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Chapter 20: The Return Of Kashton The King Of Pokelantis!
After discovering that Andrea took Ash to the Lost Tower to get Kashton back, our heroes are running for their lives to stop the guardians from resurrecting Kashton.
"Come on, everyone. We're almost there so let's keep going." said Brock as he was in the lead.
While they were running, the Council was following a far distance behind them.
(With The Council)
"It won't be long now, everyone." said Holy as they were starting to catch up to the gang.
(At The Lost Tower)
While the two groups are arriving at the bottom of the tower, Ash is starting to wake up.
"Where, where am I? What am I doing here?" asked Ash to no one in particular.
"You're in the Lost Tower so that we can bring our King, Kashton, back." said Garret as he was approaching Ash, who was scared out of his mind.
"Ok, Andrea. You can go ahead and put him to sleep now." said Shayret as he was appearing next to Garret.
"Ok, Shayret. Darkrai, Dark Void!" said Andrea as she released Darkrai from its pokeball.
The Dark Void put Ash out in an instant and Shayret along with Garret were getting ready for Kashton's revival.
(Back With The Gang)
"Come on, everyone. We're only halfway up to the top." said Brandon as he was taking over the lead from Brock.
"Ok, but can't we take a break?" asked Max, who was falling behind them from exhaustion.
"No!" said everyone in unison as they were still running.
"Don't you want to save Ash, Max?" asked May as she was running next to him.
"I do, May, but I'm starting to get out of breath." said Max.
"Just suck it up, Max!" said May as she was running ahead of him.
"Hey! Wait for me!" said Max as he was running to catch up to the rest of the gang.
(Back With The Council)
When the gang was almost to the top, the Council was at the halfway point where the gang past by a couple of minutes earlier.
(Back With The Guardians)
Garret was getting the Stone Pokeball ready to release all of Kashton's aura into Ash's body while Shayret was preparing the spell that would switch Ash's aura with Kashton's aura into the Stone Pokeball.
"Is it time to release Kashton yet?" asked Andrea as she was impatiently waiting.
"Andrea, we only have 5 minutes left before it's time. So just wait a little while longer." replied Garret as he was trying to find something to past the time away.
All of a sudden, Xandor, who was keeping watch, came running into the room, breathless.
"We have a giant problem. Ash's friends and the Council are on their way up here, but the group of friends are almost here to save Ash. What should we do?" asked Xandor, now catching his breath.
"What you should do is get Michael up here and hold everyone back while Garret and I perform the ceremony." said Shayret.
Out of nowhere, Michael showed up behind Andrea and Xandor, who didn't notice their friend's arrival.
"Get into your positions everyone because it's time for our King to come back into the world." said Garret as he was picking up the Stone Pokeball and getting into position.
"Let's go Andrea and Xandor. We have guests to welcome and hold back." said Michael as he was scaring Andrea and Xandor.
"Michael? How'd you get up here so fast?" said the guardians in unison as they were still astonished.
"I ran up the stairs so fast that the two gangs thought that it was just the wind blowing." said Michael as they were waiting by the entrance to the room.
Just as everyone got into their positions, the gang came charging into the room, but was stopped by the guardians so fast that they almost slammed into each other.
By the time they stopped completely, the Council reached the top and pushed their way through the gang to the front, but they left enough room for all of the gang to see what was happening to Ash.
Before the Council knew it, the three guardians along with Ash's Sceptile and Andrea's Infernape stopped them from coming any closer.
"It's so nice that all of you could join us in the resurrection of Kashton, the King of Pokelantis! Shayret, begin the spell." said Garret as he was welcoming the guests.
"Ok, Garret. 'Light come forth from the darkness and release the two souls from where they lay. Let the two souls switch places so that Kashton can take over the body of Ash Ketchum and put Ash's soul into the Stone Pokeball so that he won't bother Kashton anymore. As I ask of you, spirits of humans and pokemon, hear my plea now, darkness come forth from the light and return our King to us now!" said Shayret as he was reading the spell.
After he finished the spell, the soul of Kashton came out of the Stone Pokeball and with one last breath, Ash's soul split from his body.
The dark soul of Kashton entered Ash's body in a matter of seconds after leaving the Stone Pokeball while Ash's pure white soul was sucked into the Stone Pokeball.
"Ash, no. No, it can't be!" said Misty, May, and Dawn in unison.
