Chapter 10: Ash's Portrait

(In the castle's gym)

Luigi and Tails opened the door to the room and found it filled with exercising equipment.

Luigi- I wonder why Princess Peach has this stuff. I've never seen her exercise.

Tails- How about we focus on finding Ash?

Ash's voice- Actually, I'm behind the door you just opened.

Luigi and Tails closed the door and saw Ash's painting hanging literally next to the door they entered the room from.

Luigi- Well, that was easy.

Tails- But I don't think defeating Ash's body will.

Ash- I should let you guys know that the ghost possessing my body divided itself.

Luigi- Divided itself?

Ash- I saw that ghost split itself into seven pieces. The main part stayed in my body, but it places its six other pieces into something else.

Luigi- This isn't making much sense.

Tails looked behind and got a worried look on his face.

Tails- Luigi…

Luigi- Don't tell me he's behind us!

Luigi turned around and saw Possessed Ash. Possessed Ash kicked down a stand holding a stack of dumbbells and made all the dumbbells roll after Luigi and Tails. Tails flew over the rolling dumbbells while Luigi used his jumping skills. Luigi jumped behind a punching bag, punched it, and knocked it into Possessed Ash. Possessed Ash was knocked to the floor, but when Tails tried to suck up the ghost, it was able to pull itself back into Ash's body.

Tails- How did it…?!

Ash- I told you already! The ghost inside my body split itself into seven parts. If you want to capture the ghost in my body, you'll have to suck up the other six pieces which are currently possessing something else.

Luigi- Possessing what exactly?

Then Possessed Ash pulled out a poke'ball and through it. Out of the poke'ball came Ash's Charizard, only it was also looking possessed like how Ash was.

Possessed Charizard- (Roar)

Then Luigi noticed something about to attack Tails from above and managed to push him out of the way. What almost hit Tails was Possessed Pikachu's iron tail.

Possessed Pikachu- Pika…chu…

Tails- Did that ghost put it's other six pieces into…

Ash- My Poke'mon. What else would the ghost possessing my body put its other pieces into. Only why it could control my Poke'mon since Pikachu and Charizard refused to obey that ghost even if it was in my body. And the worst part is, unlike me, my Poke'mon still have their souls in their bodies.

Luigi- This might get tricky then.

Possessed Ash threw more poke'balls and called out Possessed Greninja, Possessed Sceptile, Possessed Lycanroc, and Possessed Torracat.

Possessed Greninja- Nin…

Possessed Sceptile- Scep…tile…

Possessed Lycanroc- (Howl)

Possessed Torracat- (Meow)

Possessed Charizard used flamethrower, but Luigi fired some water from the Poltergust 5,000 to block the flames.

Luigi- Good thing we found a water spirit before coming here.

Tails- But we can only use so much water and I don't think what we have in the tank can take out all six of Ash's Poke'mon.

Possessed Pikachu used thunderbolt and Possessed Sceptile used bullet seed. Luigi and Tails managed to dodge, but they also ran in opposite directions. Possessed Pikachu, Possessed Sceptile, and Possessed Greninja followed after Luigi. Possessed Charizard, Possessed Torracat, and Possessed Lycanroc followed after Tails. Luigi reached a treadmill, but Possessed Greninja jumped in front of Luigi and onto the treadmill. Possessed Greninja used water shuriken at Luigi. Luigi managed to duck, but then he pressed the on button and started the treadmill. While Possessed Greninja was trying to keep its balance, Luigi turned up the speed of the treadmill and flung Possessed Greninja into the wall. Before Possessed Greninja could get back up, a large dumbbell hit Possessed Greninja on the head and made part of the ghost possessing Ash slithered out. Luigi quickly sucked up the ghost and that made Possessed Ash cringe in pain for a bit. But before Luigi could celebrate, Possessed Sceptile was about to strike with leaf blade. Luckily, a water shuriken hit Sceptile and knocked him away from Luigi. Luigi looked behind him and saw Greninja no longer possessed.

Greninja- Ninja!

Luigi- Wow! Thanks, Greninja.

Possessed Pikachu- Pika…CHUUUU!

