Here is the start of a new story and the long awaited continuation of the adventure...
I present, "Chapter 1" of XY Vanguard Part 2
The next day, Aichi woke up in his bed at his home.
"It's been a while... But... I know I need to go back really soon." Aichi thought.
"Aichi! Are you awake?" Emi called from outside his door. She opened the door to see that Aichi was awake.
"Good morning, Emi," Aichi responded.
"Aichi, breakfast is ready," Emi informed.
"Okay, I'll be down when I'm done changing," Aichi answered. Emi left his room closing the door behind her. Aichi got up and looked at his mirror. His hair seemed to have changed back to the normal, he turned to his table and looked at the necklace that sat on it.
Aichi lifted the necklace up by the chain and looked at it. "To become the true King of Cray. I need to complete this necklace, I should keep it on since it is really important." Aichi thought as he put it on around his neck. At that moment, the highlights in his hair returned and his clothes changed.
"That might be a problem," Aichi said to himself as he took off the pendant, returning him back to normal. Aichi changed into his normal attire; white jacket with a magenta turtleneck underneath with blue pants and dark blue shoes. He picked up his deck from the drawer and dropped it in his pocket. Then, he hurried downstairs to see his mother and Emi.
"Good morning, mom." Aichi greeted as he sat on his seat on the dining table.
"How is our hero doing?" Shizuka asked with a giggle.
"Mom... Don't call me that." Aichi responded with a blush.
"But it is true, Aichi. We would be in a lot of trouble right now if you hadn't saved us just like before." Emi said.
"Emi... Everyone should get praise for this too, not just me..." Aichi denied as he began to eat.
Aichi finished eating his breakfast. He knew that he needed to tell his mom and Emi before he left again. "Mom, actually. I'm going to be away for awhile." He informed.
"Oh? Why?" Shizuka asked.
"Well, it is kind of complicated. There is something that I have to do. There is this-" Aichi started explaining, but Shizuka stopped him before he explained everything.
"It's fine, Aichi. I understand. Just keep yourself safe and come back unharmed." Shizuka said.
"Thanks, mom! I will." Aichi thanked happily as he got up from his seat.
"Aichi, good luck. Bye." Emi cheered.
"Thanks, Emi. Bye." Aichi responded as he ran through the door.
"Your brother really has his hands full these days. I hope he isn't overdoing himself." Shizuka said. "Well, whatever he's doing. I know that he'll be great because he isn't that shy boy those long years ago." Her eyes glistened with tears.
"Mom..." Emi muttered.
"I hope he knows, that I am really proud of him," Shizuka added while wiping her tears.
Emi got up from her seat. "I left too much unsaid. I think I'm going to tell him what we feel before he leaves again." She replied. She also ran out the door, Shizuka smiled.
When Aichi got to Card Capital, everyone was already gathered there waiting.
"Morning, Aichi! How is our little hero doing?" Miwa teased.
"Miwa... Don't call me that." Aichi responded embarrassed.
"You deserve to be called that after everything you did, bro," Kamui said.
"Kai will be leaving to Europe later. If you want to have a card fight, now is the time to do so." Miwa informed. Aichi pulled out his deck and turned to Kai who was waiting in front of a card fight table.
"Actually, I need to tell everyone something," Aichi said.
"What is it, Aichi?" Kai asked.
"I think that I'm going to go back to the other world. They are really facing a lot of danger because of the Void and I want to help them." Aichi explained.
"What? You're going back there?" Ren asked in a half surprised tone. "But you just saved the world." Ren had his puppy dog eyes on his face.
"I'm sorry, I need to help the other world with their conflict too. I can't just sit here knowing that they might be in danger." Aichi replied sadly.
"Bro! You're leaving already? It's only been two days since we all got back together." Kamui said.
"Right! And it hasn't even been a day since we got back to our ordinary lives." Naoki agreed.
"I understand Aichi's point. He's been in the other world for a while and he has friends there too. We should understand how Aichi feels by now and how he thinks. He found problems in that world that need fixing, we have to respect his desire to help them." Misaki pointed out.
"Aichi can do what he wants as long as it doesn't get him into trouble. If he gets in trouble then it is our problem." Kai agreed.
"Kai..." Aichi whined. "If I get into trouble it really isn't-"
"Don't say that Aichi. Haven't you learned anything from all we've been through together? Your troubles do affect us." Miwa asked.
"Miwa is right, Aichi." Misaki agreed.
"I guess, you guys are right but... I really don't want all of you to be worried about me while I'm gone." Aichi responded.
