Seishin: *shouting in Irish accent* Top of the mornin' to ya laddies! My name is Yukiro Seishin and this intro was stolen from Jackscepticeye!

Omega: We're doing the same pseudo-chat thing this chapter that we did last time.

Ohirume: And … that's all we got.

Faux, Pike, and Laura: Eeeenjoy!

Luke: *chuckles*

I don't own Pokémon or Ben 10.

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Pika Chu
(Dr. Spark)

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The group of Ash, Misty, Brock, Soot, and Raichu made their way towards … wherever Raichu was leading them. Something about his sister.

Unfortunately, they didn't go unnoticed. Nearly every raichu, pikachu, and pichu they passed gave them weird, wary, or frightened looks. The last were mostly aimed towards Soot.

Thankfully, there were some Mouse Pokémon from the group they met in the first place who were smiling and waving at them. It calmed the others down a little. It also made the stronger looking ones get out of their fighting stances.

Misty grumbled from all of their whispers.

Ash sweat dropped, 'We did warn her.' He looked up at Raichu, "So, why are you taking us to your sibling anyway?"

Raichu looked back with a smile, "Well, she's always been really interested in human stuff; even though they rarely show up around here. And tends to collect all kinds of strange items that they leave behind." He looked back at the rest of the group with a smile, "Since you all seem so interested in them too, I thought you all might get along." He gave them a kind smile, "It's an incredible stroke of luck, really."

Soot sweat dropped, "Yeah. No kidding."

Brock and Misty sweat dropped, 'Yet another freak coincidence.'

Raichu pushed through a bush and held back the branches for the group, "Right through here."

Everyone walked through and looked ahead. They found an old, one-person tent sitting in the shade. It was a faded dark blue, had small holes and light tears all over, and was missing an entire row of zipper teeth on one of the flaps.

Despite all this, it still seemed sturdy.

Brock raised a brow, "She lives in a tent?"

Raichu perked up and looked at Brock in surprise, "That's what it's called?" He looked back at the cloth structure, "I have to admit, that sounds better than what she calls it."

"Still," Misty said while sweat dropping, "why does she live in a tent when the rest of the tribe seems to use nests and stuff?"

Raichu smiled, "This is one of the strange items I was talking about. She keeps the rest in there with her." He looked back at the group, "Now, this may sound strange, but when you introduce yourselves, I'd like to ask that you tell her your names and ask for hers."

Brock raised a brow, "Uh … sure."

Misty sweat dropped, 'In what way is that strange? That's what introducing yourself is.'

Raichu smiled and the group walked closer to it. He started flicked at the tent, "Sibling! It's me! I have someone I want to-"

"Stop calling me that, brother!" A female voice shouted from the tent, "I keep telling you to call me sister!"

Raichu deadpanned, "Only if you finally tell me what the Yvel a 'sister' and 'brother' are."

The tented Pokémon shouted back, "Figure it out yoursel-"

Ash smirked, "Brother is what humans call a male sibling. Sister is what they call a female sibling."

Raichu looked back at Ash in surprise.

"… That's right. What do humans call their male and female meemas?"

Misty smirked, "Mother for female. Father for male. Parent for either."

Soot spoke up, "And they call their parent's brother an uncle and their sister an aunt."

The flaps opened and a pikachu poked her head through. She seemed average for a pikachu. That is, unless you count the long fur on her head reaching down to her shoulders.

"How-" She paused, and her eyes widened slightly at the sight of the quartet, "woah." She shook it off and raised a brow, "How the heck do you know all of that? I didn't even know that last one."

Brock smiled, "We grew up in a place that humans often traveled to and learned a lot about them."

Raichu smiled and looked at his sister, "This is why I wanted you to meet them."

The hat-wearing pikachu raised a paw with a smile, "My name is Ash."

The female pikachu's eyes widened in shock.

The squinting pikachu put a paw to his chest, "I'm Brock."

The pikachu with a ponytail followed with a smile, "My name's Misty."

The mightyena grinned, "Soot."

The pikachu in the tent stared at them in shock, "Y- you all-" She scrambled through the flaps and blurted out, "You all have names?!"

Ash smiled, "Yeah, we just decided on it one day."

Brock walked up to her with a smile, "So, what about your name? Your brother said you had one t-"

"Electra!" The pikachu blurted out with a bright smile, "My name is Electra!"

Misty smiled, walked up, and held out a paw, "Nice to meet you, Electra."

Electra stared at the paw in awe before smiling brightly and shaking it vigorously, "It's nice to meet you too!"

Raichu blinked in surprise at the sight, "Huh?"

Soot snickered, "It's called a handshake and is form of greeting. Think of it like a human version of that 'sparks don't lie' thing. Just, using their hands and without the electricity."

Raichu blinked, "Huh."

Electra jerked and looked at Soot in shock, "You know about human stuff too?"

Soot deadpanned, "You do realize I'm the one who brought up the aunt and uncle thing, right?"

Ash chuckled, "Soot's my hatchling. As far as I can tell, I raised her similar to how humans raise their kids. Right up to giving her a name when she hatched."

Electra looked at Ash in wide-eyed shock, "Wait! That's when humans choose their names?!"

Brock raised a brow, "What do you mean 'choose'?"

Electra looked at him, "I- I thought humans chose their own names. Like, after some kind of initiation or when they do something special."

Ash chuckled, "Not exactly. Humans develop a Yvel of a lot slower than Pokémon. While hatchlings can fluently speak around five seconds to two days after hatching, it takes humans -on average- ten months to even say their first word. Full sentences can take around eight months to a year afterwards."

Soot snickered, "Yeah. And even then, they still mess up a lot of words."

Brock and Misty looked at Ash in shock, 'FIVE SECONDS?!'

Raichu's eyes widened in surprise, "It actually takes that long? Members of our tribe usually have a hatchling of their own by that point."

Soot smiled slyly, "Crazy, right? Humans are just really slow." She shot the Gym Leaders a cocky glance.

Brock and Misty noticed and sweat dropped, 'Seriously?'

"Wait a second!" Electra blurted out, "If that's the case, then how do humans get their names if they can't even speak?!"

Misty sweat dropped, "Uh … usually their parents choose the first and middle name."

Electra's eyes widened in absolute shock, "Th- th- the parents choose?" She sat down and put a paw on her forehead, 'Insane. Meem- uh, parents choose the hatch- BABY's name. I thought I was being like them by choosing a name for myself. But I couldn't have been further.'

Brock looked at Raichu, "Is she okay?"

Raichu smiled, "Yeah. This is isn't the first time this has happened." He cleared his throat and looked at Electra with a sly smirk, "Sibling."

Electra snapped out of it and glared at him, "I told you to call me sister."

Raichu smirked, "And fixed."

Electra grumbled before straightening up upon realizing something. She looked at the group in shock again, "First … and middle?"

Soot groaned, 'This could take a while.'

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**Time Skip**

Soot was completely right.

Every time the group answered one of Electra's questions, it caused her to realize something and ask another; if they were lucky.

The most recent one was about … something she saw a human doing behind a bush once.

Ohirume: *sigh* Yeah … toilet 'humor'. Sorry, but it had to come up eventually.

If you want a reason for why this concept exists, go read "IronPika" by Stormy1x2.

Misty stared at Ash in shock, 'Pokémon don't- How the Yvel have I never noticed that?'

Raichu gagged, "Oh freaking Yvel. I didn't think humans were that disgusting."

Brock chuckled nervously, "Uh, yeah … disgusting."

