Pokemon: I Fall Apart

Ch 15 Kalos

Pi-Pikachu!"

And now:

"Okay guys, gather around! I have an announcement to make!"

Ash's words rang throughout the entire clearing and it wasn't long before all of his Pokemon answered the call. The raven haired youth then began to pale when certain members of his squad kept on charging to his location with happy smiles on their faces. "Wait guys! That's enough! Sto-Gah!"

Pikachu couldn't help but wince when his trainer was promptly crushed under the combined weight of Bayleef, Muk, and one of his overly-affectionate Tauros.

"Gak! Choking...not breathing! Urg. A little help here guys...!"

The Pallet town trainer then let out a breath of relief when his other Pokemon got to work on saving him. It was considerably easy thanks to Bulbasaur's Vine whip and Noctowl's Confusion. "Hehe. Thanks you two. I owe you one!"

Both mentioned Pokemon returned the gesture with a happy nod towards their friend-slash-master. Bulbasaur then began to chew out his fellow Pokemon with a stern and reprimanding look engraved on his small face.

In response, the culprits had the decency to look both ashamed and somewhat sheepish for accidently causing harm to their trainer.

Their kicked puppy expressions was more than enough to tug Ash's heart strings. "Ahaha. It's okay Bulbasaur, I think they've learned their lesson for now."

Said seed Pokemon then let out an exasperated breath towards his trainer and couldn't help the bemused grin from showing on his face when Bayleef and the rest were practically beaming at the raven haired youth.

Ash then cleared his throat and clapped his palms once in order to get everyone's attention. "Okay now that the ice is officially broken, I think it's time we get down to business."

Seeing that everyone was more than glad to quiet down and listen, the pallet town trainer continued on for the sake of the meeting. "It's about our upcoming match with Cynthia and the elite four..." All his Pokemon couldn't help but gasp and began murmuring to each other with their respective tongues. Ash then waited for everybody to quiet down before continuing his piece. "Yeah, the big one. Our toughest battle yet. The league already notified me that we have all the time we need to train and prepare."

The rest of Ash's Pokemon began grinning in excitement as they caught on to their trainer's words.

Returning the gesture, the raven haired youth was eager to confirm his Pokemon's suspicions. "Yup, you guessed it. By 'we', I meant us. As in all of us. There's no other way I'd have it! I owe it to you guys for sharing the same dream as me so for our next journey, I'll be rotating between all of you weekly for training over at the Kalos region."

Every one of his Pokemon then let out a resounding cheer after hearing the news. Their excitement was understandable considering a majority of them haven't battled in a long time. Each and every one of them were more than ready to prove their worth once more.

All the excitement and energy was more than enough to pump up Ash even further. "Ahaha. Okay guys, for now I'll be picking three of you to take with me to Kalos. The extra two slots are for any new Pokemon we might meet along the way. So any volunteers?"

Before any of the assembled Pokemon had their chance to voice out any of their opinions, a resounding roar cut through everyone's voices as a familiar orange dragon made his presence known by dramatically landing in the middle of the clearing where they were currently meeting.

Ash's brown eyes lit up when he confirmed it was his very own ace Pokemon. "No way! Charizard is that yo-"

The raven haired youth was then cut off via a flamethrower to the face.

The pride of Pallet town then gave the flame Pokemon a half-hearted glare before wiping the soot off of him. "What are you doing here Charizard? I thought you were heading back to Charicific valley?"

Said fire type just rolled his eyes in response and was quick to point a Pokeball on Ash's belt before gesturing to himself in an arrogant fashion.

Getting the gist of it, Ash plucked the Pokeball off his belt and looked at the orange dragon curiously. "Are you saying you want to come with me Charizard? You sure buddy?"

Another weakened flamethrower to his face was the answer he got.

Spluttering, Ash then coughed from the soot before raising his hands in defeat. "Ahaha. Okay pal, I hear you loud and clear! It'll be a blast travelling with you again!"

Charizard grinned in satisfaction as the orange dragon then made his way towards Ash's side. The fire type then gave Pikachu a nod of acknowledgement which the electric rodent returned.

Returning to the matter at hand, the raven haired youth then shifted his focus back to his assembled Pokemon with a good natured grin on his face. "So who's next?"