Pokemon: Friends to the End
Chapter 58: Luxray Vision!
As Ash and his friends walk around a forest as the sun was going down.
"No, Pokemon Center."Dawn said. "Lost again."
"So guys do you think we took a wrong turn?"Ash asked.
"Nope."Brock replied with a smile. "We should be in town as soon as we get through the forest."
"Well that's good news."Denise remarked kindly.
"You mean it?"Dawn asked.
"Awesome."Ash agreed.
"Pika."Pikachu said softly.
"Luxio."Luxio chuckled.
The four heroes and the two pokemon then saw a large manor not far from where they were standing.
"Question Brock since when is a town a castle?"Denise asked.
Brock had a unsure look and looked at his map book.
"Aw man."Dawn mumbled.
"Hey, we could always ask to put us up for the night."Ash suggested with a smile.
"Yeah, great idea."Dawn agreed.
"Well, better than nothing."Denise commented.
"Let's get to it."Brock stated.
"Pika!"Pikachu answered.
"Lux."Luxio responded.
The four heroes and the two pokemon went into the courtyard of the large manor.
"I don't see anyone."Brock said.
"Maybe it is deserted."Ash admitted.
"Well there aren't any lights on."Dawn stated.
"Perhaps they're all asleep."Denise suggested.
Suddenly spotlights blind the four heroes and the two pokemon.
"Until now they!"Ash retorted.
"There they are!"
The four heroes and the two pokemon look up and see a blue haired girl and her Luxray stand a top of a rooftop.
"The Bandit Beauties Four, I'll handle them."the girl said with a smile.
Luxray jumps down towards Ash and his friends and attacks Pikachu, but Luxio goes in front of the Mouse Pokemon to protect him.
"Oh no, not again."the girl said.
"Quick, Luxio, you and Pikachu hide in the bushes!"Denise ordered.
Luxio and Pikachu hide in the bushes but Luxray uses his x-ray vision to spot them.
Luxray spots them and leaps up to use Iron Tail.
Luxio and Pikachu jump out of the way and went in front of their friends while Luxray glared at them.
"How did it know where Luxio and Pikachu were hiding?"Dawn asked in surprise.
"Hold on, a sec."Denise admitted and took out her Pokedex.
"Luxray, the Gleam Eyes Pokémon and the evolved form of Luxio."Denise's Pokedex said. "It's eyes can see through anything, it can even spot its prey hiding in the shadows."
"Of course!"Ash commented. "It sees through anything."
"Whoa...Luxio you evolve into that?"Denise said in surprise.
"Luxio."Luxio replied.
"Luxray!"
The four heroes saw the girl running up to her Luxray.
"Please don't move until I tell you!"the girl stated.
Luxray leaps up towards the heroes while activating Iron Tail.
"Here comes a Iron Tail."Brock admitted nervously.
"All right, Pikachu you use Iron Tail too!"Ash ordered.
Pikachu leapt up and blocks Luxray's Iron Tail with his own Iron Tail.
"That's a a tough pokemon!"the girl remarked. "Okay, come on out!"
Then six bodyguards quickly surround Ash and his friends.
"We're surrounded!"Dawn panicked.
"Now grab those Bandit Beauties Four!"the girl ordered.
The six bodyguards leapt up to seize the heroes.
"Quick Luxio use Spark!"Denise ordered.
Luxio throws an electrically charged tackle that knocks the bodyguards out cold.
Luxray glares at his pre evolved form.
"Wow, what a Spark!"the girl said happily. "It's so awesome to use electric type moves!"
"Umm...thanks?"Denise replied in confusion.
"Must be?"Ash asked.
"Pika?"Pikachu said.
"Lux..."Luxio responded.
"Excuse me miss, but we're not your bandits."Brock admitted.
"We're just looking a place to stay for the night."Dawn agreed.
"Yeah as if!"the girl chuckled.
"Just a moment, I've seen these people before on TV."A man stated walking forward and looked at the four heroes. "The Hearthome City Battle am I correct?"
"Right!"Ash, Brock, Dawn and Denise replied in unison.
"My name is Ash."Ash introduced.
"I'm Dawn."Dawn said.
"I'm her twin sister Denise."Denise replied.
"And my name is Brock."Brock answered.
"Pikachu."Pikachu responded with a smile.
"Luxio."Luxio answered.
"I'm Matthew, I own this place."the Man admitted.
"I can't believe you thought I thought you were bandits for real."the girl said with a smirk.
This caused the four heroes to sweat drop.
"Yeah, couldn't fool me."Ash commented.
"Same with me."Denise agreed sheepishly.
"Pika."Pikachu said.
