"Pokémon Endless Journey - Volume 1: Red, Green, Blue and Yellow - The First Legend"

Chapter 29 – Master of All Dragons:

After crossing another corridor and healing his Pokémon, Red and Yellow entered the fourth room. It was mainly red and blue in color, and similar to Bruno's room, it possessed six columns, shaped like curved claws.

On the other side of the battlefield stood a man, wearing a suit traditional to Dragon Tamers, in addition to a cape, a sign of the highest rank between the class of Trainers.

"Ah! I've heard about you, Red! I lead the Elite Four. You can call me Lance the dragon Trainer. You know that dragons are mythical Pokémon. They're hard to catch and raise, but their powers are superior. They're virtually indestructible. There's no being clever with them. Well, are you ready to lose? Your League challenge ends with me, Red!"

Red and Yellow looked at each other and both tilted their heads to the side. "Did you memorize that speech?"

"…Maybe." Lance's answer almost made Red and Yellow fall to the side. The steps from the previous fights repeated themselves: Yellow sat aside, the screen turned on, and Lance explained the rules for his battle, which used the same system as Bruno and Agatha.

Lance opened two Poké Balls, letting out two ferocious Pokémon: a reptilian Pokémon with large, membranous wings, a sharply pointed ears and a fierce expression with intense eyes, while the other was a serpentine Chinese dragon-like Pokémon, mostly blue with a yellow underbelly and yellow spots along its body.

Yellow opened her Pokédex, feeling a different kind of fear than the one from before.

'Aerodactyl, the Fossil Pokémon. Aerodactyl is a Pokémon from the age of dinosaurs. It was regenerated from genetic material extracted from amber. It is imagined to have been the king of the skies in ancient times.

Gyarados, the Atrocious Pokémon, and the evolved form of Magikarp. It is an extremely vicious and violent Pokémon. When humans begin to fight, it will appear and burn everything to the ground with intensely hot flames.'

"Vaporeon, Pikachu, let's do this!"

His two Pokémon jumped into the battlefield ready for the battle, just as the screen showed the words 'Ready? BEGIN!'

Aerodactyl took off as Gyarados approached, moving like a snake of sorts. Pikachu and Vaporeon dashed, the Bubble Jet Pokémon jumping up high with the help of her tail, which propelled her up into the air by releasing water streams from it. She attempted to slam it against Aerodactyl, but he bit down on it and started crunching, stopping her attack and causing damage. He then threw her upwards, allowing her to use Water Gun to propel back to him, somersaulting with a reddish-orange tail, which she slammed against his head. Aerodactyl was pushed down, slightly, but his position allowed him to strike Vaporeon with both Wings, one at a time, pushing her down against the floor.

Pikachu in the meantime approached Gyarados. Gyarados's ability, Intimidate, made Pikachu fear him, but even then he wouldn't give up. Starting things off with a jump and flip, Pikachu used Iron Tail, but Gyarados quickly twisted to the side and bit down on Pikachu's tail. Pikachu flinched from surprise and was then thrown against the floor of the battlefield. The Electric Mouse followed his recovery with the gathering of electricity at the end of his tail, in the shape of an orb, and after spinning over a hand, he launched it at Gyarados, but the body of the Atrocious Pokémon curled around, making the orb pass through him without touching, and fired a black and deep-blue dragon-shaped flame at Pikachu. The hit landed, creating a light explosion which pushed Pikachu off the floor. However, the little Pokémon spun and landed on all fours. Resolute to cause damage, he became surrounded in golden electricity and dashed, but Gyarados replied by twisting his tailfin around, creating a Twister which pushed Pikachu away, stopping his Volt Tackle.

Vaporeon shook her head, recovering from the hit and created a blue orb of energy in front of her mouth, which she hurled at Aerodactyl. The hit landed, making the orb explode into a wave of water, damaging Aerodactyl, but the Fossil Pokémon didn't flinch, and he swooped down, his fangs surrounded in electricity. Vaporeon attempted to confuse him with the use of Haze, but Aerodactyl's Thunder Fang bit her down before she could release the cloud of black smoke. While Aerodactyl crunched her, causing further pain, Vaporeon liquefied her body, making his teeth pass through. The shape of Vaporeon dispersed into multiple water droplets, which surrounded Aerodactyl. With the use of Double-Edge, she executed her technique, the Liquefied Sword Draw, which consisted on the water droplets firing themselves into Aerodactyl, leaving behind golden trails and hitting him hard. Vaporeon then reformed into her solid shape and swung her tail to the side, making Aerodactyl react to the attack. However, he turned and took the surprise factor to his side. Forming an orb of purple and black energy, Aerodactyl fired a Hyper Beam against Vaporeon, not only dealing heavy damage, but triggering a massive explosion as well.

