EVERYONE: - Ongoing Quiet, Please!

[LightningTopaz]

Presenting my latest...before you ask, anything in [] is Pokemon talk.

Here we go!

"Quiet, Please!"



11:30 AM

Ash sighed as he stared out the window. "Man, I am so bored..."

"Me too..." Max agreed as he watched the rain falling outside. "It's even worse when you're stuck at home with Sir Cries-a-Lot, the seedling Pokemon." Everyone else laughed at this, for they knew Bonsly, Brock's new baby Pokemon, could cry at the drop of a hat, so any activity at all had to be kept quiet.

"Speaking of which..." and Brock fumbled for a small Game Boy-like device clipped to his pocket and pressed a button, causing a generic image of a girl to appear on the device's screen.

"Bonsly is currently sleeping now, so please keep all noise to a minimum." came a robotic female voice. Brock gave the image an affirmative nod, then re-clipped the device to his pocket; making the screen switch off.

"That Pokemonitor you bought sure is a big help!" May smiled as she toyed with the windowshade. "That way, you don't have to be running back and forth to check on him..."

"Sometimes I wonder if that cyber-lady likes you more than the real thing..." Max sighed. "Judging from how much Mona talks to you, you'd think she likes you."

"Are you saying I'm a jerk?" Brock snapped, offended by Max's smart remark. He was about to say more when a familiar beeping from his pocket snapped him from his anger. "Yes?" he asked the image of the red-haired girl on the Pokemonitor screen.

"Bonsly is awake now, please check on him." Mona replied. A silent image of Bonsly squalling his head off appeared on the screen.

"Thank goodness we don't have to hear him in here..." Ash began as he led the way upstairs and into the nursery, where Bonsly lay in the tiny crib, wailing away. Just then, a suspicious smell wafted past his nose. "Eew...what smells in here?"

May gasped when she looked the yellow liquid covering the floor around the crib. "Oh, gross!"

"Again?" Brock sighed as he went to grab towels and cleaning supplies. "That's the third time this week he's had an accident..." he grumbled as he set a bucket and mop nearby the mess. Ash and May each dabbed at the wood floor with a towel, in hopes of making Brock's job a bit easier. Next, Ash stripped the soiled sheets from the crib and tossed them in the laundry hamper.

"Somebody make it stop..." Max groaned as Bonsly continued to screech in his ears.

"Sh...it's okay." Brock assured Bonsly as he continued mopping.

["Oh brother..."] Pikachu covered his ears, desprate to tune out Bonsly's constant squalling...

11:45 AM

After a while, Brock checked the Pokemonitor again, making a picture of a burger appear on the screen. "So he's hungry..." he thought as Ash set Bonsly in a high chair overlooking the table. "Ash? Could you mind feeding Bonsly while I start lunch for us?" he asked as he switched on the stove.

"Sure!" Ash repled as he grabbed a box of Grepa juice sitting on the counter. If Togepi liked Grepa juice, I'm sure Bonsly will like it, too! he thought "Okay, sir Bonsly...enjoy." he cooed as he offered the juice to Bonsly.

["No!"] Bonsly chirped, gesturing to a carton of chocolate milk May was retrieving from the refrigerator. ["I want some of that!"]

"Come on, this is what Brock left for you, so drink up!" Ash replied, again offering the straw to Bonsly.

["No."] Bonsly replied, turning away from the straw.

"Oh, but Grepa juice is good!" Ash cooed, drinking from the box to prove his point. "Mmm...good! Won't you have some?" he asked, again offering the straw to Bonsly.

["Not after you drank out of it."] Bonsly replied. ["I still want some of the brown stuff May's having!"]

Ash sighed...feeding Bonsly was harder than he thought. He reached for another juice box, this one Oran flavored. "How about some of this?" he asked.

Bonsly took a small sip from the box...and spat it back out! ["Yuck! This is too sour!"] Ash just sighed as he looked at the giant juice stain on his shirt--if Bonsly was this picky, it'd be midnight before he finally ate. He sighed and started upstairs.

After pulling on a clean shirt, Ash grabbed a carton with a brown Miltank face on it. "Okay, some chocolate milk..." he grumbled as he listened to Bonsly suck on the straw.

"How's feeding Bonsly going?" Brock asked as he served the plates of chicken and salad to the others.

"Slow..." Ash sighed. "He didn't want the juice you gave him.."

["And when we tried Oran juice, he spat it out!"] Pikachu added. ["So Ash gave in and gave him the chocolate milk."]

