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Chapter 4: Questions and Battles Part 2.
Last time on The Return of Ash Ketchum:
'You have to prove yourselves through battle to have your answers.
Now let the contest battle between the pair of May and Dawn versus Satoshi will now begin!"
'Blaziken, take the stage! / Piplup, spotlight!'
'Pikachu, you're in. Now, I call the grace and beauty of the seas...Rise, Milotic!'
'Piplup and Blaziken are unable to battle! The winner is Satoshi, with Pikachu and Milotic!'
Johto, Mt. Silver
Ash's dome battlefield
'Piplup well done take a long rest./Blaziken you too.' Then Dawn and May returned their Pokemon.
'Well done Pikachu and Milotic take a nine long rest.' Then Ash returns Milotic back to her Pokeball. Then he turns to May and Dawn.
'You two did a good job in the battle, in my opinion if you train a bit more you two can also become a Top-Coordinator.' Ash says serious.
'You were not bad yourself Satoshi.' May says with a smile on her face because of the encouragement Satoshi give.
'Satoshi sounded like Ash there. I wish he was here.' May and Dawn thought.
'He Satoshi are you serious about the 'We can become a Top-Coordinator'-thing?'
'Yes I am Dawn, if you want I can help you and May with the training.' Ash offers.
'I wish Ash could train me.' Dawn thought.
'No thanks Satoshi Dawn and me can your Pokemon yourselfs.' May says.
'Okay then, it is you choice.'
'Now to heal our Pokemon.' Ash said to himself, two pink spheres in his hand. He tossed the balls into the air, bursting open in a flash of blue, striking back onto the field. The two lights quickly took form of two figures, both standing a short distance from the other. On the left was a large round pink figure with six short extensions from its head, along with a short pair of arms around the pouch on its stomach, protecting an egg. The figure on the right was a pink and white with warm blue eyes, a short extension from each of its large ears. The pair smiled, and in an instant, everyone's insides felt warm and happy.
'Why do you have a Chansey and a Audino?' Dawn asks.
'When one of my Pokemon is sick or I'm sick they help.' Ash answers.
'So you Pikachu knows the Counter shield move, how?' Brock asks.
'Well because this Pikachu is his.'
'WHAT'
'Before you ask more questions we continue with the battles.'
'Okay.'
'I always wanted to battles against three gym leaders at ones. So how about a triple battle of Brock, Misty and Cilan against me?'
'Is will be a spicy battle.' says Cilan.
'Audino and Chansey take the Pokemon of our battle with you to heal.' Audino and Chansey nodded and took Piplup from Dawn, Blaziken from May and Pikachu and Milotic from Ash. And they left the room.
'So are you ready to battle?'
'Yes we are.' the three say together.
"This triple battle between the team of Brock, Misty and Cilan versus Satoshi will now begin!" the blue-haired ref raised his flags, signaling the battle's start. The trio held their Pokeballs tightly, tossing them into the air.
"Let's do this/Here we go/Let's get this started!" the three spheres burst in the air, dropping a bright flash of blue to the field from each. One light formed a blue frog with a mysterious glare, another a green simian figure, and the final a large blue serpent. Ash smirked to himself, holding three Pokeballs between each of his four fingers.
"I call on you!" he swiftly tossed them up, the spheres enlarging in the air and bursting open. A large blue dragon with red blade-like wings gave a battle cry as it appeared, another formed a smaller figure for a few moments, but suddenly changed into an identical blue dragon. The final figure did not appear, but a dark shadow appeared on the ground. Ash nodded to the ref, who nodded back hesitantly.
"Begin!"
"Where's his third Pokemon?" Misty questioned, looking oddly at the opposing pair.
"It must be a ghost-type, look at the ground," Brock told her, referring to the owner-less shadow on the ground. The redhead nodded, still confused.
"We'll move past it for now. Simisage, Bullet Seed!" the connoisseur commanded, the monkey releasing a barrage of speedy speeds from its mouth.
"Salamence, Flamethrower," the dragon opened its mouth, a stream of flames destroying the seeds as if nothing.
