So happy that summer's finally here. Let's just hope this weather gets better as time progresses, eh? And let's also hope that camp doesn't eat up my time for writing chapters. There's an important message down below in the A/N, so be sure to read them after the chapter. :) Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon or any of its characters, including Lyra or Khoury, but all OCs belong to their rightful owners.
Chapter 20
"Are you sure you don't want to rest your Pokémon here for the day?" Tohmas asked Lyra. After exiting the Gym, the group headed straight for the Pokémon Center, thinking Lyra would want to rest her Pokémon there for the day.
"No, we'll be fine. I don't want you two to hold up production of the Johto Festival because of me," she replied. "I feel sorry enough having you two stop in Violet City so I could battle in the Gym."
"Dad and I feel badly for just picking you up in the middle of your journey," Khoury pointed out, causing Lyra to smirk.
"If I didn't want to come along with you two, then I wouldn't have auditioned to star in this, right?" she asked. "As far as I'm concerned, Tohmas, you're my boss, and I take my orders from you, not vice versa. So I say let's go to Ecruteak City!"
"I believe that would be an order, Lyra..." Khoury whispered to her and nervously laughed. She returned his comment with a death glare.
"Are you positive?" Tohmas questioned once more, scratching the back of his head with a confused look on his face.
"Sure, I'm positive! Look, Ecruteak City is only a half an hour away if we Fly on Pidgeot and Tropius, right? Once we get there, we'll drop off my Pokémon at the Pokémon Center and continue on with our day. I've taken enough of you two's time already." Tohmas and Khoury looked at each other for a moment, and smiled and chuckled.
"We sure picked a winner, didn't we?" the older man asked. When his son nodded his head, Lyra blushed as Tohmas pulled out two Poké Balls and tossed them into the air. "Pidgeot, Tropius, come on out!" In two flashes of white light, one from each Poké Ball, the two Flying-types came out and called out. As Tohmas climbed on Pidgeot, Khoury and Lyra scrambled up Tropius. The green Pokémon smiled at the two warmly. "Okay guys, Fly us to Ecruteak City!"
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Because the wind current was working with them that day, it only took the group about twenty-five minutes to reach their destination. Lyra smiled and gasped with excitement at the city below her. All of the buildings were made of wood and concrete, and they all looked so old, but undamaged. It was as if they had been transported back in time; back to the times before technology. The streets were made of dirt instead of concrete, and if there were any roads that didn't have dirt, they had cobblestone over them instead. "Let's circle around the city for a moment, guys!" she heard Tohmas shouted to his Pokémon. The Pokémon called out in response and Pidgeot slowed down so that Tropius could catch up. "See those two towers there?" Lyra's eyes followed Tohmas's finger and saw two towers to the north of the city. One was in the back more, but the one for towards the town was burned and destroyed.
"Wow, that one's so tall!" Lyra noted, referring to the one that was in one piece.
"The taller one is called the Bell Tower, and the burned one is, well, the Burned Tower," Khoury told her. Tohmas pulled a digital camera out of his back pocket and held it out. After a quick flash, he looked at the image and smiled.
"Perfect," he muttered to himself. "If we land, I'll explain the towers' history to you." Hearing him, Pidgeot and Tropius slowly began to land in the city below. Many people glanced as they did, but none crowded around like in Violet City. Finally, they landed and Tohmas recalled his Tropius into its Poké Ball, but left his Pidgeot out. "Let's take a walk towards the towers. I need a better picture of the Burned Tower." As they walked towards the tall towers, which looked high over the city, Pidgeot flew overhead, but stayed close to them.
"As Khoury mentioned to you earlier, those two towers are called the Burned Tower and the Bell Tower. Three hundred years ago, the Burned Tower was actually called the Bell Tower, and the current Bell Tower didn't exist. You see, the Bell Tower was famous because it was a perching ground for the Legendary Pokémon Ho-oh," Tohmas explained.
"Ho-oh? Really?" Lyra exclaimed. She remember learning about Ho-oh back from her Pokémon Trainer's School days, and she was always fascinated with it.
"However, it would only appear to a select few people; the people who ran the tower. One day, however, a group of evil doers looking to make Ho-oh's power their own invaded the Bell Tower and attempted to capture Ho-oh. During the catastrophe, as Ho-oh flew away, a lightning bolt came down from the sky and struck the tower and caused it to become engulfed in flames. Three Pokémon got trapped in the flames and perished because of the evil doers." Lyra gasped and put her hands up to her mouth in sadness.
"That's awful! I just can't stand greedy people!" she angrily cried. Tohmas nodded in agreement.
"Soon enough, a sudden downpour appeared and put out the flames, but the tower was still a lost cause. When Ho-oh came back to see that the tower, it noticed the three Pokémon's bodies and infused power into them. From the lightning bolt that struck the tower, Ho-oh infused one of the Pokémon with the power of lighting. With the fire that burned its precious tower down to the ground, Ho-oh infused another one with the power of the raging flames. And finally, with the rain that put out the fire, Ho-oh infused the final Pokémon with the power of a powerful hurricane storm. Thus, the Legendary Beasts, Raikou, Entei and Suicune were born."
