"So shall we start?" Ash looked at the Rainbow Pokemon.

Ho-Oh nodded. "Indeed, whenever you're ready, Chosen."

Domino, Misty and Brock backed away, and the blonde girl sent out Ralts and Noah to put out Light Screens.

Pikachu hopped off his trainer's shoulder into a battle stance, while Ash released Butterfree, Pidgeot and Lucario.

The former two soared into the air, while the latter looked at Ash with a weird expression.

"What?"

"I don't know. There's something on you with tremendous life force and power. You have three similar ones, but that special one attracts me somehow."

Ash blinked, having no idea what the Steel Type was talking about. Brock reacted the quickest to Lucario's statement. "Ash! He's talking about the Mega Stones. Maybe one of them can Mega Evolve Lucario.

Ho-Oh watched with interest as the boy took out four rocks. "Chosen, what's a Mega Stone?"

Ash explained the concept while putting down Dexter, and Ho-Oh nodded. "So this battle would be harder than I thought…"

Lucario picked up a blue Mega Stone, and his hand trembled as he sensed the immense amount of resonating energy within. "Ash, activate your Keystone. Try to Mega Evolve me."

Ash nodded and the purple gem on his staff glowed, and so did the Mega Stone in Lucario's hand. The light crawled onto the Aura Pokemon, who began to grow larger. Reinforced steel plates lined his body, and his yellow fur along his chest puffed out into a porcupine-like state. Extra spikes grew out of his arms and feet, which turned red in the process.

Mega Lucario roared, and a giant aura ball formed in his palms in the blink of an eye. In the sky, Pidgeot saw Lucario's transformation, and began her own as well. Her entire body grew to twice her size, turning into Mega Pidgeot.

She chirped, "Lucario! Congratulations on being the second ever Mega Evolved Pokemon."

Mega Lucario hadn't gotten this excited in a long time. A thousand years of age tend to calm the nerves, but this new evolution is way too addicting. He yelled back. "Thanks Pidgeot!"

Turning to Ho-Oh, he smirked fiercely, "Ready to play, legendary?"

Ho-Oh spitted out a Fireball and began his takeoff. Lucario blocked the entire attack with a Protect and his shield still stayed intact. "I'm loving this!"

Seeing Ho-Oh's ascent, he spun up a dozen aura spheres, and threw them on top of the great bird, stopping his climb. Another dozen shot out effortlessly, making Ho-Oh charge up a Fire Blast to clear the way.

At the same time, Mega Pidgeot rushed down with an Air Cutter, developed by her makeshift wings of air almost ten times her normal wing size, forcing the legendary down.

She used the momentum of her descent to use an Aerial Ace in the blink of an eye, and Ho-Oh countered the attack run with a Wing Attack. The two moves slammed together, and both were knocked out of balance for a second. Ho-Oh recovered first, showing his great power that developed through the centuries. A cage made of fire was constructed, and it began to close in an effort to trap Mega Pidgeot in.

The Bird Pokémon's tail swung in a special pattern, and her speed skyrocketed as she soared into the air using Tailwind, leaving the fire binding behind her.

A drop of sweat dripped down from Ho-Oh's forehead, which was evaporated a second later, but still showing the clear amount of stress the legendary is under in the last few minutes of exchanges between himself and the two Megas.

Dexter beeped, and released a wave of Fury Swipes at the now only slightly above ground Fire Type. He took the attack head on, and used the boost to dance out of the way of a Force Palm. The legendary returned the Porygon's favor with a Flamethrower.

Dexter absorbed the attack, and glowed red for a few seconds as the burn settles in.

"Copycat." The Virtual Pokemon returned the blast with a Flamethrower of his own, which washed harmlessly over Ho-Oh, who raised an eyebrow.

"I have Flash Fire."

"I know." Dexter smirked, "Analyzing ability. Transferring copy. Copying finishes 33%, 66%, done. Flash Fire acquired."

Ho-Oh's jaw dropped as a red coating washed over the Porygon. "Did you just… copy Flash Fire!? How… what… You are not normal man! Ash, how do you train your Pokémon? They are insane!"

"Thank you. So are you."

Ho-Oh yelped and swerved in the air with a sharp U-turn that almost sent him into a stall, avoiding a series of Solarbeams sent at him by Butterfree.

