Chapter 7: The Spiritomb Destruction!
It was evening as Dawn and Ash were having a practice battle for the Veilstone Gym and for the Solaceon Contest. Hikaru was joining in as well, making it a triple battle. "Now, Aipom! Swift, let's go!" Dawn called. Aipom leapt and unleashed the Swift Attack towards Ash's Buizel and Hikaru's Monferno.
"Dodge it, Buizel!" "Dodge it, Monferno!" Ash and Hikaru called. Both Pokémon dodged it as Buizel faced Monferno. "Now, use Water Gun!" Ash called. Buizel aimed the Water Type move towards Monferno, for the Fire Type got ready. "Dodge, Monferno!" Hikaru called. Monferno quickly evaded the move.
"Buizel! Aqua Jet!" Ash called. Buizel switched directions, this time, heading for Aipom. "Hey! Don't hog all the fun! Monferno! Flame Wheel, let's go!" Hikaru called. Monferno blazed himself up, creating the Flame Wheel Attack. "Quick! Avoid that Aipom, with Double Team!" Dawn called.
Aipom made clones of herself, confusing both Buizel and Monferno. "Now! Focus Punch!" Dawn called. Aipom aimed the move towards Buizel! "Intercept with Mach Punch!" Hikaru yelled. The two Fighting Type moves collided, creating a small explosion. All the three Pokémon skidded back to their trainers.
Brock and Pikachu watched as the practice battle continued. "Trading trainers sure have been a big success! I've never seen them so psyched!" Brock chuckled. "Pika Pika!" Pikachu agreed.
"Aipom! Use Swift, let's go!" Dawn called. Aipom sent some more Swift attacks to both , and Buizel again! The stars together made a giant star. "Don't think that's gonna work so easily! Monferno! Flame Wheel, let's go!" Hikaru called. "Buizel! Intercept with Aqua Jet!" Ash called.
Monferno and Buizel launched their powerful physical attacks towards the star, destroying it. The gigantic star splitted into many, creating a star scene. "Alright! You know that'd be a great Contest move!" Brock exclaimed. "Pika..." Pikachu replied. He was amazed by the power and style in the battle.
"Buizel! Sonicboom!" Ash called. "Monferno! Flamethrower, let's go!" Hikaru yelled. This time, special moves were launched, aiming for Aipom. "Deflect it with Focus Punch, Aipom!" Dawn called. Aipom used her Fighting Type move to repel Sonicboom, but got burned by Flamethrower.
"No! Aipom!" Dawn gasped. "Nice deflecting, but you can't deflect a Flamethrower with Focus Punch!" Hikaru smirked. Just as the battle was about to continue, Buizel's deflected Sonicboom crashed into a stone tower, causing to to fall into pieces. Everyone gasped at the broken site.
"Uh oh! Now we've done it!" Ash gasped. Suddenly, as the pieces fell, the fallen stones began to glow! The group walked over, seeing the glowing. "Whoa! Check that out!" Ash called, amazed. "Is this... supposed to be a seal of some sort?" Hikaru asked. "Ferno?" Monferno asked, curious as well.
Just then, as Hikaru asked, the clouds began to surround the moon. Everyone looked up to see the sight. "It's getting cloudy..." Dawn whispered. As the clouds came by more, Dawn shivered. "H-Hey, where's that chill coming from? I'm getting goosebumps..." Dawn shuddered.
Hikaru looked at the broken stone tower. "I don't like the looks of this. Could it be, because we broke the tower?" Hikaru asked. Just as Hikaru asked again, the clouds have completely covered the moon. Lightning flashed in a distance away. Ash looked up, getting cautious.
"Something's really weird about this!" Ash reminded. "Pika Pika..." Pikachu agreed, also getting the shivers. Suddenly, a thunderbolt zapped the fallen tower, causing everyone to flinch and to cover their eyes. As the lightning stopped, there was a echoing voice. "Spirit... Tomb..." The voice echoed.
The voice got louder, as the group looked around. "What's that?" Dawn asked. Hikaru and Monferno turned to see something glowing. An odd stone seemed to be glowing with purple aura. "I think this is what's going on!" Hikaru shouted. Everyone turned to see the stone as well.
A few seconds later, the stone rose into the air. Everyone took a step back to brace themselves for what's coming. The stone made a figure of a face of itself. It looked like a void with an evil spirit on it. "Spiritomb..." The figure moaned. "That's... A Pokémon?" Brock asked.
Hikaru took out his Pokédex, and scanned the Pokémon. "Spiritomb, the Forbidden Pokémon. As punishment for misdeeds 500 years ago, it was imprisoned in a fissure of an Odd Keystone." Hikaru's Pokédex buzzed. The others looked to see the Pokédex. "Spiritomb?" Ash repeated.
