Diamond & Pearl
By May
Chapter 1
Journey through the
When last we left our young group they were headed towards Ash’s next
gym battle and Dawn’s next Pokemon Contest. They’re current position… ”WHAT DO
YOU MEAN WE’RE LOST?!?!?!” Dawn screamed to Brock. Brock, Ash, and Pikachu were
practically blown off their feet. “I thought you said this was a shortcut?!”
Dawn shouted again. “Uh, heh, heh, heh, heh. Guess I was wrong.” he said with
his hand behind his head. “Ugg. Way to go, Brock!” Dawn shouted. “Are you sure
there’s no other way out of here?” Ash asked. “Not that I know of.” he replied.
“Oh no. We’ll never get out of here. We’ll be stuck here forever! I’ll never
see my mother or my bedroom or my stuffed Pokemon or my bathtub or the rest of
the Sinnoh region or…” Dawn was blabbing on about this and that and obviously
wasn’t going stop anytime soon. “There she goes again.” Ash said. “Earplugs?”
Brock asked. “Sure.” he replied taking the earplugs from Brock and placing them
firmly in his ears.
Pikachu covered his ears with his paws. “…………………………” was all that Brock,
Ash, and Pikachu could hear as Dawn continued about with her end of the world
talk. “Sigh.” Brock and Ash said at the same time. When Dawn had sat under a
nearby tree to catch her breath and reorient herself Brock and Ash removed
their earplugs and slipped them into their bags. “*SIGH* That was extremely
longwinded.” she said all tired out. Ash and Brock walked up to her. “Don’t
worry Dawn.” Brock started. “We’ll get out of here.” “Yeah,” Ash started. “As
long as we don’t take anymore of Brock’s outdoorsman advice.” Dawn began to
laugh. Brock crossed his arms and humphed at the three. Pikachu began to laugh
too in his Pokemon way. Everyone reoriented themselves and continued to look
for a way out of the forest. They had walked for about an hour when Dawn gave
in. “I knew it. We’ll never get out!” she shouted. Ash and Brock were ready to
make a quick grab for their earplugs and Pikachu was ready to plug his ears.
Dawn began to babble on again and Ash and Brock made their move. Pikachu
covered his ears and Brock and Ash placed the earplugs in their ears.
“…………………..” Again was what the heard as Dawn made her second end of the world
talk. Ash thought to himself that if they kept being lost in the forest she’d
probably break the world record for end of the world babbling. Dawn kept
babbling on until. “AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”
Dawn
immediately froze and Pikachu uncovered his ears. Even Ash and Brock removed
their earplugs; the sound was that loud. “Did you guys hear that?” Dawn asked.
“Yeah.” Ash started. “I wonder what that was?” “That was really loud. And it
sounded really close too.” Brock said. Just then they heard the sound again.
“AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! HELP ME!!!!” “Someone’s in trouble!” Dawn
shouted. Pikachu jumped off Ash’s shoulder and ran off in another direction but
stopped a brief moment and said. “Pika, Pika!” as he motioned to the other to
follow him. “Come on!” Ash shouted to the others. “Follow that Pokemon!”
Chapter 2
Hidden in the Bushes
Pikachu ran as fast as he could towards where the sound was coming from.
Ash, Dawn, and Brock ran as fast as they could to try and keep up with him. “I
wonder who’s in trouble?” Dawn said. “I hope it’s a damsel in distress!” Brock
cried out. “Well no matter what the situation is, we’ve got to help whoever’s
in trouble. They could be in serious danger!” Ash said as they continued to
follow Pikachu. Then, all of a sudden, they heard another voice pierce the
forest. “That sounds like a Pokemon!” Brock said. “Yeah, not like the other
voice we heard earlier.” Dawn replied. “Come on; don’t stop running!” Ash said.
Just then a tree began to fall towards them. “LOOK OUT!!!!” Ash screamed as the
three jumped to either side of the falling tree. After the tree landed the three
got up and examined it.
“Looks like the tree’s been snapped in two.” Dawn exclaimed. “It must
have taken something very powerful to do that.” Brock said. Just then they
heard the Pokemon voice again. It’s sound location was just a few yards away.
Pikachu appeared in front of the others and motioned to them to follow him. He
lead them only a few yards from the bottom of the large fallen tree. It was a
small clearing in the forest not even the size of a small house and standing in
this clearing was a very large, very angry Pokemon. Ash and the gang were super
careful to stay hidden in the nearby bushes so as to keep their presence
oblivious to the Pokemon. “What kind of Pokemon is that?” Dawn wondered reaching
for her PokeDex. “Hariyama: The Arm Thrust Pokemon. Hariyama practices its
straight-arm slaps in any number of locations. One hit of this Pokemon’s
powerful, openhanded, straight-arm punches could snap a telephone pole in two.”
said the
PokeDex. “This isn’t right.” said Brock.
