Hi guys, so I finally finished the National exams and I'm now on a trip. God dammit, the exams were long as hell. They weren't that hard and I had good grades at them. They're not the best grades in the world, but they're good enough to get in college (Yay!).
Anyway, here's a chapter I took a long time to do due to me never stopping during this trip.
So, Anon Scanlations released the translation for the Platinum arc up until chapter 440. If you're updated, you'll know that (Shouldn't be a spoiler anymore) the Sinnoh Dex Holders get their Pokédexes back, so when I get the time I'll correct the first chapters, and put it like Sird stole the Dexes in her battle with Dia, Pearl and Platinum. I'll also change the Sinnoh Dex Holders' reactions at Darkrai and Cresselia, since (Shouldn't be a spoiler) Palmer owns Cresselia and Darkrai was fought in the Distorsion World.
Disclaimer: I don't own either Pokémon or Pokémon Special, they belong to Satoshi Tajiri and Hidenori Kusaka, respectively.
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Red stood over the defeated Lance and the Legendary Birds. He stood looking at the previous leader of the Elite Four while Yellow was crouching over him, desperately trying to heal her fellow Viridian trainer.
"Yellow..." Red tried to talk to the girl.
"No!" Yellow shouted, letting her tears stream down her face "Even if he's our enemy, I've got to save him!"
"We can't save him." Green said in a cold voice, prompting the Viridian girl and Red to look at him with frightened and alarmed eyes, respectively "What? What use do we have in hiding the truth?" he stood up from the rock he was sitting on and looked at Yellow in the eyes "I told you not to falter, didn't I?" the girl nodded with a sob "Well then, don't falter now!"
"Green, that's a bit-" Red was cut off.
"Just like you, I'm not happy about this!" Green shouted "But what else could we do? Sird probably has even stronger Pokémon at her disposal! It had-" he suddenly halted. He was losing his composure. Green took a deep breath to calm down, before continuing to talk "What I mean is that Sird has the power to destroy the world. And we can't afford to take any chances." he said "We have to stop Sird as soon as possible." he finished taking another deep breath, before sitting back on the rock.
Blue was looking at the Legendary Birds. Unlike Lance, they were alive, probably because their attack was directed at Lance, not the birds. She put them in Pokéballs to stop them from getting anymore hurt. She then walked over to where the other three were. She didn't say anything, as she had heard Green's speech.
For a few minutes, there wasn't a sound made by the Kanto Dex Holders (except for a few eventual sobs from Yellow) until Red decided to break the silence.
"Hey..." he said "Let's go and see if we can find the others."
"Red's right." Green said (now in a much more reserved tone), standing up "We need to find the other Dex Holders."
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Ruby jumped back to avoid the incoming Hyper Beam. The battle was pretty even, there was no clear winning side. Even though they were successfully defending themselves, they couldn't attack that much.
"Toro!" Sapphire shouted "Sky Uppercut!"
Toro went to use the move on Courtney, but Registeel appeared. The Blaziken used the move anyway and sent the Iron Pokémon flying upward.
"Zuzu! Muddy Water!" Ruby ordered, pointing to Registeel. The Swampert attacked the Regi from behind, leaving it no possibility of defense "Yeah!" Ruby cheered.
"That was the attack we practiced for the fight for Hoenn back then!" Sapphire said, smiling at Ruby, who smiled back "It works every time we use it!"
"Yeah, I'm glad we defeated one of them too!" Emerald said, dodging an attack from Regice "But we have stuff on our hands!" he pointed to the Iceberg Pokémon "Dusclops! Shadow Punch!"
"Okay!" Sapphire said "Let's finish this!" an idea ocurred to her "Follow me!" she said to Emerald and Ruby, before turning to Toro "Toro! Blaze Kick!" she said, pointing to Regice.
Emerald looked at Ruby before attacking "Sceptile! Leaf Blade!" he shouted as his Sceptile charged at Regirock.
