"Caww!" Pidgeot called as we touched the sand of Cianwood City. I climbed off and a flash of red light returned the majestic bird to its Pokéball. Another burst of light, white this time, revealed Dash, sitting in her graceful beauty.
The Kimono Girl stepped out of a nearby house and twirled her way to Dash and I. "Hello, Daniel. Are you prepared?" I merely nodded and put my left hand in the same pocket. "Good." Her face had visibly aged, her hair was graying and her sisters weren't nearby.
"Where are the other girls?" I asked curiously, as Dash rubbed her head against my hip affectionately. The mystic fox hadn't aged since her evolution, which made sense because Ninetales was one of the few Pokémon that averaged a much longer lifespan than their Trainers.
"They... Asked me to be the only one to come, the dance wasn't necessary and it's getting harder for us all to travel together." She shrugged, "I actually volunteered, but that's not important."
I nodded in understanding before turning around and tossing a Pokéball into the air where it released a massive blue seahorse-like Pokémon. Bubbles called into the air, happy to be out once more. He swam around the water for a moment before I climbed onto his back, the Kimono Girl followed. Ninetales stood at the edge of the water.
"Wait, you're not going to call her into her Pokéball?" I laughed and shook my head before pointing casually at the cream-coloured fox.
A dark aura began to form around Dash as she lifted confidently into the air. The Kimono Girl stared in awe at the move. It had taken years of concentration for her to realize the power hidden within herself, but Dash had succeeded in learning to carry herself and follow me anywhere but in flight. I smiled, pride welling inside of me, it had been so long since it was necessary, but essentially my closest Pokémon had learned to levitate.
Bubbles cooed once more before slowly beginning to swim to the Whirl Islands, we were all concentrated on the fight ahead. As we strongly crossed the swimming pool of water, a roar from within the cavern sounded, it was nerve-racking, but I'd done it once before. We hopped from the back of Bubbles and I released all the others before withdrawing him. There wasn't any water until we were in Lugia's cave.
"Did you bring the bell?" The Kimono Girl asked, making sure I had everything I needed. I nodded and pulled it from my bag along with the Silver Feather before she asked. They were both contained together in a small black case, the wing clasped to the top of the inside and the bell in a foam pad at the bottom.
She nodded and we started down the long ramp-like path to the cavern. Upon entering the cavern Lugia roared and I released Bubbles to the water. The small platform in the middle of the cave is where I soon found myself, Dash beside me and the other four Pokémon were all in a line in front of me, ready to face Lugia. What we didn't see coming was when the massive dragon spread his wing and opened his mouth. The water from the bottom of the cave drew upwards into his gaping mouth, yellow particles also began to gather and the air felt as if it were thinning. A large orb had formed right in front of the beast's head, we all stared in awe and the Kimono Girl was standing on the upper level of the cavern, observing the battle.
"What... The hell?" I wondered aloud. I knew it would be a blast, but I couldn't move, something was holding me in place, just like the five other Pokémon.
With a roar and a thrashing head, the Lugia let loose a crossed-blast of Hydro Cannon, Aeroblast, and Hyper Beam. Somehow, I broke free of the Pyschic hold he had on me and grabbed Dash, holding her with my back to the blast. I saw as Charge flew into the wall, blasting a crater-sized dent into it. Then Bubbles hit the wall also, landing on the rocky ground. Sparks was launched before landing on top of Bubbles and Flit hit the wall and couldn't fly, the blast had injured it too much. He slumped to the water opposite the side of Charge.
I slumped down beside Dash, who barred her teeth at Lugia, her flaring red eyes full of malice. I put my hand to the side of her head weakly, "Dash, no. Get outta here... Alex and John..." I felt my hand fall limp to the ground and in a few final seconds, Dash rubbed her head against me before jetting from the room. None of my Pokémon except for Sparks were moving, Charge and Flit had sunk in the water, and showed no signs of coming up. The Jolteon barked and joined me as I managed to pull myself from the ground, he was determined to fight in the last feeble stand.
I looked down at him, "Sparks, no..." I didn't have time to finish before looking up into the second and final blast by the beast. For a moment I could see, sinking to the bottom of the water, an egg. It was purely white with silver streaks all around it, a deep blue "X" was on the front of it. I felt my back meet a wall farther away than I thought it would have been. Sparks yelped when he was sent off with me. As I plummeted to the water I saw a hole in the wall; Lugia had sent us through the cave wall. I hit the water sharply and had no strength to swim from the water, Dash was at the cave entrance and watched us get shot out. She began to howl and I saw her enter the cave, but I had no strength, there was nothing I could do. All my strength was gone and I watched everything fade to black, the last thing being Sparks as we sunk in the water.
Author's Note: Hey, this is a two-part chapter, part two will be in 3rd -person, you'll see. ^_^