Electra blinked in surprise, "That, uh … that wasn't what I expected."

Ash sweat dropped, "Yeah. It's not something most Pokémon want to know about."

"WELL!" Soot blurted out before looking at Electra, "Would you mind showing us around your tent? Y'know, to try and take our minds off my dad mentally scarring you and your brother."

Electra perked up and blinked in surprise, "Tent?"

Raichu looked at her with a smile, "Your pointed soft cave."

Electra perked up and looked at her 'cave' in shock, "It's called a tent?" She smiled, "Cooooool." She jerked and shook it off before looking at the group with a smile, "Yeah. Come on." She smirked wickedly, "I'll bet I have some super insane you've never even heard of."

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*Shortly after; in the tent

Electra stared in pure shock -ears drooping- as Ash, Misty, Brock, and Soot rummaged around through all of the 'treasures' she had collected, 'Th- this is insane.'

Raichu blinked in surprise, 'They're even more impressive than I thought.'

"Fork, spoon, 3 of spades … half a shoe insole." Misty said as she put the items to the side. She stopped as she held up a AAA battery and sweat dropped, "Okay, seriously? Who the Yvel just leaves used up batteries in the forest? They realize there's acid in these, right?"

Brock frowned with his arms crossed as he stared at a pile of cassette tapes; most broken or heavily cracked, "Yeah. And all these old tapes." He picked up one without a label and pulled out the tape; causing Electra's eyes to widen in the process, "Someone could get horribly tangled up in this." 'Not to mention how bad all these bands were.'

"Sure sure." Soot said while staring at a large box in shock, "But, uh- I'm still trying to comprehend the microwave." She looked back at Electra, "How in the name of Arceus did you manage bring this back here? Or find one in the forest, for that matter?"

"U- um." Electra stuttered.

"Pardon me." Ash said while walking between Electra and Raichu while dragging a hole-riddled umbrella.

Raichu looked back at him in confusion, "What are you doing?"

Ash looked back with a confused expression, "Well, I can't open this thing in the tent. It'd punch a ton of new holes into it." He moved the umbrella in front of him and held it up.

Electra looked at him in shock, "Wha- what do you m-"

Ash pressed the switch on the umbrella and the whole thing sprang open in his paws.

Raichu flinched, "Woah!"

Electra tripped back as she stared in shock, 'It- it- it- it opens?!'

Ash held up the umbrella and looked up into it. He frowned, "Geez. It's full of holes and over …" he squinted, "Um, maybe twenty percent of the ribs and stretchers are broken." 'It's actually amazing it still opens.' He put the opened umbrella down and moved closer to feel the fabric. He perked up a bit, "Still, the remaining nylon is in decent shape."

Ash looked back over the tent, "Hmm." He focused on Electra and smiled, "Hey, Electra."

Electra perked up and looked him in the eye, "Y- yeah?"

Ash closed the umbrella and walked closer, "This umbrella won't really be able to help with rain anymore. But we could cut up the fabric, get some twine from your torn-up clothing, and fashion some needles to patch the holes on your tent."

Electra's eyes widened in awe. She went ahead and got back to her hind paws.

Raichu sweat dropped and deadpanned, "I didn't get any of that."

Soot looked over at him, "Actually it makes perfect sense." She looked around the inside of the tent, "All of the holes in this thing make it really easy for rain to get in. The trees may help, but it won't cover everything." She perked up and looked at Ash, "Although, dad, this is nylon we're talking about. If we're aiming to waterproof it, I'm not sure a needle and thread will cut it."

Ash frowned, "Yeah. I realize that. But I'm not sure adhesive would be an option."

Misty blinked in surprise, "Really?" She looked around, "There's gotta be an old glue stick in here or something."

Soot snickered, "Wrong kind of adhesive. We need something a little more water resistant."

Brock pulled out an held up a plastic shopping bag, "What about this? It is plastic and should melt pretty easily, right?"

Ash frowned and shook his head, "I'm afraid not. We would need superglue for something like this." He perked up and put a hand to his chin, "Still. The melting point of plastic is just barely over half of what it takes to burn paper and we could mold that into almost anything. Still, we need a way to melt and hold it."

"Oh!" Soot said before running over to and sticking her head into a pile. She reemerged a few seconds later with a metal thermos in her mouth, "I''s stain'ess steel."

Ash blinked in surprise, "Huh." He smiled, "Alright, then." He walked closer, took the container, opened it -Electra jerked as a result- and looked into it, "We'll still need to clean it out, though." He looked back at Electra with a smile, "So, what do you say, Elec-" He stopped and blinked in surprise, "Are you okay?"

Brock, Misty, and Soot looked over at the long-haired pikachu. She was just staring at the group with her mouth hanging open.

Raichu looked at her worriedly, "Sibling?"

Electra didn't respond and just continued staring.

Misty frowned worriedly, "Um … Maybe she needs to cool down a little? I think I saw a folding fan a second ago." She walked over to a pile, dug around for a bit, and pulled out the item in question. She opened it effortlessly.

Electra squeaked and fell forward onto her face. Everyone stared in pure shock.

Soot blinked in surprise, "I think we just broke her."

Brock looked at Raichu, "Is that normal too?"

Raichu just continued staring at his fallen sister, "Um … This is first time I've seen that happen."

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**Barely even a Time Skip**

"Wait. What are you planning to do with that?"

"This."

*Woosh*

"… woah. My sibling actually collected some cool stuff."

"Can you flip her over, please?"

Electra felt a breeze blowing directly into her face and started to stir. She slowly opened her eyes-

*Woosh*

Electra jerked, her eyes widened in shock, and she quickly sat up, "Wah!"

"Oh, sorry." Brock said before closing the fan.

Ash walked up to her and held out a paw, "Are you ok-"

"Insane!" Electra blurted out as she jumped to her feet with a bright smile, "All of the stuff I had, you knew exactly what it was and how it all worked! You even gave them all names and used them in ways I've never seen before! I didn't even know most of that stuff could open or had anything in them!" She got in their faces, "You've gotta show me more!"

Brock and Misty frowned and shared a look, "Um…"

Ash noticed and looked back at Electra with a kind smile, "Alright. But, do you mind if it's just you and me?"

Everyone else looked at him in surprise, "Huh?"

Raichu gave Ash a wary look, "Why just you?"

Ash gave a cocky smirk, "Well, not to brag, but I think I'm probably the smartest one here. The others may know more about human stuff than your average Pokémon, but I think their time would be better spent just hanging around the tribe or something." He glanced back at his friends with a soft smile.

Brock and Misty caught on and smiled softly, 'Thanks Ash.'

Soot rolled her eyes with a smirk.

Electra's eye lit up, "Really?!"

Soot smirked, "Big time. Compared to dad, the rest of us may as well be three-year-olds."

Misty shot her a glare.

Electra cocked her head, "That actually sounds pretty-"

"With dad having the intelligence of a ten-year-old."

Electra and Raichu jerked and looked at Ash in shock. The hat-wearing pikachu just shrugged with a cocky smirk.

Electra started trembling with a massively bright smile, "Insaaaane."

"Sibling" Raichu said with a worried expression, "let's not be hasty here. You did just meet him after all."

Electra glared at Raichu, "Sister!" She deadpanned, "And seriously, brother? You're the one who brought them all here."

Raichu frowned, "Well, sure but…"

"Brother," Electra said, "you know that the rest of the tribe doesn't get me. But Ash, Brock, Misty, and Soot" *inner squealing* "do. This is what I want. I'm sure of it."

