Longest Chapter Yet! Things really heat up in this chapter. Want to know how? Read and find out!
"So, 6 vs 6?" Paul asked with a smirk.
"Fine, whatever. Just hurry up and send out your Pokemon." Ash said impatiently.
"Let's go, Snorlax!" Paul said, throwing out his first Pokemon.
"Fine, go Heracross." Ash said throwing out his beetle. "Use Focus Punch!"
Immediately, Heracross moved into a striking pose, preparing himself to attack.
"Already being risky, Snorlax! Use Heavy Slam!" Paul commanded.
With speed uncharacteristic for a Snorlax, the behemoth got up and charged at the bug, before jumping in the air, hoping to slam him with all of his weight.
"Jump back five feet, and crouch with Megahorn prepare." Ash commanded.
Heracross complied, placing his glowing horn down. As Snorlax continued his descent, it became obvious what Ash's plan was. "Now uppercut!" The Snorlax's face was about an inch away from Heracross' horn, when Heracross quickly stood up, flinging Snorlax back into the air.
"And now hit him!" Ash commanded. Flapping his wings, Heracross took off, barreling towards the Snorlax at a breakneck pace.
"Quick, use Hyper Beam!" Paul commanded.
"Right one foot, don't swing until your fist makes contact." Ash said. With Ash's quick calculation, Heracross was able to easily dodge the attack, slamming his fist into Snorlax's face, before using the forward motion he built up and extended his arm, sending the Snorlax flying again. When he finally landed, it was obvious he wouldn't be getting back up.
"Well? Hurry up and send out the next one!" Ash shouted, full of anger.
"Well then, let's go Dusknoir!" Paul said throwing out his next pokeball.
"Return, Heracross! Go, Sceptile!" Ash said.
"Dusknoir! Use Will-o-wisp!" Paul commanded.
"Jump arc 30 degrees! Night Slash!" Ash commanded.
With that command, Sceptile jumped right over the attack, his arm blades glowing black. He continued forward until made contact with Dusknoir. After slashing him, Sceptile jumped back to the burn marks that marked where it once stood.
"Grr. Dusknoir, Fire Punch!" Paul shouted.
"Backflip into Leaf Storm!" Ash commanded.
As the Dusknoir charged at Sceptile, his hand cloaked in fire, Sceptile prepared himself. Then right before Dusknoir made it to him, Sceptile jumped over him. As Dusknoir swung, his hand slammed into the ground where his Will-o-wisp had already hit.
"Wait for it." Ash said, pensively.
"Dusknoir, move!" Paul commanded.
Despite Paul's command, the Dusknoir was having difficulty moving. Due to the ground weakening from his own Will-o-wisp, Dusknoir's hand had smashed the ground, trapping his hand in the rubble. "Pull!" With one final tug, Dusknoir was able to get his hand free, but all too late.
"Now!" Ash commanded.
And with that, Sceptile let off a powerful Leaf Storm, knocking the already weakened Dusknoir out.
"Come on! Is that all you got!?" Ash shouted.
"Grr! Go! Aggron!" Paul shouted, growing angry.
"Come back, Sceptile! Go, Dewott!" Ash said.
"Damn it! Aggron! Take him out!" Paul shouted. "Iron Head!"
"Keep him back with Hydro Pump until I say when!" Ash shouted.
Dewott complied, firing the high pressured water at the charging the dinosaur. Although this slowed him down considerably, the Steel-type was still making headway.
"Wait for it... Now! Dig!" Ash commanded.
Dewott immediately stopped the Hydro Pump and dug underground. The sudden lack of resistance caused Aggron to speed up, causing him to crash into a tree.
"Now attack!" Ash shouted.
Out from under Aggron, the ground began to shake, revealing Dewott as he came out of the hole and hit Aggron with a powerful Razor Shell. This was enough to send Aggron into the air.
"One last hit! Hydro Pump!" Ash shouted.
As soon as the water made contact, Aggron was out for the count, making Paul down another Pokemon.
"God damn it! What the hell is this?" Ash shouted. "You can't be this bad! Show me a real challenge!"
