all see in this chapter, is actually get along with my plot and make it my own. So now that that's cleared up, let's get this show on the road!
The Shining Latios Chapter 6: A Mysterious Visitor
Ash was more than a bit annoyed at the moment. The reason for his annoyance was a red blur zipping along in front of him, giggling like mad.
"Come on Latias!" Ash whined, "Slow down already!" He was seriously starting to get tired from trying to keep up with the red blur that was Latias, while carrying an unconscious, eyeless, one hundred and sixty pound man on his back, and while trying to make sure that said eyeless man didn't fall off of his back.
"I'm not slowing down," Latias said, giggling, "So I guess that you should speed up!" And with that, Latias sped up, leaving Ash in the dust.
"I'd like to see you go that fast with a grown man on your back!" Ash yelled after her. He then sighed and tried to catch up, but only made himself more tired.
'Who knew girls could be so evil?!' Ash thought. Then he remembered Misty. '…On second thought, I should've figured that out a long time ago.'
Ash and Latias had finally been able to get going to Bianca and Lorenzo's house after the twenty minutes it took for Latias to calm down, the five it took for Ash to transform into his Latios form, and then another twenty for Latias to teach Ash how to use his feathers to make himself invisible.
"They're all probably laughing at us right now." Ash grumbled out loud.
"Who's probably laughing at who right now?" Said a voice to his left.
Latias laughed as Ash jumped in midair, then cried tears of mirth as he had to start bucking around like a Tauros to make sure Brock didn't fall down
Ash glared at Latias. "Why did you do that?!" Ash said, peeved, "You freaked me out!"
Latias, who still had not recovered enough to talk yet, said telepathically, 'That was the point!' She then collapsed into another fit of giggles.
"It's not that funny." Ash grumbled. He seemed to be doing a lot of that today.
Latias swallowed the last of her giggles and said to Ash, still smiling, "Sorry. Now come on, let's go to Bianca and Lorenzo's house. We're almost there anyways."
Latias was right. In less than a minute, the wooden roof of Bianca and Lorenzo's house could be seen. However, instead of flying straight to it, Latias flew slightly to the left. Confused, Ash followed.
"Hey Latias," Ash said, "Why are we going over here?"
"Because if we land straight in front of Bianca and Lorenzo's house, we'll probably be seen." Latias explained, heading for a nearby, deserted alley, "I always go over here just in case, and because it's close to their house."
As they were about to land, Brock gave a loud snore on Ash's back. "And you might want to put him on the ground before you land." Latias added.
They landed on the dirty floor of the alley, with Ash depositing Brock on the floor, and transformed. Miraculously, Ash managed to transform into himself on his first try, causing him to whoop.
'Quiet!' Latias mentally hissed, in her human form, 'We don't want to be heard!'
No sooner had she finished these words, however, when a voice shouted from down the alley, "Hey, you! What the hell d'ya think you're doin' in our base?!"
Ash and Latias looked down the alley to see an extremely large, muscular man holding a large, curved knife. Behind him were seven other goons, all holding assorted weapons. One was even holding a wooden cudgel.
Ash and Latias turned around to run the other way, but more goons were blocking that route also.
"Should we transform and beat these guys?" Ash whispered to Latias.
'Not yet.' Latias telepathed, 'Let's see what they want first.' Even though Latias had said that, she was sure that whatever they wanted, it wasn't good.
Brock chose that moment to wake up. "W-Wha…" he then noticed the goons surrounding them, and decided to curse. "Okay, what the hell is going on here?"
The goons were to busy leering at Latias to pay any attention to him, however. Latias noticed the looks they were giving her, and was disgusted, looking at their black teeth and matted hair, not to mention their personalities.
The one who had spoken to them earlier, who seemed to be the leader, spoke up. "Kay," He growled, grinning a little, "Here's the deal. We let you go, an' you give us the pretty girlie over there. You don't do that, and you all take dirt naps. Fair enough?" The goons around them laughed, and they all stepped closer until they were about ten feet away from Ash, Latias, and Brock.
Brock was just as disgusted as Latias. "Hold on guys," he said, reaching for his belt, "I'll just send Onix at them and-" He stopped in mid sentence, then started fumbling with his belt.
"What's wrong Brock?" Ash asked. He was angry because of the way the goons were treating him and his friends, but had no idea what they wanted Latias for.
Brock looked at him in alarm, "I left my Pokeballs in my bag!" Brock said, "And that's still in the Garden!" The goons started laughing and advanced towards them.
'Okay, transform on three.' Ash heard Latias's voice say, 'One…Two…Thr-"
Before she could finish, however, a voice sounded out from behind the leader of the goons.