“What’s wrong?” Dawn asked. “Hariyama isn’t supposed live in this region. It’s
impossible to find a wild Hariyama in the Sinnoh region.” “Is that more of your
outdoorsman advice?” Ash snapped silently. “No, it’s the straight truth. That
Hariyama’s very suspicious.” The Hariyama was thrusting all the trees in the
area to the ground with its arm-thrust. “We’d better intervene and stop him;
he’ll smash down the entire forest if we don’t.” Ash said running out of the
bushes they were hiding in. “ASH!” Brock and Dawn shouted. “Stop Hariyama!” Ash
shouted. The Hariyama turned his head towards Ash and Pikachu. “You’ll destroy
the entire forest if you don’t!” The Hariyama yelled at him. “That’s the
Pokemon we heard earlier!” Dawn gasped. “You’re right.” Brock replied. “You
ready to go Pikachu?” Ash said. “Pika.” he replied jumping off Ash’s shoulder
and into the path of the angry Hariyama. “Ok Pikachu! Let’s get him!” Ash said.
“Since this Hariyama’s a wild one I’ll catch him and then I can tell everyone
that I caught a Hariyama in the Sinnoh region. Plus I’ll be able to tame him.
He seems so wild and untamed. Like he’s an uncontrollable monster.” Pikachu was
pumped for battle. “Ok Pikachu; use Thunderbolt!” “Pikachuuuu!!!!!!” he shouted
as he hit Hariyama. “Hariyama!” he shouted blowing off the attack. “What?!” Ash
exclaimed. Hariyama charged towards Pikachu and Ash. “Pikachu, use Volt
Tackle!” Pikachu began to run towards Hariyama at full speed as his entire body
became engulfed in electricity like a shield. The two Pokemon were about to
collide. “SSSTTTTTTTOOOOOOPPPPPPPP!”
shouted
a voice. “That’s the voice that we heard earlier.” Brock said. The voice seemed
to make Hariyama stop in its tracks. Pikachu stopped also. “Now’s my chance!”
Ash shouted. “GO GREAT BALL!!!!!” Ash shouted throwing a Great Ball at
Hariyama. A red light engulfed him from the Great Ball, but then the light
disappeared and Hariyama was still standing. “What?!” Ash exclaimed. “If I
couldn’t catch you; that must mean that…” “Hariyama’s got a trainer!” Brock and
Dawn exclaimed. Just then Hariyama yelled at Ash and Pikachu and ran off. “He’s
gone.” Ash said. Just then the bushes beside him began to rustle and Ash went
to check it out.
Ash peered into the bushes. “Brock! Dawn! Come over here!” Brock and
Dawn ran out of the bushes to where Ash was. “What is it Ash?” Dawn asked. Dawn
and Brock peered into the bushes and saw a young girl. “It’s a girl.” Dawn
said. “Yeah, a really cute one.” Brock said. Dawn smacked him in the head. “Are
you ok?” Ash asked. “Yeah…I…think, so.” she replied to them. “Were you hiding
from Hariyama?” Dawn asked. “Uh huh.” she replied. “When Ash tried to catch him
he couldn’t because Hariyama already had another trainer.” Brock said. “Are you
Hariyama’s trainer?” “…yeah. I am.” the girl stood up and walked out of the
bushes. “Hi. I’m Haruka.”
Chapter 3
Haruka &
Hariyama
When she stepped out of the bushes the gang got a good look at her. She
had long black hair and wore a long-sleeved green shirt and brown capri’s and
wore red sandals. Her body physique looked about as old as Brock but her height
was as short as Ash. “Hi Haruka. I’m Ash from
“Really,
my very own Pokemon?! I get to catch my own Pokemon?” “No, I’m afraid you’re
too young for that. But you can have your very own Pokemon.” “How?” “I ran into
an old friend a couple of days ago and he said he was getting rid of some of
his Pokemon. He was selling them and giving them away and releasing some of
them and he asked me if you’d want one.” “Oh yes. I want one!” “Ok then. Let’s
go.” My dad’s friend was a Pokemon breeder in the Hoenn region and a top-notch
coordinator. He used to compete in Pokemon Contests until an attack
accidentally hit him instead of his Pokemon and was permanently damaged and was
unable to compete again. The stress would have been too much for him. So he
decided to give away some of his fighting and competing Pokemon, so as they
could continue to fight and compete.” “That sounds awesome.” Dawn said. “Do you
know if I could get a Pokemon from him?” “Not for cheap. He told me that he
sold a Milotic that was skilled in appeal and battle for 3.1 million dollars.”
“Yikes!” Ash, Brock, and Dawn said at the same time.
“Yeah.
To continue my dad took me to see him. “Koji!” the guy yelled. “Takuya!” my dad
yelled back. “It’s good to see you again, Takuya.” “Likewise. And this must be
the infamous Haruka. It’s a pleasure to meet you.” he said to me. “Hello! Am I
going to get a Pokemon?” “Oh, you’re here to get a Pokemon? I thought you were
just here to see how awesome I am.” “That’s funny. You told my dad I’d get a
Pokemon from you!” “Oh Takuya. I told you to keep that hush, hush.” “You know
me, Koji. I can’t keep a secret.” “Well I guess not. Anyway, come with me
Haruka and I’ll show you my fabulous Pokemon.” he took me by the hand and
walked me to where he had made a special selection of Pokemon that I could
choose from personally. “Here you go, Haruka. I made a special selection of
Pokemon especially for you.” “For me?” “Yes. Choose whichever one you want.”
