//------------------------------// // Aura // Story: My Little Pokémon // by Amarvax //------------------------------// The Pokemon Center, Day. "Thank you for waiting. We've restored your Vulpix to full health." Nurse Joy was holding a young boy's Vulpix, giving it back to him. "Thank you so much. So glad you're okay, Vulpix." "Vul!" It was another normal day at the centre. But there was on oddity. In the resting room, there laid an egg. A blue-spotted one. It was being incubated, just sitting there. Why this was an oddity is because this egg has not hatched for a long time. Months actually. "No change." Nurse Joy looked at the egg. "I wonder why you won't come out of the egg? Whichever Pokemon you are." Cerise Labs, Day. "The first person to ever make the existence of eggs known was Professor Elm. The apprentice to Professor Oak." Professor Cerise was teaching Twilight and the Mane 6 about Pokemon eggs. "He pointed out how nobody has ever seen a Pokemon lay an egg before." "Nobody's seen it? How can it be?" Goh asked. "It can't be that mysterious. They probably lay it like normal animals. Like a chicken." Rainbow Dash said. "That would be common but even that's never been seen before. Most people believe that Pokemon simply pick up eggs from someplace, but even that has zero evidence." An assistant explained. "So it's a total mystery, huh?" Twilight said. "Well, I've seen an egg before. But even I haven't seen a Pokemon lay one." Ash replied. "Why don't we go looking for one. This'll be our chance!" Fluttershy exclaimed, wanting to explore how Pokemon Eggs truly work and where they come from. "It won't be that easy. They're almost as rare as Legendary Pokemon popping up, ya know." An assistant explained. "Still! I have to find out!" "Fluttershy won't stop until she makes this discovery. Best go then." Rarity said, knowing how determined she was. "Let's get rolling!" Fluttershy flew out as the others chased after her. Raboot, who had just evolved from a Scorbunny not too long ago, sighed as it just simply walked. Outside, they were searching near Route 6 for any Pokemon that might lay an egg. That's when Goh spotted what seemed to be an egg. "Oh! There!" But in reality, it was just an Exeggcute. "Even better! It's an Exeggcute! Go! Pokeball!" Goh tossed the Pokeball, getting Exeggcute. "Still no actual egg." Fluttershy sighed. "Heh." Ash chuckled. That's when his Rotomphone was ringing. A trainer was nearby. One to boost up his ranking. "Oh, a trainer who's ranked 1,024th place, huh? Name, Harper. "Yo!" The trainer called to Ash, waving. A flying Rotom machine that calculated and spectated over battles arrived to declare this official Pokemon World Coronation Series match. "The Pokemon World Championships has approved this Normal Class Battle. The battle will be between Harper from Fuchsia City and Ash from Pallet Town! The battle will be a 1v1. Both sides, send out your Pokemon at the same time." "Good luck Ash!" Pinkie Pie cheered him on along with the others. "3, 2 ,1. GO!" "Pikachu! I choose you!" "Tauros! Let's go, partner!" Harper had sent out a Tauros who's horns look a bit damaged, indicating that this was a seasoned Tauros. After all, the Tauros with the most scarred horns is the boss of the herd. So this Tauros has boss-level horns. "Tauros huh? Okay.." "Pika.." "Battle start!" "Tauros! Horn Attack!" Tauros charged in, heading towards Pikachu. "Pikachu! Iron Tail!" Pikachu jumped up, slamming his tail on Tauros's horns. The minute it clashed with the horns, a powerful surge of aura was felt, all the way back at the Pokemon Center. And it was the still egg that felt it. Almost as if it was responding to the aura. Back at the battle, Tauros had bucked Pikachu in the face, sending him flying. The Electric Mouse landed down safely, not minding that kick. "Electroweb!" Pikachu then sent a web of electricity towards Tauros, however, the trainer had a counter for that. "Rip through it with Iron Head!" The Wild Bull Pokemon's head had gained iron plates it charged right through the web, breaking it and headbutting Pikachu as well. "Pikachu! You okay?" "Pikachu!" Pikachu was still up and ready to keep on going. "That's the spirit!" "Another Iron Head!" "Let's finish it Pikachu!" Once Ash said that a surge of aura kicked up dust. Twilight noticed this as she was able to see this blue energy rise thanks to her being an alicorn. "What the..?" The egg's frequency was rapidly increasing. It kept reacting to the aura. "Thunderbolt!" Pikachu jumped up as Tauros was heading towards him to headbutt him once more. Pikachu unleashed a bolt thunder that raced forward. The egg began to glow a blue colour as Chansey, who was in the room noticed this. "GO!" The