The Bug Type then sent out a wave of Twineedle mixed with Pin Missiles, which was evaporated by Ho-Oh's Fireballs. However, that was just a distraction that paved the way for the Butterfly's next move.

Butterfree charged down with a Bug Buzz, following his other aerial teammate's Tailwind to boost his own speed, while she led the way with a Drill Peck.

On the other hand, Mega Lucario sent aura into his knees, grabbed Dexter off the ground and jumped for the Fire Legendary with a Force Palm and throwing the vector construct. The Porygon flew towards the phoenix with a Giga Impact.

Ho-Oh screeched at seeing the four super-powerful attack reach him. He sucked in a deep breath, knowing that this was probably the most dangerous situation he had been in for a long time.

He let his signature move that he had been saving- a Sacred Fire- at Butterfree, knowing that if it hit, the Bug Type would most likely be out of the game. Using the recoil, he managed to dodge through most of Mega Pidgeot's Drill Peck, only taking a glancing hit on the side.

Now turning to face the two ground-based Pokémon's attack, he released a giant Boomburst, sending both of Ash's Pokémon back, looking worse than they did before jumping, but also taking the full force of their two attacks.

Butterfree had just deflected part of the Fire attack launched before with a Silver Wind and using Quiver Dance to evade the rest. Ho-Oh panted, and he rushed for the opening to the skies that had been broken open by his Sacred Fire.

Mega Pidgeot flew next to him, and circled around, trying to think of a way to pressure him down so Mega Lucario and Dexter could join the battle as well. She soared on top of him, surprisingly being faster than a legendary in the current Mega-state, and used Sky Drop, hoping to force the Phoenix to descend.

Instead of doing so, Ho-Oh took the attack, but his wing pattern slurred, showing the damage it had done greatly on him. He released a beam of light that hit her, but didn't do anything.

Mega Pidgeot narrowed her eyes. "Didn't know you know Future Sight?"

Ho-Oh smirked. "That wasn't Future Sight."

A ball of light appeared beneath his chest, and Butterfree's Fury Cutter hit him on his breast. Both Flying Pokemon blinked, doubting the easiness of hitting a legendary like that. Mega Pidgeot came to her senses first. "Run! He's charging a super powerful attack! That's why he's stationary."

Ho-Oh smirked, "Too late. By the way, that was a Mind Reader." With that, the Rainbow Pokemon released his Guillotine that had just finished. The normally easy-to-dodge move, combined with Mind Reader, hit Mega Pidgeot dead on, which sent her tumbling down.

Ash and all his Pokémon winced. Halfway to the ground, she flashed, and turned from Mega back to normal.

"Crap! Pidgeot's out." Ash ran to the falling Bird Type and threw out his Pokéball, retracting her, knowing that a Pokémon would only turn back unwillingly when unconscious. The Mega Stone fell next to ball, and Ash picked it up along with a now full Pokéball. He caressed the red and white sphere for a second.

"Thank you Pidgeot for that amazing battle. Take a long rest, I'm so proud of you."

Ho-Oh circled through the air, panting heavily now, from taking so much damage in the past few exchanges, as well as releasing a move as powerful as Guillotine. Butterfree took the opportunity to release a wave of Sleep Powder.

A Flare Blitz lit up on the legendary Pokémon, burning off most of the cloud, with the rest not enough to harm him. Taking in another deep breath, he beat his powerful wings and rushed toward the last aerial Pokémon, boosted by both the Flare Blitz and a newly released Fire Spin and Flame Wheel.

Approaching him, Ho-Oh used Heat Wave, cutting off all forms of escape that even Butterfree's intricate flying pattern couldn't dodge. Sensing his prey's helplessness, he added to the attacks with a Heat Crash, taking full advantage of the momentum of his arrival and his heavy weight and aiming to take out the Butterfly Pokemon in this exchange.

Realizing that all routes had been cut off, Butterfree chose the next best option: Perish together. He ran at the legendary with a Megahorn, and the green energy drove itself deep into Ho-Oh's form, but his opponent's waves of attacks still overwhelmed him. Butterfree closed his eyes. "Ash, I did my best."

Satisfied that the battlefield was finally turning to his favor, Ho-Oh soared below Butterfree and looked at the Pokémon on the ground, who, he assumed, had no way of attacking him.

