Crow: This was quick...
Me: Yeah, but I figured I'd get this one up as soon as possible.
Otto: (sounds bored) What's the chapter about this time?
Me: Well, HO-OH keeps his promise as he purifies the DR pokemon.
Servo: I've been curious as to how this will work.
Gantz: Well, Nutcase told me the idea a while ago, and it was sheer genius. With how the DR Pokemon are 'made', it would take a serious amount of holy power to revert them to normal pokemon.
Servo: Yeah, I kinda figured, but I'm still curious as to how it'll work.
Me: Well woner no more, the show's about to start!
Chapter 34: Salvation
After HO-OH's command to the heroes, they ran back to Ecruteak as fast as they could. When they got back, they told Morty what had happened while they were gone, and that HO-OH should be at the Tin Tower this minute. Morty was shocked and suprised, but he then said, "But that's impossible! The bells in the Tin Tower didn't ring! If HO-OH was here, the bells would've-" Before he could finish, there was a loud ringing that could be heard throughout the city. People and pokemon came out of their homes, curious about what was going on. Morty ran from the gym without saying a single word, and ran for the Tin Tower.
The heroes quickly followed soon after, and they eventually caught up to Morty at the top floor. Along the way, everyone saw four metal bells on each floor of the tower. On the ninth floor, there were three more bells made of crystal. There obviously was supposed to be a fourth, but that fact didn't matter to anyone at the moment. The crystal bells were also ringing with an otherworldly tone, and Morty was stunned by the sight and sound of this.
Morty then said quietly, 'It's true. HO-OH is returning now!' At that moment, a loud screech, which the heroes recognized as HO-OH, was heard. The ceiling moved on it's own, revealing a door where the massive bird decended through the uncovered roof and landed in a large nest in the center of the room. It was then seen that HO-OH used his telekenetic abilities to open the roof, as his eyes were glowing a peculiar blue color, and a similar aura was seen on the roof as it parted. Morty stared at HO-OH for a few seconds before finally saying, "HO-OH, I am honored to meet you in person! I never would have expected to meet you during my lifetime!"
HO-OH then said to Morty telepathically, "You don't have to be so formal. You are a guest in my home. By the way, I'm pleased to see how the people of this city were kind enough to make an exact copy of my former home after what had happened seven hundred years ago."
Morty then asked, "Why have you returned though? The world isn't at peace like you wanted yet!" HO-OH then had a solemn look on his face, then he said, "As you no doubt know from the other people in this room, a great evil has decended upon our home. I forsaw it threatened the lives of not only just the pokemon in this world, but also the humans. You of all people know how much I wish for humans and pokemon to commune as one like they did before, but this evil threatens the very existance of life on this planet as we know it! To that reason, I had to come back sooner so I may help stop this threat!"
Looking over to the heroes, HO-OH then said, "Did you bring the DR Pokemon as I asked?" Meowth held up several pokeballs and said, "We got 'em right here!" HO-OH then said, "Good. Send them out one at a time, and I shall cure them with my powers." Clay nervously plucked one of the pokeballs, and opened it up, releasing the recently captured DR Froslass. Froslass took one look at the heroes and tried to attack, but HO-OH restrained it with a Psychic attack.
HO-OH then said to the Froslass, "You are corrupted by evil's temptation. You willingly joined up with the Dentes Rhohos because you wanted to get vengence on the human whom abandoned you because she thought you were weak. Your desire for power corrupted your soul, and when you saw the horror of the ritual about to be done to you, it was too late. You wished someone, even the trainer whom abandoned you would save you. But now you can rest easy as I am about to release the good inside of you."
The DR Froslass struggled, but it was no use as HO-OH prepared his legendary Sacred Fire attack. When the attack hit, the DR Froslass was reduced to a pile of strangley glittering ash. Everyone looked mortified by what HO-OH did, but HO-OH then said to everyone, "Do not be alarmed. The only way for me to save these poor creatures is to first take their lives away. Once that's done, their souls are freed from the darkness. From there, I can use the rest of my power to restore their bodies to the state before they were turned into the abominations you've seen so far. The ash that once was the body of this Froslass will be reformed, but as the Froslass that it once was, not the evil beast you once knew."
HO-OH then let out a rainbow-colored mist flow from the crest on his head as he focused his life-giving power to the pile of ash on the ground. The ash began to rebuild itself into the shape of a Froslass. Then, a small ball of light flew into the Froslass statue HO-OH created from the ash (which the heroes figured was the Froslass's soul). Thats when the stony apperance faded away, revieling organic matter. But Froslass was different from before. Now it's body was a white color rather than the jet black and crimson red commonly seen amongst the dinosaur Dentes Rhohos species and the DR pokemon.
