~Aichi's Mind~
"What is going on?" Aichi asked as five images appeared in front of him. The first was him back when he used Shadow Paladins and fought Kai, the second was when he fought Leon when he was possessed by the Void. The third was when Kai was reversed and beat him in their card fight. The fourth was when he and Kai fought Ibuki in the Messiah Scramble and the last was he fought the Void a few days ago.
"Everyone has darkness inside them, even you hide thing deep inside your heart. All of the doubts and memories that you want to forget." It sounded like Takuto. "The King protects, he is the guardian of his people. You've been chosen to take on the role of the Guardian, Aichi Sendou."
"Someone like you doesn't deserve to be Cray's new king. You are so weak." A voice said, it sounded like himself. "What would have happened to you if your allies didn't help you in all these situations? You would be a walking mess." The first picture stayed and the others disappeared, the picture played like a video and showed him beating Kai in their fight and he continued to use Psyqualia.
"But… They would never leave my side. They are my friends." Aichi replied. The second photo played and showed him lying down on the floor and Blaster Blade didn't help him get up. The Earth and Cray were both covered in darkness and everywhere was deserted.
"What if you were too weak to move on? Earth and Cray would've fallen to the Void." The voice said. "And the Planet Cray and your own planet would've been extinct."
The third one played and shown Leon and real Takuto not coming to help him get freed from Reverse. He was Reversed in the end. "Takuto Tatsunagi saved your life that time and without the unit he bestowed upon you, you would've lost again and would've never been able to save your world."
The fourth one played and shown himself unable to revive Blaster Blade and unable to help Kai beat Ibuki, Kai lost and the world was destroyed by the Bandit Planet. "As this last-"
"None of that happened, what is wrong with getting help from others? How does that make you weaker?" Aichi asked interrupting the voice.
"When they abandon you, you will be weak and useless. You are nothing without them." The voice replied.
"You've been saying this, this entire time... What is wrong with needing help from friends and allies? No one wants to be lonely their entire life. Plus it is better to think of them as our power than a burden." Aichi answered. "They will never leave me all on my own, I've learned that. Not even a seal, nor being a different world can tear us apart."
"Right, then you really do have complete trust in your allies." The voice said, the tone of the voice changed from his own into a deeper voice.
"This last one proves that you are worthy of your position and you've just explained to me how you're different and stronger than a normal human being." The voice said, the fifth image appeared and glowed a bright white light. Unlike the other ones that radiated a dark aura. It shown him defeating Void with his own hands and saved the world.
"Right, that moment... Void was defeated." Aichi commented.
"This last procedure will be painful, but Cray has accepted you as the next King." Takuto appeared and the voice was his. He smiled and closed his eyes and he held onto Aichi's hands. Aichi's blue aura appeared as the Rainbow aura from Takuto spread to Aichi's, he felt a surge of pain as his aura started to become consumed by the Rainbow aura.
Aichi cried in pain. "Takuto! What are you doing?!" He asked. He was trying to hold in the pain.
Aichi's aura was fully rainbow and the pain stopped, but the unusual aura made him uncomfortable. Takuto heaved a sigh of relief, "It's done. You are able to changed between the auras as much as you'd like. The aura you received from me will allow you to use the abnormal powers, such as your barrier." Takuto said.
"More powers...? I don't think I can..." Aichi answered.
"You won't need to fear uncontrollable power that way, this aura can only be used when you wish it to."Takuto explained. He started to disappear.
"Thank you, Takuto. For all you've done for me." Aichi thanked.
"It's been a pleasure meeting you, Aichi. You'll be a fine successor for me." Takuto answered and he disappeared.
~Back to the Pokemon World~
Aichi opened his eyes as everyone seemed to be fainted on the floor, he checked on them and he saw that there was black on their skin.
"Did I do this?" Aichi asked. He focused and his aura turned into rainbow, he focused on getting rid of the black marks. Soon they woke up. Aichi was worried. "Are all of you alright? Did I do that to you?"
