Chapter 36: Surpise
It was early in the morning on the edge of route six and Serena was with her pokemon.
"Lycanroc use Sand attack. Vulpix use Icy wing, Butterfree use whirlwind."
Lycanroc unleashed sand as Vulpix let out cold wind.
Butterfree blew the icy sand around her , making the sand sparkle.
Butterfree opened gaps in the combined attacks allowing Vulpix and Lycanroc to jump through them.
"Aurora beam and Rock throw!"
"Vul!"
"Lycanroc!"
The two unleashed their attacks into the sand bursting the sand into a sparkling display of rocks and icy energy.
Butterfree flew forward onto Serena's arm as she held it out.
Serena danced elegantly around with Butterfree flying around her body.
Lycanroc soon joined in dancing around Serena's legs before Vulpix jumped into her arms, Serena holding her as they danced around.
The four kept it up, Ash, Pikachu, and Ash's other pokemon watching them.
"Vul!"
"Roc!"
"Free!"
They stopped as Ash and his pokemon applauded.
"Serena that was great." He said.
Serena let her pokemon down before giving a nervous look.
"Are you sure, I mean I think I'm not moving in sync enough with Lycanroc. I think I should." Serena started before Ash got up and picked her up in his arms.
"You're going to be fine." He said giving her a kiss.
Serena blushed but kissed Ash back.
The two sat down against a tree with their respective Lycanroc resting against them.
"I still can't believe your first contest is tomorrow."
"I know." Serena said nervously.
"You can do this Serena, this is your passion."
"I know it's just, this is my first contest. Nothing can change that fact, I just wish I had done this before, so I wouldn't be so nervous."
"Well think about it that way, after this you'll never have to worry about it being your first contest again."
Serena laughed a little.
"I suppose that's true." She said taking a deep breath.
"I wonder if Tina will be there? She has a lot more experience then me."
"Serena, just remember the most important thing."
"Which is?"
"Have fun out there."
Serena smiled, giving Ash another kiss on the cheek.
Pikachu noticed Vulpix was just as nervous as Serena.
He came over to her and nudged his head against hers.
"Pika, Pikachu." He said.
She turned to him.
"Vulpix."
"Pika Pikachu." He said telling her she would do great tomorrow.
"Vul. Vulpix." saying she had never done something like this before.
"Pika." Pikachu said saying Serena's training would make her prepared.
Vulpix looked very nervous.
"Vul." She said saying she wasn't sure if she believed in herself.
"Pika." Pikachu said, saying he did.
Vulpix's face turned red as she came up, rubbing her head agains this.
Later that morning the group were moving down the route.
"It's been a while since I've been to Royal avenue, this should be fun." Lillie said.
"What's it like?" Red asked.
"It's a blooming town , full of big shops, cafes, and the royal dome, which is hosting the pokemon contest." Serena said with her information pad out.
"We're all excited to see you perform Serena, we know you'll do great." Moon said.
"Yeah rock out tomorrow." Hau said.
"Thanks guys."
"I just hope the Gorma don't interrupt it like last time." Gary said Moon elbowing him.
"Hey!"
"Don't jynx it!" She shouted.
Eventually they exited the route and saw a a large avenue that looked beautifly landscaped. The buildings arranged around large areas of grass, palm trees, and flowers.
There was a pokemon center, several large stores, and a massive dome in the center that was grey with a large top, spotlights in the front and inflatable pokemon near the entrance.
"The Royal Dome." Serena said taking it in.
Ash put his hand on her shoulder as she turned to him.
"We should get some rooms at the pokemon center before they fill up."
Serena nodded.
The group made their way over to the pokemon center and just as Ash predicted, there seemed to be a large number of coordinators in the pokemon center.
"Woah, looks like we should have gotten here sooner." Gary said before Serena noticed there were only two keys left on the rack behind the counter.
A group of girls came in looking like they were coordinators and saw the keys as well.
The girl in front then saw Serena, the two looking back at the counter before entering a dead sprint towards the counter.
Serena was moving faster, the girl throwing a punch only for Serena to easily avoid it and send the girl tumble.
"We need two rooms!" Serena screamed, Nurse Joy sweat dropping as she nervously handed her the keys.
Serena turned, showing the group the keys.
"Serena." A familiar voice said.
