Ash the Zoroark
Chapter 4
As the group get close to Mt. Moon they hear a man yelling out for help "Come on we need to see what's going on" said Ash as he ran ahead "Wait for us!" yelled Brock as he tried to catch up
The group found that a man was being attacked by a group of zubats by the entrance into Mt. Moon "Thor use Thunderbolt!" called Ash 'Back off!' yelled Thor as he used Thunderbolt, scattering the zubat flock. Brock caught one of the stragglers "Are you alright?" asked Misty
"Yes thanks to you" answered the man "What are zubat doing out during the day?" asked Ash "Let me, Prof. Seimour of the Pewter City Museum, show you" said Seimour
As the group headed inside the caves they saw numerous bright lights strung up over the regulated ones "See someone set up these bright lights that are bothering the local pokemon" said Seimour "Why?" asked Misty "The legendary Moonstone" answered Seimour "Ummmm moonstones are found all over the place, they aren't that rare" said Brock "This one is said to be massive and hold a power that normal ones don't have" said Seimour
Ash was able to hear the conversation thanks to his heightened senses as a pokemon, but was more focused on helping a parched sandshrew that was some feet away "Here have a drink" said Ash as he handed over his canteen 'Thank you' said the sandshrew as he took the canteen and took a drink of water "It's no problem, but do you know who put up these light?" replied Ash 'I'd tell you if I could' said sandsrew "Heheh, actually I'm really a zorua so I can understand you" whispered Ash 'Really?' asked sandshrew "I'd show you, but I don't trust that Seimour guy" said Ash
'Good cuz he's the one who did it, but I also saw three other bad people poking around' said sandshrew "Thanks, if Seimour is lying to us then I'll just outwit him" said Ash with a snarky smile 'Can I help?' asked sandshrew "Sure, the more the merrier" agreed Ash
"What were you up to Ash?" asked Misty when she noticed Ash come back to the group "I helped this sandshrew get a drink" answered Ash gesturing to said pokemon "Well we better find who ever did this and stop them" said Brock "Agreed" said Seimour
As the group made their way sandshrew spoke to Rosie and Thor about Seimour, much to their ire and amusement as they knew Ash was going to outwit the man in some shape or form. Just then the group saw a clefairy walk by holding a moonstone "Look it's a clefairy" said Brock "You're right, maybe it can show us where the Moonstone is" said Seimour
Suddenly Team Rocket appeared "Alright be a good pokemon and hand over that moonstone" said Jessie "Team Rocket! Are you the ones who put up these lights?" demanded Misty "What? No, we're here just to find moonstones for the boss" answered Jessie "and there is nothing illegal about that" "These lights were up before we got here" added James "So leave us alone" finished Meowth
"Guys I can tell they're not lying" said Ash "But you three aren't going to take that moonstone from clefairy without going through me first" "Fine if it's a fight you want, then that's what you'll get" said Jessie and James as they sent out their pokemon, which looked slightly stronger than the first time "Ekans use Dig" ordered Jessie "Tackle Koffing" said James "Thor use Thunderbolt on Koffing, Rosie you use Dig as well" quickly called Ash
Thor fried koffing while Rosie blasted ekans out of the ground and both poekmon wound up knocked out "Aurora use Whirlwind and send these three out of here" said Ash as he sent her out 'Goooodby losers!' mocked Aurora as she sent all the members of Team Rocket out of Mt. Moon "Team Rocket's blasting off again!" cried Team Rocket as they went flying away
"Geez they're not very strong are they" noted Brock "Meh, they got a little better since the first time I encountered them, but they're still rather weak" said Ash "Clefairy are you okay?" asked Misty 'I'll be fine, but that man in the glasses is up to something' answered Clefairy. Ash heard what the clefairy said, but couldn't do anything yet so he had Thor and Rosie speak to her and tell her he was really a pokemon and was going to stop whatever Seimour had planed