Toro's leg was surrounded in fire as she jumped at Regice. She kicked the Regi head-on with her blazing leg, sending the Legendary Pokémon flying away. Meanwhile, Emerald's Sceptile ran at Regirock as the leaves on his elbows glowed a light green and extended to blades that he used to attack the Rock Peak Pokémon. The Regi was sent flying in the same direction as Regice.
"Now the finisher!" Ruby shouted, pointing at the two Pokémon "Zuzu! Use Muddy Water again!"
Zuzu shot the water beam at the two Legendaries, hitting them and sending them further away. They fell right on top of the other two, defeating the Regi Trio.
"Yahoo!" Sapphire cheered as she jumped in the air "We beat them!"
"Don't be so happy." Emerald said "I beat them on my own at the Battle Pyramid."
"Still, we managed to win, that's what matters" Ruby said, walking towards the other two Hoenn Dex Holders. But suddenly, he felt an arm around his neck, and then he was pinned to the ground by Courtney. Ruby tried to break free, but the former Team Magma Admin was holding him too tight "Agh! Let me go!"
"Ruby!" Sapphire shouted, worried "Wait there! I'll save you!" she started running.
"Do not move!" Courtney shouted, locking Ruby in a stranglehold, thus making Sapphire stop right in her tracks.
Ruby tried to move "Ro... no..." he tried to speak, but the stranglehold was stopping him from doing so.
Emerald and Sapphire looked in despair at Ruby, without knowing what to do, while Ruby continued trying to free himself.
"Ugh... Sapph..." Ruby continued trying to speak.
"Eh?" Sapphire looked at Ruby, he seemed to be trying to talk to her.
"Ro-" Ruby was cut off when Courtney put a hand over his mouth, preventing him from talking.
"Shut your trap." Courtney coldly said.
"Mmph!" Ruby started squirming, which prompted Courtney to tighten her lock on him. Ruby winced at the pain "Mmmph!"
"He's..." Sapphire looked carefully at Ruby, she knew he was trying to tell her something, but she couldn't tell what. But then, she noticed his eyes were frantically looking down, and she followed his look. She saw what seemed to be cubes on the ground, then she noticed they were falling from Ruby's back! They were PokéBlocks! Ruby was trying to tell her something! But what? She had to find out!
Emerald looked at Sapphire, and he could see she was thinking hard. He didn't know what she was thinking, but she was probably trying to figure out a way to rescue Ruby. He had a plan on his head, but decided against it. His role model was Gold, and he wasn't very good at coming up with rescue plans, so why would Emerald be? He decided to stand by waiting for Sapphire to come up with something.
Why? Why wasn't she understanding what Ruby was trying to tell her? They were PokéBlocks! It had to do something with Pokémon! But what exactly? Agh! There was no way she would find out! Suddenly, a smell filled her nostrils, a familiar smell. She stopped thinking for a second before recognizing the smell. This was the from the PokéBlocks Ruby gave to her Rono! Was that what he was trying to tell her? To use Rono? She wasn't sure, but she had to act!
Sapphire looked behind her at Rono, who wasn't moving waiting for orders. Okay, she already had the Pokémon out, but what to do from here on? A front attack wouldn't work, Courtney would just use Ruby as a shield. Maybe an attack from behind? That could work. But how would she get Rono to attack from behind Courtney without her noticing? Through the air was impossible, but what about from the underground? That's it! Now she would just need to distract Courtney for a bit!
"Hey, you!" Sapphire shouted, pointing her finger at Courtney "You can have Ruby for all I care! He's just a nuisance anyways!"
'WHAT?' Ruby was shocked! What was going on in Sapphire's mind?
"Sapphire! What's gotten into you?" Emerald shouted.
Sapphire looked at Emerald "Shut up, little boy!"
A nerve popped in Emerald's head "What... did... you... say?"
"I told you to shut up!" Sapphire said in a mocking tone "Little Boy."
"You're going to regret that!" Emerald shouted as he pointed at the Hoenn girl "Dusclops, make Sapphire shut her mouth!"
Sapphire turned to look at Rono, while 'casually' pointing to Courtney "Rono, dig!"
