Pokemon: Friends to the End
Chapter 59: Journey to the Unown!
In Solaceon Town...
Dawn was training Aipom for the Pokemon Contest.
"Aipom, Swift, let's go!"Dawn ordered.
Aipom sent star shaped rays in the sky as Brock, Ash, Denise, Pikachu, Piplup, Buneary, Pachirisu, Hoothoot and Ralts watched.
The Normal Type then used Focus Punch to hit the star waves making them explode and shower down in sparkly glitter making their friends gasp in amazement.
Aipom and Dawn then bowed at them with smiles on their faces.
"Great, Aipom."Ash remarked. "You and Dawn are really in sync."
"And I'm impressed on that new variation of Swift you used."Brock admitted.
"Yeah, it looks ike you've made the stars more beautiful than before."Denise commented kindly.
"Thanks Dennie, we have been making a lot of changes in Focus Punch as well."Dawn said.
She then looked at Piplup.
"Piplup, can you be our opponent?"Dawn asked.
"Piplup."Piplup replied.
"Use Bubble Beam!"Dawn ordered.
Piplup fired Bubble Beam to the sky.
"Focus Punch!"Dawn ordered.
Aipom used Focus Punch on the bubbles which caused her to look like she had two tails.
"What's that?"Ash asked.
"Pika."Pikachu said.
"Aipom seems to be having two tails."Denise said in surprise.
"I want it to look like Aipom was attacking two places at once with one focus punch."Dawn explained with a smile.
"You three realize that's a brand new rule."Brock admitted.
"Huh?"Dawn asked. "A new move?"
She took out her pokedex to analyse Aipom's new move.
"Double Hit, a single attack that causes damage twice."Dawn's Pokedex stated.
"Double Hit, wow, I got me a new move..."Dawn said happily.
Aipom then landed on his trainer's head.
"I would think Aipom is close to evolving after learning to use that move."Brock commented.
"You think?"Dawn asked.
"Let's see what that might be."Ash suggested as he took out his pokedex.
"It must be strong."Denise said kindly.
"Ambipom."
The heroes turned around and saw Kenny with his Prinplup.
"The evolved form of Aipom is Ambipom."Kenny admitted.
"Kenny!"Ash, Dawn and Denise said in unison.
"Pika!"Pikachu said.
"Piplup pip."Piplup greeted.
"Prinplup."Prinplup replied.
"Well, what do you know, if it isn't Dawn and Denise's old friend."Brock remarked.
"Long time, no see."Kenny admitted and then smirked. "I am kind of surprise that neither of you didn't know the name of evolved form of Aipom is, Dee Dee, Neecy."
Angry looks grew on Dawn and Denise's faces.
"Don't call us, Dee Dee and Neecy again!"Dawn complained.
"Yeah, we're not little kids anymore!"Denise retorted.
"Kenny, why do you call them, Dee Dee and Neecy?"Ash asked in confusion.
This caused Denise to get annoyed and pinch the pallet town trainer's cheeks to shut his mouth.
"No! No! NO!"Denise snapped while blushing a little. "Don't every ask him or Amy about the origins of those names especially mine!"
"Guess everybody got secrets hidden in their closets."Brock chuckled.
"So you two will be in the contest right?"Kenny asked.
"Of course."Dawn replied.
"Awesome."Kenny remarked and a sad smile formed on his face. "That was too bad about Hearthome City."
"This time there is no need to worry!"Dawn assured with a smirk and did a v sign as a hand gesture. "I'm ready!"
Aipom chirped and did the same hand gesture with her tail.
"I didn't know you had an Aipom."Kenny commented.
"Oh yeah, Ash used to be Aipom's trainer."Dawn said. "Remember Aipom in the Jubilife Contest?"
"That's right, so did you make a trade?"Kenny asked.
"Yeah for Dawn's Buizel."Ash replied.
"This time I'm going to use Aipom for round 1 and 2 and we'll win for sure."Dawn remarked.
Aipom chirped in agreement.
"And I'll be using Hoothoot for round 1 and Ralts for the 2 second round."Denise admitted with a confident smile. "But then again, we'll see..."
"Hoot hoot."Hoothoot responded.