Pikachu released multiple thunderbolts from his body, shocking Gyarados, but in turn, his body became surrounded in a red aura as he moved frantically from side to side. Pikachu was confused at first, but when Gyarados dove down and bite his body, he understood that Gyarados had become stronger and faster through the use of Dragon Dance. Pikachu quickly reacted by discharging a massive blast of electricity, which heavily damaged Gyarados, obligating him to let go of the small Pokémon. However, the infuriated Gyarados didn't stop, and slammed his tail hard against the ground, sending white waves through the floor. The Earthquake attack hit Pikachu hard, causing heavy damage. Gyarados then copied Aerodactyl and fired a Hyper Beam from his mouth. Pikachu tried to escape, but part of his body was hit, dealing a great amount of damage.

Vaporeon, while weak, took the opportunity to return to her side of the field and attempt to help Pikachu, since both Aerodactyl and Gyarados had to recharge from using Hyper Beam.

While both weakened, Pikachu and Vaporeon wouldn't give up.

Red came up with a strategy. Vaporeon moved forward to the center of the field, while Pikachu ran back. The recharging period was over and both Aerodactyl and Gyarados charged their Hyper Beams again. Vaporeon awaited for her cue while Pikachu surrounded himself in golden electricity.

Gyarados and Aerodactyl both fired their beams and Vaporeon created a green barrier around her, blocking both attacks. She feared that the combined strength of the attacks would break Protect, but luckily, they didn't. Pikachu's golden electricity became wavy and a board formed beneath his feet. A large golden tidal wave was created behind him, moving at amazing speed towards both Aerodactyl and Gyarados.

"Volt Tackle and Surf together! Surfing Thunder!"

The tidal wave swallowed Gyarados and Aerodactyl, who were both tackled by the Surfing Pikachu in the process. After the water disappeared, Gyarados and Aerodactyl fell, unable to continue battling, since they were attacked by super effective moves.

Lance withdrew his Pokémon and was quick to send the next pair. Once again, they were identical, but different in color. Long, serpentine Pokémon with sky blue or violet scales and a white underside.

'Dragonair, the Dragon Pokémon, and the evolved form of Dratini. Dragonair stores an enormous amount of energy inside its body. It is said to alter weather conditions in its vicinity by discharging energy from its crystals on its neck and tail.'

"Dragon-type Pokémon, huh…? Vaporeon, Pikachu, come back!" Red withdrew both of his Pokémon and prepared the next pair. "Snorlax, Aerodactyl, let's do this!"

"Snorr!"

"Aero!"

CHOMP!

"Why do I even bother?" Red wondered, as Aerodactyl kept munching down his head lightly. After he returned to the battlefield, the battle began.

"Dragonair, Dragon Rage!"

Both Dragonair pulled back their heads as they created a black and deep blue flame, which they then fired, assuming the shape of a dragon midway through.

Aerodactyl replied by using the same attack, cancelling each other out, while Snorlax smashed his with an icy punch. Aerodactyl flew towards the regular Dragonair, while the shiny one made her way towards Snorlax.

Aerodactyl's tail became colored deep blue, just like Dragonair, and the two started a tail-fight, but it finished when the Dragonair released a stream of air from his mouth, pushing Aerodactyl away. Aerodactyl flapped his wings in order to recover, and fired a Dragon Rage attack once more, which hit Dragonair's body. However, from within the cloud of smoke, a light blue orb emerged, fired by Dragonair, which exploded into a wave of water after colliding with the flinching Aerodactyl, causing heavy damage. Dragonair then followed the trail the Water Pulse left within the smoke and slammed his body against him, pushing the Fossil Pokémon against the floor. Aerodactyl black flipped, landing on his feet and jumped back up, striking Dragonair with his wings twice. After the two backed away, Aerodactyl and Dragonair both fired a multicolored dragon-shaped beam, which collided and created a thick cloud of smoke.

Snorlax approached the female Dragonair with an icy glowing fist, but Dragonair curled up around his arm and stopped Snorlax from moving by Wrapping around Snorlax's body. Snorlax struggled to get free, but with no effect. Dragonair then fired a multicolored dragon-shaped beam of energy at point blank range, damaging Snorlax. Irritated, the Sleeping Pokémon flexed his body, gaining Strength and allowing him to knock Dragonair away. Snorlax and Dragonair slammed their bodies against each other with Body Slam and Slam respectively. They were both pushed back respectively, Snorlax dragging his feet firmly against the floor. Snorlax jumped back forward, bearing a white glowing Mega Punch and attempted to punch Dragonair, but she blocked it with the use of Iron Tail.

