pokemon Fighting Dreamers

After deciding to travel together Ash and Bea made their way through route 5, nothing particularly spectacular happened and when the sun went down they set up the camp.

''Hey, Ash.'' The girl called him before entering her tent. ''Today was a long day so I'm going to sleep a bit early to start fresh tomorrow, alright?''

''Sure, good night, I'll stay awake another while.'' He said to her new companion while organizing some things inside his tent along his Pokemon.

''Good night you too.'' She said smiling at Ash and then she looked at her Pokemon. ''Cinderace, you guys are coming?''

''Not yet, there's something we would like to do.'' The rabbit answered to her trainer and the rest of her Pokemon nodded.

''Fine then, you're in charge, make sure everyone enter their Poke Balls before you go to sleep, understood?''

''Sure, leave it to me!'' She raised her thumb as she saw her trainer get inside her tent.

''Yo guys!'' Cinderace called Ash's Pokemon. ''Would you mind coming here?''

Pikachu, Riolu and Oshawott then looked at Ash seeking permission.

''What's wrong, guys?'' Ash asked seeing his Pokemon were acting kinda odd.

''Pika.'' He pointed at Cinderace who was waving her hand.

''Uh? You want to go with them? sure, go ahead, I'll stay here.'' Ash said and his Pokemon nodded.

''What happened, Cinderace?'' Pikachu asked as Oshawott and Riolu got closer to Bea's team.

''I would like to make our first meeting as a whole traveling Pokemon team?'' She said.

''Why?'' The mouse asked.

''Because the author made me a talking Pokemon, but since this is a shipping story I am bound to be secondary character, so I want to have someone else to talk besides Bea.''

''...I didn't understand a word of what you just said.'' Pikachu said with a confused expression.

''I just want us to be good traveling companions, alright?''

''Well, that sounds good I guess.''

''Very well, is everyone here?'' She asked looking around.

''Actually, we're missing Rotom.'' Riolu pointed out.

''Does he count tho?'' Oshawott asked.

''Of course he does, hey Rotom!'' Cinderace called and the phone flew from Ash's pocket towards the group of Pokemon.

''Yes, Cinderace?''

''Come and stay with us for a while, you're part of the family too.''

''I am? Really? Thanks!'' The phone lied onto the ground with the screen up.

''Aren't you gonna get out the phone? Cinderace asked.

''Nope! This place is really comfy.'' Rotom responded.

''Sure...What would you guys like to talk about?'' Cinderace asked again.

''Why don't we talk about the battle we had earlier?'' Riolu suggested.

''Well, It was pretty good.'' Hitmontop said.

''Yeah, Especially the part where Oshawott fell in love with Cinderace.'' Pikachu laughed.

''What? You're in love with Cinderace?'' Rufflet asked.

''Not anymore, it just was something temporary.'' Oshawott answered.

''You just forget about a love in a few hours?'' Hitmontop asked.

''Pretty much.''

''Yeah, he does that all the time.'' Pikachu said.

''So you're casanova?'' Quilladin asked

''Eh, not quite.'' Oshawott answered again.

''Hey, that gives me an idea.'' Cinderace interrupted. ''Since this is our first night together I think we should all get a chance know each other a little bit and I know the best way to that, let's play ''you caugh it, you tell it.''

''Alright!'' Quilladin rejoiced.

''Fine by me.'' Hitmontop added.

''How do you play that?'' Riolu asked.

''It's pretty simple.'' Cinderace showed them an Oran Berry and started explaining. ''If you catch this berry you have to tell a story that has happened to you, when the story is done you pass the berry to someone else and that someone will have to tell a story next and so on until everyone has told one.

''You mean like in Brother Beartic?'' Oshawott asked.

''Just like in Brother Beartic.'' Cinderace nodded. ''You can tell them in 1st or 3rd person, whatever you prefer, but it has to be true story. So, what do you guys say?

''Can I go first?'' Oshawott asked raising his hand.

''Sure, What are you going to tell us?'' Cinderace asked.

''I will tell you the story of my first love.''

''Really? And when was that?''

''Knowing Oshawott he'll probably say something like ''when I was level 5.'' Pikachu said sarcastically.

''Actually it was when I was level 1.'' He said calmly surprising everyone.

''So you have been falling in love and been rejected since you were level 1?'' Hitmontop asked a bit worried. ''Are you masochist or something?''

''I'm just a true warrior filled with love.'' Oshawott proudly answered.

''Alright, Mr. Warrior tell us your story.'' Cinderace tossed the berry gentlly and Oshawott caught it.

COILED

As you may know, I am a starter Pokemon, from Unova to be specific, so after hatching I had to be trained until I was level 5 to be handed over to new trainers, so it was Tepig, Snivy and me training, we had some friendly battles and after a while I approached Snivy to talk

''Hey Girl, wanna go ''play'' with me for a while?''

''Oshawott, I-'' She tried to talk but I interrupted her.

''Look, I know what you're going to say, but think about it for a second, you, me, a beautiful beach, doesn't that sounds at least tempting?''

''Dude, I'm male.''

''Oh...''

The whole gang bursted out laughing while Oshawott just smiled embarrassed.

''Well, Im glad you enjoyed the story at least.'' The otter said even more embarrassed. ''I admit it wasn't my best moment.''

''Are-are you serious? How-How could you m-mistake him?'' Cinderace tried to talk as she laughed harder.

''W-Well, Snivys look pretty feminine you know.'' Oshawott tried to defend himself.

''That's so sad, HA HA!''

''Sure, sure, who's next?'' Oshawott asked raising the berry.

''I'd like to go next.'' Hitmontop said cleaning a tear from the laugh.

BALANCE

This happened while I was a Tyrogue, in the past I had lots of struggle to evolve, I had many chances to do so, but everytime it happened it was either into Hitmonlee or a Hitmonchan, but I wanted to evolve into Hitmontop, so everytime It happened I stopped the process.

''It was already late night, Bea had gone to sleep a while ago, but I kept training on my own, I was sparring with a fighting dummy, Cinderace and Quilladin then came to check on me.

''Tyrogue, Are seriously gonna keep this up?'' Quillain asked.

''What do you mean?'' I said still fighting the dummy.

''It's a bit hard to tell you this...'' Cinderace said. ''But we think you should just...give up.''

''Give up? Why exactly?'' I asked.