"Damn it Ash!" Paul shouted. "Metagross!"
"Dewott, come back!" Ash said. "Buizel!"
"Finish him quick! Meteor Mash!" Paul said.
"Pivot, right foot." Ash commanded.
As Metagross approached, his swing was sidestepped.
"Close range Hydro Pump!" Ash shouted.
At such a close range, the Metagross was knocked off-balance, falling to the ground.
"Now, Aqua Dig!" Ash commanded.
Buizel, now wrapped in water, moved through the ground at a breakneck pace.
"Quickly, get up and use Earthquake!" Paul commanded.
But before Metagross could even get up, Buizel came out from underneath him, knocking him into the air.
"Metagross! Go in close for a Hammer Arm!" Paul ordered.
"Wait for it Buizel!" Ash commanded.
Metagross began charging at Buizel at a breakneck speed, uncharacteristic for a Pokemon of his type. However, when the steel death trap arrived at Buizel, he did not swing, but just stood there.
"Now! Explosion!" Paul commanded.
"Buizel, now's your chance!" Ash said.
Immediately, Metagross began glowing a white light, before exploding, sending dust in every direction. The explosion was powerful, enough to rival some legendaries.
The dust was still settling when Paul heard it. He couldn't put his finger on it, but it sounded like Ash was laughing.
"What are you laughing about?" Paul shouted across the destroyed battlefield.
"HAHAHA! Why don't you see for yourself?" Ash laughed as the dust settled.
"No... How? How is that even possible?!" Paul screamed.
Sure enough, as the dust cleared, Buizel was still standing, wrapped in a green barrier. Buizel was panting from the exertion he needed to keep up the Protect attack, but he was still on his feet.
"You've become predictable Paul." Ash said. "There was a time that I considered you my rival, but now you're not even in my league any more."
"What happened to you Ash?" Paul shouted. "The Ash I knew wasn't like this! He respected his Pokemon, and he didn't just use them! What happened!?"
"You've brought this upon yourself, Paul! Now hurry up and send out another!" Ash shouted back. "The sooner you're defeated, the sooner Misty comes back with me."
"Ah, so this is all about her, huh?" Paul asked.
"Shut up and send something out." Ash commanded, returning Buizel.
"Fine, go Dragonite!" Paul said, throwing out his pokeball.
"Charizard! Let's go!" Ash said, throwing out his Pokemon.
Jakaura POV
"God damn that kid!" Jakaura growled as he watched Ash fly away on his Charizard.
As quickly as he could, Jakaura ran back to the group. "Wake up!" he shouted, but everyone remained asleep.
"Damn it!" Jakaura shouted, slamming his fist into the ground, sending a weak Earthquake attack to wake everyone up.
"Damn it!" Gary said. "Why'd you do that?"
"Pikapi?" Pikachu mewed.
"Hey where's Ash?" Dawn asked.
"That's the point!" Jakaura said. "Now hurry up, we have to follow him!" And with that Jakaura ran off.
"Wait!" May shouted, running with the rest of the group to catch up to him, "Where'd he go?"
"He saw Misty and he's going to get her." Jakaura answered.
"And that's a bad thing, how?" Gary asked.
"Trust me, he cannot see her right now!" Jakaura said, continuing to run. "Now hurry up!"
It took a long time for the group to reach the battlefield.
"Charizard! Let's go!" Ash shouted.
"Wait, is that Ash?" Brock asked as they approached where the battle took place.
"He's facing Paul?!" Gary said, "I thought you said he was going after Misty!"
"He was!" Jakaura shouted. "That's why this was an issue!"
"Let's go Dragonite! Hit him with a Aqua Tail!" Paul said.
"No strategy again..." Ash sighed. "Fine! We'll play your game! Charizard, Sky Drop!"
The dragons began charging at each other as fast as they could, not stopping for anything. When they finally came together, Charizard effortlessly caught Dragonite's tail and flew him higher into the air.
"God damn it! Quick, hit him with a Draco Meteor!" Paul shouted to his dragon.
Dragonite quickly began charging his most powerful attack, ready to release it on the unsuspecting fire dragon.
"Charizard! Throw him down!" Ash shouted up.