After both Dragonairs backing off, Aerodactyl and Snorlax returned to their side of the field. The eyes of the Dragon-types began to glow red and they rushed in at high speed and started striking Aerodactyl and Snorlax multiple times in an Outrage. Aerodactyl and Snorlax became the more and more damage with each hit. They ended up with their back pressed against each other. After both growling, Snorlax and Aerodactyl built up their rage and they attacked their respective target. Snorlax delivered a powerful Ice Punch, freezing the shiny Dragonair, while Aerodactyl drew out glowing deep blue claws and slashed his target. Both Dragonairs backed off, damaged and confused because of their Outrage attack. Aerodactyl fired a Dragon Pulse again while Snorlax outlined in silver, slammed his body against Dragonair.

Both Dragons fainted. Red was surprised by seeing how smoothly the battle was running despite being the final member the Elite 4, and the battle could earn him the title of Champion. Maybe it was the experience his Pokémon gathered through the journey and the previous three battles.

However, doubt would appear shortly after Lance revealed his final Pokémon.

"Come forth, Dragonite." Lance opened the Poké Ball, letting out a draconic Pokémon with light orange skin.

'Dragonite, the Dragon Pokémon, and the final evolutionary form of Dratini. Dragonite is capable of circling the globe in just 16 hours. It is a kindhearted Pokémon that leads lost and foundering ships in a storm to the safety of land.'

"So this is how Dratini will look like…"

"Guys, we're close! Let's keep on fighting!"

"Snorrr."

"Aero!"

"Water Pulse."

The cute expression on Dragonite's face was suddenly replaced by a menacing look. Moving at a speed so fast that it seemed like he had disappeared, Dragonite held a blue orb, surrounded in veils of water, in a single hand, and slammed it against the flinching Aerodactyl.

Snorlax flinched as well, but glared at the dragon for what happened to his teammate. Snorlax pulled back a white glowing punch, but what happened before happened again: Dragonite moved so fast that it had seemed like he had disappeared. A confused Snorlax looked around, and a menacing Dragonite reappeared holding back a reddish-orange aura surrounded punch, which he rammed against Snorlax's back, sending him against Aerodactyl.

Dragonite opened his mouth and fired a multicolored dragon-shaped beam of energy, which triggered an explosion and knocked them both out.

"What the… He was so fast…" Red couldn't believe his eyes. Dragonite defeated Snorla and Aerodactyl under 30 seconds and they couldn't have done anything about it. "Pikachu, Vaporeon, let's do this!"

The two Pokémon from the first round returned, and fear crawled up their spines upon seeing the furious-looking Dragonite.

Vaporeon sprinted towards Dragonite, but his fast movements were far too overwhelming. He appeared right behind her, holding her tail in place, stopping her from moving. He Slammed her down against the floor and then hurled her against Pikachu before jumping up and stomping the ground, triggering an Earthquake. White waves of energy ran down through the battlefield and the caused massive damage to both Pikachu and Vaporeon. Shortly after, Dragonite fired another Dragon Pulse, defeating the other two Pokémon.

Red withdrew them as well, feeling fear for possibly losing. He took out his final choice and stared at the Poké Ball. "I'm counting on you. It started off with you… Let's make our best. Venusaur, let's do this!"

"Venusaur!" The Pokémon landed on the field and crossed glares with Dragonite. Venusaur's courage gave him the will to fight and not pull any punches.

Dragonite moved extremely fast and reappeared right in front of Venusaur, holding back a fist surrounded in a red flame. However, before he could connect, Venusaur used his vines to hold Dragonite's arm. He then pulled him to the side and slammed Dragonite into the floor, surprising both him and Lance. Venusaur then hurled Dragonite back to his side of the field and gather energy above his flower in the shape of a white orb, which he then hurled. Dragonite recovered quickly and hovered close to the floor, dodging the Weather Ball and Slammed his tail against Venusaur, pushing him. Venusaur roared and the petals of his flower grew, becoming sharper and glowing purple. His strength increased greatly thanks to the Swords Dance. Venusaur fired multiple razor sharp leaves, all glowing purple. Dragonite blocked the attack with his arms, and then fired a narrow light blue beam from his mouth. Venusaur jumped aside and dashed, leaving behind a golden purple trail behind. Dragonite spread his arms, attempting to stop Venusaur on his tracks, but the crash caused damage to his body. However, his anger fuelled his strength. Lifting up Venusaur, Dragonite slammed him down against the floor before stopping down on it and releasing seismic waves through the ground. Venusaur dodged the Earthquake by jumping up high into the air, but Dragonite followed his movements and struck a Fire Punch against his face, sending him back down. Upon lnading and growling, Venusaur and Dragonite roared at each other. Venusaur used Swords Dance a second time, making the glow of his flower much more intense and much sharper, in addition to making his teeth slightly longer.

