Hello one and all to another chapter of Pokemon SVTA where today, we continue our journey through the Paldea Region by making a quick pitstop to Sakura Town, a town where the Cherry Blossoms fall all year round. It's there where Ash reunites with Alexa, the photographer from Kalos whose here to document a story and Raifort whose here on a field trip. The town is home to Enamorus, a Legendary Pokemon releated to the Forces of Nature and so they decide to see her, but can they help Enamorus from TR while also learning more about Enamorus's history?
Cover Story 44: Clembot's Daily Life 1: Blaziken Mask issue #0
Clembot is an interesting character, created by Clemont to act as his substitute to allow Clemont to create his inventions, but Clembot malfunctioned and was hostile against his creator and to any Gym challengers that didn't have 4 Gym badges which unfortunately included Ash who just arrived to Kalos. It was through battling Clemont and him activating his original code that Clembot became calmer and joined the Tonnere family as caretaker and Clemont's substitute as he went along on his journey with Ash.
After Team Flare invaded the city and Lumiose tower, Clemont and Clembot fought their way up and dealt with Team Flare but in order to stop their machine from terrorizing Lumiose and the world, Clembot decided to sacrifice himself to make sure the machine gets shut down leaving Clemont broken. After the battle, Clemont rebuilt him but unfortunately couldn't remember the past but over time after Ash left, Clemont and Bonnie were able to help him out and even remembered some things through their hard drive and is back to his regular self, albeit with some memories missing.
With Clemont and Bonnie out on an adventure (and by that, I mean encountering an old king and having to deal with Team Flare alongside Greninja, Diantha, Squishy and an alternative Froakie and blue Zygarde cells) leaving Clembot by himself and with no challengers today, he decided to take the day off and enjoy the day with Heliolisk and Magneton. They walk through the park and encounter Meyer who was at the park with Ampharos and Blaziken looking at a lake fondly, the two say hi and begin to chat about their day.
Clembot explains the slow day he had, and that Meyer had the same, so he came out here. Clembot says how things changed so quickly, Ash becoming a World Champion, Bonnie becoming a trainer and that part made Meyer comedically cry that his children were growing up and briefly mentions how he wished his wife could see them now. This gets Clembot curious as to who that wife maybe and Meyer smiles with a mixture of bittersweetness and fondness. He mentions today was the day he proposed to his wife Erina here in this park and thus came out here to reminisce.
Clembot asks what she was like and Meyer smiles reminiscing on how she was beautiful and how she made everyone's days go from bad to wonderful and how much she loved her children. Meyer asks if Clembot wants to hear a story of how he met his wife and Clembot nods, Meyer mentions it's the day people began sawing him as Blaziken Mask but not as a hero at first. Years ago, he was a college student trying to live his days in Lumiose trying to earn money for his life and thus took on odd jobs one of which was a children's performer where he, Blaziken and Ampharos acted as heroes in a play fighting against evil and it's where he met his future wife who was a play director and was impressed by his performance, it was there he fell in love but he also felt a bit socially awkward to say anything.
He continued his performances and worked on improving himself for Erina and one day, she offered a gift for him and while he didn't know what it was at the time, it was later found out to be Blazikenite with Erina thinking it was a cool marble she found and wanted Meyer to have it which he accepted. One day, he noticed Sycamore and his assistants having issues with their machine and having skills in machinery, he helped Sycamore out with Blaziken lifting his machine, Ampharos providing electricity and Meyer fixing the machine which turned out to be one for Mega Evolution and they were grateful, Sycamore even mentioned he would be a good mechanic and he did later on and struck a friendship with the professor becoming a lifelong friend.
It was one day however after a performance that an apartment was on fire with Erina in it and wanting to save her, he rushed in their heroicly unaware that he was still wearing the mask. Meyer helped people out and reached Erina but they were blocked in and going out the window was risky without the stairs but just as things were hopeless, he still felt determined to save the love of his life and Blaziken read his trainer's feelings as Meyer's Mega Stone glows and Blaziken mega evolved. Blaziken used his new strength and speed from his Speed Boost Ability to carry the two and manage to jump out of there safely.
Clembot looked impressed and so did Heliolisk and Magneton who had stars in their eyes and Meyer chuckled and that's when people called him Blaziken Mask due to the mask that resembled Blaziken and became a local hero amongst all. It's when Meyer found his purpose, he wanted to help people both as a person and a hero and decided to adopt the Blaziken mask persona to protect Paldea from any crime and became more famous yet illusive, he didn't want people finding out who he was out of fear they would be targeted but Erina found out, she always knew but they dated and after a couple of years, Meyer worked up the courage to propose to her and she happily accepted.
Clembot remarks that being a hero worked after all and Meyer chuckles and as Clembot correctly assumes, Clemont was born a year later as a healthy baby boy which apparently made Meyer cry comedically a fountain of tears and decided to work hard providing for his family by opening up his own mechanic shop where he helps fix vehicles but also various machines specifically from Sycamore who is his popular client and payer. Meyer reminisces on the good times but everything good had to come crashing down.
6 years later, Meyer was preparing for his next child, a baby girl who they would name Bonnie however, Erina fell ill around that time, gravely ill. It was to the point that the only way for her to survive was if she didn't have Bonnie, but Erina didn't want that, she didn't want to rob a child's chance at life. She wants to see her grow up even if it meant that Erina might not be around much longer and eventually, Bonnie was born healthy like her brother and fortunately, she managed to live but unfortunately a year later, that same illness took away Erina away from Meyer.
Meyer stayed silent after that with Clembot being shocked at the circumstances and unsure of what to say. Meyer felt lost at the time, unsure of what to do but looked to his children, he knew that he needed to be there for them no matter what and although scared of the future ahead, he loved them. Clemont shown himself to be a child prodigy to the point of getting into a college and Bonnie was like her mother, cheerful and kind and he knew he needed to work hard for everyone. Meyer was tearing up and Clembot comforted him with a hug and Meyer thanked him before calling him son.
Clembot was taken aback but Meyer views him as part of the family along with Clemont and Bonnie and that he's glad Clembot is a part of the family which makes Clembot happy. Meyer says that even with his wife gone, she would be happy to see her family now with Clemont as a Gym Leader, Bonnie as a trainer and Clembot joining the family. She inspired him to never give up even when things may look down upon you and Clembot agrees. They talk some more before the sun descended and now it was nighttime, and they departed for home but just as they were walking, both Clembot and Meyer felt like someone was hugging them being a ghostly spirit of a beautiful woman with blonde hair and a similar appearance to Bonnie and Clemont as the two turn around but see nothing, but the ghost was smiling before fading away.
