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Chapter 9 – Revenge of the Fossils
The group of six humans and three Pokémon were walking down a dusty road approaching a small town. As the weary travelers came ever closer to their destination, people rushed about the town, preparing for the carnival that would occur that night.
"Hey guys look at that. It seems that a carnival is in town!" Misty called out in excitement. Lily was looking around at all the people, never having seen such sights. People running about carrying crates filled with goods. Fighting type Machoke helping set up stalls and carnival rides. All of these new sights attracted the cloned girl's attention.
"It seems that Lily is having fun," Leaf said getting a blush from said girl and laughter from their friends.
"How about we stop here for today? We have been travelling for some time now. Why not relax and have fun here?" Clio asked with a hopeful tone.
"I agree with Clio. It is best we relax while we can. We don't know what the future will bright."
"A wise advice Ferrum. If all of you are alright with that, we can stop here for today?" Ash asked getting nods from everyone including Ryuujin and Pikachu. "Then we better get to the Pokémon Centre and rent some rooms."
"You rent the rooms boys. We girls will meet up with you later by the town square!" Leaf said cheerfully before dragging Lily and Misty with her.
"I will never understand girls. What goes on in their head anyway?" Brock put an arm on Clio's shoulder and said with a sagely tone, "That my good man is the million pokédollar question. What is going on in a woman's head? The only ones with the answer are women and male psychics with powerful telepathic powers, like Ash."
"Wait Ash! Ash what were the girls thinking?" Clio and Brock turned to where Ash was last to see that he had vanished with Pikachu and Ryuujin. Only one left of their group was Ferrum staring at them with amusement. The large steel/fighting dual type had Ash's backpack in his arms.
"They left some time ago. You knew that, right?"
"Umm…Right! Come on Ferrum, after we rent the rooms, we can go find everyone?"
"Of course Brock. Lead the way. I want to drop off this bag before I head out and enjoy the carnival. Father did leave me with a rather sizeable allowance to waste." Muttering under his breath, Brock lead Clio and Ferrum towards the Pokémon Center.
Ash, Pikachu and Ryuujin were walking down the road heading towards the Ferris Wheel. Ash was chomping on some dango. Pikachu was sitting on Ash's shoulder guzzling down a small packets of ketchup. Ryuujin was walking beside him chomping on candied apples.
"Having fun Ryuujin?" Ash asked getting an excited nod from the little dragon.
"Gible gib gible!"
Ash laughed at that before kneeling down and patting the little dragon on his head. "That's nice to hear. How about we ride the Ferris Wheel there. It will allow us to see all of the carnival?" Ryuujin didn't respond verbally, as he was chomping on another of his candied apples, but he nodded with excitement. With a smile, Ash quickly finished his dango, picking up the little dragon, he walked towards the booth. After waiting for a few minutes, Ash and his two Pokémon were finally able to enter an empty cab of the Ferris Wheel.
Ash, Ryuujin and Pikachu stared out of the windows of the cab. Ryuujin with a look of wonder and awe. Seeing that look, Pikachu and Ash quickly shared a smile. "So how does it look?"
"GIBLE!" Ryuujin called out with glee as the little dragon peeked out of the window.
"I am glad you're having fun. After you become a Garchomp, it will become harder to find Ferris Wheels with large enough cabs for you to ride."
"Ash is that a stampeding heard of Exeggutor heading towards the Carnival?"
"What do you mean Pikachu?" Ash asked turning towards where Pikachu was pointing. Ryuujin called in excitement, "Gib gible!"
"I hear you Ryuujin. Hang on you two. I am going to teleport right into the path of the herd!"
"Everyone stand back and let the heard stampede through, at the end of the road is a bomb. That should take care of them!" A plump old man called out to the citizens and visitors of the town. As most of the people quickly ran towards the sides of the road, Ash and his two Pokémon suddenly appeared in the middle of the road. Quickly releasing Charmander and Alolan Marowak, Ash called out his orders.
"Young man! Quickly head towards the sides of the road. A couple of Pokémon can't stop a heard that large!" the plump old man called out only to get ignored by Ash and his Pokémon.
"Ryuujin use Dragon Breath! Charmander, Marowak use Flamethrower! Create a wall of fire in their path." Everyone watched as the common Charmander, the strange shark like Pokémon and the weird looking black Marowak with a flaming bone used their respective attacks. The little shark like Pokémon released an intense breath of green flames while the other two released breaths of reddish orange flames. Within moments a wall of crackling flames formed in the path of the charging heard of tree like Pokémon.
Everyone watch with bated breath as the charging heard of Exeggutor came nearer and nearer towards the wall of flame and to everyone's relief, the herd came to a complete stopped. The herd was about to run back the way they came when
"Ash the herd is under Hypnosis. We need to wake them up or knock them out!" Clio called out as he ran up behind the group with Brock, Misty, Leaf, Lily, Ferrum and a man he didn't recognize. Brock quickly released his Slugma and Vulpix with Clio releasing his Charmeleon, Marowak, Salandit and Numel.
"Then on the count of three we callout for all fire types to use Flamethrower! ONE… TWO… THREE…" Ash called out before everyone commanded their Pokémon to release their fiery breaths at the group of hypnotized Coconut Pokémon. The whole herd was quickly doused in a veritable sea of orange flames. When the flames finally dissipated, the herd looked around in confusion, with parts of their bodies suffering from minor burns, thanks to the restraint all the Fire type Pokémon showed. To everyone's surprise, Ash's Charmander suddenly glowed white before quickly morphing into its evolved state, Charmeleon.
"Congratulations Charmeleon!" Ash said getting an arrogant but happy nod from his Charmeleon. "Are all of you finally in the right state of mind again?" Ash asked as he used a burst of his psychic powers to quickly quench the remaining flames. A larger than average Exeggutor turned to Ash before speaking in their natural tongue.
"Exeggutor tor exeggutor."
"That's good, now would you mind returning back to your forest? I don't think a wild herd of Exeggutor walking through a small town during a carnival is agreeable to everyone. If any of you have suffered heavy burns, just ask Ferrum to use his aura to heal you." Ash said with a smile pointing at Ferrum who just glared at Ash for volunteering him without his consent. With lazy calls the whole herd quickly departed for the forest while some of the one with heavy burns walked towards a disgruntled Ferrum.
It had been a couple of weeks since the incident at the carnival and Charmander evolving. Since then Ash and his friends were walking towards a port before catching a ship towards Cinnabar Island. During that time, Ash had been helping Clio, Leaf and Misty train their Pokémon to their absolute limits. From just two weeks, some of his trainees Pokémon had already evolved. Even his Horsea had gotten stronger and evolved into Seadra.
Misty's Starmie had gotten strong enough to give Midori and Blaze a challenge, even though it would lose to them in the end. Her Shellos had finally evolved into Gastrodon with, her Froakie learning Water Pulse and how to use her speed to run on water before evolving into Frogadier. Her Horsea had grown large and was on the verge of evolving. Her Poliwag, though a new Pokémon was quite determined to become the very best. So in the last two weeks she had grown by leaps and bounds, easily reaching the strength of a seasoned battler. The rest of her Pokémon had also become stronger though Misty decided to send her Tentacool, Krabby and Slowpoke back to the Cerulean Gym.