Rono obeyed her trainer and dug a hole under the ground.
Oh, shoot! He was only trying to scare Sapphire with Dusclops! But she was really going to attack either him or Dusclops! Damn it! This wasn't good "Dusclops! Stop!" he retrieved the Beckon Pokémon.
Ruby looked at Courtney, she wasn't doing anything, just looking at the fight between Emerald and Sapphire. But even then, he couldn't release himself! What was going on with those two? Had they gone nuts?
Just then, Rono emerged from bellow Courtney and punched her away, forcing her to release Ruby. Ruby landed on his knee and looked behind to see Rono, surprising him. He then looked at Sapphire with a dumbfounded look, while Emerald did the same.
"What?" Sapphire asked "Why are you looking at me that way?"
"That... was all..." Emerald stuttered "... an act?"
"Well, I needed to distract her..." Sapphire said, before looking at Ruby "To release Ruby." she then started walking towards the fallen Courtney "Well, let's go! If she can move it will be a problem!"
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"Whaa!" Diamond shouted as he ran "What can we do about them?"
"I don't know!" Pearl said "We have to think of something!"
"Perhaps we need to take the Grunt down!" Platinum said "Any ideas?"
"Are you done talking?" the Grunt shouted "Let's just finish this! Uxie, Mesprit, Azelf! Triple Zen Headbutt!"
A ball of energy surrounded the Lake Guardians and they charged forward at the Sinnoh Dex Holders. The kids jumped away and were sent flying by the shock wave of the attack, seperating them.
"Hahaha!" The Grunt laughed "Look at you! You look so pathetically weak!"
"What... did you say...?" Pearl said as he got up. He looked at Diamond and Platinum, they were as far away as they could be. There was no way they could devise a plan in secret now.
The Cloaked Grunt approached Pearl and grabbed him by the collar. He looked at his eyes "I said you look weak." he then threw Pearl to the ground and ordered an attack "Azelf, Extrasensory."
There was a flash of light, before Pearl started feeling a painfully huge headache. He put his hands over is head, as if trying to make the pain stop. It felt like someone was hitting his head with a hammer from the inside! He couldn't even think straight "AAAAGH!"
"Pearl!" Platinum shouted, seeing the TwinLeaf Town boy getting tortured. Why was this happening? Was there no way to win this battle? She looked over at Diamond and to her surprise he wasn't doing anything. He was just there, kneeling on the ground with his head down. Pearl was being tortured! Why wasn't Diamond doing anything? "Diamond!"
Without a word, Diamond suddenly stood up. Platinum looked at him scared. She watched as he took out his entire team, before looking up. His eyes emmited anger, very intense anger. It didn't feel like Diamond at all!
"Stop..." Diamond said to the Grunt in a quiet voice.
The Cloaked Grunt turned to look at Diamond "What? You're telling me to stop?" he mocked "A weak person like you should just shut up!" he then ordered an attack while looking at Diamond "Azelf, strengthen your attack!"
"WHAAAAAAGH!" Pearl screamed.
"Look!" the Grunt shouted, he seemed to be enjoying what he was doing "Look in despair as I destroy your friend's mind!"
Platinum looked as Diamond's eyes emmited even more anger. This was getting dangerous, she was affraid that Diamond would unleash a reckless attack... But just then, she saw Diamond charging at the Cloaked Grunt along with his team "Diamond, no!"
"HHAAAAAAAAH!" Diamond roared as he ran.
"Fool!" the Grunt shouted "Do you think you can beat me with such a reckless attack?" he stopped the attack on Pearl and then pointed to the Relaxed Dex Holder and ordered "Mesprit, get rid of him with Giga Impact!" the Lake Guardian obeyed and charged at Diamond, releasing a flashy white aura of pure raw energy.
Platinum watched as, even with the incoming attack, Diamond didn't stop and continued charging forward followed by his team. Diamond and Mesprit clashed and after that all she could see was a cloud of smoke. She didn't even need to wait for the smoke to clear. Diamond had taken a Giga Impact head-on. She felt so... powerless... Pearl had passed out and Diamond was... dead... All of this because she didn't have the power to save them.