Clembot decided on a goal for his existence, he wants to learn about the people of Lumiose and go on daily adventures to learn about his environment in his free time.
TBC
Prologue
It was in the early morning somewhere near the town of Sakura Town where everyone slept and the Pokemon were just waking up, but it appears there are some who couldn't sleep one of them being that Iron Valiant we saw before. We see Iron Valiant in a nearby cave looking at some sort of computer chip of sorts which appears to be busted as Valiant appeared to be fixing it with their pink armblade weapons as they spark electricity but to no avail.
"I'm sorry master, I'm still nowhere near to my goal yet, it seems that boy decided to challenge fate no matter the circumstances and I still can't remember everything you said before. This technology too advanced for this era to fix this and me." Valiant said as he remembers what his master said to him.
"-ave Paldea."
"Work alongside-"
"Save Ash-"
Valiant shook those memories off with frustration, "I know, I know but how! What else did you say back then, this memory chip's busted and there seems to be no one able to fix me!" Valiant says as he inserts the chip back to his head, but it seems new memories are showing up in Valiant's head. They see an older individual in a white lab coat but the images flash again to a mysterious turtle Pokemon that had a globe on its stomach and some sort of Tera hat resembling a turtle of sorts as Valiant wakes up from this strange dream.
"What were those Pokemon? They looked so shiny and full of Tera crystals, what could this mean?" Valiant says, as they were thinking, they hear heavy footsteps causing Valiant to put his armblades together as a weapon.
"If you're interested in fixing that chip, Turo can fix you to perfection and then you can tell us about Terapagos." a deep robotic voice says as Valiant looks to see the robotic Cobalion otherwise known as Iron Crown walks to Valiant.
"Sorry, but I have no interest in working with people like you, you look like the type of people who would use my information for nasty purposes." Valiant says as Crown looks lowly at Valiant.
"You're vital in Turo's research on Terapagos so I suggest coming with us or I'll take you by force." Crown says as Valiant readies themself and a different more female voice appears from Valiant.
"Engaging in battle format, adjusting Iron Valiant's appropriate moveset for this battle. Unable to change until after 30 minutes" the voice says as Crown looked intrigued.
"Intriguing, your master must've readied you for battle if he's able to adjust your moveset accordingly. Very well." Crown says as they create multiple psychic energy balls to unleash Psyshock as Valiant splits into multiple versions of themself with Double Team and most of them get hit but 2 escape the cave as Crown scoffs. "So Double Team to escape, time for Tachyon Cutter." Crown says as they aim their horns towards the two Valiants and launch two slashes of light towards the two Iron Valiants who launches two Aura Spheres. The first Tachyon Cutter hits the Aura Sphere, and the 2nd hits the fake Valiant but the 2nd one lands but Crown jumps out of the way causing an explosion as the real Valiant falls to the ground ready for the fight.
"You're more impressive than I thought." Crown says as Valiant scoffs.
"Comes with being created as an ultimate paladin. Want an autograph?" Valiant says.
"Don't think this praise means I'm being easy on you." Crown says as their eyes glow and beneath Valiant's feet was a 3d square of psychic energy which rose to surround Valiant and launched at Valiant from all sides sending Valiant flying back using Expanding Force, but they land on their feet.
"I suggest you give up; your arrival clearly affected your battle skills." Crown says lowly as Valiant snickers catching Crown's attention, "What's so funny?" Crown says as Valiant snickers some more.
"Just because I arrived here weak, doesn't mean I'm currently weak." Iron Valiant says as they clone themselves with Double Team and rushed towards Crown using Ice Punch who scoffs at them.
"Coward." Crown says as Iron Crown's horns combine to create a blade and they use Sacred Sword to slice down the Valiants, but they did not count on the real Valiant's spear weapon glowing a pink aura and rushed at Crown and using their weapon to use Spirit Break which despite not being very effective, still did some major damage in some way as they were covered with a blue aura indicating a stat drop.
"Maybe you should be called Iron Clown if you can't fight me seriously." Valiant says as Crown ignores them.
"So, you lowered my attacking power with your Spirit Break, useless." Crown says as they prepare for their next attack and so did Valiant but before any of them could fight, a floating Pokemon flies down resembling one of the Forces of Nature Pokemon being humanoid with pink skin and a snake-like being wrapped around their neck as they appeared angry. She aims her hand and launches a ball of brown energy towards the ground in front of the two and before they new it, the ground exploded causing the two to jump away suddenly as they look to who their 3rd opponent is.
"Who goes ther- you, you must be the protector of the environment, the one who observes the spring and making sure no one fights right? Your Enamorus of the Forces of Nature. I humbly apologize for ruining your land, you win this one Valiant but trust me, me or my cronies will come for you, don't forget it." Crown says as they hopped off as Valiant grumbled.
"Very well." Valiant says as they go away but left Valiant with many thoughts and questions.
Iron Crown huh? They resemble Cobalion in a way, don't tell me there's a future where they're created as a superweapon right? Master never said anything like this, no matter, I'll keep my distance and plan out how I fix myself in no time. Iron Valiant thought to themselves. We see Enamorus checking the environment worryingly which consisted of ruined grass, scared Pokemon and broken rocks. Enamorus puts her hands together and creates a pink light that she launches in the air and covers the land creating new plant life which the Pokemon enjoyed.
Enamorus gave a soft smile and flew off as cherry blossoms started to bloom and flow throughout Paldea that beautiful early morning.
Main story
It was another beautiful morning in the Paldea Region as we see the gang ride on Koraidon with Pikachu on Koraidon's head all except Arven and Morada who was trying to catch up to the group on his Gogoat.
"So, my hypothesis was correct, Koraidon can carry more than one person on here, they can carry 3." Arven says as writing this down in his notebook as Ash nods.
"Yep, Koraidon must've been strong in their day. I'm sure you can fit on their Arven." Ash says as Arven shook his head.
"I'm sure I can but my heavy backpack will slow down the group." Arven says with honesty as Nemona looked on with skepticism.