"Wow, so three Legendary Pokémon were born from in that tower?" Khoury asked excitedly.
"Yes, Khoury, but unfortunately, because of the wickedness of the people who disturbed it, Ho-oh became annoyed with humans and hasn't been seen or heard from for a while. Some people claim to see it flying around, but it's just watching us now. It and its other three pairs of eyes: Suicune, Raikou and Entei."
"It's watching us?" Lyra repeated. As they got closer to the tower, she stared at it in amazement. Three Legendary Pokémon were born in this exact same spot!
"It's waiting. Some people say that Ho-oh will return only when the hearts of humans and Pokémon can live together in cooperation and harmony," Tohmas explained.
"Now what about the newer Bell Tower?" Khoury asked.
"After the fire, the townsfolk went inside to see if they could salvage anything from the tower. Everything was burned to a crisp, except for 32 metal bells and four crystal bells, all of which were miraculously untouched by the flames. And so, the people of the town held a meeting, and decided that since the Bell Tower was such a holy place, they would build a replica of it and keep the burned tower there as a reminder to those with evil in their hearts. The bells were placed in their original position in hopes of Ho-oh's return, but never did it come back. Some are still hopeful that Ho-oh will see that not everyone is evil and come back. That day has yet to arrive, however." Finally, the group reached the Burned Tower, and the two children were silent as they looked upon one of the oldest standing buildings in Johto. "I'm going to fly up and take a picture, then head to the Pokémon Center to rent us some rooms."
"Oh, wait!" Lyra called as Pidgeot flew down and landed next to its Trainer. She reached into her pocket and pulled out two Poké Balls. "Can you drop off my Chikorita and Mareep at the Pokémon Center? I'd like to explore the Burned Tower for a little bit if you don't mind." Tohmas smiled and pocketed the young girl's Pokémon.
"Of course, but don't you need these two if you run into trouble?" he asked.
"No way, I've still got Marill," Lyra said, pulling out her last remaining Poké Ball and tossing it into the air. "Alright Marill, come on out!" The Poké Ball opened and a form of light appeared next to Lyra.
"Marill!" the Pokémon cried, and jumped onto its Trainer's arm. Since it didn't have the large side bag to rest its feet on, it just hung from there.
"Your Marill sure likes you, Lyra," Khoury noted, smiling at the dark blue Pokémon.
"Of course. I've had Marill ever since she was an Azurill," she replied, looking down at her Pokémon.
"Well, I'll get going. I'll see you two later," he said, jumping on Pidgeot. He paused for a moment and looked at the tower. "Just be careful. Khoury, give Lyra my PokéGear number just in case you two get into trouble." Khoury nodded and held his hand out to Lyra, in which the brunette reached into her backpack and retrieved her pink PokéGear. Retrieving his own, he punched numbers into both his and Lyra's. After a quick flash of light was seen above, the two heard Pidgeot cry out and fly away to the south.
"There, our numbers are in each other's PokéGear," he commented, handing Lyra back her PokéGear. She smirked at the boy in front of her.
"Who said you could have my number? Don't you want to buy me dinner first?" Khoury's face turned as red as a Tamato Berry and she laughed. "Relax, Khour, I'm just kidding. Now let's go into that tower!"
"Khour...?" he muttered to himself, but then realized what she said. "Wait, you want to go inside the tower? What if an old pillar falls on us? What if we fall through the floor and starve to death? What if-"
"C'mon, Khoury! We'll just take a quick peek and we'll be out before you know it," she said, grabbing his arm and dragging him in. The inside of the tower was pretty much what you'd expect from a tower that burned down over three hundred years ago. The floor was wood and charred a bit, and a lot of the pillars and support beams had fallen or disintegrated over the years. "Wow, look at this place. Can you believe that three Legendary Pokémon were born right here!"
"Y-yeah, I believe it. Now can we leave now?" Khoury stuttered, almost shaking from fear. She rolled her eyes and continued to walk further into the room. Suddenly, Marill's ears started twitching and it froze up, almost shaking in fear as well.
"Oh, don't tell me you're scared, too?" Lyra asked Marill, just as Khoury let out a yell. When she turned, his face was pale white and he was pointed straight at her. She then turned her head to look at what the boy was staring at. As she did, she came face to face with a dark figure with large red eyes and a large teeth-showing grin on its face. She called out too and jumped backwards. "What is that? Is it a ghost?"
"No, it's a G-Gengar!" Khoury stuttered, taking out his Pokédex and scanning it. "Gengar, the Shadow Pokémon. Gengar hides in the shadows. If a Gengar is nearby, it is said to feel ten degrees cooler." Quickly, Lyra jumped back and swallowed her fear.