"Gyarados, Hydro Pump!" the blue serpent released a powerful blast of water, dispelling the flames and releasing a light shroud of steam.
"Now, Toxicroak!" Ash pondered on his words, then understood.
"Night Slash," the opposite dragon's claws glowed an outline of red, charging forward. The blue frog burst from the steam with a single claw glowing purple, a menacing look in its eyes as their claws connected, both bouncing off harmlessly.
"Wait a second..." Cilan looked intently at the blue dragon, who was now landing safely again.
"Dark Pulse," the dragon released a dark chain-like attack from its mouth, advancing quickly on its specific target.
"Simisage, dodge!" the monkey jumped in the air, leaving the attack's flight path. Brock looked at the shadow on the ground, the noticed something.
"Cilan, it's a trap!" the green-haired man looked oddly at the shadow, then his eyes widened as he noticed a blue-glowing pair of circles. The dark-type attack suddenly changed course, colliding with the airborne simian, landing with scratches. "...A ghost that knows Psychic..."
"We've been found, my partner," Ash spoke calmly, his lips spreading into a grin. The shadow suddenly lifted slowly from the ground, the opposing trio and their Pokemon's eyes widening as they saw its true form. A pitch-black figure with claws and a large red collar around its neck, its head low and a long white extension of hair from its head. But most noticeably, the dark look in its single left eye.
"That's...!"
"It...It can't be...!"
"It...It's Darkrai!" Brock gasped, the trio nodding simultaneously.
"Seems we've caused a surprise, buddy. Perhaps this will snap them out of it," Ash extended his arm forward, grinning. "Ice Beam," the dark-type held its hands together, a light blue sphere forming between before firing off into a beam of solid ice, striking the monkey and instantly becoming a block of ice.
"Simisage!" Cilan called, snapping from his surprise.
"Salamence, let's help him out. Flamethrower," the dragon released a stream of powerful flames, the green-haired man watching helplessly as the super-effective attack drew closer.
"Gyarados, Hydro Pump!" a powerful blast of water intercepted the flames, another shroud of steam releasing across the center of the stage. "Now, Twister!" the serpent spun its tail in a circular motion, a purple energy forming within before releasing into a vortex of dragon energy.
"Darkrai, endure it," the legendary crossed its arms, its head lowering and disappearing behind its collar before the attack collided. "Now, dispel and Dark Pulse," the dark-type extended its arms, the attack suddenly cutting off.
"But...How...!" Misty stared in shock at the Pokemon, who now released the dark attack on her serpent, colliding with its chest.
"Toxicroak, Brick Break!" Ash and the dark-type glanced up, noticing the frog airborne with its arm held behind its head.
"Dark Void," the dark-type held out one palm, a black sphere forming within its claws before shooting towards the frog. Unable to dodge, the frog only watched as the sphere neared before colliding. The dark energy was released, a layer of energy enveloping the poison-type, its eyes forced closed.
"Toxicroak, no!" Brock shouted, watching his Pokemon fall motionless to the ground.
"Now, if you would please...Dream Eater," the dark-type held out its arms, a shadow copy of itself leaving its body and hovering towards the frog. Flying right through it, the frog suddenly lurched up then fell to its back, mysterious scratches appearing on its body as its breathing became heavier.
"A psychic-type attack on a poison and fighting-type like Toxicroak...That attack had the satisfying dessert and payment bill written all over it..." Cilan remarked, frowning.
"Did we go too far?" Ash asked himself, smirking.
"Gyarados, Aqua Tail on Simisage!" the serpent looked surprised at first, then swung its tail down on the ice, a whirlpool of water swirling off of it and shattering the ice. The monkey shook its head vigorously, shaking the drops of water and ice off its body. "Now, Hydro Pump on Salamence!"
"Seed Bomb!" the serpent released a powerful stream of water whilst the monkey released several small seeds towards the other side of the field. Ash's Pokemon watched the seeds fall harmlessly to the ground, then explode and lift a small layer of dust to cloud their vision. The trio of trainers smiled, hearing grunts of pain. The dust parted, revealing the two dragons on the ground panting, and the dark-type charging forward, its claws extended into a shadowy form of sharp claws.
