THE POKENINJA, ADVENTURES OF THE MAELSTROM POKEMON
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Chapter 14: Missing a Part of Oneself
Ash and the gang were walking along the road on their way to Nimbasa city for his next Pokémon gym battle in order to win a badge, so far he has won three badges with only five more to go before he could enter the Unova league.
They were walking along the road when they heard someone calling out to them from behind.
"Hey you wait!"
They turned around to see a brown haired boy who's a bit on the chubby side wearing a red singlet with a green horizontal strip in the middle, green shorts, red shoes and white wristbands with a green strip in the middle each. He was running towards them with a brown bag on his back.
"Hey there, the name's Stephan and I've just begun my Pokémon journey, but I'm ready to battle anybody. Which one of you is up for a battle with me," said the boy.
"My name is Ash and I'll accept your challenge Steffen," said Ash.
"The name's Stephan but whatever, let's move to somewhere with more room for our battle," said Stephan. They all moved to clearing not too far from the path for the Pokémon battle "Let's get things started, alright Blitzle let's go!" Stephen threw out a Pokéball which opened a Pokémon new to Ash, Pikachu and Naruto.
It is a black zebra-like Pokémon with thick double pointed white stripes on its neck, chest, back and hind legs. It has a rounded muzzle with a large dark nose and oval blue eyes with yellow sclera. Its tail is stubby, white and has two points, running up its neck is a spiky white mane which culminates at the front in a long extension that resembles a lightning bolt.
"Who's that?" said Ash as he took out his Pokédex to scan the new Pokémon.
[Blitzle, the Electrified Pokémon. Blitzle catches electricity and stores it in its mane, which glows when the electricity is discharged.]
"Judging by the Pokédex, Blitzle is an electric type like Pikachu. So we can choose between a grass type like Snivy and an electric type like Pikachu as they both have a good defense against our opponent," said Naruto.
"But you must be careful in case that Blitzle knows any other attacks aside from its own type," said Kurama to which Naruto nodded in affirmation.
"In that case, Pikachu are you up for this?" said Ash.
Pikachu hopped from his shoulder and stood in the clearing ready for battle "You can count on me Ash!" But then one of Ash's Pokéballs opened to reveal before them much to their surprise.
"Oshawott, what are you doing out here?" asked Naruto with a quirked eyebrow.
"I wanna battle this guy so you-" Oshawott pushed Pikachu back to Ash and then stood to face Blitzle "stay over there while I face him,"
Naruto relayed the message to Ash who looked at Oshawott confusedly "Are you sure you want to battle?"
"Of course, with my scalchop I've got nothing to fear," said Oshawott while patting the scalchop on his stomach proudly.
"Alright then, Oshawott I choose you!" said Ash with Oshawott standing at the ready.
Stephan was staring at them with a look of doubt "You gonna battle my electric type with your water type? Man you're selling me short. So I guess I'm gonna have to mope the floor with you, Blitzle use Shockwave!" Blitzle launched a blast of electricity from the tip of its mane towards Oshawott.
"Oshawott, deflect it with your scalchop!" said Ash, Oshawott placed a paw on his scalchop and watched the attack draw closer. When close enough, Oshawott quickly used his scalchop to swipe at the Shockwave, sending it flying elsewhere before smirking at Blitzle who was stunned at what it had just seen.
"Bet you never saw an Oshawott do something like that right?" said Oshawott cockily.
"He'd better be careful or his confidence will get the better of him," said Kurama.
"If Shockwave won't work, we still have lots of other moves. Blitzle use Flame Charge!" said Stephan, Blitzle covered itself in flames and charged towards Oshawott.
"Oshawott, use Water Gun!" said Ash, but Oshawott didn't use the move, but water surrounded him before covering his body as he shot forward like a rocket towards Blitzle much to the surprise of the others.
"What kind of move is that? It's almost like the water version of Pikachu's Volt Tackle and Tepig's Flame Charge!" said Naruto, then the Pokédex spoke up.
