Hunter at an undisclosed location:
"Blaziken! Eevee! redirect your fire at those guys in orange suits!" Hunter shouted as he pointed in the direction of the team Flare grunts that were headed his way. Hunter had to find a way to completely stop the grunts from reaching his objective, so he began to break into a sprint towards the object he was looking a.
When he reached the object, he examined it in great detail. It was a large cage that had three legendary pokemon he recognized as Articuno, Moltres, and Zapdos which were unable to attack because of restraints to the wings.. They were all there completely trapped and desiring to get out. It was as if the organization had been trying to get ahold of these legendaries. Hunter looked for a way to make the cage open so he looked around and noticed that it was best if he used one of the pokemon he had. He reached into his pocked at took out a pokeball and revealed it. "Feraligatr!" the pokemon called out.
Hunter turned to the blue crocodile that came out of the pokeball and said, "use ice fang and break this cage!" Feraligatr looked at the giant cage that was in front of him and he made large blue mandibles. When the mandibles chomped down on the metal bars of the cage, the bars froze over to a degree that Hunter found it possible to break through. "Now, use brick break!"
"GATR!" Feraligatr called out as he made his hand glow white and in a downcut motion hit the bar at the point where it was frozen. The entire bar collapsed without a problem and Hunter was able to get into the cage with Feraligatr.
As he looked at the three pokemon, he noticed the restraints on the wings and instantly turned to the Johto water starter again, "We need to use another brick break and free them!"
Feraligatr once more made the white hand and down cut into the restraints which at first crackled in electricity. The three pokemon noticed the weakening of the restraints and began to struggle to stay free. After some time, the three pokemon were able to make the restraints completely give away and they used a combination of fire blast, thunderbolt, and ice beam to break the cage into a huge hole. Crouching in order to prevent some debris, Hunter and Feraligatr noticed the three legendaries help his Blaziken and Eevee fend off against the grunts who had out their Houndour. The three legendaries easily blew out of proportion the grunts and Hunter without effort came out of the cage with Feraligatr to find the grunts recalling the pokemon and then fleeing.
"Wow…" Hunter said with some awe at the power of the legendaries.
"Eevee!"
"Ziken!"
The two pokemon that Hunter originally had came to him with extreme amounts of happiness knowing that they succeeded.
Articuno and Moltres looked down at Hunter and then looked at Zapdos, who seemed to be looking unsure about something. Zapdos then looked at the others and nodded. Articuno and Moltres then took flight and left as Zapdos stayed looking over Hunter. "DOOS!" It called out with immense power that it caused the ground to rumble.
"Zapdos…" Hunter said as the legendary pokemon flew down towards him. Hunter stepped back a little alarmed, but then slowly extended his arm to touch the electric bird pokemon. The electric bird took the hand and Hunter made a large realization. "You are trusting me with your power?"
Zapdos stared into Hunter's eyes and nodded.
Hunter then slowly took out a pokeball, and with the large beak, Zapdos hit the button and got turned to red energy. The pokeball shook mysteriously and then bobbed once before stopping and having a little bit of stars showing up. A critical capture and…
Hunter just caught a legendary pokemon…
A/N: I have decided to update weekly now, this is mostly because it is more convenient with my writing schedule.
So you are probably wondering why I am giving an OC a legendary pokemon… Just wait, it will be a good role to play later on, you just wait!
Anyways, we are going to continue this short arc which will last only a couple more chapters before we actually reach Lumiose and begin the real challenge that Ash has been waiting for. I am hoping you guys are enjoying the fic right now!
Also, I have so much planned out that I am so hype for what is to come for the future of this fic, I even have some awesome songs that may… (hint hint nudge nudge) inspire some AMVs for the future. Specially the Greninja one I have planned!
Anyways, I have up to around chapter 50 planned out to a good amount of detail so enjoy this arc as the longest arc of probably the entire fic for now will probably start at around chapter 28.
Just a little bit of context on this episode, we are getting an episode focused on Goodra… and no… ASH IS NOT RELEASING GOODRA! (This is not the anime!) LOL Ash needs him. Yes, Goodra will be getting an interesting chapter today, and this will bring back one of the most unique gym leaders that we have probably seen from another region. I will try to make things go smoothly, but you tell me how it goes.