"I can't believe that Ash is gone for good." said Brandon.
After a minute, Ash's hand started to twitch and before anyone knew it, Kashton started to get up from the stone slab bed in an instant.
"Welcome back, Kashton." said Garret, Shayret, and the three guardians in unison.
"Thank you, everyone." said Kashton as he was looking at everyone with Ash's eyes, which were the same color as before when Ash was in control of his body and in the same voice that he used whne he possessed Ash the first time back at the Battle Pyramid.
With Kashton back in the world and Ash inside the Stone Pokeball, will our heroes be able to get Ash back into his body and save the world at the same time?
After watching Kashton switch places with Ash, our heroes are gonna have to figure out a plan to stop Kashton before he takes over the world.
"I can't believe that we're too late." said Holy to the rest of the Council.
While everyone from Pokelantis was looking at their beloved King (sort of), Brandon thought of a way to get the Stone Pokeball away from them.
"Pikachu, go and get the Stone Pokeball from them as fast as you can." whispered Brandon to Pikachu, who was sitting on Misty's shoulder.
Pikachu used Quick Attack to get the Stone Pokeball from the stone table by the bed and ran back to the gang.
"Good job, Pikachu. I knew we could count on you." said May as she was receiving the Stone Pokeball from Pikachu.
"Let's get out of here so that we can warn all of the regions." said Brock as he was leading the gang out of there.
"Hey, come back here this instant!" said Andrea as she was getting ready to follow them to stop them from leaving.
"Stop, Andrea. Let them go because when I'm done here, the world will be mine forever!" said Kashton as he was finishing a spell, which looked like a ball of black energy that would end the world as we know it.
(With The Gang)
As soon as the gang left the Tower, they saw something leave the top of it that looked like an orb of some sort.
(Back At The Tower)
Kashton had just launched the spell and was about to say the last line of the spell.
"Spirits of the past, the present, and the future, let everyone in the world know that Kashton, the King of Pokelantis, has taken over the world forever!" said Kashton.
When he finished saying that, the ball, which was floating high in the sky, went up a little higher and then it exploded to create a world in Kashton's image, which was covered with dark clouds and all different kinds of things that looked evil.
(Back With The Gang)
The gang watched everything that happened and decided that they couldn't stop Kashton now.
"Oh, great. It looks like we can't warn everybody about Kashton taking over the world now." said Misty as she was disappointed about this whole situation.
"Don't worry, everyone. I think that this pokemon can help us out. Go Bronzong!" said Lucian as he was releasing Bronzong.
"Lucian, can Bronzong use Teleport?" asked Dawn curiously.
"Yes, Bronzong can use Teleport. Ok, everyone, hold on tight. Bronzong, Teleport!" replied Lucian.
"Next stop: Pallet Town!" said Brock before they teleported away from that scary place.
(Back At The Tower)
"Kashton, your highness. Sorry to disturb you, but Ash's friends just teleported away using a Bronzong to a town called Pallet Town and I don't know where that it." said Andrea as she bent done on her right knee and bowed her head so that he wouldn't see how disappointed she was that the got away.
"Kanto. The town is in Kanto. We must go there so that I can resurrect the City of Pokelantis. Andrea, transform into your pokemon form and tell everyone else to transform as well so that we can leave immediately." ordered Kashton in a serious tone as he was looking at Andrea.
(Back With The Gang)
After Kashton and the others left the Lost Tower, our heroes are being teleported to the one person that could help them the most in this situation: Professor Oak.
Last time, Kashton had taken over the world and now, our heroes are arriving in Pallet Town to see if Professor Oak can help them out.
(In Pallet Town)
"Well, we're here." said May as she looked around.
"What are we doing here, Brock?" asked Dawn curiously as she was looking at Brock.
"Follow me." said Brock as he was running towards Professor Oak's lab.
"Brock, wait up!" yelled May as she was running after Brock with the others.
(At Professor Oak's Lab)
When they arrived at the lab a couple of minutes later, they found Tracey inside as he was shocked to see them barge in like that.
"Tracey, where's Professor Oak?" asked Brock in a rush.
"He's in the back with Mrs. Ketchum. What's going on, everyone?" asked Tracey as he was making his own question and still in shock as he was standing in the same spot when the gang barged in a couple of minutes ago.
"If you want to find out, you'd better follow us, Tracey." said Max as he ran past Tracey.
"Ok. Hey, wait up!" said Tracey as he was running after them.