[Aqua Jet, the user surrounds its entire body with water and then tackles the opponent.]
"So Oshawott learnt Aqua Jet, that's great!" said Ash happily. Oshawott was about to collide with Blitzle when he suddenly changed direction and started flying all over the place before crashing head first into a boulder much to their confusion.
"Is that supposed to happen when you use Aqua Jet?" asked Naruto.
"No, my friend Buizel knows Aqua Jet and he never had a problem using it," said Pikachu while looking at Oshawott who was getting back on his feet and rubbing his head in pain.
"I don't know why Oshawott missed with that attack but I think we should lay off it for now," said Ash.
"Good idea Ash, we'll work on the Aqua Jet later," said Naruto.
"Alright then, Blitzle use Shockwave again!" said Stephan, Blitzle launched another blast but Oshawott took out his scalchop and held it at the ready with Ash getting the idea of what he wants to do.
"Okay Oshawott, use Aqua Shell Shuriken!" said Ash which confused Stephan, Oshawott channeled his energy into the Scalchop which took the shape of a throwing star around it , then he threw it at the Shockwave which was absorbed and continued onwards before hitting Blitzle and inflicted a decent amount of damage before returning to Oshawott "Now use Razor Shell!" Oshawott charged while channeling energy into the scalchop again to form a blade and swung at Blitzle.
"Quick Blitzle, use Double Kick!" said Stephan, Blitzle lashed out with its hind legs, which knocked Oshawott's scalchop out of his hand, sending it flying into the distance much to his horror.
"Oh no, my scalchop!" Oshawott quickly ran towards where the scalchop might have fallen in hopes of finding it.
"Oshawott, wait!" said Ash, but Oshawott kept on running.
"That sure looks like a forfeit to me," said Stephan.
"Hold on, let's call a timeout until I bring Oshawott back," said Ash before he and Pikachu took off after Oshawott.
"Oh come on, first the Pokémon and then the trainer leaves too?"
"Well this doesn't usually happen in a Pokémon battle, and since the scalchop is a part of Oshawott, going to look for it doesn't count as a forfeit," said Cilan.
"Then what am I supposed to do?" said Stephan.
"How about we postpone the match till tomorrow? It might take a while for us to help Oshawott find his scalchop," said Naruto before running after the others to help.
"Okay then, I'll be camping nearby so we'll have our battle tomorrow," said Stephan as he was walking away.
"Where is it? Where is my scalchop?" Oshawott was frantically searching through the bush in order to find his scalchop, he noticed something glint close by and excitedly ran over thinking it was his scalchop. He picked it up only to see that it was just a bottle cap which he threw away in disgust, then he heard Asha and Pikachu approaching.
"Had any luck finding your scalchop?" asked Ash, receiving a no from Oshawott "Then we'll help you look,"
"That's right," said Pikachu.
"Thanks you guys," said Oshawott happily, they started searching through the bushes again for a while before Pikachu spoke up.
"Hey I see something over there!"
"You mean you found my scalchop?" Oshawott ran over to where Pikachu pointed and reached into the bushes to grab and place it on his stomach "There, back where it belongs!"
Then without warning, Oshawott started getting shocked much to the surprise of Ash and Pikachu including Naruto when he showed up.
"What is going here, and why is Oshawott getting shocked like that?" asked Naruto.
"I don't know but it must have something to do with what Oshawott put on his stomach," said Ash then he turned to Pikachu "Pikachu use Iron Tail to knock it off of Oshawott," Pikachu leapt at Oshawott with his tail taking on a metallic sheen and swung it to knock whatever was on Oshawott much to his relief.
They turned to see that it was a very small Pokémon. It has four legs with blue conical tips, its entire body is covered in yellow fur with notable tufts sticking out on each side of its face. It has four eyes with two large one below and small ones above, and its mandibles point downwards and reside at the bottom of its face.
"Who's that Pokémon?" said Ash as he took out his Pokédex to scan the unknown Pokémon.