Leaf's Ivysaur had evolved into Venusaur and was giving Midori a run for her money, though the Regal Pokémon was holding back her strength to that of an Elite level Pokémon. Her Rowlet had evolved into Dartrix was easily one of her fastest and most tricky Pokémon to handle. Though Dartrix still needed experience, she made up for it through sheer guts and willpower. Her Exeggutor had trained exclusively under his own, both being the Alolan variant. Through the harsh training, her Exeggutor had already reached the threshold to becoming an Elite level Pokémon, though she would still need a lot of work and experience before she could be considered one. Leaf's Paras, Exeggcute and Eevee had trained hard and become seasoned battlers, but they still had a way to go before they could be considered Elites.
Clio's Charmeleon and Ash's own had trained exclusively under Blaze. The older dragon like Pokémon had taken his two pre-evolved friends under his wing and had the two train till they dropped, though the two Charmeleon didn't really complain, wanting to become as strong or stronger than their trainer. Their Marowak seemed to have a rivalry born between them, though Ash's one was stronger for the moment, but from Clio's Marowak's determination, it was clear that he would quickly reach his rivals levels of strength. Last, but not least, Clio's Salandit evolved into a dazzling Salazzle and easily becoming one of his strongest battlers. Clio's Shiny Numel was already strong when he caught him, but now with a couple of weeks hard training, the Numb Pokémon was a force to be reckoned with especially since he was a very tenacious Pokémon. Never giving up even in the face of absolute defeat. Surprisingly Numel had learned a move that his species normally can't learn, Magma Storm. He somehow discovered the secret to Heatran's signature move, granted that the Numb Pokémon can't really bring out the true power of a legendary Pokémon's signature move, but leering it was still awe inspiring.
Brock also had his Pokémon train with the group, though not to the level the other three had. His Geodude, Onix, Zubat, Slugma and Rhyhorn trained hard to not be left behind by their friends. Shuckle and Vulpix decided to take it easier and just trained to keep in shape and learn a few new moves. Slugma had grown slightly larger and his core temperature had risen signifying that he was close to evolution. Same could be said for Geodude. He had grown in size and his normally smooth surface had small chips develop. During the training, Geodude had learned Thunder Punch, Fire Punch and Iron Defense. Rhyhorn had learned Surf, Flamethrower, Take Down and Smart Strike. Onix had learned Dragon Breath and Iron Head.
During those two weeks, the group had also helped a young herbalist evolve her Paras into Parasect. They also helped a Jigglypuff learn Sing, though they were caught by surprise when the Jigglypuff tried t6o thank them by serenading them only to find her audience sleeping. So when they woke up, they saw that Jigglypuff had drawn on their faces in revenge.
"Let's hope that we don't meet that Jigglypuff again. I don't think I will forgive it for drawing on my beautiful face," Leaf said with a pout.
"Don't worry about it. If we meet her again, I will tell her why we fell asleep. That should keep her from using Sing indiscriminately and also to expect her audience to fall asleep from her songs." Ash said with a small laugh causing Brock and Clio to join in.
"Very funny Ketchum. You just used your psychic powers to remove the ink. I had to rub my face raw to remove the ink!"
"I offered to remove the ink from your face, you declined. So you can't blame me. The others accepted my offer."
"The way you offered caught me off guard. I thought you were hitting on me!" Ash just smirked at Leaf's exclamation. Misty and Lily were giggling at Leaf's indignant answer, her embarrassment causing her face to resemble a Chansey's. Clio and Brock though decided it would be better to stay away from the argument.
"Oh my Leaf! I didn't know that you had a thing for me! Sorry to break your heart, but I only see you as a good friend," Ash said with false sadness as he teased the brown haired girl even more embarrassment, her face slowly resembling that of a Charmander.
"I don't like you like that!" Everyone started laughing at that causing Leaf to look at everyone in confusion, her embarrassment forgotten for the moment. "Why are you all laughing?"
"You know that he was teasing you, right? You have been playing into his hand from the start." Misty deadpanned after calming down causing Leaf's face to darken even more to resemble a Cherubi's.
"Sorry Leaf but you should have seen the look on your face. It was priceless." Leaf got angry at that and was about to assault Ash when Clio decided to quickly intervene.
"So Ash, I never asked, but what is you dream?"
"That is a tough question Clio. Before Mew awakened my powers, my dream was to become the best Pokémon Master in history. Now I am not too sure. Becoming a Pokémon Master is still a part of my dream, but now that I can understand Pokémon, it seems to be something that can be easily achieved. My position as the Grandmaster Aura Guardian demands that I keep the balance and peace between humans and Pokémon. So I don't really have a concrete dream anymore. I think that becoming a Regional Champion will allow me to influence the minds of our successors by leading by example. So I plan to become a Regional Champion, but for that I need to be able to win a Regional League to get permission to challenge the Elite Four." Everyone nodded in understanding.
"I can understand what you mean. I really didn't know what I wanted to do as well when I started my journey. Charmeleon has always wanted to become strong and I love Fire types, so I decided to become a Fire Pokémon Master," Clio said somberly.
"But to be recognized a Master of a particular type, you need to become either a Regional Champion, an Elite Four member, a Top Coordinator specializing in a single type or prove that you are an Elite Level trainer to the Pokémon League," Brock said getting a nod from Misty as well. "Gym Leaders have an easier time in that as they have to battle the Elite Four from time to time to maintain their registration as a Leader, but for you that's out."
"So I have to either become a Regional Champion, an Elite Four member or prove my worth to the Pokémon League?" Clio asked depressed. "I knew I should have done the Gym Challenge this year. Now I have to wait for next year!"
"Not really. If you can train up an Elite level team by the time next summer ends and if I win the Indigo League along with the Elite Four Challenge, I would be allowed to reform the Elite Four with members I choose. If you are able to take on one of the previous Elite Four members, then I can appoint you as one of my Elite Four. So what do you say?" Ash asked with a smirk getting looks of shock from Misty and Leaf.
"I only have four Pokémon at this time?" Clio said hanging his head.
"That's true but you have about seven montsh to get three more Fire Types and then train up your team to Elite Level. You Charmeleon is already bordering on Elite Level so is you Salazzle. Your Marowak will quickly reach Elite Levels as well with the rivalry it has with my Marowak, who is Elite Level. Having powerful older Pokémon help train the newer ones allow the trainer to quickly bring out the true potential of the newer ones. Just look at my team," Ash explained causing everyone to gasp in shock.
"Your right Ash! No wonder Daisy's Pokémon were stronger than mine when I left. She had mom's Gyarados and Vaporeon help train her own. I should have seen the connection. You had Cherry, Blaze, Ferrum and Midori help train your newer Pokémon from the start."
"That's right Misty. You have seen the results of only two weeks of training under experienced Pokémon. Think of the result of months of training?"
"Hey Ash?" Ash turned to Leaf and nodded to show that he was listening, "What are the responsibilities of an Elite Four Member?"
"They actually are mostly free to do as they like. The only time Elite Four officially battle is if someone takes the Elite Four challenge or if an Elite Four Challenges the Regional Champion. Other than that, they are asked by the League to help the Police in investigating criminal organizations, though that is a rare occurrence. The only time they are asked are when the Police plan to storm a criminal organizations base. Other than that, Elite Four Members and Regional Champions are called on when Legendary Pokémon are enraged and need to be defeated or calmed down."
"The last one must be a very rare occurrence?" Lily observed getting nods from Ash.
"Now that the Order is reestablishing itself, that duty will become nearly obsolete. The Order will handle such situations. So you got that Leaf?"
"Sure now if I can train up my team to Elite Level by the end of next summer will you let me become one of your Elite Four? I have always dreamed to be recognized as a Grass Pokémon Master."