"Still…" Raichu said with a worried frown.

Ash walked up and held out a paw.

Raichu looked at Ash in confusion, "What are you doing? I think we're a little past greetings."

Ash gave a light chuckle, "A handshake can be used for a little more than just a greeting." He smiled softly, "Right now, I'm using it to make a promise. One to keep Electra safe no matter what. You have my word on that."

Electra's ears twitched, 'More than one meaning…'

Raichu blinked in mild surprise before looking at the paw. He took a deep breath before grabbing it, "Okay. But, you'd better not break this promise. She's my only sibling."

Ash nodded with a soft smile, "I understand. I know how important family is."

Raichu smiled softly before letting go of Ash's paw. He walked over to Electra and crouched down in front of her, "Sibling, I want you to promise you'll come and get me if something goes wrong."

Electra glared at him, "Stop calling me si-"

"Electra." Raichu interrupted with stern tone; making Electra's eyes widen slightly. He put a paw on her shoulder "Please. Promise me."

Electra slowly nodded, "Y- yeah. I promise."

Raichu smiled softly and pulled her into a hug, "Thank you."

Electra slowly moved to hug him back. She glanced at him, 'He called me Electra…' She smiled softly and nuzzled her cheek up against his.

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**Time Skip**

Everyone had split up and left the area to do whatever they had in mind. Misty went off to meet up with Pikachu and Clefairy, Raichu offered to escort Brock and Soot around the tribe for a tour -which they happily accepted-, and Ash stayed back at the tent with Electra. He also asked Soot to leave behind the 'stuff he's collected overtime.' A.K.A. his backpack.

The female pikachu was currently digging through the bag and asking about everything he had. She mostly loved how shiny and new it all looked compared to all of her stuff.

"What about these?" Electra asked while holding up a pair of pink gloves.

Ash smiled, "Rubber gloves. They let beings touch electrically powered stuff without getting shocked. Those ones are also heat resistant."

Electra smile brightly, "Coooool." She put them down and started rummaging through the bag again. She reemerged with a large gray container with a screw-on top, "And this?"

Ash smiled, walked closer, and held out a paw, "Let me show you."

Electra handed him the can. Ash twisted the top off and held the can out to Electra, "Try some."

Electra looked into the can and blinked in surprise, "What is it?"

"Pokémon food. A kind that humans make." Ash said before taking a piece and flicking it into his mouth, "I''s pretty good."

Electra stared at him curiously before taking a piece and popping it into her mouth. Electra's eyes widened in awe and she squealed, "CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

Ash snickered, "Yeah. Brock had the same reaction the first time." 'Though, his recipe is way better.'

"It's so good." Electra muttered dreamily, "I knew humans could make all kinds of insane stuff, but I never could've imagined this. I almost wish I knew how they make it."

Ash smiled, "Oh, that should be pretty easy."

Electra looked at Ash in confusion as he brought up the container and turned it before stopping on a label.

Ash frowned, "Well, there aren't any instructions," He perked up, "But this brand includes Bluk, Magost, a small amount of Oran, Spelon, some Tamato for a kick, and …" He stopped, blinked in surprise, and squinted, "wait, Enigma? How have I never noticed that?"

Electra stared at Ash in shock, "Wha-" She ran closer and looked at the label. She looked at him in awe, "You can read human writing?"

Ash chuckled nervously, "My siblings and I spent a lot of time around humans."

Electra just continued staring, "How long are you staying?"

Ash smiled sadly, "We haven't decided exactly. But we're not planning to stay for more than four days."

Electra frowned and her ears drooped, "Oh."

Ash walked closer and put a paw on her shoulder, "Hey. That's still long enough to show you all kinds of new stuff." He smirked, "And fix your tent."

Electra looked at him in confusion, "Huh?" She perked up and her eyes widened, "Oh right! You said something about using my … umbral?"

Ash chuckled, "Umbrella." He looked around the tent, "The cloth part of it is made of a similar enough material that we can use it to patch these holes. But, we still need a way to apply it."

Electra put a paw to her chin, "Misty mentioned something called glue, right? Like, sticky stuff?"

Ash smiled, "Exactly right Electra. There are also different kinds of glue to fix different things." He frowned, "The problem is that regular glue doesn't work too well on Nylon. And, given our limited resources, we can't make a-" Ash perked up and blinked, "heat gun." He put a hand to his chin, "Hmm."

Electra blinked in surprise, "What is it?"

"I wonder-" Ash mumbled before looking up at the other pikachu, "Electra, do you have an electrical cord? It would probably be a black or white tube-like thing and really bendy. If its broken, there would be some tiny, brown, and shiny threads inside it."

Electra perked up in realization, "OH!" She ran over to a pile and jumped into it. The Mouse Pokémon could be heard burrowing around in the pile.

Ash blinked in surprise, 'I hope she doesn't have anything sharp.'

"Found it!" Electra called out as she popped out of the opposite end of the pile. She held up a thick, torn black cable with the AC plug still attached; likely from a surge protector.

Ash smirked, "Perfect." He ran over to his own bag and pulled out a wooden pencil and Calm Mind's tool kit, "With this, we have everything we need to make a soldering iron."

Ohirume: That is actually legit. I found the tutorial on YouTube.

But, if you want to repeat this, PLEASE look up a video for yourself.

For your own safety, do not follow MY instructions.

Electra blinked in confusion, "Soldering iron?"

Ash looked at her with a sly smirk, "It's a tool used to precisely heat up and melt certain metals. With the right electrical charge, we can use it to bond cut up sections of the umbrella right on to the tent."

Electra stared at Ash in awe, "You can use electricity to create heat?!"

Ash nodded, "Yup. There are tons of metals that really good at conducting electricity and even create heat when electricity runs through them." He pointed at the cord in her paw, "And those shiny strings I mentioned are fall under that category. It's called copper wire. Humans use it in all kinds of electronics so it's pretty easy to find."

Electra looked at the cord in shock, 'So insane. Humans.' She smiled brightly, 'They really are amazing.' She shook it off and looked at Ash with an excited smile, "Alright! What do we need to do?!"

Ash smiled, "We'll split up the work to make it go faster." He opened the tool case, pulled out a pair of needle nose plyers and wire cutters. He held out a paw, "Can you pass me the cord?"

Electra complied and Ash quickly cut off the AC plug end of the cord. Electra flinched slightly at the action.

Ash put the wire cutters away before handing the plyers and cord to Electra, "Here. Start by using these plyers to pull the copper wire out of the electrical cord. The wire's sharp, so don't use your paws to pull it out."

Electra took them and raised a brow, "Is that it?"

Ash nodded, "For now. What we're doing will take a handful of steps to finish and all of them are crucial for us to reach our goal." He reached into the tool case again and pulled out a scalpel. He walked over to and picked up the umbrella, "I'll start cutting up the umbrella. Come and get me when you finish so I can show you what to do next." With that, Ash left the tent.

Electra watched curiously as he left and mumbled, "All of them are crucial…" She looked down at the cord and needle nose plyers before smirking, "Alright. Let's get to work." She held up and looked at the plyers with a raised brow, "Now, how do I use these?"

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*Half an hour later

Electra walked out of the tent with paw on her forehead, 'Dear Arc, that took forever to figure out.' She looked ahead, "Hey Ash, I'm do-" She stopped, and her jaw dropped in shock.