"Bro, just come back safe and unharmed. That will keep our worries from getting out of control." Kamui said.
"Okay, I promise." Aichi promised. Emi walked into the store. "Oh! Hi, Emi. Why are you here?"
"Mom and I felt like we didn't talk to you enough. Mom wants to tell you, that she is really proud of the person you've become and to make sure you come back. If you don't come back safely none of us will forgive you!" Emi said.
Aichi looked a little surprised, but then smiled and patted Emi's head. "I promise I will come back as soon as I resolved the conflict in the other world," Aichi promised again. Emi held out her pinky and Aichi linked fingers with her. "Thank you, Emi. Tell mom, thank you."
The portal opened behind him. "Looks like that's your queue. We can card fight when you're back." Kai pointed out.
"Right. Thank you, everyone." Aichi thanked. He walked up to the portal.
"Bye, Aichi." They said together. Aichi waved to them in response. As Aichi entered the portal everything that he got from the pokemon world returned to him.
"I'm glad to have all of you back." Aichi said with a smile and the portal opened in a forest near Coumarine City. "I'm back in this world."
Aichi slipped the pendant around his neck. "I will never know when I unlock another one of these. So I should keep it on." Aichi thought.
He walked towards Coumarine City checking his navigator looking at the date and it has been almost 4 full months since he'd left. He had to go on his own for a while. He wanted to travel with Ash and the others again as soon as he can.
~A Few Weeks Later~
Aichi was flying around on Charizard's back, he beat Ramos and received the Plant Badge. His Electrike evolved into a Manectric and a new mega stone appeared for him. He defeated Clembot, but he didn't accept the badge because he wanted a battle with Clemont himself. He brought along the badge he was supposed to earn and he will accept it when he beats Clemont in a battle.
He got an Iceberg Badge from Wulfric from Snowbelle City Gym and a Fairy Badge from Valerie of the Laverre City Gym. He hid his Mega Stones and Key Stone for the time being.
On his way to Anistar City, he heard a ruckus and flew down to check it out. He saw Ash, Clemont, Serena and Bonnie and Team Rocket. When Team Rocket shot a Seed Bomb at Serena he jumped down from Charizard and took out Manectric to intercept the Seed Bombs.
"Manectric, intercept the Seed Bomb with Hidden Power," Aichi commanded while in the air. Multiple Ice Shards intercepted the Seed Bomb before any could hit Serena, also it destroyed the net an Eevee was in. He landed on his feet. "Hurry! Catch Eevee." He was avoiding using their names before they introduced themselves to him again. He knew that it would be weird if he suddenly called out their names.
"Eevee!" Serena called. She caught Eevee before she can fall.
"Gourgeist! Get Eevee!" Jessie ordered frustrated. Gourgeist shot a Shadow Ball at them.
"Not so fast, Manectric. Intercept it with Thunderbolt!" Aichi commanded. The Shadow Ball exploded as the Thunderbolt made contact, but the impact hit Serena and Eevee. Gourgeist shot another one before the smoke cleared, Serena turned to try to cover for Eevee.
"Eevee~!"
Aichi saw another Shadow Ball through the smoke about to hit Serena, he ran to cover her and hit him instead. Aichi was hugging both Serena and Eevee to make sure they wouldn't get harmed. Aichi was having some déjà vu from the first time he met Ash, Clemont and Bonnie.
"Manectric use Thunderbolt. Charizard use Flamethrower on them." Aichi ordered before another Shadow Ball can be shot.
"Pikachu, Thunderbolt," Ash ordered.
"Pancham, Stone Edge. Braixen, Flamethrower." Serena added. All the attacks hit and Team Rocket was sent flying.
Aichi released Serena and Eevee. He smiled, "I see, all of you gotten so much stronger without me. I guess all of you didn't need my help after all." Aichi thought. He held out his hand to Serena. "Here, do you need help getting up?" He asked.
Serena took Aichi's hand and he pulled her up from the floor. She looked at him weirdly. "Is something wrong?" Aichi asked.
Serena shook her head. "No, sorry. You just reminded me of someone…" Serena answered thinking about who the person was. She laughed. "Sorry, I can't remember who it was. It just slipped my mind."
"Serena, what's up?" Ash asked. They walked up to Serena and Aichi, he looked over Serena's shoulder and looked at Eevee.
"I think you were in the middle of something before those two showed up," Aichi said. Charizard and Manectric stood beside him. Serena turned to Eevee and Eevee jumped.