''I mean, when you joined the team I was just a Scorbunny, Chespin then was the third to join, that was years ago and now I'm a Cinderace and Chespin evolved into Quilladin, but you're still a Tyrogue, you had so many chances to evolve and you stopped it all the times, why don't you just settle down with a Hitmonchan or a Hitmonlee?''

''It's a personal thing.'' I stopped sparring and looked at them. ''Most Tyrogues just choose Hitmonchan or Hitmonlee because it easier to just pick a side, but Hitmontops are much harder to achieve, you need to find a perfect balance between offense, defense, technique and speed, that's what I want to be, perfectly balanced.''

''Yeah, but almost all of Hitmontop's attacks are spin things.'' Quilladin said. ''Won't you get dizzy?''

''...I'm surrounded by idiots.'' I sighed and tried to get back to training, but Cinderace stood infront of me.

''Why don't you train with us then?'' She asked.

''I don't have time for your games. This is serious.'' I responded.

''If you're so serious, then let's fight, one on two.''

''Yeah!'' Quilladin said as he rolled behind me. ''Come on, give us your best shot!''

''...As you wish.'' I got into fighting position, Cinderace was infront of me and Quilladin was behind, I breathed softly then I did my first move, I made multiple hand signs and fired white stars at Quilladin, My movement was very fast so he wasn't able to dodge and the stars landed on his face knocking him back.''

''S-swift? What? When did you learn Swift?'' He said rubbing his eyes as he was almost blinded by the light created by the stars.

''You'd know if you trained more with me.'' I said.

''Gonna keep mocking me?'' He finally got a clear vision again and ran into me. ''Then Take a Dual Chop!'' Quilladin jumped and landed two cuts, my body then broke into three parts, much to both Pokemon's horror.''

''What in the-''

''Oh my gosh! I Killed Tyrogue!'' Quilladin screamed horrified and started panicking. ''Cinderace! Quick! Bring me some tape!''

''W-wait a second...'' She got close to the ''corpse'' and touched it, the parts of the body then turned into smoke and disappeared ''It was just a decoy...'' She said relieved.

''Oh, thanks Arceus.'' Quilladin sat down to calm himself.

''Substitute, uh?'' She looked around trying to find the real me. ''Now you're just showing off!''

''I'm not.'' I said appearing right behind them. ''At least not yet.''

I raised my punch and slammed the ground with it, causing the battlefield to shake violently, a crack then appeared beneath their feet, Quilladin fell, but Cinderace jumped to the side avoiding it.

''Quilladin, are you okay?'' She asked.

''When...did he learn...Earthquake?'' Quilladin said with pain in his voice.

''That looks like a long fall.''

While Cinderace was distracted looking down, I quickly ran behind her and landed a Low Sweep on her legs making her fall inside the crack and on top of Quilladin's spikes.

''ARGH...It was...'' Cinderace commented trying to get off of him.

''Did he just beat both of us?'' Quilladin asked.

''Looks like he did...'' Cinderace answered.

''You two take things too easily.'' I said and suddenly I started glowing, my legs and arms started to grow longer, my body got taller and my fists got heavier, I was evolving into Hitmonchan, again a failed attempt, again I stopped it disappointed.

''NO! NO! NO! NO!'' I angrily started to punch the ground again and again creating a massive earthquake, roughly 10 times bigger than the first one.

''Hey calm down, Groudon!'' Cinderace yelled at me still at the bottom of the crack. ''We want to continue existing over here.''

''I don't get it! Why doesn't it work?! What do I have to do?!'' I stopped my outburst and kneeled down disappointed, Cinderace then got out of the crack using Bounce with Quilladin on his arms.

''I'm sorry you didn't made it.'' Quilladin said but I didn't answered.

''All that commotion probably woke her up.'' Cinderace pointed out. ''I think we should go back to her room.''

''Of course...Let's go.'' I walked slowly out of the battlefield with Quilladin and Cinderace following me. We made it to Bea's room and to our surprise she was asleep and only woke up with the noice of the door when we entered.

''Where have you guys been?'' She said yawning as she put on her hairband. ''Cinderace, did something happen?''

''Tyrogue failed his evolution again.'' Cinderace simply said that.

''I'm sorry Tyrogue.'' She got up from bed and placed her hands on my shoulders. ''But don't give up! I know you'll evolve into Hitmontop someday.''

For some reason her little speech really lifted me up. ''Yeah...someday...''

''Geez, you totally bodied them.'' Oshawott said.

''You had a pretty interesting moveset.'' Riolu said. ''And I think it fits what you said about balance, Swift for speed, Substitute for defense, Earthquake for offense and Low Sweep for technique.

''Very good, Riolu, as a fellow Fighting type I'm glad you noticed all that.'' Hitmontop said.

''So if you didn't evolved after that, how did you do it?'' Pikachu asked.

''Uh, well...''

BALANCED

''Hey, guys!'' Bea said after releasing us from our Poke Balls. ''I got some candy, do you want some?'' She offered us a bowl of red candies.

As I said, all the candies were red, except for one in specific, a blue one, I wasn't sure why but I felt urge to take it, so I took, I ate it and then...I felt natural, I felt calm, everything turned black for a second until Bea's shout pulled me out of my mind.

''Great! you finally evolved into Hitmontop!'' My trainer congratulate me.

''Congrats, Hitmontop!'' Cinderace added.

''About time, dude!'' Quilladin said.

I looked at my body, it was true, I finally did it, I was a Hitmontop, they were all happy for me, but I wasn't exactly...satisfied. ''ARE YOU SERIOUS?!'' I yelled. ''YEARS OF TRAINING AND ALL I HAD TO DO WAS EAT A MISERABLE CANDY?!''

''Well rare candies don't raise EVs like normal training does.'' Cinderace said. ''I guess that why your stats stayed balanced finally letting you evolve into Hitmontop.''

''THIS IS SO STUPID!''

After a while I calmed down.

''And that's all, who's next?'' Hitmontop asked and Quilladin raised his hand, the latter then received the berry.

''Nice, now what could I tell?'' He asked to himself.

''Well, since you didn't participated in the battle earlier, why don't you tell us a battle story?''

''A battle story, well, I may not be the best fighter, but I have some moves. In fact, I have 4 of them, HAHAHAHAHA!'' Quilladin laughed out loud but quickly stopped noticing none else was laughing ''HAHaha...Horrible joke, right?''