For once I won't add a battle scene to a chapter. I don't know why, but the last couple of chapters all had battles, I guess I really like writing them don't I?
Anyways, without further ado, let's keep going on the adventure!
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon
Chapter 25- A Crashing Mastery!
With Ash and the others:
After their encounter with Jack, Ash and the others packed up their stuff from the original camp site and were ready to begin moving. Ash had Goodra help out with the packing as Goodra was very capable of carrying many items that weighed a decent amount of weight. Ash, Pikachu, Serena, Bonnie, Clemont, and Brock all got their backpacks and decided to move on through the forest that was next to them unto make it to Lumiose City. Goodra was around with the group as Ash wanted to get some of the mobility that Goodra could have increased knowing that Goodra was kind of slow. Ash also thought that it would be nice to have the giant dragon around as it was a very nice and playful character.
"So, when should we reach Lumiose City?" Ash asked Serena who had her travel guide out… Completely ignoring the fact that Serena had a picture of herself in Ash's clothes as the background picture.
Serena looked at the map and said, "We should be at Lumiose City in give or take… a couple of days by walking."
"The scenery is great anyways," Brock said as he looked around. The forest was dense, but it had a good amount of pokemon crawling up the trees, something that made the group smile completely. "You know, I feel like tonight we may be able to see a meteor shower according to some reading I did in the past."
Goodra then stopped in his tracks… "Pikachu?" Pikachu looked at Goodra in worry then seeing something alarming. "PIKAPI!"
"Goo…" Goodra began to brace himself like he was going to sneeze. Everyone looked at Goodra with a little bit of worry as there was an orange orb that was forming in Goodra's mouth. Goodra looked like he was going to sneeze and everyone knew that when Goodra uses a move, it can be devastating. "DRA… GOOODRA!" Goodra shouted as he launched a yellow orb of energy into the sky. Everyone watched in awe as the orb reached a peak and when it looked like it was going to explode, it just popped and began to fly down. The orb then crashed in the ground behind Goodra and caused a small explosion in the ground.
"What… was… that," Bonnie said completely confused as to what just happened. It was true, nobody expected something to happen like that. In fact, Ash walked up to Goodra to see the well being of the pseudo-legendary dragon.
"Pika?"
"Goodra, are you ok?" Ash asked the pokemon while putting a hand on his stomach.
"Goo… Goodra?" Goodra asked completely confused. The latter was also oblivious as to what just happened.
Clemont then came in behind the pokemon and said, "Maybe Goodra just learned a new move, why don't you check Ash?"
Ash looked at the inventor and said, "Ok." Ash then took out his pokedex and scanned Goodra as he looked at the moves the dragon knew: 'rain dance, bide, thunder, and draco meteor… WAIT DRACO METEOR?!'. "Guys," Ash started grabbing the attention of everyone. "I think Goodra may have just learned draco meteor."
"Wow! A powerful move!" Bonnie shouted in glee and jumping around accidentally waking up Dedenne.
"Nene?" The fairy type asked as he looked at Goodra and then went back into his pouch to sleep some more… What a mouse that was.
"Wait, why didn't it shatter into meteors like the move usually does?" Brock asked while he stroked his chin.
Clemont found this as a great opportunity to jump into the case and took out a device from his backpack while shouting with a smirk and adjusting the glare of his glasses, "CLEMONTIC GEAR ON!" Everyone turned to him with confusion while they looked at the device Clemont had. "I made this device in case we ran into a conflict precisely like this one, it is called the meteor shower three thousand!" Clemont then went up to Goodra and put a special mouthpiece in Goodra's snout. "By amplifying the power, I am able to make it so that draco meteor serves exactly like it is supposed to." Clemont then turned the device on with a remote that had a little antennae and a red button in the middle.
"Wow, science is so amazing!" Ash replied with glowing eyes as he saw the object in Goodra's snout light up. Everyone else looked at Clemont with pure confusion.
Clemont then turned to the raven haired trainer and said, "Make Goodra use draco meteor again Ash."
"O-Ok," Ash said with a smile. Ash then pumped his fist and exclaimed, "Goodra use draco meteor!"
Goodra smirked as he looked up at the sky and made a large battle cry. Goodra then formed a yellow orb in his mouth that was tainted red thanks to Clemont's mouthpiece. As soon as the orb was fully charged, the orb flew into the sky. Everyone expected the orb to shatter into devastating meteors… But the orb fell down again and crashed into the ground.