“Yeah!” There were many Pokemon within a large area enclosed by a small wire
fence. It was so amazing. I’d never seen so many Pokemon at one time before.
There were so many I just couldn’t choose. That’s when it happened. “Maku,
Maku, Maku, Maku.” “Oh, no. Makuhita.” A Makuhita walked into me and knocked me
over. “Heh, heh, heh. What are you doing little guy?” “Oh. That’s Makuhita.
He’s not part of the selection.” “Why not?” “He’s a runt. He can’t attack, or
fight, or even evolve. He can’t even enter a Pokemon contest in appeal. I can’t
release him because he can’t defend himself.” “So what are you going to do to
him?” “Probably put him to sleep.” “No! You can’t do that!” “He can’t be used
for anything else.” “But that’s not fair! You’re hurt and can’t battle anymore
but we don’t put you to sleep. I’ll take him.” “You’re daughter makes a good
point, Takuya.” “That’s my daughter for ya.” “Well it looks as if you’ve won
out, Haruka. Makuhita’s all yours.” “YEAH!!! Looks like I’m your trainer now,
Makuhita. What do ya say?” “Makuhita!” “Yeah. Heh, heh.” That’s how I got
Makuhita.” “You saved him.” Dawn said. “That’s touching.” “Yeah, it really is.”
Brock said. “But that doesn’t answer how he got like this.”
“Yeah.
When me and Pikachu encountered Hariyama he attacked us. You said he couldn’t
attack.” Ash said. “Pikachu.” Pikachu said. “I learned he could attack when we
were playing one day.
Chapter 4
Makuhita and Haruka;
A Deadly Encounter?
We
would play tag together. It was his turn and he was chasing me. “You can’t get
me, Makuhita!” “Maku!” then he ran in front of me and arm thrusted me to the
ground. “Makuhita, you attacked me. You attacked me! You attacked me!
Yahoo!!!!!! You attacked me!!! Heh, heh, heh, heh!” I was nine when that
happened. I knew at that moment that Makuhita wanted to battle. And in a way,
so did I. So we started training. We trained hard for months until he had
learned three moves. Arm Thrust, Tackle, and Strength. I got the Strength HM
from my dad before he died.” “I’m sorry to hear that.” Brock said. “I
appreciate your concern.” Haruka said. “On the
day
I turned ten we started our journey. I only had one Pokemon. We actually did
pretty good. We got the first three gym badges. One day after I won a battle
the trainer didn’t have any money to give me as a winners reward so he gave me
a TM containing Return.” “I’ve heard of that TM.” Brock said. “The attack power
varies with the relationship of a Pokemon and it’s trainer.” “Right. When I
taught Makuhita the attack; it became his most powerful move. We won every
battle with that move. And every minute we were together, the stronger he
became. I was so proud of him. He was my world. My Makuhita. He could even talk
in a way that people could understand, ya know.” “What?!” they all shrieked.
“That’s impossible.” Ash said. “Not for my Makuhita. I saved a researcher for
the Devon Corporation from a Team Galactic grunt. After me and Makuhita won the
battle the Devon Researcher gave me something. “What is this?” “It’s a Pokemon
transmitter. It transmits a Pokemon’s thoughts into words that a human can
understand. We haven’t had the chance to test it out yet though.” “We’ll try
it. What do ya say, Makuhita?” “Makuhita!” “We’ll do it!” “Great! All we do is
place this around his neck…flip the switch and…poof! That should do it.” “Makuhita?
Are you ok?” “Maku?” “*SIGH* The device doesn’t work. It’s a failure.” “*SIGH*
I guess so. Come on, Makuhita. Let’s take that thing off you, ok?” “…ok.”
“*GASP*”
we both said. “The transmitter works! Now we can begin complete circulation of
the product!” “Makuhita…you can talk. Can you say me name?” “…Haru…Haruka!”
“You did it! You did it! You rock, Makuhita!” That’s how he was able to talk.
Ever since we got that transmitter we’ve become so much closer. He was my best
friend, my guardian angel my…my everything. One day I gave Makuhita something
very rare. “What’s this?” “This
is a Sitrus Berry. When you eat it, you regain health and energy. Here, I want
you to have it.” “Thank you, Haruka.” That was a wonderful day.” “When did you
first get Makuhita?” Dawn asked. “Like I said when I was eight. That was five
years ago.” “So you’re thirteen years old?” Ash asked. “Yes, I am.” “So what
happened?” Brock asked. “Well one day we crossed paths with a Cool Trainer who
challenged us. We said yes. He used his Swellow and I, of course, used
Makuhita. Unfortunately, to make a long story short, we lost. And Makuhita
barely came out alive.
“You’re
Makuhita is pathetic. He couldn’t even beat my weakest Pokemon. and now look at
him. He’s practically dead.” “You leave my Makuhita out of this.” “Now a deal’s
a deal. Hand him over.” “WHAT?!?!?!” I shrieked. “We made a deal that if I won
the battle you’d hand over your Makuhita to me.” “We never made such a deal!
