บท 315: Side Chapter : Hide and seek
The sun blazes cheerfully over the crystal-clear ocean as the sound of crashing waves and chirping Wingull sets the perfect stage for a day of fun at the beach.
Ash's Pokémon team is scattered across the sandy shore and shallow water, engaged in a chaotic yet playful game of hide-and-seek with the newest and cutest member of the group—a tiny, wide-eyed baby Lapras who squeaks with excitement.
Pikachu, as referee and undeniable mischief-maker of the group, hops onto Lapras's head, gesturing wildly with its tiny arms to signal the start of the game.
Lapras nods enthusiastically, her big, shiny eyes filled with happiness as her flippers slap against the wet sand.
"Laaa-lap!" she chirps, covering her eyes with a flipper (or, at least, trying to).
"Pika-PIKA-chu!" Pikachu declares, translating for all. "Hide now! No power moves, no biting, and no fighting this time!"
The Pokémon scatter instantly.
Charizard, as usual, takes to the skies, trying to look cool and untouchable, perching dramatically on a jagged rock sticking out from the waves.
"Charrr...zard," he mutters smugly, puffing a plume of smoke from his nostrils, thinking no one will ever look "up".
Blastoise, recently evolved and still getting used to his giant water cannons, snickers as he burrows half heartedly into a mound of sand, his enormous shell sticking out in the most obvious way possible.
"Blaaaas," he chuckles to himself, convinced it's the perfect camouflage.
Venusaur, proud of his new bulk, simply waddles over to a patch of palm trees and dumps himself behind a single, comically thin tree trunk.
His massive flower canopy sticks out so much he might as well be screaming, "I'm right here!"
Pikachu shakes its head with a smug little grin, already guessing how this is going to go as it hops off Lapras. "Chu pika... (Amateurs.)"
Meanwhile, Lapras counts in her squeaky, babyish way. "La…lap...Laaaap!" She lifts her flipper, spins around, and begins looking for her new friends.
First, she spots Blastoise almost immediately. His massive shell poking out from under the sand reveals him like a picture book.
With a joyful squeal, Lapras slides clumsily toward him. "LAP-LAPRAAA!"
Blastoise groans dramatically. "Blaaaas-toise! I knew I should've gone with a palm tree!"
As he emerges from the sand, shaking it out of his cannons, Charizard's booming laugh echoes from his rock.
"You call "that" a hiding spot?" Charizard mocks, flicking his tail and crossing his arms, still looking smug on his perch.
"Guess you're still not used to being so "huge", huh?"
Blastoise rolls his eyes. "Oh yeah, big talk from a guy "literally sitting in plain sight" up there!"
Before Charizard can respond, Lapras looks up and squeaks triumphantly, immediately spotting him. "LAAAA!"
Charizard's smug expression falters. "Wha—hey! That doesn't count! How were you supposed to find me so fast?!" He leaps off the rock and lands in the sand, starting to grumble just as Blastoise smirks.
"Looks like "someone's" not as stealthy as they think!" Blastoise taunts, elbowing Charizard with his big, armored arm.
"Stealthy?! From the guy who turned himself into a "sand hill"?" Charizard retorts with a snort of fire.
As they squabble, Lapras waddles off, determined to find Venusaur. Nearby, Venusaur snickers to himself from behind his tree.
Or rather, "next" to his tree, since it clearly isn't covering him at all.
Just as Lapras approaches, Pikachu catches up with her, rolling its eyes as it points dramatically toward the "massive shadow" Venusaur isn't even trying to hide. "Pika pika-CHU! (Come on, he's right there!)"
Venusaur's eyes widen. "Saur?!" Before he can even begin to waddle further into his "hiding spot," Lapras lets out her most gleeful squeal yet and tags him with her flipper.
Venusaur sighs as Pikachu laughs and climbs up onto his flower. "Saaaaaur… (Alright, fine, you win.)"
By now, Blastoise and Charizard have moved their argument closer, stomping (and flying) up to Venusaur with mocking grins.
"Nice hiding spot, big guy," Charizard teases. "Is your flower secretly trying to hide you? Because it's "failing miserably"."
"Pika! Pika pika!" Pikachu chimes in, pointing and laughing along with Charizard.
Venusaur narrows his eyes but smirks a little. "Yeah? Well, at least I didn't turn into a fire-breathing lighthouse!"
Blastoise bursts out laughing at this, earning an annoyed growl from Charizard. "And you!" Charizard snaps. "Do you even "know" what hiding means? Because that was the laziest—"
"Oh, go blow a smoke ring!" Blastoise cuts him off, shooting a tiny burst of water at Charizard's tail, making the fire-type erupt in indignation.
Before their bickering gets even louder, Pikachu zaps a small, harmless Thunderbolt between them. "PIKA-CHU!" ("Knock it off!")
The three bigger Pokémon glare at each other before reluctantly laughing. Meanwhile, Lapras happily settles in the center of the group, clapping her little flippers together at the sight of all her new, silly friends.
As the sun dips closer to the horizon, the Pokémon chase each other around the beach and splash in the shallow water, their laughter and splashes filling the air.
It's not the most coordinated game, but it's the perfect day for this unlikely, slightly chaotic family.
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