Clemont looked at the mouthpiece and then the remote, "I think I need to add more power to this..." Clemont then began to hit the red button at a fast pace expecting a result…
"Goo!" Goodra shouted in worry as he saw the device turn all red, begin to heat up and shoot out smoke. Goodra braced himself and then the device exploded covering him and the others in soot. Everyone coughed in the ground as Clemont admitted to another failure, but it was not the end. Goodra began to glow bright red and with a large battle cry. "GOOOOO DRAAAA!" Goodra shot a white beam into the forest away from anyone's harm and then there was a clear and visible explosion at the other end of the forest which left the others watching in complete shock. "Goodra…" Goodra said sheepishly as he rubbed the back of his head.
"There goes Goodra's bide," Serena said with a smile looking at what Goodra had done to the forest.
"Yup…" Brock said completely dazed from the soot.
"Maybe next time I will make a better machine, oh man," Clemont admitted. "Sorry guys."
Ash smiled at the inventor and said, "It's ok, it happens, it was funny to see that actually activate Goodra's bide too."
"I guess…" Clemont said looking down and adjusting his glasses.
"That's my brother," Bonnie said as she fell flat anime style.
"Pikapi?" Pikachu got the attention of Ash by pulling on Ash's shirt.
Ash then turned to Pikachu, "Huh? What it is it Pikachu?" Pikachu then pointed at another person that was not in the usual traveling group. It was another man that had a large stature in his body, very well into his fifties as his hair was a little gray and there was a large beard that covered this man's mouth and bottom part of his nose. The man had pale skin and yellow eyes along with gray pants and a rolled up sleeved shirt that had two brown stripes with yellow spikes on top and a green bow tie in the top of his shirt. The man looked at Ash, then Goodra and then turned back to Ash.
"Is this your Goodra?" The man asked while signaling to the gooey and purple dragon next to Ash. Everyone looked at the man with confusion as Ash slowly nodded his head. "I am Drayden, I am a dragon master, and I noticed that your Goodra was attempting to learn the strongest dragon type move in the world."
"Yea," Ash spoke up finally. "Nice to meet you, I am Ash and this is my partner Pikachu, you probably know who Goodra is now," Ash said as he stood up and offered Drayden handshake which he accepted.
"I'm Bonnie, and this is Dedenne," Bonnie said as she signaled to the pokemon in her pouch.
"Nenne!" Dedenne said as he popped out of the pouch in Bonnie's bag.
"I'm Clemont, nice to meet you," Clemont said with a polite bow.
"I'm Serena," Serena said with a bright smile.
Brock turned to Drayden and recognized him, "I'm Brock, and wait, are you the Drayden, the Opelucid Gym Leader of Unova?"
Drayden then turned to Brock and smiled under his beard, "Yes, in fact I am the gym leader of Opelucid city." Drayden then turned to Ash and Goodra, "I see that Goodra is having difficulty using draco meteor, mind if I help you two learn the full potential of the move?"
Ash and Goodra shared a glance and smirked, Ash then looked at Drayden and said, "We would appreciate it!"
"Good, you are eager to learn right?" Drayden said as he took out a pokeball and threw it out into the air. "Haxorus come on out!"
"HAXORR!" A large green pokemon with blood red claws and an axe like snout shouted as he stood tall after being materialized from the pokeball. The pokemon known as Haxorus turned to his trainer as Drayden explained how he would help Ash and Goodra with their newly learned move.
After Drayden and Haxorus lead the group to an open field:
"Ash," Drayden called out to Ash and his Goodra. "Come with me and Haxorus to the other side of the field." Drayden then noticed the others that were with Ash and said, "Don't worry about Ash and Goodra, we won't take long."
Ash then turned to the others and then to Pikachu and said, "mind if you stay here with them?"
"Pika!" Pikachu shook his head and ran up to Serena and went up her shoulder which made the honey blonde smile and giggle.
"Alright, see you guys later!" Ash said as he, Goodra, Drayden and Haxorus began to walk to the other side of the open field.
"See you later Ash!" Brock shouted.
"Have fun!" Bonnie exclaimed.
"Dennenee!"
"PIKAPI PIKACHU!"