Serena turned to see none other than Tina standing there.
"Tina." Serena said.
"I was wondering if you'd make it to this contest." Tina said.
The others came up around her.
"Guys you remember Tina."
"Hey Tina." Hau said.
"Oh right your friends and boyfriend. How are you guys doing?"
"We're doing fine." Moon said.
"What have you been up to?" Serena asked.
"I won another contest."
"Really." Serena said sounding a little nervous.
Tina showed them the ribbon.
"Wow, congratulations."
"You know what, the contest ins't until tomorrow. How would you like to have some girl time, maybe some shopping." Tina said.
"I'd love to." Serena said.
"I'm coming!" Lillie said.
"I'll come too." Moon said.
"We'll see you guys for later." Serena said as they left.
"We should probably unpack." Hau said.
"I need to call Mallow first." Gary said.
Ash and Red walked to one of the rooms.
"Serena must be nervous, it being her first contest and all."
"Oh she is, I tried to give her a pep talk, maybe I'll give her another tonight."
"You know it's amazing how fast time flies isn't it. I mean it's been almost two months since our first grand trial."
Ash took interest in what he just said.
"Two months?"
"Yeah." Red said before he noticed a look on Ash's face, Pikachu's as well.
"Is everything alright?"
"Huh? Oh yeah, I'm fine."
Meanwhile Serena was with Tina , Moon, and Lillie at a clothing store.
Moon came out of the dressing room in front of Lillie and Serena.
She was wearing a less than fashionable outfit.
"What do you think, it was made entirely out of recycled material."
"As in cloths people threw out." Lillie said.
"No recycled."
"Maybe there was a reason they were 'recycled'" Serena said as she and Lillie sweat dropped.
"Fine I'll try on another."
"Serena you can come in with me." Tina said opening her door.
Serena grabbed her cloths and went in shutting the door behind her.
Tina noticed Serena had picked out what looked like performer dresses.
"You got some performer cloths." She said Serena nodding as she took her normal cloths off.
"Mind telling me with you think works best?"
"No problem." Tina said as Serena put the first one on the first one, it being a red and pink classical like dress.
"I would put a bow on my hair in a pony tail."
"Hmmm, it could work. What are the other ones?"
Serena put on an eastern styled desk dress that was green white and salmon.
"It looks nice." Tina said before she saw Serena's expression in the mirror and knew what she was feeling.
"You know, before my first contest I was pretty nervous too. Not sure if I could stack up to the more experienced coordinators."
"How did you do it?"
"Well I got in there and went up against a girl who had been doing contests for years, but I noticed something that surprised me. She was nervous too. I didn't understand it until I too went into several contests, deep down everyone is nervous Serena, anyone who says otherwise is a liar. When you're up there, even if it's your first time, you'll be around your peers."
Serena smiled a little.
"Thanks."
"Good, now tomorrow you make sure you make it to the later rounds, I need someone to keep my skills sharp. Don't want to get complacent."
"How's Litten doing?"
"She's doing outstanding, she evolve into Torracat."
"That's great."
"What about your pokemon?"
"Well Rockruff evolved and I caught a pink Butterfree."
"Looks like you're going for the triple action."
"That's allowed right?"
Tina nodded.
"Good, because I'd hate for any of my pokemon to get left out."
"That's good you're thinking that way, when you're up there tomorrow it's not just you , it's your pokemon."
Later that night, Serena was in the girl's room Lillie brushing her hair like when they were roommates while Moon was studying for her upcoming test.
"It's been a while since we've done this." Lillie said.
Serena noticed her Vulpix playing with Nebby.
Lillie petted Vulpix as she also combed Serena's hair.
"It still amazes me that you use to be afraid of touching pokemon." Serena said.
"I guess so. You know I love traveling with everyone, but sometimes I miss it being just the two of us. You were a good roommate Serena."
"Thanks Lillie, you were a good roommate too."
"So if you become famous one day , will you still remember little people like us?" Moon asked.
"Little people, come on Moon we know you'll become a world renowned pokemon doctor." Serena said.
"If I can pass this test." Moon said as she ripped out another sheet of notepaper.
"Besides Lillie owns the Aether cooperation." Serena said.
"Well, that's not entirely true."
"What?"
