Chapter 4: Jungle in the Sky

(In a jungle part of Skyworld)

Ash, Pit, Serena, Clemont, and Dawn arrived using the Lightning Chariot. Pit parked the Lightning Chariot on the ground and in the middle of the jungle.

Clemont- I'm a little surprise Skyworld extends this far.

Pit- There's actually a part of Skyworld over every major regain in the world.

Ash- And what regain is this part over?

Pit- The Amazon jungle.

Serena- That explains the jungle here.

Then a bug the size of a Beedrill flies out of the bushes near where Dawn was standing. It startled her and she clung to Pit.

Dawn- Hold me my future husband!

Pit- Uh…could you repeat that last part?

Then Dawn quickly let go of Pit and took a few steps back.

Dawn- Nothing!

Pit brushed himself off.

Pit- Let's just find that Gem of the Lost Realm before those three dumbasses do and get out of here.

Ash- So where did Palutena hide the first gem?

Pit- She said she put it in a cliff somewhere around here.

Clemont- Might be a good idea to also keep an eye out for Team Rocket.

Ash pulls out four poke'balls.

Ash- Good idea, Clemont. Come on out everyone!

Then out of the poke'balls came Charizard, Talonflame, Hawlucha, and Noivern.

Ash- We need you guys to keep an eye out for Team Rocket. Notify us if you spot anything.

All four of Ash's Poke'mon nodded.

Charizard- (Roar)

Noivern- (Screech)

Hawlucha- Lucha!

Talonflame- (Chirp)

Then the four Poke'mon flew off in different directions.

Ash- There. That should help if Team Rocket shows up.

(At a waterfall cliff nearby)

Ash, Pit, Serena, Clemont, and Dawn followed the directions and found a beautiful lake and waterfall.

Serena- I'm amazed at the sight of this waterfall!

Dawn- So am I!

Pit- Lady Palutena, is this the spot?

Palutena (telepathically to Pit, Ash, Serena, Clemont, and Dawn)- Yes. It should be inside the waterfall wall.

Ash- How are we supposed to find it in that?

Clemont strikes a dramatic pose.

Clemont- As you can see…the future is now thanks to science!

Then Clemont pulls out what looked like a funny pair of glasses out of his backpack and put them on over his own glasses.

Clemont- I give you the zoom lenses. They function just like binoculars.

Ash- Wow, science it so amazing!

Pit- Oh, right. Lady Palutena said you were an inventor, but she also told me that some of your inventions have the tendency to literally blow up in your face.

Clemont- Come on! Let me at least try!

Pit- Alright.

Clemont- Thank you.

Then Clemont looked at the waterfall and set his zoom lenses to zoom. Eventually, he spotted a red stone wedged between two rocks behind the waterfall. However there was a dark aura surrounding it.

Clemont- I think I see it. It's wedged by two larger rocks about halfway up the waterfall.

Dawn- Togekiss can fly up there and get it no problem.

Palutena (telepathically to Pit, Ash, Serena, Clemont, and Dawn)- That would be a very bad idea. The Gems of the Lost Realm contain Satan's life force. If any ordinary being touches them, they'll be consumed by Satan's influence. Pit's the only one of you that's immune to that. So Pit is the only one who can grab them.

Clemont- That would explain the dark aura.

Pit- Alright, Lady Palutena. Activate the power of flight.

Then Pit's wings began to light up as he flew to the waterfall. Pit eventually found the two rocks Clemont was talking about and they were both hiding behind the water. Pit was about to reach for the Gem of the Lost Realm, but Pit sensed two attacks coming at him from above and dodged just in time. Pit looked up and saw Jessie, James, and Meowth. Next to them was Jessie's Gourgeist and James' Inkay, who launched those attacks at Pit. After Pit, Ash, and the others noticed them, Jessie, James, and Meowth did their Team Rocket motto. Pit just had an annoyed look on his face when they finished.

