Chapter 3
Ash hit his head on the ceiling at least twelve times just going to the kitchen. Being Ash, he didn't need to be told where the kitchen was, as he somehow just knew. His "sixth sense" was being able to find food, even if it was in the middle of a flower meadow, buried two feet in the ground.
By the time Ash got to the kitchen, he had a large goose egg on his forehead in three locations. Latios, Latias, and Pikachu followed him, chuckling at his eagerness to get a bite to eat.
Bianca gave a shy wave as he entered. Ash waved back.
"What's cooking?" Ash asked like a complete idiot, causing the three Pokémon behind him to sweatdrop.
"Ash!" Latios said out loud. "She can't understand you, remember?" Ash sulked, realizing his misfortune once again.
"Hey, Ash," Latios said in a gentle voice, knowing he was upset. "I know it's hard, but it could have been much worse. I mean, you're a legendary, for Arceus' sake! Well, at least, I think you are, anyways. Try telepathy. Just focus on Bianca hearing your thoughts. Just will for her to hear them."
'You're right, Latios," Ash said. "I can't sit here all day, feeling sorry for myself. I need to make the best of what I have, which in this case I have a bigger stomach, so I'll be able to eat more!" Ash's face lit up at the realization, while Latios face faulted. "That's not exactly what I had in mind," He said.
"Now, let's try telepathy."
Meanwhile, Bianca had been watching the scene with interest, happy to see that Latios and Latias had made a new friend, while she wondered about the orange Pokémon that must be a "Latius", as that's all she heard leave his lips. She couldn't understand anything that they were saying, though, so all she could do was watch.
Suddenly, a familiar young male voice filled her mind. "What's for lunch? I'm starving! Geez, I can't believe I haven't eaten for an entire day!" Bianca realized the one speaking was the orange "Latius".
"Oh, um," She said. "we're having a lot of things actually, as a sort of celebration for the survival of both our city and Latios. Turkey, potatoes, noodles, sweet potatoes, biscuits, salad," Bianca counted off the courses on her fingers. "and for dessert, homemade chocolate cake, apple pie, and fresh casteliacones, freshly shipped from Castelia City in the Unova region." 'It can't be…' She thought to herself.
Bianca noticed that the orange dragon's mouth was watering at the thought of all the good food, so she decided to stop listing it off. "Luckily for you," she said. "Lunch is ready!" she called so everyone could hear.
After a few minutes of everyone coming and getting their food, and another five minutes of Latios helping Ash through the halls to the dining room, everyone finally began to eat, while Ash chowed down like there was no tomorrow.
"Ash, are you always like this?" Latias asked.
"Like what?" Ash responded with so much food in his mouth that he could have been mistaken for a flying hamster. Latias sweatdropped at his appetite.
"Never mind," she said, not really wanting to know the answer anymore.
Bianca spoke up with a serious look on her face. "Are you two going to explain, or am I going to have to tickle you until you do?"
Both of the twins got horrified looks on their faces, knowing Bianca's "tickle fights" could end very badly. "Whoa, there," Latios telepathed. "There's no need to get crazy, we were going to explain the best we could at dinner, anyways." Ash was on his third plate already, while Pikachu watched him worriedly. "Uh, Latios, is he eating too much?" He asked.
Latios eyed the pile of plates beside Ash. "Well, he did go a day without eating, although I don't normally eat that much. Then again, I've never gone an entire day without eating anything." Latios aid verbally.
"Misty, Brock? Lorenzo?" Bianca said, getting all of the other human's attention. "I know where Ash is."
The others nodded, each thinking the same thing. "The orange eon spoke telepathically to me in the kitchen. His voice…" She continued. "It seemed almost familiar."
Both Misty and Brock nodded. "There's only one person on Earth that can eat that much food and still want more," Brock said.
At that moment, Ash was reaching for his seventh plate of turkey, but Latios swatted his arm away. "No more for you, Ash!" He said through telepathy. "If you eat anymore you're going to turn into a bird! Actually, scratch that. You already did!" He was surprised when the only ones who seemed shocked were Bianca and Lorenzo.
"Leave it to Ash to do the impossible!" Misty mused.
"I agree," Brock said.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Ash fumed telepathically.
"Come on, Ash!" Brock said. "You had your spirit removed by a haunter, rose from the dead after you jumped between Mew and Mewtwo's battle, were turned into a Pikachu by a women's spell, saved the world from the bird trio's wrath with Lugia, became Lugia and Ho-oh's chosen one, battled an illusion Entei, met a boy from the past, survived a killer twig monster, rode Suicune, saved Celebi's life, recently defeated a zombie Kabutops and zombie Areodactyl, saved Latios' life, and now turned into a strange 'Lati', not to mention the dozens of legendary Pokémon you have encountered, including Latias and Latios, and Ho-oh on the outskirts of Pallet Town, on your first day as a trainer." Brock stopped to catch his breath, while Latios whistled.
"That's pretty crazy if you ask me," he said. "Lady Ho-oh must have given Ash her blessings on his first day as a trainer, resulting in his good fortune." Ash glared at him.