"Pokemon or ghost, you're going down!" the brunette Trainer shouted. "Marill, Water Gun!" However, the Pokémon was shaking in fear still, its ears twitching every once in a while. Its eyes, however, weren't fixated on Gengar. It seemed to be looking around, or somewhere else. "Marill!" When the Pokémon ignored her once again, she groaned. "Okay then Chikorita, it's up to you!" She reached into her pocket, but didn't feel anything but pocket lint. "That's right, I gave Tohmas my other Pokémon to bring to the Pokémon Center." She turned her head and walked backwards, pushing Khoury forward. "Okay Khoury, it's up to you!" she encouraged, and he fought against her strength but failed. He looked forward to see the Ghost-type Pokémon looking on in amusement, laughing at his fear. Finally, he stood up straight.
"F-fine!" he said, pulling out a Poké Ball. "Totodile, I need your help now!" The Poké Ball flew through the air and opened up, releasing the light blue Big Jaw Pokémon from inside it.
"Toto!" it called, and looked at the Pokémon in front of it looming high over it. However, it crossed its arms and tried to look intimidating back.
"Totodile, use W-Water Gun now!" Khoury commanded, and the Pokémon sucked in a deep breath of air. It then released a stream of water from its mouth at the Gengar. The Pokémon giggled into its hands and suddenly melted into the floor. The water struck the charred floor of the tower harmlessly. "H-hey, did it run away?"
"Remember what the Pokédex said? Gengar can hide in the shadows!" Lyra reminded, and sure enough, Gengar appeared once again, floating into the air. It snapped its fingers and a large group of Gastly and another purple Pokémon with two floating hands appeared all around it. "Gastly?"
"And Haunter!" Khoury added, taking out his Pokédex to scan Gastly. Lyra took out hers and scanned Haunter. "Gastly, the Gas Pokémon. Although it can sneak in anywhere with its gaseous body, it can also be blown away by the wind."
"Haunter, the Gas Pokémon. After evolving from Gastly, this Haunter can learn the Dream Eater and Psychic attacks." "Haunter evolves from Gastly?" Lyra asked.
"Yeah, and Gengar evolves from Haunter. This Gengar must be the leader of the group!" Khoury deduced.
"But even if your Totodile defeats Gengar, how can it beat at least fifteen Gastly and Haunter?" Suddenly, footsteps were heard, and two men walked into the room from the upper floor. The one further ahead looked down at them with purple eyes. He wore a black sweater and tan pants. His messy blonde hair was held in place by a purple headband wrapped around his head, and he wore a purple scarf with a red flame-like design at the ends of it. The other man wore a purple suit with four lighter lilac diamonds on the front of it underneath a small white cape held together with a large red bow tie underneath his neck. His brown hair was gelled back so that only one strand of it was loose and dangled in front of his blue eyes.
"Please explain what you are doing here in this tower," the man with the purple headband demanded. As he did, the Gastly and Haunter all floated toward and around him.
"Are these your Pokémon?" Lyra retorted, pointing to the Ghost Pokémon.
"They're my friends," he replied. "Now, please explain why you are in this tower."
"We came in here to take a look around because it's such a historical place," the brunette answered.
"I see. Well, you'll have to leave immediately. These Ghost-type Pokémon live here, and they think that you're trespassing onto their territory." The man in the purple suit looked on silently, but he seemed to be in a rush to get this over with.
"Sorry, we'll leave right now!" Khoury responded, then turned around to walk out, but was stopped when Lyra grabbed his green sweater.
"Wait a minute!" she cried. "Who do you think you are, telling us to leave when you're trespassing as well." The man smiled at her bravery and walked down the steps to greet her.
"My name's Morty. I'm the Ecruteak City Gym Leader," he said, shaking her hand. "The man behind me is Eusine. He's a friend of mine."
"I'm Lyra, and this is my friend Khoury," she greeted, shaking the man's hand. Khoury smiled nervously at the taller man, his eyes fixated on the Gengar floating behind him. On her arm, Lyra felt Marill shutter once again as its ears twitched a couple times. "Marill, it's fine. These Ghost Pokémon are friends of Morty. There's no need to be scared of them!" The brunette looked up at Gengar and smiled nervously. "Sorry about this. Marill doesn't usually get this scared around other Pokémon." Morty looked at Marill curiously, his brows coming together in thought. Suddenly, Eusine walked forward and bent down to come face to face with the Pokémon, looking it straight in the eye. He then watched its ears twitch repeatedly for a moment or two.
"Morty, Marill are known to have super-sensitive hearing. Do you think it's hearing..." he asked, trailing his sentence off and looking at his friend.
"That's what I was thinking as well," the Gym Leader replied. "Lyra, how long has your Marill been acting this way?" Lyra turned her head to look at Khoury.
"I think as soon as we walked in," she guessed. Khoury confirmed her guess with a nod of his head. "She was so scared that she wouldn't even battle Gengar. Why? What's going on?" Eusine and Morty locked eyes with each other.
"Should we tell them?" Morty whispered.