They laughed because Aichi looked so worried. "What? What are all of laughing at?" Aichi asked.
"You look so worried, Aichi." Bonnie said.
"Is it bad to be worried? My aura infected you. I'm really sorry." Aichi apologized. "When my necklace turned fully blue, I finished all the elements needed to gain a new power."
For the rest of the day, they kept talking about Aichi's powers and the time they spent together before Aichi had to leave, but they didn't notice that Team Rocket was eavesdropping on them.
"I knew that twirp was strange the moment he popped out of nowhere with his cool Charizard and helped the other twirps without a reason." Meowth said. They kept on eavesdropping.
"Now I'm starting to remember, we got a raise when we brought him to the boss." James remembered.
"Which means if we tell the boss about him again…" Jessie thought out loud.
"We might be promoted if we bring him to the boss again!" They said together. "Let's get out promotion into motion!"
A while later, they started walking back to the Pokemon Center as the sun started to set. They spotted Team Rocket and went on the offensive. "Team Rocket!" Ash, Aichi, Serena, Clemont and Bonnie shouted together.
"You 3 were eavesdropping on us, weren't you? I felt someone listening to our conversation, you heard all of it?" Aichi asked. He was looking at them with his serious and intimidating stare without realizing it. Team Rocket retreated for now.
~The Next Day - Anistar Gym~
Trainers paired with one of their Psychic Pokemon and they were focusing floating in mid air. The gym looked like an observatory, there were many stars in the space ceiling. Suddenly there was a disturbance and the gym leader opened her eyes and floated up in the air by her Pokemon's Psychic. The room turned green and a hologram displayed in the middle of the room. Everyone was surprised and the Pokemon let their trainers down slowly.
"Lady Olympia!" a girl called.
"In the near future, Kalos will face a threat." Olympia said. The hologram displayed Ash. "The one with the green eye and the ones that travels with him." Then the hologram turned to Professor Sycamore. "The one that shows the way." Then the last picture was of Aichi. "And the one that will seal our fate."
The girl that Aichi met yesterday gritted her teeth as she saw Ash, Professor Sycamore and Aichi showing up in the holographic projection. More when she saw Aichi because they met before. She stormed out of the gym.
~Sundial~
Professor Sycamore has arrived to Anistar City to study the Sundial and it's relation to Mega Evolution. He brought some of his scientists and some equipment to look at reading of the Sundial. Aichi was taking a walk again without Mew and saw Professor Sycamore near the Sundial.
"He forgot about me, so I will pretend not to know him." Aichi walked over to the Sundial and he heard it calling him again. Professor Sycamore noticed him and waved.
"Hello!" Professor Sycamore greeted. Aichi turned around and Professor Sycamore was walking towards him.
"Hello." Aichi replied. "I'm sorry if I am disturbing you while you are working, I just-"
"You are admiring the beauty of the Sundial, aren't you?" Professor Sycamore finished Aichi's sentence. The machine picked up readings as Aichi turned back to the Sundial.
"I hear it calling me." Aichi mumbled, loud and clear enough for Professor Sycamore to hear. The reading became higher as he touched the Sundial and closed his eyes. Professor Sycamore's scientists moved the machine towards Aichi.
"By any chance do you have a Mega Stone and a Key Stone?" Professor Sycamore asked. Aichi opened his eyes and took his hand off of the Sundial. He reached in his pocket and fetched his 3 Mega Stones and his Key Stone.
"I have 3 Mega Stones and 1 Key Stone." Aichi answered.
"Would you mind telling me your name?" Professor Sycamore asked.
"Aichi Sendou and who might you be?" Aichi replied. Professor Sycamore held out his hand for a handshake.
"Professor Sycamore. It is very nice to meet you, Aichi." Professor Sycamore answered as Aichi shook his hand. The girl appeared from a few meters away from the Sundial and attacked the machine with her Sigilyph's Psywave.
"Psywave." She commanded. Aichi released Charizard.
