Chapter 5/Final: Wave of Emotion
Mayor Borbonne figuratively resigned from the village he forced labor on and the Chazke Village now had no one to take charge, though the villagers preferred no one instead of someone who would use the threat of Cell to take advantage. Lao observed the dome, nearly finished. "This deathtrap needs to be demolished," he urged. Hearing the old man, some of the villagers began to protest despite that Borbonne had ordered the dome made.
"Are you out of your mind, Lao?!" one woman disagreed. "We need this dome!"
"I know Borbonne wasn't good with us but he did give us the dome for protection!" a man debated. Gohan chose to end this discussion.
"Allow me!" he spoke as he stuck a hand out. The trainers and Pokémon weren't sure what Gohan had on his mind. That's when a ball of energy began to form from the hand, palm facing the dome. To Ash, his jacket back on over his ruined t-shirt, Gohan wanted to demonstrate something.
"Everyone, stand back!" he warned. The villagers backed away from the dome before Gohan palmed the ball forward. It struck the dome which exploded. The shock of everyone was understandable as the dome vaporized to nothing. Gohan nonchalantly put his arm down in a slower fashion than the jaws of the villagers and the visitors. "Wasn't that Focus Blast?"
"I don't know and I don't wanna find out," Georgia gulped. Gohan now faced shocked and angered villagers.
"That was only a small portion of my power!" he advised. "If I could take out that dome with a little energy, Cell would only need to breathe to destroy it. Mister Lao was right, the dome is a deathtrap!" Now the villagers realized they had no protection whatsoever. Borbonne would've left the people of the Chazke Village to die, regardless if the dome was even constructed.
"But now, we're sitting ducks!" another man pleaded. "If Cell wins, we're all doomed!" However, the villagers continued to overlook the visitors, especially the one Lime clung onto. Georgia's clearing of her throat alerted everyone with Pikachu and Emolga on her shoulders.
"Apparently, you forgot about me and future junior flyweight boxing champion of the world," she teased. Pikachu got a good laugh from the title she gave his trainer.
("Best title ever!") he cackled.
"Now that you mentioned it, I've never seen those creatures before," the old man pointed out. It was the same old man who pleaded not to have Borbonne hurt Ash and Lime. Speaking of, Ash came forward to explain their findings, Lime holding his hand.
"There's a cavern near the rushing river which leads to our world," he proclaimed. "I seriously doubt Cell knows of it. There, Cell can't touch you and if this world's kaput, you'll still be alive." The thoughts blew through everyone's minds. The situation with the villagers had concluded…
"Gohan!" shouted someone new. All looked up and found a man much like Gohan, except taller, more muscular and wearing a jacket over a white shirt and slacks while riding on a golden cloud. Hovering above the ground, the man hopped off the cloud and landed on his feet. Gohan stuttered at the new man's arrival.
"Dad, I thought you were back home with Mom!" he recalled.
"Well, I've been waiting for you to return with the groceries. I understand that we have the next three days to train for the Cell Games while Krillin and Trunks are looking for the Dragon Balls." Hearing the name and recalling Tao's guess, Lao determined the new man was Goku. Emolga landed on Lao's shoulder to get a better look.
"Everything's okay, Mister Goku," Lao reassured. "Gohan's groceries are back in my cabin. He and his new friends were helping me out with a few things." Listening, Goku got the sense of the issues from the village elder.
"If that's the case, sorry for snapping like that." Emolga softly waived the apology while squeaking. Goku noticed the Pokémon, his curiosity peaking. "What's that?" Ash came over and extended an arm for Emolga to perch on his arm.
"Emolga's with me and Georgia," he claimed. "By the way, I had no idea you can ride on clouds here." Goku waived the golden cloud to his side.
"Flying Nimbus is pretty faithful when I need to reserve my energy." A great use of someone who need to rest their feet. This interested Ash to try to ride the cloud.
"Is it safe for me to ride it?" Goku wasn't sure about letting Ash take a lift.
"I don't know. Master Roshi told me that those with pure hearts can ride it." Ash wondered if he had a heart good enough for Flying Nimbus.