"Her Marill may help us to find wherever they're hiding," Eusine replied. "The Gastly and Haunter aren't helping much, and your Gengar is just fooling around, so I say we fill them in." When he finished, he stepped back to watch the situation. Morty sent his purple-suited friend a look, but turned around and looked at the two.
"The reason Eusine and I are in here now," Morty began, "is because we've been hearing other Trainers mention that they saw the Legendary Beasts return here. We came in here to see if the rumors are true."
"T-the Legendary Beasts?" Lyra asked, her eyebrows raised in surprise.
"You mean Raikou, Suicune and Entei?" Khoury confirmed, to which Morty replied with a nod.
"The way your Marill is acting confirms that the Legendary Beasts are in this building as we speak," Eusine added.
"It doesn't actually confirm it, Eusine, but it's a good clue," Morty reminded. "Your Marill doesn't usually act like this, right?"
"Not at all. In fact, before we came in here, it was happy to be out of its Poké Ball," she replied, looking at Marill in concern. Totodile grunted in annoyance, knowing it wasn't going to battle anymore, and jumped up onto its Trainer's shoulder.
"Have you searched the whole tower?" Khoury questioned.
"We've been trying to get around as quietly as possible as to not scare them off if they were here, so we haven't looked throughout the whole tower yet," Eusine responded. Suddenly, a Gastly appeared out of nowhere and floated next to Morty, who turned towards it as it started talking to him.
"Gas Gast Gast-ly. Gastly Gas Gasly Gast," it said to him, and as it did, his eyes widened. His blonde head whipped around and he looked at Eusine.
"The Ghost Pokémon found them. They're in the basement!" he exclaimed. Eusine's mouth dropped open, and in a blink of an eye, he whipped around and started running towards the back of the tower. "Eusine! Wait!" He groaned with annoyance and turned his head to look at the two kids behind him. "If you'd like to come along, I suggest you stay by me. Its easy to get lost in here and I know my way around this place well." The blonde-haired man then jogged along, following the path that Eusine took.
"C'mon, let's follow them!" Lyra suggested bravely, then charged deeper into the building. Khoury looked nervous, but decided against staying by himself and ran along after them. "Morty, did you understand what that Gastly said to you? How can you do that?" He looked at her and smiled.
"Practice," he said. "Like I said, I've known these Ghost Pokémon for a long time now." The three slowed down as they approached a set of stairs, and the blonde put his index finger up to his lips, telling the two not to make a sound. Meanwhile, Marill's body started to shake even harder.
They're definitely down there, all right. When it comes to hearing, Marill's never wrong, Lyra thought as they creeped down the old charred stairs. There was very little light down here, but from being inside the Burned Tower for a while now, it didn't take them long for their eyes to adjust to the darkness. Soon enough, they could see Eusine's white cape, and saw that he was hiding behind a large burned pillar. He turned his head to look at them, and then pointed out. With a small leap, the group jumped behind the pillar and looked over the top of it. Sure enough, Lyra could see three large dog-like figures walking around the area. Each step they took made a small padded sound. The size of them were incredible, almost frightening. And the fangs on two of them were long and sharp enough to pierce through Lyra's body with ease. She shuttered at the thought and looked at the creature closest to them, who's back was facing them. This creature was yellow with black markings on it. It had two long fangs that hung out of its mouth. On its back was a purple cape-like object on its back that reminded Lyra of thunderclouds. Its jagged tail was skinny and light blue, and at the end was a star-like formation.
The Pokémon off to the side of the building was light blue with white diamond markings on it. On its head, there was a hexagonal-shaped appendage sticking out of its forehead. It, unlike the others, didn't have fangs jutting out of its white muzzle. It had a back appendage like the yellow Pokémon, and it was purple as well, but it seemed to flow out of its body by an unseen wind. It had two white streamer-like tails that waved about on both sides of its body.
The last Pokémon, the one in the back, was covered in dark brown fur. It had two rock-like appendages sticking out of the sides of its back, and in between them was a white cloud-like cape that also flowed in an unseen wind. Around each of its powerful legs were black bands. As Lyra looked closely at it, she noticed that those weren't fangs that stuck out of its face, it was actually a mask on its face that looked like it. By its eyes were surrounded by a red face, and a yellow crown-like crest on its forehead. They all seemed to be walking back and forth all around the room, their eyes looking at the ground. From what Lyra could tell, the Legendary Beasts had not spotted them... yet.
"Wow, I can't believe how close we are to them!" Lyra whispered excitedly.
"Do you see the Pokémon in the back? The one with the dark brown fur? I once came face to face with that Pokémon. That's Entei. It looked at me, then ran off in a blink of an eye," he said to her. He then pointed to the light blue Pokémon. "That light blue Pokémon is Suicune. Eusine's been after it for years. He's only gotten this close to it a couple times."