"Ralts."Ralts said gently.
"Agree with that."Kenny commented with a smirk. "We're going to be entering too and we're feeling strong."
"Prinplup."Prinplup replied.
"You got two ribbons right, Kenny?"Ash asked.
"Right, how many badges for you?"Kenny said.
Ash took out his gym badge case showing his two ribbons.
"I've got two badges so six more to go."Ash stated.
"Same with me and got two ribbons just like you, Kenny."Denise remarked.
"Cool."Kenny remarked.
"I've got an idea, Kenny."Ash admitted. "How about we finish our battle?"
"Umm...maybe later."Kenny answered. "I was just going over to see Dialga and Palkia right now."
"To see Dialga and Palkia..."Dawn said.
"Whoa, the legendary pokemon?!"Denise asked in surprise.
Then the four heroes become shocked.
Afterwards...
The heroes then rushed to the Solaceon Ruins where they saw the statues of Dialga and Palkia.
"It's true, Dialga and Palkia!"Ash said.
"These are the Solaceon Ruins."Kenny explained. "The ruins of the temple, where people once paid tribute to Dialga and Palkia, there are lots of places like this in Sinnoh."
"Wow..."Ash remarked.
Dawn and Denise then looked at the inscription written in Unown script.
"Look here."Dawn commented. "Whenever a life meets another life, something will be born."
"That's so true."Kenny agreed.
"Hey that was the same sentence that was written in the ruins of Amity Square."Denise said in realization.
"Cynthia, the League Champion, once told us that say."Dawn admitted.
"Wow that's so cool!"Kenny commented. "You got to meet the Champion?"
"Yeah and we saw also her Garchomp battle and it look like one tough cookie to crack as always."Denise commented.
"Whoa that's awesome!"Kenny answered.
"I guess that means we have a much more exciting life than you."Dawn teased.
Brock, Ash and Pikachu were looking at the other statue.
"Hey, it says the same thing here."Brock admitted.
"I wonder if it has something to do with Dialga and Palkia."Ash said with a smile.
"I've got a good idea, let's battle now."Kenny suggested.
"With Dialga and Palkia staring at us?"Ash asked. "That sounds like a great idea!"
"Pika pika!"Pikachu agreed.
"So who gets to attack first?"Kenny asked.
"Umm...that's a good question."Ash replied and folded his arms.
"In cases like this, I have just the thing!"Dawn remarked.
She brings out her Pokétch App, the Coin Toss.
"Whoa, a coin toss application?!"Kenny said in surprise.
"Well, me and Dawn both have it."Denise admitted. "Why you don't have one?"
Kenny placed his head down in shame.
"I hate this."He mumbled.
"This is head and this is tails."Dawn explained. "Okay guys, you call it, the winner goes first."
"Okay, I take heads."Ash said.
"And I will take tails."Kenny replied.
"Okay, coin toss!"Dawn stated.
She pressed the coin and it landed on heads.
"It's heads."Dawn remarked.
"I get first attack."Ash said with a smile.
"Let's have a one on one battle."Kenny admitted.
"You got it!"Ash agreed.
Ash went to the right side while Kenny rushed to the left.
The two sisters sat on the stairs with Piplup and Ralts.
"I remembered Team Rocket ruined their last battle in Floaroma Town."Denise admitted.
"That match up was Pikachu vs Prinplup wonder about now."Brock said.
"Kenny gotta be using Prinplup again this time, so I'll win it with a grass type."Ash stated and looked at Pikachu. "Pikachu, you watch."
Pikachu nodded. "Pika."
The Mouse Pokemon landed on the ground.
"Turtwig, I choose you!"Ash admitted.
His pokeball opened and Turtwig came out.
"Turtwig!"
"All right, go Breloom!"Kenny remarked.
His pokeball opened and a Breloom came out.
"Breloom!"
"What?"Ash asked in surprise.
"That's a Breloom."Dawn said.
"Let's see."Denise answered as she took out her pokedex.
"Breloom, the Mushroom Pokémon."Denise's Pokedex said."It's short arms stretch when it throws punches, and its technique is as good as a professional boxer."