"Then why are you on a Gogoat, wouldn't the weight of the backpack weigh her down?" Nemona asks as the gang shake their heads, "Not exactly, my Gogoat here is one strong Gogoat, she's able to lift the heaviest of people no problem but only one though." Arven says as Gogoat nods.
"Gogoat can run pretty fast even when they're carrying rather heavy objects." Penny informed.
"And I know of a photographer with a Gogoat, she often carries her equipment in her bags with Gogoat carrying them." Ash says as Arven writes this down in his books as they kept on walking. "So how will we know when we get to Sakura Town?" Ash asks as Penny perks her head up.
"They say when one's true love is standing right behind them." Penny teased as Ash got curious.
"Really?" Ash asks as he looks to his backpack and grabs it as he softly smiles hugging it, "I love you too backpack." Ash says as Penny stares with a deadpan expression and twitches while Nemona giggles and Arven was busy at the moment. Eventually, Penny chuckled and brushed it off.
"I was joking though it's not entirely false." Penny says as the gang were curious.
"How so?" the other 3 asked as Sprigatito came out of Penny's hood to sit on her lap and Penny smiles.
"Well, there's an urban legend about two star crossed lovers who arrived at the site of what's now town square of Sakura Town, they realized they wanted to be together forever but their families who disapproved of their love was searching for them. So, in order to reaffirm their love, they drank poison together and died at the spot and eventually where they died, sprouted a large sakura tree that blossomed and when the two families saw this, their eyes opened up to the reality of the scenario and decided to make amends with one another in honor of their children and to seek forgiveness. To this day, that tree is there, and they welcome those into the town by a cherry blossom falling on one's shoulder's unknowingly which is how you know when you enter the town of Sakura." Penny says as the gang looked intrigued and even impressed.
"That's a sad and lovely story, I wonder if they found peace even in the afterlife?" Nemona says as Penny shrugs, the gang kept going until Koraidon stops all of a sudden causing Pikachu to be thrown off but thankfully not hurt as he gets back up and onto Ash's lap.
"What's up Koraidon?" Ash asked as Koraidon appeared to be looking at something in the distance to their left which the gang turn to see a beautiful sight, a bloom of flowers, a nice pond and cherry blossoms flowing throughout the land which gave it a serene sort of feeling which made the gang look on with awe.
"That looks beautiful, so much vegetation and the Pokemon look happy over there." Arven says as the gang get a closer look to admire the view from afar with Penny's Sprigatito, Leafeon (who came out of her ball) and Arven's Gogoat going over to the grassy area and seem to take in the energy of the place which the gang noticed as their body glows with the sun's energy.
"It seems the 3 enjoy the serene feel of the area that they might be getting nutrients from this place." Arven suggested as they decide to take in the scenery but as they do so, Pikachu notices a scurrying Pokemon who looked panicked and scared.
"Pika." Pikachu said alerting Ash.
"What's up bud?" Ash asked as Pikachu pointed towards the Pokemon and the gang perked up when Pikachu noticed as the Pokemon that came over was a Helioptile which was scared and alone.
"It's a Helioptile." Ash says.
"It's rather cute, we don't have Helioptile around Paldea." Penny says as Pikachu walks to Helioptile who looks to Pikachu as they both tilt their heads in confusion before Helioptile smiles in happiness and so does Pikachu as they chase each other around confusing the gang.
"That Helioptile, could that Helioptile be-" Ash didn't finish as the gang hear a female voice in the distance and they look up in the sky to see a Noivern flying in a circle.
"Helioptile! Helioptile! Where are you boy!?" the female voice says as a beautiful woman and her Gogoat appeared behind the rocks catching the gang's attention as Helioptile ran to his trainer who hugged him happily, but it seems this lady is awfully familiar to Ash. "There you are, don't go running off like that, ok?" the woman says as Ash and Pikachu's eyes sparkle with excitement.
"Alexa?" Ash says getting the gang's attention as the woman turned to see Ash and she smiles brightly.
"Ash!" Alexa says as she and her Gogoat run over to the group and her Noivern flies down to the group.
"It's been so long!" Ash says as Alexa chuckles.
"And you've grown a lot, became a Champion even." Alexa says as the gang look on surprised.
"Ash, do you know her?" Nemona asked as Ash and Alexa looked to the group.
"Yep, I met her at the Decolore Islands on my way home from Unova." Ash says as Alexa nods.
"Yep, it's a pleasure to meet you all, my name is Alexa Instantane and I'm a photographer from the Kalos Region." Alexa says as the gang looked on impressed and Penny is blushing.
She's very pretty. Penny thought to herself as the gang introduce themselves.
"My name is Nemona Banderas, and this here is Pawmo." Nemona says as Pawmo waves.
"My name is Penny Flores, and this here is Sprigatito." Penny says blushing.
"And my name is Arven Regalo, and this is Morada the Sneasel and Gogoat." Arven says as Gogoat walks over to Alexa's Gogoat who was a bit bigger and had larger horns as the gang were curious but then they put their heads together aligning their horns which scared Arven. "Wait Gogoat, don't start a fight-" Arven didn't finish as Alexa shook her head.
"They're not fighting, Gogoat can sense people's emotions by someone feeling their horns and for Gogoat, another way of communication is when they put their heads together to provide energy to one another and sense each other's emotions." Alexa informs as they break apart and both appeared happy as Arven breathed a sigh of relief as Alexa softly smiles. "Say guys, are you interested in seeing what pics I've taken? You might be surprised on what new photos I've taken Ash." Alexa says as the gang nods.
We see the gang set up a mini camp in a way with their Pokemon playing while Alexa shows her magazines which contained many beautiful pictures that she's taken as they look on in awe with pictures of a group of Flamigo flying out of a lake in unison, Minccino and Cinccino resting in their environment, Fomantis and Lurantis blending into their environment and so much more.
"These are beautiful." Ash says as Alexa blushes.
"Thanks, I wanted to work hard to make these pictures shine brightly for everyone providing beauty and intrigue throughout and I couldn't have done it without these 3 here." Alexa says as her Pokemon cheer their names happily.
"Well, these are wonderful, it must've been hard work to get these photos." Nemona says as Alexa nods.
"Indeed, these clothes have gotten messier every day just trying to get these shots but they're well worth it in the end." Alexa says as the gang continue to awe about the photos.
"So what'cha up to nowadays?" Ash asked.
"Well, lots of things at the moment, but do you know about someone named Trevor, Ash?" Alexa asks as Ash thinks and nods.