[Joltik, the Attaching Pokémon. Joltik cling to larger Pokémon, and absorb static electricity, storing the energy in a special pouch.]
"So that's a Joltik," said Ash, the tiny Pokémon glared at them for disturbing it before hopping away into the bushes.
Oshawott sighed sadly "I guess that wasn't my scalchop either," he felt a pat on his head and turned to see Ash smiling at him.
"Cheer up buddy, let's keep looking for your scalchop. I'm sure it's around here somewhere," said Ash.
"Thanks," said Oshawott happily.
"Oh yeah Steffen agreed that we would continue the match tomorrow," said Naruto.
"That's good, this gives us more time for us to find the scalchop,"
Then they heard Cilan and Iris approaching them.
"Hey Ash, have you found Oshawott's scalchop yet?" asked Cilan.
"Nope, not yet," said Ash.
"Well if we don't find by tomorrow, Oshawott will have to battle without it,"
"But aside from the battle back at Nacrene gym, I've never actually battled without my scalchop," said Oshawott.
Naruto relayed the message to the others, Iris was thinking rather deeply before she finally spoke up
"I've got it, you just let it to me," then Iris walked off much to the others confusion, she came back holding out a red and yellow berry to Oshawott "Try this out, I'm sure that this Iapapa berry will work for you,"
"Well it even looks like your scalchop," said Cilan.
"I don't know," said Oshawott as he took a few practice swings.
"Are you sure about this Ash?" asked Naruto as he looked at the fruit with doubt.
"It might work, I remember seeing a berry that could withstand Pikachu's Thunderbolt back at Sinnoh. In fact, why don't we try it out?" said Ash, to which Oshawott nodded in agreement.
"Get ready, Oshawott!" Pikachu launched a blast of electricity at Oshawott who raised the berry to block it, the berry withstood for a minute before it got roasted and split apart with Oshawott getting shocked.
"Did they really think that a berry would resist an attack like Thunderbolt?" said Kurama with a quirked eyebrow.
Cilan, Iris and Axew went over and each picked a piece of the roasted berry.
"Well it did seem a good idea at the time," said Iris with a sweatdrop.
"The Iapapa berry isn't as strong as we thought," Said Cilan, they take a bit out of it and noticed that it rather tastes delicious despite it being electrocuted "But you have to admit that it does taste good,"
"Yeah, especially with the smoky flavor," said Iris with Axew agreeing.
"Could you guys bring your attention back to our current problem already?" said Ash with a deadpanned expression.
"Now what do we do?" asked Oshawott.
"Maybe I can give you one of my serving domes then," said Cilan.
"I might have to disagree with on that one Cilan," said Naruto.
"Why not?"
"I have to agree with Naruto, your serving dome is made of metal and metal conducts electricity," said Ash with Pikachu nodding in agreement.
"You're right about that, an electric attack would have scorched it as black as the night sky," and Cilan thought for a while before coming up with an idea "I've got it! Dwebble come on out!" he threw out a Pokéball to summon it "Dwebble, could you make a shield for Oshawott?"
Dwebble nodded in affirmation, then he picked out a nearby rock and started working on making one for Oshawott who looked on with hope. Soon Dwebble was done, and the shield looked quite similar to Oshawott's scalchop, although the thing is that the shield was as tall as Oshawott himself.
"With the rock shield that Dwebble crafted, it should be able to resist electric type attacks," said Cilan.
"Okay then let's try it out, Pikachu use Thunderbolt!" said Ash, Pikachu launched another blast of electricity, Oshawott struggled with the weight but was able to lift it in time to block the attack "That's great Oshawott, the shield worked perfectly," but Oshawott got worn out from holding the rock shield and fell over with the it falling on top on him.
"True that it blocks electric attacks, but it's too heavy for Oshawott," said Naruto with a sweatdrop.
Later, Oshawott laid sprawled out under the shade of a tree with Pikachu fanning him with a leaf.