"Which means the other one is Raikou..." Khoury thought aloud. "Does anybody else think we should get out of here while they haven't noticed us yet? Those paws could crush me into a pancake..." Lyra ignored him and pulled out her Pokédex, adjusting the volume on it and scanned the closest Pokémon, which was Raikou. "Raikou, the Thunder Pokémon. It is said to have descended to Earth on a bolt of lightning." Following suit, Khoury adjusted the volume on his and scanned Suicune, who had just walked by the pillar without even noticing them. "Suicune, the Aurora Pokémon. It travels the world and purifies water wherever it goes, sailing on the North Wind." Before either of them could scan Entei, however, Eusine grumbled to himself and suddenly jumped up.
"Eusine, no!" Morty whispered, but it was too late.
"That's it! This is my chance and I'm not going to let any of you escape from me again!" he shouted. All three pairs of red eyes shot up from the ground and looked directly at Eusine. The man paid no attention to the glares, however, and pulled out a Poké Ball, throwing it as hard as he could. "Go, Alakazam!" From the Poké Ball, a tan and brown Pokémon holding two spoons, one in each hand, and a long mustache on its face came out and floated in the air.
"Alakazam..." it muttered, looking at the three Legendary Pokémon.
"Eusine! Why did you do that?" Morty yelled, standing up from behind the pillar.
"Wow, an Alakazam! I've never seen one in real life before!" Khoury commented happily, causing Lyra to face palm herself as he took out his Pokédex. "Alakazam, the Psi Pokémon, and the evolved form of Kadabra. With the brain like a super-computer, it possesses many different supernatural powers."
"Khoury, was this really the time for that?" Lyra lectured, sighing once again and Khoury ignored her and marveled over Eusine's Alakazam.
"The chance is perfect, Morty! We're blocking the only exit! There's no way they can escape!" Eusine replied, smirking. Hearing this, the three Pokémon roared loudly, shaking the unstable wooden building as they did. Morty grumbled and glared at his friend. "With or without you, I'm battling and capturing Suicune! Alakazam, use Confusion!" Through the slight darkness, Alakazam's eyes started to glow red and they released black waves of energy from them towards Suicune. Suicune jumped forward and released a blue force field from its body. As the waves hit the force field, they bounced off and disappeared. Feeling cornered and attacked, the other two Pokémon roared loudly and jumped forward as well. Entei seemed to take a deep breath and released a stream of pink fire from its mouth straight at the pillar in front of them. As the flames hit, they instantly disintegrated the pillar, turning it to nothing more than ash and soot on the already charred ground. Lyra and Khoury called out in surprise and Morty jumped back.
"Gengar!" he called, and the Shadow Pokémon appeared next to him from nothing. "What type of Pokémon do you two have?"
"Right now, we both just have Marill and Totodile!" Lyra replied nervously. He nodded.
"Then I'll leave Entei to you two. Gengar, use Night Shade on Raikou!" Gengar floated forward and its eyes began to glow red. It then fired two black beams outlined in red energy from its eyes at Raikou, which jumped over the attack and fired a powerful blast of yellow electricity from its body at Morty's Pokémon. The Pokémon flipped through the air around the electricity and fired another beam of darkness at it. The Thunder Pokémon effortlessly side jumped out of the way of the attack and its long sharp fangs started to glow yellow and it rushed forward towards Gengar. "Dodge that, Gengar!" As Raikou leaped forward, ready to sink its teeth into the Shadow Pokémon, Gengar laughed evilly before it disappeared into the floor. Raikou landed on the ground on all four of its feet and looked around for its opponent. "Lick attack now!" Suddenly, the top half of Gengar's head popped out from the side of the stairways and it extended its tongue forward in an incredible length and swung it along Raikou's legs, causing it to fall forward since it wasn't expecting the Pokémon's tongue assault. "Attack it once more with Night Shade!"
"L-Lyra!" Khoury exclaimed, pointing in horror as Entei came bounding towards the two. The brunette's attention was grabbed from Morty's battle and she decided to focus on her own.
"Alright Marill, it's up to you!" she said to her Pokémon, who gulped but jumped out in front of its Trainer.
"Totodile, go help Marill, too!" the midnight green-haired boy said. Totodile didn't think about it for a second before it jumped off next to the Aqua Mouse Pokémon.
"Double Water Gun!" the two Trainers shouted, causing each of their Pokémon to release a stream of water from their mouths, hitting the Volcano Pokémon as it flew through the air. It was pushed back by the attack, but shook its body and opened its mouth, forming a pink orb of flames in front of it. It then fired it at Totodile and Marill, who jumped out of the way of the attack. The Fire Blast collided with the ground, but disappeared quickly.
"Marill, use Aqua Jet!"
"Totodile, Aqua Tail!" Marill bounced off the ground and its body became surrounded by water. It then shot like a rocket towards Entei. Totodile jumped towards Entei and turned around. Its tail then became surrounded in a spiraling stream of water, ready to strike it with the water. Entei roared loudly and jumped into the air, causing the two Water-type Pokémon to collide attacks and fall to the ground.
"It's fast!" Lyra noted. Suddenly, Entei landed on the ground behind the two Water-types and lifted its two paws. It then slammed each one down on a Pokémon, and the two Pokémon cried out in pain.