Thunderbolt struck Tauros head-on, making it faint. "AH! Tauros!" Harper cried out. "Tauros is unable to battle! Pikachu wins! As such, the winner is Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town!" The Rotom machine said. "Woo-hoo!" Pinkie Pie cheered their victory. "You did great, Pikachu!" Pikachu jumped to his trainer, hugging him. But, after clashing with that Iron Head with Iron Tail left a sting on Pikachu's tail as it was a bit injured. "Oh sorry! Let's get you to the Pokemon Center right away." "Pikachu." Just then, both Ash and Pikachu could feel the sudden pulse of aura. "Huh?" He was completely spaced out. "Ash? What's wrong?" Fluttershy snapped him out of it. "Oh. Nothing. I just felt like someone was calling me." "Calling you?" The Mane 6 all said. "I don't see anypony." Rainbow Dash looked around. "Not like that. It was... How do I describe it?" "Was it similar to what happened back with Lugia? You said you heard it say something." Goh said. "No, not like that.." "Ash. That was a good battle." Harper congratulated him. "Oh, thanks, Harper." "Based on the results of this battle, the Pokemon World Championships rankings will be updated." The Rotom machine flew off. "Let's have another battle if we meet again somewhere," Harper said. "You bet!" "Pika!" Ash could still feel that presence as the wind blew around him. The egg was shaking about as it had suddenly stopped. Chansey had dragged Nurse Joy in to show her, but she was a bit too late. It had calmed down. Ash was rushing to the Pokemon Center to get his buddy's tail all healed up as soon as possible. "Ash, slow down! Why are you in such a hurry? You can be pretty weird sometimes." Goh said. "What do you mean 'weird?'" "Hearing voices that I can't hear. You're just like a Pokemon Egg." Goh explained. "An egg?" "You hold many mysteries, Ash!" "I don't hold that many mysteries... Oh, we're here!" Inside the Center, Pikachu's tail was being tended too. Nurse Joy had a cotton ball with medicine as she was about to press it on his tail. "This might sting a little." She pressed it on his tail as he felt the sting. "PI...PI...KACHU!" Pikachu twitched, trying to power through the pain. "Well done. Very good!" Nurse Joy congratulated him on taking it like a champ. The others were watching Pikachu getting healed up, but Ash had suddenly walked off. He could feel that presence again. "Thank you for waiting. Your Pikachu i- Huh?" She didn't see Ash anywhere. The group all turned to see Ash walking off, right to the room where the egg was. Ash was looking at the egg. He was sure it was coming from it. "Ash! What's with you? You suddenly walked off, with no sound even." Rainbow said. "Oh! Look!" Fluttershy zipped over to the egg. "An actual Pokemon Egg!" She was getting all giddy. "Nurse Joy. Why does this egg have wires hooked up to it?" Ash asked. "Oh. Well, you see, a Daycare worker gave this to me. This eggs hold one interesting mystery. For some reason..." Before Joy could continue talking, the egg broke out of the wires as it was shaking about. It then rolled over, hitting the glass as it was at Ash's direction. There was an open spot for the egg to breathe as Ash put his hand in it, feeling the egg. "It's so warm. Pikachu. Give it a touch." Pikachu put his hands in, feeling the egg as well. "Let me see." So did Fluttershy. "Hm. Perhaps... I shall leave the egg with you, Ash." Joy said. "With me?" "You see, this egg was found in the Sinnoh Region. The mystery it holds is that it never hatches. It's been handed from Day-care worker to Day-care worker throughout the region and no luck. It has been around the region for so many months until it finally reached here. This is probably the first time an egg has been like this." "An egg that takes that long to hatch? What kind of Pokemon is in there?" Twilight wondered. "Huh. Guess whoever's in there sure is laid-back. I can't wait for them to come out so they can experience all the fun in the world." Ash said. "Ash. Please take good care of this egg, will you?" "You can count on me, Nurse Joy." "Pikachu!" "And I'll pitch in to help!" Fluttershy exclaimed. "My name's Ash. Nice to meet you." Ash was talking to the egg. The Egg which now belonged to Ash was taken to Cerise Labs. Yamper was barking at the egg, wanting to know what it was all about. "Don't bark at it, Yamper. You'll scare it." Chole said. "Being entrusted with an egg means being entrusted with a Pokemon's life. Quite the heavy responsibility. Think you can handle it, Ash?" An assistant asked him. "No doubt about it. This isn't my first egg after all." "We'll head on over to the Pokemon House. I bet it'll be comfy there!" Fluttershy exclaimed. "You just wanna get closer to