"Now, just what do you think you're doing, scum?" Said the weirdly accented voice, "You wouldn't, by any chance, be hoping to violate this poor girl, would you?"
The goons turned around, and in the gap made by them doing so, Ash saw their savior.
He was about Ash's height and build, with short, dark brown hair and wearing very strange clothing. His shirt was dark blue, and the chest was on a different layer than the stomach, so the chest layer overlapped the stomach layer slightly. There was a white gem on the center of the chest. His pants were more normal, in the same dark blue color, with white gems on each of the thighs. His boots, which covered his ankles, were dark blue as well, with a white gem on the top. He also wore a pointed hat with a wide brim, which was, again, dark blue, with small white gems going around the edge of the brim. He wore white gloves that covered his hands, and when he looked up, the shadows that covered his face were lifted, revealing a white mask with intricate golden designs. The only holes were for the eyes, which seemed to be a dark red color.
Ash, Latias, and Brock all stared at the new figure, wondering who he was and where he could have possibly come from.
The gang boss turned around and looked at how short the figure was, then laughed. "What's this?" He said, roaring with laughter while his gang followed suit, the ones on the farther side craning their necks to get a better look at the supposed savior, "You're just a kid! You had me going there for a while, but now I see that little you can't do a thing to big old me!"
He continued laughing, until a strange sound hit their ears. The gang boss looked down at the kid, who had a ball of what seemed to be lightning in his hand, which seemed to be making the strange sound.
The gang boss fell silent, as did his gang, as they stared at the deadly ball. Ash, Latias, and Brock were slightly scared now.
"Latias," Ash whispered, "Do you know what that is?" Brock leaned in slightly to listen too.
'I would say it's a Pokemon move,' Latias said, 'But that doesn't make any sense. He's definitely a human, I can sense that much, and that attack doesn't have any Pokemon energy put into it. So sorry, but I have no idea what that is.'
Meanwhile, the gang boss was staring at the ball with horror etched on his face. "RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!" The gang boss yelled, scrambling to get away. The rest of his gang followed suit, and in seconds the alley was cleared.
The ball of lightning in the boy's hand dissipated, and the boy started walking towards them.
They started backing away until the boy said, "Relax, Pokemon, Trainer, Hybrid, you have nothing to fear from me."
The boy reached him and he looked at them staring at him like he was an armed bomb and rolled his eyes, even though they didn't see it. "Honestly," he said, "I'm not going to explode or something like that. Look, will it help you if I tell you my name?"
Brock, who had already recovered, being the only adult there, said, "Yeeeaaahhh, I think we deserve an explanation."
The boy raised one finger. "You do not deserve anything." He said, lowering his finger, "But I will, however, tell you basic information. My name is Ryan, and I'm from a country from across the sea called Hoenn."
"Hey, that's where we're going!" Ash said excitedly, "Maybe we can meet up there or something!"
Ryan chuckled. "Well," he said, "The thing is, I'm not exactly "social". I more keep to myself, and don't usually let other people even see me."
Latias decided to speak up. 'What was that attack you used?' She asked.
Ryan paused, and when he spoke again, he sounded surprised. "I'm impressed." He said, "It's been a long time since I have met a Pokemon who could converse with humans."
'I'm a legendary Psychic Pokemon, Latias.' Latias said, then remembered that they hadn't introduced themselves. 'And these are Ash and Brock. They are-"
"I know who they are." Ryan said, interrupting, "I was just curious as to who you were. Now, as for my attack, I suppose it's safe to tell you that I am a Magic, Psychic, and Aura user. The attack I had just used was a mixture of the three called Chidori, which, in a language of a far-away country, means "One Thousand Birds". It gets its name from the sound it makes, which I'm sure you all heard."
He looked around to see that they all were still paying attention, and, seeing their rapt faces, continued, "Now, as for any other information, I'm afraid that you are going to have to wait on that. I am actually quite limited on time and cannot afford to waste anymore talking to you. It was good meeting you." He turned and started walking away.
"W-Wait!" Ash shouted. Ryan stopped. "Are we going to see you again?"
Ryan just said, "Maybe." Then he hopped onto the roof, and was gone.
Ash, Latias, and Brock were dumbstruck.
'We need to tell everybody about this.' Latias said. Everybody else nodded and they started walking towards Lorenzo and Bianca's house.
A/N: Okay, this was a pretty good chapter. I liked it, and hope that is wasn't anything like The Black Latios. It was a good two thousand words long, and plus I also introduced a new character. Also, cookies to whoever can guess where I got Ryan's attack from. Triforcelord, out!