You did in your own mind! I’m never letting him go! EVER!!!” “The way I see it,
you have two choices. Choice number one. You hand over the Makuhita and leave
scot-free. Or…I have my Swellow attack you till you hand over the Makuhita.
It’s your choice.” “I’ll take choice number three!” I scooped up Makuhita in my
arms and ran off away from the Cool Trainer as fast as I could. A ran through
this very forest and into a clearing in the middle. I laid Makuhita down on the
grass and talked to him to comfort him. “It’s ok Makuhita. We lost him. It’s ok
now.” “…Haruka…” “No, no. Don’t speak. You’ll strain yourself. Don’t talk.”
“Well, well, well. If it isn’t little miss innocent.” “*GASP*” I looked behind
me to see the Cool Trainer and his Swellow. “Thought you’d lost us, eh? Now
hand over the Makuhita.” “Never!” I shouted. “Fine. Have it your way! Swellow,
use Peck!” His Swellow chased me from Makuhita a few feet and began to peck me
over and over again. “Ah, stop it! Ah! Help! Help
me!
AHH!!!” “You gonna hand over the Makuhita now?” “No! No! No! Never! Aaah!
Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!” That’s when it happened. “HARUKA!!!!!!!”
Makuhita screamed at the top of his weakened lungs before he began to glow
white. I didn’t notice it since I was being pecked to death by the Cool
Trainer’s Swellow. Then all of a sudden I saw this giant hand almost the size
of my body grab the Swellow and throw it to the side. “HARIYAMAAAAA!!!!!!!” the
Pokemon shouted. I grabbed out the PokeDex my dad gave me and read its PokeDex
entry. It was Hariyama. The evolved form of Makuhita…my Makuhita. I couldn’t
believe that MY Makuhita, whom Koji told me would NEVER evolve, evolved into
its evolved form. Hariyama. The Arm Thrust Pokemon. Hariyama roared at the Cool
Trainer’s Swellow. “Ok Swellow! Use Ariel Ace!” The Cool Trainer’s Swellow flew
high into the air and then flew towards Makuhita.
He
just caught Swellow’s attack by slapping his hands together at just the right
moment. Swellow fought hard without end to get free. Makuhita threw Swellow to
the ground, and then used the biggest Vital Throw I’d ever seen and threw
Swellow all the way to the Cool Trainer. Swellow was in worse shape then
Makuhita was after our battle. Then he ran towards Swellow and continued to
attack him without end. “Please!” the Cool Trainer pleated. “Make him stop!”
“Makuhita, stop it!” I shouted but it didn’t make any difference. He just
continued to attack him; each blow worse than the next. “Makuhita, stop it!” I
shouted again. Then he threw Swellow back towards the Cool Trainer. I swore that
Swellow was dead. But he wasn’t. He was close though. Makuhita ran towards them
to finish the job. “Please! Don’t!” the Cool Trainer said holding his injured
Swellow’s head in his arms. “HARIYAMA!!!!!!” he screamed. “Makuhita, Stoooooop!!!”
I screamed at the top of my lungs. He actually stopped dead in his tracks and
looked at me. “Run! Get out of here!” I shouted towards the Cool Trainer. He
pulled out Swellow’s PokeBall. “Swellow return!” the Cool Trainer held the ball
tightly against him. “HARIYAMA!!!” Makuhita yelled at the Cool Trainer. “RUN
NOW!!!” I screamed again. The Cool Trainer ran off into the forest; never to be
seen by me again. I just stood there looking at Makuhita. I was terrified. I
thought for sure he was going to kill that Cool Trainer’s Swellow. “M, M,
Makuhita?” I stuttered. “HARIYAMAAAA!!!!!!!!!” he screamed running towards me
at an alarmingly fast speed. Much, much faster then when he was still Makuhita.
He tried to hit me with a Vital Throw but I dodged it. I’ve been running from
him ever since then.” “That’s
awful.”
Brock said. “Yeah, it is.” “How long have you been on the run from him?” asked
Dawn. “About eight months now.” “Wow.” Ash started. “That’s a really long
time.” “Now I think we fully understand why you’re so afraid of Hariyama.” said
Brock. “I noticed that throughout the story you never called him Hariyama.”
Dawn started. “Why is that?” “Because I refuse to call him that! The only thing
I want is my Makuhita. Nothing more.” “Well then we’ll help you!” Ash said
standing up with Pikachu on his shoulder. “What are you talking about, Ash?”
Dawn asked. “We’ll help you reason with Makuhita. We’ll help you tame him!”
“Are you crazy?! You can’t reason with Makuhita. He’s uncontrollable.” Haruka
said. “Maybe we can.” Dawn said. “You’ll never know unless you try, right?” “I
guess so…” “Then it’s settled! We’re going to get Makuhita back for you!” Ash
said. “Pikachu!” Pikachu said. “Ok.” Haruka said. “Let’s give it a try.”
Meanwhile
listening in on the conversation from the bushes. “Hmm, a Hariyama that’s
uncontrollable and loaded with brute strength, hmm?” it was Team Rocket.
“Sounds like the catch of the day. And it can talk too.” Jesse said. “Sounds
like a perfect catch to me.” James said. “Yeah. It’s a perfect gift for the Boss.”
