Unova Region Part 8
On Route 7, everyone is outside battling the Rocket Grunts, while Ash and Lillie are inside the Celestial Tower.
"Geez...this place looks a little terrifying..." Lillie says.
"I know. But I doubt there are Team Rocket Grunts here." Ash says as they hold hands to keep each other safe.
As they get upstairs, they see two Pokemon standing in front of them. One is a Beheeyem and the other one is a Chandelure.
"Chosen one." The two Pokemon bows to Ash and Lillie.
"Did I know you?" Ash asks.
"We have met before, but not in good terms." Beheeyem says.
Ash thinks for a second and then he realizes, "Wait. You are one of the Beheeyems we met at Capacia Island. You controlled all the city's People in order to find the key to your saucer."
Lillie says, "Wow, is that true?"
Ash says, "And I remember you guys said that I am an idiot, so I couldn't be controlled." He glares at him as he is in shame.
"As for this Chandelure...I want to know how did you get back? I remember you tried to kill us with a bunch of Litwicks before Pikachu is the one who sent you to the Spirit World." Ash asks.
"I already died once, so we could actually go from one world to another." Chandelure says.
"Wait, you tried to kill them?" Lillie asks as she refers to Ash and Pikachu.
"That was for fun and we didn't realize that he was the Arceus himself." Chandelure bows in shame.
"Now let's put that beside, so you two are going to help us?"
"Yes." The two Pokemon says as Ash captures them.
Back outside, the group's Pokemon are getting tired as Dawn says, "This route sure has a lot of grunts."
Geo says, "Still, we need to defeat them."
"Does anyone have a plan?" Bonnie asks.
"Hypnosis! Both of you!" Ash yells as the two arrive at the scene with the two newly captured Pokemon. Then all the Rocket grunts fall asleep as Ash captures them.
"Wow, is that a Beheeyem and a Chandelure?" Golly asks in surprise.
"Yeah." Lillie says. "We found them in the tower."
Cilan asks, "But why did I feel shivers of these two Pokemon?"
Ash says, "Because one has controlled you and another one had tried to kill us back then."
Cilan pales at Ash's words, Emily asks, "Can we heard the story?"
"That will be another time." Ash replies.
As the group rest back at Mistralton City due to the Pokemon needed to be healed, Ash and Lillie decide to go to the Mistralton Cave themselves since they have a lot of Pokemon left to battle.
"Smartjoy! Use Flash!" Ash says as the Pokemon turns on the Flashlight app and shines the way.
"It is a good thing that no Rocket grunts are here." Lillie says.
"Yeah. So we need to find an Haxorus here. Let's see if we can find one." Ash says.
They search everywhere and then they see a Haxorus looking at them in front of them.
"Good, Lillie, do you want to do the honors?" Ash asks.
"Sure." Lillie says as she sends out Toxibox. Lillie mega evolves and then they have a battle. In the end, Toxibox wins and Haxorus agrees to join them.
After everyone is ready, the group gets inside the Twist Mountain. Frost says, "This place sure is cold."
"Indeed. It is where a lot of Ice Type Pokemon can be found." Jane says.
As everyone is battling, Ash and Lillie are using Gercolon to Use Poison Gas to the Rocket Grunts, making them faint.
"Ash!" The group turns around and sees a Beartic and a Cryogonal appear in front of them.
"A Beartic and a Cryogonal...Ash, do you know them?" Thrister asks.
"Well..." Ash says as he tries to remember.
"You helped me get back with my friends and also stop the fight of two groups." Beartic says.
"Ah, I remember, you are the Cubchoo. I see you grow great." Ash says.
"I don't know if you know me. But I was a commander of Kyruem before he joined you." Cryogonal says.
"Oh, it is good to meet you." Ash says. As the Rocket grunts are approaching, the two Ice Pokemon immediately uses Blizzard to freezes them.
"Thanks a lot." Ash says as the two nod.
Now they are outside the Mountain, they arrive at Icirrus City, as usual, the others go save the citizens while Ash, Lillie, Frost and Paris go to the gym to save Brycen.
Brycen sends out Vanilluxe first, so Ash sends out Fooremake. Fooremake uses Fire Punch, but Vanilluxe swiftly dodges to the side, making it crash into an ice formation and hurt itself. Then it uses Toxic to posion Vanilluxe and finishes it with a Venoshock.
The second Pokemon is Cryogonal, Ash sends out Volsheep to battle. Volsheep uses Flamethrower, but Cryogonal disappears in the Hail and then uses Gyro Ball on the Pokemon. Luckily the Flame Body hits the Pokemon as it gets burned. Then Volsheep defeats Cryogonal with an Earth Power.
The final Pokemon is Beartic, Ash this time uses Igniteon to battle. Due to having an advantage in the skies, Igniteon can uses Flame Burst in every directions. But an Icicle Crash sends it down to the ground. Luckily, before the Pokemon can use Brick Break, a Lava Plume appears and defeated the bear.
Ash takes out the Icicle Badges and place on Brycen. "Respond to the badges and return to us!"
The badges glowed as well as Brycen, once the glow faded, Brycen is back to normal as he is wearing his outfit.
"Mr. Brycen..." Lillie quickly shakes him as he starts to wake up.
"Uh...what in the world happened?" He holds his head in pain.
"Mr. Brycen. You are free from the control." Paris says.
"Paris...Ash...is that you?" Brycen asks.
"Yes. It is us." Ash says as they explain everything to him. Once the explaining is done, he says, "Thank you for rescuing me. I'll help you as much as possible."
Ash and his friends nod as they head outside. With Brycen's help, they quickly defeated the Rocket Grunts and restore the city.
"Now two more gym leaders left." Serena says.
"Yeah. Don't forget there are also 2 elite 4 members we need to save." Cilan says.
They head to Route 8, Lillie uses Tricslide's help to get the Shelmet. The two then does the Trade evolution to get the Escavalier and Accelgor.
"So the evolution is like that?" Insey asks.
"Yep. Their evolution is unique after all." Lillie says.
Then at the nearby pond, Ash also captures a Stunfisk due to Cilan teaching him some fishing tactics that he once captured his own. And Stunfisk agrees to help him.
Their next stop is the Dragon Sprial Tower. N says, "This place...I remember when I first met Reshiram is here..."
"What happened here?" Elena asks.
"Reshiram shows his anger towards humans and burn this place before it flies away." Ash says. "Right?"
"Yes." N replies.
In the tower, not only they defeat the grunts, Ash and Lillie has three Pokemon in their team. One is a Mienshao, due to seeing Ash's fighting style, it decides to be with them.
The second one is a Druddigon, it uses Outrage because of the Rocket Grunts keep attacking them. With Wyree's help, they manage to calm him down.
And finally, the last one is Golurk, it helps Ash and the others block the grunts from fleeing, so Ash captures it.
Here is another new chapter. The Unova Arc is close to ending, I hope you enjoy this chapter.