"Intercept it with Flamethrower." Aichi commanded. The Psywave was intercepted and Professor Sycamore and his scientists were safe.
"The one that leads the way and the decider of our fate. I'm going to destroy both of you." She declared, she kept of sending attacks and Charizard kept on intercepting.
"If you want to destroy us so badly, then I'd like to see you try. I'm not going to let you hurt anyone." Aichi replied. She was startled as she looked at Aichi's unflinching gaze. Ash and the others came just in time to intercept another attack.
"Aichi! Professor Sycamore!" They called.
"Who are you?" Ash asked. She released another Pokemon, it was Sableye and Ash released Frogadier.
A few minutes later, the girl's Pokemon fainted and she was about to release another one. Olympia and another girl that was older came to stop her from releasing another Pokemon by taking the pokeball out of her hand.
"Carrie! Stop battling, you'll damage the buildings and the Sundial." Charlene ordered. Aichi returned Charizard back to his pokeball. "I thank you for protecting the Sundial and the building in Carrie's attack range."
"Charlene!" Carrie shouted.
"No one got hurt, so it's fine." Ash replied.
Aichi stepped forward, he looked angry, his aura turned rainbow. "So your name is Carrie, what would you have done if anything got damaged or anyone got hurt? I don't know what 'the one that leads the way and one that will seal of our fate' means. But if anything even got a scratch from your attacks. I would've made sure you got a fitting punishment." He said, he sounded serious.
"Aichi…" Ash, Serena, Bonnie and Clemont said together worried because that wasn't something that he would say. Aichi realized what he said and took a breath to calm himself as his aura changed back to blue.
Aichi smiled, "I hope I didn't scare you too much, but I wanted to be clear about what I was saying." He said. "I get serious when it comes to my friends and I hope that we can be friends too."
"Carrie, apologize to them." Charlene ordered.
"But they are all gathered here. He can stop them from doing any harm." Carrie retaliated. "Why do I need to apologize to them if they are going to make that tragedy?"
"What tragedy are you talking about?" Serena asked. Professor Sycamore looked surprised as he noticed something.
"You are the Anistar City Gym Leader, Olympia. Am I right?" Professor Sycamore asked for confirmation.
"Yes, I am. I witnessed two visions, one was about a tragedy and the other was about your Frogadier." Olympia explained pointing at Ash. "I will explain further inside the gym."
~At the Gym~
Olympia explained both visions to everyone.
"I didn't know Frogadier went through all of that." Ash admitted. The vision extended and it showed Frogadier evolving into Greninja and Mega Evolving.
"Does Mega Greninja really exist?" Professor Sycamore asked.
"We haven't encountered a Mega Greninja yet." The scientist agreed.
"That means that Ash will be able to Mega evolve a Pokemon too, someday." Aichi said excited.
"Yea, did you hear that, Frogadier. Let's get stronger together." Ash cheered. "Oh, yea. Aichi here's your bag. Mew has been sleeping the entire day, now let's do what we came here to do." He toss the bag to Aichi and he caught it with a smile, they stepped forward.
"Aichi and I, are here to challenge you to get our gym badges." Ash challenged.
"Yes, I just need to get one more gym badge to qualify for the Kalos League. Ash is here for his seventh gym badge." Aichi agreed. They prepared for a gym battle, but another vision appeared.
"Greedy evildoers are plotting to steal the Sundial." Charlene explained, Ash, Aichi, Serena, Clemont and Bonnie all ran out to the Sundial.
"Meowstic, use Helping Hand and Future Sight." Olympia ordered before running out with them with Charlene and Carrie.
Aichi, Ash, Serena, Clemont and Bonnie saw Team Rocket trying to lift the Sundial with their mechanical hand and hot air balloon. Team Rocket was trying to lift it but it was too heavy.
"Come on, Meowth! Lift it up!" Jessie shouted.
Meowth kept on pressing a button to control the arm, but nothing happened. "I'm trying!"
"Stop! You'll damage the Sundial!" Aichi shouted.
