Pokemon Revival Chapter 6 Family Matters

    So the next few days had been rather rough, Lucario has been putting me through constant training. I do 8 hours of training a day, but it does indeed pay off in the long run. First off I can run a lot faster, instead of 30 miles per hour now I can run 40-45 miles per hour. He was training me outside for that and also to train me how to jump higher. I can now jump 9 feet in the air now. He has also been helping me learn how to use my force palm in combat, and I also learned I could charge it up above what it normally could do. Lucario was shocked, he said that I was the first Riolu or Lucario with the ability to do that. He explained to me that there are different tribes of Lucarios and they all have their own special abilities, I guess this is my tribes ability. Having the ability to charge it even further beyond a normal Force palm’s power was incredible, it led to so many possibilities, and I even tested those abilities against Lucario.

    Also need to do some explaining, moves don’t work in this like they do in the game, not even remotely close. First off Pokémon don’t just learn four moves, they are able to use tons of moves, just each has moves they can use with their own abilities. First off I for example am able to use moves like close combat, sucker punch, low sweep and reversal at any time, as many times that I want, but a move like force palm is something different, similar to power points in the game, those take up energy each time a Pokémon uses them. But also each one has their own energy reserve, so when it is used up you will have to use a different move for that time, and if you want to use that move again you will have to rest and recharge. Force palm is a move that can be used 25 times in the game with no rest, so it is the same here. But the thing is if I add more power to my force palm, it will do double damage, but I would only be able to do that 12 or 13 times, not including the ones I have done singularly. You can only have 4 of the energy moves, the amount of energy a Pokémon has is the same for every Pokémon, the thing is moves take up different amounts of energy, so as force palm has 25 energy, focus blast has 5, so if you had four moves that can only be used 5 times then after you have used up each moves energy then you can’t use any more energy moves, and If you try to force it then it could make you pass out, leave you in a coma, or put you in an even worse condition. I don’t know all the moves that require the energy, but all special attacks, half of the physical attacks, and most of the ability increasing moves take up that energy.

    Lucario is mainly skilled with ranged attacks, his clan has an ability where aura sphere will only use half of the energy, seems like a good ability if you ask me. So me and Lucario had been doing sparring matches inside and outside on their outside battle arena. We fought about ten times. The first time he had went all out against me, he kept me on my toes the whole time. He sent aura spheres, metal blasts and psychics at me. He also knows nasty plot, want to know what that does, harshly increases his attack power for his projectiles. So in short I tried my best to fight him with the best of my abilities, I tried my best deflecting his attacks and running up to land fighting type moves, I managed to land a few but Lucario also has his own assortment of physical moves, he mainly uses protect and reversal to turn my moves against me. In short I lost that battle, I hadn’t been trained much then so it makes sense.

     Around the fourth battle with him I was able to catch him off guard. During the battle I was being real cautious because I really wanted to find an opening against him. At one point he started to charge an aura sphere, but what he hadn’t realized I had practiced while he was gone with Claire on one of her grocery trips. First off my speed had increased, but that didn’t matter because what I did was as soon as he started charging it I got ready. I stayed there as if I was going to take the hit, but as soon as he fired it I was already behind him and I sucker punched him right in the back of the head, sucker punched worked like this, it makes an image of what you look like in the spot you were standing, and if you try to attack it lets go of the illusion, so you wait until they attack and then SURPRISE!

    After he fell to the ground he got up and looked at me surprised. I know it didn’t hurt that bad because sucker punch is a dark type move and isn’t very effective against a fighting type like Lucario and I but he still seemed very impressed. He didn’t expect me to learn sucker punch that fast but hey, aura is actually a lot easier to use than you think, and most abilities Lucarios and Riolus use come from their aura, so yeah go figure. That fight ended on a draw, he told me after doing that I earned a draw.

    Then the seventh fight was different, I got close to beating him in a fair fight and no draws, I still lost but I almost did it. Then the tenth battle was completely different, we were both equal in strength, both of us were close to being finished but I was able to land a Double Charged Force Palm (Which is what I officially named it) and landed on him. He said I won, he couldn’t move, and he wasn’t lying either, I had to carry him over my shoulder and take him for Claire to treat him, thankfully all he needed was some rest, and Claire was surprised I was able to do that much damage to Lucario, I can’t wait to see what I will be able to do as a Lucario, and I think Lucario can’t wait either.