''Yes.'' Everyone said in unison.

''By the way, how did the battle ended?'' Rufflet asked.

''The last fight was me against Cinderace and I won of course.'' Pikachu bragged a bit.

''Yeah sure, you only won because of that Surf you pulled out of nowhere!'' Cinderace said angrily.

''Woah, you learned Surf?'' Oshawott exclaimed surprised.

''Yeah, it just appeared and BAM!''

''Yeah, and it was unfair!'' Cinderace yelled.

''Why was it unfair? You used Scorching Sands half the match.'' Pikachu said.

''Hey People, it's still my turn.'' Quilladin interrumpted. ''I'll tell about the time I evolved into Quilladin, So listen up!''

BEAT THE COLD

''Chespin, Dual Chop!'' A young Bea ordered as Chespin's claws glowed purple and he attacked a Crabominable.

''Ice Punch!'' A red-haired man with black eyes wearing a ninja outfit ordered his Pokemon as an cold wind covered the crab's right punch.

''Seed Bomb!'' A green energy orb appeared from Chespin's mouth, he then launched towards the punch exploding.

''Focus Punch!'' Crabominable's punch was covered by a red energy, it then rushed towards Chespin to hit him with it

''Heads down!'' Chespin lowered its head and hardened its spikes which blocked the attack and dug into Crabominable's fists, the crab then started to swing his arms in pain launching Chespin back, after a safe landing Chespin laughed but then noticed his spines had broke up and were still nailed into Crabominable, the ''bald'' hedgehog then started panicking and running in circles.

''Chespin, calm down, They grow back, remember?'' The girl talked with her Pokemon making him calm down and rub the back of his head embarrassed.

''Please keep focused, ok?''

''Ches-pin!'' The Pokemon did a soldier salute to her trainer and got back in the battle.

''An improvised defensive move, Very well, miss Shinka!'' A blonde man with glasses and green eyes who was acting as the referee of the fight Commented from his place.

''Thanks, Genta!''

''Yeah, yeah, keep praising the girl, ICE HAMMER!'' This time Crabominable's whole right arm was surrounded by white cold energy as it was swinged against Chespin.

''Dodge it!'' Barely in time Chespin jumped back to avoid the attack, but a bit of the cold temperature reached to him making him shiver.

''Takeru, Don't you think Ice Hammer is a bit exaggerated? This is barely a practice match.''

''Oh, Shut up, Genta, keep using Ice Hammer until you land!''

''Seed Bomb!'' The seed exploded onto Crabominable's arm shattering the ice making him walk back a few steps.

''Fine then, Ice Punch!'' This time Crabominable's move was faster and it managed to land and knock Chespin back.

''Chespin, Leech Seed!'' Chespin got up and created a small seed from his mouth, he then launched it to Crabominable's legs, the seed quickly grew into veins that wrapped around the Crab's legs and arms, leaving him unable to move and draining him energy to restore Chespin's strength.

''Good, he can't move anymore, use Dual Chop!''

''Keep believing that, BLIZZARD!'' Crabominable opened it mouth to breath in and then expelled a massive cold wind, Chespin tried to protect himself while crossing his arms, when the Blizzard stopped, Chespin's lower body was frozen in a chunk of ice, leaving him unable the move.

''Now's your chance, break the Leech Seed and use Ice hammer! Crabominable did as told and charged the Ice Hammer to slam the immobilized Chespin.

''Block it with Dual Chop!'' With all of his might, Chespin crossed his arms and tried to stop the Ice Hammer that came from above.

''Crash him down!'' Takeru ordered and Crabominable kept pressing onto the little Chespin.

''Chespin, get out of there!''

''Not this time, there's no way out!''

''He's not in a good spot...'' Tyrogue commented from a bench watching the battle.

''She should have picked me instead.'' Raboot said from far away not looking at the fight while juggling a small rock with her feet.

''Oh, right.'' Hitmontop interrupted the story. ''Cinderace had this ''edgy'' phase when she was a Raboot.''

''I wouldn't say edgy, maybe just a lil' bit cold.'' Cinderace argued.

''She was always like: ''Yeah, I'm a tough girl.'' rolling her eyes everytime you talked to her.'' Hitmontop mocked.

''And she always had her hands in her pockets, Like ''Yo, I'm so serious.'' Quilladin laughed. ''I think that's why her arms are so small.''

''Hey! My arms are perfectly normal!''

''Are you serious? They look like sausages!''

''Enough, both of you!'' Hitmontop talked again. ''We're not here to start a fight, Quilladin, please get back to your story.''

''Alright, where was I?''

''You know?'' Tyrogue commented. ''Since you evolved you've been acting like a jerk.''

''Meh, we all know I'm her strongest Pokemon.''

''Even if you are that's no reason to-'' Tyrogue stopped talking as a bright white light came from the battlefield making him cover his eyes.

''Not reason to wha-'' Raboot turned to talk Tyrogue but she also covered her eyes from the light.

Chespin started to glow and grow bigger, the ice that was trapping him broke, two grey eyes then appeared and the shape of light knocked Crabominable back landing a Brick Break onto the crab's head, the light disappeared revealing an evolved Quilladin with a fierce look.

''You...you evolved! Congratulations Chespin, I mean...Quilladin.'' Bea praised her Pokemon that looked back at her and made a soldier salute again.

''Nice, Nice, ve-ry nice.'' Genta clapped from his spot.

''Shut up, Genta! We're not done yet, are we?'' Takeru said as he was starting to get frustrated. ''Crabominable, Ice Punch!''

''Quilladin, Brick Break!'' Quilladin's hand glowed red and it deflected the Ice Punch, Quilladin then striked Crabominable's head with another Brick Break.

''Now Dual Chop!'' Two purple dragon-shaped energies formed around Quilladin's claws, the energy then turned into blades and Quilladin ran towards Crabominable to attack it.

''Focus Punch!'' Both Pokemon clashed their right punches, Quilladin realized an upper slash, making an opening and slashing Crabominable with the other blade, making the crab fall down.

''Leech seed!'' This time Quilladin launched the seed on Crabominable's head, when the vines appeared, this time they were bigger and covered his eyes, mouth and body.

''Get out of there!'' Takeru said desperate.

''Don't give him a chance, Brick Break!'' Quilladin jumped and landed the chop on Crabominable's head, the vines then broke up to reveal a fainted Crabominable with swirly eyes.