"If you have a team of six Grass Pokémon, then why not! It will make my decision easier. I heard that Lorelei and Agatha were planning to retire anyway. Lance is looking to give up the position of Kanot Elite Four Member. It's too much of a hassle to have that duty on top of his duties as Johto Champion and Leader of the Pokémon G-Men. Bruno doesn't give have any opinions form what Lance said, but I doubt he will be angry if I don't include him in my Elite Four. So you see I will have to build up a whole new Elite Four any way."
"Thanks Ash. Now all I have to do is train my team hard. They should be ready by the end of summer, right?"
"That's right, but then you will need to evolve your Eevee to a Leafeon," Ferrum said getting a blank look form everyone but Ash.
"Leafeon is the Grass Type evolution of Eevee. A Eevee needs to touch a Moss Rock. It's a rock covered in moss and has a strong natural aura of grass type energy. You will have to visit either Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos or Alola." Ash said getting a nod from Leaf.
"You should go to Unova. I was planning to go there to see if I could find a Larvesta or Volcarona. They live in Relic Castle. You can come with me if you want?" Clio offered getting a small smile from Leaf.
"Or you can go to Alola again. Have you been to Lush Jungle yet. Larvesta and Volcarona can be found there and the Moss Rock is in the forest as well. You can capture two Pidgey with a single pokéball." Leaf and Clio looked up in shock.
"You mean to say that I could have got a Larvesta or Volcarona while I was in Alola all along?" Ash just nodded causing Clio to give off a howl of rage before he started mumbling to himself about being an idiot and not believing the rumors.
"Yeah you can find them in the Caves to the east of the Jungle. The Moss Rock is close to the entrance of the Jungle, so you better search for it near the entrance."
"Thanks Ash. After you do your Cinnabar Island Gym Challenge, I think that I will take a boat back to Pallet Town Harbor and then head out to Viridian Airport. What do you say Leaf?"
"I think that's a wonderful idea Clio. Well Ash why don't we keep moving then. The faster we reach Cinnabar, the faster Eevee can become a Leafeon, that's if she wants to become one," Leaf said in the end getting a smile from Ash.
"We can ask her later. Now why don't we keep on moving? We are really close to Grampa Canyon so only a couple of weeks more till we reach the ocean and the port town of Old Shore Wharf," Ash suggested getting a nod from everyone.
As Ash and his friends were walking down a road near Grampa Canyon, they heard loud noises coming over a small rise. As they were about to investigate, Gary Oak rode up the road they were traveling down in his Red Convertible Sports car. His ever present Cheer Leader Squad with him. After stopping the car near them, the arrogant trainer got out. The shocking thing was that he was wearing a yellow hard hat and had a pick in his hand. The Cheer Leaders were similarly attired with hard hats and picks.
"Well if it isn't Ashy-boy, Leaf, Clio and friends! Are you here for the Fossil Rush as well? I heard that if you find a particularly well preserved fossil, you can keep it. Then you can have it reanimated at a lab on Cinnabar Island!" Seeing the confused looks from everyone, Gary and his Cheer Leaders laughed out. "You don't know what I am talking about, do you?"
"I know about the Fossil Revival Project many laboratories are researching, even the Dr. Kenshin has a team researching it. The Fossil Rush here at Grampa Canyon is something I didn't know. How long ago were the fossils discovered?" Ash asked with curiosity.
"About a week ago. How don't you know about that?"
"We haven't been to Civilization in a bit over a week. How are we supposed to know the news when we are in the wilds?" Gary had the decency to look embarrassed at Leaf's deadpan statement.
"Anyway, Gramps is here along with some Representative from Rota. He called me to come by. Something about the possibility of getting my hands on a revivable fossil. I do hope that I get my hands on an Aerodactyl Fossil!" Seeing Gary loosing himself to his fantasies, Ash decided to draw his attention back to reality.
"Then we better get to the Canyon before all the good fossils are recovered by someone," Ash didn't wait for anyone's opinions and walked towards the Canyon, though his companions didn't really complain. The possibility to have a Fossil Pokémon on their team was too much of a temptation. As they walked by, Gary just looked stunned at the sudden dismissal.
"Hey wait for me!" Gary exclaimed running after the group. Cresting the rise, the group came face to face with what could only be described as organized chaos. Trainers and archeologist were running about overturning and checking every piece of rock large enough to contain a fossil.
"This wasn't something I was expecting!" Brock said getting nods from everyone.
After observing the situation for some time, the group decided to head towards the large tent to the side of the Canyon as they saw Professor Oak and Sir Brunner standing just outside the tent, discussing something. As they were approaching the two, Leaf tripped over a large rock.
"Hey you alright Leaf?" Lily asked as she pulled Leaf back up to her feet.
"Yeah, I am alright. Luckily I didn't break anything, only minor scrapes. Those will go away within a couple of days." Lily nodded as Brock and Clio were examining the rock Leaf tripped over. The rock had been upturned showing a fossilized root.
"Be a bit more careful Leaf. While it's good that you didn't hurt yourself, it's better to be vigilant in places like this. From the amount of activity going on, I won't be surprised if a landslide happens." Ash said as he placed a glowing palm to the scrapes on Leaf's arm.
"Hey guys I think that Leaf tripped over a fossil?" Clio called out gaining everyone's attention. As they turned their attention to the upturned rock and its examiners, Sir Brunner and Professor Oak approached them with a boy a bit older than them. The boy had red hair and was wearing blue slacks, yellow shirt and blue boots. On his rams were a pair of gloves with crystals embedded on them. On his back was a staff similar with a large clear crystal on top. On is head was a hat similar to Ash's but without more angular. Beside the boy was a Togetic.
"Good afternoon Grandmaster and friends. Are you here for the Fossil Rush?"
"That's right Master Brunner," Ash said straightening up. Ash then turned towards the boy accompanying Brunner. "So you must be Squire Selwyn. I hear that you are a prodigy and a traditionalist. It seems that the traditionalist part was correct and from the texture of your Aura, I can tell that you are nearly ready to become an Adept. Keep up the good work Squire."
"Thank you for the praise Grandmaster," Selwyn said bowing before straightening up. "I am Squire Jerry Selwyn, sorry for forgetting my manners and not introducing myself earlier," Selwyn said directing his attention to the group with Ash.
"Gary Oak, future Pokémon Master!" Garry introduced with his usual pompous attitude.
"The names Misty," Misty said with a smile. "It's nice to see another redhead."
"The names Brock. If you need any help with breeding techniques, come to me alright?" Brock said clapping the boy on his back.
"Leaf Miles, an old friend of Ash's and a future Grass Pokémon Master!" Leaf introduced with a small smirk.
"Clio Valdez form Pallet and future Fire Pokémon Master!" Clio said shaking hands with Selwyn.
"Squire Lily White, apprenticed under the Grandmaster. Nice to meet another Squire. How's it been in Rota?" Lily said with an excited smile. Selwyn was taken aback by her behavior.
"Lily stop pestering the boy!" Ash said as he bended down to pick up the fossil. Lily blushed in embarrassment at Ash's chastisement. Standing up, Ash handed the fossil over to Professor Oak. "Professor? Do you recognize what fossil this is? Leaf found it after tripping over it."
"Let's head to the tent. We ca use the Analyzer to examine it in details. Though I believe that it's a root fossil and in very good condition as well. Lucky find Leaf, you can have it revived at Cinnabar Island."
"What kind of Pokémon left that fossil Professor?"