"Grass type moves don't do much damage on grass type pokemon, why Breloom vs Turtwig?"Brock asked.
"Well, knowing Kenny I think his main concern is showing how good its moves look."Dawn chuckled.
"And that's something bratty Amy would do as well."Denise complemented.
"Piplup."Piplup replied.
"Ralts."Ralts responded.
"Okay, Turtwig Tackle!"Ash ordered.
Turtwig rushed towards Breloom.
"Dodge it!"Kenny ordered.
Breloom tried to dodge, but wasn't fast enough.
"Wow that's one fast Turtwig."Kenny said quietly.
"Now Razor Leaf go!"Ash ordered.
Turtwig prepared to use Razor Leaf.
"Use Mach Punch!"Kenny ordered.
Breloom hit Turtwig with Mach Punch before it used Razor Leaf.
"Whoa, I couldn't see that attack hit."Ash commented.
"Pika."Pikachu whispered.
"Hey Brock, what happened just now?"Dawn asked.
"Well, Mach Punch let's you always make really fast attacks."Brock replied. "Kenny must've been training really hard."
"That's very impressive."Denise remarked.
"You got to admit my Breloom's good."Kenny stated.
"Yeah."Ash replied and looked at Turtwig. "Turtwig, you okay?"
Turtwig nodded. "Twig."
"Now use Bite!"Ash ordered.
Turtwig rushed in quick speed.
"Energy Ball!"Kenny ordered.
Breloom began charging up a energy ball.
"What's that?"Ash asked.
"It's beautiful."Dawn said quietly.
Breloom fires his attack at Turtwig, who, despite it's speed, was unable to dodge and the Energy Ball exploded.
"Turtwig no!"Ash called out.
Turtwig shook off the green energy around it's body.
"Awesome, so that's energy ball."Ash said with a smile.
"That has to be Breloom's finishing move."Brock suggested.
"See?"Dawn asked with a smirk. "I told you, he was planning on showing off."
"Seems like he and Amy have been training together a lot."Denise said simply with her arms folded.
"I'm glad we're both using grass types to keep the damage to a minimum."Kenny stated.
"Hey Kenny do you think maybe you can teach Turtwig that move?"Ash asked.
"Energy ball?"Kenny said.
Ash stroked Turtwig's head.
"It's about time, Turtwig learned something new."He admitted.
"Hey does your Turtwig learn Bullet Seed?"Kenny asked. "You have to focus your power the same way."
"No afraid not sorry."Ash apologized.
"Turtwig."Turtwig said sadly.
"Then I guess it's going to be tough."Kenny replied putting his hands at the back of his head.
Turtwig looked at Ash.
"Turtwig turt!"He said.
"You really wanna learn it, huh?"Ash asked kindly and looked at Kenny. "Kenny, please?"
"Hmm...what should I do?"Kenny asked with a smirk.
"You should teach Turtwig, of course."Dawn replied as she stood up.
"Okay here's the deal."Kenny said. "You beat us and I'll teach it to Turtwig."
"Come on, seriously Kenny?"Denise asked with a frown.
"Meanie."Dawn muttered.
Brock chuckled a little bit.
Ash looked at Turtwig.
"So what do you think?"He asked.
Turtwig nodded. "Twig."
"Pika pika!"Pikachu encouraged with a smirk.
"Turtwig will be learning Energy Ball in no time."Ash remarked confidently.
Suddenly the ruins start to glow red and lift, including the stairs, which Dawn and Denise were sitting on with Piplup, Aipom, Hoothoot and Ralts.
Then the stairs began to lift up alarming the others.
"This is bad!"Ash stated.
"Dawn, Denise, no!"Kenny shouted.
As the stairs lift fully, Piplup and Ralts began to fall off causing Aipom and Hoothoot to catch them.
However Aipom and Hoothoot's strengths weren't strong enough and the four pokemon tumbled down the steps.
"Piplup, Aipom!"Dawn panicked.
"Hoothoot, Ralts!"Denise called out.
The two sisters jump off to save their pokemon.
"I'm coming, Denise!"Ash stated.
The others rushed into the entrance before it closed.
Inside the Ruins...
Dawn and Denise were able to find their pokemon.
"Are you four okay?"Dawn asked.
