Time for the end of the major conflict of this section of the story. Don't worry, the story isn't over yet, just part one. Out of about 5-6. So we still have a ways to go. Now, let's get started.
Misty POV
Misty woke with a jolt, quite literally. When she got up to find the culprit, she found a familiar yellow mouse at her feet, running around impatiently. When the mouse noticed she had awoken, he quickly jumped onto her shoulder.
"Pikachupi!" Pikachu cried, "Pi pika Pikapi chupi!"
"What Pikachu?" Misty asked. Unlike Ash, she didn't understand everything Pikachu could say. But she did pick up on keywords like Misty and Ash. "Where's Ash?"
"Pika!" Pikachu mewed, jumping off her shoulder and running once again into the forest.
"I think we should follow him." Ward said, announcing her presence.
"Right." Misty said as she got up and ran after the lighting creature.
It hadn't taken long for Misty to get to where Pikachu had stopped. When she came up next to him, Pikachu climbed up and took a place on her shoulder.
"Oh my..." Ward said, as she caught up.
Misty, confused at Ward's reaction, finally took the time to look at where Pikachu had led them. The landscape was scared, flames everywhere. You couldn't take two steps between craters. Trees and branches were strewn about, their stumps left to burn in the flames.
"Dragonite! Hit him with a Stone Edge!" someone yelled, shocking Misty from here dazed state. Looking to one of the sides of the clearing, her eyes fell upon Paul.
Paul's Dragonite, clearly fatigued, stood up and fired its attack at some thing in the sky, unidentifiable to Misty from this distance.
"Charizard, cut the Flamethrower, fly down 3 feet, and use Blast Burn!" another man commanded, confidently.
Misty's eyes shot to the other side of the field, where her eyes fell upon Ash. But there was something different about him. No longer was he the bright-eyed trainer, always searching for the next big challenge. No, now his eyes were filled with a blood lust uncharacteristic of him.
Sickened by what she saw, her eyes immediately shifted back to the orange dot she had seen in the sky, now glowing brighter than before. Soon after the command was given, the flames erupted from him, flying down through the air with powerful furiousity. The white flames quickly consumed the Dragonite, the heat from the flames so intense Misty had to shield herself. When the flames finally died, nothing remained except a pool of lava.
"Oh my..." Misty said, sickened by what she saw. Ash had become ruthless, practically killing that Dragonite in a basic battle. What had happened to Ash to get him like this?
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, it's your turn."
"Pikachu ran off. He isn't here." Jakaura said to him.
"Pi..." Pikachu mewed from Misty's shoulder.
"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 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.
Misty wanted to shout out to him, to tell him not to do it. But she knew she couldn't. At this point, nothing would stop him from joining the fight.
Needless to say, Misty averted her eyes, not wanting to see the massacre that would be Ash if he went against that behemoth.
"You know, you shouldn't be worrying about him in the case." Jakaura said approaching the group. "If anything, I would be scared for the Electivire."
"How?" Misty asked, turning to the Lucario. "Ash can't do anything about this! He's going to die!"
"Ash has destroyed all of Paul's Pokémon without having his hurt at all." Jakaura explained. "His pure rage is fueling his aura to limits he never knew before. And if he uses any of that right now, he could easily kill the Electivire, especially defeat him."
"What brought Ash to this?" Misty said, collapsing to her knees. "Why is he doing this?"
"He saw you. You were with Paul." Jakaura explained. "His rage of seeing you with him has pushed him to defeating Paul at any cost."
"Me?" Misty asked as she looked out onto the battlefield. Electivire was struggling to get back to his feet, Ash was hovering a few feet over the ground, not showing any signs of fatigue.
"Damn it Ketchum!" Paul cried, "Electivire! Hit him with everything! Giga Impact!"
Paul's Electivire began charging at Ash, showing no signs of stopping for anything. But Ash couldn't have cared any less. He just continued to float there, stationery, waiting for Electivire to strike. 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.
"Ash..." Misty said, silently pleading with him to stop.
"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!?"
"Now," Ash said, approaching Paul and grabbing him by his collar. "Give me Misty back."