"I believe that the fossil is that of a Lileep. It's astounding that you found one here. They were supposed to be native to Hoenn. Lileep and its evolved form, Cradily are Rock/Grass Type Pokémon. This find proves that millennia ago, all the land masses were joined together in a massive supercontinent." Oak said while in the background, Jerry told Lily about his time in Rota and his training there. "Now this will take a couple of hours. Why don't we have lunch while the fossil is examined." Everyone agreed to the Professor's proposal and within a few minutes, they all were sitting at a large table near the cooking tent. A delicious spread of food sitting in front of them. An hours later, everyone had finished their lunch and were preparing to go fossil hunting.
"So Dr. Kenshin send you to get a couple of fossils for his Fossil Revival Project, didn't he?"
"You know the old man. He has been bugging me ever since the news came out. Selwyn and I arrived two days ago and have been searching for suitable samples. Till date we have only found a couple of dome and helix fossils and a single old amber containing the blood of an Aerodactyl."
"That's good. How many did he ask you to get?"
"A couple more, a total of at least seven. We have another fossil, but it's a Kalos native. I was thinking of giving it to you after revival."
"That's nice of you Jason, so what does it contain?"
"It's a Jaw Fossil. It contains the DNA of a Tyrunt. From research I believe that they are Rock/Dragon type Pokémon. So what do you say?"
"I believe that it would be a wonderful addition to any team. I would love receive the Tyrunt after revival."
"why don't you take the Fossil with you. You are heading towards Cinnabar Island right?" Ash nodded. "Then its better you take it now." Brunner said as he and Ash walked towards Brunner's tent. From inside the tent Brunner's Pikachu came out dragging a Jaw Fossil with her.
"Here you Grandmaster!"
"Thank you Pikachu. Have you seen my Pikachu of Gible? It seems to me that those two are up to no good again."
"Sorry but no Grandmaster. The last I saw Pikachu was when he and the little dragon were investigating a couple with a Meowth. Pikachu said something about their minds giving off suspicious emotions. I decided to let them handle the situation."
"Was the man blue haired and the woman magenta haired, with her hair flowing behind her?" Pikachu nodded getting sigh form Ash.
"It seems that we have a couple of wannabe criminals here. I better see to it that they don't cause trouble here. I can't really have them arrested without proof can I?"
"Not really Grandmaster, but we can make sure to catch them ret handed!" Brunner said with a stiff smile. "Do you need me to come along?"
"Not needed. You better get back to your assignment. Dr. Kenshin will just complain the longer you take to complete it." Brunner nodded just as Selwyn ran up to the two.
"Master we have the required amount of Fossils, sir? Togetic and I were able to find three more old ambers with Aerodactyl blood, two more Helix Fossils and a seven more Dome fossils. What should we do sir?"
"Then have all the fossils packed up. We are going to leave tomorrow at dawn. We need to get back to your training." Brunner said with a smile. "You really sure you don't need help handling the idiots?"
"No take the time off. You and your Squire just finished an assignment. Take the day off and then get back to Rota. Dr. Kenshin should be busy for some time with these fossils to bother us with other requests." Brunner nodded as he saw Selwyn with the help of Pikachu and Togetic, was quickly packing up all of the fossils.
"See you later Jason. I am going to visit Rota with Lily about a month before the League begins. I need to introduce her to the others. Hopefully Reily and Raymon will be there as well. I need the reports from them. The Brotherhood is starting act in the shadows. The whole world is being slowly infected by corrupt aura again. My Zygarde informed me that he has sensed the dark aura users searching for him and his kin. Luckily we are only two cells short of achieving 10% Form."
"That is not good. Luckily we have found many aura sensitive orphan children. Lucario and Master Kenway are already teaching them the basics with their Squires helping. Hopefully the Brotherhood doesn't really have that much power yet and won't move for a few more years. We should have time to prepare and hopefully we will have a couple of more masters and many more knights to combat them." Ash nodded in agreement just before Zygarde popped out of its pokéball and glowed green. Within moments seven cells rushed towards it and merged into the core. The gore glowed before transforming into a dog like form with black green skin.
"Congratulations Zygarde. Now you can fight!" Ash said getting a nod from Zygarde.
"Everyone here is destroying the canyon. Luckily there aren't any living things here. But through one of my cells, I saw a man, a woman and a Meowth planting dynamites. I advise that you warn people here about an imminent landslide!"
"You do that Brunner, I will go and head them off with Zygarde. Hopefully Pikachu and Ryuujin will be able to keep them busy till we get there!" Ash said before he and Zygarde ran towards the place where Zygarde last saw Team Rocket at.
"Let's go Jerry, Pikachu! We need to alert everyone to the danger!"
"Alright Master!" Selwyn said before both humans and their Pokémon partners ran towards the announcement system.
"Stop right there, Team Rocket! Do you know what you are about to do?" Ash called out as Lily and his friends reached the place. A staff of blue aura in Lily's hands. The other with pokéball in theirs.
"Prepare for trouble!" Jessie started just before Zygarde roared before rushing towards the group, a blur to everyone's vision. As Zygarde rammed into the group, Meowth accidentally let the detonator fall from his hand. Sadly, for everyone there, the detonator landed with its button facing down. With an electronic beep the explosives exploded causing cracks to appear on the ground all around the group.
"Nobody move a muscle!' Ash exclaimed as he prepared to levitate everyone off the danger zone.
"Gible!" Ryuujin called out as he and Pikachu ran toward the group.
"No Ryuujin, Pikachu stop!" Ash exclaimed but he was too late. The little dragon and Pikachu had already made it to the crumbling ground. With a terrifying crack, the whole floor gave away causing everyone to fall into a subterranean cavern. Ash was able to use his psychic powers along with Pikachu's help to gently lower everyone down to the cavern floor.
"You fools! Do you know what that could have done?" Zygarde roared directing his ire at Team Rocket, scaring them. Meowth was about to shakily reply only for everyone to be attacked by pressurized jets of water and rainbow colored beams of freezing cold energy. Ash, Lily and Pikachu were quick to put a multilayered barrier of aura. After the attacks faded, the tri let the shield drop.
"Everyone alright?" Ash asked with concern as he stared into the shadows of the cavern. The whole group was surrounded with glowing red eyes glaring at them.
"We are alright thanks to you, Pikachu and Lily," Misty said but Brock continued in a stutter. "Though it seems that we seem to have angered some kind of cave dwelling Pokémon!"
"No need to state the obvious Brock!" Clio said getting ready to release his team. Leaf and Misty weren't far behind, having already released their strongest Pokémon. Venusaur for Leaf and Starmie for Misty. Ash on the other had only released his Charmeleon with Pikachu, Ryuujin and Zygarde, he didn't think it necessary to release any more Pokémon. Jessy, James and Meowth, on the other hand, were huddling behind Lily. The blonde girl had a staff of blue aura in her hands, ready to attack any of the creatures if they ventured to close to them.
"This isn't good. Of all the years I have kept an eye on this Canyon, I never realized that there were hibernating Pokémon here from millennia ago. If the Aerodactyl flock lived and I have no reason to doubt that, then we are in real danger. They are very territorial and are carnivores. We would be a buffet after their long slumber!"
"Will you cut it out Zygarde! You are freaking everyone out with your rambling," Ash said though his expression showed that he himself was not too sure about this situation. "Lily here take Ferrum and Midori. If you find yourself needing a breather, call them out!"
"Thanks Ash," Lily responded as she caught the two Guardian Balls Ash threw her way.