"You know, little guy..." Brock explained to Bonsly as he set a small plate with Bonsly's share of the human food on Bonsly's tray. "The juice is good for you, and will help you grow big and strong." He was about to say more when the phone rang. "I'll get that!" he called as he raced into the living room, leaving the others to eat.

["How am I supposed to grow big and strong if it tastes yucky?"} Bonsly started before the plate of food caught his eye. ["Say..."] and he positioned a piece of chicken facing some lettuce leaves. ["Blaziken, Flamethower!"] he called, only pausing to spray some ketchup at the lettuce. ["Venusaur, Solarbeam!"] he commanded, spraying salad dressing at the chicken.

["Didn't Brock say yesterday not to play with your food?"] Pikachu interjected, unamused by the unfolding food battle.

["FOOD FIGHT!"] Bonsly yelled, flinging the lettuce at Pikachu. Pikachu countered by firing a bowl of peas at Bonsly. Ash joined in by heaving some carrots at Pikachu, who proceeded to get sprayed by ketchup. After licking some of it off, he flung some broccoli at May.

"Why you..." May reached for the salad dressing and sprayed Ash, who countered with the ketchup. Max fired some mushrooms at Bonsly, who flung more carrots at Pikachu...

"WHAT'S GOING ON IN HERE????" Brock roared as he entered the warzone that used to be the kitchen.

"He started it!" everyone else protested, pointing at Bonsly.

Bonsly started to tear up. ["I didn't mean to, daddy, I'm sorry!"] he screched, tears running down his face.

"Just because you can doesn't mean you should." Brock sternly replied as he carried the squalling Bonsly to the time out corner. "Food is for eating, not for playing, so sit here and think about what you did while we clean up." With that, he set the timer for five minutes as the others headed for the bathroom.

To Be Continued...

 

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

That's cute. I like the interaction between everyone.

 

[LightningTopaz]

Like how I made Bonsly call Brock his "daddy"?

 

[Barb]

This is an adorable fic.

 

[ImJessieTR]

That is adorable. I especially like how you remembered Pika's weird tic about ketchup ... of course he'd lick some before resuming the fight!

So, Bonsly's going to be a crybaby, huh? Reminds me of that stupid Marril Misty found, the one that lost its ribbon.

 

[LightningTopaz]

If you remember the Bonsly episode, Bonsly cried a lot there too.

Up next: The music lesson

 

[LightningTopaz]

12:30 PM



"There..." May began as she came downstairs, still combing her wet hair. "The kitchen's cleaned, we're cleaned...does Bonsly need to be cleaned?" she asked as Brock watched the Pokemonitor intently.

"I put him in time out for a while before I took a shower." Brock explained, motioning to the soft sobbing coming from the time out corner. "Poor little guy...I told him I'd take him to the park this morning..."

"Good morning!" Brock smiled as he switched the lights on in the nursery. Ash also stepped inside and opened the window, making the sunshine stream into the room.

["Morning, Daddy!"] Bonsly smiled as Brock cradled him in his arms and carried him downstairs. He watched as his master and companions scurried about, getting ready for the day ahead.

"You know...since it's such a nice day, why don't we take Bonsly to the park?" Ash suggested as he retrieved the milk from the refrigerator for his cereal.

["Yeah! We could have a picnic..."] Pikachu added. ["And we could play on the playground...."]

Bonsly's eye's brightened at the mention of the playground. {"Oh boy! I get to play on the playground! I get to play on the playground!...."}

"Hold your Ponytas, champ..." Brock laughed as he offered some juice to Bonsly. "Let the rest of us eat first, then we'll go." Bonsly nodded as he sipped his breakfast, all the while watching May and Max enter the kitchen.

"What's all the excitement about?" Max was curious.

"We thought that since it was a nice day, we'd take Bonsly to the park." Ash started, but was cut off by a low rumble outside. "Or not..." he grumbled as rain began pouring on the windowpane.

Bonsly teared up when he saw that it was raining outside. ["Now I won't get to play on the playground!"] he squalled.

"There, there..." Brock started as he cradled Bonsly in his arms again. "We'll still go to the park...but only when the rain stops, okay?...."

Brock was suddenly snapped from his daydream by the Pokemonitor beeping. The time out has now expired. He sighed as he retrieved Bonsly from the time out corner and set him on the floor..he was going to take Bonsly to the park, even if they ended up going that night.

Bonsly, meanwhile, noticed something shiny lying by the couch. ["Hey, what's this?"] After carefully picking up the shiny object in his vines, he studied the row of holes in front of him. ["I wonder what happens if you blow into these..."] With that, he selected one of the holes and blew into it, making a note. Pleased in the sound it made, he tried blowing in another hole--but no sound came. He tried again, but still no sound came.