She fell to her knees as tears streamed down her face "No..." she sobbed.
"Hahahaha!" the Grunt laughed as Mesprit came out of the cloud of smoke "You were reckless, and now look at what happened to you!" he then pointed to the cloud of smoke "Did you think you could defeat me while I had my eyes on you?" he mockingly asked "With the power I have, that's nothing but a stupid dream!"
"Who..." Diamond's voice echoed through the smoke, prompting Platinum to look up at the clearing smoke "Who told you... that was my attack?" Diamond said, appearing as the smoke cleared. He stood firm with his trusted Pokémon friends (who had shielded him from the attack) around him, except for one, Roto. He was nowhere to be seen.
"What do you mean?" the Grunt asked, unaware of the fact Roto had appeared behind him.
"This..." Diamond said as the Rotom shocked the Cloaked Grunt with his full strength, the Grunt fell down on the ground, unconscious "... is what I mean."
Platinum looked as Diamond hurried over Pearl, before she wiped the tears from her face and went to do the same. The two Dex Holders approached Pearl, and Diamond turned him over so they could see his face.
"Pearl..." Diamond said, shaking him in te shoulder "Pearl, talk to me."
"Pearl." Platinum said. Getting no response, she turned to Diamond "Do you think he's okay?"
"I don't know..." Diamond said, before Pearl's eyes started opening "Ah! Look!"
"Ugh..." Pearl let out as he sat up "Ow... My head... it hurts..." he said as he scratched his head.
"Pearl!" the other two cheered.
"Oh..." Pearl tried to stand up, but he still didn't have the strength "I was being attacked..." he said "What happened?"
"Diamond defeated the Cloaked Grunt!" Platinum said.
"What?" Pearl said, looking at Diamond with surprised eyes "Really?"
"Yes!" Platinum replied.
Diamond nervously scratched the back of his head, before standing up and offering Pearl a hand "C'mon, we need to get to the other Pokédex Holders."
Pearl took Diamond's hand and stood up as well "You're right. Let's go then."
They retrieved their Pokémon and started walking. But suddenly, the Lake Guardians appeared in front of them. To their surprise though, they weren't attacking, but dancing happily around the Sinnoh Dex Holders instead.
"They..." Diamond started.
"They're free!" Pearl completed.
"They must be thanking us..." Platinum said.
Before the Sinnoh Trio could do anything else, the Lake Guardians went to one of the corners in the room. They signaled the Dex Holders to follow them.
"Well, let's follow them." Diamond said "They must know something about this place, right?"
"Yeah, I guess there's no harm in following them." Pearl replied "Let's go!"
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She fell to her knees with the pain. It was umbearable! She couldn't take anymore of this! Raikou, Entei and Suicune were firing their strongest attacks, and they had no means to defend themselves. She looked up to see the Legendary Beasts charging their attacks once more.
"I think... this is it..." she said. She gave up and closed her eyes, expecting the worst. But suddenly she felt someone grabbing her right hand and placing her arm over his shoulders. Then, they jumped away from the blast, even if they were hit with the shock wave and sent crashing into the Crystal Wall, it was better than taking the attack head-on.
"Crystal... You okay?" Gold asked, still supporting the girl.
Crystal took a time to breathe "Sorry, I'm just a bit tired..." she said as Gold let her go.
"Isn't there a way to escape the Crystal Wall?" Gold asked.
"No, unless Suicune chooses to." Crystal said "Or the one it has as a trainer orders it."
"The one it has as a trainer..." Gold repeated Crystal's words. Then suddenly, a thought ocurred to him "Then Silver can help us!"
"You're right!" Crystal said, as she and Gold looked to the outside of the Crystal Wall to see Silver.
Silver charged forward with his Weavile, while the masked man took out his Crobat.
"Weavile! Shadow Ball!" Silver shouted.
"Crobat, Shadow Ball." the masked trainer said.