The Froslass opened it's eyes, and said in a gentle feminine voice, "Owww, what happened?" The Froslass gazed up and saw HO-OH before her, and she quickly bowed as if HO-OH was royalty (which it technically is in a way). HO-OH then said, "You were not yourself for a while. These kind people here saved you from some monsters who were using you as a tool of conquest. I used my powers to restore you to your former state."
Froslass then remembered what happened to her. Being abandoned by her trainer, accepting an unusual Zangoose's offer to gain power, a horrifying ritual, and blinding pain. HO-OH then said, "You no doubt now remember what drove you to do what you did. Please have no ill feelings towards humans, as that is what drove you to your unfortunate fate. Having such feelings towards any individual or groups of certain individuals will cloud your judgement and will leave you open to temptation from from the forces of darkness. Learn to forget about the past. The trainer whom abandoned you will be visited by one of my servents, and will be taught of these events and will hopefully change her ways. If you happen to run into her in your future, and if she has changed, then I wish for you to accept her apology and accompany her once more."
The Froslass then said, "I-I understand..." HO-Oh then said, "For now, I want you to accompany these heroes. Your skills will likely be of great help to them to save others like yourself." Froslass nodded before agreeing to HO-OH's will. She floated up to us, and said, "I'm deeply sorry for whatever it is I may have done..." Ash then said, "Don't worry, we knew you weren't yourself." Froslass was stunned how a human could understand her, but Meowth said, "Don't worry about it now, we'll tell ya later."
After a few more minutes, all of the DR pokemon rescued so far, the Charizard, Tyrannitar, Absol, and Scyther had been purified by HO-OH's death and rebirth method of salvation. The four pokemon then chose their temporary trainers: Charizard decided to join up with Meriee, the Tyrannitar wished to work with Ash (It was soon discovered the Tyrannitar was once the same Lavitar that Ash, Misty, and Brock took care of shortly before Ash took part in the Johto League Silver Conference, so it was realized Tyrannitar wished to repay his old friend's kindness), Absol teamed up with Vivian, and the Scyther chose Zane.
The DR Froslass for some reson was compelled to be Luigi's pokemon, much to his dismay since Froslass is a ghost pokemon. Brock then said to Luigi, "Looks like we have to get you a trainer's liscence, Luigi." Luigi groaned as the Froslass laughed at Luigi's reluctance. Cambot then said, "While we're at it, we might as well as get one for Crow as well."
Crow seemed hesitant, but conceded when he said, "Well, I gotta admit that this is begining to sound cool now. Fine, I'll get a liscence." Zane then said, "Those freaks better watch out now, their days are numbered!"
HO-OH then said, "Yes indeed, young Zane. When the time comes, I shall fight alongside you as your enemies' numbers are growing steadily. There are even other pokemon who have joined the Dentes Rhohos of their free will that need to be saved as soon as possible. When I join the fight alongside you, I shall strike the enemy with all my might, freeing as many as I can as quickly as I can! Our combined forces will overwhelm the remaining Dentes Rhohos, as well as the ones known as Team Rocket!"
HO-OH then let out another screech as a rainbow appeared in the sky as a warning to the Dentes Rhohos. In the distance, outside the city, Branz the DR Zangoose watches in horror at the new development. "Oh no, I must warn Master Kale!" Branz then ran as quickly as possible to the secret location of the Team Rocket fall-back hideout.
To be continued...
Otto: I got to admit, that was better than I thought.
Wally: Excellent job mate! Since I'm a light bender, I can easily tell you that you got the whole oly power thing down nicely!
Me: Thank you.
Crow: Well, it seems I'm gonna get myself some more action here!
Ace: Poor Luigi. I just knew that somehow a ghost would find some way of getting to him in this story.
Zane: Alright, I got a Scyther!
Gantz: Nice choice giving Zane a Scyther. It goes along with his martial artist team. Also a nice touch with how you had the Tyrannitar once being the same Larvitar that Ash took care of for that short period of time.
Servo: Why does Meriee have the Charizard?
Me: Well Merie's training to be a sorceress, and dragons and magic users tend to go hand in hand, like in Harry Potter.
Servo: Oh.
Me: I also figured Vivian needed a power player on her team, and Absol is a popular choice for many trainers. Plus, it's ability to foretell disasters might come in handy for the team.
Gantz: In that case, I gotta think of something that can take advantage of Absol's special talent for future use.
Me: Well, whatever it is you got, it ought to be good. Anyway, R&R!