it don't you?" Applejack knew the reason. "Hehehe.. maybe." Fluttershy squeed as she blushed a bit. "But, I wonder what Pokemon lies in it?" Rarity wondered. "No one can really tell. It could be any Pokemon." Cerise replied. "When's it gonna hatch?" Goh asked. "When it does hatch, we'll throw it a 1st-year birthday party!" Pinkie yelled. "For it to hatch, Professor Elm's thesis said that for it to hatch, it needs to spend a certain amount of time with a healthy Pokemon." An assistant explained. "That's perfect! The Pokemon house has tons of Grass-Types. They're the healthiest Pokemon I know." Fluttershy retorted. "So, the best option is to carry it around. Most trainers do that." Cerise said to Ash. "Will do, can do." Ash picked up the egg, holding it close to his chest. "Let's head out on a stroll together in Equestria okay?" Ash talked to the egg. "Pika-Pika!" "Ash, I don't think the egg can hear you," Spike said. "Don't be so sure. Here's an example." Cerise corrected Spike. "There was once a Jigglypuff who loved to sing, more than any Jigglypuff. It sang so much to the egg every day, that when it hatched, the Pokemon that ended up being an Azurill eventually sang. With the same amount of singing to put that same Jigglypuff to sleep." "So it can learn from others? Amazing." Twilight was intrigued by that short story. "So it CAN hear you! Uh! My name's Rainbow Dash! I'm Ash's friend!" She started talking to the egg as the others joined. "I'm Goh!" "Pinkie Pie at your service!" "M-My name's Fluttershy! Hope to see you soon!" "Name's Applejack!" "Rarity, darling." Raboot thought this was embarrassing as Spike and Twilight didn't know what to make of this. Back at Equestria, at the Pokemon House, Ash had kept the egg in Fluttershy's house. The others would be home by now, but Fluttershy insisted they helped her with Ash's egg. Due to this they eventually all fell asleep. That's when the egg started to glow blue again. Pikachu was the first to hear it and see the light. "Pika?! P-Pikapi!" He was trying to wake Ash up. "Ugh... what's up, Pikachu? Huh? Woah!" Ash shouted. This woke everypony up from their sleep. "What is it? What day is it?" Rarity mumbled. "The egg!" Ash jumped up, running to it. Fluttershy and the others saw the egg as they went over to it as well. "What's happening to it?" Goh asked. The egg then started to crack. It was time. "Oh, my Celestia... It's happening!" Fluttershy was about to freak out. The egg kept cracking as a small blue light emerged. And now the Pokemon that was in the egg was revealed. Riolu. "Woah. Who's that Pokemon?" Rainbow Dash pulled out her dex. "Riolu. The Emanation Pokemon. Riolu can detect the feelings of people and Pokemon using waves known as Aura. Its body is little, yet powerful. It can crest three mountains in and cross two canyons in one night." "It's so cute!" Fluttershy squeed. "I think a PARTY is due!" Pinkie was ready to start the one-year-old birthday party. "Riolu? Aura?" Twilight remembered learning about Aura with the books from Canalave. She knew that Lucario was the master of aura, but she hadn't learned of its pre-evolution, Riolu. "Could this be its first stage?" "So it was Riolu huh. Nice to meet ya. I'm Ash! And this is my partner Pikachu!" "Pikachu!" Riolu was confused. It was looking around for someone. Someone very specific. "What's wrong Riolu?" Ash went to touch him. The little Fighting-Type acted on instinct, firing a Vacuum Wave at Ash, knocking him back. "Pika!" "Don't worry, Pikachu. That move was Vacuum wave, wasn't it? Awesome! You're so strong even though you just hatched!" Riolu was still lost. So, all of a sudden, it busted through the window of Fluttershy's house, running off. "What in tarnation!? He just up and left!" Applejack yelled. "Riolu!" Ash called out. Ash ran out to chase after him as the others followed. Riolu was outside, looking for that person. He spotted the Pokemon House, seeing all the Pokemon. It then had the intention of picking a fight with every single one of them. The Emanation Pokemon jumped up, headbutting a Snorlax, but he bounced off its big belly. It skidded on the ground as it went to target the next Pokemon. It attacked a relaxing group of Frillish who just minding their own business in the water. Riolu tossed a Vacuum wave at them, but due to them being Ghost-Types, nothing happened. The Frillish retaliated by firing bubble beams at Riolu, knocking him down on the ground. Riolu got back up as he moved on to the next Pokemon. He targeted a group of Litleo's but was easily overpowered by the numbers of them. Riolu wasn't really good on its own. It is a Pokemon that works well when it is battling with a trainer. But it kept going on. It then