"Oh yeah, I met him a couple of times at camp and when we were trying to find Moltres." Ash says remembering the orange haired kid with his Charmander now Charizard as Alexa nods.
"Well, he joined up with me at Lumiose Press and we were given a special task of gathering photos for an article for Lumiose Press about the elusive Enamorus." Alexa says as the gang were curious.
"Enamorus?" Ash asks as the gang nod.
"Yeah, Enamorus is a Flying/Fairy Legendary Pokemon that protects Paldea and its environment from those who seek to destroy it, she's noted as very elusive but will come out during a time of danger such as 22 years ago when Wo-Chien was waken again and almost destroyed Los Platos until Enamorus arrived to defeat Wo-Chien and helped seal them away. It was also her that helped create those seals along with the Seal Guardians long ago when the Artifacts first attacked and has ever since, she's praised as the protector of the Region." Penny explained as Ash looks on in awe.
"Amazing, but where's Trevor if he's searching too?" Ash says as Alexa nods and brings out a book that had an image of Enamorus along with some blurry pictures.
"Trevor is in the Unova Region heading to the Abundant Shrine, there's apparently a rumor about a hidden shrine dedicated to Enamorus that tells an interesting story." Alexa says as the gang look at the photos.
"Enamorus resembles a lot like Thundurus, Tornadus and Landorus but pink." Ash says.
"That's because Enamorus is the sister of those 3 Pokemon, are you up for a rumored story?" Alexa asks as the gang nods, "Well, a long time ago in the Unova Region, Enamorus lived with her brother's bringing prosperity to the land and represented the Spring and happiness. However, she despised her brothers because they do stuff that could be seen as reckless mainly Tornadus and Thundurus who liked to trick people and not take their role seriously while Landorus floated around not intent on dealing with his brothers. After Thundurus used his electricity to scorch a grassy field out of anger, Enamorus was furious and fought her brother winning. It was then that Landorus tried to calm things down but only resulted in Enamorus leaving the Unova Region until the 3 brothers get their act together and since then, she hasn't been most remembered by people but decided to settle to Paldea when it was in its time of need after the Artifacts awakened but it also lives on through tales of the Sinnoh Region back when it was called Hisui where it helped prosper the environment and made friends with the people and still looks fondly towards Unova despite her issues with her brothers." Alexa finished as the gang were impressed.
"So Enamorus cared about the nature of its home, but her brothers ruined that, I wonder how they must be feeling after all these years?" Ash says as the gang were unsure.
"So Enamorus lives around here?" Nemona asks as Alexa nods and stands up.
"Yep, and I believe this is proof enough that she's nearby." Alexa says pointing towards the grassy area, "They say that whenever there's a recent battle that destroys an environment that she beloved, she uses her Fairy energy to create a grassy area full of bloom so that it creates harmony and peace." Alexa added on as a sakura blossom falls onto Nemona's shoulder.
"Paw?" Pawmo asks as Nemona picks up the sakura blossom and she has stars in her eyes.
"Guys, you need to look at this." Nemona says pointing in the distance as the gang turn to see a town in the distance overrun by cherry blossoms flowing in the wind as the gang awe at it.
"So that legend is true, that's the town of Sakura." Arven says in awe as Alexa snaps some pictures of the town and of grassy field before turning to the group.
"What do you say we explore the town?" Alexa asks as the gang agree and they pack their stuff ready to leave. Meanwhile, it seems TR were overhearing this and smirking.
"So Enamorus is a Pokemon that can create life? Sounds perfect for the boss don't you think?" James says as Jessie, Meowth and Wobbuffet nod in approval.
"She fits my glamours style." Jessie says.
"And think of the lovely vegetables we can grow for our garden!" Meowth says.
"Wobbuffet!" Wobbuffet says happily as the gang agrees.
"So how are we going to find this Pokemon?" James asks as Jessie thinks.
"I'd say we follow the twerps until they find where Enamorus is." Jessie says as the gang nod, they stayed silent until Meowth remembers something.
"That photographer says that Enamorus is the sister of the Landorus, Thundurus and Tornadus right? Those are the 3 that we tried to capture back in Unova, maybe the boss is unaware of Enamorus's existence or maybe he's searching for him. I'd say we grab some photos just in case." Meowth says as the two nod but it seems Wobbuffet seems mad at something.
"Wobbu." Wobbuffet says menacingly as the 3 panics.
"He seems angry over us not inviting him to Unova back then." Meowth says as Jessie panics.
"You're still holding that grudge; I apologized several hundred times already drop it." Jessie says as James remembers back then.
"Ahh, Unova, our edgy phase with no fun, I regret that phase." James says as Meowth and Jessie sigh in agreement.
"Yeah, and we don't even know what your Unovan Pokemon like as a hobby or something making them bland characters." Meowth says as Jessie and James feel upset even more.
"We'll make it up to them." James says as they move along.
Meanwhile in a grassy field in Kanto, we see James's Amoongus and Yamask and Jessie's Frillish and Woobat lying on the ground in disappointment as Jessie's Seviper slithers over and James's Mime Jr and Inkay checks on them.
"What's wrong with those 4?" Mime Jr asks Seviper.
"I diagnose them with a severe case of depression over not getting a character arc." Seviper says.
"Right on the mark." Amoongus says as Inkay attempts to cheer them up.
"Cheer up guys, I'm sure one day you'll get a characteristic, let's have some salads I ordered from Alolan Meowth and we'll-" Inkay stops upon seeing Jame's Morpeko lying on the floor satisfied with his lunch of the salads.
"Delicious." Morpeko says as Inkay had fire in his eyes and chased the Two-Sided Pokemon in anger.
"You'll pay for those!" Inkay says angrily as the 4 Unova Pokemon sighed.
Back in Paldea, we see the gang walk into the town admiring the sights and festivities with sakura petals flowing through the air and the nice breeze throughout, it almost felt like a Spring day to the group.
"The town feels so nice and breezy and yet it's only Fall." Nemona says as Alexa nods.
"They say it could be Enamorus's influence, she doesn't want people to feel cold around here though it could also be Paldea's location as it's a very diverse in terms of climate and weather." Alexa says as Ash and Penny see a large sakura tree in the distance and they go to it.
"So the tree was true." Ash says astonished as the rest of the gang arrived and Alexa took pictures of it as Penny also looked surprised by it.