"And powerful! That Stomp had nothing but sheer power behind it. "It didn't get the title of a 'Legendary Pokémon' for nothing!" Khoury said. They both glanced in the background as Suicune dashed from one side of the room to the other, being closely pursued by Alakazam and Eusine.
"Alakazam, Psybeam!" he commanded. Alakazam crossed its spoons in front of its body and fired a rainbow-colored beam from them at Suicune, who effortlessly dodged the attack. It then turned around and formed a light blue ball of energy inside its mouth. It then fired a huge barrage of light blue bubbles from the orb. Alakazam stopped in mid air and crossed its arms in front of its body, blocking the BubbleBeam attack as much as it could. Finally, the last bubble, bigger than the others, shot out and as it hit the Psi Pokémon, it exploded and sent it reeling back.
"Cuuune!" it cried out, but Alakazam wasn't finished yet. It jumped back up and shot at it as fast as it could.
"Psybeam again!" As Alakazam charged forward, it crossed its spoons and fired another blast of energy from them at Suicune. Suicune whipped around and formed a rainbow-colored orb in front of its mouth much like Alakazam's Psybeam and fired a powerful beam of a rainbow blast from the orb. The two multicolored attacks collided and caused an explosion. "Let's stop it from running around with Disable!" Eusine ordered. Quickly, the Psi Pokémon tossed both of its spoons up into the air and caught them as they landed. It then crossed the spoons in front of it and both of them started to glow red. A red stream of static then shot out of them and headed straight for Suicune, but then a blue force field appearing around its body once again and blocked the attack. "That Mirror Coat trick is really getting old, Suicune!"
As if respecting his request, Suicune took a deep breath and released a powerful swirling wind from its mouth at Alakazam. The Pokémon landed on the ground so it wouldn't be blown away by the Gust attack, but the force was too powerful and it sent it reeling backwards. Suicune, however, had to jump as Raikou rushed by it and a black ball of energy almost struck the two together. Raikou roared angrily as Gengar followed it, but kept its distance for when Raikou blasted a Thunder attack at it.
"Gengar, use your Shadow Ball again!" Morty yelled, and Gengar raised both of its hands in the air above it. Then, its hands became surrounded by transparent light blue orbs that sparked black energy from them. Gengar then put its hands together in front of it and the two orbs combined into a black ball of energy with energy of the same color sparkling around it. It then fired the ball at Raikou. However, Raikou turned its head and opened its mouth. As it did, a yellow orb of energy formed in front of it. It then fired a yellow beam of electricity from the orb at the Shadow Ball. The two attacks collided and exploded from the force of the collision.
Gengar flinched from the explosion, and as it shook its head and studied the smoke, Raikou burst through the dust and ash, its body surrounded by yellow sparks and it tackled Gengar, much to the Shadow Pokémon's surprise. When it was struck, Gengar's body became flooded by yellow electricity and it groaned in pain from the aftereffects of Spark. Raikou roared loudly and its long teeth started to glow yellow with electricity once again. It was still on top of Gengar as the two fell, and it brought its head forward to sink its fangs into Morty's Pokémon. "Gengar, get away! Quickly!" Once again, Gengar smirked at its opponent before disappearing completely. Raikou landed on the ground on all fours and looked around, its teeth still glowing yellow. "Night Shade!" the blonde Gym Leader commanded. Suddenly, a pair of black beams outlined in red energy shot from thin air at the Electric-type Pokémon. The attack blasted it from the side and catching it by surprise.
"Kou!" it roared and flipped around, firing a blast of electricity towards the area that the Night Shade was shot from. As it fired the Thunder attack, another Night Shade appeared and fired above it, blasting the purple cloud-like cape on its back and knocking it down to the ground. It quickly recovered and fired two beams of electricity from the two dots on its forehead into the air. Once again, another Night Shade fired from thin air in a spot in front of Raikou, but the Pokémon was expecting it this time. It roared and fired a Thunder attack at the spot in front of it. Inside the yellow electricity, Gengar reappeared and was slammed against a support beam, but the electricity kept going, and Khoury gasped in surprise when he turned his head to see the attack coming straight at their Pokémon.
"Lyraaaaa!" Khoury exclaimed, pointing at the attack. The brunette also jumped in surprise, knowing the attack would damage both Water-types extensively.
"Jump!" both Trainers shouted at the same time. Both blue Pokémon looked and saw the attack coming, and jumped, also dodging a Flamethrower attack from Entei.
"Totodile, Water Gun!" Khoury commanded.
"Follow suit, Marill!" Both Pokémon fired a stream of water from their mouth straight at Entei and the attacks struck it dead on, since Raikou's Thunder attack caught it off guard. In anger, the Volcano Pokémon roared and formed another orb of pink fire in front of its mouth, firing it into the air straight at Totodile. The Pokémon was hit by the attack and cried out in pain as it fell to the ground, but Marill took over Totodile's place and shot at it. "Aqua Jet, Marill!" Its body then became surrounded by water and it rocketed towards Entei. Despite the Pokémon's massive size, it flipped over the attack and fired a stream of pink flames from its mouth at the Aqua Mouse Pokémon.