Hikaru looked up to see the Forbidden Pokémon beginning to make its attack. "What... Incoming!" Hikaru yelled. Everyone looked to see Spiritomb forming a Shadow Ball. It launched it towards the group! The four trainers, Pikachu, Monferno, Aipom, and Buizel got out of the way just in time.
Suddenly, Spiritomb this time shot a Hyper Beam, missing narrowly both Ash and Buizel. Ash glared at the Ghost Type. "Why are you doing this!? Buizel! Water Gun!" Ash called. "Monferno! Flamethrower!" Hikaru called. Both Monferno and Buizel shot their special attacks towards Spiritomb.
But, to everyone's surprise, the two moves went right past Spiritomb! "What!?" "No way!" Ash and Hikaru both gasped. With that, Spiritomb this time, launched a Dark Pulse, which Monferno was able to dodge, but Buizel wasn't so lucky. Buizel yelled in pain as he was smashed into a tree.
The impact from the Attack caused Buizel to faint. "No! Buizel!" Ash yelled. The four trainers ran over to where Buizel groaned. Hikaru quickly took out a Super Potion, spraying and rubbing it on Buizel's wounds. Spiritomb cackled as it floated away, and out of sight.
"Wow... It's gone!" Ash exclaimed. "What was that about?" Dawn asked, shivering. Hikaru took a glance back where Spiritomb had gone. He narrowed his eyes as he kept working on Buizel's wounds.
The next day...
The group was walking on the route to Solaceon Town. They all began to review of what had happened last night. "I'd sure like to figure out what that Spiritomb was doing here in the first place!" Ash said. "Pika Pika." Pikachu agreed, also remembering yesterday.
"You don't suppose our practice battle yesterday caused Spiritomb to awaken?" Hikaru guessed. "Well, whatever it is, it was in such a nasty mood!" Dawn replied, frowning. "Hm. Oh yeah..." Brock agreed.
Later, as the group had arrived in a nearby village, it was in a complete mess! The village houses looked to be burnt, and destroyed. Several of the villager's Pokémon were badly injured as well. "Check it out!" Ash gasped. "Something terrible has happened here!" Dawn exclaimed. They looked around to see what had happened.
"Please, Raticate! Be okay!" One boy pleaded. "Parasect, say something!" A girl whimpered. Ash ran over to the boy with the Raticate, seeing that it was injured. "What happened?" Ash asked. "Some kind of creepy Pokémon just attacked us all out of nowhere! And none of us did anything!" The boy explained.
Hikaru, Danwn, and Brock came over, seeing the damage. "I wonder..." Ash began. "Sounds like it could've been Spiritomb!" Dawn shuddered. Hikaru looked around at the mess that was made. "Well, considering how powerful and dangerous it was, I wouldn't be surprised by this." Hikaru admitted.
"Ferno." Monferno replied in agreement. Brock nodded in agreement. "After of what we say, I'd agree." Brock stated. Just before anyone else could react, an old woman barked behind them. "IT WAS SPIRITOMB!" The elder bellowed.
The group jumps in shock as the old woman explained. "THE EVIL SPIRITOMB IS REBORN! IT'S GOT TO BE TRUE!" The elder bellowed again. Dawn laughed nervously, slowly backing away. "Excuse me... I'm having a little trouble of following you!" Dawn replie, sweat dropping.
"Then, loosen up that white cap of yours, honey. The seal holding Spiritomb has been smashed!" The woman muttered. Ash blinked several times, before looking at the elder. "I'm still not sure of what you're talking about!" Ash replied. The woman sighed and mumbled.
"Good thing I know." The elder mumbled. That's when the curiousity from the group grew. The four trainers went closer to the elder. "Then, won't you explain it to us?" The four trainers asked. The elder sighed, before nodding that she would explain.
So, out of the village, the elder began to explain about the legend. "There's a village legend going back a long time that tells all about on how Spiritomb was sealed away." The elder explained. Ash and Dawn sat to listen, as Brock and Hikaru stood. "What do you mean by, sealed away?" Hikaru asked.
"You heard right! There was a wicked Pokémon named Spiritomb. It caused terrible trouble for the folks living around here. It did everyhtthing it could to make their lives miserable!" The elder explained. She continued the story of how the Forbidden Pokémon was stopped and sealed.
"Always messing with the fruit, the villagers were trying to pick, and destroying everybody's homes! Nothing could be done to stop Spiritomb! And those villagers were one step away from being at their wit's end..." The elder continued. Hikaru and Monferno grew more curious.