"Luxio."Luxio replied.
"So who are these Bandit Beauties Four?"Dawn asked.
"You see my manor contains the most valuable treasure that is called the Old Charm."Matthew explained. "I received a threatening letter from the Bandit Beauties Four stating that they were planning stealing it."
"I gotta say that's a weird name."Ash admitted.
"The letter says they were super famous, but that doesn't sound to me that you have ever heard them."the girl said.
"But since you can't take the chances of a priceless treasure like the old charm, I asked Officer Jenny and her group for assistance."Matthew stated.
This earned Brock's full attention.
"You mean Jenny from Mahogany Town?!"He asked while blushing madly.
"Why yes."Matthew replied.
"And that's why Jenny Number 1, me, came to investigate you!"the girl said proudly.
"You mean you?"Ash asked in surprise.
"Number 1?"Dawn asked.
"But your just a kid."Denise complemented.
"Right! Don't know who spilled the beans, but now that they've all been spilled, it's true, the name's Marble!"the girl remarked. "I'm the super-duper ace detective!"
"Oh..."Ash, Brock, Dawn and Denise said quietly.
"Yes not to worry!"Marble assured happily. "Luxray and I will solve this mystery!"
"Do you think she can handle it?"Dawn asked with a hint of worry.
"Well, I couldn't refuse since she came all this way."Matthew replied. "Say wait, perhaps you can all help us?"
"Sounds good!"Ash agreed and looked at his friends. "What do you say?"
"Sure!"Brock, Dawn and Denise replied.
"Pika!"Pikachu answered with a smile.
Luxio smirked. "Luxio!"
"Well, all right."Marble agreed. "But you work on my command."
"Command?"Ash, Brock, Dawn and Denise said in confusion.
Luxio and Pikachu smile at Luxray, but the Gleam Eyes Pokemon just glared coldly at them and turned his head away annoying both the two pokemon.
Inside the Manor...
The group set up in front of the vault where the Old Charm was kept.
"The old charm is there?"Ash asked.
"Right, the Bandit Beauties letter said they would steal it at precisely eight o'clock!"Marble remarked.
"Weird, they call themselves bandits and they tell you the time they're going to strike."Denise complemented.
"Then all we have to do is stand guard."Dawn admitted.
"I know it sounds easy, but there is one thing that worries me."Marble commented sadly.
"Huh?"Ash, Brock, Dawn and Denise asked.
"I'm concerned about Luxray."Marble said. "See it hasn't been long since Luxray evolved from Luxio."
The girl reveals her concern for her Luxray, because it has been unable to use Electric moves since evolving, causing it to disobey her.
When they tried to help Officer Jenny capture a crook, Luxray wasn't able to use Charge Beam, forcing Jenny's Arcanine to stop him, upsetting Luxray.
"I see..."Ash admitted.
"So that's why you seen Luxio's Spark..."Dawn said.
"I was hoping Luxray can learn some electric type moves then Luxray would listen to me again."Marble replied sadly.
"Hey Marble, how about doing some special training?"Denise suggested kindly.
"Luxio."Luxio agreed.
"But when Luxray gets angry, things can get really really scary."Marble stated. "I don't know how we can do any special training like this."
After waiting a few minutes, the clock reads ten minutes to eight.
"Okay, there is only ten minutes to go."Ash stated.
"All right, Bandits Beauties Four give it your best shot."Marble admitted.
Then three police officers show up.
"Yes, good evening."the female officer said. "We have direct order from Mr Matthew to transport the treasure."
"But it's so close to eight o'clock."Marble reminded.
"Brilliant, wait until the last mintute to fool the thieves."Brock remarked.
"Oh yeah, I was exactly thinking the same thing!"Marble said with a smile.
They open the vault and the three officers take the chest.
"Off we go."Meowth stated.
"Just a sec!"Dawn ordered.
The three officers paled and froze where they were.
"What if the Bandits Beauties Four in disguise?"Dawn questioned.
"Oh yeah!"Marble agreed. "I thought the same thing!"
"Us?"the three officers asked nervously.
"Come, come."James said.
"Those Bandits Beauties Four prose to a team."Jessie admitted.
"Of course they wait until early or late."Meowth commented.
"I thought that too."Marble admitted. "Prose like those thieves, right on time."
"That is unless the bandits send the clock back 5 minutes then it would be 8 o'clock now!"Brock stated.
"Hey that's so true!"Denise agreed.
The three officers sweat dropped in fear.
"Yeah, slick huh?"Brock asked with a smile.
"I read that in the book too!"Dawn said happily.
Marble sighed in sadness.