Misty couldn't take it anymore. She couldn't stand seeing Ash act like this. She had to do something. "You want me?" Misty said, walking from the forest. "Come and get me."
"Misty!" Ash said, letting go of Paul. "Finally, he's defeated. You can come back with me."
"No! Ash!" Misty cried. "What happened?"
"What do you mean, Misty?" Ash asked, approaching her.
"Paul, go to the next city, I'll get there later." Misty said. Paul immediately listened, running off to get help for his Dragonite and Electivire.
"Misty..." Ash said. "I came for you. You can't just leave me."
"Ash, you've changed. I just saw you try to kill a Pokémon." Misty shouted. "That isn't you."
"But I did it for you." Ash said, continuing his advance.
"I never asked you to. You've changed." Misty said, backing away. "You need time, so I'm leaving."
As soon as she said this, she regretted it. Ash once again became angry, his eyes glowing blue. "If you won't came willingly, I'll make you come." With that said, Ash thrust his hand, which glew a blue aura. Before the aura could reach Misty, however, Jakaura jumped in front and intercepted it.
"I guess we're gonna have to do this the hard way." Jakaura said. "Pikachu, Ward, give me a hand."
"On it!" Ward cried as she and Pikachu joined him out on the battlefield.
"Hmph, more distractions." Ash smirked. "Out of my way!" And with that, Ash fired a beam of aura, aimed directly at Jakaura.
"Nice try!" Jakaura said, as he countered the beam with one of his own.
For a long time, neither side showed signs of relenting. But suddenly, Ash began overpowering his more experienced opponent. "Well, I guess you're the chosen one for a reason." Jakaura managed. "Pikachu, now!"
Hoping to catch him off guard, Pikachu jumped from Ash's right and fired a powerful Thunder attack. When the attack hit, dust was thrown in every direction. When the dust finally cleared, A barrier was seen where Pikachu's attack had hit, sustained by one of Ash's hands. Despite having to focus his aura in two different places, Ash was still overpowering Jakaura in terms of stamina.
Suddenly, Jakaura disappeared, reappearing a second later next to Ash. Hoping to get a quick punch in, the Lucario was disappointed when Ash caught the fist, despite cutting himself on the spike. "I'm proud of you, Jakaura. You're the first one to be able to do anything to me today." Ash smirked. "Sadly, that's all that will happen." And with that, Jakaura was thrown away.
Giovanni POV
"The chosen one's been hurt." A voice said from his radio.
"Is he bleeding?" Giovanni replied.
"Yes, he has a cut on his right hand, it isn't bleeding too much, but he definitely is." The grunt answered.
"Good. Report anything else you see directly to me." Giovanni said, cutting communications with the man. "Now, let's see if our theory holds out."
Jakaura POV
"Ward!" Jakaura yelled. "Any time now!"
"I need a little more time!" Ward shouted back. "Distract him more!"
"Fine, Pikachu let's go!" Jakaura said running back into the fray.
"I can help!" Misty said, reaching for a pokeball.
"No! Stay back!" Jakaura shouted back to her. "There's no need for your pokemon to get hurt."
"Fine." Misty said, taking a step back.
"Pikachu, Volt Tackle!" Jakaura shouted, as he ran in with a powerful Bone Rush.
"Hmph, predictable as usual." Ash said as he easily caught Jakaura's bone.
As Pikachu approached, Ash was preparing himself. When Pikachu had reached him, Ash jumped onto Jakaura's bone, forcing Pikachu to crash into the surprised Lucario, knocking them both down.
"Ward!" Jakaura yelled, struggling to his feet.
"Hyah!" Ward shouted as she fired her full power Stored Power at Ash. However, unlike its usual explosion, the attack was now focused into a beam.
The attack barreled down the battlefield, destroying anything and everything in its path to Ash. But Ash didn't move a muscle, not even to block it. The attack hit, and dust was thrown everywhere.
When the dust finally cleared, Ash wasn't alone. Now, standing between Ash and Ward, was a light purple creature, about a foot taller than Ash, with a long purple tail.
"Well, well. It's about time you got here." Ash said.