"Wonder if the legend was actually true?" Nemona says as Penny shrugs.
"Who knows. They say that if a series of 7 petals drop from a tree, the wind will guide them and guide you to your destintion." Penny said.
"Maybe it will guide us to the next Titan!?" Arven says as the gang talked amongst themselves as Penny looked to Ash and blushed as he talked with Pikachu.
Maybe I'll fib the tale of the tree even more to confess to Ash. Penny thought to herself, "Say Ash, you know there's another legend about the tree that might intrest you." Penny says as Ash looked interested.
"Really?" he said.
"Yeah, they say that a vision of the couple will show up to those who-"
"You can do it Penny." a cheerful voice was heard as Penny nods.
"I certainly will Ms. Raifort. They say that they'll show up if one confesses their feel- wait, Ms. Raifort!?" Penny panicked as she jumped in the air to Ash's arms as he caught her, she saw this and was put back down but it left her heavily blushing towards what happened. The gang turn to see Raifort smirking. "Don't scare us like that!" Penny says.
"Sorry, I love doing that." Raifort said as the gang look on surprised.
"Ms. Raifort? What are you doing here?" Nemona asks.
"I'm here with my class on a 2-day field trip, we're supposed to be learning about the town's history and the history of Enamorus, but our tour guide got sick, so we have to wait till tomorrow so for now, everyone's just shopping and I'm just doing some thinking. What are you guys doing here?" Raifort asks.
"We're on our way to Artazon when we made a pit stop here in Sakura Town with Alexa to learn about Enamorus." Ash says as Raifort's eyes sparkle with exitement and walks towards Alexa.
"Alexa of Kalos, I look at your photos from Lumiose press daily with your amazing snapshots!" Raifort says as Alexa blushes.
"Well, I'm flattered, I didn't realize I had a huge fan." Alexa says.
"Wait, you don't get many fans?" Ash asks.
"Well, I do but I have to compete with rivaling photographers and their equally amazing photos. There's a rising star from Jubilife Press named Perrin and not only is she pretty but she's also got amazing photos herself. We view each other as rivals and good friends in a way." Alexa says as Raifort softly smiles.
"Well, you're plenty popular with me. Are you guys here to see Enamorus?" Raifort asks as her face changes from a smile to that of someone with curiosity.
"Yep, I want to find out if Enamorus is true for the Lumiose Press." Alexa says as Raifort was thinking but an idea appeared.
"Well, Enamorus is pretty elusive, in fact, she rarely ever appears but- how interested are you to meet Enamorus?" Raifort asks as the gang look to each other and nodded.
"I'm interested in seeing Enamorus, I hear she's pretty." Nemona says.
"It would be interesting to learn some lore about this Pokemon." Arven says as Ash nods.
"I've met the other 3, it would be interesting to encounter Enamorus as well." Ash says as Raifort's eyes widen with curiosity and intrigue.
"So, you've met the Forces of Nature?" Raifort said suspiciously but laughs, "You're one interesting boy, alright, I'll take you to where Enamorus lives but please don't bother her too much." Raifort says as the gang nods and they went along the path, but it seems like a disguised TR were watching from the distance snickering on their plan.
"They'll lead us right to them; we just need to get close to them somehow." James says but Meowth shakes his head.
"Just one problem, they say Enamorus is very illusive so if we get there, she might be gone, and we'll be caught by the twerps." Meowth says as they began to think with James looking at his Ipad and got an idea.
"I have an idea." James says as Jessie and Meowth looked at him.
"What's up?" Jessie says.
"Well, we know the location and most likely Enamorus will be gone for a while, why not we attempt to disguise as her and capture Pikachu?" James suggested as the others looked on in agreement, but Jessie still had her suspicions.
"We don't even know what she looks like so it's not going to work." Jessie says as James shows her the Ipad which contained blurry photos of what could be Enamorus.
"Contrare, she may have not been fully photographed but these blurry photos could provide us a way to disguise ourselves, how good are you at improve and hanging from wires?" James asks as Jessie's eyes sparkle and nods.
"I've been in a school play; I think I at least get the idea of acting." Jessie says as the gang nod.
"Good, because I have a new invention in mind that can help." Meowth says holding two hand-like gauntlets with a circle in the middle as Jessie smirks.
We see the gang on the road discussing their adventures and Alexa and Raifort really seem to enjoy talking with one another while the gang enjoy seeing the sights which felt isolated, fitting for a Legendary Pokemon.
"You must know a lot about Enamorus to know her history and location, are you like her bestie Ms. Raifort?" Ash asks as Raifort chuckles.
"Well, yes and no, she's like my lucky charm in a way, even when things seem rough, I think of Enamorus to get myself up even when the past haunts me. In some cultures, Enamorus represents the willpower to fight through your demons and so I desire to protect Enamorus from those who take away people's light and hope so everyone can still be courageous within Paldea." Raifort says but she says it in a way where it felt sad but with determination.
"You certainly are symbolic." Alexa says as Raifort chuckles.
"I get that a lot." said Raifort as they continue on, they reach a large hole with a sort of gate surrounding the hole. Down there, there was some sort of nest with all sorts of knickknacks as the gang admired it and Alexa got some pictures and some recordings from her head cam. "This is Enamorus's home, she stays there whenever she can to rest before going back out there for the next couple of days. As a result, no one ever gets the chance to see her especially due to location." Raifort adds on as the gang look at her with curiosity.
"Location?" Penny asks.
"Well, Enamorus likes to stay illusive so no one can hurt her or the environment around her and as a result, only a certain few know about it." Raifort says casually but the way she said it made Alexa feel slightly bad for taking the pictures.
"She wanted this as a secret?" Alexa says getting Ash's attention.
"Alexa?" Ash asks but before anyone could speak up, a loud shrill was heard.
"MORUS!" a voice was heard getting the gang's attention as they look around until they look to the sky to see 'Enamorus' herself in the flesh as she descended down to the group.
"Is that really Enam...orus?" Arven tries to say but he ends the speech there like a record screech as the gang looked on confused towards this 'Enamorus' except for Raifort who's eye was twitching in anger over this 'Enamorus' who looked like the one earlier but with what appeared to be painted on pink skin, a scarf imitating the 'snake' and their hair spiky instead of heart-shaped hair and having a more human face than humanoid-esque.
"Enamo, Enamo?" 'Enamorus' says as she 'floats' towards the group.