Meowth said. “What would the Boss want with a Hariyama?” Jesse asked. “Picture
the boss after a long hard day’s work and all he wants to do is go home and
relax. He gathers all his stuff together and is ready to leave when, all of a
sudden, his office door jams and won’t open. He’s frustrated and can’t get out
of his office. He’s about to lose it when all of a sudden Hariyama appears and
pushes the door down and the Boss is free to go.” “That’s pathetic, Meowth.”
James said. “Ok, then picture this. Picture the Boss is walking through a
cave.” “Why would the Boss be walking through a cave?” Jesse asked. “Because
he’s looking for rare jewels and stones.” “That makes sense.” James said. “To
continue. He’s found a lot of stuff worth taking and is heading to the entrance
of the cave when all of a sudden there’s an earthquake and the opening of the
cave is blocked by a rockslide. The Boss thinks that he’s going to die when
suddenly Hariyama appears and Arm Thrust’s the rocks out of the way and the Boss
is free. And then you know what he’ll say? “Thanks to Meowth and his friends
this Hariyama saved my life and I am free to live another day. They deserve a
reward as valuable as my life is to me.” See?” “It’s perfect.” Jesse said.
“It’s wonderful.” James said. “And as a bonus we’ll poach Pikachu too.” Meowth
said. “Yeah!” the all said.
Chapter 5
To Catch a Hariyama
Ash and the gang had decided to attempt to tame Haruka’s Makuhita and
reunite the two back together. The first thing was to find Makuhita. “So how do
we find Makuhita?” Dawn asked. “Well I’m not sure. He usually finds me. I could
be just walking around and all of a sudden he’ll be right in front of me or
behind me. Sometimes he’s super quiet and you don’t even realize it until it’s
too late. And sometimes he’s so loud you can hear him coming from a mile away.”
“I suggest that we just walk around with Haruka in the forest until we
encounter him.
In
a forest like this that shouldn’t be too hard.” Brock suggested. “Good idea.”
Ash said. “Ok. Let’s do that.” Haruka said. They began to walk around and see
if they could find Makuhita…or the other way around. “I just see one problem
with this plan.” Haruka started. “Once we encounter Makuhita how are we
supposed to reason with him if we can’t even understand him?” Everyone halted
in their tracks. “That’s a very good question.” Dawn said. “Yeah, how are we
supposed to reason with Makuhita if we can’t understand him when he’s
screaming?” Ash said.
“Haruka,”
Brock started. “You said that Makuhita had a transmitter around his neck,
right?” “Yeah, he does. But I think it got switched off when he evolved.” “Well
then that answers our question. We’ll just switch the transmitter back on and
that’s how we’ll reason with him.” “Are you crazy?!” Haruka shrieked. “We can’t
even get within twenty Ft. of Makuhita, let alone right up to the transmitter.”
“Maybe we can.” Dawn said. “How?” Brock asked. “Look.” everyone looked at what
Dawn was talking about. It was Hariyama! “It’s Makuhita.” Ash said silently.
“Is he…sleeping?” Brock asked. “Yes, he is.” Haruka said. “Makuhita needs a lot
of energy to fight because he’s not supposed to battle so he has to sleep a
lot. The thing is that I’ve never seen him sleep before since he evolved.”
“Maybe he can go longer without sleeping if he’s got a bigger energy supply.”
Ash said. “That could be.” Brock said. “What was the longest period of time
you’ve gone without seeing Makuhita?” Dawn asked.
“Um,
let me think…” Haruka said. “The longest time I’ve gone without seeing Makuhita
was three days.” “Then he must sleep for three days. That’s perfect.” Ash said.
“All we have to do is sneak up on him and turn on the transmitter. And then
when he wakes up in a few days we’ll be able to reason with him.” “But who’s
gonna turn on the transmitter?” Dawn asked. “…I hadn’t thought of that. Why
don’t you do it, Brock?” “I’m not going near that thing.” “Ok then. You go,
Haruka.” “No way am I doing it.” “Dawn, how bout you go?” “Are you kidding? I’m
not going. Would you, Ash?” “…I guess not.” “Then what do we do?” Haruka asked.
“If we don’t turn on the transmitter while he’s asleep now we may never get
another
chance
again. “I know.” Ash said. “I have an idea.” Brock said picking up 4 twigs from
the ground; then snapped on in half and threw one of the halves on the ground.
“We’ll draw straws. Whoever gets the short straw goes to turn on the
transmitter. Fair?” “Um hmm.” they said. Brock held out his hand to Ash and Ash
picked a twig. Then Brock held out his hand to Haruka and Haruka picked a twig.
Then Brock held out his hand to Dawn and Dawn picked a twig. The last twig was
Brock’s. “Ok everybody. Show us what you got.” Brock said. Brock unclenched his
hand. The twig was long. Brock was safe. “*SIGH*” he said. Next Ash unclenched
his hand. The twig was also long. Ash, too, had passed. “Whoof.” he said. The
only two that were left were Haruka and Dawn. Dawn slowly unclenched her hand.
The twig, too, was also long. “*SIGH* *GASP* Oh no.” Everybody turned their
attention towards Haruka’s open palm.