(With Professor Oak And Mrs. Ketchum)
Brock spotted Professor Oak and Mrs. Ketchum talking about how exciting the Sinnoh League was and how proud she was of Ash. (I don't think anymore when she finds out what he did now.)
"Professor, we need your help really badly!" said Brock as he was breathless after the run here.
"Hello to you too, everyone." said Professor Oak as he was ignoring their pleas for his help.
"Hi, everyone! Hey, where's Ash? I don't see him anywhere." said Mrs. Ketchum as she was wondering where her son was.
The gang looked at May, who still had the Stone Pokeball, as she brought the Stone Pokeball out and she was holding the Pokeball in her hand to show it to them.
"Ash is in here. Well, his soul is anyway." explained May.
"Ash can't be in there and if he is, show him to us so that we believe you." said Professor Oak and Mrs. Ketchum in unison.
"Ok. Bayleef, can you come over here for a little while?" asked Misty as she was looking for one of Ash's pokemon to be a host for a short while.
"Bay! Bay!" replied Bayleef as it happily was coming over to them.
"Bayleef, would you mind holding onto this for us?" asked May as she was handing the Stone Pokeball to it.
Bayleef nodded as it extended one of its vines to hold onto the Stone Pokeball.
"Ok, Bayleef, are you ready? Ash, come on out!" said Brock.
Nothing happened for a few seconds and then, all of a sudden, the Stone Pokeball started to move on its own back and forth slightly and a pure white light came out of it, possessing Bayleef.
"Bayleef, are you ok? What do you think you're doing to Bayleef and where's Ash?" said Mrs. Ketchum angrily as the gang could see some flames appear in her eyes as she was being an overprotective mom again.
She was about to give them another piece of her mind when, Bayleef started to say something as it got up.
"Mom? Brock? Where am I?" asked Ash in Bayleef's body.
Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at Bayleef with astonishment written over their faces.
"Ash, is that you?" asked Mrs. Ketchum.
"Of course it is, Mom. Wait a minute, did everyone get bigger or did I get smaller?" asked Ash as he was realizing a difference in size.
"Well, you got smaller because you're in Bayleef's body." replied May as she was looking at Ash.
It took about a minute until Ash realized what May just told him.
"WHAT? How can I be in Bayleef's body and why's the world so dark?" asked Ash as he realized what May was talking about while he was looking at the sky with his Mom and Professor Oak.
"There are two reasons. One, the reason why you're in Bayleef's body is because you were trapped in the Stone Pokeball and the second reason is that Kashton's loose in your body and he's already taking over the world." replied Brandon as he was catching Ash up on what was going on while he was sealed away in the Stone Pokeball.
"Who's Kashton?" asked Professor Oak and Mrs. Ketchum in unison.
"He's the King of Pokelantis back 200 million years ago and now he's returned to finish what he started all thanks to me." replied Ash sadly as he was thinking about how he could've stopped this from happening and lowering his head a little.
"Oh, yeah, I remember reading something about a king 200 million years ago who tried to rule the world, but couldn't because Ho-Oh sealed him inside the Stone Pokeball and destroyed Pokelantis." said Professor Oak as he remembered reading about Kashton and Pokelantis.
"Now I remember you telling me about Kashton and Pokelantis, professor. We'll try to help everyone with as much as we can." said Mrs. Ketchum as she remembered Professor Oak telling her about Kashton and Pokelantis.
"Thanks, Mom. Thanks, Professor." said Ash as he looked up at them with a smile on his face.
"Well, where do you think he is right now, Brandon?" asked Dawn as she was looking at Brandon.
"I think I know. He's probably at the Ruins of where Pokelantis was to resurrect it." replied Max before Brandon could answer.
"Ok. Let's go and stop him!" said Ash as he was about to leave in Bayleef's body.
"Hold it right there, Ash! You can't go anywhere in Bayleef's body." said Misty as she was stopping Ash in time.
"Then what would you suggest?" asked Ash sarcastically as he knew what she would do.
"I suggest this, Ash. Pikachu, Thunderbolt!" replied Dawn.
Pikachu shocked Bayleef and expelled Ash's soul from its body.
"Ash, return!" said Cynthia as she was picking up the Stone Pokeball.
His soul went right back into the Stone Pokeball without any problems because he was ready to kill Kashton for what he was doing in his body.