The remains of the umbrella laid on the ground next to a circular heap of its fabric. The remaining umbrella was nothing but a wildly branching collection of metal sticks connecting to the base. A handful of broken off metal sticks were tied up in a bundle using a thin strip of the nylon and sitting next to the umbrella itself. The pencil also sat next to bundle and had most of the wooden part cut off; leaving behind a thin, gray rock-looking substance.

Ash was nowhere to be seen.

Electra stared in pure shock, "He- he already finished?"

Ash pushed his way through the bush with a pair of Sitrus berries in his paws. He noticed Electra and smiled, "Oh, hey. Looks like you finished."

"Y- yeah." Electra said; still staring at the stripped umbrella in shock, "You too."

Ash shrugged, "Yeah. It was just matter of cutting in the right places." He walked closer, bit into one of the berries, and handed the other to Electra, "Here you go."

Electra accepted, "Th- thanks." She immediately bit into it and looked over the umbrella while still chewing, "What did you do to your pencil?"

Ash swallowed, "That was one of the next steps. I used the scalpel to shave the tip down to just the lead. You have to be really careful not to cut yourself while doing that."

Electra looked down sadly, "So, you finished two hard steps and even went to get snacks, while I only finished one easy step."

Ash chuckled softly, "Actually, you should be proud of yourself."

Electra perked up and looked at him in surprise, "What?"

Ash smiled softly, "Well, yeah. I gave you a tool you knew nothing about and a task you've never done before. The fact that you finished as soon as you did is really impressive for a Pokémon. Especially one who lives in a place that's so isolated from humans. I bet anyone else in the tribe would still be trying to figure out how to open them."

Electra stared at Ash in awe, "I-" She shifted to a soft smile, "Thanks." She took another bite of the Sitrus berry, "So, wha's da nex' step?"

Ash smiled, "Assembling. We already have everything we need, so I'll be able to put together the iron."

Electra swallowed and looked at him in surprise, "Wait, seriously? Already?"

Ash rubbed the back of head sheepishly, "Yeah. I may have oversold the complexity of this project." He straightened up and smiled, "I'll take care of the iron in the tent. You can take care of cutting up the nylon out here. You need to-"

"Wait." Electra interrupted with a raised paw, "I figured out the plyers on my own. So, I wanna try to figure out the nylon too." She smirked, "I bet I'll figure it out in no time at all."

Ash chuckled, "Alright, deal. Still," Held up three fingers, "at least let me give you some guidelines to follow. Some, for your own safety."

Electra glanced at the pile of fabric and sweat dropped, "Okay, fair enough."

Ash stood back up, walked over to pick up the scalpel, and held it up, "First. This is the tool you'll be using. It's called a scalpel and is designed for really accurate cutting." He raised his other paw and pointed a digit at the blade, "Never touch this end of it. It's way sharper than the copper wire and can cut into your body like it's nothing. The curved portion is what you use to cut stuff."

Electra gulped, "G- got it."

Ash placed the scalpel down before picking up the metal rod bundle and pulling one out. He crouched down and drew a square in the ground with the stick, "Second. This is about how big the sections you cut off should be. They can be a little bigger than this, but make sure they aren't smaller." He drew another square around the first; about 1.5 times the size, "We don't have unlimited materials, so try not to make them any bigger than this. And they don't need to be perfect squares."

Electra nodded, "Okay."

Ash smiled before continuing, "Third." He moved a little further away from the first drawing and drew two additional squares; one had curved portions cut into the edges. He drew a few circles inside the regular square, "The holes that are already in the umbrella cloth;" He crossed the square out, "make sure that none of them are inside any of the portions you cut out." He drew a circle around the hole-edged one, "You can through the current holes for weird looking edges or corners. That won't hurt anything."

Electra stared in confusion before perking up, "OH! Because we're using these to cover up the holes in my tent! If we use pieces with holes in them, then we won't have fixed anything!"

Ash grinned, "Exactly. You're a fast learner Electra."

Electra smiled brightly, 'I-' She smirked with a clenched fist, "Alright. I'll get to work and be done in no time."

Ash smiled, "Good to hear." He shifted to a serious expression; making Electra look at him surprise, "But don't rush yourself. Take your time and be as careful as you can. I promised your brother that nothing would happen to you."

Electra smiled softly and nodded, "Got it. I'll take my time."

Ash smiled softly, "Thanks." He grabbed the pencil and walked back into the tent; bundle still in his paw.

Electra took a deep breath before walking over to the scalpel and picking it up, "Alright scalpel." She smirked, "Let's see what you can do."

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*Meanwhile; Misty, Pikachu, and Clefairy

"CCHHAAAAA!" Misty squealed happily.

Pikachu sweat dropped with a sly smirk as he sat next to her, "That kind of losses its impact after you do it eight times."

"I just can't help it!" Misty cried out happily, "I've never had everything so sweet in my life. It's like the world's best candy." She bit into the berry again, "CHAAA!"

Clefairy giggled, "Maybe. But it's not better than cotton candy."

Misty laughed, "Yeah. Right. Compared to this, cotton candy might as well be dirt."

Pikachu flinched and gulped. Clefairy jerked and she straightened up; eyes shaded.

Misty's eyes widened in surprise, "Huh?"

Pikachu sighed and mumbled, "Here we go."

Misty looked at him, "What?"

Clefairy glared at Misty, "Care to repeat that?"

Misty flinched and looked at Clefairy frightenedly, "U- um-"

Clefairy stood up, "I said," Her glare deepened, "care to repeat that."

Misty started trembling with a nervous smile, "I- I mean, come on. I like cotton candy as much as the next guy, but-"

"Pikachu," Clefairy said, "hold her."

"HUH?!" Misty blurted out.

Before she could do anything, Pikachu appeared behind her in a white flash of Quick Attack and held her paws behind her back.

Misty looked back at him in shock, "PIKACHU!"

Pikachu frowned, "Sorry. But you brought this on yourself by insulting Clefairy's favorite food. And I know better than to cross her."

Misty paled and looked at Clefairy frightenedly, "W- what are you gonna do to me?"

Clefairy smirked wickedly.

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*Brock, Soot, and Raichu

The Raichu continued giving Brock and Soot a tour of the tribe.

So far, they had already stopped by the training area and met the major elder. Brock ended up asking him as much about the tribe as he could think … and didn't get a single freaking answer. Turns out this tribe isn't too interested in history.

Their current stop was the tribe's 'hatchling care area.' Which was apparently in the dead center of the tribe grounds.

Raichu and the tribe's hatching caretaker -a female raichu- stood off to the side as Soot laid on the ground and acted as an entire jungle gym to the horde of baby mice. They were swinging on her tail, waving their paws around through her intangible claws, and climbing up her detached foreleg that was currently had its claws shoved into the ground. Also, she found the pichu she made friends with earlier. The little girl refused to leave her head.

Brock sat next to her and was pretty much just petting whichever pichu came over to him. He became popular fast.

"I-" The caretaker stuttered, "I never could have imagined meeting a mightyena like this."

Raichu chuckled, "Trust me. I thought the same thing at first. But she really has proven herself."

"P-Please! Stop!"

Everyone flinched at the sudden shouting and looked towards the source. They found Pikachu holding Misty back while Clefairy tickled her mercilessly.

"Clefairy! Please!" Misty cried out while laughing against her will, "I- I'm begging you!"

"What the Yvel?" Raichu said while starring in shock.

Soot smiled slyly, "Heh. Misty must've insulted cotton candy."

Brock looked at Soot in surprise before looking back at the trio and gulping, "Remind me to never cross Clefairy."

The pichu on Soot's head looked down at her, "What's a cottun canny?"