The
twig was short. Haruka had lost. Haruka gulped back her growing fear. “If you
want Haruka,” Ash started. “I’ll go instead.” “No, no it’s ok. Makuhita’s my
Pokemon. It’s only fitting that it’s me who does it. And besides, I lost fair
and square. I’ll go.” “Ok.” Dawn said. “You be careful.” Brock said. “Here,
take Pikachu with you in case anything goes wrong.” “Ok. Thank you, Ash.”
Pikachu jumped off Ash’s shoulder and walked beside Haruka. The two crept
closer to the unsuspecting Pokemon. “Pika.” Pikachu said silently. Haruka was
trying her best to hold back her fear. Closer and closer the came. Higher and
higher the fear in Haruka’s body rose till the two stood in front of the
sleeping Pokemon. “Ok Pikachu. This is it. There’s no turning back now.” Haruka
whispered. Haruka slowly reached for the transmitter’s switch as the gang
watched in complete suspense. Haruka was only inches from the switch when, it
happened. Hariyama woke up. “*GASP*” Haruka could feel her heart stop.
“HARIYAMAAAAA!!!!!!” he screamed grabbing
Haruka with his right hand. His hand was so big he could wrap his hand around
her and still have room for one more of her. Haruka was scared to tears. She
couldn’t say a word. Suddenly she remembered it was her responsibility to
switch on the transmitter. She reached out as far as she could as fast as she
could and flicked the switch. “The transmitter’s on!” she shouted back to the
gang. “Ash, do something!” Dawn shouted. “Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!” Ash shouted.
“No Ash; you’ll hurt Haruka too.” Brock said. “Right.” Ash said. “HARIYAMAAAA!”
Makuhita screamed running off with Haruka in his hands. “Come on; we’ve got to
rescue Haruka!” Ash screamed at the gang sprang from their hiding spot to follow
Makuhita.
Chapter 6
Haruka’s Bravery and
Hariyama’s Confession
“HELLLLPPPPPPP!!! SOMEBODYYYYY!!!!!” Haruka screamed at the top of her
lungs, hoping someone would hear her. “HELP!!!!!” she kept on screaming with no
luck. “Help! Somebody, help me!!!!” “Quiet!” Makuhita shouted at her. “Let me
go! Let me go! Let me go! Let me go! HELLLLPPP! Let me go!!!” Ash and the gang
were following Makuhita and Haruka. “Man, he’s fast, isn’t he?” Dawn said.
“Yeah, he sure is.” Ash said. “We shouldn’t have let Haruka go. One of us should
have gone instead of her.” “Well it’s too late to think of that now, Ash.”
Brock said. “We’ve got to save Haruka before it’s too late!” “Pikachu!”
“HEEELLLLLPPPPPPP!!!!” Haruka screamed again and again. Makuhita grew tired of
her screaming and wrapped his hand around her mouth. All of Haruka’s cries were
completely muffled. “… … … … … …” Makuhita walked into a large clearing that
Haruka remembered. “This is the same clearing I brought to Makuhita after that
fight with the Cool Trainer. This is where Makuhita evolved.” she thought to
herself. Makuhita removed his hand from her mouth.
“LET
ME GO!! LET ME GO!! LET ME GO!!” she screamed. “PUT ME DOWN!!!” she screamed
once more. Makuhita dropped her and she landed on the long green grass. The sun
was beginning to set and was easily seen. Just like the on the day Makuhita
evolved. Makuhita took a step back. The two were only a foot away. “Why did you
bring me here?” Haruka asked. Makuhita didn’t do anything except stare at her.
“Why did you bring me here?!” Haruka screamed. “Haruka try to kill Hariyama!” Makuhita
shouted. “His voice. It’s distorted. And his speech isn’t proper either. And he
acts so…primitive.” Haruka thought to herself. “Haruka try to kill Hariyama!”
“No, that’s not true! We were only trying to turn on the transmitter. Please,
Makuhita, you have to believe me.” “Not Makuhita! HARIYAMAAAAA!!!!!” “No! No I
won’t call you that. All I want is my Makuhita!! Why did you do that? Why did
you do that to me? Why did you evolve? You went ballistic! You almost killed that
Cool Trainer’s Swellow! Why on earth did you do that?” “Hariyama evolve to save
Haruka!” Haruka felt her heart skip a beat. “You…what?” “Hariyama evolve to
save Haruka. Hariyama not want Haruka to die.” Hariyama’s memories went to that
day when he evolved.
“Ah,
stop it! Ah! Help! Help me! AHH!!!” “You gonna hand over the Makuhita now?”
“No! No! No! Never! Aaah! Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!” “HARUKA!!!!!!!”