"Are you trying to play Ash's harmonica?" May cooed as she watched Bonsly fruitlessly try to get a note. "Hmm?"

"Here..." Brock fished out his own harmonica from his pocket. "Let Daddy show you how it's done." With that, he launched into a rousing blues melody, prompting the others to clap along.

Bonsly's eyes widened, impressed. ["Show me how to play like that! Please!"] he begged as the others applauded.

"Okay, I'll teach you..." Brock began, kneeling down to Bonsly's eye level. "You don't play the harmonica by just blowing into it..you sometimes have to breathe in over the holes...part of playing well is knowing which notes to breathe in on and which notes to blow on."

{"Oh..."] Bonsly replied. He tried breathing in over the hole--and got a note!

"There you go!" Brock coaxed. "Let me teach you a song...just breathe in and blow on the holes that I tell you to, okay?" Bonsly nodded as Brock pointed out a hole in the middle of the tiny instrument. "Start by blowing here." Bonsly found the hole and blew into it. "Now breathe in the next hole over....blow in the next one over...."

May instantly recognized the song Brock was walking Bonsly through. "That's 'Mary Had a Little Mareep'!"

"Okay, now follow everything I walked you through, in order." Bonsly nodded and began to play the song, nice and slowly. Everyone applauded when he was done.

"That wasn't bad!" Ash smiled. Flattered by the applause, Bonsly took a bow.

"I hate to interrupt the harmonica lesson..." Max interjected, pointing at th clock. "but it's time for 'Pokeguardians'!"

"YAAAAAAYYYY!!!!" May led the charge into the living room and flew onto the couch. Ash settled in next to her, and flicked on the TV, where the words "From a far away place and time, Earth's greatest adventure is about to begin..." flashed on the screen.

["What does that mean?"] Bonsly asked as Brock settled on the couch.

"Watch and see..this is a show about a group of kids who use the power of Pokemon to fight scary monsters." Brock explained as the TV began to sing the "Pokeguardians" theme song. Bonsly watched, amazed by the three girls and two boys dancing on the screen. The girls wore a kind of skirt like armor, and the boys wore elaborate vests and pants. one boy's costume had blue decor, and the other had green decor.

Bonsly noticed the boy wearing the blue costume looked a lot like his master. ["That guy looks like you!"]

"He does, doesn't he?" Brock smiled. "He doesn't awaken until later."

["How much later?"] Bonsly was curious.

"Oh...four episodes later." Brock replied. "This is the very first episode..." and he read the title that flashed on the screen. "Fearow's Star Awakens"

["Who is Fearow's Star?"] Bonsly asked.

"Watch and see..." Brock assured Bonsly as the TV showed the shot of space.

"A thousand years ago, Pokemon once ruled a great civilization on a planet far from Earth." the TV began as it showed the shot of a palace. The Pokemon Kingdom, as it was known, was ruled by the great Mew, Pokenne." A shot of an ornately dressed Mew on a throne appeared.

["She's pretty..."] Bonsly commented.

"Everything was peaceful, until the arrival of the evil Queen Insei." the TV continued. The scene changed to show an ornately dressed Misdreavus observing a crystal ball within a black realm.

"That's Queen Insei, the leader of the monsters." Brock explained, pointing out the Misdreavus. "As the show goes on, the Pokeguardians meet stronger kinds of monsters, and every kind of monster has its own leader."

["So she's the boss?"] Bonsly asked.

"Yep, she's the boss." Brock replied, then turned his attention back to the screen.

Queen Insei cackled as she studied her crystal ball. "First the Pokemon Kingdom shall be mine, then the universe!"

Bonsly watched as the scene of the palace started to crumble. "To conquer the Pokemon Kingdom, Queen Insei unleashed the awesome power of the Black Force..." At this, black lightning descended on the palace, making it explode. ["Oh no! Pokenne died!"] he wailed.

"No, she didn't die..." Brock assured Bonsly. "There she is..." He pointed out Pokenne looking at a white crystal that shone a bright yellow.

"Although her world was destroyed, Pokenne's last hope was the Emperiyan Fearow Crystal and the Wand of Fearow's Wing." the TV explained as Pokenne held up a wand that had a Fearow's wing on top, with the glowing crystal inside. A bright yellow light filled the screen as a sparkling blue bird and a spikey yellow and black bird looked on.

"Only this crystal and wand can combat the power of the Black Force." Pokenne explained to the birds. "Never let our enemies get them, or the universe is doomed! But most of all, please protect my dear Princess Cathrine....understand?"