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    After my training days there was a day where the kids were at school and Lucario went with Martin on a job Martin needed his help with, Martin said he takes Lucario on missions where they are having trouble tracking the culprit, guess Lucario must of worked on the force. Anyway it was just Claire and  I a the house this time. I was in the training room when I heard Claire scream, so I ran into the room and said, -Hey are you alright?!-

   She heard my pleas in my own language and replied, “Oh, it’s okay Jae, just a little spill. Just didn’t have a good enough grip on it *huff,* you know it really is hard cooking all by myself, no one ever helps me cook and when everyone else is gone I have no one to help me if I was in trouble, I guess I am glad your around, anyway just leave the rest to me I will have lunch ready in a minute.” I shook my head at her, I wasn’t going to leave her alone to do this, it wasn’t right. If nobody had helped her before well she has her help now. So I jumped up on the counter and made a yip at her. She looked at me confused and asked, “What is it now, you know you shouldn’t be on the counter!” I then pointed at the pan she was cooking with, then back at me and so on until, “Wait, what do you mean?” So I took hold of the spoon in the pan an started stirring what was in the pan.

     She got what I was doing but was against it, “No please, this is my job not yours.”

   But then I grabbed her hand with my paw and said, -No, please I want to help, you shouldn’t have to do this alone.-

   I guess she thought there was no hurt in doing it and said, “Ok if you insist keep stirring this while I go and get some things out of the pantry ok.” I nodded at her and proceeded to stir the meal. I kept stirring and when I looked at her I saw her hands full and it looked like she was about to drop something, she was still tying to do everything herself, the whole point of me helping is so she didn't have to do everything yourself. Then I saw her lose her grip on a glass jar and it started to fall, but it didn’t hit the ground because I dropped the spoon and jumped for it.

   She then put down her stuff, looked at me and said, “OH MY GOSH! I am so sorry are you okay!”

    I was fine and so was the jar but still I couldn’t stand the way she thought, so I spoke up, -DAMN IT! The whole point of me helping you is so you wouldn't try to do everything yourself, and you shouldn’t have to, if it wasn’t for me you could gotten yourself really hurt, you need to stop trying to do everything yourself!- The whole time I was using gestures with the jar and pointing at her.

   “I guess your mad huh, if I didn't try to carry all that at once then maybe I wouldn't have put you in danger, I am so sorry because of me you almost got hurt and almost got myself hurt, Jae I am used to working by myself but I would appreciate if you would help me, please?” I then nodded with a smile at her and we got to work. She was working on a homemade steak soup, she had all sorts of vegetables, seasonings, and in that glass jar homemade Peppers that she grew in her garden. So I helped her stir as she got stuff out and used my paws to rip some of the vegetables that didn’t need to be cut.

    So we got the soup finished and she exclaimed, “It turned out great, thank you for all your help Jae, and since you helped I think you deserve a bowl too.” She then filled up a bowl and took it to my spot at the table. When she turned around I had her bowl filled up for her. She looked surprised and gave me a happy smile and said, “Thank you Jae.” We then both went to our spots at the table and enjoyed the soup she made, and it was great.

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    About three days after that Riley was over at a friends house and I saw something interesting with Carol. She was on Riley’s game system trying to play the fighting game, but I saw she was having very little success in doing so. I proceeded to walk up to her and see if she needed any help.

    Before I got to her she noticed me, “Hey there Jae what you up to?” In return I pointed to her, “What you want to know what I’m doing, well Big brother always wants me to play this game with him but I just cant do it. It is to hard to play, I would rather him play dollhouse but he never wants to.” She pouted.

   This gave me and idea, I could teach her so I said to her, -wait here.- and then I ran upstairs. When I came back down she saw I had the a piece of paper and pencil. When I got down there I wrote on the paper and she read it off.

    “I can teach you how to play. Wait, you can teach me how to play, REALLY!?- So I wrote to her my next message, “Yes I can but please don’t yell, it hurts my ears. Oh it does? Sorry." I waved at her  to tell her it was fine and we got to work.

    I started off by teaching her the basics. She chose her character and I used my paper to write down all the controls, what they were for, and combos she could use. I was pretty much making a guide for her. That was a lot for a six year old to memorize so she had to be slow and try doing them multiple times. Then after about 2 semi-frustrating hours she seemed to finally have it down. To test her I did a couple of matches with her, about five, and she was able to win 2 of the games.

    She was so proud of herself, “I DID IT! I DID IT! Thank you so much Jae I am so glad you taught me, now when my brother gets home I will beat him for sure.”  She wasn’t perfect, but I believed she could do it so I nodded my head at her to tell her I believed in her.

    When Riley came back he was surprised that Carol asked him to play the game with her and he accepted.