Piplup, Aipom, Hoothoot and Ralts answered with smiles.
"That's great."Denise remarked. "Now we have to find a way to get out of here."
Suddenly a group of Unown appear from the walls causing the two sisters and their pokemon to stand up.
"What are those?"Dawn asked as she took out her pokedex..
"Unown, the Symbol Pokémon."Dawn's Pokedex said. "Unown use telepathy to communicate with each other, many different shapes of Unown have been discovered."
The Unown then fired their attacks at the twin sisters, but Aipom, Hoothoot, Piplup and Ralts used Swift, Supersonic, Bubble Beam and Magical Leaf to attack them in order to protect their trainers.
"Oh thanks your guys are the best."Denise said kindly.
"Now let's go!"Dawn stated.
The two sisters and the four pokemon rushed off to the long stairs.
"How are we going to get out of here?"Denise asked.
"I don't know, Dennie."Dawn replied.
Suddenly the group of Unown appeared again annoying Dawn and Denise.
"Now Aipom use Swift and Piplup, Bubble Beam!"Dawn ordered.
"Hoothoot use Supersonic and Ralts use Magical Leaf!"Denise ordered.
Aipom, Piplup, Hoothoot and Ralts fired their attacks at the Unowns.
The Unowns suddenly snap out of their confusion and turn the place back to normal.
"We're back."Dawn said in surprise.
Denise sighed. "At least the confusion is now over."
Dawn notice the road ahead was covered in red.
"But it looks really weird up ahead."Dawn admitted.
"I hope the others are okay."Denise said worriedly.
"Let's keep going."Dawn suggested.
"Right."Denise answered with a nod.
The two sisters and their four pokemon continue running and encounter another group of Unown.
"All right, Piplup use Whirlpool now!"Dawn ordered.
Piplup used Whirlpool to snap them out of confusion.
"Yes!"Dawn said proudly.
"Well done, sis."Denise chuckled.
Then Team Rocket show up falling down from the nearby stairs.
"Team Rocket!"Dawn said angrily.
"Not you creeps again!"Denise scoffed.
"The female twerps!"Team Rocket panicked.
"All right, I bet this is your doing!"Dawn retorted with a frown.
"Not today!"James, Jessie and Meowth answered in unison.
Then a group of Unown appear causing Team Rocket to hide behind the two sisters.
"Save us!"James, Jessie and Meowth panicked.
"You guys are so lame."Dawn mumbled.
"And such cowards."Denise muttered.
"Now Piplup use Bubblebeam!"Dawn ordered.
"And Hoothoot use Supersonic!"Denise ordered.
Piplup uses Bubble Beam while Hoothoot fired Supersonic at the Unown, but didn't do nothing to them.
Suddenly Aipom leapt up and used Double Hit to attack the Unown while Ralts used Psychic to freeze them.
Then both Aipom and Ralts began to glow causing the two sisters and the others to gasp in surprise.
Aipom evolved into Ambipom and Ralts evolved into Kirlia.
"Ambipom!"
"Kirlia!"
"Whoa, Aipom evolved into Ambipom while Ralts evolved into Kirlia!"Dawn said happily.
"Oh my gosh that's awesome!"Denise remarked.
Then the Unown began to charge towards them.
"Quick Ambipom use Swift!"Dawn ordered.
"And Kirlia use Magical Leaf!"Denise ordered.
Ambipom and Kirlia used Swift and Magical Leaf to attack the Unown.
"Wow, what can I do to get a Ambipom and Kirlia for me?!"Jessie said in awe.
"Three marks without me."James mumbled.
The Unown snapped out of their confusion and went away.
Then Ash, Brock, Kenny and their pokemon show up and due to Unown's illusions each side sees each other as they are walking on the ceiling.
"How did the twerps do that?!"James, Jessie and Meowth said in unison.
"Dawn, Denise!"Ash called out.
"They're with Team Rocket."Brock said.
"How are you on the ceiling?"Kenny asked.
"You guys are the ones on the ceiling."Dawn replied.
"Must be the Unown's doing."Denise commented.
Another group of Unown appear but they are snapped out of confusion by Piplup's Bubble Beam who convinces them to return everything to normal.