"Yes." the birds replied.

["Who's Cathrine?"] Bonsly asked.

"We'll find out in a minute." Brock assured Bonsly as glowing transluscent Poke Balls filled the screen, each with a Pokemon or person inside.

"Through Pokemon crystals, Pokenne turned the Pokemon Kingdom guardians into humans and sent them and the Pokemon to the future on Earth. Their memories lost to them all, Pokenne's bird advisors, Articuno and Zapdos, must find Princess Cathrine; so that she may at last be safe." With that, the translucent Poke Balls flew off into the starry sky. "And so, our story begins..."

"Okay, now we fast forward to our present day..." Brock explained, as a shot of a ringing alarm clock appeared on the screen.

A girl with long brown hair sat up in bed, panicked. "Oh no, I'm late for school again!" She clambored down the stairs. "Mom! Why didn't you wake me up in time for the first bell?" she asked as she brushed her teeth. Ash and May giggled as the girl raced about the screen.

"That's Cathrine..." Brock explained, pointing out the frantically running girl.

["Where's her superpowers?"] Bonsly was confused.

"She doesn't have them yet. Remember those two birds?" Brock asked.

["Articuno and Zapdos?"]

"Yeah...they can awaken Cathrine's power." Brock turned his attention back to the screen as Cathrine chased off three boys teasing a familiar blue bird.

"Hey, leave that bird alone!" Cathrine snapped, making the boys flee. She picked up the bird in her arms. "You poor thing..."

["Doesn't she know that's Articuno?"] Bonsly asked.

"Nope...WE know that's Articuno, but Cathrine doesn't." Brock replied. "That's called dramatic irony...in other words..." and he sang in sing songy voice. "We know something Cathrine doesn't!"

["We know something you don't!"] Bonsly taunted the TV. ["We know something you don't! We know something you don't!"]

"SHHH!!! I'm trying to watch the show!" Max barked as he turned back to the screen.

"Here, let me take this off..." and Cathrine removed a Band-Aid from Articuno's head, making the Poke Ball emblem of the Pokemon Kingdom appear. "Huh? Is that a Poke Ball?"

["Of course it's a Poke Ball, genius!"] Bonsly taunted, but quickly calmed down when Brock shot him the Look.

On the screen, Articuno fluttered away from Cathrine, landing on a car. This girl, I sense something... Cathrine just panicked again and hurried offscreen. Could she be the one? The scene faded out as the TV announced, "Don't go away! 'Pokeguardians' will be right back after these messages!"

Ash muted the TV and stretched. "Break time.." he began as he strolled into the kitchen. "I'll make some popcorn!"

"Now...when the show's on, be quiet so we can hear what's being said." Brock explained to Bonsly. "If you need to ask me something, whisper."

["Okay..."] Bonsly sighed as he watch Ash return to the couch with a big bowl of popcorn. ["Oh! Popcorn!"] he snatched a kernel with a vine and nibbled on it as the TV announced "We now return to 'Pokeguardians'!"

Bonsly watched, interested, as scenes of the netherworld, a jewelry store, a park, and Cathrine's house flashed on the screen. The scene then returned to the jewelry store, where people were falling asleep. ["What's happening?"] he yelped.

"Things at the jewelry store are not what they seem..." Brock explained as a human-like monster appeared on the screen. Bonsly screeched and hid his eyes when he saw the monster appear.

["Where's a hero when you need one?"] Bonsly asked, afraid, as the scene changed to show Cathrine asleep in bed.

"Articuno is about to awaken Cathrine's powers..." Brock explained as Cathrine panicked over Articuno's sudden appearance.

"My name is Articuno...and I have been searching for you for a very long time." Articuno explained to the frightened Cathrine. "I have been sent here to guide you on the path to your ultimate destiny."

["Cathrine doesn't believe her..."]

"I'd do the same if some Legendary told me I was the guardian of a lost kingdom." Brock laughed. "But watch what happens..."

Bonsly watched as Articuno concluded. "...and I'm positive that you are...the Pokemon guardian of Fearow."

["Come on, Articuno! Awaken the powers already!"] Bonsly grumbled as Articuno begged, coaxed, and pleaded with Cathrine.

"You don't believe me? I'll prove it to you!" Articuno flew up and performed a loop in the air, making a yellow locket drop on Cathrine's bed.

["Cathrine...listen to the bird!"] Bonsly commented as Cathrine began admiring herself in her mirror, despite Articuno's speech about guardianship.