"Gyarados, Aqua Tail!" the water-type swung its watery tail down on the dark-type, quickly falling down on it and flattening it into the ground. "Yes!"
"Now, you three," the trio were confused at Ash's words, but was surprised as Gyarados lifted its tail. Darkrai had disappeared.
"What! But, I...I just hit it!" Misty gasped, shocked. The area around the field suddenly flashed a light shade of purple, Ash's two dragons suddenly disappeared from their side.
"That's impossible!" Brock gasped. Cilan and Misty followed his gaze, their eyes widening at what they saw. In the air, the two dragons and legendary were flying, unscathed in perfect condition, the two charging the dark-type attack and the dragon growing flames in its mouth.
"Go!" the three released their attacks, hitting one Pokemon each.
"Toxicroak, wake up!" Brock called, watching the frog be tossed like a rag-doll.
"Gyarados, get up!" the serpent lifted its head, scratches on its face.
"Simisage, please continue!" the monkey jumped to its feet, panting with scratches.
"But...How did that happen...?" Misty looked at her partners, confused. "We saw the attack hit them...They were injured, then suddenly fine..."
"There is one possibility...We must focus on that Salamence," Cilan pointed to the blue dragon wearing a grin. "As a Pokemon connoisseur, I have never heard of a case of Salamence able to use Night Slash. I'll bet anything that Pokemon was behind what just happened, as well," his partners nodded.
"A team of three gym leaders can't lose to a single trainer at once! Gyarados, Hydro Pump!" the redhead commanded, the powerful stream of water advancing again.
"Simisage, Solarbeam!" the monkey held its arms out, the bush on its head starting to glow lightly.
"Seems they've caught on, at last..." the dragon nodded, still wearing a grin."Let's give them another shock. Shadow Claw," the dragon took into the air, its claws extending into a shadowy claw, slashing the water apart and releasing a light mist of water into the air. "Get close."
"Gyarados, Aqua Tail!" the serpent swung its tail downward, but the dragon evaded it and flew close to the ground between the serpent and sleeping poison-type.
"Night Daze!" the dragon's eyes and claws glowed an eery shade of red, clashing them together on the ground, a strange power released into the air in every direction. The serpent shouted in pain from the close-range attack, the dragon quickly disappearing back to its side as the mysterious power struck the frog. Its eyes suddenly opened, lurching up while looking around frantically.
"Toxicroak, you're awake!" Brock smiled, the frog giving a nod.
"I knew it," Cilan declared, pointing at the dragon. "Salamence are unable to learn neither Night Slash nor Night Daze!"
"So...What is it, then?" Misty asked, tilting her head.
"Only two Pokemon are able to learn Night Daze...And that is much too powerful to be one..." he trailed off, watching the dragon start to glow a dark shade of red.
"They know now, there's no need to disguise yourself," the dragon nodded, morphing into a swirling sphere of red, and then forming another figure. A human-sized black fox with a large bundle of red hair behind it, claws on both arms and feet, with a menacing look in its eyes.
"Just as I thought...It's a Zoroark," Cilan stated.
"I think I've heard about that before..." Brock scratched his chin, pondering.
"A species able to change its form to any other Pokemon or human, and able to create illusions with the air around it," Cilan explained, a finger held in the air.
"So, that means...When we saw them hurt...It was only an illusion?" Misty asked.
"Exactly. To have a Zoroark enter battle as another Pokemon, hiding its true identity...And calling mysterious attacks while using its abilities to an unknowing opponent...He really knows what he's doing..." Cilan said to himself.
"We'll have to ignore that for now, we can't let him control the battle. Gyarados, Twister!" the redhead commanded, the serpent releasing the purple vortex of wind.
"Toxicroak, Sludge Bomb!" the frog opened its mouth, a barrage of toxic blobs firing towards its opponents.
"Salamence, Flamethrower. Darkrai, Ice Beam," the two attacks burst through the opposing ones, the flames striking the serpent and the ice striking the monkey's feet, freezing it to the ground.
"Simisage, Seed Bomb!" the monkey released a wave of explosive seeds.