"What happened then?" Hikaru asked. "Mon?" Monferno asked, cocking his head. "That's when all of a sudden, two aura guardians came by, wandering in their village!" The elder answered. "Aura Guardians?" Ash repeated. The elder nodded and continued.
"And these two guardians had a Pikachu and a Monferno with them. The villagers told the two about their troubles, and the two battled Spiritomb on behalf of the village! Then... as the battle continued, Spiritomb had weakened both guardians and their Pokémon. Spiritomb planned to get rid of the one with Pikachu first..." The elder explained.
"Whoa... So, what happened to the two?" Dawn asked. "Just as though it was over for the Aura Guardian and his Pikachu, his comrade with a Monferno shielded him, sacrificing himself for his great friend. It wasn't enough to finish the second Aura Guardian and his Monferno off, but enough to keep them from battling." The elder answered.
Hikaru blinked in surprise with the progress of the guardians. "Then, with his friend's sacrifice, he bravely defeated Spiritomb, the two Aura Guardians sealed it in a Keystone, deep inside a stone hallow tower, to make certain it wouldn't cause anyone any harm again!" The elder continued.
She looked up, finishing the story. "The village was saved, and everyone lived happily ever after..." The elder concluded. She looked down back at the heroes. "So, you wanted to hear the legend, and now you have." The elder explained.
When the story ended, the four trainers all sweat dropped. "Hallow tower, huh?..." Ash gulped. "Made out of stone, huh?..." Dawn shivered. "Are you guys thinking of what I'm thinking?" Brock asked, sweating. "Uh huh... We're all thinking the same thing..." Hikaru stammered.
Later, the elder went with the group to see the hallow tower... only to see that it was destroyed. "Gaaahh! This stone, hallow tower is nothing, but a heap of rubble!" The elder yelled, shocked to see the fallen tower. That was when, she began to twitch angrily, glaring at the heroes.
"You kids did this... Didn't you!?" The elder snapped, glaring darkly at the four. Ash, Hikaru, Dawn, and Brock all yelled in surprise, and tried to explain. "It was just an accident, see!?" Ash sputtered. "We were using Buizel's Sonicboom and mistakenly knocked it down!" Dawn stuttered.
"It wasn't meant to do so! Honest, elder!" Hikaru assured. "Mon! Monferno!" Monferno screeched in agreement, sweating as well. "Of course, there's no way we could've known anything ahout your legend!" Brock stammered. They all trembled, while sweating as the elder glared.
This made the elder very cross as she got near both Hikaru, Monferno, Ash, and Pikachu. "So, it WAS you, you little pipsqueaks!" The elder snapped. With the harsh glare, everyone bowed their heads down in a huge apology. "We're really sorry and we won't do it again!" The group apologized.
Even Monferno and Pikachu apologized, bowing their heads down.
The elder gave a sigh, thinking back. "First, it's sealed up by the two Aura Guardians with their Pikachu and Monferno, and now, that awful, wicked Spiritomb has been unsealed, by a well meaning, but reckless group of kids, with two young men who just happens to have a Pikachu and a Monferno, too!" The elder sighed.
She looked at the sky, sighing. "Those ways of fate can be mighty strange." The elder grumbled. As the bowing was over, Ash made a determined face. "Since we're the ones who broke that seal, we'll make it right! You can count on it!" Ash promised. The elder faced Ash and Hikaru with an unsure look.
"Well, that's mighty big talk, but you better keep in mind that Spiritomb is one mean, and nasty Pokémon!" The elder reminded. Hikaru and Ash looked at each other, with both having determined looks. Just as anyone else could react, three people stepped up.
"Excuse me, but we happened to overhear all that big talk!" The woman called. Everyone turned to see two people dressed in a yukata like clothing, with a Sneasal with them. "Whoa. Who are you?" Brock asked. The woman chuckled with the question. "Moi? I'm a renowned combination mystic psychic and hairdresser!" The woman answered.
"And I'm Hook Eye Friday!" The man muttered. Dawn grew very excited about this. "You mean, like the ones on TV that tells celebrities about their past lives and predict their future?" Dawn asked. The woman smirked with Dawn's excitement. "I can see what can't be seen, and tell of what can't be told..." The woman explained.
She began to think hard, putting her fingers on the each side of her head. "Like I'm going to do now..." The woman smirked. She then pointed directly at Ash. "You, with the Pikachu!" The woman called. Ash blinked his several times, surprised. "Who, me?" Ash asked.
"It's as clear with your clueless stare! The stars tell me that! Your spirit guide is conducting Pokémon research! A true, blue Pokémon man! I see him... Red shirt, white lab coat, and writing Pokémon poem!" The woman explained. At the description, both Ash and Brock immediately figured it out.