"Oh, you must be Enamorus? Are you here to bless us with your presence?" Nemona asks as 'Enamorus' nods.
Why aren't they taking the bait? Enamorus thinks to herself as she 'flies' over to Pikachu who looks confused, Raifort walks back a bit and notices black lines above 'Enamorus' as Raifort had an idea and went to Penny and whispered to her ear about something as Penny nods and Sprigatito gets out of her jacket.
"Shadow Claw." Penny says as Sprigatito jumps in the air and slashes at strings which made Enamorus fall to the ground on her face, upon getting up, her paint clears away to reveal Jessie as the gang straighen up and looked to Jessie angrily.
"It's you! Stay away from our Pokemon!" Ash says as Jessie grins.
"Maybe later, now!" Jessie says as the Meowth float comes down and launches a smoke bomb at the group allowing Jessie to use her gauntlet things to launch nets at Pikachu and Sprigatito catching them before pulling her remaining string down twice causing her to go up in the air with the two Pokemon and into the float flying off. Raifort coughs before sending out her Scizor.
"Scizor, use Dual Wingbeat to clear the smoke!" Raifort says as Scizor flaps her wings clearing away the smoke but Jessie, Pikachu and Sprigatito were gone as they search franticly.
"Pikachu!" Ash yelled out in worry.
"Sprigatito!" Penny also yelled out in worry as Raifort looked away in shame.
"Da- I should've noticed the signs earlier and taken action beforehand, I'm so-" Raifort attempts to apologize but Ash shakes his head.
"No, it also felt off, it felt obvious, but I didn't know what to do at that moment. We'll find them that's for sure." Ash says as the gang nods and Ash sends out Koraidon and gets on with Ash helping Penny up. "I'll get your Sprigatito back no matter what, I promise." Ash says with determination as Penny blushes.
Such a gentleman. Penny thought to herself and nods as Koraidon rides off with Arven sending out his Gogoat.
"We'll explore out west in search for them." Arven says as he and Nemona got on and went off as Alexa and Raifort nods as Alexa sends out Noivern.
"I'll check the skies, want to get on Raifort?" Alexa says as she shakes her head.
"I'll only weigh you down, I have Golurk with me to help me fly, go on ahead." Raifort says as Alexa nods and flies off. Raifort returns Scizor and sends out Golurk prepared to fly in the air but just then, a swift pink shadow flies by getting Raifort's attention as in a quick glimpse, she sees the actual Enamorus who flies towards Koraidon and Raifort was left stunned.
"Enamorus?" Raifort musters up astonished.
We see TR in the air celebrating their captures as Pikachu and Sprigatito struggle to get out of their traps with Pikachu trying to bite his way out while Sprigatito tried to claw her way out.
"Don't even try to escape, we made those nets out of sturdy materials and unlike the other day, I decided to make sure they're fully twerp proof." Meowth says as Pikachu ushered Meowth with his tail as Meowth was confused.
"What seems to be the-" Meowth didn't finish as Pikachu smacked Meowth with his tail as Pikachu and Sprigatito snickered and Meowth got angry, "How are you, now you're going to-"
"Mowth, quit roughhousing our guests or I'm going to eat your sundae." Jessie says as Meowth panics.
"No not my sundae!" Meowth says rushing to Jessie angrily, Pikachu noticed that on his net, it slightly cut opened from the tail attack which gave him an idea. Pikachu's tail glowed with a metaliic hue and used Iron Tail to cut open the rope as Sprigatito stayed quiet as Pikachu cut his way through and managed to get out and started cutting Sprigatito's net so she could get out, but Pikachu ushered her to stay in there as he had a plan and went back to his net.
"You two are being awfully quiet back there, you can at least play a game or something." Meowth says as he and Lechonk go to check on the two and Pikachu looked to Sprigatito and nods as the two throw the nets over Meowth and Lechonk taking TR aback.
"What the-" James says as Pikachu and Sprigatito proceeded to hit both of the Pokemon with Quick Attack sending Meowth towards a lever that lowered the float down which Ash, Penny and Koraidon see in the distance.
"They're lowering themselves, this maybe our chance to get close to save the both of them." Penny suggested as Ash nods and Koraidon runs to catch up to them. Jessie and James looked staggered while Jessie looks on angrily.
"How dare you trap and hurt my precious princess like that, you'll pay!" Jessie says as Pikachu's tail glows and Sprigatito glows with white energy as Jessie chuckled nervously, "Did I say pay, I meant, we'll take a rain check." Jessie says as Pikachu and Sprigatito rush at TR but before they could attack, Wobbuffet comes out and takes the hit as his body glows in a red light and uses Counter to send Pikachu and Sprigatito flying.
"That's the spirit!" Jessie says but the Pokemon were launched out of the float shocking them, "Maybe a bit lower next time." Jessie says as Wobbuffet lowers his head in disappointment. The Pokemon were falling out of the sky as Pikachu caught Sprigatito in his arms to hold her tight as Ash and Penny watched on in shock as Koraidon attempts to catch.
"Pikachu/Sprigatito!" both trainers say to their respective Pokemon as Koraidon jumps in preparation to catch them but before they could, a pink shadow swoops by to catch them both as Koraidon lands on the ground and the 3 look up to see the Pokemon as the gang were left astonished towards this Pokemon.
"Could it be?" Ash says as the figure flies down to the 3 holding onto Pikachu and Sprigatito safely as she played with them.
"Enamo." Enamorus says happily as Pikachu and Sprigatito say their names gratefully before jumping down to their trainers arms hugging them tight.
"You alright Sprigatito?" Penny asks as Sprigatito nods and Penny hugs her, "That's good." Penny said out of relief.
"Your good bud?" Ash asks as Pikachu nods. We see Alexa, Raifort, Arven and Nemona arrive to check on the group.
"You're not hurt, are you?" both Alexa and Raifort asks as Ash, Penny and their Pokemon nods as the two adults breathe a sigh of relief as Alexa looks on astonished towards the Pokemon. "So, your Enamorus, in the flesh." Alexa says surprised as Enamorus gave a confident smile and nods while Raifort looks to Enamorus and Enamorus seems to recognize Raifort.
"You really are like a lucky charm, aren't ya?" Raifort says as Enamorus chuckles. TR landed towards the ground and the gang set their attention on TR who came out of the float to confront the group.