"Then, let's get going before Kashton brings the City of Pokelantis back to the surface." said Dawn.
"We'd love to, but it's about a week's walk from here and by the time we get there, Kashton would have it up and running again, Dawn." said May.
"Well, how about we have Bronzong teleport us over since it's much quicker?" asked Lucian.
"That's a good idea, Lucian! We'll see you, Professor and Mrs. Ketchum, after we stop Kashton and return Ash to his own body." said Misty excitedly as they were going to stop Kashton before he resurrected Pokelantis.
"Everyone, just be careful and good luck in saving the world from Kashton." said Professor Oak.
"And make sure that you bring Ash back in one piece instead of pieces, ok?" asked Mrs. Ketchum as she was starting to worry about her son already.
"We will, Mrs. Ketchum, and don't worry, we'll save both Ash and the world in time before Kashton resurrects Pokelantis." said Max as he was getting into position to be teleported.
They waved 'Goodbye' with their free hand and then, Bronzong teleported in a matter of seconds.
(With The Gang)
During the teleportation process, May had this to say to Max: "I can't believe that you told them that, Max!"
"Sorry, sis, but I wanted to reassure them before we left." said Max.
After talking to Professor Oak and Mrs. Ketchum, our heroes are arriving at the Ruins, but what happens next, no one saw coming at all.
Upon arriving at the Ruins, our heroes are witnessing something that they wish they'd never see at all.
(With Kashton And The Guardians)
Kashton was talking to Azelf, Mesprit, and Uxie about how they would resurrect Pokelantis.
"Do you know the plan by heart, you three?" asked Kashton.
"Yes, Kashton." replied the three guardians in unison.
"Very good. When I tell you to launch the attack, we'll be performing the final step of ruling the world. Is everyone ready?" asked Kashton.
"Yeah!" replied the three in unison again.
"Then on my signal. OK. Azelf, Mesprit, and Uxie, Psychic full power!" said Kashton as he was launching the spell that would make Pokelantis rise back to greatness.
(Back With The Gang)
The gang couldn't believe their eyes when they saw the top of the castle where Kashton once ruled Pokelantis from where they hid behind some bushes.
(Back With Kashton And The Guardians)
When the castle was halfway up, Kashton was hit by 2 Hyper Beams, 2 Flamethrowers, 1 Ice Beam, 1 Thunderbolt, and 1 Water Gun at the same time.
He was slammed against a nearby tree and out of nowhere, Ho-Oh transformed into a man, known as Holy, in mid-flight, which scared the gang, and pushed Kashton even harder against the tree he had slammed against just a few seconds earlier.
Holy held Kashton by having his left hand hold Kashton's throat while he charged up a Fire Punch on his right hand.
"Kashton!" yelled the three guardians in unison as they were about to stop lifting the castle up.
"Don't worry about me! Just get the castle up!" yelled Kashton as best as he could in his position as he prepared to escape in a second.
(With The Guardians)
The guardians kept up the Psychic attack, but were knocked out of the way by Logan, also known as Lugia, Zach, also known as Zaptos, and Miranda, also known as Moltres.
(With Kashton)
While all of this was happening between the guardians and the legendary Council, Kashton punched Holy to stop his Fire Punch attack.
Just as he did that, Sceptile, Infernape, Shaymin, and Giratina, who were out patrolling the area, except where the gang was, arrived to help the guardians out, but they were going over to help Kashton out instead.
"I can handle Holy by myself. You can help the guardians out because I have a little surprise for the Council." said Kashton as he was preparing a spell.
They did what Kashton told them and started to fight with the guardians, pokemon versus pokemon.
He had Azelf battling Moltres, Mesprit versus Articuno, Uxie versus Zaptos, Giratina versus Dialga, Shaymin versus Palkia, and Sceptile and Infernape versus Lugia.
"What do you have planned, Kashton?" asked Holy as he was backing away, not trusting Kashton one bit, by the rest of the Council.
"By this: 'Obey me once and for all, Council!' Stop fighting with the guardians this instant!" said Kashton as he was releasing the spell.
The Council stopped fighting with the guardians as soon as Kashton said that.
(Back With The Gang)
The gang couldn't believe what was happening so they started to slowly walk away unnoticed until, Max stepped on a twig, which told everyone around them that they were there. (Great job, Max!)
(Back With Kashton)
"Guardians, Council, go and see who our little friends are, except you, Holy. I want to talk to you." said Kashton as he was looking out of the corner of his eye at where the sound came from.