"You scared me."Ash complemented nervously.
Then Matthew arrived from the other side.
"Everything all right in here?"He asked.
"Yes, sir!"Marble replied.
"These three were transporting the Old Charm just as you ordered."Brock explained.
"Who ordered?"Matthew asked in confusion.
The group gasped in shock and glared at the three police officers.
"That means one thing..."Marble said angrily.
"Your the Bandit Beauties Four!"Dawn finished.
"Hey I was gonna say I thought the same thing!"Marble complained.
"Oh well the jig is up."Jessie said with a evil smirk.
"Go time!"James agreed and pressed a remote.
Then a bomb was activated causing smoke to surround the group.
"What's going on?!"Marble asked.
Team Rocket remove their disguises and began reciting their motto.
"Not so sure what to say are you dear?"
"So we'll help you through it have no fear!"
"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."
"Bandit Beauty, it's Jessie!"
"Bandit Beauty, it's James!"
"The beauty behind this cape is Meowth's the name!"
"Putting the do-gooders in their place..."
"We're Team Rocket!"
"Box in hand and in your face!"
"Wobbu!"
"Team Rocket!"Ash said angrily.
"They're the real bandits!"Brock admitted.
"Team Rocket?"Marble asked.
"They're really bad criminals, who are always getting in our way."Dawn explained.
"And real pains in the neck!"Denise retorted.
"Beautiful bandits by any other name smell just as sweet too!"Jessie added.
"Since we got the treasure, we bid you toodle loo!"Meowth remarked.
"When it comes to losers, no twerps like you!"Team Rocket laughed.
"Oh no, they've stolen the old charm!"Matthew stated.
"Quick Pikachu use Thunderbolt!"Ash ordered.
Pikachu was about to use Thunderbolt, but Luxray knocks him aside before leaping up to try and land Iron Tail on the balloon.
"Luxray, what are you doing?!"Marble demanded.
"Punch time!"Jessie admitted.
"Let's go!"James agreed pressing the remote.
A mecha arm comes out and knocks Luxray back.
Luxray jumped back to the floor while Luxio and Pikachu shout at him.
"Hey, it's no time to be fighting right now!"Denise reminded with a firm look.
"Oh no, the balloon!"Marble warned. "It's the end of my detective career!"
"No it's not!"Ash stated. "Staravia, Quick Attack!"
Staravia comes out of its pokeball.
"Staravia!"
Team Rocket's balloon proceeds to get away, Staravia uses Quick Attack.
"You pop your last balloon with that beak!"Meowth chuckled.
"Pipsqueak!"James retorted.
Team Rocket fires thrusters to escape Staravia's Quick Attack.
"Hope we made our point!"Jessie remarked.
Unfortunately, Team Rocket puncture the balloon on the manor, sending them crashing down.
"We got them!"Ash stated. "Let's go!"
The group began to run in the hallway.
"Finally I'm going to make my first arrest!"Marble remarked happily.
Ash and his friends arrive where the balloon crushed, but Team Rocket was no where to be seen.
"There's the balloon!"Matthew said.
"But Team Rocket is gone!"Ash admitted.
"So is the old charm!"Dawn added.
"Where could they both me?"Denise asked.
"Oh no, it's the end of my detective career again!"Marble complained as she dropped on her knees.
"Wait, there haven't been any report on anyone leaving here."Matthew stated.
"They must've gone down the hall!"Brock suggested.
"Of course, I was thinking the same thing!"Marble commented with a smile.
"I must warn the area up ahead is where all kinds of treasures used to be stored."Matthew warned. "There are a number of booby traps hidden everywhere to stop any intruders so be careful."
This alarmed the four heroes.
"Booby traps?"Ash asked.
"Sounds scary."Denise admitted with a hint of worry.
"Pikachu."Pikachu said quietly.
"Luxio."Luxio responded.
Luxray spots the pit trap near Pikachu and Luxio causing him to warn them, but Luxio and Pikachu takes it as hostility and accidentally triggers the trap.
Luxray tries to save Pikachu and Luxio from falling in, but he falls in the ground below as well.
"Pikachu!"Ash shouted.
"Luxio!"Denise panicked.
"It's too dangerous!"Matthew reminded.
"Do you think Team Rocket could've fallen down there too?"Dawn asked.
"This is true this time, it is the end of my detective career!"Marble cried.
"Sir since this is your manor, you gotta know where that trap door leads."Brock commented.
"What do you know!"Marble said. "I was about to ask Matthew the same thing!"
"Yes, there is a secret tunnel, follow me."Matthew instructed.
He lead the group to a safer entrance that was hidden in the fireplace.