Possessed Pikachu shot a thunderbolt at Luigi, but Luigi shot some water to block it. Then Luigi saw Possessed Sceptile get back up. Luigi looked up and saw a part of the ceiling light dangling from the ceiling.

Luigi- Greninja, I think I have an idea. Think you can lure Pikachu and Sceptile towards that electrical light?

Greninja- Greninja.

Greninja nodded its head and transformed into Ash-Greninja. Ash-Greninja used cut on Possessed Pikachu and knocked him back a bit. Possessed Sceptile used leaf blade, but Ash-Greninja blocked with cut. Possessed Pikachu got back up and used iron tail. Possessed Pikachu and Possessed Sceptile forced Ash-Greninja back up until it was backed into a corner of the room. However, Possessed Pikachu and Possessed Sceptile were directly underneath the ceiling light. Luigi sprayed some water onto that electrical light and the water poured down on Possessed Pikachu and Possessed Sceptile, electrocuting them both. The ghost inside of them jumped out and Luigi quickly sucked them up. Possessed Ash cringed in pain again and Pikachu and Sceptile returned to normal.

Pikachu- Pika…?

Sceptile- Sceptile…?

Tails ran as Possessed Charizard, Possessed Torracat, and Possessed Lycanroc chased after him. Possessed Charizard shot flamethrower and Possessed Torracat shot ember at Tails. Tails shot water from his Poltergust and made a small smokescreen around the area. Possessed Lycanroc used its nose to smell where Tails was tried to jump at Tails with crunch. Luckily, Tails shot some water at Possessed Lycanroc. While Possessed Lycanroc was stunned from the water, Tails smacked Possessed Lycanroc with his tails spin attack (from Sonic Adventure). This knocked the ghost out of Lycanroc and Tails sucked it up before it could go back inside Lycanroc.

Lycanroc- (Howl)…?

Suddenly, Tails was knocked to the ground by Possessed Charizard's dragon tail. Possessed Charizard was about to use mega punch and Possessed Torracat was about to use flame charge before Tails could get back up. But then Lycanroc knocked Possessed Charizard away from Tails with accelerock. Then Lycanroc used stone edge on Possessed Torracat and knocked Possessed Torracat into the air. Then Tails saw the ghost wiggle out of Torracat's body and quickly sucked it up. But as soon as Tails sucked up the ghost in Torracat, Possessed Charizard grabbed Tails and pinned him to the wall. Tails looked at Possessed Charizard as it was about to use flamethrower. Luckily, Torracat jumped on Possessed Charizard's head and began using scratch over and over. After a little bit, Possessed Charizard managed to grab Torracat and threw him off. But then Lycanroc surprised Possessed Charizard with stone edge. After that stone edge hit, the ghost in Charizard's body was knocked out and Tails managed to suck it up. With all six of Ash's Poke'mon freed, Possessed Ash began to feel weak. But before Possessed Ash could do anything, Luigi got to the punching bag again and knocked it into Possessed Ash. This time, the ghost in Ash's body was knocked out and couldn't escape Tails' suction. With the ghost out of Ash's body and sucked up by the Poltergust, the lights came back on.

Pikachu- Pika Pi!

Pikachu rushed to Ash's painting and tried to jump into the painting. But Pikachu just hit his head on the wall.

Ash- Sorry Pikachu, but I'm still stuck in this painting.

Pikachu- Pika Pi…

Luigi- Don't worry, Pikachu. Once we free the others from whatever is possessing their bodies, I'm sure we'll be able to get them out of those paintings.

Palutena (telepathically to Luigi and Tails)- Now that that's out of the way, I found another one of our friends. This time I'm detecting…Pit! Thank goodness he's ok!

Luigi- And where is Pit?

Palutena (telepathically to Luigi)- The attic of the castle.

Luigi- Hey Pikachu, think you and the rest of Ash's Poke'mon can help us out?

Pikachu shook his head.

Pikachu- Pikachu…

Palutena (telepathically to Luigi)- Ash's Poke'mon are thankful that you've helped freed them, but they are too worried about Ash's safety to just leave him or his body all alone. Please try to understand.