Charizard immediately complied and sent the Dragonite plummeting down to the ground at a fast pace.
"Fire it now!" Paul shouted.
Dragonite took a moment to reorient himself as he flew closer and closer to the ground. At the last moment, Dragonite fired, soon after crashing into the ground. The meteor quickly broke into many pieces as they continued on their path to the mock dragon.
"Knock them out of the sky! Heat Wave!" Ash shouted up.
Charizard flapped his large wings, setting the surrounding air ablaze as it flew towards the incoming missiles. As soon as the scorching wind made it to the meteors, they were destroyed in their path, not a single one coming close to hitting the flying lizard.
Meanwhile, Dragonite was struggling to get out of the crater he found himself in after the devastating attack from Charizard. Charizard took this time to land and retake his battle position.
"Ash! Stop this!" Dawn shouted running out of the forest that concealed her and the others.
"This isn't you!" May shouted, joining Dawn outside.
"Shut up you two!" Ash shouted back to them, "This is my battle, not yours!"
"But you don't even need to fight it!" Brock said, coming out of the forest.
"What's the point?" Gary said, joining the rest of them.
"He has Misty! And I'm not leaving without her!" Ash shouted, growing more and more furious with every second.
"Pikapi!" Pikachu cried.
"Damn it! Charizard, Flamethrower! Keep them from getting closer!" Ash commanded.
Everyone was shocked by the order, even Paul, with his usual emotionless demeanor was astonished that Ash would even think of using an attack on a human. Especially his friends.
Charizard growled in discontent, shaking his head, refusing to do such a thing to them.
"Charizard, you will obey!" Ash shouted to the dragon, his eyes glowing blue. Ash lifted his hand, glowing the same blue as his eyes, and thrust it at the lizard. Soon after, Charizard became engulfed in the same glow, and took off into the air. Charizard charged up the flames in his mouth, and after a few seconds, unleashed it towards the stunned people Ash knew as 'friends'.
"Damn it, get down!" Jakaura shouted as he jumped in front of the flames. With lightning reflexes, he quickly formed a barrier large enough to keep everyone safe. "Quickly, run! I don't know how long I can keep this up!"
"Where do we go?" Brock asked, the only one willing to speak up in their situation.
"Off the island. Go back to the camp, grab your stuff, and leave." Jakaura said. "This place will soon become a warzone, and despite what's happening now, Ash doesn't want you caught in the crossfire."
"Ok, come on guys! Let's go!" Brock said, leading the group away. However, one member of the group did not agree with the notion of just leaving. With a leap, Pikachu jumped from May's shoulder and ran into the forest, away from the campgrounds.
"Pikachu!" May shouted, turning around to get the mouse.
"Let him go!" Jakaura shouted, exhausted from the barrier, Charizard's flames still licking around the edges. "He can't leave yet, so let him go where he wants to!"
May nodded and continued off with the rest of them.
"Rahh!" Jakaura shouted, changing the barrier into a beam and pushing back the Dragon's powerful flamethrower.
The beam continued to fight the flames, as Paul watch on with wonder. Never had he seen pokemon with such power, especially not from Ash. However, Paul was not about to let an opportunity like this go to waste, despite what had just happened.
"Dragonite! Hit him with a Stone Edge!" Paul commanded, hoping to catch the Charizard off guard.
Dragonite, who had long since recovered, concentrated and formed stones from the earth around him. When they had finally formed, the pseudo-legendary fired them at the unsuspecting dragon, who was still struggling with his battle with Jakaura.
"Charizard, cut the Flamethrower, fly down 3 feet, and use Blast Burn!" Ash commanded, confidently.
Charizard immediately listened, flying down to avoid the powerful attack by Jakaura, only to charge his most powerful. The flame on his tail grew as the flames in his maw changed from its usual red to blue to white. Charizard unleashed the flames, blasting straight through the Stone Edge, melting the rocks in its path. The attack finally reached Dragonite, and he was engulf into the white of the flame. When Charizard's seemingly unrelenting flame ceased, the Dragonite was nowhere to be seen. All that was in the area was a pool of lava formed by the melted rocks Dragonite stood on.