"Good luck Ash! I know you will do it!" Serena exclaimed the loudest of them all. Of course Serena… Of course…
Ash and Goodra gave a small wave and then turned to the dragon master, "So, where are we going?"
Drayden looked at his Haxorus as they walked, "To a relaxing spot where we can concentrate, we need you and Goodra to be in synch for this to happen."
Ash then looked at Goodra and smiled. He knew that if both he and his dragon could pull their heads together, they could make a strong move happen between them.
After walking for about ten minutes, Drayden found a nice lagoon where at the shore of it, he sat down in the grass along with his Haxorus. Ash and Goodra did the same hoping that they would be able to learn from this.
Drayden then spoke up, "Look at the lagoon here." Drayden then pointed at the lagoon and Ash noticed there was some Wooper and Quagsire playing around with some Lotad and Ludicolo. "What do you notice about the atmosphere of this lagoon?"
Ash then looked at the water and the pokemon playing within it and said, "It looks… Serene, I also notice that the pokemon are enjoying themselves." Ash then paused, "It is so calm," Ash looked to Drayden and said, "I have not been in a situation this relaxing for a while now."
"Goodra," Goodra agreed with his trainer and also looked at the other pokemon playing in the lagoon. Goodra had to admit, it was a nice place that he could relax in.
Drayden then smiled under his beard and turned to Ash, "You are getting the point Ash, this place is very relaxing, when you train, you probably have not thought of training the mind as a side of physical training." Drayden then turned to his Haxorus, "Haxorus, how relaxing is this for you?" Haxorus gave a happy cry to his trainer as Ash watched in awe. The connection between trainer and dragon was something that he wanted to have with his Goodra. "Ash, the point is getting you and Goodra to put all of your power into one point."
"One point?" Ash asked completely confused.
Drayden looked at Haxorus and said, "Yes, one point. When your Goodra can put all of his power into one point, he will strengthen his bide by a lot, but most importantly, it will make it so that Goodra can put everything he has into a draco meteor." Drayden then looked at Goodra who was listening intently, "Get your Goodra to use a move and make sure that he optimizes the strength of that very move, do not worry about performing draco meteor."
Ash then looked at Goodra and said, "Goodra, how about you do a rain dance with all of your power? Then we can see how you can put all of your energy into one point."
"Goodra," Goodra nodded as he stood up. Goodra then looked at the clouds and made a large battle cry: "GOOOO DRAAAAA!" From that battle cry, clouds formed over the entire lagoon and made it pour rain. Drayden saw the power behind the rain dance and smirked: It was more powerful than any rain dance he had ever seen.
"Wow Goodra, that rain dance is so much more powerful than I have ever seen you do it!" Ash shouted as he looked down at the slimy dragon. Goodra then looked at his trainer and smiled.
Drayden then turned to Goodra and smiled, "Maybe you should now try the actual draco meteor."
Ash then nodded and stood up, "Goodra… USE DRACO METEOR!"
Goodra then smirked and remembered to focus all of his power into one point. "Goooo…." Goodra began to form the yellow orb in his mouth. Drayden, Haxorus, and Ash watched carefully as Goodra charged up the attack from his mouth and was ready to shoot it at a large propensity into the air. Goodra then arched his head back as he made the orb even bigger than anyone could imagine. "GOOOO!" Goodra then prepared for putting all of his power into the orb. "GOODRA!" Goodra exclaimed as he shot the beam into the sky and the orb kept going and going until it reached its climax. Suddenly, a large explosion was heard as the orb split into a huge branch of many falling meteors with yellow streaks of light falling after it. At the sight, Ash and Goodra's faces lit up.
Drayden saw the trajectory of the meteors towards the pokemon in the lagoon and shouted out to his Haxorus while putting his arm out, "Haxorus use dragon pulse!" Haxorus reared back his head and shot out a colorful beam of many colors that was dragon shaped that went towards the falling action of the many meteors. The large dragon shaped beam then collided with the meteors and caused a massive explosion in the air that sent many colors down as a display to the pokemon on the lagoon. Drayden obviously knew that Goodra had really shown himself as worthy of the move as it was one of the best executed draco meteors he had ever seen. Drayden then turned to Ash as he recalled and thanked his Haxorus, "You have done well, now you may return with your friends."