"Rill!" Marill cried out and swerved to avoid the scalding hot flames. Meanwhile, Totodile got up and shook its head.
"Dile!" it said, looking at its Trainer as if saying 'I'm ready now!'. Khoury nodded to show he understood.
"Totodile, Aqua Tail!" he ordered. Totodile ran forward and jumped into the air, catching Entei's attention. As Entei turned its head, Totodile's tail became surrounded by a spinning spiral of water and it turned its body around to hit Entei with its tail. The cloud on Entei's back suddenly began to glow white and it dove under Totodile's Aqua Tail and jumped around. It then twisted its body and slapped Totodile with its tail, sending it shooting back right into Marill. Again, the two Pokémon collided and fell to the floor. This time, however, Marill's tail wrapped around the two and they struggled to move away from each other. Entei landed on the ground, opened its mouth and stepped forward, an orange ball of energy forming in front of its mouth. Khoury gasped and took a step back. "That's Hyper Beam! We don't stand a chance!" Finally, the energy was gathered and Entei fired a powerful beam of orange energy straight at the two. When the attack struck, a huge explosion rocked the whole tower, bringing Eusine's and Morty's attention to the large explosion to see what had caused it.
"Was that a Hyper Beam?" Eusine asked himself.
"Hey, that was from Entei..." Morty muttered, then gasped. "Lyra, Khoury! Are you two alright!" Suicune and Raikou turned and looked at each other, then nodded. They took advantage of the opportunity that Entei had given them and ran towards their Fire-type companion.
"Suicune's escaping!" the man in the purple suit exclaimed, bringing Morty's attention back to his own battle and noticing that Raikou was gone. "Alakazam, stop them Disable!"
"Gengar, Confuse Ray!" Morty assisted, and the two Pokémon floated as fast as they could after the two Legendary Pokémon. Raikou and Suicune bounded to Entei, who nodded at the two.
Eusine's Alakazam finally reached the three Legendary Beasts and tossed its spoons into the air. However, the three dog-like Pokémon rushed to the middle of the room and each of them formed a triangle but faced outward. The hexagonal horn on Suicune's forehead started to glow light blue as each started their attack. Then, it let out a fierce roar, releasing transparent shockwaves from its mouth. Raikou's body then became outlined in red and it also roared loudly, releasing large circles from its mouth that expanded outward. Entei crouched down slightly and started to growl angrily as black waves of energy started to come off its body. Lyra and Khoury called out in pain and covered their ears with their palms. Morty stopped in his tracks and stared in confusion at the three Pokémon, and Eusine gaped at the intensity of the roaring. Suddenly, Alakazam, Gengar, Marill and Totodile started to glow red and all shot into the place where their Trainers held their Poké Balls. Before anyone could figure out what happened, Entei fired a Fire Blast into the side of the wall, letting sunlight flood into the room and the three Legendary Pokémon darted out, leaving the four Pokémon Trainers stunned at their combination. Lyra fell to her knees and let out an exhausted sigh. Underneath, her white socks that covered her knees started to turn black from the soot, but she didn't care. The battle was probably the most scary and difficult one she had ever fought in her life.
"W-what h-happened?" Eusine asked quietly, as if he didn't believe it had happened.
"Each of them used Roar to make our Pokémon go back into their Poké Balls," Khoury explained, and sighed loudly. "All that battling for nothing..." Eusine looked down at the ground and said nothing, but Morty looked lost in thought.
"It wasn't all for nothing..." the blonde Gym Leader said. "We discovered the Legendary Beasts had returned to the Burned Tower after all these years." He smiled to himself as a thought crossed his mind. "We also discovered that Legendary Pokémon are not to be messed with." Lyra and Khoury chuckled half-heatedly, but Eusine grumbled to himself and walked towards the stairs from which they came from, kicking a pile of rubble with his dirty once-white dress shoes and walked up. Lyra stood up and opened her mouth to say something to him, but Morty caught her eye and shook his head. "This isn't the first time Eusine's run into Suicune, but it's the closest he's gotten to catching it. He needs to cool off for a while."
"Okay," she complied, and glanced at Khoury, who was looking at her through his glasses. Suddenly, she began to giggle to herself, receiving a confused look from her friend.
"What? Is there something on my face?" he asked.
"Yeah, and the rest of your body, too. You're filthy!" she said in between giggles. He looked down at his outfit and laughed as well.
"I wouldn't be talking if I were you. You're just as dirty!" he retorted. Morty smiled at the two, and looked down, noticing he was covered head to toe in soot as well.
"I think we could all use a shower," he stated, and with that the three of them walked up the stairs and out of the building.
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The group of three strolled out of the Burned Tower and Lyra had to shut her eyes for a moment as her pupils adjusted to the light. None of them had said a word since they walked up the creaky wooden stairs, and Lyra guessed that they were all going over the battle with the Legendary Beasts in their heads. Finally, Khoury's thoughtful voice broke the silence. "Did anyone else notice anything before we started battling Entei, Suicune and Raikou?" he asked, his dirty hands on his equally dirty chin in thought.