''Crabominable is unable to battle.'' Genta announced. ''Quilladin is the winner and the match goes to Miss Shinka!''

''I should have just spammed Blizzard...'' Takeru said retrieving his Pokemon. ''But good fight, I guess.''

''All right, we did it!'' Bea celebrated.

''Quilladin!'' The Pokemon jumped in excitement and then ran to hug her trainer.

''OUCH!'' She exclaimed as one of Quilladin's spikes scratched her elbow.

''QUIL QUIL QUILLADIN!'' The Pokemon instantly took a step back and started to apologize waving its arms.

''It's alright, Quilladin, this is just a little scratch, but you have to me careful, ok? You're not a small Chespin anymore.'' She said calming him down while rubbing his head.

Meanwhile from the bench, Tyrogue was clapping and Raboot was just watching still uninterested.

''Yep, good memories and of course, Raboot the edgy.'' Quilladin said laughing.

''You say that one more time AND I'M GONNA KICK YOU SO HARD THAT THE SHO-SEN FIRE FROM SENDOKAI IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AN INVALID CHILD KICKING!''

''...What?''

''If you don't mind me to interrumpt.'' Rotom said as he appeared floating between them. ''I would like to go next, but please, keep the berry, this phone ain't cheap, you know?''

''Well Rotom, tell us your story.'' Quilladin said holding the berry close to him.

''Thanks, I am going to tell a story about my early years.''

KICK IT UP A NOTCH

You see, there was this mechanic toy train that I like a lot to get inside.

''Wee!'' A young Rotom exclaimed from inside the train.

And one day I lost it.

''Choo-choo?'' The young Rotom wandered on his room in search of that toy that had bought him so much happiness, but to no avail, the train was gone forever, all those joyful moments will never come back but the memories will always be with him.

''How was that?'' Rotom smiled while the rest of the group was looking at him with a straight faces.

''Yeah...I think you should go back to Ash's pocket.'' Cinderace said.

''Fair enough, see ya later.'' Rotom waved goodbye to the group.

''Well then, Riolu, you're next.'' Quilladin tossed the berry and Riolu caught it.

''What could I tell?'' The canine wondered.

''How about you tell us why you attacked Ash when we met?'' Pikachu said.

''Of course, I think I should give an explanation.'' Riolu said. ''I wanted a fight to test his Aura...But let's start at the beginning.''

EMANATION

This is the thing, I am from Sinnoh, my father, a Lucario, is the Ace Pokemon of an Aura master from there, he send me on a journey to find another Aura master and help him to reach his true potential, I travelled across the land, searching far and wide, I met lots of trainers but none seemed to have what I was looking for and then when I was here in Galar my sensors felt something, a really strong energy coming from somewhere near, this was what I've been searching, I closed my eyes and let the Aura guide me until I found Pikachu and Ash, but for some reason I didn't sensed his Aura when I finally found him, but as we battled, he grew excited and I sensed his Aura again, that's why I let him catch me.

''That's truly interesting.'' Pikachu said with his hand on his chin.

''Yeah, but what is this Aura?'' Oshawott asked curious.

''In simple terms Aura is 'The power that's inside'. Is an inner energy that allows people and Pokemon to see without using their eyes, avoid obstacles, see the state of other being's emotions, talk with their minds and lots of other amazing things, it can also be used to attack and defense with moves like Aura Sphere.

''Woah, you can do all those things?'' Rufflet asked.

''Not yet, I can only do the most simple stuff, like sensing other Aura users, that's how I found Ash.''

''What about Ash? Can he do that kind of things?'' Cinderace asked.

''Yes, he can.'' Pikachu said. ''I mean, at least he could.''

''Do you happen to have any past experiences with Aura?'' Riolu asked.

''Of course I do, hand over that berry!'' Riolu did as told and Pikachu caught the berry. ''Alright, is a pretty long story but I'll try to resume it as best as I can.''

ASH AND THE MYSTERY OF LUCARIO

This happened in Kanto, Ash was traveling with a Gym leader named Brock, a coordinator named May and her Brother Max. We arrived at the Cameron Palace where a festival was being held in honor of Sir Aaron, who was an ancient hero and Aura master, long ago Sir Aaron prevented a war that was about to start outside a place called ''The Tree of Beginnings''. At the festival, Ash competed in a tournament at the Cameron Palace and won, becoming the "Guardian of the Aura" for that year. Ash was then granted Sir Aaron's staff, said staff contained his partner Pokemon, Lucario, whom Sir Aaron had sealed before stopping the war.

Then I was taken along with a Meowth by Mew, the Legendary Pokemon, he took us to the Tree of Beginning. During a party Sir Aaron's staff began to shine and Lucario came out believing that the kingdom was still at war but the queen makes him see what happened, Lucario told Ash that he mistook him for Sir Aaron because they have the same Aura. After a while Ash found out what happened to me and since Mew never returns what he takes Ash had to go find me, while they were doing that, Team Rocket followed them to steal their Pokémon.

''Wait, who's Team Rocket?'' Rufflet interrupted.

''They're bad people who steal other people's Pokemon.'' Oshawott said.

''Honestly, they're just good people that try to be bad people, I wonder where are they now?'' Pikachu added.

''Alright, Pikachu continue.'' Rufflet said and Pikachu continued where he left.

With the help of Lucario and his power to sense Aura, Ash followed Mew to the Tree of Beginnings to rescue me. But there was a problem. After being sealed, Lucario had completely lost his trust in humans and he believed that Sir Aaron left the kingdom and was not a hero, this was also believed by others because of some flower of time. After Ash gained Lucario's trust they entered the tree, but were attacked by Regirock, Regice and Registeel, the Legendary Pokemon and guardians of the tree who saw them as a potential threat

After passing through them, they were attacked by the tree's defense system, These system was able to transform into Pokémon fossils like Aerodactyl and then absorb the threat. When Ash and his group were being sucked into the tree, they let go all their Pokemon so they wouldn't have the same fate, Mew then saved them by reasoning with the tree's defense system, but it was incredibly weakened in the process. After that the tree was about to self-destruct, so to save Mew and the tree, Lucario and Ash combined their Aura to reverse the tree's self-destruction.