"Hey! That's Professor Oak!" Ash replied. But, the talk of Prfoessor Oak made Brock confused. "But, just one thing. He's still alive!" Brock reminded. Ash rubbed the back of his head with a nervous smile. "He sure is!" Ash chuckled. "Pika!" Pikachu agreed. Then, the woman pointed at Dawn.
"And, I can see your past life!" The woman called. Dawn grew surprised with that. "Wha? I've got those?" Dawn asked. The woman smirked and explained. "You're all good at the clueless staring stock! You once as... Slowpoke!" The woman sneered. Both Hikaru and Dawn grew shocked with that.
"You mean I was a Pokémon in the past life!? As a Slowpoke...?" Dawn mumbled, thinking darkly about the Water and Psychic Type Pokémon. Hikaru sweat dropped, along with Monferno. "Are these really real, or fake?" Hikaru asked, not believing the woman's words.
"When I say things about these things, it is true, indeed! As for your past life..." The woman pointed out, pointing to Hikaru. The Twinleaf boy and Monferno braced themselves for the words. "You were known in the past life as... A Chimp Pokémon!" The woman explained.
Hikaru blinked and twitched with irritation. "A Chimp Pokémon?... That's Chimchar... Wait a second... So, you're saying I was a Chimchar in the past life!?" Hikaru snapped, a tick growing on his face. Monferno dreamed of what it would've been liked if Hikaru was born as a Chimchar.
Monferno sighed happily, as Hikaru sweat dropped at his Pokémon brother. "Not you too..." Hikaru grumbled. Then, the woman turned to Brock and the elder. "And your spirit guide is..." The woman started, but stopped. The two psychics and Sneasal all stared at the elder's scary face.
They all yelped in surprise. "Ah! Sharpedo teeth!" The woman shrieked. The elder crept up to the three, glaring at them. "Excuse me, but I haven't departed this world quite yet!" The elder snapped. "Could've fooled me, ma'am!" The woman shuddered. When the psychic was done, the man explained about their Sneasal.
"Our psychic Sneasal has the gift of communication with other Pokémon, with the mental telepathy!" The man explained. "Sneasal Snea!" Sneasal replied. "Wow! No joke!?" Dawn squealed in surprise. "Sneasal Sneasal!" Sneasal agreed, nodding.
The woman stood proudly, explaining. "And that means you can leave us the unpleasant task of dealing of that saucy Spiritomb to us!" The woman assured. Just as the woman assured to them, a boy cried out for the elder. "Hey, Granny! Help! That bad Spiritomb is attacking us again!" The boy wailed.
Everyone gasped of hearing this. They all ran back to the village, seeing that the village was in more ruins. "Look! There's Spiritomb!" Ash called. Everyone turned to see the Ghost and Dark Type floating towards them. The woman kneeled down to the Dark and Ice Type.
"Alright, Sneasal! Do your thing!" The woman called. Sneasal nodded and scurried over to Spiritomb. It looked as though the two were beginning to make a conversation with each other. "What are they doing?" Ash asked.
"At this very moment, Sneasal is using telepathy to explore the demonic depths of Spiritomb's faults!" The man explained. This made Dawn and Hikaru both confused. "But, it looks to me they're just talking!" Dawn replied, confused by this.
"I don't think this has anything to do with telepathy and stuff." Hikaru muttered. "Ferno." Monferno agreed with a disappointed look. As the two were finished talking, Sneasal scurried over back to the psychics. It whispered to the man, as the man listened to Sneasal's words.
"Sneasal says Spiritomb wants something from both Pikachu and Monferno!" The man explained. "Really? Like what?" Ash asked. Hikaru blinked in confusion as well.
So, the group has accidentally awakened Spiritomb from its towered prison, and now plans to re-seal it back to its Odd Keystone! Will the group be able to do it? Or will the Forbidden Pokémon will be unstoppable to beat? Stay tuned to find out some more!
To be continued...
Hikaru's Team:
Monferno: (M): (Flamethrower, Flame Wheel, Mach Punch, Fury Swipes)
Luxio: (F): (Thunder Fang, Spark, Iron Tail, Hidden Power)
Leafeon: (F): (Magical Leaf, Synthesis, Shadow Ball, Iron Tail)
Buizel: (M): (Aqua Jet, Ice Beam, Water Gun, Swift)
Dratini: (M): (Dragon Rage, Twister, Wrap, Thunder Wave)
Kirlia: (F): (Psychic, Shock Wave, Magical Leaf, Teleport)