Aurastruck: Chapter 2

Chapter 2: Lightning


"Come on" Ikuyo said impatiently, as he basically dragged Ashton into the middle of the clearing. Ashton found that Ikuyo was pretty tall compared to him. At least a good two feet taller. His stride was a lot bigger than Ashton's. Ashton had to quicken his pace in order to keep up with him. As Ikuyo lead him on his head would occasionally bump into the side of his leg.

The clearing consisted of a huge grass field with trees surrounding the spot. Ikuyo stopped in the middle and turned to face Ashton. "Are you ready?"

"Yeah…" Ashton said hesitantly. "What do I have to do?"

"Ok first I need to tell you something important." Ashton cocked his head to the side, confused. "You see all living things have natural electrical currents in them. Certain Pokemon." He pointed at Ashton. "Like you have the amazing ability to harness that energy and use it in an attack. All thanks to those cute little cheeks of yours." He smiled and knelled down to pinch both sides of Ashton's face. He pulled on them which caused Ashton's face to stretch quite comically.

Ashton slapped both paws away from his face. "Cut it out will ya!" Ashton shouted. He rubbed his cheeks as a light sting was left where Ikuyo pinched.

Ikuyo released a snort from his maw. "Sorry I couldn't resist." He smiled. Ashton thought back to the reason why Ikuyo wanted to help him out in the first place. All he had been doing was just teasing him.

"Are you gonna help me or not!" Ashton said impatiently

"Lighten up I'm just having a bit of fun." He let out a few giggles. A few seconds later his eyes turned serious. "I want to show you something first." Ikuyo place his paw in front of him and clenched it tightly. "I also have the ability to harvest electricity." He closed his eyes. Ashton just stared at Ikuyo's paw, all was silent. Ikuyo looked like he was in a trance of some sort. To Ashton's amazement Ikuyo's paw started to glow. He continued to stare in awe when he recognized a Familiar sight. Ikuyo's paw started to give out static discharge. Ashton couldn't believe his eyes. Ikuyo knew how to do thunder punch, an ability that only the advanced Pikachu could learn. He saw Ikuyo in a new light. Ikuyo was no ordinary Pokemon. He looked at Ikuyo with shock and awe on his face, mouth slightly open.

Ikuyo opened his eyes and grinned. "If you think that this is amazing check this out." His face returned to that trance like state.

Ashton was really excited now. He raised his paws up to his chest and clenched them tightly in anticipation. Ikuyo's paw stop glowing as Ashton stared; waiting. His paw erupted into a burst of flames. Ashton was stunned as he saw that Ikuyo didn't flinch an inch. His face remained in that trance like state. The flaming paw was so hot that Ashton had to step back a bit; as he could feel the heat emanating from it. The flames died down as steam rose from his paw. Ashton felt a cool wind pick up, he shivered in place. It was so cold. His gaze returned to Ikuyo's paw and was amazed to see that it looked frozen. Not only had Ikuyo mastered thunder punch, he mastered fire punch, and ice punch as well. Just looking at Ikuyo's paw he was thankful that Ikuyo wasn't going to use those attacks against him.

"Whoa" was all Ashton could say as he was shocked that Lu was so powerful. Ikuyo open his eyes and smiled at Ashton.

"Cool, Right?" He said. He Reached around and placed his paw on Ashton back. His paw was still very cold. Ashton yelped as the icy cold paw surprised him. It made his fur stand up on end. He jumped forward to escape the cold. Ikuyo let out a playful laugh as Ashton gave him a Frustrated look. He hated the cold.

"Where did you learn to do that?" Ashton asked.

"I've learned a few thing though the years" Ikuyo replied. "But its not about me now, its about you. If you can concentrate hard enough you can emit any energy you want, anywhere you want. Just for you, electricity is just the easiest for your Pokemon type."

This got Ashton thinking. "So your saying I could learn fire and ice attacks too?"

"Its possible but I've never seen a Pikachu learn ice punch before." He said with a quick laugh. "Its kind of like a Buizel learning flamethrower, sounds impossible right."

Ashton thought about this a moment and nodded. A little disappointed

"Right now let just focus on the easiest energy for you to control." Ikuyo moved closer to Ashton. "Ok I want you to show me what you can do and we can go from there." Ashton nodded and brought his paws to his chest, closed his eyes and focused. He tried to force himself to do thundershock but only light static emitted from his cheeks.

"Good so far" Ikuyo said. "Now instead of forcing the electricity to come out I want you to try to feel the energy running though your entire body. Don't worry about letting it out all at once. Try to gather enough energy in your cheeks." Ikuyo placed his paw on Ashton's head and lightly stroked it. "And relax a bit will ya." He added softly "Don't force it."

Ashton tried to do what he asked. He told himself to relax and focus. Concentration was key in this situation and Feign tried his hardest. He focused on his cheeks to will the energy to accumulate. Ashton was surprised, he could feel the energy growing inside him. He wanted to release it now but heard Ikuyo's voice.

"Not yet" He whispered "Release when you feel like you can't hold it any longer."

Ashton understood and focused harder. He could feel the energy growing stronger and stronger. It grew to the point where it started to hurt. He knew that was the sign to let go. Ashton gave a shout as he released the energy from his body. He opened his eyes and saw, to his amazement, a bolt of lightning fly from him and hit the ground just a few feet ahead. The lightning strike smoldered the grass where it landed. Ashton stood in that spot not believing his eyes. "Did I really just do that?" he thought. He stood there a bit, still not believing what he did. In that moment euphoria hit him and he threw his arms in the air. "I did it, I did it!" he shouted. He celebrated for a few more seconds and turned to face Ikuyo. Lu was smiling widely at him.

"Good job!" He said.

"Thank you so much." Ashton shouted. Feign was so happy he jumped at Ikuyo wanting to hug him.

In that moment Ashton realized that this was a big mistake. Ashton forgot all about the metal spike protruding from Ikuyo's chest. He jumped straight towards it, and when he landed, would be on top of it. Ashton braced himself and closed his eyes, waiting for the pain. It didn't come. Ikuyo caught him in his arms and caressed Ashton in his chest. Ashton was surprised as the pain he was expecting didn't come. Instead it was replaced with the softest fur he had ever felt. Ashton sniffed and found Ikuyo's fur smelling of a sweet almost intoxicating aroma. Ashton rubbed his face a few times on Ikuyo's chest as he loved the smell.

Ikuyo placed his paw on Ashton's back and started stroking it. "Having fun?"

Ashton snapped out of his stupor and looked up at Lu Embarrassed. His face flushed red as he gave a Ikuyo weak smile. "I just um… wanted to thank you". Ashton found it hard to concentrate because Ikuyo was still stroking him. It felt nice.

Ikuyo stopped stroking his back and hugged him. Ashton's face was against Ikuyo chest once again. He didn't mind it though, he savored his scent. Ashton never smelled something so nice, so intoxicating. Ikuyo bowed his head down and lightly kissed Ashton's head "Your welcome." He said softly.