"Pikachu light the place up with Flash!" Ash commanded causing the small mouse to glow bright white, illuminating the whole cavern in white light.
"Tops!"
"Nyte!"
"Star!"
"Kabuto!"
The Fossil Pokémon called out as their eyes were assaulted by the bright light. During their disorientation, Ash asked Pikachu to launch his next attack. "Pikachu call forth Zeus's Judgement!"
"Oh yeah! Eat lightning!" Pikachu called out mentally as he floated into the air. His body covered in a nimbus of blue lightning. After a moment of charging, Pikachu launched a massive wave of blue electricity that filled up the whole cavern, shocking everything it touched. Thankfully for the humans and their Pokémon companions, Ash and Lily had put up another double layered Aura Barrier. After the attack faded, everyone saw the scorch marks on the rocks ground and wall of the cavern.
"That's one powerful Pikachu. He should be able to give Zekrom a challenge."
"Thanks Zekrom. Now what do we do with them?"
"They should have calmed down by the time they wake up. I say we treat them and leave them to what they were doing in the past. The ones still awake, let's see if any of them want to join us. What do you say guys?"
"I have no problems with that. You can't ever have enough Rock Pokémon," Brock said with a smile. "I also always had dreams of training the Kanto Fossil Pokemon!"
"If they aren't fire types, then you can have them. Unless one of them really want to come with me," Ash nodded to Clio's statement. Leaf replied with a similar statement to Clio's.
"Then you will have to revive your fossil Leaf as Lileep and Cradily are the only Grass type Fossil Pokémon." Lily nodded in understanding.
"I don't care about Aerodactyl, but I wouldn't mind a Kabuto, Omanyte or their evolved forms on my team."
"I just want an Aerodactyl, but I don't think that the ones here will be right to capture. I will just search for a fossilized remains of Aerodactyl," Gary said after a moment of thought.
"We wouldn't mind a couple of Fossil Pokémon!' Jessie spoke up only to get the stink eye from everyone present.
"You don't deserve anything! It's because of you that these innocent Pokémon have been awakened from the millennia long slumber. Be happy that they are just irritable and were not really trying to harm us," Zygarde said getting a fearful nod from Team Rocket.
"After this is over we are turning you over to the police," Ash said with anger. "I have grown tired of your idiotic acts. I have sensed that you are good at heart. You have only been dealt a bad hand by fate, but you haven't even tried to change your path. The longer you stay, the more difficult it will be for you to leave the dark path. Both of you have the potential to become powerful Aura Guardians, but you only waste that potential. As of this moment I am done with giving you chances."
"Hey guys it seems that some of them are want to get out and see the world again? The have agreed to join us, if we want them that is!"
Everyone turned to see Lily talking with some of the downed Fossil Pokémon, now much calmer than they originally were. She had already healed the unconscious ones and was healing the ones awake. All of them looked powerful in their own right.
"Alright Lily! After they are healed up, why don't you ask them to come forward. We would love to have them with us!" Brock said, smiling with the others nodding in agreement.
"Now Team Rocket," Ash began only for Jessie and James to interrupt with anger. Their eyes glowing with smoldering anger. James's normally green eyes glowing a cerulean blue with Jessie's indigo eyes changing to cerulean blue and glowing.
"What do you even know about us, huh twerp?" Jessie asked her eyes glowing more.
"Do you think we wanted a life like this? Being criminals was the last thing we wanted!" James continued, his eyes glowing brighter with every moment. Everyone stared in shock at their response.
"I have been an orphan since I was four! My mother was a top ranking Executives in Team Rocket under Madam Boss. Once she was sent on some mission and she never came back. I had dreamed to become a Pokémon Nurse, but since I didn't have enough money, I was forced to join a Pokémon Nursing School. A school at which Chansey, Audino and similar Pokémon learn. Even then I was able to go far and nearly graduated. The only reason I failed was because I couldn't use Sing to soothe Pokémon. After that I Pokémon Tech where I met James for the first time. We were unable to keep up and dropped out soon after. After leaving we joined a Bicycle Gang at Sunny Town. After a couple of years of riding with the gang, we left to follow our own way! I have worked as a model, a Weather Girl in Hoenn Now and other short term jobs. All contract basis."
"I don't know what happened to Jessie after leaving the gang, but we met up again in Team Rocket. I know that I joined because I didn't want to be found by my overbearing parents," James continued getting a raised eyebrow from the group.
"Let me guess, you are the heir to a rich, probably a noble family. You ran away to get away from the rules, right?" Ash asked with an expression asking for James to challenge his guess.
"That's right! I am forced into an engagement that I don't want. An engagement my parents manipulated me into using my fleeting crush on my fiancée. Anyway after running away with Jessie, you know that I joined the Bicycle Gang. After that, as I said, I joined Team Rocket as a way to get paid. It's not like I condone crime; I just don't have any choice. Neither does Jessie for that matter! So you tell me what should we do?"
"If we leave Team Rocket; the boss will have us hunted down and silenced! Do you think you will be able to protect us from THAT!" Jessie roared out as a small shockwave of aura erupted out of her. Within moments, the magenta haired woman had fainted, but before she could fall onto the unforgiving ground, James had already caught her as he glared at Ash and his friends.
"I don't know what happened to her but if you are responsible for it, then you will have hell to pay for hurting my only human friend!" James said with his eyes brightly glowing.
"Calm down James. She will be fine. You both have just awakened your aura from the stressful situation you have been put in. this was what I was talking about. Now I didn't know your history, so I apologize in thinking that you aren't trying to change your ways. Now Jessie asked that how will I be able to protect you from Team Rocket hunting you down." James nodded in agreement as he slowly calmed down. Beside him Meowth was keeping a close eye on the others accompanying Ash.
"If you are ready to truly try and change your ways, I will have you inducted into the Order. I doubt even the Boss of Team Rocket is crazy enough to draw the wrath of the Order. Each of the masters alone can fight toe-to-toe with legendary Pokémon like Mew, the Titan Trio, the Golem Trio and the Eon Duo. I myself can go toe-to-toe with Mew. Our most experienced Aura Partners are nearly as strong as us. So you tell us, do you think there are any members in Team Rocket that will be able to really do anything if the Order decides to poke our noses in their business. Make no mistake, we will do that when we find out who the leader is, but till then let them sweat it out. I already took down one of Team Rockets Top Executives. Ariana I believe. We already know who Black Tulip is. She is probably an unrealized Aura User and we know how she looks. We already have an eye out for her. It will be just a matter of time before Team Rocket is finally disbanded. Now you tell me do you want to go to jail for being connected to Team Rocket, when they fall, or are you going to be there to personally bring them down?"
James stared with a contemplative look on his face. Meowth beside him was looking at Ash in surprise. In James's arm, Jessie was stirring from her faint, gently moaning out drawing everyone attention to everyone to the meganta haired woman.
"Ash all of them are fine now. These six are the ones wanting to join us," Lily said drawing everyone's attention to her and the group of six Pokémon behind her. There were two Omanyte, an Omastar, two Kabuto and a Kabutops.
"Alright guys who do you want to join? Just know that Lily, Clio, Gary, Leaf and Team Rocket don't really want you but will take you in if you want," Ash said pointing to the specified people. After a few moments of deliberation and whispering between themselves the Kabutops walked forward.
"I want to travel under you. All of your cast seem to be very powerful. I want to join you so that I can become just as powerful. Omastar wants the same as me. He wants to become stronger. The others will approach whose cast they want to join."