.

*Inside Electra's tent; three hours later

"I did it … I did it!" Electra called out as she burst through the tent flap; holding up a piece of the umbrella, "Ash! I did it!"

Ash jerked awake and sat up, "Huh?!"

Electra blinked in surprise before deadpanning, "You fell asleep after finishing, didn't you?"

Ash rubbed the back of his and chuckled nervously, "Guilty as charged."

The female pikachu pouted, 'Show off.' She shook it off before smiling, "So, where's the soldering iron?"

Ash smiled and held up the makeshift heating device, "Right here."

The pencil had long strands of copper wire wrapped around the lead and stretching down the side of it, back through the original power cord cable, and out the end of said cable. The cable itself was tied to the pencil with yarn from a sweater that only had one sleeve. Well, zero now. The wire coming out the end of the cable was tied to one of the metal rods from the umbrella.

Electra stared at the iron in awe, "Woooaaah." She smiled brightly, "Insane! How does it work?!"

Ash chuckled and stood up, "It'll be safer to show you outside."

.

*Outside the tent

"Now, tell me how it works!" Electra said excitedly.

"It's actually really simple." Ash said with a smile as he held up the iron, "Just give it some electricity."

Ash bit down on the metal rod at the end and held the iron against a leaf that was being held by the plyers in his other paw. His eyes narrowed as his cheeks started sparking.

Electra's eyes widened in awe as the leaf started smoking. A few seconds later, Ash cut off the sparks and spat out the rod.

Electra smiled brightly and started trembling with excitement, "So, awesome." She stopped and perked upon realizing something. She cocked her head with a frown, "Wait. What the tip or that silver part gets too hot? Wouldn't it catch fire and mess something up?"

Ash chuckled softly, "Actually, no. That's why we used a pencil as our base." He held up the iron and pointed at the tip of the pencil, "This gray rock-looking thing is commonly known as pencil lead. But really, it's mixture of clay and graphite. Two types of rocks that are a lot harder to heat up than copper. It would probably require a Blast Burn to really do some damaged to it." He then pointed at the rod from the umbrella as it dangled from the pencil, "And this is stainless steel. It conducts electricity pretty well and doesn't heat up nearly as much as copper." He smiled softly, "It's like I said, every step is essential."

Electra smiled brightly, "Insaaaane. So, all that's left is to bond the umbrella patches, right?"

Ash smiled, "pretty much."

Electra started trembling with excitement, "Well, what are we waiting for?! Let's do th-" She cut herself off with a yawn.

Ash chuckled and walked over to her, "How about we stop for the night? We could use some rest." He looked up into the sky. It was a shade of bright orange, "Besides, it's getting late."

Electra flinched, "N- NO! I'm not that tired! We can still-"

"Electra, it's okay." Ash said with a soft smile, "We don't have to finish everything today. We've made a lot of progress and have earned a break. If you want, we can get back to work early in the morning."

Electra's ears drooped, "But-"

Ash put a paw on her shoulder, "Maybe this'll help change your mind. Humans have a saying: Vale wasn't built in a day. That means that we take our time to make sure we do things right. Even if it means working for multiple days. If either of us are too tired and try to force ourselves to work through it, we'll mess something up."

Electra looked at Ash in awe before nodding with a smile, "Alright."

Ash patted her shoulder, "Good." He tossed the soldering iron back into the tent before turning towards the bush and motioning for her to follow, "Come on. If I know Soot, she already found a spot to set up camp. Brock, Misty, and our other friends should be there too."

Electra looked at him in surprise, "Wait, what?"

Ash looked back at her in confusion, "Huh?" He perked up, "Oh, crag! That's right!" He lit up with Agility and shot into the tent. He reemerged a moment later with his backpack dragging behind him.

Ash sighed in relief before smiling at Electra, "Thanks. I did not wanna forget this." He started walking towards the bush again and looked back at her, "Are you coming?"

Electra frowned, "No, I meant- I can come too?"

Ash raised a brow, "Well. If you want? Sure. There isn't really a reason you can't." He pushed through the bush.

Electra smiled softly before chasing after him. The pair made their way through the tribe grounds.

"Great. Her again."

Ash's ear twitched and glanced towards a pair of pikachu.

"Stay back, hatchling."

"Human loving freak."

"Why doesn't she just do everyone a favor and get caught already?"

Ash's eye twitched.

"Who the Yvel's that weird looking male with her?"

"Bet he's another one. Who else would hang around her?"

"Ugh. Seriously?"

"One was more than enough."

Electra's ear twitched and she looked down sorrowfully, "You know you don't have to walk so close to me, right?"

"Why?" Ash asked as he continued looking ahead, "Because of some jerks? Thanks. But I'm fine where I am."

Electra smiled sadly, "Thanks."

Ash glanced at her worriedly, "What do they have against you, anyway?"

Electra sighed, "Everything. My name, my interest in human, my tent. No one here gets me."

Ash frowned, "What about your brother?"

"He thinks it's just something I'll grow out of." Electra mumbled before smiling sadly, "I'm just grateful he doesn't call me a freak like everyone else."

Ash smiled softly and put a paw on her back, "Well you won't have to worry about that with any of us."

"Ya got that right."

Electra perked up and looked ahead. Brock, Misty, and Soot with a female pichu on her head sat around a large pile of sticks and were looking over at her with a smile. Another pikachu and a clefairy were with them; also smiling.

The 1st evo Mouse and Fairy Pokémon walked over to her.

Pikachu smiled, "You must be Electra. Brock and Misty told us about you." He held out a paw, "It's nice to meet you. Just call me Pikachu."

Clefairy smiled and raised a paw, "And I'm Clefairy."

Electra smiled and shook his paw, "It's nice to meet you two." She looked at the rest of the group with a raised brow, "What are you doing with all those sticks?"

Soot smiled, "Setting up a campfire."

Brock smirked and held up a pair of sticks with various pieces of berries on them, "And making berry kabobs."

Electra blinked in surprise, "Campfire?" She perked up in realization, "OH!" She looked at Ash with a bright smile, "We can use some of the copper wire for that, right?!"

Misty blinked in surprise, 'Copper wire?'

Ash smiled, "Well, yes." He held out a paw to point at the sticks, "But, I think this'll work just as well." Ash fired a condensed Thunderbolt from the digit on his paw and struck the wood.

Electra and Pichu stared in awe as the wood started smoking and, soon enough, caught fire.

Pikachu raised a fist in triumph, "Woo! Kabob time!"

He and Clefairy ran over.

Brock hand each of them one of the kabobs, "Here you go."

They happily accepted, "Thanks Brock." The pair ran over to the fire and held out the sticks over the campfire. Brock and Misty joined in soon after.

"But-" Electra stuttered while staring at the blaze in shock, "But I thought you needed metal for electricity to make heat."

Soot snickered, "Not exactly. You can use copper wire for precision heating, but we don't need to be that accurate when making something like a campfire." She perked up, blinked in surprise, and raised a brow, "Wait. How did you know that?"

Ash looked at Soot with a smile, "We made a soldering iron."

Misty and Brock flinched and looked over in shock, "What?"

Pichu tilted her head, "Soding arn?"

Soot looked up at her with a smile, "Sod-er-ing eye-ern. It's a little stick that can get really really hot at the tip when you shock it right. You can use it to melt certain stuff together."

Electra smiled brightly, "It was insane! I used plyers to get the copper wire out of a power cord, Ash shaved down his pencil to put the thing together, and we used a scalpel to cut up the umbrella into patches!"