Just then, he sensed that something was wrong. As he flew past Butterfree, the Bug Pokémon released a cloud of pollen right before he fell into a deep sleep, which Ho-Oh had dove into now that he had taken his attention off the unconscious Bug Type. The Pollen Puff blew up, with him being right in the center, sending him tumbling down uncontrollably into a stall.

Now feathers smoked, with his appearance looking like he had just crawled out of a swimming pool that he failed to evaporate as a Fire Type- basically like a drenched chicken- Ho-Oh muttered, "I can't believe I couldn't dodge the attack of an unconscious Pokémon."

Ash lunged at the unconscious Butterfree, who is floating down due to his light weight, he sent out the respective Pokéball and returned him. Patting the ball, he calmly whispered, "Thank you buddy for trying your best. Sweet dreams!"

As Ho-Oh fell, the air around him became moist and he fell into a puddle of aura that had formed in midair, courtesy of Mega Lucario, now that the legendary had fallen into his range of attack thanks to Butterfree. Ho-Oh described the puddle as being a state of matter that was half liquid and half gaseous.

Shaking his head, he used Fly and attempted to climb back up. Suddenly a tuck at his now weakened wings kept him down. Mega Lucario, taking full advantage of the situation, had no intention of letting him back up.

The Steel Type smirked. "I invented this move a long time ago with Aaron, but usually it sends me into unconsciousness before I can even execute it. But with being Mega, I think I can use this without passing out immediately. Taste this: Aura Storm!"

A huge amount of aura radiated out of Mega Lucario, and was compressed to a point of liquefying, showing its original dark blue. The literal wave twisted itself into a giant tornado like construct, which sucked in the Rainbow Pokemon and sending him hard into the air while being hit by multiple Aura Spheres that formed in the swirling storm.

Ho-Oh screamed something, which was muffled by the roaring winds created by the Aura Storm. Ash closed his eyes and used Aura Sight, and did a double take upon seeing the amount of Aura his Pokémon just poured out. There was no way Ash could have completed the move himself, as of right now. In fact, it was almost as large as the amount of aura used when they saved the Tree of Beginning in the last timeline.

"No wonder Lucario said he couldn't have done it without passing out in his normal state. Heck, even with the help of the Mega Stone's energy, that still will probably drain him."

Ho-Oh roared, and released a massive Sacred Fire attack that managed to blow a hole in the wall of the Storm, and he used a reflexive Bounce to escape the tug.

Mega Lucario sighed. "There's still way too many loopholes in the attack. With the way Sir Aaron used to perform it, even legendaries can't break through the walls this easily."

He knelt down to the ground, supporting himself with his fists, panting heavily as the after effect of the severe drain settled in. Ho-Oh split himself into a dozen replica with Double Team. He then took the opportunity to rush in with a Flame Charge. Dexter had no idea which one was the real one. After popping three fake ones with Tri-Attack, the Porygon failed to stop the Rainbow Pokemon from hitting the unmoving Steel Type with a super effective Overheat, knocking him across the clearing. Mega Lucario lit up during his flight through the air of a perfect projectile curve, and crashed next to Ash as an unconscious Lucario.

Ash pat the Aura Pokémon's back and retrieved him. "Thank you Lucario. I am so proud, so is Sir Aaron."

Ho-Oh blocked Dexter's Body Slam with an Air Cutter after revealing his real self. The shockwave from the clash popped the rest of the Double Teams.

He looked at the vector image. "Now that you're the only one left, let me try my last resort… No it's not Last Resort."

A dark orange flame glowed, and the Rainbow Pokémon's red wing feathers began to fade to white as the large phoenix used Burn Up, releasing all his Fire Type energy, disabling him from using anymore Fire type attacks for rest of the battle.

But it didn't matter, for that the energy released from the Burn Up hit Dexter straight on, crashing through his Light Screen in an instant, and knocking him off his feet, popping the projection.

When the dust from the attack cleared, it showed that the Porygon had disappeared. Remaining on the ground was a red Pokédex. Ash walked over to pick up the machine. "Nice job Dexter. I'll find you a charger as soon as possible."

Ho-Oh smirked triumphantly at him. "Chosen, I have defeated all your Pokémon. I guess you lost this battle."