"I guess that Oshawott needs his own scalchop after all," said Ash.
"Don't worry about it Ash, I've sent my Shadow Clones out to find it but it might take a while," said Naruto.
"Well I think that Oshawott relies too much on it," said Iris and received a stern glare from Naruto.
"Don't say that Iris, that scalchop is more than just a tool, it's his most treasured possession," said Ash.
"He's right, and without it, he can't use Razor Shell and all that hard work he did would have been a waste," said Naruto.
"Sorry," said Iris.
"Instead of being defensive all the time, why not switch to offense?" said Cilan,
"What do you mean?" asked Ash curiously.
"Well they do say that the best defense is a good offense," said Naruto.
"Something you did a lot back at our dimension," said Kurama with Naruto having to agree.
"I'm sure that would work if we can increase Oshawott's speed," said Iris.
"But the things is that we won't have enough time until tomorrow, so the best option will be to use the rock shield. How about it Oshawott?" said Ash before turning to the sea otter Pokémon.
"I don't know," said Oshawott while still feeling unconfident.
"I agree with your plan Ash, and there are additional benefits to it," said Naruto, he remembered something back then and knew that Oshawott will get the same result.
Then they spent the day training with Naruto joining in while in combo mode by carrying boulders up hills, performing sit-ups, push-ups, and Oshawott practicing with the rock shield by holding it up and bracing for impact while Pikachu launches Thunderbolt at him. Although Oshawott often gets knocked down multiple times but he continues to get back up and try again which had Naruto and Kurama look at him with respect.
Soon enough, the night had fallen and Oshawott was sitting by a small pond and taking a break from the training. He thought about tomorrow's battle with worry as he still doesn't have his scalchop.
"What am I going to do tomorrow, without my scalchop I can't defend myself against that Blitzle's attacks. And I really miss it," said Oshawott.
"Still bummed about not having your scalchop huh?" Oshawott turned to the voice to see Naruto in his polymorph form walking towards him.
"Yeah, that scalchop is something I treasure a lot, and not having it with me is making me feel unconfident,"
"I know how you feel buddy, back in my dimension I had two items that were very precious to me. One was the headband that Iruka-sensei gave to me for my graduation from the academy and the other was a necklace which I won from Granny Tsunade after winning a bet I mastered the Rasengan, since then these two items never left my side. But the necklace got destroyed during my battle with a powerful opponent and the headband was lost during my trip through the void on my way here, it still saddens me that I don't have them anymore," said Naruto with a sigh, Kurama felt guilty for the destruction of the necklace as it was his influence that played a part in it.
"But how did you get over it?" asked Oshawott.
"I felt that as long as I kept their memories close to my heart, it will be as if they're still here with me," said Naruto then he patted Oshawott on his head "Don't worry about it, my Shadow Clones are still searching for your scalchop and I know that you can beat that Blitzle without it. Ash, Pikachu and I believe in you, Right Ash?"
Oshawott turned around to see Ash and Pikachu smiling at him "Of course we do, there's no doubt about it!"
"That's right," said Pikachu.
Oshawott smiled warmly "Thanks you guys, for believing in me,"
They resumed the training until daybreak, then they stood at the clearing waiting for Stephan to show up with Oshawott having the rock shield strapped to his back with rope.
"Ash, are you sure that Oshawott is okay with all that training?" asked Iris worriedly.
"You betcha! We trained as hard as we could and I know that Oshawott is in it to win it," said Ash.
"Yeah!" said Oshawott.
"True but the trainer is late, I remembered him saying that he would be camping nearby," said Cilan.
"Well if he's not coming here, then we might as well go look for him," said Naruto.
"Good idea Naruto, let's go!" said Ash, the gang walked through the forest until they caught of a pitched up tent and saw Stephan doing something they've never seen before.
He was pedaling on an exercise bike with a pair of cables connected to a machine with two lightning rods sticking out of it. He started pedaling as fast as he can, then electricity shot out of the rods towards Blitzle and was absorbed into his mane.