Piplup began talking to the Unown.
"What is Piplup saying?"Ash asked.
"Piplup is trying to get to their good side."Meowth stated.
"Good side?"Dawn asked.
Then the Unown went away.
"Well whatever Piplup said seemed to be working."Dawn said with a smile.
"Umm...Dawn..."Denise admitted nervously.
When the illusion lifts off, it was revealed that Dawn, Denise and Team Rocket were actually on the ceiling and fall down on the floor.
"Dawn, Denise!"Ash shouted.
"Oh no!"Kenny shouted.
"Quick Happiny, catch them!"Brock stated.
Happiny and the other pokemon catch the others.
Denise notice she landed on Ash's lap causing her and Ash to look at each other with awkward smiles.
"That thing can catch."Meowth said with a weak smile.
Jessie was on Kenny's back.
"So can he."Jessie giggled.
"Ow my back..."Kenny muttered.
Ash and Brock then notice Ambipom and Kirlia.
"Wow, you evolved into Ambipom!"Ash said with a smile.
"Pika!"Pikachu said happily.
"And looks like Ralts has gone to the next stage as well."Brock remarked.
"I must say beside the confusion there has been surprises today."Denise chuckled.
"Ambipom!"Ambipom giggled.
Kirlia smiled shyly. "Kirlia..."
Dawn look at Happiny and Prinplup.
"Thanks Happiny."She said kindly and looked at Prinplup. "You too, Prinplup."
"Happiny."Happiny said sweetly.
Prinplup smiled. "Prinplup."
Then the door to the outside began to slowly open causing everyone to look on in awe.
The group went outside breathing out sighs of relief.
"Piplup, you were awesome."Dawn admitted. "Thanks to you, we were able to get out of there."
"Piplup."Piplup replied.
"I still want to know what you said to them back there."Ash said.
Brock glared at Team Rocket.
"Why doesn't Team Rocket tell us?"He suggested.
"Yeah since they were connected to the mess."Denise complemented.
Team Rocket freaked out and stood up.
"We don't know a thing!"Jessie answered with a nervous smile.
"Just like always!"James added.
"That's said later!"Meowth added.
"BYE BYE!"Team Rocket screamed as rushed away and disappeared.
Later that Evening...
Ambipom jumped on the statues while Kirlia was happily twirling around like a ballerina.
Ash checked Ambipom in his pokedex.
"Ambipom, the Long Tail Pokémon."Ash's Pokedex said. "It uses its two tails to shell nuts and then it links them together in a ring as a sign of friendship."
Ash moved his pokedex to scan Kirlia.
"Kirlia the Emotion Pokemon."Ash's Pokedex said. "If its Trainer becomes happy, it overflows with energy, dancing joyously while spinning about."
"Now that Ambipom has evolved and polished it's moves, we'll win that contest ribbon for sure!"Dawn remarked.
"Hey, I was thinking the same thing with Kirlia."Denise teased with a smirk.
"Piplup piplup."Piplup said happily.
"Hoot hoot."Hoothoot tweeted warmly.
"Ambipm Ambipom!"Ambipom cheered.
"Kirlia kirlia."Kirlia giggled sweetly.
Ash looked at Kenny.
"Okay Kenny, what about what happened to our battle of ours?"Ash asked.
"Turtwig!"Turtwig agreed.
"Yeah...okay once we get back to the pokemon center, I'll teach you energy ball."Kenny replied with a nervous smile.
"Huh?"Ash asked in surprise.
"If you won't tell Dee Dee and Neecy how freaked out I was back there, promise?"Kenny whispered.
Ash looked at Dawn and Denise, who looked back at him and he then looked back at Kenny.
"No way."He answered.
"Just like I said everybody got secrets hidden in their closets."Brock remarked with a smirk.
Kenny chuckled nervously.
Merry Christmas!
Next is the Solaceon Contest...
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
Kirlia (Female): Psychic, Double Team, Magical Leaf and Confusion
Hoothoot (Male): Silver Wind, Reflect, Aerial Ace and Supersonic
Drifloon (Female): Ominous Wind, Thunderbolt, Will-O-Wisp and Astonish