"You see my mother was never reported dead so legally she still owns the company. But if she doesn't show up in the next year, then legally I will own the company."
"Maybe you could hire me." Moon said.
Lillie smiled.
"We'll see how your interview goes first."
"You could keep me on retainer to perform for your company."
"I could, geez I have it all figured out now." The three laughed a little.
"I know you'll do good tomorrow, you're the kind of person who inspires someone like me." Lillie said, Serena smiling.
Despite her anxiety, Serena was able to sleep well that night.
Early the next morning she got up and showered.
In the shower Serena was thinking about her contest.
"Serena" Daizyujin said.
"Daizyujin." She said.
"I can feel your anxiety"
"I'm just a little nervous, this being my first contest."
"You've faced Gorma monsters and a simple show scares you?"
"It's not that simple." Serena said.
"Perhaps it is, you should keep that in mind" Daizyujin said.
Serena finished her shower and met with the others for breakfast.
Serena was sitting beside Ash, slowly eating her breakfast.
"So Serena what pokemon are you using?" Hau asked.
"All three."
"Are you allowed to?" Gary asked.
"For the performance round I am."
"I wonder if someone will try to use six pokemon?" Moon asked.
"I don't know, that seems like it could be a cluttered performance." Red said.
Serena saw her pokemon also looking a little nervous.
The morning seemed especially long , eventually the group making their way to the royal dome.
Serena waited in line among several others coordinators.
"Serena." She heard, seeing Tina behind her.
"Tina."
"You need to show up earlier if you don't want to wait in line." Tina said as Serena moved up.
"Are you sure everyone here is nervous, they seem so , not nervous."
"Serena you'll be fine, relax and have fun with it." Tina said.
Serena registered herself and went to the backstage locker room with Tina.
Ash and the others got seats in the large auditorium build around the center of the building in a square fashion.
The square had large lights on the ground that illuminated the room.
The stage was also in a square fashion with one blue corner shaped like a Gyarados head, one green shaped like a Tyranitar, a yellow shaped like a Haxorus , and a red shaped like a Charizard.
"This will be exciting, contests are already so fun, but we get to see Serena too." Lillie said.
Ash and Pikachu were watching closely as they saw the room get dark before the center of the stage lit up.
A man stood there wearing a shiny suit and top hat.
"Alola!" He shouted through a microphone.
"Welcome one and all to the Royal Avenue pokemon contest. Today we will see many coordinators and their lovely performances. First introducing our three judges, our local Nurse Joy, business tycoon Mr. Contesta, and the island Kahuna Olivia."
Ash and the others saw a dark skinned woman with short dark hair and grey eyes wearing a skimpy pink outfit.
"That's the island Kahuna for Akala island?" Gary asked.
"Yeah, and from what I here she's like a mother to Mallow." Lillie said.
"What?" Gary said.
"Now introducing our coordinators." The master of ceremonies said as more lights appeared, revealing Serena standing beside Tina with Vulpix out.
Serena was wearing the pink and red western styled dress she bought the day before and had her hair in a pony tail.
Tina wore a more eastern styled dress with her Torracat beside her.
Serena saw the people around her and heard the applause.
Unknown to Serena, all the way in Kalos her mother was watching on tv with a rhyhorn in the room.
Serena saw Ash and the others looking down at her.
"First we will have our performance round where each coordinator and their pokemon will showcase their routine. Our judges will then look through all of them and determine the four most worthy to move on. The four will face each other in a battle round and then a final battle round, the winner will receive this ribbon." He said revealing a silver medallion with gold colored ribbons around it.
Serena and Vulpix waited down in the locker room as they saw Tina finish up her routine with Torracat and Fomantis.
The crowd applauded as Tina and her pokemon bowed.
Serena took a deep breath as she looked down at Vulpix, picking her up.
"We can do this." She said.
"Vul…Vulpix"
She let out Butterfree and Lycanroc.
"Let's go."
"Now introducing our next coordinator, Serena!" The master of ceremonies shouted.
"Yeah Serena!"
"Pika!"
Serena took a deep breath as the three pokemon came around her.
"Let's do this." Serena said as she began dancing around with Butterfree flying over her in an elegant manner.
"Lycanroc use Sand attack. Vulpix use Icy wing, Butterfree use whirlwind."