“Hariyama evolve to save Haruka from Swellow. Hariyama do it for you.” “Well I
don’t want it!” Haruka shouted. Makuhita stepped back in shock. “I’d have
rather have been pecked to death by that Swellow than have to see you throwing
that Swellow around like a rag doll! You almost killed it! And then you tried
to kill me! You’ve changed for the worst and I hate it! I’m afraid of you. You
scare me! And I have proof that you’re not my Makuhita! Use Return on me. As
hard as you can. Go ahead. DO IT!!!” Hariyama attempted to use Return on
Haruka. He hit her, but nothing happened. She didn’t even feel anything. “See,
I told you. That attack is supposed to represent our relationship. And it can’t
even phase me! I’m not going to accept the fact that you did it to save me. In
the beginning, maybe. But now, no! I won’t believe it! I WON’T!!” Just then
Ash, Dawn, Brock, and Pikachu ran into the clearing where Haruka and Makuhita
were. “Haruka!” Dawn shouted. “Dawn!” Haruka shouted back. “Go away!!” Makuhita
yelled spreading out his arms like a barrier that kept Haruka from the gang. “Pikachu!
Let’s go!” Ash shouted. “Let me help too!” Dawn said. “Go Piplup!” she said
throwing her PokeBall. “Piplup!” Piplup said; pumped up for battle. “Piplup,
help Pikachu get Haruka back!” she exclaimed. “Piplup!” “Ok, let’s get him!”
Ash shouted. “Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!” “Piplup, use Bubble!”
The
two attacks combined together and hit Makuhita with force. “That’s it!” Ash
shouted. “Way to go! Piplup, use Peck!” Dawn shouted. Piplup launched at
Makuhita. This gave Haruka the advantage to get away from Makuhita’s sight.
“Ash!” she shouted. Makuhita glanced over his shoulder to see that Haruka was
gone. He looked to where the others were and there was Haruka. Standing with
the three. Makuhita didn’t even notice Piplup hurdling towards him until…whack!
Right in the forehead, sending him to the ground. Makuhita was just about to
get back up when suddenly a net came down and covered Makuhita and Piplup. “What?!”
they all
exclaimed. “Prepare for trouble we’re making our stance.” “And make it
double you Pokemon don’t stand a chance.” “Is that a voice I hear?” “It shrieks
to me loud and clear.” “On the wind.” “Past the stars.” “In your ear.” “Bringing
chaos at a break neck pace.” “Dashing hope putting fear in its place.” “A rose
by any other name is just as sweet.” “When everything’s worse our work is
complete.” “Jesse.” “James.” “Meowth, now that's a name.” “Putting the
do-gooders in there place.” “We're team rocket.” “In your face!” “*GASP* Team
Rocket!” Brock shouted. “You were supposed to poach Pikachu not Piplup,
Meowth!” Jesse screamed. “What’s the problem Piplup starts with P,
just like Pikachu.” James replied. “James is right. Let’s just go!” Meowth said
pulling up the net containing the two Pokemon. “No!” Haruka screamed. “Let them
go!” “Starly, I choose you!” Ash said throwing a PokeBall. “Starly!” Ash’s
Starly was pumped and ready. “Ok Starly, use Ariel Ace on Team Rocket’s
balloon!” Starly flew high into the air and came down at super speeds and went
right through Team Rocket’s balloon. The balloon came down and the two Pokemon
were free. “Piplup!” Dawn shouted. “Piplup!” Piplup said back to her running to
her Trainer’s safety. The balloon crashed into the ground and Team Rocked came
flying out and landed on the ground. “So you think you’re pretty tough, huh?”
Jesse said. “Seviper! Come on out!” “Carnivine, You too!” “Seviper!”
“Carnivine!”
Carnivine
turned and began to bite James’ head. “OWCH! I know you like me but this is
getting old!” “Seviper, use Poison Tail!” “Carnivine, use Bite!” Seviper and
Carnivine were closing in on Hariyama. “HARIYAMAAAAA!!!!” he just dodged the
attacks and the two Pokemon collided together. “Wow, he really is good at
battle.” Ash said. “That’s the good part about all this.” Haruka said. “He’ll
beat the snot outta those creeps with ease.” “That’s it. I’m gonna teach you a
lesson you little twerp. Seviper use Poison Tail!” Seviper headed for Haruka.
“Haruka, look out!!” Brock shouted. Haruka looked behind her to see Seviper
closing in on her.
“Aaaaahhh!”
“HARUKA!!!” Makuhita jumped and grabbed Haruka just in time and laid her down
on the ground. Then went after Seviper. During the jump the transmitter got
switched off. “Huh? Did he just save me?” Haruka asked herself.
Chapter 6
Reminiscence
Makuhita
grabbed Seviper by the neck and threw him towards Team Rocket. “That’s it! I’ve
had enough!” Jesse said. “Seviper, use Poison Sting!” “Carnivine, use Pin
Missiles!” the two attacks came hurdling towards Hariyama. Hariyama turned
towards the attack and knew he couldn’t stop the attack or dodge it. He had the
sneaking suspicion that he wouldn’t survive the blow either. “Now DIE!!” Jesse
screamed. Makuhita turned away from the attack. He did not want to see his
death. “Nnooooo!” Haruka jumped in front of Makuhita and…took the blow.