"As I was saying before. Eevee, I would love you on my team. I want everyone to see your amazing dancing." Serena continued. She held out her hand for Eevee. She slowly walked to Serena and curled around her.
"Looks like Eevee wants to join you," Clemont said. Serena held her Pokeball and Eevee gladly went in it.
"Yay! Eevee is going to dance in your showcase." Bonnie cheered. They turned to Aichi.
"Thank you for protecting me from that Shadow Ball. My name is Serena!" Serena thanked.
"My name is Ash and this is my partner Pikachu," Ash said.
"My name is Bonnie and this is my brother Clemont." Bonnie introduced.
"Nice to meet you all, my name is Aichi," Aichi replied. "Wait… Are you Clemont, the Lumiose gym leader?" Aichi was acting like they just met.
"Yes, I am. Is there a problem with the Lumiose Gym?" Clemont asked.
"Oh, no. I just wanted to battle you in person, instead of you kind robot." Aichi answered.
"I would be glad to, but I don't have any badges with my the moment," Clemont replied.
"That won't be a problem, I want to battle you and…" Aichi said after taking out a badge. "I'll accept this badge if I defeat you in a battle."
"Okay, let's get started." Clemont agreed. Aichi chose Charizard as his first Pokemon and Clemont chose, Bunnelby.
"Battle begin," Serena announced.
"Charizard, Flamethrower," Aichi commanded. Charizard used Flamethrower right after.
"Dodge it with dig," Clemont said. Bunnelby dug into the ground in a nick of time. "The trust your Charizard has with you is really great."
Aichi was concentrating on the battlefield to see where Bunnelby was going to come out of. He saw some grass lift behind Charizard. "Charizard, fly up and forward!" Charizard got out of the way before Bunnelby can do anything. "Turn around and use Flamethrower." Charizard did as Aichi commanded.
Bunnelby was knocked down and trying to get up. "Bunnelby, get up!" Clemont shouted.
"Okay, finish it off with a Dragon Claw." Charizard used Dragon Claw and Bunnelby fainted.
Clemont returned Bunnelby back into his Pokeball. "You did well Bunnelby. Let's let Luxray handle the rest."
Aichi also returned Charizard to his Pokeball. "Good job Charizard, one more Pokemon to go." He turned to Manectric. "Okay, it's your turn Manectric."
Clemont threw a Pokeball and Luxray came out if it. "I'm counting on you Luxray."
"Luxray~"
Manectric also entered the battlefield. "Battle begin," Serena announced.
"Luxray, Thunderbolt," Clemont commanded. Aichi didn't say anything. "Why isn't he dodging?" The Thunderbolt hit and Manectric endured it, but looked like he didn't take damage. Instead, Manectric looked stronger than before.
"What? No damage?" Bonnie asked.
"I see now, that's why you didn't dodge. Your Manectric's ability is Lightning Rod, so Manectric absorbed the Thunderbolt and turned it into energy." Clemont explained.
"Okay, Manectric. Hidden Power." Manectric did as commanded.
"Luxray, intercept it with Thunderbolt." Most of the Hidden Power was intercepted but some went through and hit Luxray.
"Okay, Manectric. Finish off with Flamethrower." Manectric did as command and Luxray fainted.
Clemont returned Luxray back to his Pokeball. "If I realized quickly that your Manectric had Lightning Rod, I wouldn't have used Thunderbolt. I'm sorry, Luxray." Clemont apologized. He then turned to Aichi. "Congratulations, Aichi."
"Thank you." Aichi thanked while patting Manectric's head.
"Hey, Aichi. Now that I think about it, you sound similar to someone, I use to know. But I forgot who." Ash pointed out too.
"Definitely, I think I have seen that fighting style before, really strategic and trusting style." Clemont agreed.
"I can tell them we've met before, or I can pretend we just met. I think I should pretend because they might remember something about Psyqualia and I need to use as less Psyqualia as possible, in case the enemies of this world find out again." Aichi thought. "I think you got the wrong person, the person you are all talking about sounds stronger than I am."
"You are plenty strong, maybe the same strength as the person we're thinking of," Clemont replied.
"Yea, but it's weird that all of you can't remember him." Aichi pointed out. Serena looked at the sun, it was setting.
"It's getting dark, we should set up camp again and eat dinner," Serena said.
"Aichi! You should stay with us for tonight!" Bonnie cheered.