"Now this staircase will take you down where the pit is located."Matthew explained.
"Okay, great."Ash answered.
"You just leave it up to Marble, super-duper ace detective!"Marble remarked.
"Well..."Matthew said in a unsure tone.
"I made a solid promise to return that old charm and return it I will!"Marble assured.
In the Underground...
Luxray tries to go ahead without Luxio and Pikachu, but he triggers a pit trap, almost falling into a pit of spikes.
Luxio and Pikachu saves him by grabbing his tail with their mouths and worked together to bring him up.
Luxray thanks Luxio and Pikachu causing him to drop his hostility.
In the Secret Tunnel...
"You are so lucky, Ash."Marble admitted.
"Huh?"Ash asked.
"You and Pikachu get along so well and the same goes with you and Luxio, Denise."Marble replied.
"Believe me, Marble, things weren't like that back in the beginning."Ash explained.
"Really?"Marble asked.
"When we started our journey, Pikachu wouldn't do anything I say."Ash stated with a smile. "But we've been through a lot together since then and we're a real time now."
"So what do you think I should do to get along with Luxray?"Marble asked.
"Marble, you should try to maintain a friendship with Luxray outside of your job."Denise suggested kindly. "That way the bond with you and Luxray will become stronger."
"Yeah, everyone is different, but Pikachu and I are really good friends."Ash stated.
"Exactly the same with me, Luxio and the rest of my pokemon, good friends until the end."Denise remarked.
"Friends, huh?"Marble said sadly. "Lately I've been so afraid of Luxray and I haven't been acting like a friend at all, thanks for the advice, Ash, Denise."
Brock and Dawn both smile in approval.
Luxray uses hisvision to find a hidden passage with Luxio and Pikachu racing ahead.
Luxray spots a trap, but Pikachu still triggers it.
Spikes fly towards him and Luxio, but Luxray's Iron Tail stops them.
"Pika pika!"Pikachu said happily.
Luxio smiled. "Luxio."
"Luxray."Luxray replied with a smirk.
Then a sound earned the three pokemon's attention seeing Ash and his friends suddenly appear from behind a concealed door.
"Pikachu!"Ash said happily.
"Luxio!"Denise remarked in joy.
"Luxray."Marble admitted softly.
Luxio and Pikachu rushed up to their trainers and embrace them with hugs.
"Wow, your okay!"Ash chuckled.
"I was so worried about you!"Denise stated.
Luxio smiled and licks his trainer's cheek causing her to giggle in amusement.
"That's great!"Dawn complemented.
Marble hugs Luxray.
"Luxray, I was so worried about you!"She stated with tears of joy.
"Luxray?"Luxray asked blushing a little.
"Hey Luxray, do you think you and I could be friends?"Marble asked with a hopeful smile.
Luxray blinked in surprise and then smiled with a nod.
"Luxray!"He replied.
Marble hugs Luxray causing the four heroes and the two pokemon to smile in approval.
"Yes!"Marble cheered. "We're gonna be the strongest team, you'll ever see!"
She accidentally triggers another trap, causing the door to close alarming the others and two opposite walls began to close in on them.
"Uh oh."Denise muttered in fear. "That's not good!"
"Come on, open, open!"Ash shouted banging the wall.
"I'm sorry!"Marble apologized and sobbed. "This is really it, forget career, it's the end of the world!"
"There's gotta be a hidden switch around here!"Brock suggested.
"Amazing, I was going to say that!"Marble said happily. "Luxray, take a look!"
Luxray quickly finds the switch to stop the trap.
"Luxray, Lux!"He replied.
"Great Luxray now use Iron Tail!"Marble ordered.
Luxray uses Iron Tail to hit the switch and saves the group.
The heroes sighed in relief as the walls went back where they were.
"That was close."Dawn admitted.
Marble hugged Luxray.
"All is right with the world, thanks to you, Luxray."She stated with a smile.
Luxray smiled. "Luxray!"
Then Team Rocket then tunnels into the chamber with Ash and his friends.
"Team Rocket!"Ash, Brock, Dawn and Denise said angrily.
"Now gives us back the old charm!"Marble demanded.
"No thanks."Jessie replied.
"These coins are staying put!"Meowth remarked.
The Normal Type opens the chest and finds the Charm.
"We're coinless!"James retorted.
"But what a looker!"Jessie admitted.
"I'll take this looker and put it in the team rocket super secure safe!"Meowth commented.
He puts the charm inside a silver box.
"Now for the twerps."Jessie stated. "Seviper, your turn!"
Her pokeball opened and Seviper came out.
"Seviper!"
"Carnivine, you too!"James added.