"Only one way to find out." Ash leaped onto Flying Nimbus and it held the Pallet Town boy up. Ash giggled at the result. "That's awesome!" Goku looked bemused at Flying Nimbus supporting Ash. Pikachu and Emolga also wanted a chance at Flying Nimbus. It appeared Flying Nimbus accepted the two Pokémon but then Emolga fell through and landed on its tail. Goku and Gohan saw Emolga's fall, already determining the reason.
"Guess Emolga's got a shady past," the younger blond figured. Emolga felt dejected from falling through the golden cloud. Georgia and Lime came over to Flying Nimbus themselves.
"So this cloud can be a little testy, huh?" the pink-haired believed as she palmed the cloud. That's when her hand fell through the cloud but she kept herself balanced. She growled at the rejection.
"I know that Nimbus wouldn't allow Iris to board," he speculated. Lime also tried but her hands fell through as well and she landed on her face. Her mischievous behavior had come back to hurt her.
"That should be her punishment for lying to the village," Lao confirmed. Helped up by Georgia, Lime whimpered at the denial. Ash stepped off to treat Lime of any pain, his hand stroking her hair.
"It's okay, Lime," he comforted. "I still will consider you a friend." She may have been turned down by Flying Nimbus, but the out-of-town trainer stayed by her side despite her shenanigans.
"Thanks, Ash," she replied before she leaned in for a quick pucker. Instead of becoming upset, Georgia grinned to the kiss.
"When Iris hears about this, her friendship to this kid's not the only thing she'll lose," she snickered. "Anyway, we've done enough damage to this place. Iris is probably worried sick about her Emolga." Ash looked to the Dragon Buster, his time with the people of Chazke Village about ended.
"Yeah, I guess there's nothing else here for us," he agreed. Goku and Gohan wondered about the world Ash, Georgia and the Pokémon entered from.
"You don't mind if we come and see what that is ourselves?" the son asked. Ash's chuckle spoke volumes for the two.
"Not at all. You're more than welcomed." The news allowed Goku to see if Lao can store the items needed.
"I'm sorry to ask but can you hold our groceries until we pay our visit to their land?" he requested.
"Of course," Lao acknowledged. "And don't worry about payment. After what your son and his friends did to help the village, it's all on the house." Goku blinked to the offer, not sure to believe Lao's hospitality. Nevertheless, he accepted the offer.
"Really?! Well, thanks a whole bunch!" It took about half an hour to find the cavern where the trainers and Pokémon arrived from, beyond the waterfall where Ash and Georgia rescued Lime. "So, you two came through here?"
"Pretty much," Georgia answered. "I'll admit, I didn't plan on finding the cavern, let alone luring Ash to get away from Iris." Emolga and Pikachu entered the cavern without hesitation, followed by Ash, Lime, Goku, Georgia and Gohan.
"It's a bit on the small side," Gohan complained. "A good Kamehameha Wave could widen it."
"True, son," Goku thought. "But Cell would find out and their world would be in danger of the same fate." They reached the other side, entering the Pokémon World. Emolga flew off to find Iris and everyone else came out.
"This is it," he portrayed. Goku and Gohan came out and viewed the sight from the edge of the cliff, the same spot Ash looked out to before Georgia met him.
"Doesn't look too much different from our home," Gohan compared. "Sure, it smells cleaner around here than it does around Bulma's home… and you don't see birds like that." Seeing where Gohan pointed to, Goku found a flock of gray doves with black wings fitting with a gray stripe.
"Pidove flying well," Georgia identified. Goku smiled at seeing the Pidove flock and had an idea.
"You know, I think I can flex a little muscle with a demonstration," he offered. "How about one Kamehameha Wave before we leave?" Gohan didn't like the idea of having his father try an ability.
"Dad, are you sure?" he questioned.
"Don't worry! I promise not to hit anything alive. Just one through the air wouldn't hurt." The kids felt that Goku needed room to execute the attack, thus they stood back. Meantime, a balloon started to emerge from the treeline. The balloon came in the shape of a white cat's head with whiskers and a gold oval coin embedded on the forehead. The basket contained two people in somewhat matching white uniforms with red "R" emblems. One was a woman with crimson red hair in the shape of an angled tidal wave while the other was a man with ice violet hair. The third in the basket was a white cat with the same embedded coin on the forehead.