Right before completing the process, Lucario pushed Ash so he does not ended up giving up his soul to obtain the Aura. Later, a Flower of time shows a memory of Aaron sacrificing himself to stop the war. Before Aaron died, he told Lucario how he was his closest friend and that he will miss him, he then died, making it clear that the reason Aaron sealed Lucario was to ensure that he did not die with him. Unfortunately, After all that Lucario dies and goes with Aaron to another plane of existence, his last words were "You are also my best friend". The tree was calmed down, Mew was saved and everyone finally learned the truth about Sir Aaron.

''Dude...that was...wow...'' Quilladin looked like he was having an existential crisis.

''I just got chills.'' Hitmontop admitted.

''Cinderace, are you crying?'' Rufflet asked to the rabbit that was covering her eyes.

''I'm not crying, I'm sweating through my eyes!'' The crying rabbit tried to defend herself.

''Cinderace is crying!'' Quilladin pointed at her and laughed, since it was unusual for Cinderace to act like that.

''Shut up you damn piñata!'' She yelled out and then covered her mouth.

''W-what?'' Quilladin started to sob.

''Oh no.'' Cinderace said noticing what she did.

''Here we go again.'' Hitmontop sighed.

''Quiladin, I'm sorry, I didn't meant to-'' Cinderace tried to excuse herself but it was too late.

''I'M NOT A PIÑATA! I'M NOT A PIÑATA! I'M NOT A PIÑATA!'' Quilladin started to roll on his back and cry desperately.

''You had to say the P word!'' Hitmontop accused Cinderace.

''It was an accident!'' Cinderace said trying to calm down Quilladin.

''P word?'' Pikachu asked.

''A while ago Quiladin separated from the team while we were training, he found a wild Pangoro and tried to fight him, from what I understand Quilladin tried to use Leech Seed but ended up wrapping himself in the branch of a tree.''

''How did that even happened?'' Pikachu asked confused. ''Aren't Grass types supposed to be immune to seed and spores attacks?''

''Quilladin never gave us the details, all I know is that the Pangoro smacked him with a stick for like 30 minutes until we found him, so we never mention the P word.''

''He should've told that story instead.'' Oshawott said and then received a hit on the back of his head from Pikachu. ''Ouch! What? He kinda looks like one, the ball shape, the spikes...''

''Back to Pikachu's story...'' Riolu said. ''I think it was truly amazing, It seems Ash has a great potential, I hope that I will be able to help him in the way of the Aura.''

''I hope you can.'' Pikachu said. ''Ash hasn't used Aura at all since then, I don't know if he feels guilty about what happened with Lucario or something, but he never uses it or talks about it.'' Pikachu stood silent for a moment and the looked at Rufflet. ''Alright Rufflet, you're next.'' Pikachu tossed the berry to the bird whose caught it with his claw.

''Oh, I don't know.'' The avian said. ''After that story you told, nothing seems to be able to top it.''

''Oh come on, at least tell us something.'' Riolu said.

''Uhm, how about I tell you about that time I fought my father?''

''Sounds cool, when was that?'' Cinderace asked while rubbing Quilladin's head still trying to calm him down.

''When I was just born.''

''...''

''Fine then, I'll begin.''

NOT ENOUGH

I was my first day of life, I was a newly hatched Rufflet, I had just come out of my egg so I stretched a little, I looked at my surroundings and then I saw him, my father, a Braviary standing tall and proud next to the nest, I flapped my wings and tried to fly, I elevated a few centimeters, but I ended falling soon after, after a few more falls I managed to fly properly, my father looked proud but I was not satisfied, I landed infront of him and threatened him with my claws, I wanted to fight him to truly gain his acceptance, at first he didn't looked he was going to accept my request, but after a minute he started to flap his wings creating a gust that could have thrown me over but I dug my claws into a branch, I remember his next move perfectly, a Heat Wave, he flapped his wings harder and the wind turned orange, the wind started to burn me, my skin and feathers, when he stopped I could barely stand, I was very damaged, sweating and breathing heavily, I was pretty close to a heat stroke, But I got over it, he closed his wings and looked at me, perhaps he was just trying to show me how strong he was and how worthless my attempt was, but I still didn't give up, I jumped and tried to land an Aerial Ace, but he simply dodge it, I used Aerial Ace again and again after a few more dodges, he finally decided to fight back with a Zen Headbutt that knocked me down, I fell from the three and when I hit the ground I blacked out.

When I finally woke up, my father was watching me, still from the top of the tree, he told me to fly back up to the nest... But I refused, I flew away ashamed, promising myself that I will only come back after becoming powerful enough to defeat him, I started a journey to find myself, to become stronger, I was always looking for someone to fight, I had wins, I had loses, but every fight made me stronger and now here I am, as a member of Bea's team I know that together all of us will overcome the challenges of life, with your help, soon enough I'll see my father again and when that time comes I will give him a battle worthy of him.

''That sounded like a prologue to a shonen anime or something.'' Quilladin commented.

''Oh, you calmed down already?'' Oshawott asked.

''Yeah, I'm fine, sorry about the outburst, it's just something personal.''

''One question, Rufflet.'' Cinderace said. ''If you say you're always looking for someone to fight, why you didn't wanted to fight with me at first?''

''I just didn't think you were worth the time.'' The avian said indifferent.

''Not worth the time?'' I'm like 4 times taller than you!'' Cinderace said offended. ''In fact, nobody here is even half of my size!''

''Size doesn't really matter, you know?'' Rufflet answered.

''Sure, but why did you steal Bea's hairband?'' Cinderace asked again.

''Kinda felt like it.'' The bird raised his shoulders.

''Now that you mention that hairband thing.'' Pikachu interrupted. ''How does it feel to talk with you trainer anytime you want?''

''It's great! It makes us really close and that's why we're such a great team.''

''Yes, you and Bea are like sisters.'' Hitmontop said. ''And while is good that she has someone to rely on, you can be a bad influence too...''

''How come I'm a bad influence?''

''While it's true that you can be a voice of advice sometimes, you and Bea can be both pretty hot headed and that could end up being a trouble, I just hope that traveling with Ash would be a good experience to her, she needs a point of view different from yours.''

''Don't worry Hitmontop.'' Pikachu said. ''Ash is the definition of good influence, he has changed the life of many people and Pokemon for the better.''

''I hope you're right.''

''Well, Cinderace, you're the last one.'' Rufflet offered her the berry.

''You were supposed to be the last...'' Cinderace said with a cold voice.