"You will not hurt the Chosen One any further!" Mewtwo said, charging up a Shadow Ball.
"That'll be all Mewtwo, I don't seem to need any help in this battle." Ash said. "You can leave."
"Of course." And with that Mewtwo took off back into the sky, leaving all staring as he left.
"I just thought I should show you the power I possess." Ash answered the question they all wanted to ask. "The only reason I allowed you to make me bleed was for that reason."
"Damn it, How'd you figure out?" Jakaura asked.
"With the power I have right now, a man can find out anything he wants to know, even secrets hidden inside themselves." Ash answered, returning to a battle pose. "Now, where were we."
"Thunder Wave!" Jakaura shouted.
Despite his fast reflexes, Ash could not stop himself from being hit by the attack from Pikachu, who had snuck his way next to him, taking advantage of his opponent's incapacitation, Jakaura took him into the air with a Psychic attack.
"You should've never let Mewtwo leave." Jakaura growled. "Remember that that is why you lost today."
"Lost!" Ash said. "You can't beat me."
Ash continued to struggle against the Psychic, but never got any further than moving his limbs slightly.
"Give up!" Jakaura said.
"Make me!" Ash growled.
"Fine" And as he said that, he began to hover Ash over to the lake of lava that his Charizard had formed not an hour ago.
"You wouldn't dare." Ash said cockily. "You need me, without my help you won't get anywhere."
"We'll make due." Jakaura said, dropping Ash into the lava.
"Ash!" Misty said, running to the sea of flames, hoping to see him floating above the surface. But as she looked over the edge, she saw nothing but the bright orange glow of the lava.
Misty broke down. She couldn't believe that he was gone. Ash, the boy who saved the world millions of time, was gone. And it was all her fault. If she just left with him, he would still be here. But no, now he was gone.
"Get her and Pikachu out of here." Jakaura said to Ward. "Take them to the next city, get her to sleep."
"What about you?" Ward asked. "What will you do?"
"I have business to attend to." Jakaura answered, not looking at Ward.
"Ok, but be careful, I don't want to lose you again." Ward said, grabbing Misty.
"NO! I can't leave, Ash is still down there!" Misty cried out through the tears. "He can't die!"
But her cries were in vain, as ward teleported the three of them to Sagittarius Town.
When they left, Jakaura sat beside the lake and shut his eyes.
Giovanni POV
"Giovanni, sir." Giovanni's radio blared.
"Report." Giovanni replied.
"We have 2 good news and 1 bad news." the grunt reported.
"Well, start with what's good." Giovanni said.
"First off, we have confirmed that if he bleeds then a legendary pokemon will come to his aid. Secondly, we have successfully obtained Mewtwo." the grunt answered.
"Excellent." Giovanni smirked. "And the bad news?"
"Well, Ketchum is dead." The grunt replied.
"What!?" Giovanni shouted.
"He was pushed into lava." The grunt replied, shaken by his bosses anger. "There's no way he could've survived."
"This complicates things." Giovanni responds, "Dismissed."
Misty POV
"No!" Misty shouted, but it was too late. Ward had already teleported them to the Sagittarius Town Pokemon Center.
"Misty?" a voice from behind her asked. As Misty turned around, she saw none other than Paul. "What's wrong?"
"Ash is... He's..." Misty stuttered, trying to get the words out, but Misty didn't need to say another thing before Paul put a hand on her shoulder.
"Everything will be ok. We'll move on." Paul said, pulling her into an embrace.
Misty didn't respond, opting just to accept the hug and cry into Paul's shoulders.
Jakaura POV
Jakaura had been sitting in the same place for some time now, waiting. Suddenly, the lake began to gurgle. Jakaura walked to the edge, only to smirk. Walking from the lake was a man shaped creature, with orange wings, powerful claws, and a tail, set ablaze on the end.
"Took you long enough to get out of there." Jakaura smirked.
The man could only chuckle, before glowing a white light and splitting in two, both entities collapsing on the spot.
And scene! End of Part One! Ash has become aware with his abilities, and the world thinks he's dead. What'll happen next? Read on to find out!