"Frogadier, use Water Pulse and destroy the arm." Ash ordered, before Aichi could warn him the Water Pulse was already fired.
"Ash, you will damage the Sundial. Olympia already release a Future Sight!" Aichi warned right when Frogadier fired. The Water Pulse hit the arm, but the broken parts scratched the Sundial. Charlene looked at destroyed arm in terror, suddenly a Future Sight hit Team Rocket and they went flying.
"The Sundial…" Charlene said in fear.
"I'll go check it out." Aichi volunteered, he looked in his bag and woke up Mew. "Hey Mew, can you use Psychic and lift me up to the Sundial?" Mew flew out and yawned scratching her eyes. She lifted Aichi with Psychic and lifted Aichi up and lazily lifted him to the top of the Sundial.
Aichi looked at the Sundial and luckily there was just a small scratch and no big damages. "There is just a small scratch from the broken part of the arm, nothing was heavily damaged." he informed and Mew let him down with a fall. Mew looked cranky. "I'm sorry for waking you up, Mew. Thank you for helping me out."
Ash helped Aichi up. "We are ready for our gym battle, can we start our gym battle now?" Ash asked. They went into the gym and they had to decide who battled first, Olympia was ready and waited for them to decide
"Who is up first?" Charlene asked. Ash and Aichi turned to each other.
"I can wait, you can go first if you want to." Aichi said.
Ash nodded. "Thank you Aichi." He thanked.
~After the Battle~
Ash got his Psychic Badge and now it was Aichi's turn. Olympia walked out to heal her Pokemon.
"Come on Aichi, you can win." Ash, Serena, Clemont and Bonnie cheered.
Aichi's eyes became serious. "I want to try out, the Pokemon I caught before I reunited with Ash and the others. I need him to be ready to battle, but I'm not sure if he will come through. I'll put him with Charizard just in case." He thought. He held onto his 2 pokeballs tightly as Olympia returned.
Olympia's Meowstics were already ready for battle. "Alright, Charizard and Nuzleaf!" Aichi shouted as he released them from their pokeballs. Nuzleaf looked like he was stubborn.
"Battle begin!" Charlene declared.
"Use Future Sight and Helping Hand." Olympia ordered.
"Charizard, use Flamethrower and Nuzleaf use Razor Leaf in a combined attack to interfere with their attack." Aichi commanded. Charizard did as told, but Nuzleaf didn't listen. The Flamethrower alone wasn't powerful enough to stop them from using their moves.
Olympia looked disappointed. "Use a combined Psyshock on Nuzleaf."
"Nuzleaf, dodge it and Charizard use Dragon Claw." Charizard was behind the Meowstic and Nuzleaf was the one the Meowstics were facing. The Psyshock was fired, but Nuzleaf use Razor Leaf to try to intercept. The Psyshock went right through it and Charizard flew around to try to intercept. "Charizard, help Nuzleaf out and get out of there."
Charizard was lightning fast and got Nuzleaf out of there. "Nuzleaf, please listen to me."
"What is happening? All his Pokemon listen to him and follow up with his orders quickly and precisely." Clemont wondered.
"Aichi, must be trying to get a better bond with Nuzleaf with this Pokemon battle." Ash said.
Aichi was counting the time for Future Sight's activation and it was time. "Alright you two. Watch out the Future Sight is going to be activated now!" Aichi warned. He saw the Future Sight and Nuzleaf was there.
"Nuzleaf! Use Feint Attack and get out there!" Aichi shouted. Nuzleaf didn't listen and Charizard flew in to save him again.
"Use Dark Pulse on Charizard." Charizard was hit and was swept off his feet and crashed into Aichi who crashed into the wall with Charizard. Nuzleaf was hit by Future Sight and fainted too.
"The Battle is over. The winner is Gym Leader, Olympia." Charlene announced. Aichi was petting Charizard and smiled.
"You did good, Charizard." Aichi said. Charizard got off of Aichi and he tried to get up, but his right arm hurt when he did. He winced from the pain.
