Pokemon: Friends to the End
Chapter 52: Tears For Fears!
Ash, Dawn, Denise and Brock settle down for lunch while still on the road to Veilstone City.
Pikachu and Piplup sniffed at the lovely smell of the soup that Brock was making while Dawn and Denise prepared the table sheet.
"Come on Brock, lunch ready yet?"Ash complained.
"It would've a lot sooner, if you helped out a little!"Brock stated with a frown.
"Brock is right you know."Dawn reminded.
"Yeah Ash, it would be nice to help out instead of sitting around all the time."Denise commented.
"Okay guys, let's help them out!"Ash remarked.
His pokeballs opened causing Chimchar, Staravia, Turtwig and Aipom to come out.
"Cool, great idea!"Dawn admitted.
"I couldn't agree even more!"Denise chuckled.
The two sisters decides to let their Pokémon out as well for the day and soon everyone started to have lunch together.
Ash notice Chimchar was looking at his food and not eating.
"Chimchar, what's wrong?"He asked. "You must be hungry go ahead and eat."
The Pallet Town Trainer stroked the fire type's head before eating his food.
"Aw man, no one makes a great lunch like Brock does."Ash said with a smile and took another sip with his spoon. "Man is this good."
"You can say that again."Denise remarked as she enjoyed eating her meal as well.
Chimchar takes a piece from his food bowl and ate it causing a smile to form on his face.
"You see?"Ash asked happily.
Ash and Chimchar continued enjoying their meals with their friends.
A While After...
With most of their pokemon lounging about, Ash and Denise go for a sparring match
"Now Ralts use Magical Leaf!"Denise ordered with a smirk.
Ralts fired magical leaves towards Pikachu.
"Pikachu, dodge and Iron Tail!"Ash ordered.
Pikachu dodged the colourful leaves and leapt up to use Iron Tail.
"Ralts use Psychic to block it back!"Denise ordered.
Ralts uses her telekinetic attack to send the Steel Wave back to Pikachu, who blocked it off with his tail.
"Keep on moving Pikachu!"Ash reminded.
Pikachu began to move side ways to try and confuse Ralts.
"Ralts, Double Team, quick!"Denise ordered.
Ralts made copies of herself to surround Pikachu.
"Pikachu, Iron Tail!"Ash ordered.
Pikachu uses Iron Tail to make Ralt's reflections disappear.
"Now Ralts use Magical Leaf!"Denise ordered with a smile.
Ralts once again sent magical leaves to Pikachu and only this time the Mouse Pokemon got hit by the Grass Type move.
Pikachu hit the ground, but he then stood up like Ralts.
"And that's it!"Brock announced.
"Wow, Pikachu and Ralts were looking great!"Dawn remarked.
"Hey, nice battle, Pikachu."Ash admitted with a smile.
"Pika pika."Pikachu giggled.
Chimchar was stunned of what the Pallet Town Trainer just said to Pikachu.
"And Ralts, awsome job keeping up with Pikachu's moves, I'm proud of you."Ash remarked.
"And your magical leaves were lovely as always."Denise admitted kindly.
"Ralts."Ralts responded with a soft smile.
Pikachu walked up to Ralts complemented her at her good job causing her to do the same to him.
Ash then came up to Chimchar.
"Chimchar, how about a little battling for you?"He suggested with a smile.
Chimchar looked down with an unsure look on his face.
"Piplup."Piplup requested with a proud look.
"Well Piplup is ready to go."Dawn remarked.
Ash looked at Chimchar.
"Yeah, you hear that?"He asked proudly. "Let's work together."
"Okay Piplup use Bubblebeam!"Dawn ordered.
Piplup fired bubbles towards Chimchar.
"Chimchar, Dig!"Ash ordered.
Chimchar quickly dug down to dodge the attacks.
"We don't know where Chimchar is, so keep a sharp eye!"Dawn warned.
Piplup looked at each side and Chimchar came out beneath him causing the Water Type to be send back.
"Chimchar use Scratch!"Ash ordered.
Chimchar scratched Piplup with one of his paws.
"Piplup counter with Peck!"Dawn ordered.
The other pokemon suddenly watched as Chimchar kept scratching Piplup, while the Penguin Pokemon kept pecking him several times.
"Looks like things are getting better."Denise thought with a smile.
"Chimchar use Dig one more time!"Ash ordered.
Chimchar dug back to the ground.
Piplup carefully looked at each side as Chimchar came up and threw him to the sky.
"Chimchar, Flamethrower!"Ash ordered.
"Piplup use Bubblebeam!"Dawn ordered.
Chimchar fired Flamethrower while Piplup fired Bubblebeam causing the two moves to collide.
However Piplup's Bubblebeam was too strong for Chimchar's Flamethrower and the Chimp Pokemon was sent collapsing to the ground.
"And that's it!"Brock announced.