"So, you must be Enamorus huh? You'll be coming with us." James says as he sends out Klawf and Grafaiai who ready for a fight as Ash sighed.
"You never give up do you? Alright Pikachu, let's handle them." Ash says as Pikachu nods and jumps off of Ash to face TR as Enamorus joins Ash, surprising the group. "You want to help out?" Ash says as Enamorus nods and Ash nods.
"Alright Klawf, rush in and use Vice Grip, Grafaiai use Slash towards Pikachu!" James says as Klawf grabs James with Vice Grip comedically, "Towards Enamorus." James clarifies as Klawf puts him down and rushes towards Enamorus while Grafaiai rushes towards Pikachu.
"Pikachu use Iron Tail!" Ash says as Pikachu's tail glows and clashes with Grafaiai's Slash while Enamorus zips around Klawf avoiding his Vice Grips like it was nothing and even as for fun before she creates a grassy knot on the ground tripping over Klawf with Grass Knot while Pikachu managed to pushed Grafaiai back while Jessie and Lechonk weren't giving up.
"You dare hurt my Lechonk, you'll pay for this. Use Disarming Voice!" Jessie says as Lechonk launched a screech attack towards the group as Raifort's glasses displayed a look of darkness and hidden anger.
"You disgrace Enamorus, followed us and now you seek to capture her, disgraceful. Golurk use Charge Beam!" Raifort says as Golurk enters its cannon form and launches a beam of electricity towards Lechonk which bypass the Disarming Voice and landed the attack which sent Lechonk and Jessie flying towards her friends.
"Well, Meowth what are you waiting for? Your turn." James says as James and Jessie cowardly push him forwards.
"I was taking a breather! Alright then, feel my Fury Swipes of doom!" Meowth says as his claws glow and rushes towards the group until Alexa's Noivern steps forward alongside Arven's Gogoat who stare down at him scornfully as Meowth gulped out of fear.
"Um, how do ya do ladies?" Meowth says to the two Pokemon as Noivern prepared to bite him and remembering how painful Noivern's bite was on the Decolore Islands, he cowardly runs back towards his friends. James however appears not ready to give up.
"I'm not down yet, Grafaiai use Metronome!" James says as Grafaiai nods and waggles his fingers preparing for a powerful move and launches Parting Shot towards the group as a dark energy ball.
"That's Parting Shot! It will lower the opponent's attack power upon landing, dodge it!" Arven says but before anyone could do so, Enamorus steps in and takes the hit but it does the exact opposite, and an orange light covers Enamorus confusing everyone.
"Why isn't her attack power decreasing!?" everyone but Raifort says as Raifort smirks.
"Contrary, it's an ability that normally makes any attack, defense, speed, etc debuffs into buffs but does the opposite for buffs making them debuffs. Leaf Storm for instance would lower Seperior and Lurantis's attacking power, but they can have Contrary allowing them to boost their power instead." Raifort explains as TR's mouths were left agape.
"Alright Pikachu, use Thunderbolt to send them flying!" Ash says as Pikachu nods and launches Thunderbolt, but Enamorus joins him and launches a pink swirling tornado with Thunderbolt swirling around the tornado and attacking TR sending the group flying along with their air balloon.
"Remind me not to disgrace a goddess." Jessie says.
"And here I thought we were going to give something to the boss." James says disappointingly but Meowth smirks.
"Not fully true." Meowth says as he brings out a camera which had some if not blurry pictures of Enamorus which appeared to satisfy the group.
"It may not be much, but maybe to Giovanni, it might be something." James says as they blast off into the distance feeling somewhat satisfied as they disappear like a twinkle to the sky. We see the gang calming down, but Ash looked on in wonder.
"What was that?" Ash asked.
"Springtide Storm, Enamorus's move that allows for her to create a tornado of love, hate and fairy energy and can lower an opponent's strength, her miracle move in a way." Raifort says as the two walk to the group and Enamorus interacts with the group, but Alexa feels unsure of what to do at that moment which Rairfort takes notice. "Don't you want to take your pictures?" Raifort says but Alexa shakes her head.
"I was going to but then I thought about what might happen, Enamorus's spot is popular to the point only certain people know about Enamorus and where she lives and I realize that if I were to take these photos and record these videos, certain people like Team Rocket will only hurt her for unknown purposes. I found what I was looking for, but I think it's better to see this with my eyes rather than getting Enamorus into even more danger." Alexa says.
"But without it, you won't have a story." Nemona says but Alexa shakes her head.
"That's alright, there's plenty of history about her already so I'll use the info I found for the press." Alexa says but Enamorus pops off a large scale from her snake-like tail and gives it to Alexa and encourages her to take a pic as she looked surprised.
"Enamorus? You want me to take a photo of this? But won't that put you into more danger?" Alexa says but Raifort looks to her.
"She knows that, but you can always fib the truth a little if you get what I mean and she's plenty capable of fighting even the toughest of opponents." Raifort says as Enamorus smirks and prepares to fly off as she waves to the group.
"Goodbye Enamorus, I hope we meet again!" Ash says as the others nod in agreement as Enamorus disappears.
"You know, I didn't think about it, but doesn't Enamorus have some other form that she takes on?" Arven asks as Raifort nods.
"Yes, but she requires a special glass that allows her to do so and that's a bit out of her reach. Though there was a story long ago about her owning her own Reveal Glass, but Thundurus broke it by accident wanting to see it and thus starting a fight between them, but some say it's an urban legend." Raifort says as we see Enamorus chilling out in a mountain range where she pulls out of her cloud a painting of her and her siblings and a taped-up glass piece resembling a Reveal Glass both of whom she looks fondly at but also with bittersweetness as she looked at it alone.
We see the gang outside of Sakura Town prepared to leave as Raifort and Alexa stood within the town's perimeters.
"Is the information enough for the press?" Ash says as Alexa nods.
"It's enough for me, even if it's not enough for the press, it and Trevor's info is enough to at least enough to suffice for now to keep people off of Enamorus's trail plus there's plenty more places for me to see to catch up." Alexa says as Ash nods as Alexa softly smiles, "It was great seeing you again but as a Champion, you've growned up fast." Alexa says fondly as Ash smirks.
"Where you guys off to now?" Raifort asks as Nemona steps forward.
"We're heading to Artazon for my next Gym Battle." Nemona says with confidence as Raifort smiles.