"Aichi! Are you alright?" Bonnie asked. Carrie carried Nuzleaf and put him beside Aichi. Nuzleaf woke up and Aichi was going in with his injured right arm to pet Nuzleaf. Nuzleaf stopped him by charging a leaf blade and Aichi's arm fell and he looked like he was upset.
"Did I say something to upset you? You wanted to come with me, but you aren't listening to me." Aichi said sadly. Charlene leaned towards Aichi and stretched his right arm and Aichi shrieked.
"It is just a sprain. Nothing serious." Charlene informed. Charizard looked sorry.
Aichi laughed and stretched his arm himself. "I'm fine. It isn't a big deal, so Charizard. You don't need to worry about me." He walked over and petted him with a smile. He turned to Nuzleaf with a serious face. "You don't need to stay with me if you don't want to, Nuzleaf. I would still love to have you on my team, but if it goes against your wishes it is completely fine."
"Don't say that Aichi!" Serena shouted.
"You just need to strengthen your bond with Nuzleaf first." Ash agreed.
"But if he doesn't want to come with me then he will be upset everyday, when he could be somewhere else or someone else. I don't want him to feel like he has to be on my team." Aichi said, he couldn't stand it anymore and he ran out of the gym.
"Aichi!" Ash, Serena, Clemont and Bonnie called.
"Has he ever had a Pokemon like this?" Charlene asked.
"From the stories he told us. I don't think he has even seen anyone have a Pokemon that ignored every single order they give the Pokemon." Serena answered.
"Aichi is really good with Pokemon and he's never met a Pokemon that didn't like him." Ash added. "Charizard, you should find Aichi, he must be frustrated right now." Charizard flew out of the building and searched for Aichi.
"I have noticed that there is something unique in that boy. I am positive that you know something." Olympia pointed out. Ash, Serena, Clemont and Bonnie looked at each other and deciding if they should tell them or not.
"I felt like I couldn't move when he was warning me." Carrie admitted.
"Those eyes of his are intimidating." Charlene added.
"If you want it explained, you should ask Aichi. Even we don't have all the details on his powers." Clemont said.
"I had a Charmeleon and he didn't listen to me. It was very frustrating. I know how Aichi feels right now." Ash said, trying to change the conversation topic.
"Do you hear that Nuzleaf? You are making Aichi feel frustrated." Serena said. Nuzleaf seemed unfazed by what they were saying, they looked outside and it was getting dark.
"We better get going, we need to make sure Charizard found Aichi and get back to the Pokemon Center." Clemont said. They waved and left the gym. When they got outside, Charizard flew down and he looked worried.
"Charizard, did you find Aichi?" Bonnie asked. Charizard shook his head.
"Hey look!" Clemont pointed out a Pokeball on the ground. He released the Pokemon and Manectric came out.
"That must be Aichi's Manectric!" Bonnie said. Nuzleaf was watching them, sitting on the railing on in front of the Sundial.
"Where could he have gone?" Ash asked.
~With Aichi~
Aichi just ran out of the gym and saw Team Rocket near the Sundial again. They spotted him and Aichi reached for his Pokeballs. They were talking to a computer screen with their boss on it.
"Hey, it's him! Get him." Meowth said. They threw a box at him and Aichi tried to release the Pokemon but it dropped instead because of his arm injury. He was trapped in a cage.
"That was easier than I thought, from the stories he's been telling the twirps he seemed to be more powerful." James said. Aichi held onto his arm as it started to hurt, he gritted his teeth as they walked towards him, bringing the computer with them. It was late and everyone has already gone home, there was no one there.
"Do I have to reveal my powers to get out of this mess?" Aichi thought.
This is chapter 4 of XY&Vanguard. Fun fact, this chapter is actually half of chapter 3 since chapter 2 ran long. Thus this is a shorter chapter.
I've been busy with my civics class's final project and studying for the civics exam, so this chapter isn't as clean as it can be and lacks detail. But the quality for next week will be better, I promise.
Anyways, new chapter next week.