"Okay. If you don't mind me joining you." Aichi agreed, his stomach gurgled and he blushed. "I guess I'm really hungry, I haven't eaten all day." Aichi noticed his necklace started glowing and he walked inside the forest to see what was going on.
"Where are you going, Aichi?" Ash asked.
"It'll just take a minute," Aichi assured. He walked far enough in the forest so Ash and the others wouldn't see him and his body glowed. When the glow disappeared he didn't look different, but he felt a little stronger. The J turned blue 'Judgement'. He returned to Ash and the others and they were setting up.
He ran to them, "Here, I'll help." Aichi volunteered to help set up the table. "Oh, Clemont I forgot, can you let Luxray and Bunnelby out of their Pokeballs?" Aichi asked.
"Sure, why?" Clemont wondered as he let them out of their Pokeballs. Aichi looked for something in his bag and took the items out. They were two Oran Berry.
"Here, you should feel a lot better after eating this Oran Berry," Aichi said with a smile. They each took one and eat it and they felt refreshed.
"Thank you, Aichi." Clemont thanked.
"No need to thank me, I was the one that challenged you to a battle in such short notice. Plus I have plenty more." Aichi replied. Clemont looked in his bag and it was filled with berries.
"Where did you get so many berries?" Clemont asked in surprise.
"Someone gave them to me when I helped her protect her farm from some thugs," Aichi answered. He handed his bag to Clemont. "Do you want some?"
"I couldn't possibly take them from you," Clemont replied.
"Clemont! Aichi! Food is ready!" Serena and Ash shouted together.
"Okay!" Aichi and Clemont replied together. They got to the table and sat down.
Aichi ate one of Serena's sandwiches. "Serena, your sandwiches are really delicious." Aichi complemented.
Serena blushed. "Eat all you want, you must've eaten sandwiches better than mine." She replied.
"I don't usually eat food like yours, I can tell you put a lot of time and effort into them," Aichi said. After finishing one, he got up and stretched.
"Aichi, you can eat more," Bonnie said.
"It's fine, you only have a few more left," Aichi replied. They looked down and there was only 3 left, Ash seemed to have eaten a lot.
Ash laughed, "I'm sorry, I was hungry and I really like food." Everyone started laughing at Ash.
"Aichi, you can take the rest," Serena said.
He shook his head, "Really, it's fine. I need to get going soon anyways." He threw out Charizard's Pokeball and he petted Charizard. "All rest up Charizard?"
"Charizard~"
"Aichi, if you wouldn't mind. Can you stay with us for the rest of the day?" Ash asked.
Aichi thought, "Okay, but why?"
"I want to have battles with you. You are so strong, how many badges do you have?" Ash asked.
Aichi took out his Badge Case and there was seven in the case. "All I need is the badge from the Anistar City Gym." They looked surprised. "I can travel faster because I fly on Charizard's back. It is quick, but I lack experience in traveling."
"Why don't you travel with anyone?" Ash asked.
"Well, I use to be in a traveling group, but something happened," Aichi answered.
"What happened?" Clemont asked.
Aichi frowned and thought of what to say. "Something split us apart and we never got back together," Aichi said, he partially lied. "I think it is best if they didn't know the group was actually them before they lost their memories of me."
"Sorry for asking you the questions, if you're upset." Clemont apologized.
"No, it's fine. I can get it off my chest, I kind of wish I can be part of a traveling group again. Sometimes, flying from town to town is boring." Aichi replied.
"Well, then how about you join our group?" Ash asked.
"Me?" Aichi replied. "Are you sure you want me to travel with all of you? I don't want to cause you trouble."
"I sure you won't cause any trouble for us, considering how strong you are, I think you are going to help us instead," Clemont said.
"Okay! Then it's decided, we have a new travel buddy!" Ash cheered. "Let's battle!"
Aichi pointed at the sun, it already set and it was dark. "We should get camp ready, we can have our fight tomorrow." They started setting up camp, Clemont had 2 tents and didn't have enough room for 3 people per tent.
"It's fine, I'll just sleep outside with Charizard," Aichi said. Ash, Clemont, Serena and Bonnie slept in the tents and Aichi laid down on the grass beside Charizard.
A moment later, there was a rustle in forest and footsteps in the grass. Aichi sat up and looked at the direction it came from, but he didn't see anything. He didn't feel an aura either, he stood up and walked towards the sound.
He continued into the forest getting deeper. "Hello, is anyone there?" He called. There was another footstep sound and he looked under his feet, a net caught him. "Who's out there?"