"Alright Kabutops and Omastar, welcome to the family!" Ash said as he took out two Guardian Balls and gently touched them to Kabutops's head and Omastar's Shell. In flashes of red light, both living fossils were absorbed into the balls and with a ping both balls signified capture. As Ash was acquiring his new living fossils, a Kabuto and Omanyte pair approached Misty and Brock each. With smiles, Misty and Brock quickly caught them gaining a Kabuto and an Omanyte each.
"Twerp we have come to a final decision. We want to leave Team Rocket and join the Order. We will even give you all we know about Team Rocket and its operations we are aware of." Ash stared at James with a scrutinizing stare before using a light touch of telepathy to see if they were truthful. Seeing that they were truly hones about turning over a new leaf, Ash nodded.
"Alright then. After we get out of here, you will join Master Brunner in his journey to Cameran Palace. After arriving there, you will be taken under the tutelage of Masters Lucario and Kenway. You both have great potential. Hopefully by the end of the summer, you will be promoted to Adept. After that it will be up to you to keep practicing and mastering your abilities. Know this that unless specifically given a mission, an Aura Guardian is free to move about and do whatever they like as long as its legal and doesn't bring shame to the Order. Lucario and Kenway will fill you in on all of your duties as Guardians. I will visit Cameran by the end of Summer. I shall bring an Agent from the International Police and an Officer Jenny to take your statements on all that you know about Team Rocket. I advise that you write everything down."
"Thank you kid! You won't regret it!" Jessie said with a genuine smile. Life finally seemed to be taking an upturn for her.
"I just have to ask; what will happen if my parents and unwanted fiancée find out?" James asked with a shudder.
"What family do you belong to anyway?"
"The Kojirou Clan," James stated with pride. Ash just smirked in mirth.
"Then you have no problems. As a minor noble family under Rota, my cousin has a bit of say over what they do. As the heir of the family, you joining the Order makes it easier for her to interfere. If you want, you can lodge an official complaint against your parents. That's all up to you, but I would hold off from complaining until you become a Knight, Second Class. Adepts are Knight, Third Class."
"Thank you Grandmaster. I will make sure to not disappoint you along with my friends! Ah… Now that I realize it, what will happen to Meowth?"
"Every Pokémon has the ability to use aura. Some are just more strongly attuned to their aura naturally than others. Meowth, as he is able to talk like a human, shows that he has a very strong attunement to his aura. He should be able to become an aura user very quickly. That is if he what. If not, he can train under Master Lucario to become a better fighter as a Pokémon."
"Thank yee! I was wondering 'bout that as well. I would lov' to become a Guardian."
"There you have it. Now everyone pace yourselves. I am about to lift up out of the cavern four at a time." Ash said before Jessei, James, Meowth and Zygarde glowed with a psychic blue aura before being lifted up into the air. After they were out of the cavern, Ash proceeded to lift Misty, Lily, Leaf and Clio. After the four were safely out. Ash lifted Brock and Gary out of the cavern.
"Oi Ryuujin, where are you?" Ash called out cursing in his mind for taking his eyes off the little dragon. "You see him Pikachu?"
"No but I sense him in one of the tunnels. He seems to be chewing on some rocks again," Pikachu explained with a sigh. Around the two, the unconscious fossils were waking up and looking around in confusion. Beside them the ones that were awake but didn't join anyone were telling them what happened when a cacophony of roars rang out in the cavern just before a beam of orange energy blasted out of one of the side tunnels. Specifically, the tunnel which Ryuujin was exploring.
"RYUUJIN!" Ash called out as he rushed towards the little dragon. As he approached the little dragon, he saw that the stubborn little dragon was still awake and faintly glowing with a yellow light. It seemed that Ryuujin was using Rest to heal up. As Ash was examining Ryuujin, Charmeleon came out of his pokéball and attentively stared at the tunnel Ryuujin was blasted out of. As he watched the tunnel, he observed that the other Fossil Pokémon were quickly making themselves scarce.
"Charmeleon meleon!" Charmeleon called out trying to get Ash's attention but to no avail. Luckily Pikachu wasn't as distracted and turned towards the tunnel as well, his cheeks sparking with yellow electricity. Eyes glowing an eerie blue.
"Ash? Is the squirt healed up yet?"
"Not yet. I am helping to accelerate the process. Why?"
"Because we are about have company. Three powerful Aerodactyl, if I am sensing this right."
"Damn! If they attack, try and hold them back you two. I will see to it that Ryuujin is healed up soon." Ash said as he increased the amount of healing aura he was pumping into the little dragon. For the next couple of minutes, the two Pokémon kept up their vigil as their trainer and friend healed up the little dragon. Finally, the yellow glow dimmed as the little dragon opened his eyes, revealing his rage at his attackers.
"Alright guys I am about to Teleport us out of here!" Ash said but was forced to dodge another beam of orange energy from the tunnel. Ryuujin, Pikachu and Charmeleon jumped in different directions to Ash. As they were getting up a terrible screech erupted in the cavern before three gray blurs flew out of the tunnel. The lead blur caught Ash in its claws and flew out of the hole in the top of the cavern. The other two following not far behind.
"Hey what was that?" Misty asked after hearing a muffled roar from inside the cavern.
"I don't know, but that didn't sound very good!" Lily exclaimed before using her Aura Sight to see what was happening. "It seems that Ryuujin has been injured. He is using Rest; I believe the move is called. Ash is augmenting the process with healing aura."
"This isn't good. I think that the Aerodactyl Flock is awake. They must get out of there soon. The Flock leader is very strong. I would say as strong as Charmeleon is at this moment. The other two aren't far behind in terms of strength."
"You don't really know how to inspire confidence, do you?"
"I won't sugarcoat something so that you will feel better about yourselves. That will only harm you in the long run. What was that!" Zygarde called out as three gray blurs flew out of the hole in the canyon floor. Within moments Pikachu, Charmeleon and Ryuujin flew out of the hole covered in blue psychic energy.
"What happened? Where's Ash?" Brock asked Pikachu who had a grip expression on his face.
"Ash is in the lead Aerodactyl's claws. He seems to have hit his head on a rock or something because he is unconscious." Lily said getting a gasp from the others. Charmeleon and Ryuujin growled out before roaring their defiance at the three ancient fossils. Simultaneously they were covered in the light of evolution. Both grew large and into draconic forms.
When the light faded, instead of Charmeleon there stood a large orange dragon with two horns, though smaller than Blaze. Beside him stood Ryuujin. Now more draconic than his previous form. With a large fin on his back and a smaller one on his tail. Fins on his one clawed arms and two rugby ball shaped protrusions on his head. With a nod to each other the two Pokémon rushed towards their targets with Pikachu not far behind, flying beside the two draconian Pokémon.
"Charizard distract the leader, kid distract his wingmen. I will get Ash out of the way. Then you two can truly test out your new powers!" Pikachu ordered before flying off toward lead Aerodactyl, who was now making towards the cliffs at the top of the canyon.
On the ground, the others watched as Pikachu, Charizard and Ryuujin quickly acted. Pikachu waited for Ryuujin to draw the other two's attention before moving in. Ryuujin grinned before launching a massive wave of green dragon fire at the two Fossil Pokémon scoring direct hits. With roars of anger, the two Aerodactyl turned and tried to double team the Cave Pokémon only for a dark blue beam of energy to hit one of them from the ground.
