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I hope that you will enjoy the latest update of Rise of the Shadows
Rise of the Shadows
"Pokemon"
"Human"
'Thought'
Chapter 2
As morning broke at the peak of Mt. Silver, Ash woke up with start, breathing hard and covered in a cold sweat, he hopped out of his makeshift bed and calmed his mind and body. The last thing that he remembered was a giant bird Pokemon speaking to him, only to be blasted by thunder, fire and ice. After that his mind went blank, and he felt like he was supposed to be somewhere. He cleared his head and headed toward his personal training ground, only to see that one of his old friends sitting in the middle of the field.
"So Lucario, it seems after all these years you've finally come back." Ash called out happily, with a smirk he sprinted over to his old friend.
"I'm happy that you still remember me, after all you did forget all the moves that I taught you." Lucario taunted with a joking smile. Ash scowled at him and pondered over what he said, "Is that a challenge I hear?" Now it was Lucario's turn to smirk. He got into a ready stance as Ash mirrored him; they both lunged at each other with vigour and ferocity.
Lucario started the battle by firing off 3 Aura Spheres and charging them with a ThunderPunch. Ash countered this move by slide tackling under the 3 Thunder Spheres, and continuing toward Lucario, between his legs and launched his foot up toward Lucario`s snout. With a simple flick of his wrist Lucario grasped Ash`s foot and throwing him by his leg, across the field where Ash landed on his feet with the grace of a Ninetales. Nothing would make either of the challengers give in or surrender.
Once more they rushed forward and met at a stalemate in the middle of the field, and if they would have taken their eyes off each other, they would have noticed the crowd of Pokemon gathering around them shouting, "Finish him!" and cheers of, "ASH, ASH, ASH, ASH". Ash brought his foot into a sweep and kicked Lucario's feet out from under him, only to have his own feet swept from under him as well. "I guess it's time to finish this, hey old buddy." Ash smirked at his words and calmed his heart and mind. Ash only had to bring two fingers forward and said, "Bring it on." with a smirk on his face.
For the final time in that battle they swiftly rushed at each other, fists at the ready, and clashed once more. Each fist smashed into the other persons face, they both stayed like that for a minute before snickering to each other, soon turning into a boisterous laugh that echoed through the field. "It's good to have you back buddy," Ash said with enthusiasm "It's been pretty boring without you here, nothing but lying around on the mountain and beating up idiots." Lucario let out a quick laugh as they started to walk over to the gathering crowd.
"Is that so, and who was the unlucky fool that had to face you in a fight?" Ash clenched his fists as he remembered last week. "Only an incredibly arrogant Primeape, he thought that respect is only for the weak, by now though he's still half buried in the rubble of his defeat."
By now they had reached the edge of the clearing, Lucario and the entire crowd around them had a good laugh at Ash's story. Ash was just glad that now all his family was back together, but his happiness was about to be shattered. As everyone was reminiscing and telling stories about their adventures, a rumble shook through the clearing and the herd of Pokemon and Ash looked toward the source of the small quake. The ground started to cave in near the middle of the training field, it continued to collapse until it created an almost perfect arena, the only flaw was the small tunnel at base of the stadium. Everyone looked in awe at the arena, as a small Tranpinch emerged from the hole and chuckled to its self, it quickly dove back into the ground. Ash just sweat dropped to himself and looked up when he felt a sensation of danger go through him, he tackled a nearby Pokemon away from its previous position. As soon as that happened the ground there was transformed into a small crater.
Ash had to think fast, he quickly called out to everyone around him, "EVERYBODY SCATTER!" Ash exclaimed in a frightened manner. No sooner had he said that, the ground below everyone started to crumble into dirt and gravel. All the Pokemon around him started to freak out and scream, to another person it would just sound like a bunch of cries of irritation or anger, but to Ash it was like his heart was being torn apart just as his home was being destroyed. Ash jumped into action with urgency in his eyes, with a swift jump he launched into the arena and dove into the hole.
It was like a maze in there, tunnels leading off in different directions and splitting off again and again. If Ash was right, then the Pokemon that dug these tunnels and ravaged his home, was also here. A weirdly coloured Tranpinch jumped out of the ground in front of him and started to gnaw on his leg. Ash gently picked the Pokemon up, seeing that it was extremely light and looked closely at it, until Tranpinch bit his nose hard, he cried out in pain. "What was that for!" Ash yelled at Tranpinch, only to see tears forming in its eyes. Realizing that it was only a baby Pokemon, Ash picked him up again and carried Tranpinch outside to show everyone there new family member.
"WHAAAT!" Everyone cried out in shock, "This is the Pokemon that destroyed our home, but he's only a baby." Ash chuckled and rubbed the back of his head. He had thought it was crazy to, until he saw how fast he could move through the dirt and rock. "Hey, hey, don't go pointing fingers at him, he had good reason." Everyone looked at him like he was psycho, "When I was walking around down there, I found a special mineral in the soil that ground, rock and steel types love." Ash finished with a smirk, as his family nodded in understanding.
Then Ash thought of something, "What about me and some of you guys help Tranpinch learn to fend for himself." Everyone thought for a moment, and then nodded in agreement, on one condition, "OK, you can keep him here until he can fend for himself, but you have to take care of him and train him to become stronger, like what you did with Larvitar and all the younger Pokemon around here." Kangaskhan said in a defiant tone, sure that Ash wouldn't take that deal without hesitating, she was wrong, Ash stuck out his hand straight away, surprising many of the Pokemon there and even himself a little, but still Kangaskhan shook Ash's hand, yet with much reluctance. Little did Ash know, that Tranpinch could turn out to be a little more of a challenge than he originally thought.
R&R and I will try to update soon
Tyranitar Out!