Pit- And I thought Thanatos and Hades had a big ego. There's more hot air in your heads than your hot air balloon.

Team Rocket retaliated by having Gourgeist use shadow ball and Inkay using psybeam at Pit. Pit just kept dodging while still flying in the air.

Ash- Pikachu, let's help get Team Rocket off of Pit! Use thunderbolt!

Pikachu- Pika…

Dawn- Ash, wait! You can't do that! You'll risk hitting Pit as well!

Clemont- Dawn's right. Pit's in the line of fire.

Ash- Shit! And I sent all of the flying Poke'mon I had on me to patrol for Team Rocket!

Suddenly, Jessie, James, and Meowth were hit from behind by an attack called boomburst and knocked to the ground a bit. Then they saw Ash's Noivern behind them.

Ash- Wow! Way to go, Noivern!

Noivern- (Screech)

Ash- Ok, Noivern! Go help Pit!

Noivern- (Screech)

Jessie- I'll deal with the twerp's annoying bat! You deal with the angel!

James- Ok.

Jessie- Gourgeist, seed bomb!

Gourgeist shot out these green bursts of energy from the face of Gourgeist's belly and aimed for Noivern.

Ash- Dodge and use dragon claw!

Noivern- (Screech)

Then Noivern's claw began to glow and it rushed towards Gourgeist and hit it with dragon claw. Meanwhile, James was still trying to attack Pit with his Inkay.

James- Inkay, use tackle!

Inkay dashed for Pit, but Pit kept dodging. Then Inkay squirted some ink onto Pit's face , blinding him for a moment.

James- Now's your chance, Inkay! Use tackle!

Then Inkay charged for Pit again and slammed into Pit from behind like a missile.

James- Now finish it with psybeam!

Inkay shot a beam of colorful energy at Pit from behind and Pit burst apart in a flash of light. Like when Pit dies in Kid Icarus Uprising.

Clemont- Oh no!

Dawn- PIT!

Just as James was celebrating his victory, he felt a finger tap on his shoulder. James got a little nervous has he slowly turned around.

Pit- Boo!

Then James felt something hit him in the stomach and knocked him to the ground. As James was getting up, he saw Pit, completely unharmed and Pit had some kind weapon covering his entire right arm.

James- How did you…

Pit- It's called playing dead. It makes me temporarily invisible while at the same time making it look like I've died. As for this, this is a weapon called an Upperdash Arm. And believe me, it hurts a lot!

James- Inkay, tackle!

Inkay dashed for Pit again, but Pit swung the Upperdash Arm like a baseball bat and knocked Inkay into the air like a baseball.

James- Inkay, return!

Then Inkay returned into its poke'ball before it was launched too far into the air, because Pit it Inkay with enough force to send Inkay blasting off. Before James could do anything else, Pit grabbed James by the neck with his left hand.

Pit- Time to go nighty night. Here's a lullaby to help you with that!

Then Pit hit James with an uppercut with the Upperdash Arm and sent him blasting off without the others. Meowth tried to hit Pit from behind, but Pit did a backwards flip and jumped over Meowth. Then Pit punched Meowth in the face and sent him flying after James.

Ash- Now use air cutter!

Noivern- (Screech)

Then a bunch of wind blades formed from Noivern's wings and they struck Gourgeist and knocked it into Jessie, sending them both blasting off after James and Meowth.

Then Pit reactivated the power of flight, flew halfway down the waterfall, and grabbed the first Gem of the Lost Realm.

Pit- One down, four to go.

(Somewhere far away in the sky)

Jessie, James, and Meowth were wrapping bandages around their wounds while riding their hot air balloon.

James- That angel seems to be even stronger than the twerps' Poke'mon.

Jessie- And worse, they got the first gem!

Meowth- Don't worry. We'll get the next one.

(Medusa's Underworld palace)

Medusa was watching Team Rocket through her crystal ball.

Medusa- Maybe I should've given the map to someone smarter.