Carnivine comes out and bites his trainer's head.
"Do something, but not the main course!"James complained.
"Seviper use Poison Tail!"Jessie ordered.
"Carnivine, Bite, let's go!"James ordered.
Seviper and Carnivine charge forward to use Poison Tail and Bite.
"Luxray use Iron Tail!"Marble ordered.
Luxray uses Iron Tail to send Seviper and Carnivine back.
"Pikachu, Thunderbolt!"Ash ordered.
"Luxio use Spark!"Denise ordered.
Pikachu and Luxio use Thunderbolt and Spark to shock Seviper and Carnivine, while Luxray jumps into them and takes the electricity from the attack, charging up his body.
"Luxray!"Marble called out.
"Luxray."Luxray replied.
"Maybe now that Luxray is full of electricity, he'll be able to use electric type attack."Brock explained.
"You know I was just gonna say that."Marble remarked. "Luxray, here we go, use Charge Beam!"
Luxray began to charge up with Charge Beam.
"Bite, Seviper, big time!"Jessie ordered.
"You too, Carnivine!"James added.
Seviper and Carnivine try a double Bite attack, but Luxray's Charge Beam stops them cold.
"Luxray, you did it!"Marble said happily.
Seviper and Carnivine crush into Team Rocket causing the silver box to go up flying.
Dawn catches the box with the Charm.
"I've got the old charm!"She stated.
"Hey, how about a triple attack?"Ash asked with a smile.
"Sounds good!"Marble replied.
"I like your thinking!"Denise agreed.
"Pikachu use Thunderbolt!"Ash ordered.
"Luxray use Charge Beam!"Marble ordered.
"Luxio use Spark!"Denise ordered.
Pikachu, Luxray and Luxio fire their electric attacks sending Team Rocket flying out of the manner.
"We've never made exits like these!"Jessie complained.
"Look in the bright side!"James admitted.
"There's not the world without much practice!"Mewoth retorted.
"Wobbu wobbu!"Wobbuffet agreed.
"WE'RE BLASTING OFF AGAIN!"Team Rocket screamed as they disappeared in the sky.
The Next Morning...
The four heroes brought the box to Matthew outside the manor.
"Hmm, it's not going to be easy."Matthew stated.
"Just leave it to me!"Marble assured. "Luxray,Thunder Fang!"
Luxray uses Thunder Fang to electrify the box and cause it to open, showing the Old Charm wasn't harmed.
"This is the old charm alright and I have all of you to thank."Matthew admitted holding the charm.
"Come, come, it was nothing."Marble replied proudly.
"Wow, Marble."Ash said with a sheepish smile.
"Pika."Pikachu said.
"I was just thinking, I'm not sure who spilled the beans, but now that they've been all been spilled, I'm the super-duper ace detective, Marble!"Marble remarked proudly. "Catch ya later!"
"Hello Marble."
Everyone turned around and saw Officer Jenny.
"What are you thinking on taking a case without my permission?"Officer Jenny questioned with her arms folded.
"I...you see..."Marble said nervously.
"Wow!"Brock admitted lovingly while rushing forward. "There's my ace detective!"
He held Officer Jenny's hands.
"Although it seems like eternity, my heart is and still is locked in your custody!"Brock flirted.
Croagunk uses Poison Jab to knock Brock out cold.
"That's some key..."Brock muttered and got dragged away.
Ash, Pikachu, Dawn, Denise and Luxio laugh at the sight.
"Matthew, sir, I hope Marble didn't cause any trouble."Officer Jenny commented.
"No, Marble was most helpful."Matthew answered with a smile.
"Lucky you."Officer Jenny admitted.
"I'm so sorry."Marble apologized.
"So I say the two of you turned into a pretty good team."Officer Jenny stated proudly.
"Yeah?"Marble asked with a smile. "Sir, I can't thank you enough!"
"Luxray!"Luxray answered.
"That's awesome!"Dawn remarked.
"Yeah!"Ash agreed.
"Well done."Denise complemented kindly.
"Pikachu."Pikachu said softly.
Luxio smiled. "Luxio."
"Now you must be starved, please eat as much as you like."Matthew suggested.
"I might just bite even more than that!"Ash admitted.
"We have been through a lot today."Denise commented.
"I was about to say the same thing."Dawn teased with a smirk.
"Hey you stole my line!"Marble complained.
Everyone burst out laughing before going inside the manor to enjoy their meal.
Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter
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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
Hoothoot (Male): Peck, Reflect, Aerial Ace and Supersonic
Drifloon (Female): Ominous Wind, Thunderbolt, Will-O-Wisp and Astonish