"Ahh Brassius, he's very artsy fellow and lover of Grass types but be warned, he won't take you on lightly and he'll be especially angry if you disrespect art and consider battling as not art. But I'm sure you'll be able to make it through but don't think he'll be a pushover, he takes his art seriously." Raifort says as Nemona nods.
"I promise you I won't lose my way, right Pawmo?" Nemona says confidently as Pawmo cheers on.
"Then I wish you good luck on your endeavors for all of you." Raifort says as the gang nods and they head off on their way waving goodbye and Raifort and Alexa also bid their goodbyes as Raifort goes to sit on a bench to think about the day.
What a day, I got to see Enamorus again and dealt with Team Rocket again. a small group of TR knowing about Enamorus is bad enough but the entirity of them knowing is horrifying. To think I just want to put the past behind me. I don't know how Ash puts up with them everyday but I wish I had his confidence. Raifort thought to herself as she scratched her back of her next which displayed what appeared to be a small part of appeared to be a large burn scar she covered.
Meanwhile back in Kanto.
We see softly smiling Giovanni secretly playing with his Persian as the doors opened and Persian immediately got onto his lap and Giovanni's soft smile turned into a grin as Matori and Alolan Meowth walked in.
"Sir, I've received transmission from the so-called 'wimp' trio plus Wobbuffet about some 'vital' information about some Pokemon while being 'blasted off' whatever they mean, shall I display it?" Matori asks as Giovanni was suspicious.
"What type of Pokemon?" Giovanni asks.
"Enamorus sir." Matori says as Giovanni's eyes perked up.
"Go ahead." Giovanni says as Matori displays the photos on screen which were blurry but displayed Enamorus in full along with the gang as Giovanni appears interested, "Blurry but they did encounter Enamorus and displayed proof." Giovanni says as he chuckled catching Matori's attention.
"Sir?" Matori asked.
"Normally I don't praise those 4 but they actually have proof even if blurry that Enamorus is there. It all starts to piece together." Giovanni says as Matori was curious.
"Is it about that thing you mentioned the other day sir?" Matori asks as Giovanni nods.
"You remember how we were fixated on the Forces of Nature?" Giovanni asks as Matori nods, "They're one part of a bigger plan, to search for Mewtwo." Giovanni says.
"That Pokemon you once controlled?" Matori asks as Giovanni nods.
"Mewtwo got away from my clutches once but with the Forces of Nature, they're said to display a particular direction to a certain location if they 'trust' their user. I plan on controlling the 4 so I can find Mewtwo's location." Giovanni said with sinister intentions as Matori looked on surprised as the two stayed quiet until Gioanni spoke up again and holds a box in his hands.
"Matori, I have a gift for the 4, you mind sending this to them and to prepare a message from yours truly." Giovanni says as Matori nods.
"Yes sir." Matori says.
He's still obsessed with those Forces of Nature, he should b thinking of a different plan this time and as much as I don't want to deal with and hurt the kid, he can find ways to stop us unless Giovanni has a plan for that too. Matori thought to herself as Giovanni noticed something and Matori perked up.
"Matori, could you zoom to that girl with the dark blue hair, she seems familiar." Giovanni says as Matori grabbed the remote and zoomed in and cleared the image to show Raifort as Giovanni smirked.
"An acquittance?" Matori asked but Giovanni just kept smirking and brings out a picture out of his desk showing Raifort but in a TR uniform and appeared to have a cold look on her face.
So, this is where you were hiding, Oracia, the harbinger of bad luck. Giovanni thought himself.
END
Daily 'read this part before commenting' reminder: Any romantic interactions in this chapter (aka Penny's crush on Ash) is for comedic effect and there's no romance except for the side characters and one shot characters. Thank you.
And with that, we complete another chapter. I figured I might as well get this chapter out while I'm out of town on vacation and I had nothing to do but yeah, we introduced Enamorus. I wanted to try to introduce Enamorus in the story as not just a one-time thing but as a Pokemon that will be relevant in a later arc along with Raifort and well, I'm curious if Horizons will introduce Enamorus into its story or she'll be a one-time thing.
Either way, the next chapter will involve Ash and the gang arriving to Artazon where Nemona challenges her next Gym Leader, but it seems that Brassius is depressed and so Nemona seeks to reinvigorate his spirit by searching for Sunflora in his Gym Test but with a twist, she can't receive any help other than hints. Meanwhile, Arven and Penny encounter Mela (and Ash meets her for the first time) again as they hear rumors of Team Star members being bullied by students of Uva Academy and wanting to help them, they have to team up.
Or at least, that's the plan I'm going for, but it could change upon writing as I have difficulties coming up with a plot for the chapter. Until next time, Hasta la vistar!
Random character bio:
Professor Jacq Hikory Agrios (25, Birthday: July 2nd)
Hometown: Striaton City, Unova
Background: Born as the 4th sibling of 5 children of Paldean heritage, he is an acclaimed professor and Biology teacher at Naranja Academy. His goal as a kid is to examine the biology of Pokemon and how they live, get along and how they adapt to their environment. A high-achiever and straight-A student, he was scouted out by Clavell who was looking for an assistant at the time and proved to be effective and although Clavell teases him at times saying they aren't besties, he actually respects Jacq and treats him like a son and a beloved friend.
Clavell is also the reason he's a Biology teacher at Naranja as Jacq's research allowed him to impress the Chairman/Top Champion at the time Ribes and the Naranja Headmaster Harrington and is one of the few teachers who stayed at Naranja to keep things stable following the Starry Skies incident. He became the Homeroom teacher to Ash (as well as the gang) after offering Clavell and Delia a bright learning environment and views Ash as a bright young boy who can change the world one day.
He's one of the few who knows a lot of details about Terastalization from Sada in case she was to ever die and not be able to pass down the essentials of Terastalization.
He's a bit clumsy and goofy at times and is sometimes treated like a butt monkey amongst the cast but make no mistake, if you hurt his students, prepare for a world of pain. He's also part of a graduating high school class at Castelia Academy with Professor Fennel who studies on the dream phenomenon in Unova and Professor Burnet who worked with Fennel for a time before being scouted out by the Aether Foundation.
Known Pokemon:
Fairgiraf (Female, Normal/Psychic, TT: Psychic, Ability: Armor Tail)
Description: His very first Pokemon he's caught as a Girafarig, Fairgiraf is focused and mature making sure her friends, her trainer and his students don't get hurt. She loves Oran Berries.