"What do you mean?" Lyra questioned. Morty looked at Khoury, but said nothing, though his purple eyes seemed to say he understood what the midnight green-haired boy was talking about.
"Well, when we first entered the basement of the building, I was really surprised when they didn't detect us. I mean, canine Pokémon are said to have ultra sensitive hearing and sense of smell, but none of them looked up when we entered," he explained.
"Yeah, they didn't notice us until Eusine stood up and sent out his Alakazam..." Lyra remembered.
"Exactly. And the way that they were looking at the ground..."
"It was like they were looking for something!" Morty said suddenly. Khoury looked at the Gym Leader and nodded. "That was the exact same thought that I had when we were down there. I'm glad someone else thought it, too."
"But what were they looking for, I wonder?" the brunette muttered to herself.
"Or better yet, why wait three hundred years to choose now to look for them," Khoury added. They were all silent as they pondered the thought, but then they heard footsteps in front of them. They looked up and Khoury's father was approaching the building, a look of surprise on his face. "Oh, hey Dad."
"Hi Tohmas!" Lyra exclaimed happily.
"Hey Son, Lyra," he greeted, and looked over them. "What happened to you three? You're all covered in soot!"
"Oh, you won't believe this, Tohmas! We-"
"Lyra and Khoury went in to explore the Burned Tower and fell into a hole," Morty butted in. "They got trapped in the basement and couldn't get out. Luckily, I was here and overheard them calling for help. Unfortunately, they were in pretty deep, so me and my Ghost Pokémon had to rummage through the rubble to reach them." Morty looked at the two through the corners of his eyes, and slowly, they nodded their heads as if confirming his story. Tohmas looked at the three, then started laughing.
"You're lucky this young man was here, you two. You have to learn to be more careful in old, damaged places," he replied. "And you're?"
"I'm Morty, the Ecruteak City Gym Leader," the blonde replied, smiling and shaking the older man's hand.
"Well Morty, I can't thank you enough for helping my son and his friend," Tohmas replied, but Morty stuck his hand up in protest.
"Believe me, if I could, I'd do it all over again," he said, causing Lyra and Khoury to giggle amongst themselves and earning a look of wonder on Tohmas's face.
"Well, our rooms are all paid for, so I think we head back to the Pokémon Center for a shower, what do you say?" the older man suggested.
"Sure! Can we say goodbye to Morty before we go?" Lyra questioned. Khoury's father nodded in reply and the brunette and Khoury moved so their backs were facing Tohmas. "Why'd you hide the fact that we battled Entei, Suicune and Raikou?" Morty looked off into the sunset for a moment, thinking over his answer.
"Lyra, Khoury, what you two witnessed today; what you two did today, you must only speak of it when the time is right," he answered. After the two glanced at each other in confusion, Morty explained. "If people found out that the Legendary Beasts were here once again, they – tourists and Trainers alike – will flock to this section of town in order to try and see, or even capture the Legendary Pokémon. The Burned Tower is home to many Ghost-type Pokémon, and you two saw how they react when their home is invaded. They have enough trouble keeping away the regular visitors as it is." Khoury and Lyra looked at each other, a look of guilt on each of their soot-covered faces. "Can you promise me that you'll keep this encounter a secret for now? When the time comes, you may tell anyone you'd like, but only when the time's right."
"But how will we know when the time's right?" Lyra questioned.
"You'll know, may it either be emotionally, or physically," Morty replied. "Now, do you promise?" Lyra nodded.
"I promise." Khoury followed suit.
"I promise, too." The blonde smiled at the two and placed his hands on their shoulders.
"Thank you both."
So far, this is definitely my favorite chapter in the story! It came out excellent! I tried something new with the battle scene, so if it's a little confusing, please tell me! I tried to make it as smooth as possible. Morty is also one of, if not my number one my favorite Johto Gym Leaders. I never really understood how Gold and Silver, or even the anime, didn't give him a Misdreavus even though that's a Ghost-type Pokémon from Johto. Idk.
So, next week, on June 14th is Treasured Resonance's birthday! I know that the story itself says that it was created on March 3rd, but June 14th is when I officially started updating Treasured Resonance. So on the 14th, I will update Treasured Resonance with a special Bonus Chapter revolving around Silver! And a regularly scheduled update will go according to the schedule still. So updates three weeks in a row! A birthday present from TR and I to you for reading this story! Thank you so much! I'll thank all you lovely reviewers now! :)
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Okay, that's it. Next chapter, as said above, we take a break from the main story line and see how Silver's doing. While training his Pokémon in the Ilex Forest, Silver comes across a strange creature that seemingly teleports him back to Cherrygrove City. Will Silver have to travel all the way back to Azalea Town, or does this creature have a reason for teleporting him? Find out next chapter! Thank you so much for reading/reviewing! See you next chapter!