Quickly, Paul took out his pokeball and shot its beam into the newly formed lake of fire, happy to realize that Dragonite was successfully absorbed back into the pokeball, meaning he was still alive, if just barely.
"Well, are we going to finish?" Ash shouted over to Paul, who was looking at Dragonite's pokeball depressedly.
"You... You bastard!" Paul shouted. "Fine! You want my ace! Here it is! Electivire, show him how we do things."
"Finally, some challenge. Charizard, come back." Ash said, looking over to where his friends once were. "Pikachu, its your turn."
"Pikachu ran off. He isn't here." Jakaura said to him.
"Fine, I don't need him, you'll just battle in his place." Ash said looking.
"Fat chance I'll battle for you in these conditions." Jakaura said.
"You will obey!" Ash said, his eyes and hand once again glowing blue.
"You think that'll work on me! Ha!" Jakaura shouted, forcing Ash out of his brain with a mere thought.
"Fine, I don't need either of you, I'll fight myself." Ash said, stepping into the ring.
"What!?" A shocked Paul cried. 'What does he think he's doing? He's going to get himself killed!'
"Come on, bring it!" Ash shouted.
"Fine!" Paul shouted back, "Hit him with an Earthquake!"
Immediately after the order was made, Ash jumped into the air, avoiding the shockwaves from Electivire before they were even formed. The lava sloshed back and forth in it's crater, it's contents spilling over just slightly.
Still in the air, Ash began charging an Aura Sphere in his hands. The longer the Earthquake continued, the more powerful the attack became. "You should stop the attack now, it's only making things worse for your Electivire."
"How's that?" Paul asked to the sky, where Ash had seemingly stopped falling.
"The longer this continues, the more aura the earth releases, making my attack all the more powerful." Ash smirked.
"Well you have to come down eventually!" PAul shouted.
"Does it look like I am?" Ash asked.
So it wasn't just Paul's imagination, Ash was just floating in the air. "Electivire stop!" Paul commanded.
Electivire stopped shaking the ground and began to stand up. "Perfect," Ash smirked. "Rah!" And with that the Aura Sphere was thrown, barreling its way towards Electivire. When it made contact, a powerful explosion occurred. Dust was strewn every which way, making it impossible to see anything. When the smoke finally cleared, Electivire was struggling to stand up.
"Well, seems like the fella has some fight left in him after all." Ash laughed. "Maybe we should change that!"
"Damn it Ketchum!" Paul cried, "Electivire! Hit him with everything! Giga Impact!"
Electivire's movements were labored at first, but as he continued, he picked up speed, going faster and faster. When he reached his top speed, he pushed further, gaining the powerful aura the attack is known for. But Electivire didn't stop there. He continued to push. Past his extremes. To the point of no return. But Ash paid it no thought.
When Electivire had made it across the battlefield to Ash, Ash just shrugged and disappeared, Electivire just passing through the area he was just standing in. But Electivire was going to fast, he couldn't stop even if he wanted to.
"Oh, so close. Here, I'll stop you." Ash said as he raised both of his hands.
Within moments, Electivire had stopped moving forward and was suspended in the air for all to see. Ash continued to control Electivire's flight pattern, moving him over the recently formed lava lake.
"No! You can't do that!" Paul shouted. He already almost lost Dragonite, the only reason he survived was his resistance. Electivire wouldn't last a second in there.
"You're right, I'm not that evil." Ash smirked, throwing Electivire into the nearby trees, knocking them down until the behemoth couldn't move a muscle in resistance.
"No, how?" Paul said, falling to his knees. "How could you do this? Your aura is too powerful, you defeated Electivire by yourself. How, how, HOW!?" Paul was utterly defeated, unable to do anything.
"Now," Ash said, approaching Paul and grabbing him by his collar. "Give me Misty back."
"You want me?" Misty said, walking from the forest, flanked on either side by Ward and Jakaura, Pikachu resting on her shoulder. "Come and get me."
Ooo, another cliffhanger. Ash has gone off the deep end, and it's cost him his friends! What'll happen next, keep reading to find out!