"NO WAY! I REFUSE!"
"Now don't be a crybaby. It's just a picture."
"NO!!!"
Ash cried out with anger. He looks at Silo with disgust, completely overwhelmed by her constant threats.
Meanwhile Silo didn't care, her horrifying obsession for fashion suppressing her morality as she chased after Ash with a bunch of clothes.
This is a usual occasion between the two. A regular battle of endurance and wits between a die-hard fashion designer and a somewhat distant relative of the youngest kanto champion.
Back when Ash had first arrived at the monestry. Despite his surname being kept a secret by the elders, the day the twins were given the title was the worst day of his life.
Vigo was a battle enthusiast and occasionally wanted to challenge Ash. He deemed Ash his rival, the only one among the children of the monestry but Ash didn't take a partner until now. Silo however-
"Scyther! Grab him!" Silo ordered
Silo had a dream of becoming a fashion designer and the day she learnt of Ash being of same family as Red, she instantly went ahead and made dozens of designs for him to try on.
She herself have went to Unova and there she came to a realisation, 'Ash was a fleeting copy of Red'. Her inner obsession took over her and she forgot her dignity to ask Ash for help.
Then over time. What started as a hobby and requests soon turned into threats and abuse. It was getting more and more bad with each passing that once she even broke into Ash's room at night to force him to wear dresses.
The other elders were not pleased from this, they deemed it a violation of the monestry's rules and bared Silo from even coming close to Ash without his consent.
Now however... She was unchained.
Ash jumps, barely avoiding Scyther as he dashes into the nearby tent and grabbed his Oshawott that was still brawling with the rufflet.
"Oshawott! We need to fight!"
"Osha? Oos- AAAAA."
Ash tossed his little Oshawott into the air. Then he activated his aura and instantly connected with it, a good result of his training but the threat was not over.
'Razor Shell' Ash ordered with his mind linking, sending his aura energy alongside the command.
The energy engulfed Oshawott, giving it a sense of euphoria as it felt itself becoming stronger than usual. It didn't know why they were fighting but it didn't matter to it anymore as it grabs its sea shell.
A stream of water forms from Oshawott's elemental power, turning it a blue blade which cuts through the air as shell hit scyther head on.
Scyther staggers a little. However even after enhancement from Aura, Oshawott's physical power lacked in comparison to Scyther which led to it flying back in recoil and straight into Ash's arms.
Gliding across the air, Ash was sent sliding above the rocky walls of the camp and into the still warm sand of the desert. He rolled many times until he eventually came to stop, Oshawott still coiled up within his arms.
"Phew. I guess we lived buddy!"
"Osha!"
The duo raised their hands in joy, feeling as if they had escaped death which filled them both with delight. However their happiness didn't last long.
"ASHHH!"
Like a meteor straight from the sky, Silo fell right in front of Ash. The mere impact of Silo's landing created and small sandstorm that blinded both Ash and Oshawott.
Ash coughs, sand hitting both his eyes as he was almost blinded and could only see again after the wind settle but, Scyther has already got to work.
Like a blade through water, the flying swordsman bug cut through the air as it ignored the sandy winds as if enjoying a breeze.
Its wings move in a symphony, each beat getting it closer and closer to Ash until it was right in front of him, it's wings already moving in for a attack.
Oshawott's brain couldn't keep up with Scyther's speed as it is was hit with 'steelwing'. Thankfully, it's water typing halved the power of the attack but it was still enough to give it some major damage.
Ash felt the pain of his partner, taking half of it onto himself as the two retreated together with sour faces while Silo smiles frantically.
Now that he see it, Ash understood that as things stay he has no chance to beating her with his over 2 years of delayed start as a trainer and his inexperience of using Aura in battle.
However it's this very tension that have always kept him going, the thrill of battle that he has always dreamed of and... His partner had as well.
"Not yet. It would be a waste to let this thrill go to waste.. right partner?" Ash stated as he pulled himself together through the pain, his inner trainer that has been sealed for years baring it's fangs like a hungry beast.