Soot glanced around thoughtfully and mumbled, "Power cord, pencil …" She shrugged and nodded, "Yeah. That actually sounds like it would work. Did you already-"

"We tested it on a leaf." Ash jumped in with a smile.

Pikachu blinked in surprise, "Huh. Neat." He went back to focusing on his kabob.

Brock looked over at Ash, "So, why did guys make a soldering iron, away?"

Electra looked at him excitedly, "To patch up my tent! We're gonna get it done in the morning!"

Misty smiled, "Awesome." She picked up a kabob stick, walked over, and held out the stick to Electra, "Now, come on. We can't keep this fire going all night."

Electra smiled brightly and took it, "Thanks!"

.

**Short Time Skip**

The large group sat around the campfire and enjoyed in the warmth. Soot was curled up next to it with a content smile as well Pichu sleeping up on her back and Clefairy laying against her side; also asleep.

Ash, Brock, Misty, Electra, Pikachu, and Raichu -who joined them earlier- just talked amongst themselves. The current topic: what Clefairy and Pikachu did to Misty earlier.

Everyone -except Soot- laughed at the Cerulean pikachu. Soot just snickered softly.

Misty glared at them, "It- It's not that funny!"

Pikachu laughed, "Sorry, Misty. But you brought it on yourself."

Misty glared at him, "How the Yvel was I supposed to know to keep quiet about cotton candy?!"

Ash snickered, "That wasn't the issue. Clefairy did that because you insulted it."

Pikachu grinned, "If you just said you preferred the berries, she wouldn't have had a problem with it."

Misty looked at him; deadpanned, "And you couldn't have just said that earlier?"

Pikachu shrugged with a smirk, "I didn't know that would happen."

Misty pouted and crossed her arms, "Can we please just change the subject, now?"

Brock chuckled before looking at the other female pikachu among them, "So Electra," she looked back at him, "If you don't mind me asking, why do like humans so much?"

Misty perked up, 'Thank you Brock.' She looked at her too, "Yeah. I was kind of wondering that myself."

Electra smiled, "It happened back when I was a pichu. Brother was supposed to collect some special berries from deeper in the woods and he let me tag along. Along the way, we found one of those batteries I had back in the tent." She chuckled, "Neither of us any idea what the Yvel it was. Brother told me leave it alone."

Pikachu smiled, "I'm gonna guess that you didn't?"

Electra chuckled, "I did at first. But after he fell asleep, my curiosity got the best of me and I snuck away to find it."

Raichu sighed, "Not my proudest moment."

"I found it pretty easily and started messing around with it. When I tried chewing on it, it shocked me." Electra smiled brightly, "Literally. There was Electricity inside it. And that got me thinking. If humans could store electricity in little thing like that without using any moves, what else could they do?" She smiled dreamily, "I've heard stories from the caterpie. Creating fire with nothing but colorful sticks. Small, light-up boxes that talk to you. The crazy things they can see things and insane ideas they can have. And the way they can all look so unique without being seen as weird by the others of their kind. It's almost like the species doesn't have a base appearance."

Ash chuckled softly, "That's because it doesn't. Usually, two humans that look almost exactly like each other are twins. A pair of siblings that were born at the same time." He stopped and reconsidered, "Well, more like born within an hour of each other." He looked back at Electra with a smile, "And it's considered really rare when two humans look alike and aren't related. They're referred to as a doppelganger."

Electra looked at Ash in awe before smiling and looking into the distance, "Insane … humans really are amazing."

Raichu blinked in surprise before smiling softly, "I guess they really are."

Misty raised a brow, "Something else I was wondering. Why haven't you tried to join a trainer if you like them so much?"

Electra sighed, "Battles. I get that it's supposed to come naturally for Pokémon and it's something you have to do a lot when you have a trainer, but- I don't know." She crossed her arms, "I've never really been interested in training and stuff like that. It just seems boring. If I could meet a trainer who's okay with that- one who wouldn't force me to battle and just let me be-" She stopped and sighed, "Never mind. I'd have to be blessed Arceus themself to get that lucky."

Raichu frowned and patted her on the back. Ash, Misty, Brock, and Pikachu frowned and shared a look. Soot glanced over at her sorrowfully.

Electra noticed and her ears drooped, "Sorry. I didn't mean to kill the mood."

Ash perked up and smiled sadly, "It's okay. I guess you are kind of right, in a way. There aren't a lot of trainers like that."

"Still," Brock said with a kind smile, "I'm sure you'll meet human like that someday."

Electra chuckled, "Thanks." She looked at the fire with a soft smile, "I hope your right."

.

*Later that night

Everyone had long since fallen asleep and were curled up next to or on Soot. Raichu had already taken the sleeping Pichu back to her meema and the fire had put out hours ago.

"AAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Everyone shot awake.

"What's going on?!" Brock called out alarm.

Pikachu stood up and ran towards the tribe grounds, "Come on!"

Everyone else followed.

They came up to the grounds and their eyes all widened in shock. Every last one of the tribe's pichu, pikachu, and raichu were currently trapped under a giant net.

"What the Yvel?!" Misty cried out.

Clefairy stared in shock, "Who on earth would do this?"

Electra stared in pure horror at seeing everyone like this. Her eyes widened upon seeing Raichu struggling, "BROTHER!" She broke into a sprint towards the net.

Ash flinched and got in her way with Agility, "Electra wait!"

Electra glared at him, "What are you doing?! We need to save them!"

Ash nodded with a determined glare, "Yeah! Agreed! But we can't rush in blindly or we might get caught t-"

He was cut off by a set of laughter ringing out from across the clearing.

Ash's eyes widened upon recognizing the voices. He groaned, "Should've guessed."

Clefairy deadpanned, "Never mind."

"Son of a glitch." Soot groaned.

Pikachu pinched the bridge of his nose, "They can't just freaking leave us alone, can they?"

Misty deadpanned, "Apparently not."

Electra looked around the group in confusion, "What?"

Everyone flinched and shied away when a collection of spotlights lit up the clearing

"Prepare for trouble!"

"And make it double!"

"To protect the world from devastation!"

"To unite all peoples within our nation!"

"To denounce the evils of truth and love!"

"To extend our reach to the stars above!"

"Jessie!" The red-head said as she appeared from behind a tree.

"James!" The blue-haired man followed in the same fashion.

"Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of light!"

"Surrender now, or prepare to fight!"

"Meowth! Dat's- where are da twoips?" The Scratch Cat said as jumped down from the tree.

"Huh?" Jessie and James said before jumping down as well. The tRio looked around in confusion.

Brock stared at them in surprise, "They're expecting us?"

Electra looked at him in shock, "You know them?!"

Soot frowned, "They're called Team Rocket. They're a group of criminals who kidnap Pokémon illegally."

Ash's eyes narrowed, "They've been after us for a long time because of our weird appearances. They think we're valuable."

Misty looked at Ash in mild awe, 'Seriously. How does it make it look so easy?'

Electra looked at Ash worriedly, "But then, why are they attacking the tribe?!"

Soot sighed, "They'll go after anything if they think it'll make their boss happy." She glared at the tRio, "We need to act fast. If they get their balloon, then we'll lose everyone." She glanced at her hindlegs 'Or be forced to get help from the others.'

"Thunderbolt!"

Everyone looked over to see Raichu unleash his attack on the net. But nothing happened.

Raichu's eyes widened in shock, "What?!" 'It didn't even burn a little?!'

Meowth laughed, "No luck rodent!"