"Whoa," Ash, Naruto and even Kurama were stunned at what they saw.
"Despite being in different dimensions, you human always surprise me," said Kurama.
"Hey Ash, I guess it's time to rock and roll!" said Stephan.
"Whatcha doing with all this Steffen?" asked Ash.
"The name's Stephan, but whatever. This is a manually powered electrical generator which I made just for recharging Blitzle,"
"I get it, the electricity which is being generated is directly absorbed into Blitzle's mane which increases its power," said Cilan.
"It's quite obvious that you've been training Blitzle for today," said Iris.
"That's right, I figured that I train Blitzle before coming over, but since you're here you saved me the trouble. I say that we have our battle right here!"
"Sure thing, let's settle this once and for all, right Oshawott?" said Ash.
"Right!" said Oshawott.
They stood at a nearby clearing faced each other in anticipation for the oncoming battle.
Music Start: Pokémon Black; Battle! Trainer
"Remember Oshawott, you can do it!" said Ash with Oshawott with the rock shield positioned in front of him nodding in affirmation.
"Alright Blitzle, time to show them your new powered up moves," said Stephan with Blitzle standing at the ready "Let's start out with Shockwave!" Blitzle fired a blast of electricity at Oshawott, he grabbed the rock shield and lifted it in time to block the attack.
"That's great Oshawott, keep it going just like that!" said Ash.
"Impressive, Oshawott has gotten good at using that rock shield," said Cilan.
"Looks like their training has paid off," said Iris.
You guys must have trained just as hard, but we're just getting started. Blitzle use Shockwave and turn up the power!" Blitzle launched another blast but this time it was bigger than the first, Oshawott brought up the shield and struggled to withstand the attack and was slowly getting pushed back.
"This attack is definitely more powerful than the last one, that Oshawott should be careful not to get hit by it," said Kurama.
"Oshawott. Hang in there!" shouted Ash.
"Don't give in!" said Pikachu.
The attack eventually stopped, but Ash and the others were shocked to see that there cracks all over the shield.
"Now's the time to attack! Blitzle use Double Kick!" Blitzle charged at Oshawott and lashed out with it hind legs that instantly shattered the rock shield into pieces.
"Now use Shockwave!" said Stephan, Blitzle fired its attack, Oshawott tried to use a piece of rock to defend but it was no use as he still got shocked by the attack.
"Now what do we do?" said Ash worriedly.
"Ash, have Oshawott start attacking!" said Naruto, Ash recalled the words that he said yesterday.
"Let's end this by using Shockwave!" said Stephan, Blitzle started getting ready to attack.
"Oshawott, use Tackle!" said Ash, Oshawott got up and dashed towards high speed and slammed into Blitzle before it could even attack.
"How did I get so fast?" said Oshawott while looking at himself in surprise.
"Where did Oshawott get that kind of speed?" asked Iris.
"Remember when I said that there would be additional benefits by training with the rock shield?" said Naruto.
"Yes you did, but what were those benefits?" asked Cilan.
"Back at my dimension, a very good friend of mine is an expert in close combat as he often trains by wearing a set of heavy weights which hampers his movements. But when he takes them off, he moves at speeds that you would see nothing but a blur," said Naruto.
"I get it now, Oshawott had been training with the heavy rock shield and now that he's without it, he moving more quickly than ever before as well as his strength being increased too," said Cilan.
"Wow that's amazing," said Iris in wonder with Axew agreeing as well.
"Alright Oshawott, let loose a barrage of Tackle attacks!" said Ash, Oshawott quickly dashed forward and started slamming into Blitzle consecutively from different angles, giving it no chance for a counter attack.
"I want to wrap this up with a Razor Shell but Oshawott still doesn't have his scalchop, I need to find a way to end this," thought Ash.
"Blitzle, use Double Kick!" said Stephan, Blitzle lashed out with its hind legs.