"Once we find the twerps' camp, our Pokémon will sweep in and wrestle Pikachu to us," the redhead plotted.
"Yes, da tried and true plan," the cat mewed. Unbeknown, Goku just started his attack.
"Ka… May..." he shouted aloud, alerting the trio. They began to look around for the voice.
"Where is that coming from?" wondered the violet-haired. Goku continued his charge.
"Ha… May..." The redhead listened hard and looked ahead to the noise.
"Must be some funny language in Unova," she guessed. Goku now felt the time to let whatever he had out.
"Ha!" The violet-haired and the cat heard Goku's cries as well and came over to the sound.
"Some Pokémon practicing dere moves?" Before they could determine the origin, a small blue comet of light zipped through the trees directly at the burner. The comet struck the burner while the three inside watched it come and nail them. KABOOM! The balloon, the burner and the basket were all destroyed in that instant. The three began to fly off from the blast's concussive force.
"We didn't get a chance to get Pikachu!" cried the redhead.
"We didn't get a chance to do our motto!" whined the cat.
"We didn't get a chance to be in this fanfiction story!" teared the violet-haired.
"We're blasting off without a chance!" they screamed as they left over the horizon. On the mountainside, Goku stood rather shocked at what occurred, as did most of the others. His arms stretched out and hands opened while joined at the wrists and fingers pointing out, Goku thought he killed someone on accident. Ash's face said otherwise.
"I… didn't… mean to..." stuttered Goku.
"It's Team Rocket," Ash disinterestedly identified. "They'll be fine." Hearing this argument, everyone relented.
"Are they bad guys?" asked Lime. Pikachu squeaked to point at himself, claiming to be the target. "I gotcha." Before the father and son started their return…
"There you are!" sounded Iris. Everyone turned to her and Cilan finally arriving to see Ash after being gone for most of the day. To Georgia, the day got a little better.
"Looks like the Dragon Girl's made her appearance," she sneered. Words from Georgia and finding her made Iris' blood boil. "Boy, you missed quite the day." Iris passed Ash and confronted Georgia.
"You're the last person I need to see! I would've preferred Bianca or Stephen, but not you!" The argument nudged Goku over to Cilan.
"Are these two rivals or am I missing something between them?" he asked.
"No, Iris and Georgia are indeed rivals," Cilan confirmed. "An interesting blend of sugar and spice!"
"I could say it's like me and Vegeta, only as girls." The argument soon turned to Ash as the topic.
"By the way, I've seen Ash battle without his Pokémon," she brought up. "I don't see him as the same 'little kid' you call him." Iris grinned, thinking she found a method to overwhelm her rival.
"Is that so?" she called her bluff. "Wouldn't that make you an even littler kid?"
"If so, you'd be the littlest. You don't have a reason to travel with Ash, now do you?"
"I-I do have a reason!"
"Hopefully, you have a better one than hers." She pointed to Ash and Lime, seemingly once more before both resumed their lives.
"I know Gohan is strong, hopefully stronger than Cell," she wished. "If there's a way I can come back, perhaps I can play with more of your creatures?" Ash huffed a giggle, willing to help honor her desire.
"Of course," he allowed. "Believe me, my Pokémon would like to play with people like you." Gohan came over and joined in the conversation.
"I'm sure when Cell's gone, we can use the Dragon Balls to bring your parents back," he promised. "That way, you can show them what this world has to offer." That's when Ash offered another suggestion.
"Maybe in a few years, you can try some Pokémon training. It's a lot less stressful than what Cell's putting you and your grandpa through." Lime giggled, wanting to believe both boys.
"That's true," she laughed. "Thank you and Georgia for helping our village." That's when Lime stepped up and gave Ash one more kiss, lips meeting for a second. Iris gawked to the scene while Georgia's face sported a deep grin.
"So you do have feelings for Ash," she teased. Iris snapped her burning red head at her rival, wanting to dispel her claim.
"I do not!" she roared back. The argument continued while Goku made one assessment clear.
"I know Flying Nimbus won't let Iris on board," he judged. Pikachu nodded in agreement. The sun began its descent but emotions had arisen. A rivalry exploded between two, curiosity risen from father and son, and two kids shared a moment that in the future may blossom. Ash may have Lime, but Iris has a few lemons.
THE END