Episode 61 of CCA! Yeah! Shadow cheers and dances.

Disclaimer: *Holds up a glowing sword* I don’t own pokemon. I’m only saying it once. If you accuse me of stealing it, I will slowly and painfully kill you. Oh yeah, Destiny, Charlotte, etc. are mine. You know what I do own and what I don’t own, don’t you?

Notes: <> indicates telepathy, ** indicates thoughts, italics indicates translated pokemon speech. That’s all you need to know! *Grins*

Timeline: Two days later

Espeon Angel – actually, the info about Charlotte is just an explanation on why she can get Ash into gyms and stuff…however, I think their role will be a bit expanded.

Tmp – yes, I guess you could say she was lying, although Selene does have many forms, however Charlotte recognizes her…

Ranma – patience is good, secrets are good too

The pokemon reader – glad you liked it!

Pikacar/Marle – lil’ Ash, ^_^ *guardians are digging into cake happily, Angel looks on a bit complacently, Pika-chan and Vulpix-chan are fighting over a piece, Sabrina is just watching, and in the background you see a few shadowy figures*

Digifan – yes, I like Ash getting the badge. Better than *shudder* some of the anime. Not all of the anime is bad, mind you, but a great many fillers could have been taken out.

Episode 61: We’re doing all of this just for a Seal?!

“Let’s see. We’ve already checked the library, most of the public buildings, and a few people’s houses.” Ash said. “And still no sign of the Onyx Seal.”

“Do you think it might be in someone’s house?” Charlotte asked as she scanned another building with her Magic Scope.

“Might be.” Vulpix-chan admitted. “It could be anywhere. It might not even be in Onyx city.”

“Great.” Both Chosen muttered.

Suddenly, the Magic Scope began to beep frantically as a pink glow suffused it.

“Hey, it picked up Clow’s aura!”

“Maybe the Seal really is close by!” Pika-chan said ecstatically.

“Don’t be too sure.” Angel said as he stretched and ruffled out his wings. “But we might as well go see what the disturbance is.”
Teresa followed, still taping. The two card masters looked at each other and developed identical sweat drops.

Soon, they followed the beeping to the back of an enormous house.

“Shoot.” Ash said. “Could it be in there?”

“Looks like someone rich is living here. They could have picked up the Onyx Seal at an auction or something. After all, if they’re so wealthy…” Pika-chan trailed off as the others stared at the house in disbelief.

“Look at all the guards! We’ll never get inside.”
“And there are ghost pokemon inside!” Ash added. “I saw them with the Silph Scope!”
“Plus, I think there’s an electric fence.”

“What do we do?”

The guardians quickly conversed for a while, before they decided on a strategy. “We’ll have to sneak in.”
“That’s not the only problem.” Angel added. “Whoever lives here is a protective freak, because they have wards up to prevent thieves.”
“Don’t wards block magic?” Ash asked.

“Yes. If you use the cards, they’ll still work, but…”
“Charizard would only be as strong as a Charmeleon, and if you used something like Smog, it would only cover part of the house.”
“We don’t really have a choice here though.” Ash said.

“Yeah. We have to get that seal if we want to defeat Bob!” Charlotte added.

“I guess we’ll be sneaking in tonight.” Vulpix-chan said. “Get lots of rest, you guys, because you’ll need it.”
“Ash, don’t overstress yourself!” Pika-chan added.

The two nodded and went off to prepare.

That night…

Ash was dressed in a black ninja costume (think Koga’s from Pokemon Adventure), with dark blue and silver gauntlets. A black mask covered part of his face. His poke balls hung from a double-looped belt of braided silver. He wasn’t wearing gloves, but his boots were black as well, and a short cloak hung from his shoulders, attached to the silver and blue armor he was wearing.

Charlotte wore black pants and a black coat that flared out past her hips. Her gauntlets were red and gold, and her belt was a single-stranded gold leaf creation. She didn’t have a cloak, but her face was partially obscured by a black mask as well.

Teresa squealed and pulled out her camera. “You two look so kawaii! I really outdid myself this time!”

“Let’s go.” Ash said, ignoring her.

“Key that hides the power of the stars, reveal your true from before me! Your master under the seal of contract Ashura commands you, Release!”

“Key that hides the power of sunlight, reveal your true form before me! Your master under the seal of contract Charlotte commandeth you, Release!”

The two grabbed their respective weapons and got ready.

“First, we disable this electric fence.” Ash said. Pika-chan shrugged and short-circuited it. Amazingly, no alarms went off.