''What?''

''Oh, nothing...I know, I'll tell you...about the time I met Bea.''

''Oh, that sounds nice.'' Rufflet said.

''Now that you mention that.'' Hitmontop said. ''You have never told us how you and Bea met.''

''Well, brace yourselves, because you're about to hear one of the best stories in the whole world, it all begin when I was a wild Scorbunny...''

PAWNS BEFORE THE KING

''Help!'' I was in the middle of the forest when I heard a voice calling, I instantly tried to follow it, after a few minutes I found it, that was when I saw her, a young girl cornered against a rock wall by a Slowking, the Pokemon then launched her a Sludge Bomb, so I jumped and stopped his attack with a Blaze Kick, I then stood between them to protect the girl.

''You-you saved me.'' She said with amazement.

''You can thank me later.'' I replied to her and then I looked at the Slowking. ''Hey! Why are you trying to hurt her?!''

''This little girl...'' The Pokemon answered me with a horrific voice. ''She dared disrespect me''

''That's a lie! I didn't do anything!'' She said and I felt like she was telling the true.

''Alright, big guy.'' I tried to end this peacefully. ''We don't want-''

''SILENCE!'' The Slowking's voice made the whole place shake.

''You say a Slowking was doing all that?'' Pikachu interrupted.

''Yes, why?'' Cinderace asked.

''I don't know, Slowkings aren't exactly aggressive.''

''Of course they are.'' Cinderace said ''Have you seen those things? They're heinous!''

''What? No, they aren't.''

''Yes, they are, I'll show you, hey Rotom!'' The rabbit called again and just like last time the phone flew from Ash's pocket towards the group of Pokemon.

''Yes, Cinderace?''

''Can you show us a Slowking?''

''Of course.'' Rotom opened its Pokedex application and showed a Johtonian Slowking, the phone then started reading the dex entry: ''Slowking, the Royal Pokemon, Slowking can solve any problem presented to it, but no one can understand a thing Slowking says.''

''See? Totally harmless.'' Pikachu said.

''No, that's not the thing I was talking about...'' Cinderace said. ''I know, show us a Galarian Slowking.''

''Consider it done!'' The phone loaded a few seconds and changed the entry to a Galarian Slowking ''Slowking, the Hexpert Pokemon, While chanting strange spells, this Pokemon combines its internal toxins with what it's eaten, creating strange potions.''

''Yup, that's the one I was talking about.'' Cinderace raised her thumb.

''Eww, That looks disgusting.'' Pikachu said almost throwing up.

''I know, right? Well, with all that cleared up, let's get back to the story.''

So there I was, standing between Slowking and Bea, I had to convince him that we didn't want to cause any trouble.

''PREPARE YOURSELVES PEASANTS! BECAUSE I AM THE SLOWKING WHO HAS OVERCOME ALL THREATS!''

''Your highness.'' I tried to talk to him. ''Nobody here wants to hurt you, if we could just talk then I'm sure we coul-''

''SPEAK NOT...BE STILL...I REJECT YOUR GOOD WILL...''

''Wait, why did he randomly start singing?'' Hitmontop asked.

''Don't interrupt my story! Now where was I? ...Oh right!''

''YOU STOLE...FROM US...OUR MEANING, OUR PURPOSE...''

''We don't wanna fight!'' I said bravely.

''YOU LIE...YOU SCHEME...I SHALL STRIKE DOWN YOUR DREAM! FOUL LIGHTENERS! I HAVE A SCORE TO SETTLE WITH YOUR KIIIIIIND!''

''Alright, enough, you just stole that from a video.'' Quilladin said.

''What? No, I didn't.''

''Yes, you did.'' Oshawott said. ''I remember hearing something like that on TV, why don't you tell us the true story?''

''Argh, fine, maybe I exaggerated just a little bit with the story, so...I could tell you the ''original'' story or you can still listen to my version, what do you say?''

''The original.'' Everyone said in unison

''But I was just about to start the best part of-''

''CINDERACE!'' Everyone yelled.

''You were the one who told us it had to be a true story, for Arceus' sake!'' Pikachu yelled.

''Uh, fine.'' Cinderace sighed.

HOLD ONTO HOPE

Stow-on-side, 9 years ago.

''Good evening to you, Sir.'' Genta along his Medicham greeted their superior as he opened the door of his room.

''Do you need something, Genta?'' The man said from his desk organizing some papers.

''I was going out to find some herbs, I was wondering if you would let me take Miss Shinka with me?''

''And why is that?''

''With all respect, Sir, I think she needs a little break from her routine, a little time to just calm down and stop. Specially considering what she has been through lately.''

''I feel like you're being too soft with her, Genta.''

''Perhaps you're too harsh with her, Sir.'' The young adult said and then got scared a little as his superior walked towards him.

''...Fine, but I want you both here before the sun goes down.'' He said and got back to his things.

''O-Of course, thank you, sir.'' Genta left the room and let out a sigh of relief after closing the door.

''Wait, hold on a second.'' Riolu interrupted this time. ''How are you remembering a scene you were not in?''

''A good question...for another time.'' Cinderace simply answered that.

''But that doesn-''

''You wanted the true story, Im giving you the true story, DAMN IT!''

''Hello, Miss Shinka?'' Genta opened the door of her room only to notice it was totally dark, he then turned on the lights.

''What do you want, Genta?'' Lying face down on her bed was a young Bea using her Karate Gi.

''Medicham and I are going to look for some herbs and we would like you to accompany us, I already asked permission from your father.''

''I don't feel like going out, Genta.'' She said still face down.

''It's not like ever go out, Miss.'' He replied.

The girl grunted between her sheets and after a few seconds she finally got up and walked towards the man looking down.

''Hey, what's with that face?'' He asked.

''Nothing, you know...this past days haven't been too easy.''

''You may be right, but is staying here going to make them any better?''

''No, I guess not.''

''Come on, you just need a bit of fresh air.''

''What kind of herbs do you need?'' She asked when they entered the forest.

''Well, I don't know their exact name, but I know how they look, so don't worry about it, Medicham and I can handle it.''

''Why did you bring me out then?''

''I told you I just want you to have some fresh air, why don't you go play for a while?''

''Play with what?

''I don't know, be creative; or just relax if you want, I'll be here if you need anything.''