"What about you Drayden?" Ash asked.
"Goo?"
"I must be going on my way, I have a mission to attend to in learning about the many dragon types of this region," Drayden said as he started to walk away from Ash. "Let's have a battle, I want to battle your Goodra with my Haxorus some day."
"You bet, also, thanks!" Ash replied as he watched Drayden slowly become smaller in the distance. "You just wait."
"Goodra," Goodra replied as a smirk. The trainer and dragon exchanged a glance and then high fived as a sign of the growth in their power. The two then began to walk back towards the others and after ten minutes, they found the entire group having fun on the grass land. Pikachu was being petted and combed by Bonnie as Clemont and Brock were preparing lunch for the group.
Serena though, she was staring out from the top of the hill with flowers surrounding her in the grass as she sat, next to her she had Sylveon and Floette staring at the sky as well. Serena's honey blonde hair gently waved in the breeze and her blue eyes kept glittering. Goodra elbowed Ash and gave him a funny smile which Ash did not understand. It was as if Goodra knew something that Ash didn't (everyone does…). Of course, Ash did not understand, but he walked up to the group and said, "Hey guys, I am back!"
"Pikapi!" Pikachu shouted as he jumped from Bonnie's lap and went to Ash. Pikachu then got on Ash's shoulder and Ash smiled at the electric mouse looking at how nice he was combed.
"Ash, we were preparing some food for when you came back!" Bonnie skipped around as she came up to Ash. "You must be hungry!" Bonnie tried to drag Ash by the wrist.
Ash smiled at the younger female and let her drag him to the table where Brock and Clemont were. Ash smiled at Clemont and Brock as the pokemon doctor spoke up, "So, how did it go?"
Ash just smirked, "How do you think?" Ash then turned to the purple dragon that was playing with Dedenne. "I think it was a relaxing experience."
"Ash relaxing?" Clemont asked Ash. "When I first met you when you challenged the gym, I was not expecting such an energetic person." Ash smiled at the electric type gym leader. "I think it was nice to relax, especially after all of what you went through with Greninja."
"Yea," Ash agreed to the last statement as he sat down in front of the two other males in the group, "I am glad we were able to find out our true potential, and I have finally found my true potential with Goodra too."
"I'm glad," Brock replied as he served Ash some Kanto food. "Just like home Ash, I hope you like it."
Ash took one bite and instantly made his tastebuds water in his mouth as he tasted the food, "It reminds me so much of when I lived in Pallet Town." Ash then looked down. "Does remind me a little bit about my mom though…"
Brock then went up to Ash and put a hand on his shoulder as Pikachu also patted Ash's back, "Enjoy the food Ash, good memories should not be antagonized, keep them as some of your most valuable treasures." Ash turned to Brock and smiled as Clemont also gave a reassuring smile to the raven haired trainer.
"Thanks guys," Ash said as he continued to eat down the food. Of course he would enjoy anything that was served the way he would like it.
Meanwhile Serena was looking out into the sky while sitting in the grass. She spoke to Sylveon and Floette at the same time, "Do you two think I made people smile?"
"Veon," Sylveon then felt Sylveon's feelers around her arm. Serena looked at Sylveon and smiled as Floette came to her side and allowed Serena to smell her nice smelling flower. The same aroma that one would find in the most expensive perfume.
"I guess I did," Serena told herself as she felt the warm feeling of pleasure radiating from the fairy type pokemon. She did believe in herself enough to know that maybe she could have gotten closer to winning the title of Kalos Queen. She still felt like she had become one step closer to her goal because of how well she did, but she still felt that maybe… Maybe if she would have done something different, she would have won.
Sadly, Serena is oblivious to the fact that she did win.
With Diantha:
Diantha was standing in a special seat that was overlooking a grand hexagonal stadium. She looked at the seats around her and imagined the amount of people that would be watching and cheering. She was excited, this was going to be the first Kalos League Conference that would be held at the heart of the region itself: Lumiose City.
Diantha then slumped in her seat and said, "May the relationships between all of you pokemon be expressed… No that is too long." Diantha then sighed. "I wonder how I will speak in opening day, in fact, I wonder who will walk through those dugouts to challenge the league. I know for a fact that Ash guy is challenging the league… And that Greninja, I wonder how far it will go."