"And the magic words to awaken her powers are..." Brock commented, then said the line with Articuno. "Fearow Prism Power."

"FEAROW PRISM POWER!" Cathrine screamed, triggering the transformation! Ash led the cheers as Cathrine began to change into the guardian Karinai.

["What happened?] Bonsly asked.

"Cathrine's turning into her Pokemon Guardian self." Brock explained. "Since she's special, she gets special music as she changes."

["She's beautiful!"] Bonsly commented as Karinai, in all her sparkling skirt armored glory, appeared on the screen. The scene shifted to the jewelry store, just as Karinai and Articuno arrived on the scene.

"Here we go!" May clasped her hands together in excitement. She then began quoting Karinai's introduction word for word. "On behalf of Fearow, I shall right wrongs and triumph over evil! And that means you!"

"Kar-ri-nai! Kar-ri-nai!" Ash led the cheering as Karinai and the monster battled.

["Yay! Karinai killed the monster!"] Bonsly cheered as Karinai's Fearow Tiara Magic attack destroyed the monster. ["This is an exciting show!"] He smiled as the final scene of Cathrine and Articuno appeared.

"See why I like it so much?" Brock smiled as the credits rolled. "Ash was nice enough to tape every episode, so we can watch it whenever we want."

["Can we watch the one with the character that looks like you in it?"] Bonsly begged.

"Okay..." Ash got up from the couch, turned on the VCR, selected a tape, and carefully inserted it inside. "The advantage of watching it on tape include zipping through the annoying commercials and anything you don't want to see." he explained to Bonsly as he pressed "PLAY" on the remote.

"Ash has all the buttons that control the episode...so if you're scared of the monster, Ash can make the episode go really fast, so you don't have to see it." Brock added.

["Do all the monsters mutate out of humans like the one Karinai faught?"] Bonsly asked.

"Nope, some of them come out of objects, some of them possess a Pokemon, and some of them are summoned..." Brock replied as Ash zipped through the preshow commercials. "The guardian that looks like me...he's called Surana; and he's the guardian of Suicune...that means he's the ice guardian."

["So he can freeze the monster?"] Bonsly asked. ["How does his power awaken?"]

"Well, Articuno knows a Guardian's power is awakening when she see the symbol of the Pokemon appear on the person's forehead." Brock explained as he reached for a piece of paper and drew three waves that resembled a Suicune's mane. "Look for this symbol somewhere in the episode...this is the symbol of Suicune."

"Hey, it's starting!" May whispered as the title flashed on the screen: "Computer Lab Blues"

Bonsly listened as the scene came up in the netherworld. ["Why are we in the bad guy's realm?"] he asked as Akurei, a Shadow Haunter that was one of Queen Insei's henchmen, appeared on the screen.

"Every so often the bad guy's cohorts report to the boss...and that's what Akurei's doing." Brock explained. He listened as Akurei began: "You will be pleased, my queen, I bring excellent news about our mission..."

["This is boring..."] Bonsly yawned. ["Can we zip to the next part?"]

"Sure..." Ash pressed "FAST FORWARD" on the remote, making the scene of the netherworld go racing by. "We'll find out what Queen Insei's latest plot is soon enough." he assured Bonsly as he stopped at a scene of Cathrine howling with laughter over a comic book.

["Poor Cathrine..."] Bonsly laughed as Articuno scolded Cathrine for the umpteenth time. ["Where's the sign of Suicune?"]

"It's not in this part..." Brock replied. "Keep looking!"

Bonsly sighed as the scene shifted to Articuno perching on a game console. ["I didn't know Articuno liked Mario and Zelda!"] he laughed.

"Not quite...that console is actually Articuno's communications base...she's getting information on where the other Guardians are." Ash explained as he watched Articuno talk with the mysterious voice in the console.

The scene changed to Cathrine's school, where the other students were abuzz over a new student. "Hey, Cathrine! There's a new boy named Martin!...."

"Martin is Surana's alter ego." Brock explained. "You'll see him right about...." he started as a boy with sandy blonde hair and a similar build to himself walked down the hallway and looked out a window. "...now."

Bonsly giggled as the camera looked at Martin from the side. ["He does look like you!"]

"At least in the body department..." May sighed, unable to find any similarity between Martin and Brock, save for a thin muscular body.

"Hey, Brock, do your impression of Martin's voice!" Max begged.

"Which one?" Brock asked. "Martin's Mew voice or Martin's English voice?"

"English!" Max giggled.

Brock cleared his throat, then spoke to an Articuno plushie: "You are so cute with your little Poke Ball!" he cooed in a perfect imitation of Martin's voice, British accent and all.