"So he's the kid that everyone's talking about. He doesn't look nothing special, but rumors say he is a powerful trainer." A man voice said. He revealed himself and he looked like a Pokemon Poacher.
"Who are you?" Aichi asked.
"I'm a Pokemon Poacher and I heard you have powerful Pokemon." The Pokemon Poacher said.
"If you're a Pokemon Poacher, aren't you suppose to be poaching Pokemon, not trainers?" Aichi asked. "And if you are after my Pokemon, the only thing I have to say is that; the only reason they are powerful is because of our strong bond."
The Poacher laughed. "I'm not only after your Pokemon, there are some organizations that would like to recruit you."
"I'm not going to join any organizations," Aichi responded.
"It isn't going to be your choice." The Poacher said. Aichi felt tired from lack of sleep for the past few days, trying to catch up with Ash and the others. "If you're tired, you should rest because you aren't getting out of this."
Aichi closed his eyes and focused on Charizard's and his connection. "Charizard, I need your help." Aichi thought. He was thrown onto a truck and he felt the truck move. Later, he heard something.
"That's right, sleep. That will keep you from causing me a lot of trouble." The Poacher grinned. Aichi was thrown onto a truck and he felt the truck move. Later, he heard something.
"Mew~"
"Who's there?" Aichi whispered. He saw a Pokemon, it transformed into him.
"Mew~" The Pokemon said quietly.
"You're going to help me get out of here?" Aichi asked. The Pokemon transformed back and held Aichi's hand that was inside the net and they teleported out. Aichi looked around and saw the grass area he was at.
"Thank you." Aichi thanked. He was confused but also grateful.
"Mew~"
"Since you keep on saying 'Mew'. I'm guessing your name is Mew right?" Aichi asked
"Mew~" Mew nodded.
"Nice to meet you, Mew." Aichi said with a smile, he hugged Mew. "I'm really thankful for your help. I didn't know what I would've done if you hadn't come."
"Mew~" It was still dark and Aichi headed back to there everyone else was, good thing none of them were woken up, not even Charizard.
"Charizard didn't respond to my call, I guess he was more tired than I thought..." Aichi thought.
"Mew, are you going to leave? I'm going to rest for a bit." Aichi whispered before dozing off.
The Next Day
Aichi woke up to see Mew laying down beside him staring at him. "Mew, I thought you were going to leave," he whispered.
"Mew~"
"Do you want to come with me on my journey?" Aichi asked. Mew nodded in response, she transformed into Charizard as Charizard woke up.
"Charizard~?!" Charizard looked surprised and shocked. Mew transformed back and laughed.
"Mew, you shouldn't do that," Aichi said. Ash, Serena, Clemont and Bonnie woke up, Mew transformed into Pikachu and chased Pikachu around.
"Pikachu? Why is there 2 of you?" Ash asked.
"Mew, it isn't funny, transform back," Aichi ordered. Mew transformed back and laughed, everyone looked shocked.
"Where did you find a Mew?" Clemont asked. "Mew is a legendary Pokemon and no one ever got to study on Mew's real form. The only information anyone can get is from ruins and ancient books." Serena took out her Pokedex.
"Mew. The new species Pokemon. Mew is incredibly adaptable, able to travel freely in the air and underwater. Since Mew can make itself invisible at will, very few people have knowingly seen it, leading some scientists to declare it's extinct and most to assume it to be a mirage. It will only show itself to a person with the purest of hearts."
"You must have a pure heart Aichi." Serena laughed. Ash, Clemont and Bonnie also joined in the laugh too.
"Really funny, I guess my heart is as pure as they get," Aichi replied. Mew turned invisible and sat on Aichi's shoulder, he can feel something on his shoulder.
"Where Mew turn invisible?" Ash asked.
"Yea, she's on my shoulder right now," Aichi answered, Mew reappeared and flew down to Aichi's arms and curled up and slept. "I think she was on guard while I was sleeping to make sure we were all safe." He brushed Mew a few times.
"Where did you find Mew?" Ash asked.
"Mew just came to me while I was asleep. We played around a little bit and I felt tired so I dozed off." Aichi lied.
"Interesting, anyways. We should get going to Anistar City." Serena suggested.
"Yea!" They all agreed.
The journey continues…
Happy New Year, guys!
A new year, a new story (May not necessarily be every year).
If the editing for this chapter is a little sloppy, really sorry about that. My teachers in school decided to give me projects over the break and I have to deal with those. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed the first official chapter of XY&Vanguard. And I'll be back with another chapter on January 8th 2017.