Hello! First milestone for me! :D Tenth chapter! My life's kind of great today, for a reason. Anyways, enjoy the newest chapter of The Returned legend! (Spoilers for Movie 12, if those of you who haven't seen it, google it, tqvm.)
Chapter Ten: God's Verdict
Ash woke up and opened his eyes slightly, to see a giggling Latias just in front of his face, he jumped back, a little surprised.
-Look who finally decided to wake up!- Latias telepathed to him, laughing.
"It's only eight o' clock... Five more minutes, Miss Alarm Clock..." Ash whined.
-Nope!- She pouted.
"Fine... I'll go and change."
Ash walked out striking a pose as Latias took on a stern face, Ash looked on with interest, it was almost impossible to see her like that.
-You will be teleported to Arceus's throne, the Hall of Origin, in three seconds, along with me.- Before Ash could reply, they were at a great hall with diamonds and gold beyond imagination. Legendaries stood at two sides while the Three Lords of Space, Time and the Distortion World are standing before a throne. At the throne stood Arceus, God of all pokemon.
I have called you all here to make a very important verdict, it concerns humans and pokemon alike, which includes all of you. Arceus's voice, spoke through the soul of Arceus itself, echoed through the room. Almost all the legendaries broke into an uproar, thinking that someone was trying to distort the fabric of reality between humans and pokemon.
Lugia's Chosen One... Ash Ketchum, you have saved me once in my life before, I am grateful for that... I believe you have fallen for a certain legendary?
Ash and Latias, after hearing this, looked at each other and blushed, while Ash bowed and nodded.
I see, then you must take the test. Rules are that you have to beat a major legendary with nothing but yourself, and that the one you love shall be confined. Arceus said with a stern tone. Ash, hearing this and seeing Latias being confined in an unbreakable thunder cage, Ash's eyes turned cold and pointed at Dialga, the lord of time. Dialga, seeing this roared and accepted Ash's challenge.
Ash got ready for battle and his body started glowing blue, the legendaries watched him with interest, no one had challenged Dialga and made it out alive before, except Giratina, Palkia and Arceus.
Dialga's diamonds started growing as it fired its Roar Of Time attack, while Ash used two Aura Spears to try and deflect it, the Roar Of Time shattered along with the Spears, the legendaries widened their eyes as Ash broke through the attack, Dialga, seeing this fired a Hyper Beam, Ash dodged it and channeled his energy onto his fists, punching Dialga's back faster than a Close Combat, Dialga grunted and fired the Hyper Beam, Ash dodging it easily.
Dialga, enraged and now fired a Draco Meteor, Ash widened his eyes in surprise as he charged up his aura until his body was bursting with energy. He then charged towards the onslaught and in a blinding speed, shattered every meteor and punched Dialga, sending it backwards and making it even angrier. Arceus, being able to sense aura, saw Ash use the second most devastating Aura move there is, Aura Outrage.
Dialga then fired a white beam and tried to blind Ash, but Ash saw through it and formed an Aura Shield to block the Flash Cannon, it worked, but Dialga charged and hit him with a Giga Impact, as it shattered the shield easily. Ash shouted in pain as he was hit by the attack. Latias squealed in protest but to no avail, there was no turning back.
Ash, knowing he must finish it soon, sped to Dialga's back and used Aura Punches again, causing more damage to Dialga, it now winced in pain as its back was suffering. Dialga fired another Roar Of Time attack, but when Ash tried to destroy it again, the Aura Spears collided and were destroyed, leaving Ash to be hit. Ash screamed in pain as Latias was now screaming for Arceus to stop.
Ash, knowing there was only one way to end it, closed his eyes and stood still. Dialga thought Ash had given up, and fired a Hyper Beam at him. Milliseconds felt like hours, and seconds felt like years, as a blinding light filled the room.
When the light cleared, Ash was standing, all wounds healed. and the Hyper Beam nowhere to be seen. Ash was sprouting two wings, out of pure aura.
What a sight to see... the most devastating transformation aura technique... Aura Angel. Everybody's eyes went wide as they heard it. With that enormous power boost, Ash could cleave a mountain in two with ease...
Dialga was charging at Ash with a Giga Impact while he stood there, holding his palm out, and caught Dialga with one hand, Ash disappeared and what seemed like a meteor shower of Aura Spheres, hitting Dialga all at once. It roared in pain as it was almost beat by a mere human. It charged its most powerful Roar Of Time and fired it at Ash. Ash's eyes flashed into ones of determination as he charged an attack. His wings disappeared as he formed a colossal blade of pure aura.
Ash... to think that he has mastered the most devastating attack aura attack as well... Celestial Spear.
Ash threw the blade at the Roar Of Time and they both collided, in a blinding light where they did not know who was the victor. It formed an incomprehensible explosion of pure energy as the Celestial Spear pierced through the Roar Of Time and hit Dialga, which destroyed the impenetrable diamond wall that Arceus created, and it showed the nothingness beyond as the explosion enveloped Dialga whole. This explosion, was even more massive than before. Arceus had to use his power to stop the whole hall from collapsing, as he shielded all the legendaries, including Ash and Dialga, as it could kill them both.
Dialga was out cold as Ash was down to one knee, he could only use these techniques once every ten years... and he used two in a moment.
Ash... you have passed the test... and on Dialga no less, many have chosen either Lugia or Ho-oh, but you are the first to fight and defeat Dialga. You are free to be together and I give you two my blessings. Arceus said to Ash in its calm tone. Ash gave Latias a smile and a thumbs-up and a smile before passing out and being teleported back into the room with her.
Ash was instantly woken up, thanks to Arceus and his divine power, as he hugged Latias while they kissed, sharing another aura as before.
-Ash... I thought I had lost you...- Latias managed to say to him.
"I'm still in one piece, right?" Ash gave a smile and his tummy grumbled. Both of them looked at each other and laughed. Brock then opened the door and had a relieved look on his face.
"Whew, Ash and Latias are here, guys! No need to worry!" Brock called out. May, Max, Dawn, Misty and their siblings went into the room and gave him an enormous scolding about how he should not run away or anything. Ash turned to Latias and mimed the 'Blah Blah Blah' Look. She giggled and decided to tell them the whole story of how he had been missing for three hours.
By the end of the story, everyone, including Brock's eyes were enlarged to the size of Wailords. They did not believe that Ash could defeat a legendary pokemon, and one of the three dimensional lords no less!
"Hey, snap out of it, all of you..." Ash snapped his fingers in front of them to shake them back to reality, they shook their heads and refused to believe Ash, he shook his head. He did not expect them to anyway.
"Hey Latias, let's pay our little friend, the buffet a visit, shall we?" Ash asked, grinning.
-Ooh, of course. He'll be lonely if we did not go...-Latias sped off, giggling. Ash jumped down the window and headed for the buffet. They reached at the exact same time and decimated the table as usual.
Ash looked at the scoreboard on the TV and saw his face was against Cynthia, the Sinnoh Champion's. He got a huge grin on his face that he actually stopped eating.
"Well Cynthia, we are going to have a blast tomorrow..."
Wee, Dialga vs. Ash! Hope you enjoyed this chapter and I will try my best to update soon! Gotta sleep now, BB all!
Mega T-Rex