The little girl sighed and walked a while, but she didn't found anything to do, she then sat under a tree and after a while she started sobbing.

Meanwhile somewhere not far

A young Scorbunny was walking through the forest just enjoying the life.

''Man, I sure I'm enjoying the life!'' I said with a big smile, but then I heard sobs, I wasn't sure what it was, but I followed the sound, after a few meters I found it, someone behind a tree, but I was on the other side of it, so I couldn't see at all who was there, I decided that asking from where I was was the best thing to do.

''Uh, is everything alright over there?''

''Leave...me...alone.'' A cold voice told me giving me goosebumps, but I felt like that voice needed a talk so I decided to insist.

''Sorry, I didn't mean to bother you, Do you mind if I sit on the other side of the tree?''

She didn't answer, I just sat down.

''Why were you crying?'' I asked one more time.

''Why do you want to know?'' She answered me with the same cold voice.

''Well, I don't know, when you hear someone crying, you just want to know what happened so maybe you'll be able to help that someone.''

''I'm...not in a good moment.'' Her voice softened a little.

''How so?''

''My mother...she died recently.''

''Oh sorry, you must feel bad about that.''

''No, that's the problem, I shouldn't feel anything...''

''What? How could you not feel anything?'' I asked confused.

''Since I was little I was taught to hide my emotions.''

''Well, that's not good, emotions are an important part of life, it's okay to cry from time to time.''

''Crying isn't going to help me, it will just make me feel worse, if I cry now then everytime I remember her I'll cry again...Perhaps the best idea is to not cry at all and act like nothing ever happened, that way...that way it will be like she was never there.''

''But that's horrible!'' I exclaimed. ''You-you can't just act like she never existed! She's part of you, remember that now she's watching you from somewhere, what do you think she'd say about this?''

''SHE'S DEAD!'' She yelled at me and I heard her punch the tree, making it shake. ''That's all I know, she can't say anything anymore...she can't do anything for me.''

''Wow, you...you really have it rough, don't you?'' I said a bit worried by the way she talked.

She started sobbing again and ended up crying softly. ''I'm just...I'm just scared...''

''Scared of what?'' I asked.

''Of all of this, is...is too much to hold onto.'' She cried louder. ''A-A-And I am just a stupid little girl trying to act tough but I can't do anything at all!''

She cried out loud and I felt an urge to go the other side of the tree but I didn't, I though about what to say for a second and then I spoke in a way I had never spoken before.

''Yes, you can do something, it's important to respect your past, all the bad and good things that happened are part of you now, they make you who you are, but you have to embrace the present to have a better future too, you have to keep moving on, if you keep moving on everything will be fine...You know? When I'm feeling down I remember a phrase that somebody once told me: ''Hold onto hope, remember that even in the darkest of night there's light to be found and from that spark of light will be born a fire, that will shine through the shadow of doubt.''

I could fell she was calming down a little. After a while of silence I talked again. ''Tell me, how was your mother?''

''She was pretty, thoughtful, wise and despite being a little strict, she was very kind.'' She stopped crying as she talked.

''You know? I never met my mother so I'm not sure if I'm one to talk here, but I think your mom was a very good one.''

''Yes...she was.''

''So you don't feel bad about her?''

''I do feel bad, this hurts...this hurts too much.'' She started crying again.

''Of course it does, it hurts because she was important to you, that's why you should cry now, crying will help you ease the pain so everytime you remember her after this you don't have to cry again, it will hurt less and less, even if the pain never goes away just think about all those good memories and smile with them...it's simple: cry now, smile later.'' I was honestly surprised by my own words.

''I see...''

''So, what will you do about your problem?''

''Cry now, smile later?'' I heard her wipe her tears.

''Now you're getting it!'' I said happily.

''You said I should hold onto hope...But hope for what?''

''Hope for better things that will come eventually.'' I answered with a nostalgic feeling.

''...Thanks, I needed that kind of talk.''

''No problem, hey, do you mind if I sit along you?''

''Sure, you can come.''

I went to the other side of the tree and then I finally saw here, just a little girl with a peculiar hairband, a Karate Gi and a confused look.

''Y-your trainer was the one talking to me?'' She looked to the other side of the tree and didn't see anyone.

''I don't have a trainer.'' I said and she recognized my voice.

''W-what?'' He panicked a little.

''I said that I don't have a trainer.''

''...'' She simply froze on her place.

''You okay?'' I asked.

''GENTA!'' She screamed and ran away leaving me behind, I wasn't sure what was going on so I just followed her.

''What's wrong Miss Shinka?'' The man asked as she ran towards him.

''That Pokemon, it-it-it's talking to me!'' She said hiding behind a Medicham as she pointed at me.

''See, Miss Shinka? It isn't hard to be creative. You already found someone to play with.'' The man said unconcerned.

''Genta! I'm serious!'' She yelled.

''Really? Well, speak to me, little one.'' He mocked with a raised eyebrow so I gave him a piece of me.

''SCOR? SCORBUNNY SCOR SCORBUNNY SCOR SCOR!''

''Sorry, but I didn't understand, what did she said, Miss Shinka?''

''Something not very nice...'' The girl said a little traumatized.

''Oh, how I miss my child days, the imagination, the fun, the games, Takeru breaking things and putting the blame on me...'' He started happy but ended up saying the last thing with an annoyed face.

''Don't talk like you an elderly man, you're barely 22!'' She exclaimed.

''Thanks for reminding me, Mid-life crisis is just halfway through.'' He patted her head. ''Very well, Miss Shinka, I still need some herbs so I'll keep searching, you should stay here ''talking'' with that Scorbunny, But I won't be far, call me if you need anything, let's go, Medicham.''

''Genta! Don't leave me alone!'' He walked behind the man and I followed her again.

''Hey, what's your deal?'' I said to her.

''My deal?! What's your deal?!''

''Nothing, I'm just trying to-''

''Stop talking! Why are you talking?!''

''I'm always talking, the question here if why you can understand me?''

''Ah well, thanks for clearing that up, that makes total sense...THEN WHY CAN I UNDERSTAND YOU?!''

''...I don't know.''

''ARGH! You're making my head hurt, JUST GO AWAY!''

''Head? Hey...Maybe is that thing on your head, it kinda looks like my ears.''

''My hairband?'' She took it off and looked at it. ''I don't know, they don't look that much alike, this could just be Tepig ears.''