The two Shadow Balls collided with each other, and the consequent explosion rose a cloud of smoke, making it impossible to see. Silver, however, was not in the mood for games and ordered his Weavile's next attack.
"Weavile! Icy Wind!" Silver shouted, as Weavile waved his hands through the air and a cold breeze appeared, clearing the smoke "Continue, Weavile!"
The cold breeze turned into a freezing whirlwind and was now directed at the masked man, who in turn ordered his Crobat "Protect." The Crobat put itself between the Icy Wind and its trainer, protecting both of them "And now, Steel Wing."
The Crobat flew at Silver, the Flying Pokémon was fast. Both Silver and Weavile had to jump away from the impact "Weavile, take the Crobat down with Faint Attack!"
Silver took the instant Weavile was attacking the Crobat to charge at the masked man. Silver went to punch him, but the man simply grabbed Silver's hand, stopping the attack altogether. Silver then went to kick him, but before he knew it, he had a punch delivered to his face. He immediately fell on the ground, ruubing his sore cheek. The punches the man delivered hurt. It was clear he wasn't a simple Pokémon trainer, who used his Pokémon to battle. He battled alongside the Pokémon.
"I see..." Silver said, getting up "So, that is your strength, Father."
Suddenly, Silver felt an enormous pain on his back, making him fall on one knee. He reched for the place where the pain was coming from. His hand touched some kind of liquid. He retrieved it, and looked at his palm, it was covered in blood. He then looked back to see Crobat flying in the air. The Bat Pokémon had slashed through his back. And that meant...
"Weavile!" Silver shouted. Where was his Weavile? And how did Crobat defeat him? Was he okay? Silver started looking around, searching for the Sharp Claw Pokémon "Weavile! Where are you?"
Silver franticly searched for his Weavile, and then he could see his first Pokémon lying in the ground, defeated. How could this happen? His Weavile was one of the strongest Pokémon on his team, and it was his first Pokémon! There was simply no way that it could be defeated!
Silver ran up to Weavile and held it in his arms. He looked at the defeated Pokémon, before putting it in its Pokéball without saying a word. After retrieving his Pokémon, Silver stood up and took out five more Pokéballs.
"I don't care if you are my Father!" Silver angrily shouted "No one who hurts Weavile gets away with it!" he threw the five Pokéballs to the air, and five Pokémon came out of it "I'll show you what happens when you do that!"
Silver hopped on his Honchkrow (instead of grabbing its foot) and took off to the heights, while the rest of his team ran through the floor. Silver's Kingdra rode on the Red Gyarados's head, as Rhyperior and Feraligatr ran in front of the Dragon Pokémon.
"Rhyperior! Rock Slide!" Silver ordered.
His Rhyperior did as told and waved its hand at Giovanni. And all of a sudden, a ton of rocks started falling on top of the Ex-Rocket Leader. The masked man started running to avoid getting caught by the rocks.
"Feraligatr, Kingdra, Gyarados! Hydro Pump on the falling rocks!" Silver yelled, as the three Water Pokémon fired the powerful Water-type move.
The attack caught both Crobat and Giovanni, sending them several meters away. When the water cleared, a defeated Crobat and a heavily damaged Giovanni emerged. The previous Leader of Team Rocket retrieved the Bat Pokémon.
"It's not over yet!" Silver shouted "Now, Rhyperior!" Out of the ground, Rhyperior emerged, punching Giovanni from bellow, sending him flying "There! I made it so Hydro Pump stopped you from seeing Rhyperior use Dig!" Silver said "And now... Honchkrow! Sky attack!"
Honchkrow, dased forward at maximum speed, before hitting the still flying Giovanni. At that exact moment, Silver jumped off his Honchkrow and tackled Giovanni to the ground, before removing his mask. Silver frowned in anger, before getting up, looking down on his Father.
"So, it really is you..." Silver said, having his Pokémon getting close to Giovanni to limit his movements "I didn't know how you could fall in another person's game. I always thought you would have a strong mind..." Silver's Feraligatr pointed his claws to Giovanni's neck "Now, release Gold and Crystal."