Zygarde kept an eye on the Aerodactyl he struck with his Hyper Beam, hoping that a single beam would be enough to take it down. Unfortunately for everyone, though the Aerodacty looked tired and injured, she was still flying. Her anger was palpable as she set her eyes on Zygarde. With a roar, she was covered in an aura of purple and orange energy before diving downwards to the Order Pokémon.
"That's Giga Imapct! If that hits Zygarde, he will be hurt, even if he is a Legendary Pokémon!" Brock exclaimed getting gasps from everyone. As everyone watched the diving Aerodactyl, Charizad on the other hand had already successfully distracted the lead Aerodactyl by launching sea blue orbs, his Hidden Power finally being revealed.
Seeing the approaching orbs, the lead Aerodactyl ignored them thinking that they weren't any danger to himself. To his surprise and shock, each of the orbs crashed into his body causing small splashes to riddle his body with painful welts. With a roar of defiance, the Aerodactyl turned to Charizard and launched a massive beam of orange energy. As the Hyper Beam was quickly approaching the Flame Pokémon, Charizard opened his mouth wide before releasing a veritable ocean of crimson flames instead of his normal orange ones.
"By Arceus, Charizard has gotten stronger. Didn't he lose control of those crimson flames last time?" Clio asked in awe as he saw Charizard's Flamethrower easily counter the powerful Hyper Beam. An explosion occurred that shrouded the dueling Pokémon in smoke. As everyone stared in anticipation, Pikachu suddenly teleported in with an unconscious Ash.
"Brock! Lily! I will leave Ash in your care. I have some unfinished business with a couple of overgrown fossils!" Pikachu said before his whole body was shrouded in blue lightning. With a crackle of blue electricity, Pikachu was already gone charging towards the Aerodactyl Ryuujin was battling.
Zygarde howled as he summoned up a massive sand storm before quickly digging into the earth to hide himself. The Aerodactyl he enraged didn't seem to realizes that her target had already vanished, so she kept diving. With a massive boom, Aerodactyl crashed into the ground causing shockwaves and cracks to emanate from the crash site. While it was disoriented, Zygarde launched out of the ground, his body covered in the red aura of Superpower. With a strength beguiling his frame, Zygarde bit into the Aerodactyl's neck and started viciously shaking her. Within moments Aerodactyl was knocked out from the vicious thrashing Zygarde gave. With a final heave, he threw the female Aerodactyl out of his conjured sandstorm and right in front of the group.
Everyone turned to see Zygarde come out of the localized sandstorm panting heavily. Approaching the downed Aerodactyl, Zygarde placed a paw on her back and roared out a challenge to the other two Aerodactyl hoping to anger them. His roar was answered by two enraged roars from the other Aerodactyl, but unfortunately for them, Ryuujin, Pikachu and Charizard were already preventing them from attacking Zygarde.
"Eat Dragon Pulse!" Ryuujin called out before releasing a compressed turquoise orb of draconic energy. The covered the distance between the Aerodactyl and himself before his opponent could even react. The orb struck the Aerodactyl in the chest and exploded throwing her back. Seeing his opponent disoriented, Ryuujin didn't waste any time and charged at the large flying Pokémon enshrouded in an aura of turquoise draconic energy in the form of dragon.
"That's one powerful Gabite. Whose is it?" A man asked startling the group. Everyone turned to see a spiky red haired man standing behind them with a massive Dragonite beside him. The man wore a blue suit with orange color around his sleeves and on the chest area. He also wore a dark belt around his waist, some brown boots with orange heels, and a brown cloak, which is red on the inside.
"Your Lance Wataru the Joint Champion of Johto and Kanto!" Clio shouted out in awe causing everyone to stare wide eyed at the man. Lance chuckled at the groups expression before turning serious.
"That's right, though Kanto hasn't had a Champion since Blue Oak died. Now can one of you answer my question?"
"That's Ash's Gabite, Ryuujin. He has been raising him for the past three of months. Though I am surprised that Gible evolved into Gabite this quickly. Don't Dragon Type Pokémon need extensive hardcore training before evolving?" Brock asked as he finally finished administering to Ash. Lily on the other hand was still using healing aura to quickly heal all of Ash's injuries.
"That's right unless the dragon type is already really powerful. The Grachomp evolutionary line is notorious for their tenacious nature and strong will. Ryuujin could have willed himself to reach the limit and evolve before want most of his natural kind reaches their limit. Does Ryuujin know how to manipulate aura?"
"Yes he does. He has been training in that since he was a week old. Starting aura training so young actually helps the user quickly acclimatize to their aura. That may be the reason the brat evolved so quickly." Zygarde said getting Lance to turn to the dog like Pokémon in shock.
"Zygarde! It's an honor to meet a legendary dragon type Pokémon like you. Are you the guardian of Kanto?" Lance asked in shock.
"That's right. I joined Ash a couple of weeks ago after he offered me the security to regain my other cells. Already I have 10% of them collected. Anyway, I believe that Ryuujin evolved because of his skills in aura manipulation. Now let's see what the little one can do."
As everyone was distracted by Lance's arrival, Ryuujin didn't even react as he rammed into his disoriented opponent with his Dragon Rush. An explosion occurred hiding the two Pokémon in a shroud of smoke. From within the smoke, loud roars could be heard along with Ryuujin's muffled growling, as if he had something in his mouth. As the smoke cleared, everyone could see that Ryuujin was biting into the neck of the trashing and roaring Aerodactyl. His body glowing with the blue-white aura of Strength. Finally, after a few more moments of thrashing, Ryuujin used all of his strength to flip them vertically. As the two were falling towards the ground, Ryuujin's belly seemed to glow with an intense orange glow.
"Is that Draco Meteor?" Lance asked in shock as his Dragonite watched in awe as the younger dragon showed power and skills more common in seasoned Pokémon.
"Ryuujin has been trying to learn Draco Meteor for some time now," Ash said, startling everyone as they didn't realize that he was already awake. "He has a fifty-fifty chance of it working. He hasn't learned how to make it stable yet."
"Still how old is he really? Your friend told me that he is barely three months old. Is that true?" Ash just nodded causing Lance to stare in shock. "A three month old Gible evolving into Gabite is shocking but not unheard of, but to be learning Draco Meteor with a 50% success rate is truly shocking. Even out of my two Dragonite, only my starter here has mastered Draco Meteor. Her mate still need a long time before he is ready to use it."
"Looks like Ryuujin has finally mastered Draco Meteor," Ash observed causing everyone to turn back to the sky to see a perfectly stable orb of orange draconic energy burning into the back of the Aerodactyl, causing it to quickly rise into the sky. Moments later the orb exploded in to a multitude of raining orange meteors of draconic energy. Many of them striking the Aerodactyl Ryuujin was fighting. Though she survived the initial explosion, the additional meteors finally caused her to succumb to her injuries. As she was falling for the sky a pokéball struck her and absorbed her into it. With a moment of flashing a ping was heard signifying a capture. Everyone turned to the one threw the pokéball with a blank stare.
"What? If I didn't capture her, she would have been even more hurt and I did say that I wanted an Aerodactyl on my team!" Gary said with a smug smile. Everyone shook their heads at the arrogant boy before turning their attention back to the final fight.
"Great job kid now take a rest!" Pikachu said to the panting Cave Pokémon before rushing towards Charizard who had his neck grasped in the lead Aerodactyl's claws. With a small nod Ryuujin flew back to the group and landed beside Zygarde before turning his attention to the final fight.
"Great job kid. You have truly shown the power of us Dragons!" Zygarde said with pride in the young dragon getting a happy nod from him.