Lycanroc unleashed sand as Vulpix let out cold wind towards Serena.
Butterfree blew the icy sand around her and Serena , making the sand sparkle.
Butterfree opened gaps in the combined attacks allowing Vulpix and Lycanroc to jump through them.
"Aurora beam and Rock throw!"
"Vul!"
"Lycanroc!"
The two unleashed their attacks into the sand bursting the sand into a sparkling display of rocks and icy energy.
"Impressive." Olivia said.
Butterfree flew forward onto Serena's arm as she held it out.
Serena danced elegantly around with Butterfree flying around her body.
Lycanroc soon joined in dancing around Serena's legs before Vulpix jumped into her arms, Serena holding her as they danced around.
Ash and the others was in amazement as they saw Serena and her pokemon perform.
"Wow she's doing good." Moon said.
Ash and Pikachu watched and looking proud of them.
Grace in Kalos was looking just as proud as she watched her daughter.
"I like her." Nurse Joy said.
Serena stopped, letting Vulpix down as they bowed, the crowd applauding them. Seeing all these people applaud for her and her pokemon made Serena feel good, very good. Her eyes lighting up.
Tina was watching from the locker room also smiling
Serena soon joined Tina down in the locker room.
"That was great Serena."
"You really think so?"
"I know so."
The two waited with the other coordinators as master of ceremonies on stage.
"We have had many outstanding performances here today ladies and gentlemen, but I'm afraid only four can move onto the battle rounds. Our first is Coordinator Tina."
The audience applauded.
"Congratulations." Serena said.
"Next is coordinator Gileon."
Serena took a deep breath.
"Coordinator Layla."
"Oh geez." Red said, many in the group looking nervous.
Red noticed Ash and Pikachu didn't look nervous.
Serena was almost shaking as she closed her eyes.
"Coordinator Serena."
Serena opened her eyes.
"What?"
"You did it Serena, you're moving on." Tina said.
"Yes!" Moon screamed, drawing attention to herself before sweat dropping.
"Never any doubt." Ash said.
"Pika." Pikachu said nodding.
Serena hugged all three of her pokemon who were overjoyed.
"Alright let's not get overconfident, we still have two more rounds."
"And me." Tina said smiling at her.
"First up in the battle round is Coordinator Serena against coordinator Layla."
Serena looked at her pokemon.
"Alright who wants to battle?"
"Rock!" Lycanroc said coming forward.
"Alright it's up to you then."
Serena got onto the stage with Lycanroc in front of her.
Her opponent, a young woman had an Alolan Persian in front of her.
"We have five minutes on the clock, whoever has more points at the end will win the round. Begin!"
"Persian use Fake out."
The Alolan Persian sprinted forward.
"Sand attack with Howl."
Lycanroc unleashed sand forward before howling it into Persian, making her lose sight of Lycanroc before Lycanroc ducked down, Persian tripping over her as Layla lost some points.
"That's it Serena!" Ash shouted.
"No you don't , Persian use Swift and furry attack."
Persian unleashed stars forward while striking them at Lycanroc in a meteor shower like fashion.
"Lycanroc use Rock Throw."
Lycanroc hurled several rocks forward , knocking the stars away before jumping across each of them.
"Persian Power Gem."
Persian unleashed a gem blast into the rock Lycanroc was on, shattering it as Lycanroc lost balance, causing Serena to lose some points.
"Lycanroc use Roar."
"Roc!" Lycanroc roared, launching Persian back with several rock fragments and stars, hitting her with both.
"Great job Lycanroc."
Lycanroc landed, Persian getting back up.
"Persian use Power gem."
Persian made her gem glow as she unleashed it in a manner that made it look visually appealing.
"Rock tomb."
Lycanroc tried to put rocks in front of herself as a barrier, but the rocks were shattered and sparked as the remnants hit Lycanroc, making Serena lose some points.
"Fake out."
"Accelerock."
Lycanroc lunched forward , smashing into Persian first, knocking her onto her back.
"Persian!"
Persian's eyes were swirly as the judges booths showed three x's.
"Coordinator Serena and her Lycanroc have won."
"Alright Serena!" Hau shouted, Lycanroc running over into Serena's arms, Lycanroc licking her.
"We did it Lycanroc, now it's onto the final round and."