     I was in the room watching them play and on the first match Carol had los but Riley was surprised, “Hey Carol how did you get so good?”

    She looked at him smugly and said, “A friend taught me.” After that the second match began and Carol almost won in the final round.

    Riley was still kind of  mad, “Ok who taught you, none of your friends even have this game.”

    She looked at him innocently and said, “I don’t know take a guess.” Then they’re third match Carol had won against him in both rounds.

    “Ok I give up, who taught you how to play?” Riley asked desperately. She then innocently pointed to me on the couch there and Riley exclaimed, “YOU TAUGHT HER? Well I guess that is pretty cool, I guess.” I just gave them a peace sign with my paw.

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    The next week I was just hanging around the house when Riley came to me and said, “Hey Jae do you mind if we go out for a walk?” I was confused, Riley has never really been too interested in spending time around me, the only time he was is when he played the video game with me, he has really even spoke to me since then. So I just nodded at him and told him I would, I haven’t really gotten to go out much just a little bit in the backyard, I haven’t explored the forest yet, guess I am just a little scared to.

    Anyway we then proceeded out the backdoor and into the woods. We had walked on this path he had through the woods that led to a road. The road was about a 2 mile walk until the town. Riley during the walk had said he always rides his bike to the school, he says it’s less expensive then a car. About a quarter mile before the town he told me to wait. I looked at him confused and he pointed to the right and said, “Lets go this way toward the mountain.” I was confused but he insisted we go so I didn’t ask questions. The mountain was pretty big and there were a few mountains behind the one about 2 mile in front of us. Then Riley pointed to the left and told me to head this way. We walked just a minute or so until I noticed it.

    It was a tree, just a normal tree, but there was something very noticeable, there was blood on the tree and on the grass below the tree. I took a moment to look past the tree and saw other trees that had been burnt and ripped apart. What happened here. I took a moment to look at the blood on the ground. While looking at the blood on the ground and on the tree I noticed something. The scent on the tree was the same as my own.

    I took a look at Riley wide eyed and he said, “That is where I found you, I had heard a loud cry followed by the sounds of fire, growling and fighting.” I took another look at the blood when Riley continued, “You know I never really liked Pokémon, when I was young Lucario was scary to me, I don’t hate Lucario but it’s just there was nothing we could really do together and when we do speak it is for only a moment. At school I was the only one without a Pokémon, and I was ridiculed for it. The other kids made their Pokémon attack me and that just fueled my hate even more for Pokémon. I never planned on becoming a trainer anyway, so it really didn’t matter if I liked Pokémon or not, I am trying to get a career as a T.V. actor or show host, either of the two. So I just avoided Pokémon and ignored them as much as possible. But then one day while riding my bike to school I heard a gunshot go off and following a scream. I waited a minute before I did anything, I was scared. Then I heard explosions and fighting start. After they died down I went toward the forest and walked the path we went. Before I took that left I heard a whimper and I walked toward it and saw you. You were slumped up against that tree with the gunshot wound in your shoulder. You were breathing heavily, whimpering and crying. I stood there for a minute and just looked at you, and then I had decided I was just going to leave you there, why should I help you I had asked myself, what good would that have done me. I was about to leave when you did something I never expected you would do. You looked at me with tears in your eyes and you reached your paw out at me and started pleading for me to help you. You were in pain, you were dying and your life was in my hands. That look in your eye wasn’t one of malice toward me or concern, it was fear and pain, and I then decided I had no choice was to help you. I wrapped my shirt around your wound and rode my bike to the center. I dropped you off and called my dad to help you. Not even once did I visit you in the center, I thought you would be the same as any other Pokémon and treat me with malice. But then when you came to our house I got to meet you, you were kind, you spent time with my sister, Lucario, my parents and even me. You were the first Pokémon to ever take an interest in me and what I like, Lucario doesn’t understand or even care about it. Jae, if I had left you there on that tree it would have been he worst decision of my life, and I am sorry I even thought to leave you there, can you forgive me and still be my friend.”

    I just looked at him, I never expected him to open up like this to me, and I could understand, I have been bullied before and it can cause a lot of distrust, so to me there really was only one answer. I nodded my head at him and lifted my paw to him. He looked at it confused but then figured it out, he knelt down and shook my paw.

    “Jae, this means a lot, I wont let you down, promise." He got up but stopped and turned to me again, "oh also would you mind coming to school with me sometimes and maybe come on more of these walks?” I nodded my head at him, it seemed like a great idea. With that done we just enjoyed the walk back to the house, we saw flying Pokémon and even got one of them to come up to us and just hang out. It was enjoyable and I think I helped Riley with his trust for Pokémon and also got to strengthen our friendship.