Ash shook his head. "You forgot the most deadly of them all." He pointed at a furry yellow mouse by his feet, who hadn't released a single attack in the barrage of exchanges.

Ho-Oh took a look at him, and huffed. "Yeah right. I have defeated two Megas and a Pokémon created through time travel. This is just a mustard rat. What can go wrong?"

Ash froze. Domino froze. Brock and Misty froze. There was a pause, as if space-time just froze as well.

"My f*cking sh*t!" Arceus knocked over the tower he was working on.

Sir Aaron looked at the deity. Instead of jumping in the air, celebrating his victory over the game, he looked to the Original One with pity. "Something horrible is about to happen, right?"

"Hell yes… Ho-Oh is about to be crucified."

Brock and Misty, being the oldest of the group, reacted first. They dove into a cave on the side of Mt. Moon, not caring about the possibility of disturbing the sleeping Zubats, Golbats, and Crobats.

Ash slid next to Domino and put a Protect shield behind them. He wrapped his arms around her, who responded by jumping into his hug, and he looked into her amethyst eyes. Domino stared back at Ash's chocolate ones, and the feelings broke the barriers in an instant, and fireworks exploded between their eyes.

"Let's enjoy this last moment on this planet peacefully." She whispered and placed her head on his chest.

He spoke softly, "Is there anything you want to tell me before…"

Domino put a finger on Ash's lips, shushing him. She twirled her hair and said quietly, "I… Ash."

"What?" Ash asked with anticipation.

Domino bit her lip. "I said, I l…"

BAM!

A loud boom echoed across the entire mountain, waking up countless bats who were too scared to venture outside to find out what was going on as a wave of powerful energy swept across the peak of Mt. Moon.

A man knocked on the Boss's door, which opened to reveal Giovanni sitting on a couch, reading a book. The man bowed. "Sir, there was an unnatural explosion of energy on Mt. Moon that destroyed the peak. It was suggested it was the result of a very powerful legendary."

Giovanni looked up from his book. "Then don't disturb it. Something that powerful is not something we want to tamper with."

Lorelei entered Lance's office room. "Champion! We have a situation! The peak of Mt. Moon just exploded into pieces. We think that it may be the handiwork of a legendary Pokémon."

Lance drew in a sharp breath. "Send in the Blackthorn Clan. Get a few dragon riders in to investigate it. Whatever legendary it was, do not disturb it, or we might have a situation on our hands that we don't want to deal with."

Jessie, James and Meowth gaped at the massive shockwave from Mt. Moon that was sweeping across the land, almost reaching their Meowth balloon.

"Holy crap that was close!" Jessie panted as she placed down the control of the balloon.

"We are definitely going to talk to Boss about getting us a plane." James continued.

Meowth pointed in the direction of the explosion. "Watever dat was, I bet it got somethin' ta do with Ash!"

Professor Oak looked up from his work at his PC. His energy detector was beeping in a red color, signaling an emergency. He rubbed his forehead. "What the heck did Ash do now?"

Lugia looked up from Shamouti Island. "Hopefully this disturbance won't affect the weather. I can't afford leave this place to the three idiots alone again to go fix the damage."

Ho-Oh lied in a DEEP hole, surrounded by molten rock and plasma that lost its electrons due to the severity of the Pikachu's last attack.

His last thought was how thankful he was that Burn Up didn't erase his Flash Fire ability before passing out.

Ash began carefully, "Don't you think you overdid the Galvanic Burst?"

Pikachu glared at his trainer for a second and turn back to the huge bird. "He called me a mustard rat. No one, not even Mewtwo, not even ARCEUS had nor DARED to do that!"

Domino sighed. "I feel bad for him."

Ash took out a Pokéball and pointed it at Ho-Oh. "Believe me, we all do."

A/N: Battle with Ho-Oh. Pikachu shows us his mean side. Just to clarify, the extremely powerful move that I am intending to be an electric Hyper Beam variant is called Galvanic Burst.

Let's pretend that also in the off times with Ash, Brock and Misty had successfully learned to use Aura to understand Pokémon. It's going to take way too much time to write about the process, and I doubt you guys want to read about it either.

So there we go! Hope you enjoy the battle. Ho-Oh is a true beast. Well, Father of the Beasts. Please Review, I would appreciate it a lot.