There was a massive explosion of green energy around the stage, causing the lights on the stage to shatter and hurled everyone on the stage to the ground.
"Serena!"
"Pika!"
"Serena!" Grace shouted in fear.
"Woah what's going on?" Gary asked.
Pikachu smelled a familiar smell as Ash looked closer, the smoke beginning to clear.
Serena coughed a little as she and Lycanroc saw a massive Garchomp with a scar over his left eye.
Serena's eyes then widened as she saw who was walking towards her.
"Hello Aeroranger."
Ash's face nearly turned white as he saw this.
"Seir!
Serena tried to grab her dino buckler but Seir grabbed her arms , holding her up in the air as Garchomp hurled Lycanroc back with a powerful Dragon claw.
Seir looked up in the crowd at Ash before he walked in the other direction, much of the crowd screaming and trying to get away.
"Serena!" Ash screamed as he and Pikachu chased after them followed by the others.
Seir unleashed a blast of dragon energy from a thrust of his hand, blowing a hole in the building before they walked out.
Once outside Something hit Seir in the back, making him drop Serena as she quickly got away.
Seir and his Garchomp turned to see the other Zyurangers armored up.
They had Brionne, Dartrix, Charmeleon, and Torracat with them.
Serena sprinted to the others.
"Serena!" Ash said as she took out her buckler.
"Go dino buckler!" She shouted, her armor forming over her body.
Seir saw the Zyurangers face him, their weapons formed up.
"You won't be taking me that easily." Serena said.
The Zyurangers weren't afraid, confident they could fight Seir now, all except Ash.
"Let's go!" Red shouted, leaping at Seir.
Seir drew his sword and in a single motion slashed across Red's body, knocking his sword aside and striking his chest.
The other Zyurangers tried to join the fight, only for Seir to move fast and powerfully just like the last time they fought him.
Each of their strikes getting knocked back by his sword or shield before he counter striked, slashing each Zyuranger again and again, even Ash.
Meanwhile Pikachu and the pokemon tried to fight off Garchomp, Brionne unleashing Watergun as Charmeleon unleashed flamethrower.
Charmeleon absorbed the attacks like they were nothing, rushing forward and hurling the two back with a powerful Dragon rush, his body glowing as he hurled the smaller pokemon back.
"Pika!" Pikachu shouted as he tried to smash Garchomp with Iron tail at the same time Torracat tried to bite his left leg with fire fang and Daratrix unleashed razor leaves at him.
Garchomp snarled as he slashed Pikachu and Torracat in two swift but powerful strikes before leaping up through the leaves, them seeming to do nothing to the dragon as he slashed Dartrix out of the air.
Red tried to clash his sword with Seir, but Seir smashed his sword against Red's nearly shattering it as the sword was hurled away before Seir slashed Red twice.
Red came forward trying to unleash a barrage of fast strikes, but Seir blocked each with his shield or the outside of his arms.
Seir delivered a powerful kick to Red's chest that hurled him back as Serena unleashed energy arrows at him.
Seir deflected each with his sword before Serena landed trying to move elegantly around his strikes only for Seir's armor to surge with green energy before he slammed his sword into the ground that shook the ground, knocking Serena , Hau, and Moon off balance as Seir thrusted his hand forward, blasting Serena with dragon energy and hurling her back as she shouted in pain.
Hau and Moon came forward together, unleashing their attacks simultaneously coming from below with their rooted stances.
Seir knocked their weapons away with a powerful strike from his shield before slashing Hau's arm back and kicked Moon's leg back.
Seir sheathed his sword and put his shield on his back, revealing claws and arm blades on his armor just like Ash's.
He came forward , fighting just like Ash but far more advanced.
Furiously slashing and punching the two as they grunted in pain before Seir grabbed them by their necks and tossed them back.
Gary leapt at Seir trying to hit him with his double lance, Seir kicking it back before coming at Gary, who tried to grab/redirect Seir's attacks only for Seir to easily overpower him on each one before slashing him four times across his body and head, then kicking him onto his back.
A green sphere of Dragon energy hit Seir, making him move a little as he saw Ash leap at him, the dragon dagger held out.
Ash furiously tried to slash and kick Seir , only for Seir to counterstrike, knocking all of Ash's attacks away while also furiously slashing , punching and kicking him.