entered inside of the Pokemon house, where some of the Pokemon were just relaxing on the furniture. It picked a fight with them as well, firing a Vacuum wave at their furniture. This angered the Pokemon, specifically some Passimians as they kicked Riolu out of the Pokemon House and into the outskirts of a nearby small forest. "Riolu! Where'd you go?!" Ash called out for him. "Pika Pika!" "Oh, dear. I hope he hasn't gone too far." Fluttershy was getting worried. "It can cross three mountains and two canyons in one night. How are we gonna find it?" Twilight said. "Riolu just hatched. There's so much it doesn't understand. I can't leave it alone!" Ash exclaimed. "Yesterday, I thought it was calling for me...That's what it felt like. So when Nurse Joy told me it had been in the egg for so long, I was happy. I thought it had been waiting for me all along. I was wrong though. But I ain't giving up on him." "Ash..." Twilight murmured. "Alright! Here's what we'll do! We'll all split up for wider areas! There's 11 of us in total, so we can cover more ground. "Right!" Riolu was running through the night as it came across a Pokemon that was a bit too big for it. A Houndoom. Riolu attacked Houndoom but was knocked back by its tail. Houndoom growled at Riolu, ready to pounce on it. Riolu tossed a Vacuum wave at it, but it was too slow. Houndoom easily dodged it as unleashed a Flamethrower at the baby Pokemon. Houndoom let out a terrifying howl as it used Thunder Fang, shocking Riolu and biting into his arms. The Dark Pokemon then tossed Riolu aside on the ground, snarling at it. Riolu was struggling to get up as it was all tattered from the beating it took. "Riolu!" Ash and Pikachu had found him first. "Are you okay?!" "Pika Pika! Houndoom howled at Ash and Pikachu, ready to attack them as well. "Pikachu. Let's go." "Pikachu!" Ash and Pikachu faced Houndoom as their aura started to show. This is what Riolu was looking for. That powerful aura rose, blowing in the wind as it could be felt from afar. The intense pressure formed by the bond of a trainer and their Pokemon was showing. Ash smirked. This is the person that Riolu sensed. "Pikachu! Iron Tail!" Pikachu rushed in, using Iron Tail on Houndoom, hitting its head. Their aura kept rising as Riolu could feel all the power emanating from them. "Good job, Pikachu!" Riolu had then tackled Pikachu, knocking him aside. "Pika!" "Huh? Riolu?" Riolu began talking to Ash, indicating that HE wanted to battle with Ash. "You wanna become stronger huh?" Riolu nodded in response. "You got yourself a deal! I'll help you transcend to new heights!" "RIO!" They looked at each other in understanding, but Houndoom wasn't done yet. It was about release another Flamethrower. "Riolu! Use Vacuum Wave!" Ash commanded Riolu. The Emanation Pokemon unleashed a wave of wind that put out the fire. The Vacuum Wave was much stronger now. A pulse of aura showed when the two were in sync. Riolu's true potential showed when the one meant for it is battling alongside it. "Now! Riolu! Go!" Riolu rushed in at crazy speeds, smashing its elbow on Houndoom's face. This was enough to terrify even a Pokemon like Houndoom as it ran off in fear. Riolu was ready to chase it down, but Ash stopped him by yelling stop. "You gave it your all, Riolu. You were really cool during that battle!" "Pika!" "Rio!" Riolu put his hands on his hips, feeling proud. But after all of that beating, he was drained and looked like he was about to faint. "Oh, man. Best get you healed up first." Ash caught him. "We'll get you healed up to the Pokemon Center. Here. Climb on my back." Riolu didn't take Ash's offer as he would take himself there instead. "Heh. You really are stubborn, huh?" Day at the Pokemon Center. The Mane 6 were there as well since they didn't find Riolu last night. Riolu was all healed up now. "There. We've restored your Riolu to full health." "Isn't that great Riolu?" Ash said. Riolu jumped off the resting bed, looking up at Ash. "Rio! Lu! Lu!" "Pika?" "Riolu!" "Huh?" Ash was wondering what he was saying. "It could be that... Riolu wants you to catch him. From what he's saying." Nurse Joy said. "Huh? Riolu? You really wanna be with me?" "Riolu!" "Then it's settled." Ash got out a Pokeball, tossing it. "Go!" Once it hit Riolu, it was an instant capture. Not even a shake. "That was fast!" They all said in unison. "Awesome!" Ash picked up the Pokeball, raising it. "I got a Riolu!" "Pika Pika!" Ash let Riolu out who had a smile on his face. "Riolu. Let's get stronger together." "Rio!" A new team member, partner and friend in this combined world. With the slightly stubborn Riolu by his side, Ash's Pokemon World Championship Challenge will continue! Chapter 50 End!