The gang started to run when they saw the guardians and the Council coming their way.
While the guardians and the Council were trying to capture the gang, Kashton walked up to Holy and looked up at him, because Holy is a lot taller than Ash, to tell him something very important.
"Holy, don't you try that stunt again like you did back on Mt. Coronet. Now, go and help the others capture the boy's friends." said Kashton as he was turning around so that his back was facing Holy.
Holy started to say a spell so that Kashton would be weak in battle.
"Spirits, I call upon you to weaken Kashton from the inside out." said Holy as he releasing the spell in Kashton's direction.
The spell smashed into Kashton's back and he turned to face Holy because he thought he heard him say something and felt something hit him softly on the back.
"Did you say something or hit me with something, Holy?" asked Kashton as he stopped walking and turned around to face Holy.
"No, Kashton, but you should be worried about yourself!" replied Holy as he was running towards Kashton with a Fire Punch in hand.
As Holy got closer, Kashton tried to dodge it, but his heart stopped for a few seconds and then, it started back up in an instant.
Kashton was hit hard by the Fire Punch and was knocked back a little bit.
After getting back up, Kashton casted another Obedience spell on Holy, but it was more powerful than before.
"Holy, why don't you go and capture Brandon for me?" asked Kashton.
Holy left without saying a word to capture Brandon in an instant.
"Guardians, Council, stop trying to capture the boy's friends. I've sent Holy out to capture Brandon. So come back." said Kashton telepathically.
The guardians and the Council heard this and went back to where Kashton was immediately.
(With Holy)
While the guardians and the Council were heading back, Holy has just caught up to Brandon and was playing a mind game with him, making Brandon think that there was something all round him.
He sneaked up behind Brandon and captured him easily with a Capture spell.
Then he headed back with Brandon in tow, who wasn't willing to go, but was forced into it.
(Back With The Gang)
The gang met up with each other in a small open field, which was surrounded by trees and a little ways away from where Kashton and the others are, and noticed that something was off.
"Hey guys, where's Brandon?" asked May curiously as she was looking around to find him and the others joined in too before Max realized the inevitable.
"Oh no! They must've captured him." replied Max.
"Then we'd better go back and see." said Brock as he was starting to run in the same direction they had just came from.
"Yeah." said the others in unison as they were following him.
(A Few Minutes Later)
It didn't take them too long to get back to the big open space.
The gang jumped a few bushes, which weren't that tall, instead of going through them, to enter the giant space.
"Kashton, let go of Brandon now!" said Brock as he was getting really mad at what kind of a game Kashton was pulling with them in Ash's body.
"Not unless you want to see tomorrow or you have something to trade me." said Kashton as he was thinking of a plan.
"Hold on for one minute while we talk over it, Kashton." said Dawn as she was getting into the huddle with the gang.
"Make it quick because I'm very impatient." said Kashton.
(Inside The Gang's Huddle)
May has a great suggestion to get Brandon and Ash back.
"How about we trade the Stone Pokeball for Brandon and say that there's a pokemon of some kind in it?" asked May curiously.
"That's a great idea, May! We can disguise the Stone Pokeball as a regular pokeball and we can say that there's a Suicune, an Entei, and a Raikou in it too!" exclaimed Misty and Cynthia in unison with their voices low.
"Then let's do it. Oh and one more thing, we need to say that we'll do the trade in the morning so that we can paint the Stone Pokeball." said Brock as he was leaving the huddle and the others nodded in agreement.
(Outside Of The Gang's Huddle)
"Listen up, Kashton. We'll trade Brandon for a pokeball that had the Legendary Suicune, Entei, and Raikou in it all at once, but we'll have to get it from Professor Oak and the trade will happened in the morning since it's night already." said Misty as she was explaining the trade deal.
"No. We'll do it no-oh." said Kashton as his heart stopped once again.
His heart stopped for 10 seconds, and then, it started again.
"Fine. We'll do it at sunrise. See you in the morning." said Kashton as he was leaving with the guardians and the Council following him.
"Let's get to work, guys." said Max excitedly.
After making a trade deal with Kashton, our heroes will be working into the night to get both Ash and Brandon back.
Well, that was Chapter 20! This should be fun because the next chapter's going to get good! I'm trying to finish this on my birthday and if you don't know what that is, look on my profile. Yeah! See ya later!
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