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    After a few days I still had a concern, what is behind Martin’s door. His secret room is something I want to see and I am tired of waiting so I started snooping. I tried jumping on the door handle to see if it was opened, locked so that means I have to get a key. I went to check Martin and Claire’s room, Claire was doing something downstairs and Martin what at work with Lucario. No luck in their room so that could only mean one place, the doorframe. The door frame is 10 feet high and I can only jump 9 feet in the air right now. So with the chair I got from Carol’s room(thank you for leaving it open Carol) I got a grip on the doorframe and used my left paw to search for the key and…FOUND IT!

    “WHAT ARE YOU DOING!” With that scream I fell to the ground and landed with a thud. Before I could grab it the person who screamed picked up the key and when I looked up it was Martin. Why was he here I thought he was working. “What do you think you were doing Jae, I come back for a minute and see you doing this nonsense?” I was scared and didn’t know what to do, I did not expect him to come back early, so I just pointed at the door.

     “What you want to see what is in there?” In return I just calmly nodded. So he then reached up and put the key in the keyhole and opened the door, and I couldn’t believe my eyes.

     In the room was a huge collection of all sorts of bladed weapons. Knives, swords, spears, axes, bayonets, military knives and even rapiers. This room was heaven for a collector like me. I didn’t have a lot of bladed weapons but seeing so many in this room was to die for. I started looking around at all the different types of weapons he had and he had noticed how much I liked them.

    “You seem to really like those weapons huh?” I just nodded my head at him repeatedly. After a minute of looking he said, “Ok, this is going to sound stupid but I am giving you one.” I looked at him expectantly, I did not expect that, why would he let me have one, it makes no sense, I didn't even think pokemon were allowed to have weapons? He then continued, “You seem confused why i would say that, first off I am not going to do anything with them. The second reason is the only real reason I am truly giving this to you is this, Lucario has been holding back on you, you may be a pokemon and you may be strong but you are not as strong as Lucario, if you went up against someone hurting my family and they were too strong for you then that means I have lost my family, so to have some extra insurance that you would be able to protect yourself and more importantly my family. Giving you this now means having more insurance that you could do an effective job of making sure my family stays safe. Now you better listen up here! If you step out of line one time with it, I am taking it, end of story. So now if you want I will let you use any you want in here. If that gets broken or lost then I will let you have a new one, but remember if my rule is broken, you will be punished, is that clear!” I nodded my head with a serious look to tell him I understood his terms. I then proceeded to look around the room for a weapon I wanted, then I spotted one.

    It was a smaller than average Kukri, it looked like it was made for combat, it had grooves in the handle which was made of a strong wood. The steel was black and looked extremely sharp, so I then pointed to the knife and Martin came and opened up the case and handed the knife to me. It was about a third of my size which was perfect, he even got the strap and sheathe for it and tightened it to hang from my left shoulder and hang to my back so I can pull it out with my right paw backhanded(I use knives backhanded or back-pawed, it is just what I do.). With the strap secure and the knife in place it was awesome, he set it up so it is easy for me to take it on and off and so it will stay connected to me tight, it straps around my waist and left shoulder.

    “Oh, another rule, you never let Carol hold it you hear me, I don’t want her near a weapon!” I nodded to him vigorously to tell him I understood.

    “Now then the reason I came back here is that I have a proposition for you. You seem very interested in my work, every time I talk about my stories you seem really interested, so I want to ask you this, we at the station are able to have a Pokémon partner, with me being the chief I go on all types of missions, from patrolling to swat missions so I wanted to ask you. When you evolve into a Lucario would you like to join me as my Pokémon on the force?” This was probably the greatest thing I have ever heard, my dream was to be able to help catch criminals in any way I could, that is the job I wanted, from just patrolling to swat to working in a lab this is the career field that I wanted, and if I can use telepathy I can use my knowledge from my criminal justice class to help as well. So to say the least I gladly accepted, I nodded repeatedly. He told me that he had asked Lucario before to join him but he went against it, he didn’t want to be accountable for someone else’s life. Me I didn’t see it that way, I saw it as a chance, a chance to where I could actually save a life and be out there helping and to not just sit and do nothing, so I was on board.

    When I do become a Lucario I am going to do everything I can to help in this city. I will do my best to make sure the people in this town are safe. I will also protect my family, I wont let any of my family die.

No matter what.