'Wow that's amazing, I wonder if he'd let me come with him' said clefairy 'but if he's going to best that man you all better follow me' "Guys I think clefairy wants us to follow it" said Brock when he saw it motioning them to follow "Then lets follow it" said Ash, who had overheard everything the other pokemon were saying as he was one himself
The group followed clefairy deeper into Mt. Moon, eventually arriving at a large naturally well lit cavern that had a river with a waterfall flowing through it "This looks like a good place to take a rest" said Brock "Agreed" said Ash who sat down and rubbed his feet "Tiered?" asked Misty "Yeah, plus I think it's lunch time" answered Ash "He's right it is time for lunch" said Brock looking at his watch "I think we're close to the surface of the mountain" noted Ash "But at what part I don't know"
The group noticed that Seimour had gone off by himself to the far side of the cavern and was messing with some unknown device "What's he up to?" asked Misty "I'm not sure, but the local pokemon told me he's the one who put the lights up" said Ash in a low voice "But what could he possibly want from here?" pondered Brock "I think the Moonstone he went on about" answered Ash "I plan on stopping him, but you'll have to wait and see what I have planned"
As the group ate Ash kept an ear open to try to hear what Seimour was up to, but couldn't hear him very well and didn't want to risk getting closer to him. When the group finished eating they continued following clefairy to wherever she wanted to take them "I wonder where the clefairy is taking us?" pondered Misty "I'm not sure, but I hope we get there soon" said Seimour "I don't want to be led on a wild farfetch'd chase"
A few hours latter the group was completely confused to were they were going "Ummm any idea how long we've been walking?" asked Ash "No... but I don't think Seimour can take much more" answered Brock "I think I see an exit up ahead" said Misty as she pointed ahead "I hope so..." grumbled Seimour
The truth was clefairy wanted to waste Seimour's time and take him all over and get him completely lost before taking him to where he wanted to go 'Alright we're here' said clefairy once the group made outside just below the peak of the mountain "Look over there!" cried Brock as he pointed to a large dark grey stone in the middle of the clearing they had walked into "Is that the Moonstone?" asked Misty "I think so" said Ash
"Finally I've found it" said Seimour with some irritation in his voice "So what are you going to do now that you've found it?" asked Ash "Study it and report my findings to the Pewter City Museum" answered Seimour
However Ash easily picked up on his half truth and said "You know I'm very good at detecting a lie Seimour, so tell me the truth" "What are you going on about?" demanded Seimour "I asked the sandshrew I helped earlier if he knew who put the lights up and he pointed to you" replied Ash "and I also asked clefairy and she said the same thing"
"That doesn't prove anything, you probably misunderstood them" retorted Seimour who as getting annoyed "I think not, I asked them more than once. Plus Rosie can tell when someone is lying and from the way she's reacting to what you're saying you're lying to me" said Ash "So give it up and spill"
"You are getting on my nerves" snapped Seimour, who was no longer looking like the nice man he was earlier "Then stop lying and tell the truth" replied Ash calmly "I think you need a lesson in irritating your elders" snarled Seimour as he sent out a metang and a sneasel "Teach this brat a lesson, use Metal Claw" "Thor, Rosie you know what to do" said Ash
'Right' said Thor and Rosie as they dived under the two opposing pokemon as they came in and used Thunderbolt and Blaze Kick respectively and knocked the two pokemon into the wall "Metang use Ice Punch, Sneasel use Slash" ordered Seimour "Roise use Endure and Counter, Thor use Charge Beam afterwords" countered Ash