"That's pretty good!" May commented. "But what's the difference between the Mew voice?"

Brock motioned for Ash to stop the tape, then continued. "Martin's Mew voice sounds a little more grown up, like this..." and Brock repeated what was originally said in Mew. Michi biridae...Siyotan ire da? he asked in a slightly deeper voice.

["Huh?"] Bonsly was confused.

"You see...'Pokeguardians' was first made in the language of Mew." Ash explained. "so its Mew name is 'Iradanes na Pokemon'--or 'Pokemon Fighters'. Some very talented people translate the Mew into English so we can see it in our own language."

"But sometimes, what was originally said in Mew and what is said in English is very different." Brock explained. "What Martin originally said to Articuno in that part was 'Legendary bird--did a Pokeflute call you here?'--nothing about cuteness or Poke Balls."

"They're usually pretty good about translating it right...but some episodes are way off from the original....I have some translated Mew episodes you can watch if you'd like to compare." Ash concluded before resuming the tape.

"I wish I could have a nice little birdie just like you!" Martin continued as he petted Articuno.

"That line's close to the original--except Martin didn't call Articuno a 'nice little birdie'." Ash interjected as Cathrine introduced herself to Martin.

"Martin's very smart...and a great gamer too!" Brock laughed as the scene changed to an arcade, where Martin was taking out enemies and leveling up so fast, he was drawing a crowd. Bonsly just sighed as he learned of the plot behind some floppy discs: mind control.

"Now Cathrine has to go to the lab where Martin works....in disguise." Ash explained as Cathrine, now as a nurse, raced inside a building.

["I don't see a Suicune sign anywhere!"] Bonsly complained as the scene changed to a computer lab, where Cathrine was about to transform.

"Fearow Prism Power!" May called the phrase along with Cathrine...giggling as the transformation sequence began.

["Never fear, Karinai is here!"] Bonsly cheered as piece by piece, Karinai's outfit appeared. He gasped as possessed workers began to surround Karinai. ["Look out!"] Karinai ran away, making utter pandemonium break out on the screen.

"Oh no!" Max gasped as the monster tried to possess Martin with mind control. "The monster got Martin!"

Suddenly, Bonsly saw a glowing blue sign that looked like three waves appear on Martin's forehead. ["That's it! The sign of Suicune!"]

"You took the words right out of Articuno's beak." May laughed as Articuno repeated what Bonsly had said a few seconds earlier.

"Here goes the awakening..." Brock smiled as he watched Articuno create a blue wand, which she clutched in her beak. Martin grabbed the wand from Articuno's beak as he tried to run away, but was soon cornered by the monster!

"Shout 'Suicune Power'!" Articuno called.

"SUICUNE POWER!" Brock called in Martin's voice. He lead the cheers as Surana's costume began to appear.

["Hey...Surana's music is different from Karinai's!"] Bonsly noted as Martin became Surana.

"That's because Surana's not the leader." Brock explained. "The leader gets the special pretty music."

"Suicune Ice Beam!" Surana called as he charged a blue ball of energy in his hands. "BLAST!" A blue beam fired from the energy ball, freezing the room and freeing the possesed workers. Karinai, freed from her trap, staered the monster down.

["Nice shot!"] Bonsly commented. He yawned. ["I'm tired from all those battles..."]

"Okay..." Ash sighed as he turned the tape off, making the image of Karinai disappear from the screen.

"Sleepy time, for you." Brock agreed as he carried Bonsly upstairs and set him in the now clean crib.

To Be Continued....

 

[LightningTopaz]

1:30 PM



"Okay, guys..." Brock explained as he returned downstairs. "Bonsly's sleeping now, so you know the drill..."

"Play quietly, we know." Max replied as he and May played Go Fish over by the window. Ash was nearby on the couch, reading a book....but what was Brock to do when his pride and joy was napping?

Suddenly, Brock spotted one of his acoustic guitars sitting on a stand in by an easy chair. Now that Bonsly's asleep, I can practice for a while! he smiled as he settled in a chair, reached for the beautiful yellow-brown instrument, and started to tune up. I'll keep it soft, though...

"Gonna practice, Maestro?" May smiled as Brock started on a few strumming patterns to warm up.

"Why not? At least I don't have Bonsly whining for me to play certain songs..." Brock laughed as he finished his warmup and started on an arrangement of the Chocobo theme he'd been working on.

"That's true..." Ash agreed as he started upstairs. "Okay if I practice with you?" he asked.