"Oshawott, dodge under them and use Water Gun!" said Ash, Oshawott under the kicks and fired a blast of water which hit Blitzle's underbelly and sent it flying into the sky before crashing on the ground.
Blitzle got up, still able to continue battling "Use multiple Flame Charge and show them what you're made off!" said Stephan.
"I seem to recall that each time one uses that move, their speed increases," said Kurama.
"Which means if Blitzle keeps using Flame Charge, it will reach speeds to keep up with Oshawott," said Naruto.
Oshawott keep dodging the onslaught of attacks, but Blitzle's speed just kept on increasing which made it harder for him to evade.
"Come on Ash think! There's gotta be a way to win this!" Ash looked around a bit before he saw something and thought of a good idea "Oshawott, run towards that tree!" Oshawott quickly complied and dashed to the tree with Blitzle close behind and slowly catching up.
"What's Ash up to now?" asked Iris.
"Now run up the trunk and bounce off it and use Water Gun full blast!" said Ash, Oshawott ran up the tree trunk and jumped off with a backflip right over Blitzle who wasn't able to stop and crashed headfirst into the tree, then Oshawott fired a powerful blast of water which slammed Blitzle against the tree again and knocked it out.
"Oh no Blitzle!" said Stephan worriedly.
Music End
"Oshawott you did it, you won!" said Ash happily with Pikachu cheering as well.
Oshawott looked surprised "I won?"
"That you did, and you were able to beat an electric type without your scalchop. That goes to show how strong you are and will be in the future even with your scalchop," said Naruto with a smile.
Stephan returned Blitzle back into its Pokéball and walked over to Ash and the others "I have to say that you two are strong, and I hope that we meet again and have another battle,"
"Of course, and I'll be looking forward to it Steffen," said Ash.
"I keep telling you the name's Stephan but whatever stills applies,"
"We know his name, but it's just that we just can't seem to pronounce it right," thought Naruto.
"Almost as if it doesn't want to be pronounced right," said Kurama.
"Hey boss!" everyone turned to see a copy of Naruto running up to them with two of his tails curled up as if holding something.
"Did you find the scalchop?" asked Naruto.
"Yes I did," said the clone, one of the tails uncurled to reveal the scalchop which he held out to Oshawott who happily took it and held it close to him.
"Thanks for finding my scalchop Naruto," said Oshawott happily.
"No problem buddy," said Naruto, then he noticed that the clone was still standing there "Is there something else?"
"Yes, I also found this," the clone uncurled his other tail to reveal something that made Naruto and Kurama's eyes widen, it is a long black cloth with a metal plate to it and etched into it is a symbol of a leaf.
"But how? I thought that it was lost in the void," said Kurama.
"Do you know it Naruto?" asked Ash.
"Yes, it's my headband which I thought was lost forever," said Naruto, not wanting Stephan to know what's going on.
He quickly dispelled the clone and received its memories, he saw the clone finding the scalchop and was about to return when a void opened before him and his headband fell out.
"That seems almost as if someone or something gave it back to you," said Kurama.
"Well all that matters is that I have one of my precious treasures back again," said Naruto happily, he had Ash put the headband around his neck like a scarf.
"Looks like you got on of your precious items back too," said Oshawott.
"Yeah, I know and I'm grateful of that," said Naruto.
Later on, they bade farewell to Stephan and continued on the road to Nimbasa city for their next gym battle.
Meanwhile in the Hall of Origins, Arceus was watching over them especially Naruto with a smile "I heard what Naruto said about that headband and had Giratina search for it. After it's the least I could do for you since you'll now be living here in this world. I can only hope that you and Ash would ready for the challenges ahead in the future,"
This is Hussbek online with another chapter, I hope that you enjoy this chapter as there is more incoming. I haven't been receiving much reviews which makes me wonder if I'm really doing a good job with this story, send more reviews to give me ideas. I'll see you all in the next chapter.
This is Hussbek from Ghana.
Signing out.