Seir grabbed Ash's arm as he tried to stab Seir with the dragon dagger, Ash actually able to knock his leg back and slash the inside of Seir's right arm.
Seir caught Ash's arm with his left.
"You have improve little drake." Seir said before clawing the inside of Ash's arm before coming outward with his other , slashing Ash's helmet with his arm blades before kicking his chest.
"But you forget, I'm the one who trained you." Seir said before he hurled Ash back.
Ash landed beside the others who struggled to get up, their pokemon as well.
Seir formed up with Garchomp.
"Come on, we can do it!" Red shouted as he put the Normalium Z in his Z ring.
"We have power he doesn't know of." Gary said putting in the Waterium Z.
"Let's show him our power." Hau said putting in the Grassium Z.
The three touched their Z rings as they moved in synch with their pokemon.
Charmeleon coming forward with Breakneck Blitz with Red.
Brionne forming Hydro Vortex around herself and Gary before they rushed forward.
A massive bloom forming around Dartrix and Hau as they came forward.
Seir raised his right forearm , revealing a small round gemstone embedded into his armor.
The stone was colored like a rainbow with a strange black symbol in the center.
He touched it as Garchomp's scarred eye lit up, Ash realizing that his eye was actually another larger stone. A dark blue stone with a yellow and red version of the symbol on it.
A massive colored sphere formed around Garchomp , his body growling larger inside as the Zyurangers felt a power like they had never felt before.
When the sphere vanished, Garchomp stepped forward.
He had grown in size and several of his features became more angular, including his head and shoulders. A row of five tooth-like spikes sprouted from each side of his abdomen, and red spikes grew from his knees. The claws and fins on his arms morph together to form sharp, red blades.
"Grauuu!" He roared as Seir's armor also seemed to grow with it, looking as if he had almost evolved into a more dragon esk form.
The two flew forward in a combined dragon rush, hitting the three Z moves and easily knocking them back.
Red, Hau, and Gary were hurled back with their pokemon, landing with the others.
"Nothing's working." Hau said.
"There's still one option. Come forth Guardian beasts!" Red shouted , the ground shaking as the Guardian beasts came out , the Zyurangers leaping into them as Daizyujin was formed.
"Yes." Ash said before Seir grabbed him and slammed him into the ground, Ash de-armoring
"Pika!" Pikachu shouted before Mega Garchomp slammed him and the other pokemon back into the ground.
Ash was on the ground with Seir's foot on his chest before he saw Seir reach down and pick up the dragon dagger.
Seir brought it up to his helmet near his mouth.
Ash's eyes widened.
"He isn't, he couldn't."
Seir began playing the dragon dagger, but in a different tune.
Daizyujin and the Zyurangers heard it.
"Hey, what's wrong with the Dragon Dagger?" Hau asked.
"Dragon Caesar he!" Daizyujin started before they saw Dragon Caesar rise out of the ocean and into Royal Avenue.
Ash felt pain inside Dragon Caesar as his body surged, his eyes turning from green to red and a dark shroud like energy forming over him, his body starting to look more demonic.
Seir leapt up on top of Dragon Caesar's head before he continued playing the Dragon Dagger.
"Seir has taken control of Dragon Caesar!" Daizyujin shouted as Ash and the other Zyurangers looked horrified, many of the people below looking horrified.
"What do we do Daizyujin?" Red asked.
"We have no choice but to fight Dragon Caesar." Daizyujin said as he marched forward.
Daizyujin tried to punch Dragon Caesar rapidly, but Dragon Caesar knocked each of his strikes back with his claws before slashing his chest twice, making Daizyujin stumble backwards.
"Let me take over." Gary said as he took the main seat.
Dragon Caesar hurled his tail at Daizyujin who grabbed it trying to redirect his energy with a counterstrike, but Dragon Caesar pulled Daizyujin forward before slashing him again.
"Dinosaur Horn God Sword!" Gary shouted as Daizyujin's sword fell from the heavens into his hands.
Daizyujin slashed Dragon Caesar's chest twice, then slashed his arm back before kicking his chest.
Ash couldn't stand seeing Dragon Caesar in such pain, being forced to serve Seir and having to fight Daizyujin.