Piplup rushed up to give Dawn a big hug.
Chimchar closed his eyes in fear as Ash picked him up.
"Chimchar, what's wrong?"Ash asked.
Chimchar looked at him quietly in surprise.
"Wow that was awsome, Chimchar."Ash remarked proudly. "Your really strong, you know."
The Chimp Pokemon looked at him silently.
"His right, you almost defeated an opponent that was a tough match for you."Denise admitted.
"You used great variations and moves and it was amazing to watch."Brock added.
"Pika Pika!"Pikachu agreed happily.
"You looked wonderful."Dawn agreed kindly. "Your Flamethrower rocks!"
"Piplup Pip!"Piplup chuckled.
The other pokemon cheered happily for the fire type pokemon.
Chimchar suddenly felt very nervous and confused before starting to crying in Ash's arms.
"What's wrong?"Ash asked in surprise. "Everybody thinks your great."
Chimchar didn't respond and continued crying.
The Pallet Town Trainer smiled and hugged the Fire Type back.
"Chimchar..."He said.
"Who knew about Chimchar's soft side I mean."Dawn stated with a small smile.
"Piplup pip."Piplup agreed quietly.
"Well sometimes you have to let it all right."Brock admitted.
"Yeah."Denise agreed with a nod and thought. "So obvious that jerk never showed any good emotions to the poor thing."
Ash smiled as he comforted the Chimp Pokemon.
"Chimchar, it's okay."He assured. "Your going to be fine..."
Later that Night...
The four heroes and their pokemon were sleeping.
However Chimchar was unable to get back to sleep and jolts awake from the nightmare he was having.
The fire type then goes for a walk to relax.
But then the Chimp Pokemon spotted Meowth next to a lake causing him to growl and ready to fight.
"Chimchar?"Meowth asked and then smiled. "Hey chill out kid, cool your flame now who would ever see a nice moon light like this?"
Chimchar followed Meowth's gaze and saw the beautiful moon in the sky causing him to go next to the Normal Type.
"I'm assuming your having trouble sleeping, Chimey?"Meowth suggested.
"Chimchar."Chimchar responded sadly looking down.
"I hear ya."Meowth admitted. "Bad dreams can bring you way down for sure."
"Char."Chimchar replied.
"Chimchar, you are lucky fire type you know?"Meowth asked.
"Chimchar?"Chimchar asked in confusion.
"Sometimes I think about catching Pikachu and having no more worries during my nine lives."Meowth said with a smile.
Chimchar blinked in surprise.
"Chim?"
"Chim, dig it, focus on the here and now, it's the voice inside for the rest of your life."Meowth advised.
"Chimchar?"Chimchar answered.
"That's right, time to shine."Meowth agreed with a smile as he walked away. "You've got buddies that give you the shirt on your back, if you needed them."
"Chimchar..."Chimchar said quietly.
The Next Morning...
The four heroes and their pokemon start helping out preparing for breakfast and Chimchar was once again left unsure of what to do.
"Chimchar, come with me and help me get some water, okay?"Ash suggested with a smile.
"Chimchar!"Chimchar answered with a nod.
Then the Pallet Town Trainer and the Fire Type Pokemon rushed off to get some water causing Denise to watch them with a smile on her face.
Suddenly a few nets came from above and grabbed the four heroes pokemon.
"Everyone!"Denise panicked.
"What the!"Brock shouted.
"Not you guys again!"Dawn said angrily.
Then Team Rocket began their motto.
"Listen is that a voice of disbelief I hear?"
"Believe what you like while your friends disappear!"
"On the Wind!"
"Pass the Stars!"
"In your Ear!"
"Bringing chaos at a breakneck pace!"
"Dashing hope, putting fear in its place!"
"A rose by any other name is just as sweet!"
"When everything's worse, our work is complete!"
"Jessie!"
"And it's James!"
"Meowth, that's a name!"
"Putting the do gooders in their place!"
"We're Team Rocket!"
"In your face!"
"Wobbuffet!"
"Mime mime mime!"
"Give our pokemon back right now!"Brock demanded.
Jessie blew a raspberry at him in respond.
"Everyone return!"Dawn stated.
She tried to make her pokémon return into their Poké Balls, but fails.
Meowth chuckled. "Our tool is a twerp train off proof."
"Use Poison Sting, Croagunk!"Brock ordered.
"Hoot Hoot use Peck!"Denise ordered.
Croagunk and Hoot Hoot attacked the canisters, but none of them broke.
"Now way!"Dawn gasped in shock.
"You don't get in and they don't get out!"Meowth remarked.
Jessie giggled. "That makes since even though I was never good at physics."
Suddenly Seviper gets out of its Poké Ball because it senses the three Zangoose once again.
Then a gang of Zangoose climb up a tree to reach Seviper and rip the balloon apart, sending them crashing to the ground causing Brock and the two sisters to go after them.