Diantha had been called by Wulfric a day ago and was surprised to see what Ash had done at his gym, but there was also a couple of trainers that she also had her head wrapped around.
The person that Diantha had in her mind was a man by the name of Ashura. She had heard from Korrina he was the hardest challenger she had. The other gym leaders also spoke myths of him sweeping the gyms with an Aegislash or a Zoroark.
Diantha knew this league would be interesting as she stared out at the stadium.
That night with the gang:
The group and Goodra was in their sleeping bags out in the open looking at the sky. The last comet flashed through the sky and everyone looked at the flash of light sprinkle before their very eyes. "And that is the meteor shower," Brock replied very happily as the group smiled at the night sky that cloaked their camp site.
"Oh no! We forgot to make a wish!" Bonnie shouted completely out of nowhere making the others face palm themselves because they forgot to make a wish.
Ash then got an idea as he turned to look at the purple dragon next to him, "Then let's make a wish! Goodra use draco meteor!"
"Goo…" Goodra began to slowly charge up a yellow orb on his mouth. The others watched in awe as Goodra made his draco meteor grow and grow to a large size. "Gooo…. DRAA!" Goodra exclaimed as he shot the giant ball into the air. The others gasped as they watched the climax of the move reach the night sky and float out of the harm's way of the gang. Suddenly, the yellow ball shattered into many meteors that then fell towards the ground.
"Make a wish guys!" Ash told his dumbfounded friends while smirking at Goodra. "I wish that I can have heated battles at the Kalos League!"
"Goo.. Goodra!" Goodra agreed while leaning in to put a slimy hand over Ash which the latter found comforting despite the stickiness.
"Pika…" Pikachu embraced Ash while rubbing his cheeks on Ash's pijamas making small amounts of electricity that sparked a little bit of light.
"I wish that I get to meet cute pokemon!" Bonnie exclaimed while putting on a small blush and putting a hand over her heart.
"I wish to be an amazing pokemon doctor!" Brock implied as he put on a smile and rolled over to his side of the bed to sleep.
"Clemont you forgot to make a wish…" Bonnie implied while pouting her face and scolding her brother.
"O-oh, right," Clemont said as he looked at the draco meteor that was hitting the ground with large explosions in the distance. "I wish everyone's wishes come true."
"You did not even try Clemont," Bonnie pouted as she snuggled with Dedenne in her bed. "Anyways, good night!"
"Good night everyone!" Everyone shouted.
"Nenne!"
"Pika!"
"Goodra!"
Everyone rolled over and got some shut eye as Serena kept herself looking at the sky from her back. The honey blond performer had an unsure look on her face. Suddenly, a bright yellow streak pierced the sky: Another shooting star, this time, a real one… As she saw the shooting star disappear in the distance, confidence surged through her veins and she put a hand to her chest and wished for something…
At a quiet voice, Serena wished:
"I wish that Ash and I can defeat our separate burdens…
… together."
A/N: Serena's burden? So you thought that this was only about Ash, but you are wrong. I even hinted during a couple of occasions that Serena has an internal conflict, and I even gave a glimpse of it during Ash and Serena's argument in Snowbelle City.
You thought I would not give some more context to the phrase "Don't Give Up Until It's Over"? For all you guys thought, it was just going to help her during Professor Oak's Camp… But it is something bigger that haunts her…
Anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter on Goodra, I did want to make it a nice chapter for no battling, but also for Goodra to have a time to learn a fourth move: I mean, he is set up well with his moves to be a monster now, I think he could destroy an entire battlefield at this point!
Anyways, remember to R & R and I will see you guys… Next time!
P.S.: Did Serena just claim she wanted to get through her burden alongside Ash? OOOOOHHH This is getting spicy!
Responding to reviews:
ArmorshippingFan: Glad you enjoyed it,thanks for reviewing! Don't worry about them getting together ;)
Seth: Serena and Ash will be a thing way before the end, that is my plan lol! Flare attack… I might change a lot to not make it too much like the anime. Thanks for reviewing.
Derpen: I got a 4 on my AP Physics exam last year LOL! Yes, what I did was physically impossible, but it is imaginary and I don't always put physics into anything. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed the chapter! Thanks for reviewing!
Guest 1: Glad you enjoyed it bro! I will keep up the good work, thanks for reviewing!