''Scorbunny Scor.''

''...S-Say that again.''

''Scorbunny Scor?''

''A-Again.'' She put the hairband back on her hair before I talked again.

''I said that I don't know what a Tepig is, geez.''

''My hairband...My hairband let me understand you?!''

''Hah! I knew it!''

''This is so messed up!'' She screamed holding her head.

''Woah, calm down.'' I said.

''Calm down?! Why aren't you freaking out about this?! This not normal!''

''Girl, I'm a rabbit that creates fire with its feet, my definition of 'normal' is pretty vague.''

''This is...This is still pretty wierd. I've been wearing this for years and you're the first Pokemon I can understand.''

''That could explain the ears thing, it's not so weird when you think about it...I know, let's start with the basics, what's your name? I'm Scorbunny.''

''Just Scorbunny?''

''Well yeah, I'm a Scorbunny, what did you expect?''

''Pokemon don't have their own names? They just use the name of their species?''

''Pretty much, but one day I met two Ratattas called Gerald and Mike, what's your name then?''

''My name is Saito...Saito Beatrice Shinka.''

''Saito Beatri-What? What's with humans and their confusing long names? You don't see Muks complaining about their names.''

''Well, you can just call me Saito if you want.''

''Sa-i-to, Yeah, that's actually shorter than Scorbunny.''

''Is there something else you want to know?''

''How old are you?'' I asked.

''I'm 7.''

''7 days?''

''7...years.''

''Oh right, I forgot human age works different.''

''And how old are you?'' She asked.

''6, months, more or less, it's hard to tell the time when you're a wild Pokemon.'' I answered and then asked another question. ''That guy that you ran into earlier, is he your family?''

''You mean Genta? Well, I'm not sure, he's like a weird mix between an uncle and a cousin.''

While we were talking, Medicham came back and tapped the girl's elbow.

''Oh? What's wrong Medicham?''

''Medicham Med Medicham.'' The Psychic Pokemon calmly said and pointed on a direction.

''Uh?''

''He says that Genta and him are almost done, so you might want to go back where they are.'' I translated for her.

''Oh, thanks Scorbunny, right behind you, Medicham.'' She said and started to walk away.

''Hey, wait, you're gonna leave me here?''

''Well, you're a wild Pokemon.''

''But that how it works! Trainer meets wild Pokemon, Trainer spends time with wild Pokemon, Trainer keeps wild Pokemon.''

''But I don't have any Poke Balls.''

''You don't need Poke Balls, I want to go with you!''

''You do?''

''Of course, don't you see? We have this magic connection thing, this is something unique, we were meant to be together, this is like some kind of fate.''

''There's no fate but what we make for ourse-''

''Stop it with movie quotes! You're just trying to hit the target word count! Besides we could even make profit of this, I could be your translator and we could charge money to tell people what their Pokemon say. Imagine all the money we could make.''

''Why would a Pokemon need money?''

''I have my reasons...''

''I'm still not sure if I-''

''And what about that talk we shared earlier? Doesn't that mean anything?''

''...Yes, yes it does, what you said really helped me.''

''If it did...'' I jumped into her arms and she caught me. ''Let's stay together, I'm sure I can help you more and you can help me too.''

''Alright, Scorbunny...'' She raised her arms and held me in the air. ''You'll be my first Pokemon.'' She looked at me with a big smile and I couldn't help but smile too.

''Great!'' I exclaimed. ''What will be my first thing to do as your Pokemon?''

''Uhm...for now I'm just gonna take you home, how does that sound?''

''Sounds better than sleeping in the middle of the forest without any kind of protection, I'm in!''

''Hey, Genta!'' She called the man. ''Scorbunny says she wants to come with me.'' I nodded to the statement while still on her arms.

''Oh, really? Well, I think it's fine, that solves us the problem of deciding your first Pokemon, we'll have to talk with your father, but he'll probably accept her.''

''Thanks, Genta!''

''Alright, let's head back to the gym.''

''Scorbunny?'' She called me.

''Yes?'' I said looking up to her.

''Thanks for everything.'' We both smiled again.

''And that's how it all started...'' Cinderace said with a nostalgic smile. ''What do you guys think?''

''That was way better than whatever you were going to tell us with the Slowking.'' Pikachu said.

''YOU told her all that?'' Quilladin pointed at her surprised. ''I didn't know you were some kind of philosopher.''

''I'm not, but we all have or ups and downs I guess.''

''I suppose you're not such a bad influence.'' Hitmontop admitted.

''Hey, wait a minute, so Bea isn't her real name?'' Riolu asked.

''Nope, it's just a nickname she made up.'' Cinderace answered.

''You say that, but I don't think she had told that to Ash.'' Pikachu said

''Don't worry, I'm sure she'll tell him eventually'' Cinderace answered again. ''Bea...I mean Saito doesn't have any bad intentions.''

''If you say so...'' Pikachu said with a bit distrustful look.

''Alright everyone, that was a pretty good session.'' Cinderace said getting up ''But it's time to sleep, Pikachu and I will return you to your Poke balls.'' After retrieving everyone Pikachu and Cinderace were the only ones outside the tents.

''And that's all, see ya later, mouse!'' Cinderace said walking to Bea's tent.

''Yeah, yeah, good night Cinderace.'' Pikachu said as well walking towards Ash tent with Riolu's and Oshawotts' Poke Balls on hand.

''Hey, Bea, are you asleep?''

''Huh, not anymore...'' She woke up but didn't bother to open her eyes.

''Sorry, would you mind to move aside?''

''Yeah, sure.''

''Why you didn't take your hairband off to sleep?'' Cinderace asked curious.

''I guess I forgot, I told you today was a long day, what where you guys doing outside?''

''We played 'You caught it, you tell it'.''

''Really? And what did you tell?''

''I told them how we met, you remember that day, right?''

''Of course I do...You were really a lifesaver.'' She opened her eyes to look at Cinderace.

''Oh, stop it, you're making me blush.'' Cinderace said with a small laugh.

''Hey, I know I don't say that much, but...Thanks for everything, I'm really glad I met you.''

''No need to thank me, girl, I'm really glad I met you too.''

''Good night, Cinderace.'' She took off her hairband and went back to sleep.

''Good night...Bea.''

''Good night Pikachu.'' Ash said inside his tent as his partner snuggled closer to him. ''Wait, that's it for my screentime?''