Oshawott also smiles, ignoring the pain on its body as it clutches onto its shell harder and dashes towards the Scyther.
Ash follows behind it, running to match it's speed as they both were bathed in Ash's aura while charging at Silo and Scyther.
"I haven't been lazying around too you know? Let me show you what I am made of!" Silo yells.
She linked with her partner. Laughing like crazy as her vision split between her own and Scyther as they together lunged at the duo in front of them.
The two sides collided, Ash and Silo appearing right in front of each other with their fists already moving to attack while the two pokemon clashed with each other in a battle.
Ash blocked a punch from Silo, the impact knocking him back slightly as if he had been hit by a hitmonchamp instead of a human and crouches into a uppercut.
Silo blocked his attacks with ease, her higher mastery of Link coming to her advantage as she reflected the uppercut to the side, tossing Ash into the air.
Ash however used it to create distance as he focuses on Oshawott's side where his partner was being harassed by a serious of fury swipes.
One after the other, the hits piled up damage onto Oshawott despite it blocking all of them. Its senses were filled with pain as it failed to find a blind spot, until Ash took over that is.
'Duck', Ash ordered and Oshawott followed, making the fourth fury swipe miss which broke Scyther's attack and gave Oshawott a window of opportunity.
"Razor shell!"
Oshawott lunges, it's tiny body flying like a arrow as it spun like boomrang and delivered a razor shell to Scyther's face and smiles in joy. However-
"You haven't learnt multi-tasking yet." Silo said calmly, her fist already jabbing into the blanked out Ash's stomach and sent him crashing into the sand.
Ash gasped for air, his body losing control as pain filled his mind. However he persists, pulling himself together as he jumps away from a low kick from Silo.
He turns spinning in air as he flipped and landed on his feet. Then he turned around and quickly dashes for his partner.
Silo saw this and warned her partner to dodge but what she didn't see was-
"Go get her buddy." Ash said as he prepares to throw Oshawott while kicking up a sandstream for cover.
Silo panicked, this was a something far beyond her expectations. Tossing a pokemon like a rock was unheard of her two years of experience. But it was all a facade.
Ash tossed Oshawott upwards while he himself sweeped Scyther's legs, a attack that he imagined would break away it's guard.
Nevertheless, his plan failed miserably as he suddenly felt his body going weaker as his kick didn't even move Scyther a single inch. His aura stockpile has ran out.
It didn't take long for him to realise it either, but his vision has already begin fading away as he fell powerlessly onto the ground mid-sweep and felt his body going number from exhaustion.
Oshawott was much better than him, it still had quite some bit of stamina left but without Ash's aura enhancement, it was swatted down by Scyther to right beside Ash and fainted from the hit.
"No wonder. This might be the first time i was fooled like this. But-", Silo walked closer to Ash as she removed her link and Aura, "i guess I win."
"n-noo."
Ash tried to resist but albeit, his efforts were in vain as Silo pulled him into her arms and dragged him back into the tent as she hugged tighter while dreaming of all the dresses Ash was gonna have to wear.
Yet, there was still a obstacle that blocked her way. Vigo and his Dwebble.
Now Silo looked at her brother who stood in front of her, blocking her way into the tent. He was smiling as if it was his payday, which it probably was.
"You don't need to act like this you know? Maybe if you told him the truth that you had a crush on him... Then maybe he would have agreed to all this." He suggested to her with a cocky voice.
Silo grits her teeth, already annoyed enough by Ash's resistance. "You stay away from my private life." She coldly stated while her hand went to her waist pouch.
"Not without a price... It takes some bribes if you want to hide your deeds from the elders."
The tension peaked, both the sister and the brother ready to square up for benefits. Until Silo straight up tossed a small box filled with candies to Vigo.
Vigo jumped like a monkey, grabbing the box mid air and vanishing as he pulled out his pokeball, something which Ash didn't had yet and called back his partner. Then he was gone, a happy bribed kid.
However it was just the beginning for Ash, the beginning of his suffering.