Rosie stood in the way of the two pokemon's attacks and took the fulll brunt of the two moves, but thanks to Endure she held on and used Counter. The resounding bang from Counter caused the two pokemon to crash into Seimour, knocking him over and out cold
Ash took this opportunity to go over allowing him to notice that the symbol for the Pewter City Gym was stitched over something else, so he ripped it off reviling the symbol for Team Galactic, an organization similar to Team Rocket only they're from Sinnoh "I knew something was up" said Ash "I better call Officer Jenny so he can be taken away" said Brock as he pulled out his pokegear and began dailing
'Thank you so much for stopping him' thanked celfairy "No problem" said Ash 'So now what are you going to do?' asked sandshrew "Someone wanted to speak to me about something at the top of Mt. Moon, so that's what I'm going to go do after Seimour is taken care of" answered Ash
It took sometime, but the police managed to find the group and haul an angry Seimour away "Thank you for stopping what ever he had planed" thanked an officer "It's no big deal" said Ash humbly "Well stay safe you three" said the officer as they left
"Now we can go meet Ho-oh at the peak" said Ash once all the police were gone "Ho-oh? Isn't that a legendary pokemon from Johto?" asked Brock "Yes and me and Misty saw a shiny one fly overhead, but it left a not saying it wanted to speak to me at the top of Mt. Moon for some unknown reason" answered Ash "That's what you meant when you said I'm in for a bigger shock when we get here?" asked Brock "Yep, so lets get to the top" said Ash
'I know the way to the peak, it's not far from here' said clefairy "Thanks, led the way" said Ash
Soon the group arrived at the peak and saw Ho-oh waiting for them "Thank you for stopping that man young one" said Ho-oh with telepathy "Lady Ho-oh why did you ask me to met you here?" asked Ash who had bowed "To speak to you about certain things and to ask a favor" replied Ho-oh "Talk to me about what?" asked Ash "Aren't you curious to why you gained psychic abilities even though your kind can't really use them?" asked Ho-oh "Yes I am" replied Ash
"The truth is a mew had taken interest in you, so he granted you a small gift to help you on your journey" explained Ho-oh "What Lady Mew gave me a gift?" asked Ash in shock "Lord Mew actually, Lady Mew lives at the Tree of Beginning, he gave you the gift of being able to use certain moves that your kind normally can't use, but sense Thor was with you at the time it increased his latent psychic powers by a large amount" "Oh wow, I had no idea" said Ash in awe
"Yes, he's been watching you with some interest for sometime, why I don't know" said Ho-oh "Alright, but you said you had a favor to ask" said Ash "Indeed I did, you see two new legendaries have been born recently, but one lacks discipline and tries to cause mischief as much as he can, while his counterpart does her best to keep him in line" explained Ho-ho "and he's getting out of hand lately, so as punishment it was decided to force the one to be caught by a trainer, but not any trainer one that was also a pokemon as well"
"Ouch, so this legendary is being forced to listen to not just a trainer, but one that's a pokemon as an even bigger insult?" asked Ash "Yes, and you're the only one that's around to take them" answered Ho-oh "I'm not going to argue with you Lady Ho-oh, but I must know which legendaries are they?" asked Ash "Darkrai and Cresselia" answered Ho-oh "Darkrai is the one that's being punished, cresselia though want's to help keep him in line so she's going along as well" "Woah, those are two amazing legendaries! Are you sure I can handle them?" asked Ash "Don't fret, if anything keep darkrai in his ball until he listens" suggested Ho-oh "But you'll have to beat him in a battle first, as he is trying to get out of this"