"Sure...I could use a little practice with the fiddle part." Brock replied as he set the metronome. "Go get your instrument and we'll jam for a while."

"Just keep your little session quiet." May cautioned. She knew that one of Ash and Brock's fiddle and guitar duets could get pretty loud if given the opportunity...and she didn't want to risk waking Bonsly up.

Just then, Ash returned downstairs with his fiddle, unaware that Bonsly had followed him. "All right...Chocobo?" he asked as he tuned up,

"Yeah..." Brock replied. He waited for Ash to finish tuning, then snapped a few times to count him off. "And...one, two, three..." With that, both of them launched into a rousing rendition of the Chocobo theme.

"Yee-ha!" May cried as she whirled Max about the floor to the beat. Both of them wound up tumbling to the floor, dizzy, but they were still strong enough to applaud at the song's conclusion.

["Play that again!"] came a voice close to Brock's chair.

Brock glanced down on the floor, shocked, as Bonsly tottled up to him. "Where'd you come from? I thought you were asleep!"

["I was...the thunder's scaring me."] Bonsly explained. At this, a low rumble was heard outside.

Just then, the doorbell rang. "I'll get it!" Ash set his fiddle aside and sprinted for the door...and smiled at who was on the front stoop. "Misty! Come on in!" he smiled as he led a sopping wet Misty inside.

"I was coming to see how Brock's doing with Sir Cries-a-lot..." Misty began as she shed her coat. "But I got caught in this rain on the way!"

Bonsly was appalled by what Misty had called him. ["I do NOT cry a lot!"]

"Oh yes you do..." Brock replied as he set his guitar back on the stand and cradled Bonsly in his arms.

["Can we play 'Pokeguardians'?] Bonsly asked, changing the subject.

"Actually, I think you'd better head back to sleep..." Brock started as he carried Bonsly upstairs.

["But I wanna play!"] Bonsly squalled. ["I wanna play, I wanna play, I wanna PLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYY!!!!"]

Brock winced at Bonsly's squawk. "Okay, okay, we'll play 'Pokeguardians'..." he grumbled as he returned downstairs. "Bonsly wants to play 'Pokeguardians'..." he started. "so lets pick an episode that has parts for all of us." He returned carriying various Pokeguardian costumes and some normal clothes.

["I wanna be Queen Insei!"] Eevee called as she grabbed the Queen Insei headpiece from the costumes and put it on.

["You were Queen Insei LAST time!"] Squirtle retorted as she grabbed the headpiece from Eevee and put it on. ["You can be Kokuen...]

"Let's do the one where Raishael awakens!" Misty suggested. "That's Ash's favorite episode, anyway."

"Raishael is the Pokeguardian of lightning." Brock explained to Bonsly. "He awakens when Queen Insei and her minions go after seven Shadow Crystals...each containing a Shadow Pokemon...the red one contains a Shadow Vulpix..."

["I'll play that role..."] Vulpix started as she plodded in the room and grabbed a few fake fangs, a cape, and black makeup from the pile, then leapt behind a chair to wait for her cue.

"Well, Kokuen has to take the red crystal from you first to turn you Shadow." Brock explained as he tossed Vulpix a costume ruby, then threw on a Surana costume over his normal clothes, then added another layer of clothes over that.

"I'll play Hitenba, guardian of Charizard!" Misty volunteered as she grabbed the costume Hitenba armor from the pile and put that on over her normal clothes.

"Hey, Raishael!" Brock called as he tossed a fake sword with inlay work and three emeralds in the hilt to Ash. "You're forgetting your sword!"

"Thanks!" Ash took the sword from Brock and slid it inside a green and gold swirl sheath, then put that on the Raishael costume before throwing on other clothes over that.

"What part can I play?" Max asked...

A few minutes later...

"Okay...'Raishael Comes Thundering In', take 1...Brock started. He started the netherworld music as the scene came up on Eevee kneeling before a glowing fake crystal ball.

["I call upon you, great Black Force! It is I, Queen Insei, come to seak your wisodom!"] Eevee began, apparently enjoying the role of Queen Insei. She raised the fake crystal in the air. ["I offer you this energy...In exchange for advice on your glorious quest...I COMMAND YOU COME FORTH!!!"] She hurled the glowing crystal to the floor...before it bounced into the kitchen.

["Oops..."] Eevee blushed as Ash chased after the rolling crystal, ultimately rescuing it from being trapped behind the refrigerator.

"I'd say you got a little carried away, Eevee..." May laughed. "Hey Max! Hurry with the voice changer, your part's next!"

