Chapter 20

Reunion

-Griffin-

"Wow. They are just going to town on flirting today, aren't they?" I nudged Zoey with my elbow.

"Yeah, Mia has touched his arm eleven times." Zoey whispered to me.

Liam and Mia were walking ahead of us. They had been flirting since we left the gates of Saffron and all through lunch. They barely even acknowledge our existence. It's like they were off in their little world.

"You've been keeping count?"

"Yep."

"I'm happy for them." I smiled.

"I'm getting sick."

We both started laughing. Mia and Liam looked back at us with confused looks.

"Sorry. It's nothing. Just keep pretending like we're not here." I held back my laughter.

They kept giving us their confused looks until they turned around and continued to talk. Zoey and I started snickering again.

Suddenly, I felt something ram into me. I went flying to the ground with someone on top of me. They pinned me to the ground and I thrashed under them.

"Calm down, little bro! It's me!" He said.

I stopped squirming and looked into his brown eyes, the trait we got from our father. His shaggy black hair was passing his eyebrows. And he had a big grin on his bloodied face. My brother, Asher. The spitting image of my father.

"Asher." I said in disbelief.

"In the flesh." He got off of me.

I stood up and just looked at him. My lips crept into a smile and my brother pulled me into a hug. I couldn't believe it. My brother was back. He released me.

"Let me get a good look at you." He said. "Nice scar. Makes you look tough."

"H-how did you even get out?" I asked.

"You know me."

"Ok then."

"How's Mom?"

"She's good."

"H-how is d-Dad?"

"I think he's still working in Kalos."

My friends stared at us as my brother and I exchanged words.

"He needs to go back to his wife. Also, why did you get involved with those thugs who are going after Mewtwo?" He exclaimed.

"I don't know. Why did you?" I snapped.

"I guess I owe you an explanation. Anybody have a med kit?"

Mia fished one out of her bag and threw it to him. Asher caught it with one hand and sat down on a fallen tree.

"Thanks." He said. "All of you sit down. This going to take a while."

Asher started to care of his wounds as we sat down across from him.

"I met Mewtwo when I ran away from the Academy and started on my journey. After that, we became good friends and visited him in Cerulean Cave multiple times. Then a man named Kane started hunting for Mewtwo. Kane is the leader of their entire operation. I had to help Mewtwo so I looked for him and stopped anyone who tried to capture him. I'm sorry I didn't tell you, Griffin but I couldn't risk getting our family involved. If something happened to you or Mom, I-I-I-"

"I understand. Once I heard that thieves knew about you, I had to go after them. Do you know anything else about the thieves?"

"All I know is that they plan on using Mewtwo to cause chaos with his Megastones. They have the stones, a Mega Ring, and they were tampering with the parts to a Master Ball. I heard talk of them making some machine to control Mewtwo with. All they need to do is capture Mewtwo and their plan is complete. The problem is, I don't know where Mewtwo is, so I can't warn him or anything."

"Crap. What are we supposed to do?" I asked.

Asher finished wrapping a bandage around his leg. "I could try communicating to Mewtwo."

"You're a psychic!" Liam exclaimed.

"No I am not. But I can meditate and clear my mind so Mewtwo can find me and he can read my thoughts and I can read his."

"That's amazing!" Zoey said in awe.

"I like your girlfriend, Griffin." Asher smiled.

"Why does everybody think she's my girlfriend!?!?" I shouted.

"He wishes I was." Zoey teased.

My face blushed bright red and fell on my back. Liam bent over and whispered in my ear.

"She has acknowledged your feelings. That's a start."

I smacked him upside the head.

"What are your kids' names?" Asher asked.

"Mia Gardener."

"Zoey Sparks!"

"Liam Miller but you can call me the Dark Lord!"

"I'm calling you, idiot." Asher stood up. "I haven't communicated with Mewtwo in a few days so I'm going to go meditate. I would suggest training if we are going to stop those thieves."

"You're not denying that we should go?" I sat up.

Asher was protective when it came to family and I just so happened to be his fourteen year-old younger brother.

"There's no stopping you guys from coming along. Besides, I can keep an eye on you now. I also need all the help I can get. I'm going now."

"Have fun." I said.

"Sure." He replied with a smirk.

It felt good having my brother back. Asher walked off to a secluded part of the woods.

"We should follow his advice and start training." I nodded to my friends.

"Agreed. How about me and you battle, Griffin?" Mia questioned.

"I'm okay with it." I shrugged and stood up.

"Then Liam and I will face off." Zoey grinned evilly.

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"Go, Umbreon!"

The Pokeball opened and Umbreon appeared in a flash of white.

"Umbre!" He barked.

"Ivy, you're up!" Mia called as she threw her Grass-Type's Pokeball.

The Snivy jumped out of the Pokeball, covered in a bright light.

"Umbreon, Pursuit!" I ordered.

Umbreon flashed a dark purple light and charged at Ivy. He rammed Ivy, sending her across the battlefield. The Snivy quickly recovered.

"Vine Whip!"

Long vines shot out from Ivy's shoulder blades. They extended towards Umbreon and tried lashing at him.

"Dodge!" I yelled to my Pokemon.

Umbreon rolled out of the way of the vines.

"Dark Pulse, Umbreon."

A jet of dark energy went towards Ivy and blasted her towards her master's feet. The Snivy grunted in pain but got up.

"Ivy, Leaf Blade!"

The end of Ivy's leaf shaped tail starting glowing a lighter shade of green. The Grass-Type front flipped in the air and brought her tail down on Umbreon's head. He fell face first to ground.

"Umbreon, Payback!"

A purple ring formed around Umbreon's body. Umbreon sent the ring at Ivy and the damage that Umbreon received was inflicted on Ivy but stronger.

"Ivy, get up! We have to keep fighting! Use, Leech Seed!"

Ivy flicked her tail at Umbreon and about a half a dozen seeds stuck to Umbreon's fur.

"Umbreon, Shadow Ball!"

"Dodge!"

The Snivy leapt out of the Shadow's Ball way. The seeds sapped energy from Umbreon and the energy appeared as green lights. The energy went to Ivy and slightly healed her.

"Ivy, Leaf Storm!"

"Dark Pulse!"

The two attacks jetted towards each other. They blew up in a cloud of smoke.

"Now's your chance, Umbreon! Shadow Ball!"

Umbreon opened his jaws and a shadowy blob formed on his lips. Umbreon fired his attack at Ivy. The Shadow Ball nailed the Grass-Type in the stomach and sent her flying to her master's feet.

"Dang it! We'll get him next time." Mia returned her Pokemon.

"Good job, Umbreon." The red light from his Pokeball enveloped him and brought him back into his Pokeball. "Good battle, Mia."

"Same to you." She smiled.

"I have defeated the great Zoey Sparks!" Liam exclaimed as he returned his Krokorok.

"Only because you had a type advantage!" Zoey pointed out.

"It's hard to mediate when all of you are screaming." Asher approached us.

His Umbreon, Crimson, was by his side. Crimson got his name from his rings being red instead of yellow. Crimson's rings are red because of a certain chemical he was exposed to.

"What does Mewtwo have to say?" I asked.

"He's safe but he suspects those thieves are on to him. But we should start hurrying our pace. Things are serious now. We have a lot a stake."

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Author note: More filler! Asher is here! I'm not sure what I will do with this book other than the ending. I don't want to cut it short but I don't want to do filler 24/7. I also got a Pokegram! It's Instagram but with Pokemon. Download it and follow me. My username is The_Eeveelutionist01 and I post all sorts of Pokemon stuff.

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