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Damn these Pokédex Holders! As if it wasn't enough to have the other Legendaries defeated, Giovanni's son was putting her between the sword and the wall. She was reckless. She isolated two of the Johto Dex Holders, and started a raid of the Legendary Beasts' strongest attacks on them. But now Silver had overpowered Giovanni and was forcing him to release the other two. The stamina of the other two Dex Holders was impressive. They were successfully dodging the attacks without taking out their Pokémon. And without Giovanni, it would be harder to control the Legendary Beasts. Also, she couldn't get rid of Silver if the Crystal Wall was up! She had to release the Dex Holders and take out all of them.
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Raikou and Entei started running towards Gold and Crystal while Suicune stayed behind. The two moving Beasts seperated to attack the Dex Holders from different directions. Gold and Crystal ran away from the two Beasts. The Legendary Pokémon started firing rapid-fire attacks. One after the other, Gold and Crystal jumped to dodge the incoming attacks. They couldn't keep up much longer. If this kept up, they would be it for sure. Just then, Gold and Crystal hit an invisible wall. Stumbling on it, Gold covered his face with the pain.
"Ow!" he said, before feeling a touch on his arm. He turned around to see the Legendary Beasts ready to attack "Damn it, they're going to fry us..."
"It's the end..." Crystal said.
Silver looked as a cloud of smoke rose through the cave. And then he saw Gold and Crystal flying in his direction. They had been released!
"Feraligatr! Rhyperior!" Silver ordered "Catch Gold and Crystal!" Silver's Feraligatr and Rhyperior went and caught the flying Gold and Crystal, respectively. They then walked up to their trainer and put the two Dex Holders down "Gold! Crystal! You okay?"
"Ugh..." Gold got up "How did we come out?" he said, just as his Poltaro ran up to him "Oh, Poltaro!"
"I don't know what happened." Silver said "I think you were released..."
"Suicune dispelled the Crystal Wall..." Crystal said, getting up "But why?"
"It doesn't matter now." Gold said, looking at the cloud of smoke. The figures of the Legendary Beasts were appearing "They're probably going to use their strongest attacks! We have to counter with everything we've got!"
The Legendary Beasts extended their cloud-shaped manes to real clouds, engulfing the room in them. The ashes in Entei's Volcanic cloud made the Pokédex Holders cough. Then, it started to rain. And a thunderstorm began as well. A gust appeared, forcing the Johto Trio to protect themselves with their arms. The gust, along with the ashes, rain and thunders, made it impossible to see the Legendary Beasts.
Then, thunders started striking the Dex Holders as they jumped away to dodge them. The rain intensified as it started pouring. The Legendary Beasts were really bringing their game up.
"Go, Suicune, Raikou, Entei!" they heard "Take them out with all you've got!"
Through the clouds, Gold could see Silver's opponent ordering the Legendary Beasts "C'mon!" he shouted, taking out all of his Pokémon "Let's go, guys! Hit them with all you got!"
Crystal followed Gold's example and took out all of her Pokémon "Come on! Give it all you've got!" she ordered, pointing to the Legendary Beasts.
"Let's go!" Silver shouted 'I'm sorry, Father.'. His Weavile came out of his Pokéball on his own, ready to attack. Silver looked at his first Pokémon "I see, so you want to finish it too." he said. Receiving a nod from Weavile, he pointed to the Legendary Beasts "Strike the enemy with your strongest attacks!"
"GO!" Gold, Silver, Crystal, and Giovanni shouted.
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And that was it, guys. I guess this chapter wasn't that long, but I really was short of time during this trip, so I couldn't put much more into it.
What is the Lake Trio going to show the Sinnoh Dex Holders? Will the Johto Dex Holders manage to win? Find out in the next chapter!
If you are a fan of Lance, I'm sorry. But hey, this is PokéSpe, anything can happen, right?
I was paying more attention to the Johto Trio fight, as it had Silver and Giovanni. If I'm not wrong this is the largest part of the chapter. What did you think of it? Please leave a review.
Have an awesome day.