"Zoroark, Night Slash," the trio took to the air, the seeds exploding beneath. The fox dived downward, landing behind the frozen monkey. Its claws glowing a deep shade of red, it slashed the simian repeatedly. "Shadow Claw into Dark Pulse," its claws extended into a shadowy form, slashing across the monkey and moving past it. The ice shattered, the monkey falling to its knees while the fox turned around in its sprint, firing a dark beam and sending the monkey soaring into the wall behind.
"Simisage!" Cilan shouted, the monkey falling to the ground again with its eyes replaced by swirls.
"Simisage is unable to battle!" the ref declared, the connoisseur recalling his Pokemon with a frown.
"Toxicroak, Brick Break on Zoroark!" the frog dashed forward, its claws ready for a powerful blow.
"Darkrai, Shadow Claw," the legendary floated forward at a surprising speed, throwing forward its extended claws and clashing against the poison-type's. "Dark Void into Dream Eater," holding one claw back, it threw a black sphere at the frog, enveloping it in a sphere of dark energy. Afterwards sending a shadow of itself, the legendary's copy passed through the frog, its body lurching backward.
"Toxicroak!" Brock shouted, his Pokemon's eyes replaced by swirls.
"Toxicroak is unable to battle!" the ref announced, the squint-eyed man frowning as the beam of red enveloped the frog.
"It's up to you, Misty," Brock told her, the girl giving a nod.
"You can count on me," she smiled, looking back to the battlefield with a serious expression. "Gyarados, Hydro Pump!"
"Salamence, Dragonbreath," the dragon released an intense blast of green breath, the power colliding with the water.
"Aqua Tail!" the serpent swung its tail down with water swirling off, bringing it down towards the dragon.
"Darkrai, block it," the dark-type held its arms up, catching the tail and holding it in place.
"Gyarados, Hyper Beam!" a sphere of orange formed in the water-type's mouth, growing in size as it glared at the legendary holding its tail.
"Zoroark, Night Slash," the fox jumped in front of the serpent, slashing across its face. It clenched its eyes shut, the power cutting off from inside its mouth. "Now, Salamence, time to finish this," the dragon flew up into the air, its wings extended and its head held back.
"What is he doing...?" Misty questioned, looking curiously at the dragon. Its chest began to glow a radiant orange, the dragon opening its mouth at the same moment. An orange sphere appeared in the dragon's mouth, firing straight up into the air.
"...Draco Meteor!" the sphere burst into multiple rays of energy, each falling to the battlefield at a slow pace. "Darkrai, keep them on-target," the legendary's single eye glowed blue, the orange rays changing course directly on the serpent.
"No!" Misty gasped, her eyes wide as she watched the beams direct towards her water-type. The serpent's eyes widened as well, the several rays of energy striking its body repeatedly. The serpent roared in pain. "Gyarados!" the Pokemon's head crashed to the ground, the field shaking as it collided. The serpent's eyes were replaced by swirls as Ash's team descended to the ground, a grin worn by each Pokemon and their trainer.
"Gyarados is unable to battle! The battle goes to Salamence, Zoroark and Darkrai, along with Satoshi!" the ref announced, his flags raised as Ash stepped to his Pokemon's side.
END CHAPTER 4
Here is a list of Pokemon Ash has including those he has already from his journeys:
NEW:
Audino. Chansey. Darkrai.
Salamence. Zoroark.
Normal:
Alakazam. Blastoise. Charizard. Crawdaunt. Emboar. Feraligatr.
Floatzel. Gallade. Garchomp. Gigalith. Glalie. Gliscor.
Gyarados. Heracross. Hydreigon. Infernape. Kingler. Krookodile.
Leavanny. Lucario. Machamp. Meganaium. Metagross. Milotic.
Muk. Moctowl. Pidgeot. Pikachu. Primeape. Samurott.
Sceptile. Scrafty. Seismitoad. Serperior. Snorlax. Staraptor.
Swellow. Tauros. Torkoal. Torterra. Typhlosion. Unfezant.
Venasur.
Next time on The Return of Ash Ketchum. A battle between a pai of Max and Iris against Ash.
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