James smirked, "Your little sparks are no match for our new Pikachu-insulated seizure net. Save yourself some trouble and just give up."

Jessie smiled, "It's made from environmentally-safe material that absorbs electricity."

Soot sweat dropped, "Okay, I get the insulated thing, but why would they spring for biodegradable?"

Clefairy gulped, "What are we supposed to do? We need to get them out somehow."

Ash put a paw to his chin with a worried expression, 'It's an electric proof net, so we can't shock it. All of us are stuck in pikachu form and we can't let Team Rocket find out about the Change Lenses. If we bring out any of our teams, we'd be exposed on the spot.' He gritted hi teeth, 'NO! No. The tribe's safety is more important than-'

"I have an idea."

Ash jumped and looked at Electra in shock. The others perked up and looked at her in surprise.

Electra flinched and gulped, "Th- the soldering iron back in my tent. If one of us can get close, we can use it to burn and cut parts of the rope. Right?"

Ash's eyes widened, "Electra…" He smiled brightly, "You're a genius!"

Electra's eyes widened and her mouth opened in shock.

Ash looked back at the others with a smirk, "Alright guys! Here's the plan!"

.

*Team Rocket

James looked around in confusion, "I guess they really aren't coming."

Jessie smiled with a clenched fist, "They must've finally realized we're not to be messed with!"

"PFFT HAHAHAHA!"

The tRio flinched and looked over to see Pikachu, Clefairy, and a laughing Soot a few feet in front of them.

"O- oh man!" Soot called out as she calmed down from the laughter, "I haven't heard joke that good in a LONG time."

James deadpanned, "Spoke too soon."

Clefairy glared at the Rockets, "Let go of them, right now!"

Meowth stuck his tongue out, "Not gonna happen!"

James perked up upon realizing something, "Wait a second. Where's the Phantom?"

"Chu pi!/Right here!" Ash's voice rang out from the shadows.

Meowth flinched and looked over right as a white beam struck him in the chest.

"Gah!" Meowth tumbled back across the ground.

Jessie and James looked back at him in alarm, "Meowth!" They glared ahead and pulled out their pokéballs before throwing them, "Arbok!" "Weezing!"

The Cobra and Poison Gas Pokémon appeared in a flash.

Meowth sat up and held his head, "Arbok! Weezing! Da phantom's in the shadows as a pikachu! He's got a Water-typed, White Beam style Hidden Powa!"

"You sure about that?!" Pikachu shouted with a sly smirk.

Another Hidden Powers shot out into the clearing. This time, it was red beam style.

Weezing cried out as they were struck.

"Weezing!" James cried out.

Jessie stared in shock, "What just happened?!"

Meowth stared in pure shock, "R-red beam style? He changed it?"

Jessie gritted her teeth, "So, what?! It just looks different, right?! That doesn't change anything."

"N- no." Weezing mumbled as he started levitating again, "Something wrong. That Rock Attack."

Meowth looked back at Weezing in absolute shock, "Wh- what?"

James looked at Meowth worriedly, "Meowth what is it?"

"Wait!" Clefairy called out cheerfully, "We have one more!"

Meowth looked at her in shock. His eyes widened when a swarm of blue spheres shot past him and nailed Arbok.

"Chabok!" The Poison-type cried out as he tumbled back.

Meowth looked at him in horror, "b- blue sphere?" He flinched and looked at the Cobra Pokémon, "Arbok, what was the type?!"

"D- Dark." Arbok muttered as he slowly got back up.

Meowth's jaw hung upon in shock.

Soot sweat dropped, 'Dad's Dark, Misty's Water, and Brock's Rock. Of, freaking, course.' She shook it off and grinned, "Alright guys, we have our distraction! Let's trash 'em!"

Pikachu and Clefairy smirked and the trio charged the tRio.

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*Electra

The Mouse Pokémon watched the battle from behind a tree and gulped, 'Woah. They're good.' She held up and looked at the soldering iron in her paw. She took a deep breath, moved the pencil to her mouth, and crouched down into a running stance.

Ash's words came to mind, 'This is going to take patience like before, Electra. Don't rush it. Keep your eyes on the two humans, Meowth, and the arbok and weezing they'll bring out. Wait until they're definitely distracted. And then-'

Electra's eyes narrowed, 'NOW!'

'run at the net as fast as you can.'

Electra pushed off and shot towards the net.

A barrage Ash's Hidden Powers shot out of the trees and hit the ground in front of the tRio; kicking up a massive cloud of dust. Pikachu, Clefairy, and Soot broke through the cloud with Quick Attack, Dazzling Gleam, and Sucker Punch.

'We'll cover you from the shadows. Don't stop for anything.'

Electra glanced at the battling Pokémon in awe, 'Insane.'

She made it to the net and jumped behind it; spitting the soldering iron into her paw in the process.

Raichu immediately noticed and called out, "Sib-"

"Quiet!" Electra blurted in a harsh whisper, "If they know I'm here, then we're done for!"

Raichu stared at her in surprise and nodded.

A pichu looked at her with tears in his eyes, "Y- your gonna save us?"

Electra nodded with a soft smile, "Yeah." She held up the soldering iron, "With this."

One of the pikachu glared at her, "This isn't the time for-"

"Quiet." Raichu interrupted them with a glare before looking back at his sibling, "Electra. What can we do to help?"

Electra looked at him in surprise before smirking, "Don't touch my tool." She moved the steel end to her mouth and bit down on it, "Ya might get burned."

One of the other pikachu blinked in surprise, "Burned?"

Electra grabbed at the net and pulled back at the rope. Her cheeks started sparking, she held the iron under the netting, and she pulled the tool up against it.

Raichu's eyes widened in awe as the rope started releasing smoke. As did most of the other pikachu.

Electra glared intently, "Come on. Come on." Her eyes narrowed and her cheeks started sparking more intensely.

The copper glowed bright red right as the rope snapped. The edges were still smoking.

"Was that a Fire-type move?"

"I- I thought our kind couldn't learn those."

"What the Yvel is that thing?"

The steel stick fell out of Electra's mouth as she started panted, 'Crag. I'm not strong enough. I need more electricity.' She flinched when she felt something hook onto her tail. She looked over to see a raichu tail latched onto hers and followed to her brother.

Raichu smiled, "That things takes Electricity, doesn't it? I may not understand why it works like that, but I'll give you as much as you need." He gave a toothy grin and his cheeks started sparking, "Go for it, sister."

Electra's eyes shot open in shock, "B- brother…" She took a deep breath and tightened her grip on the iron, "Alright." She smirked as her cheeks sparked, "Let's get to work."

.

*Team Rocket

Deciding to cut their losses, Jessie, James, and Meowth retreated back to their balloon.

James held out a pokéball, "Weezing, return!"

Jessie followed suit, "You too, Arbok!"

The beat-up Poison-types disappeared in the red beam.

"Let's get out a here!" Meowth shouted.

"Roger!" James shouted as he pulled the cord to the flame. The balloon lifted off the ground and soared high above the air.

Jessie glared at the trio of Pokémon with a cocky smirk, "Nice try! But, it looks like we're still getting away! We win!"

Soot smirked with a raised brow, "Really?! That's a pretty weird looking win!"

Jessie blinked in surprise, "Huh?"

Meowth looked over the ledge with a worried expression, "Uhh guys?"

His Teammates followed his gaze and appropriately grimaced. All of the Electric-types had escaped from the net and were glaring at them angrily.

The tRio slumped forward, "Not again."