But since Seir's power was connected to Dragon Caesar's he could control him, Ash felt like an idiot for not realizing this sooner.
As Daizyujin came forward, Dragon Caesar's neck lit up.
"Grauuu!" He roared, breathing fire into Daizyujin as he stumbled, the Zyurangers being shook by this.
Dragon Caesar hurled his tail into Daizyujin's hand making him drop his sword before he slashed Daizyujin two more times and smashed his head into Daizyujin's chest, slamming Daizyujin onto the ground before the Zyurangers were forced out of his head.
Landing beside Ash de-armored and wounded.
Seir leapt down in front of the Zyurangers, slowly walked towards them.
To their complete surprise , he tossed the dragon dagger onto the ground in front of Ash.
Dragon Caesar roaring in pain as he reverted back to his natural stage, stumbling until he crashed into the ocean.
Seir looked down at Ash.
"It's been two months Dragon Ranger, I thought I'd give you a friendly reminder of my ultimatum." He and his Garchomp turned, beginning to walk away.
"Ultimatum?" Red said as the others looked confused, Ash looking guilty and horrified.
Seir turned his head.
"This will be your last warning Dragon Ranger, the next time you will fulfill what I asked, or I will fulfill what I promised." Seir said as he and his Mega Garchomp vanished.
"Ash what is he talking about?" Serena asked, Ash shaking.
Later that night at the pokemon center Serena was on the phone with her mom.
"Yes mom I'm fine, the Zyurangers saved me. No it's not too dangerous here. No I'm not leaving."
Likewise Gary was on the phone with Mallow.
"Yeah baby I'm ok, just beat up badly. It did not go any better than last time, in fact it went worse. Could you, I'd really love to see your face right now."
In one of the rooms, Lillie was pouring ointment onto a rag as she wiped it on Red's injuries.
"Ahh!" He said in pain, Moon wrapping a bandage around Hau's arm despite her own pain.
"How are you guys doing?" Lillie asked.
"Well I feel like shit." Moon said.
"Likewise." Hau said.
"I never realized how strong Seir was, I've never faced him before." Red said.
"Hopefully nurse Joy can help our pokemon." Hau said.
"What was that ultimatum Seir was talking about?" Moon asked.
"I don't know, but Ash will tell us." Red said.
Serena walked up to the other room where Ash was, not sure what to think but trusted Ash would explain.
"Ash." She said entering the room only to see it was empty.
"Ash?" She said before seeing a note.
"Huh?"
Serena opened it.
"Serena, I'm sorry I didn't tell you before. But what Seir told you today, just before our first grand trial, Seir came to me the night my Lycanroc evolved. He told me that he would give me three months to become his apprentice again or he'd kill you all. It horrified me, until I thought that together we could beat him, or use our Guardian beasts on him, so I didn't want to scare you guys for nothing. But not I realize that it was a mistake, I also realize that I am putting you all in danger. I only have one option, I have to leave, if I'm away from you , Seir will come for me and me only. I love you Serena, that's why I have to do this, for your sake."
Serena teared up as she shook, holding the note to her face.
"Ash."
Elsewhere on route seven, Ash was walking with Pikachu on his shoulder and the dragon dagger in his hand.
He looked back at Royal Avenue, sighing before he walked over to a cliffside overlooking the ocean.
He sat down and began playing the dragon dagger, trying to calm himself.
Pikachu had a depressed look on his face, noticing Dragon Caesar slowly raise his head up in front of Ash.
Dragon Caesar's bond with Ash allowed them to feel each other's pain, Ash's from leaving his friends and loved ones, Dragon Caesar's from being force to attack his own brother.
A single tear came down from Ash's left eye as he continued to play.
Author's note
You wanted Seir you got him.
So it's safe to say Seir isn't afraid of Ash calling on Dragon Caesar again
Ash won't be away from the group for long, but he'll need to think things over after what just happened
He's feeling guilty about keeping the truth from the others and putting his friends/loved ones at risk
Also, a moment to rant, I saw the preview for sun and moon episode 15, saw what they have Ash doing...I swear every time I see more it just makes me want to give up on pokemon, like seriously if the makes of pokemon don't care anymore why should I.
That being said I also feel it's kind of my duty to show a dignified Ash character with development and interesting growth as a character, not the main character who is also the comic relief...
So until next time,
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