The wild Zangoose attack the container, attempting to get to Seviper, and push it close to the edge of a nearby cliff.
Then Ash and Chimchar arrived in front of their friends.
"What the-"Ash started.
"Hey Ash."Brock said.
Chimchar's paled in fright at the sight of the Zangoose remembering the awful memories.
"Those Zangoose are only interested in Zangoose and nothing else."Brock stated.
"Yeah, but they're all gonna all fall off the cliff."Dawn said worriedly.
"So what do we do?"Denise asked nervously.
"Okay Chimchar, go!"Ash ordered.
The Pallet Town Trainer then notice the Chimp Pokemon was shivering in fright.
"Chimchar, of course, your scared because you were attacked by a group of Zangoose before."He said in realization.
Chimchar nodded slowly.
"I know how weird and scared that time must've been for you back then, but right they're in trouble and your the only one that can save them."Ash reminded.
Chimchar looked at him quietly.
"Chimchar, I know you can."Ash assured with a smile.
Chimchar then remembers the kindness shown by his new trainer and the others also Meowth telling it that the group would do anything to help it if they needed to.
"Chimchar!"the Chimp Pokemon responded with a confident smirk.
"Great, let's do it!"Ash encouraged.
Chimchar goes on the boy's shoulder.
"Listen Chimchar, don't worry about Blaze."Ash admitted. "We don't need Blaze, we won the Tag Battle without it right?"
"Char."Chimchar answered.
"You've got lots of strong moves."Ash stated with a smile. "You've gotta believe in yourself and stay strong for the both of us."
"Chimchar."Chimchar replied.
"Okay Chimchar, let's give them a battle!"Ash remarked.
Chimchar smirked. "Chimchar!"
"All right Chimchar use Flamethrower!"Ash ordered.
Chimchar goes off his trainer's shoulder and fires Flamethrower to the Zangoose, earning their attention.
The Zangoose charged towards Chimchar, who began to feel a bit nervous.
"Quick Chimchar use Scratch!"Ash ordered.
Chimchar scratched one of the Zangoose, but one came behind him.
"Behind you!"Ash warned.
The Pallet Town Trainer then went in front Chimchar as a Zangoose scratched his back.
"Ash no!"Denise shouted.
"Pika pika pi!"Pikachu called out.
Chimchar opened his eyes and saw Ash has protected him from getting harmed.
"Chimchar, you okay?"Ash asked and winced at the scratch on his shoulder.
"Chimchar."Chimchar responded worriedly.
Then the wild Zangoose charged towards them.
"Chimchar, hurry up and use Dig!"Ash ordered.
Chimchar uses Dig to knock out one of the Zangoose, while the other two Zangoose charged towards him.
"Quick Chimchar use Dig one more time!"Ash ordered.
Chimchar uses Dig again to confuse the Zangoose before coming out the other way.
"All right, Flamethrower!"Ash ordered.
Chimchar uses Flamethrower to finish off the Zangoose.
The Chimp Pokemon then went of Ash's arms.
"Chimchar!"Ash said happily. "You see? I told you can do it."
"Chimchar!"Chimchar giggled.
"Chimchar was amazing!"Dawn remarked.
"And was great too."Brock added.
Denise nodded with a smile before noticing Team Rocket opening the container from the inside and beginning to crawl away.
"Hey, where do you creeps think you're going?!"She questioned.
Team Rocket freaked out that they were spotted.
"Chimchar, you up for a little more?"Ash asked with a smirk.
"Chimchar!"Chimchar replied.
"Time for own Team Work!"Ash stated.
"Piplup use Bubblebeam, Buneary use Ice Beam!"Dawn ordered.
"Turtwig use Razor Leaf, Pikachu use Thunderbolt and Chimchar use Flamethrower!"Ash ordered.
"Eevee use Shadow Ball and Ralts use Magical Leaf!"Denise ordered.
The seven pokemon used their attacks on Team Rocket sending them blasting off into the sky.
"LOOKS LIKE WE'RE BLASTING OFF AGAIN!"Team Rocket screamed.
"Wobbuffet!"Wobbuffet replied.
"Mime mime mime!"Mime Jr added.
Then the baddies disappeared in the sky.
Chimchar joins the other Pokémon in their cheering while the four heroes proudly looked on.
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Denise's Team:
Grotle (Male): Solar Beam, Heavy Slam, Razor Leaf and Bite
Eevee (Female): Water Gun, Shadow Ball, Attract and Thunder
Luxio (Male): Spark, Night Slash, Wild Charge and Ice Fang
Ralts (Female): Psychic, Double Team, Magical Leaf and Confusion
Hoot Hoot (Male): Peck, Reflect, Aerial Ace and Supersonic
Drifloon (Female): Ominous Wind, Thunderbolt, Will-O-Wisp and Astonish