"Okay..." Max fitted a microphone to his lip, then pressed a button that triggered the voice changer. "How's this?" he asked in a deep scary sounding voice.

"Perfect!" May replied as Ash returned with the fake crystal ball. "Um, Brock, where are we?"

"Right before Max's part....so just hold the crystal at the scrim veil this time, Eevee." he laughed as he restarted the netherworld music.

Eevee did as she was told, revealing Max in an old vampire costume behind the scrim.

"I've been expecting you, my queen..." Max began.

["Why is Max talking so weird?"] Bonsly asked.

"That's how the Black Force talks...." Brock explained as he stopped the music. "Now, are we gonna reenact this episode or not?"

"If Bonsly will stop asking questions..." Max sighed in his normal voice. He re-activated the voice changer as Brock started the music again. "Your search for energy has been proceeding well...FINALLY you've collected enough to create a poweful tool for your mission!"

["Oh?"] Eevee asked. ["And what is that?]

"You must expend precious energy, but it will be well worth it..." Max continued. "It will increase your power a thousandfold!"

["Whatever, I'll do it!"] Eevee cried.

'You must create a new Homing Crystal...it will locate the seven Shadow Crystals for you." Max explained

["Ah, the Shadow Crystals..."] Eevee started...

["This is boring..."] Bonsly commented.

"Hate to interrupt your scene, but Bonsly's anxious to move on..." Brock interrupted as he changed the music. Max turned the voice changer off and changed into his next character: one of Cathrine's schoolmates.

Meanwhile, Ash, as Darien; Raishael's alter ego, stared Forretress and Onix down as they cornered May and an Articuno plushie. "How about a facelift?" he taunted.

["What?"] Onix was confused.

"You heard me!" Ash yelled, drawing his sword. "I think you'd better apologize to the lovely lady if you know what's good for you."

["We-e-ell, this boy this he's stronger than we are!"] Forretress taunted....

["Yeah!"] Bonsly cheered as Ash, Forretress, and Onix "battled".

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"Oh...the mighty swordsman..." May, as Cathrine, swooned as she approached Ash, who was playing his Pokeflute softly enough to blend with the background music--the same song Raishael played in the episode. "Who knew he was good at the flute too?"

["That's a pretty song..."] Bonsly commented as he listened, paying no heed to Max's lines.

"Hey! Is it true you came here because your old school didn't have a fencing team?" May casually asked Ash.

"Well...yeah!" Ash smiled. "Want me to play for you?" he asked, casually fingering his instrument....

Bonsly was so enraptured by the Pokeflute, he didn't realize the scene had changed...Squirtle, as Kokuen, had got away, and May was checking on Ash. "How do you feel?"

"Ooh..that Kokuen lady makes me mad!" Ash retorted as he weakly stood up...

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"And now, the part we've all been waiting for...the battle!" Brock began as he changed the music again, then stepped into the scene in character--as Articuno.

"New player's up now, and you're headed for a bad fall!" Ash retorted as he lefted Vulpix over his head...Max shone a green lightning bolt symbol on Ash's forehead.

"The Raichu thunderbolt!" Brock began in Articuno's voice as he made the Articuno plushie "walk" to Ash.

"HI-YAH!" Ash hurled Vulpix into a pile of pillows. "Don't worry, Karinai! I'll save you!" he called.

"Darien! Use this to transform, it's your best hope!" Brock began as he made the Articuno plushie push the Raichu Wand keychain in front of Ash.

"But..." Ash stammered.

"No time to explain!" Brock continued as Articuno. "Just take the stick and say 'Raichu Power!'"

"RAICHU POWER!!!" Ash cried. Max flashed some fake thunderbolts as Ash threw off the third layer of clothes, revealing the Raisheal costume underneath...in Bonsly's eyes, it looked like Ash actually did transform.

["Go Raishael!"] Bonsly cheered as Ash, as Raishael, and Vulpix "battled"...

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["That was fun!"] Bonsly smiled as the others cleaned up the mess they had made from the "battles". ["Can we do another?"]

"Can we play something else?" May groaned. Everyone elsed groaned in agreement.

To Be Continued...

 

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

Cute, as always.

 

[LightningTopaz]

Thanks!

Next: Brock has to resort to drastic measures...

 

[ImJessieTR]

I love the whole Pokeguardians thing. Very SailorMoon/PowerRangers.

And I can't remember the ep you are talking about since it hasn't happened in the US yet.

 

[LightningTopaz]

"Pokeguardians" is the Pokemon world's answer to "Sailor Moon"...what the gang re-enacted was the awakening of the Sailor Jupiter-like character.