The Aura is With Us

Chapter 5: Lab

So, a professor was some kind of scholar. That's was Lucario deduced upon meeting Professor Cerise. As this man in front of him was certainly not a military leader in anyway. With his thin white coat, pair of purple spectacles and overall diminished stature, that much was clear.

"It's a pleasure to meet you," Professor Cerise said, shaking Sir Aaron's hand.

"I can say the same Professor," Sir Aaron said, "And I must thank you again. I know taking us in must be burden on your work here."

"Oh, pff," Professor Cerise waved him off, "It's not a problem really. This was built to have more staff but we haven't really hired anyone else yet. So, we have the space. Besides if someone is threatening one of my employees, I'd like to have the expert on the situation close by. Which you will probably have to better explain now that we can have a face-to-face conversation."

"I'll explain best to my ability however even I'm afraid that Mew wasn't fore coming with her own explanation," Sir Aaron said.

"Well, no one's perfect," Professor Cerise said before turning to Ash and Goh, "So, that's the giant Magikarp?"

"It's simple humongous!" Exclaimed a younger man with blond hair and spectacles.

"But apart from its size it seems like a normal Magikarp," Spoke a blue haired woman.

Their coats were similar to that of professor Cerise's. A students or fellow professors perhaps? Lucario wasn't really sure how this new hierarchy worked. Professor Cerise was clearly the one in charge of this manor. However what purpose did these two, serve? They were both younger than Professor Cerise, that made him think they were lower in status compared to him. But the coats spoke otherwise. The future was confusing.

"Ri olu (yeah, too bad we can't eat it)" Spoke the pup.

Raboot and Pikachu looked at Riolu oddly.

"Boot Ra Raboot (of course you would think that)" she said.

Pikachu just blinked.

The Magikarp suddenly jumped up high out of the water. Breaking through what must have been a very expensive glass roof and then crashing back down into the lake. A wave of water rose up and drenched all the adult humans and, sadly, Lucario. Though, out of the corner of his eye he saw Ash and Goh running away.

The jackal Pokémon suppressed a growl of discomforted. His fur was now completely soaked through. Wetter then wet. He hated when his fur was wet. Sure, it was fine if it was just his paws, but he felt awful when it was his full coat. It started out refreshing in this case, as the water was cooling, but he knew that it would warm as it dried. Making his fur uneven, along with causing his skin to feel sticky and itch relentlessly. Hopefully these humans had some future form of a towel to make the process quicker.

Professor Cerise coughed, taking his spectacles off and attempting to dry them on his wet coat before realizing it was futile, "Nice bellyflop I'm impressed."

"He certainly reached new heights," Sir Aaron said wringing out his hat.

"I'm going get some towels and spare clothes," the blue haired woman said, before turning to Sir Aaron, "Any preferences?"

"Oh, no. Whatever you have with be alright madam," Sir Aaron said.

"So, you guys are like related?" The blond asked, "Like thousands of years apart relatives?"

"That's what Mew has led me to believe," Sir Aaron said, while Ash shrugged.

"That's pretty wild considering how much you both look alike. I mean sure, Ash is more tanned and your eyes don't match, but your noses are very similar," The Blond rambled.