"That's right Ryuujin. You have surpassed everyone's expectation of you. Cherry will be proud of you!" Ash said before eyeing the downed Aerodactyl. Still unconscious form the beating Zygarde gave. "We should capture the other two Aerodactyl as well or they can become a danger to human and Pokémon alike. Why don't you capture this one Brock?"
"Don't you want her?"
"Nah! None of the Aerodactyl have the right Aura compatibility with me. It would only harm them instead of help them," Brock nodded before he took out a pokéball and touched it to the head of the unconscious Aerodactyl. Within seconds she was absorbed into it in a read flash and a ping resounded signifying capture. The Aerodactyl was so tired that she didn't even fight being captured. "So Lance what are you doing here?"
"I came to see if I could get my hands on an Old Amber or an Aerodactyl Fossil. I never imagined I would see living ones rampaging through here." Ash chuckled before turning back to the fight in the air.
"You can capture the one Charizard and Pikachu are battling. As I said none of them have the right compatibility with me."
"Thanks Ash!"
As they chatted, Pikachu had struck the lead Aerodactyl with an Iron Tail, causing him to release Charizard. The Flame Pokémon roared in anger before his body glowed with a red aura as his tail fire grew to monstrous proportions and changed color to crimson red. With another roar, Charizard released an even more massive wave of crimson fire that washed over the distracted Aerodactyl. Pikachu taking the chance to teleport himself to Charizard's head.
"This is becoming ridiculous! It must be at least Elite Level! How can a wild Pokémon that isn't a legendary be this strong?"
"Don't ask me Pikachu. I am wondering the same thing. Do you think I should try a Blast Burn? I know that I haven't mastered it but that didn't stop Ryuujin from using Draco Meteor!"
"Do it, just get in close. Even if you fail, the resultant explosion will give a chance to finally put this sucker down.' Pikachu said before flying up into the air. His body bursting with crackling blue lightning. With a roar, Charizard quickly rushed the burned and dazed Aerodactyl.
Looking up in surprise, the Fossil Pokémon roared out in anger before charging towards Charizard with his body enshrouded in an aura of orange and purple spiraling energy. Just before they collided, Charizard reared back his fist and smacked it right into the energy clad Aerodactyl's face. A massive burst of crimson fires formed from the punch before an explosion shook the whole area. Form the smoke Charizard fell towards the ground, suddenly catching himself, he landed harshly on the ground. After panting for a few moments, he looked up and saw the Aerodactyl struck by blue lightning originating from a small orb of the same lightning.
"Eat this! Thor's Vengence!" Pikachu's mental voice rang through the whole canyon as the bolt of concentrated blue lightning struck the tired Aerodactyl before another explosion occurred. When the smoke cleared they saw a green barrier protecting Aerodactyl from the explosion. Just as the barrier dissipated, Pikachu slammed into Aerodactyl with his body enshrouded in blue lightning. As he rammed into the startled Fossil Pokémon, an explosion of legendary proportions occurred before Aerodactyl fell towards the ground, unconscious. Lance didn't wait as he threw a pokéball and quickly captured the Aerodactyl. As the smoke cleared, everyone saw Pikachu still floating, his body covered in burns and the occasional blue lightning from the recoil damage. After making sure that his opponent was unconscious, Pikachu teleported to Ash and fell into his lap.
"That's was the best battle I have had in a while, but I didn't think that Rampaging Typhon would have had that much of a recoil! I think that I will have a bit of a nap if that alright with everyone," Pikachu said before he fell asleep, his body glowing with the yellow aura of Rest.
"At least he didn't get knocked out from the strain he put on his body. Great job Ryuujin, Charizard. I would advise that you both use Rest as well. After everyone is healed up, I think that it would be wise to get the league to declare this place as a reserve for living Fossil Pokémon." Ash said with serious expression getting a nod from everyone.
"I can understand why, but how many do you sense Ash?"
"There is a whole underground ecosystem here. There are numerous Casts of Kabuto, Kabutops, Omanyte and Omastar. With a couple of more flocks of Aerodactyl. I think I can sense a few casts of Armaldo as well," Ash said his eyes glowing with blue aura.
"Alright I will tell Mr. Goodshow after I reach the League HQ. Now I have a question for you Ash, may ask it?"
"Sure go on ahead!"
"Are you planning to become the youngest Regional Champion since Blue Oak?"
"If I win the Indigo League this year, then I will take the Elite Four Challenge at the end of summer. Does that answer your question Lance?" Lance just nodded. "Now why did you ask about my plans if you don't mind?"
"Your Pokémon are quickly become Elite Level with Pikachu easily a Champion Level Pokémon. You have a Zygarde with you. Need I say more? Thou you do know that you won't be eligible to challenge the Elite Four if you win the League with even one Legendary Pokémon participating in your battles. Even if the legendary loses."
"Good observation Lance, but you only saw Pikachu. I have over six Pokémon that are Champion Level already. Hopefully by the end of summer we will be satisfied with their training before challenging the Elite Four. And for the regulation, I already knew that. I don't plan to use Zygarde or my Ho-oh, Rianbow." Lance stared in shock before realizing who he was talking to.
"Good thing you know because I want a challenge. Now about your Champion Level Pokémon, you mean your Gyarados, Serperior, Lucario, other Charizard and your Gengar?"
"Ah ah ah! That is a secret. I don't think that it is wise of me to revel my strongest team to you, especially because I am going to challenge you in the near future." Lance laughed at Ash's statement before picking up Aerodactyl's pokéball and getting on Dragonite. Before taking off Lance turned back to the group.
"While I am flying, I am going to call the G-Men and have them secure the place. Tell everyone that this place is as of this moment inaccessible to unauthorized people. The G-Men should be here by nightfall."
"Sure thing Lance. I will spread the news. Have a safe trip you two!" Ash said as Lance' Dragonite flew off into the sky. "It seems that Ryuujin and Charizard has finally finished healing themselves. So how about we get to inform the people to prepare to leave?"
"Sure thing Ash. I just want to get out of this place!" Misty said and tried to walk towards the main tent before she tripped on a rock cluster. Getting up with a red face, Misty was about to kick the cluster only to come face to face with two Pokémon eggs. Carefully picking them up, she took the eggs back to the group. "Hey guys look what I found! Do you think that they are eggs of the one of the fossil Pokémon?"
"Not at all Misty. Those are the eggs of a Togepi, the Happiness Pokémon. Their final evolved form, Togekiss tend to be good Aura Partners for the more empathetic Guardians." Ash said with a smile as he scanned the eggs with his aura. As everyone watched Ash and Misty, Lily was in a trance as she walked towards the pair, eyes glowing blue. Before anyone realized she took one of the eggs form Misty and started sending aura into the egg in a specific pattern.
"Hey Lily, what are you doing?"
"Shhh… Misty it seems that this is Lily's Aura Partner's egg. She is in a trance. The egg is calling to her." Ash said getting wide eyed looks from everyone. Ryuujin, Charizard and Zygarde were staring at the scene from a distance. After five minutes, Lily finally stopped pulsing her aura and snapped out of her trance. Before she could even take in the situation, the egg in her arms glowed and hatched into a Togepi with yellowish white skin and the color of the patterns swapped, red with blue and vice-versa.
"That's a shiny Togepi! Congratulations Lily. You now have your Aura Partner. Take care of her." Lily just smiled at the little Spiked Ball Pokémon before hugging her to her chest. Lily didn't even pay attention to what everyone else was doing, totally lost in the eyes of the little Pokémon in her arms.