"Oh that's fine, I'm sure me and my team can handle him if we work together" said Ash "I'm sure you can, he's not that powerful yet and hasn't learned his best move either" said Ho-oh as she beckoned the two young legendaries over
As the two other legendaries came over Ash dropped his illusion after sending out all his pokemon "This is the one you want me to listen to?" asked darkrai in anger telepathicly "Yes, he's been blessed by Lord Mew and is a decent fighter in his own right" answered Ho-oh "I'll be the judge of that" replied darkrai as he fired off a Icy Wind attack
Ash and his pokemon moved out of the way while Ash used Incinerate to fend off the move. Soon a large battle broke out mainly between Ash and darkrai as Ash's other pokemon only helped give Ash cover or stop an attack
"Ngh, you're not bad pup, but I'm still stronger than you" taunted a very worn out darkrai "I think not" replied a panting Ash as he powered up an Aura Sphere and blasted darkrai with it, knocking him down and out "Heheh, I win" said Ash as he reverted back into his human guise and brought out a Dusk Ball and threw it at darkrai
The Dusk Ball shook for about a minute before it dinged signaling that darkrai was captured "Now cresselia it's your turn. Wait, you're a shiny!" said Ash in shock when he got a good look at her 'So? and I don't want to fight, just capture me' replied cresselia "How does a Moon Ball sound?" asked Ash 'Perfect, Ho-oh said their meant for pokemon that evolve with a Moonstone, but I don't care' answered cresselia
"Ash, your carry limit was reached with darkrai so she'll go to Prof. Oak's lab" said Brock "Actually as a pokemon I can bring with me as many of my fellow pokemon with me that I can handle, so that's not going to happen" retorted Ash "Plus some trainers gain that privilege if they prove themselves worthy of it" "Oh, I didn't know that" said Brock
"Now if you excuse me I must be going" said Ho-oh as she took off into the night sky. So Ah got an explanation to his psychic powers and two young legendaries for him to train, look out world cuz Ash is on his way to the top
Note: The moves Ash will be able to use are ones that will make sense in a way, but most of them he'll learn after he evolves. The two legendaries are really low level and not many people will now that they are legendary pokemon until the Indigo League. The sandshrew and clefairy will join Ash next chapter
Listings
*Means Shiny*
Ash/ Zorua (M)- Incinerate, Dig, Fake Tears, Leer, Detect, Aura Sphere, Extrasensory, Confusion, Scratch, Shadow Ball, Double Team, Calm Mind, Snatch, Copycat, Counter, Bite, Retaliate
Thor/ Pikachu| Light Ball (M)- Thundershock, Discharge, Magnet Rise, Charge, Thunderbolt, Rain Dance, Quick Attack, Iron Tail, Dig, Confusion, Light Screen, Reflect, Charge Beam
Rosie/ Rilou| Black Belt (F)- Force Palm, Calm Mind, Detect, Quick Attack, Endure, Counter, Dig, Blaze Kick, Circle Throw, Low Sweep, Low Kick, Foresight, Brick Break, Fire Punch
Tempest/ Gyarados (F)- Bite, Hydro Pump, Thrash, Dragon Rage, Rage, Aqua Tail, Water Gun
Aurora/ Pidgeotto (F)- Gust, Quick Attack, Agility, Wing Attack, Twister, Roost, Steel Wing, Whirlwind, Tailwind, Air Slash, Hidden Power- Fighting, Tackle, Sand Attack
Butterfree (M)- Gust, Sleep Powder, Poison Powder, Psybeam, Tackle, String Shot
Darkrai (M)- Hypnosis, Icy Wind, Quick Attack, Ominous Wind, Disable, Swift
Cresselia* (F)- Moonlight, Confusion, Psycho Cut, Mist, Psycho Shift, Signal Beam
Misty-
Staru- Flash, Water Gun, Rapid Spin, Tackle, Recover, Power Gem
Starmie- Flash, Water Gun, Power Gem, Confusion, Rapid Spin, Tackle, Bubble Beam, Recover
Goldeen (F)- Horn Attack, Supersonic, Flail
Shellder (M)- Water Gun, Icy Wind, Clamp, Withdraw, Mud Shot, Leer, Tackle
Brock-
Geodude (M)- Rock Throw, Rollout, Tackle, Brick Break
Onix (M)- Earthquake, Harden, Rock Slide, Smack Down, Tackle, Bind, Dig
Happiny (F)- Seismic Toss, Pound, Charm, Sweet Kiss, Heal Bell
Zuebat (M)- Bite, Supersonic, Quick Attack