“I’ll take care of the ghost pokemon.” Angel said. His eyes turned golden and several scattered telepathic cries were heard.

Pika-chan and Vulpix-chan gave them thumbs up before scampering off to their ‘cover’ positions.

< Good luck! > Vulpix-chan yelled.

< Remember, you have to use the powerful cards, but you also have to be very quiet! > Pika-chan added.

Angel and Sabrina also took their positions. Angel flew to the roof to keep watch, while Sabrina took the garden.

< Good luck. > Sabrina said. < You’ll need it. >

Teresa followed, still taping.

“Shadow.” Charlotte commanded. From one of her cards, a smoky form of a vague form in a black robe with a hood, held in place by a silver sun-shaped clasp, emerged.

“Cloak us in darkness, please.” The figure nodded and wreathed both in wisps of darkness. Teresa shivered a bit as it included her as well.

“How will we see?” Ash asked.

“Hmm… don’t you have the pokemon cards? Think of something.” Charlotte said as she doubled over for a few minutes. * Wow, that was energy draining for a simple card… wait… it’s night, so my magic is really weak… *

Ash looked a bit worried. “Well, it’s worth a try. Zubat.” The card took on its new form and whirred in front of them, wings beating in the dark as it sent off its echolocation bursts in different directions.

“Good idea.” Teresa said approvingly. *Grr… who does she think she is, ordering Ash around? *

Charlotte caught the stray end of Teresa’s thoughts and frowned imperceptibly, but she didn’t say anything as her eyes lit up as two golden pinpoints of light, enabling her to see in the darkness.

“Let’s go.”

After a while, there was still no sign. Ash’s key chant hadn’t worked, but neither had Charlotte’s Magic Scope, which was perplexing, since with two magic detectors at least one should have pinpointed the object of interest. Teresa hadn’t found anything worthwhile either.

“Could it be a seal?” Ash asked.

“Maybe…” Charlotte said. “But if that were the case, we would just look for an aura-less object. Right?”
Ash nodded. “Do you have Itemscope? It’s risky, but it might work.”

“No. Do you?”

Ash shook his head and sighed. Suddenly, Charlotte thought of something. “Ash, that’s it! They might be hiding the object inside something else which would block out the magic signature!”

“Cool!” Ash said. “So how do we get it?” * and why is this house empty? Did Pika-chan already clear out all the inhabitants? *

“Ghost types can pass through walls, remember?”
“Right!” Ash said as he took out a card. “Card created by Clow, please accept this new star power and take your new form! Your new master Ashura commands you, Release!” The Gengar card turned white and a pair of silver bracelets appeared on his arms.

“Gengar, can you please find the Onyx Seal?” Ash asked. Gengar nodded and started floating through walls and peeking at items. Charlotte sent out her Mysdreavus to help also.

After 3 hours…

< I’ve found it. > Gengar said confidently.

< Really? Where? >Ash asked excitedly.

< It’s in this room full of mechanical apparatus, next to some test tubes. >
< Okay! Let’s go! > Ash said as he teleported them in. Charlotte had warned him that her teleportation skills, to put it mildly, sucked.

They landed.

“Is that it?” Ash asked, pointing to the glowing black circle covered with golden symbols that hung against the wall.

“I think so.”

“Wow…” Teresa said as she focused her camera to get a good look at it. “So this is the legendary Onyx Seal.”
“Let’s go.” Ash said as he grabbed it off the wall.

Charlotte nodded as they began heading for the nearest exit.

Teresa kept taping. * For some reason, this seems too peaceful… is something going to happen? *

They made it outside without incident, though.

“We’ve got it.” Ash told Sabrina, who was the closest one. “Tell the others they can leave.”
Sabrina nodded and sent the telepathic call out to all the other guardians. The entire group met in a park.

“Great job, you two!” Pika-chan said happily. “You make a great team!”
Teresa frowned. * No, I’m NOT jealous! Really! * However, she couldn’t quash her jealousy that easily.

“You’re great, Charlotte!” Vulpix-chan said as her Chosen brushed out her mussed fur with a fine-toothed, heat-resistant comb.

“How did you get so scruffy, Vulpix-chan?”

“Oh, I had to chase a lot of wild pokémon off.” Vulpix said.

“I see.”

Ash yawned. “I’m tired…”

“Probably just feeling the energy drain.” Pika-chan said. “Let’s go back to the center and get some much-needed rest.”

“Sounds good to me.” Ash said.

Charlotte and Vulpix-chan merely nodded, and Teresa had no choice in this matter anyways.

So they headed back to the center.

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