Dragonite became surrounded in a red aura and moved from side to side, powering up as well. He started off by releasing a stream of fire at Venusaur, but it was blocked by the use of a Weather Ball, which ended up hitting Dragonite's head. Infuriated, he flew down, bearing an icy glowing fist. Venusaur jumped once again, leaving behind a purple golden trail, and colliding with Dragonite, causing an explosion that made them both back off. Dragonite landed and started charging a beam of pure black and purple energy in front of his mouth, while Venusaur quickly gathered light within his flower. The two fired their beams, colliding right at the center of the field and giving start to a struggle between the two. The two roared and another explosion triggered. The two got out unhurt, but Dragonite had to recharge due to the use of Hyper Beam. Venusaur took the opportunity to use one last Swords Dance, which made his flower become much shorter, his teeth to grow, and eyes to become hollow. Roaring, Venusaur's attack had reached its highest potential. Dragonite glared and roared as well, unable to accept the existence of an opponent stronger than him.

Venusaur took the chance to use another powering-up move, Growth, which after making his body glow green, his size increased slightly, giving him a more monstrous figure. Dragonite executed another Dragon's Dance and glared at Venusaur. Moving as fast as he could, Dragonite struck Venusaur as many times as he could, but Venusaur wouldn't stand still. Crashing his body with simple tackles made Dragonite fly to the opposite side of the field. Recovering from the attack, Dragonite looked forward and noticed how Venusaur used Growth again. Blind with rage, Dragonite became surrounded in a red aura and used Outrage in order to battle Venusaur, but the monstrous Pokémon countered with the use of Double-Edge, tackling each punch or kick. Finally, Dragonite flew up high and charged another Hyper Beam. Venusaur charged as well and the two beams were fired again, however, the Solar Beam was much stronger and it went through the Hyper Beam. Dragonite flinched just before the solar beam hit him. Venusaur's vines then tied around his foot and slammed him down against the floor with great force twice before withdrawing them. Dragonite recovered slowly, barely able to stand up, and roared once more. Venusaur dashed, leaving behind a pure purple trail, crashing into Dragonite and knocking him out.

Red breathed heavily as Venusaur returned to normal. "Did we… Did we win?"

"Venu!" Venusaur nodded, looking back with a smile as well. Red's eyes shined and he ran next to his partner as Lance withdrew Dragonite.

"I still can't believe my dragons lost to you, Red. You are now the Pokémon League Champion!" Red's lips began to curl in amazement, until Lance's pride in him vanished. "…Or, you would have been, but you have one more challenge left."

"W-What?!"

"There is one more Trainer to face! He beat the Elite Four before you. He is the real Pokémon League Champion. His name is…"

As Lance's lips spoke the name, Red's eyes widened in disbelief, despite already having a feeling that the possibility could be true.


Red ran through the final corridor, Yellow following right behind him. He opened the final door and froze.

"Hey, Red. I was looking forward to see you."

"…Green!"


Pokémon of the Day:

Gyarados - Its fangs can crush stones and its scales are harder than steel. Gyarados is infamously known for its fierce temper and wanton destructive tendencies, and is attracted to violence. In addition, Gyarados is also notoriously difficult to tame even after it is captured by the Trainer, usually requiring an exceptional amount of work in taming it until it can obey its Trainer.

Aerodactyl - Due to the sharp appearance of Aerodactyl's fangs, it was originally thought to be exclusively a carnivore. However, the anime shows it joyfully consuming fruit. Its serrated fangs and ferocious attitude are nevertheless very imposing, and it is said to be capable of effortlessly ripping out enemies' throats. With its impressive wings, Aerodactyl fearlessly soars high in the skies, freely letting out its high-pitched cries. When at rest it enjoys the safety and seclusion of the mountains where it likes to nest.

Dragonite - Despite its bulky build, Dragonite is capable of flying faster than the speed of sound. It can circle the globe in sixteen hours, traveling roughly 1,556 mph/2,505km/h, or about three times the speed of an average airplane. A kindhearted Pokémon with human-like intelligence, Dragonite shows signs of altruism: it is said to save humans from drowning and lead lost or foundering ships to safety.

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