"Well, somewhat fortunate, anyways," Latios said. Latias giggled.
"Latios," Bianca said sternly. "you'd better start talking." The expression on her face made Latios shutter.
"Okay, okay!" He said.
Latios started. "When we charged at the wave, I was already weakened by the DMA. When we clashed with the wave, my soul ended up nearing death, as Altomare needed a new soul dew. Latias thought of a way to save me, and, although it had risks, we went through with it." Latios said. "Latias flew to the shore and had her and Ash teleported back to me. We told Ash what we knew: If he went through with it, we had no idea what would happen to him, and that he might not even survive it. He agreed, knowing my life was in danger, and we began. About halfway through my revival, Ash's body began to glow orange. Then he began to transform into the dragon before you. It was too late to stop the process, as all three of us would die if I did so." Latios started gasping for air after his minute-and-a-half explanation.
After he recovered, Latios noticed Bianca had taken out her laptop and was doing something on it. "Uh, Bianca?" Latios asked. "What are you doing?"
Bianca didn't seem to hear him, and after a few minutes gasped. "Guys, look at this!" She said. Everyone gathered around to see. "When Ash was speaking with Latios in the kitchen, he was saying his species name, as expected. He said 'Latius', so I decided to do some research." Bianca said. "I found this article on a strange set of ruins that were discovered last year." She started to read from the webpage article. "There seemed to be statues of Latios and Latias on pillars around the entrance. Ruin maniacs found a strange out-of-place door that they couldn't seem to open. On the door, there was a strange pattern. Three colored dots in a triangle. A blue dot was on the bottom left, a red dot was on the bottom left, and," she took a deep breath before continuing, "an orange dot at the top."
Everyone gasped as they realized what this meant. "That's not all," Bianca said. "It says that, for some strange reason, there was a faint glow coming from behind the door, almost as if a strange energy source was there." Latios thought for a second, before looking at Latias, who nodded, thinking the exact same thing.
Latios coughed to get everyone's attention. "Latias and I have decided to go with Ash to the ruins," he said. "That place seems to have a connection with Ash's state."
"But Latios, we have no idea where this temple is," Bianca reasoned.
"Don't worry, Bianca," Latias telepathed. "Ever since you started to explain the ruins to us, for some strange reason, Latios and I seem to know exactly where it is, almost like it's calling out to us or something. Right, bro?" Latios nodded.
"Uh, one problem," Ash said. "What about Brock and Misty? And who's going to guard the soul dew while you're gone?"
"I have set up a sort of protection mechanism with my psychic powers to make sure that no human without a pure heart can touch it," Latios telepathed. "If they do, it won't be pretty for them, and if someone does, it will send both me and Latias a signal, and we will rush back as soon as we can."
"So, when do we leave?" Ash said.
"Now," Latios said. "We should head for the dock."
Ash realized something all of a sudden. "Oh, no!" He said. "What happened to the Pokémon I had on me?"
"Don't worry, Ash," Brock said. "Latios gave them to me to hold onto at the dock. They're all safe." Ash sighed in relief.
"Okay let's go," Latias said. "You should probably turn invisible."
"Uh, how do I do that?" Ash asked, causing Latias to blush in embarrassment. "Sorry," she said. "just imagine yourself becoming invisible and it should happen."
Ash tried it and suddenly disappeared, although to him he could see his outline quite clearly. 'Must be so I can see the other two.' He thought to himself. Latios was impressed. Ash had used telepathy on his first try and now turned invisible without breaking a sweat.
"We'll see you all later!" Latias telepathed. "We should be back in a couple of days."
"Be careful!" Bianca said.
"We will!" Latias chirped.
After arriving at the dock, fifteen minutes later (mostly because Ash kept hitting his face off on buildings), Latias, Latios, and Ash prepared to take off in the direction of the ruins. They stayed invisible because they didn't feel like revealing themselves again. "Ready to fly faster than a jet plane?" Latios asked Ash.
"Ready as I'll ever be," Ash responded. With that, they took off into the sky and quickly picked up speed.
Meanwhile, in a high-security prison, Annie and Oakley were being taken to their cell, where they were going to stay for the rest of their days. As they were herded towards the cell, they saw a television on the wall and flipped at the news. A red line was on the bottom of the screen, with the words 'breaking news' flashing across it.
"Today in the city of Altomare, a strange light erupted from the sea just after dawn. The light was filmed for about seven minutes before it faded. That's when people started to call out and pointed toward the sea. The guardians of Altomare, legendary Pokémon Latios and Latias flew up to the shore and set a strange, unknown Pokémon down in front of a group of four people. They then flew off and disappeared, no one knowing where they went. No one is for sure about what happened just before dawn, but two team rocket agents were found passed out in the DMA. More on them after the break."
The TV went to commercials just before they lost visual on the screen. "I can't believe those idiots got us! I'm going to kill him when I get out of here!" Oakley yelled. "Good thing you're never getting out of here then, huh?" one of the guards mocked her. They were soon put into a cell, where they would stay for many years to come.
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