“HARUKA!!” Ash, Dawn, and Brock screamed. Makuhita looked forward and found
horror. Haruka was standing right in front of him; taking the blow. Haruka
struggled to let out what she wanted to say. “I’m…sorry. I just…want things…to
go back…to the way…things were…” Makuhita’s thoughts went to
the
battle against the Cool Trainer. “Heh, you’re pathetic. Swellow, use Wind
Scythe on her!” Swellow flapped his wings and launched a wind attack that cuts
you on contact. “Aaaaahhh!!!” Haruka screamed. “HARUKA!” Makuhita screamed
jumping in front of Haruka to take the attack. Haruka looked on in terror; all
her worst nightmares were coming true all in one moment. Makuhita looked back
at her out the corner of his left eye and said. “I’m…sorry…Haruka.
I…couldn’t…win.” “MAKUHITA!!!!!!!!” “HARIYAMAAAAAAA!!!!!!” Makuhita screamed.
He was back in the present and was staring at Haruka who was collapsing to the
ground. Haruka hit the ground. “HARUKA!!!” the gang screamed at the top of
their lungs. They couldn’t believe what Haruka had done. Haruka’s thoughts went
to the battle with the Cool Trainer as well. “Makuhita!” she screamed running
to the aid of her injured friend. “Makuhita? Are you ok? Please, please say
you’re ok. I don’t want to lose you. Makuhita?...” Makuhita stood there looking
at Haruka. “…H…H..Haruka.” Makuhita said running to Haruka. “We’ve got to stop
him!” Ash said ready to run with Pikachu.
“No,
Ash. Wait.” Dawn said. “Wait.” “This wasn’t supposed to happen.” Jesse said.
“Yeah.” James replied. Makuhita picked up the still Haruka and held her in his
hands. “…Haruka.” he said again. Haruka was still and silent. Everyone held
their breath. They were hoping for a good outcome. A tear began to run down
Makuhita’s face. “Mmm.” Haruka groaned. Everyone let their breath go. She was
alive. Haruka slowly opened her eyes. “…M, Makuhita?” she stuttered. “…Haruka.”
he said. And to make a point, the transmitter is off. “Makuhita?” Haruka said
again. “She’s alive.” Dawn sighed. “That’s good.” Ash said. “Yeah, I thought
for sure she was a goner.” Brock said. Makuhita handed something to Haruka.
“What’s that?” Haruka asked. Makuhita handed it to her. “It’s the Sitrus Berry
I gave you. I can’t take this.” Makuhita broke the berry in half and fed one
half to Haruka. “Thanks.” she said. “Makuhita. I just want things to go back to
the way they were. Before you evolved, before we began to battle, before we
began to train. I just want my Makuhita.” Haruka reached her hand out and
turned on the transmitter. “All I want…is my friend.” Makuhita sighed.
“Hariyama
afraid that can’t happen.” “Why not?” Haruka asked in concern. Makuhita placed
Haruka on the ground and sighed again. “Haruka, could never like Hariyama…when
Hariyama scares Haruka.” Makuhita sighed once more and began to walk off.
Haruka was disappointed at herself. “…H…Hariyama?” she said. Hariyama turned
around and looked at Haruka in shock. Haruka had her hands together under her
chin and her legs and arms were together in an innocent saddened pose. Hariyama
ran towards Haruka. Ash, Dawn, and Brock held tight. Team Rocket didn’t even
say anything. Hariyama scooped up Haruka in his hands and hugged her. Haruka
did the same. “It is you Hariyama. You are my Makuhita.” “Haruka my girl.” Hariyama
said. “I love you, Hariyama.” Haruka said. “I love you too, Haruka.” he replied
back to her. Ash and the gang had smiles on their faces. Jesse became
aggravated. “Ok, can we cut out all this mushiness, now?! Let’s just take
Hariyama.”
“That’s what you think! You ready Hariyama?” “Mmm.” “Now you’ll see the
infamous Haruka in action, guys.” Haruka said. “Hariyama, use Arm Thrust on
Carnivine!” Hariyama Arm Thrusted Carnivine sending him to the ground.
“Seviper, get up and use Poison Tail!” Seviper got up and hurtled towards
Hariyama. “Hariyama, use Vital Throw on Seviper!” Hariyama grabbed Seviper and
threw him on Carnivine. “Ok Hariyama. Use Return!!” Hariyama readied his Return
as Seviper and Carnivine got up. “Carnivine, use Bite!” “Seviper, use Bite, as
well!” The two Pokemon were on the move. “Now Hariyama. RETURN!!!” Hariyama
attacked the two Pokemon with explosive force sending them back into Jesse and
James. “Ok Ash, Dawn. It’s your turn!” “Piplup, use Bubble!” “Pikachu, use
Thunderbolt!” the two attacks collided again and hit Team Rocket and sent the
flying. “Ooh, must this always happen?!” Jesse whined. “We just encountered
that twerp and she clobbered us.” “Well at least this remains the same.” James
said. They all shouted out. “Team Rocket’s blasting off again!!!” *PING*
“That
was awesome!” Dawn shouted as the gang ran out to meet Haruka and Hariyama. Hariyama
picked up Haruka and walked towards the others. “You did it, Haruka. You did
it! You tamed Makuhita!” Ash said. “No, it’s Hariyama.” she said resting her
head on his chest. Later on the group was in the nearest town. “So did you find
out what made Hariyama go crazy when he evolved?” asked Brock. “The
The End