"Everyone!" Ash called out.

"FIRE!" The Omnitrix and Change Lens users shouted.

Meowth perked up in surprise, "What da-"

A gargantuan surge of electricity burst from the clearing and shot towards the balloon and caused the entire thing to explode violently.

.

*Blast-off scene

"Argh!" Jessie screeched; as she noticed the frizzy puff-ball her hair had become, "Look what those little freaks did to my hair!"

James had his arms and legs crossed; hair also frizzed, "We got hit with a lot of electricity."

Meowth remained silent and looked around the ground.

James noticed, "Everything alright, Meowth?"

Meowth frowned, "I can't see da otha twoips anywhere."

Jessie looked at him in confusion, "What?"

Meowth looked back at her, "Well, I heard dem a second ago. Didn't you guys?"

James and Jessie shared a confused look and shrugged.

Meowth blinked in surprise and looked back at the clearing, "Weird."

*ding*

.

**Time Skip**

After things settled down from Team Rocket's attack, everyone … went back to sleep. The tribe took the invasion surprisingly well. But, that's too easy.

Electra looked into the night sky with a thoughtful expression. She just- She couldn't wait until morning.

She stood up, walked over to the sleeping Dark-type, and started nudging here, "Soot. Soot. Wake up."

Soot groaned and looked at her; deadpanned, "Electra. It's late. Your tent can wait until the morning."

Electra shook her head, "It's not that." She frowned, "It's something I've been thinking about for a while. I promise it's important."

Soot sighed, "Fine. I'll wake up the others."

Electra raised a brow and then flinched when everyone laying against Soot suddenly fell through her. Everyone jerked awake almost immediately.

Ash glared at his hatchling, "Really, Soot? It must be around four in the morning by now."

Soot sighed, "Trust me, I feel the same."

Clefairy yawned before rubbing her eye, "Den why'd you wake us?"

Electra chuckled nervously, "That'd be my fault. Sorry."

Misty groaned, "Well, what is it? It'd better be something good."

Electra took a deep breath before smiling brightly, "I wanna join you guys."

Pikachu raised a brow, "You're already with us."

Electra shook her head, "No. Join you when you leave. I wanna be a part of your group."

Everyone else flinched; feeling much more awake. They all shared a worried look.

"W-well" Brock started, "that's nice and all. But why? I mean- what about all your stuff?"

Electra shrugged with a smile, "I can bring some of it with me like you guys do. And it shouldn't be that hard to choose. Most of its just trash, anyway. Right?"

Misty frowned, "But, what about your brother? What would he say about this?"

Electra smirked with a raised brow, "What would he say about me joining a group of good beings who understand and accept me for who I am? I think he'd pretty happy for me." She frowned, "Unless-" She looked around the group worriedly; ears drooping, "Do you not want me to join you all?"

Ash flinched and waved his paws defensively, "No no no no. Electra. Don't get the wrong idea." He stood up and put a paw to his chest, "Look. We'd be happy to have you join us."

"But?" Electra asked fearfully.

Ash sighed, "But you don't know what you're getting yourself into by joining us. We're not-" he glanced back at Brock and Misty, "we're not … exactly what we look like."

Electra perked up and blinked in surprise, "Wait, that's what you're worried about?" She smiled happily, "Well then, I think we're good. I know you three aren't actually pikachu."

Ash, Brock, Misty, Soot, Pikachu, and Clefairy jerked and looked at her in shock.

"WHAT?!" Brock cried out in alarm, "How did you figure out we were humans?!"

Electra's smiled disappeared and her eyes widened in shock, "Wait. You're what?"

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*****Pseudo-Comment Response*****

(Guessing the deleted form)

From RT89 (chapter 43):

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…Guess to the form: Anaditte, skinned so Adh wouldn't freak and disperse. Can't wait for more.

Seishin: *game show announcer voice* Ooo Hoo Hoo! Not a bad guess Eighty-Nine-er! But, I'm afraid that's incorrect!

Yugo: While the idea of a skin-on Anodite form in the Omnitrix is both unique and fits the clues we gave, I'm afraid there is one minor flaw.

Anodite's don't have DNA. Just, something analogous to genetic material. Technically, that species can't exist in the Omnitrix.

This could be argued with the concept of the multiverse, but I'm sorry to say that Rob plans to keep 'no DNA' concept for this story.

Ohirume: Sorry. Still, I like the creativity in this one.

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From Lycoan wolf entity (chapter 43):

This has been running through my head for a while now, I know it's a stretch; but I'm guessing that deleted "human" form is something akin to Ultimate Ben from Ultimate Alien, and the shock caused the Omnitrix to glitch so badly that the form became permanently merged with Ash's DNA somewhat like a reverse of how the Galvanic Mechamorph DNA from the reboot Omnitrix had to use some of reboot Ben's DNA to become Glitch causing Power Integration to become a thing for Ash. The reason I thought of this was because it was never actually confirmed whether or not Ultimate Ben's Omnitrix was actually an Omnitrix or a recalibrated Ultimatrix that took on the form of it's predecessor after it's own recalibration. At least, as far as I know it was never confirmed...

Seishin: … … 0-0 … … I … I am more speechless than Steve Harvey was when that guy screamed Nekkid Grammaw on Family Feud … and got it right.

Yugo: *wide eyed shock* Yeah. No kidding.

*shakes off shock* Still, sorry Lycoan. But that's incorrect. Also, GoldenGirlGalaxy guessed the Ultimate Ben 10K thing back on February 2nd.

Ohirume: Yeah. But, THIS- This is very impressive. If I were looking for ideas for the Integration trigger based on creativity and logical, thought out complexity, you would win by a ******* landslide.

Omega: Also, the Ultimate Ben thing was actually an alternate future where Ben kept the Ultimatrix. Main/Classic Continuity B10K is the one with the average Omnitrix followed by the Biomnitrix.

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From Reclusive Dork (chapter 43):

it's like Ultimate Ben, Isn't it. The human form, modified to hold select powers of the different forms in the watch. in other words, Power inheritance ash.

Seishin: *game show announcer voice* So sorry, Reclusia! That is incorrect!

Yugo: Keep in mind it's an Omnitrix. Not an Ultimatrix.

Ohirume: I really didn't except Ultimate Human to be this common of a guess.

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From RT89 (Private Message):

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… I got my brother involved with guessing the alien; he thinks osmosian, like Kevin and Aggregor, or the parent species of Michael Morningstar/DarkStar, I cant seem to find the official name. …

Yukiro: *Game show announcer voice* Ring a ding ding ding! We haaaaaave a winner!

Ohirume: Well, done RT's brother. The correct answer was Osmosian.

Yugo: The Osmosian species was actually handpicked to be the Power Integration trigger. Their ability to absorb DNA and abilities is exactly why Power Integration does what it does.

Humanoid appearance, verified to exist in the Omnitrix -by Dwayne McDuffie again-, never even used by an 'alien watch' user, and has only been seen in the form of living specimens. Both good (Kevin) and bad (Kevin and Aggregor).

Omega: Also, there's a reason you couldn't find Morningstar's parent species. They were never revealed nor verified to be any kind of siphon species. Or even aliens for that matter.

Michael's a mutant human. Like Cooper, Zombozo, and the circus freaks.

*shrug* Still, it's possible that some alien species was used to modify or give him his powers. But that's just speculation. We have no idea and may possibly never get a bona fide answer.

So, that wasn't a bad guess.

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Edit notes: Ash initially butchered his last line of the chapter. / regular touch ups