a/n: Two updates: One personal and one anime.
Personal: Chapters will continue at the average of every 4-5 days rate. I'm just overwhelmed with too much going on so the fic needs to take a backseat. Hope you all understand.
Anime: New image leaked of Chloe's Eevee in a performance costume. IDENTICAL to the one Serena's Eevee (Now Sylveon) wore back in the day. Also, another leaked image of Wallace and Lisa implies a Wallace Cup in Hoenn. A contest in Hoenn you say ;)?
Sounds like a golden opportunity to showcase (haha) her!
And even if not soon, we'll still have Clemont and Bonnie alongside Greninja so I can't complain! The odds are very very good of her returning in the next few months.
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Red vs Cyrus:
Red walked in the throne room, expecting a fight. He remembered the events of the last few hours and what had happened. He remembered fighting Remi tooth and nail, he remembered getting sent back after defeating her, and most of all he remembered the look of fear on Cyrus's face when he was forced to contend with Red's true power. He had faith in his team, and he still had one more ace up his sleeve if Cyrus managed to overpower his team with Dialga and Palkia, and Giratina.
Red walked in the throne room once again, his footsteps echoing softly as he walked towards Cyrus and the two trainers from Torren.
Red and Cyrus made contact for a few moments that may as well have been hours, Cyrus glared at Red, and Red stared back with an empty gaze.
"So I guess it's time, huh?" Red said with a smirk
"Yes, I suppose it is," Cyrus replied
"To the end?" Red said
Cyrus nodded, "Until you beg for mercy or die,"
Red laughed, "Heh, we'll see about that, let's go Pikachu!"
Red's Pikachu landed softly, and gently sparked its cheeks.
"Pika Pi!" Red's Pikachu hopped up and down
Cyrus smirked and sent out his Weavile, landing softly and revealing several deadly claws.
"Weavile!" Cyrus's Weavile issued a challenge to Pikachu that Red's pokemon readily accepted
Without issuing a command, Red's Pikachu took off.
It vanished into thin air, and materialized right above its foe, slamming into its target. It seemed to be moving faster than any normal quick attack could, from an outside perspective this attack seemed to be even faster than an extreme speed attack launched from a Lucario or Arcanine.
Weavile cried out in pain and tried countering with an ice punch, but Pikachu was too fast, and moved its tail just right so Weavile tripped on it.
Weavile crashed to the ground, and Red pointed at Weavile
Without even thinking twice, Pikachu leapt into the air and launched a gentle jolt of electricity at Weavile, paralyzing it.
Pikachu landed happily, waiting for some more action.
Cyrus growled angrily and shouted, "Weavile, brick break!"
Red snapped his fingers, and Pikachu jumped up in the air and fired off a massive thunderbolt that landed squarely on Weavile's head.
Cyrus was about to issue another order, but Red had other plans.
"Volt tackle," was all that Red needed to say and Pikachu got the memo
Pikachu coated himself in electricity and flew down at an incredible speed, slamming into a stunned Weavile before he could even retaliate.
Red's Pikachu landed gracefully, before flinching slightly from the recoil damage.
Cyrus looked in shock as his Weavile was taken down so easily before recalling him.
"Impressive, most impressive, but this battle is only getting started,"
"Agreed," Red said almost in an annoyed tone
Cyrus smirked and reached for his belt, calling out a muscled and angry-looking Houndoom who gazed at Red as if he had some personal vendetta against him.
"Houndoom, I require your assistance!" Cyrus said as he released his Houndoom.
Pikachu didn't look intimidated in the slightest, choosing to gaze curiously at Houndoom instead of seeming frightened at all.
Red snapped his fingers and pointed at Houndoom, but Red was surprised to see that Houndoom had a good amount of speed. Houndoom launched itself towards Pikachu and chomped down, grazing Red's partner with a large blast of fire.
Pikachu fell back, clearly wounded from the attack and looked at Houndoom angrily.
Red pointed at Cyrus, "Pikachu, pick up the pace!" Red commanded
Pikachu launched itself at Houndoom, dodging and weaving through blasts of scorching flames at a blistering pace. But Houndoom got lucky, biting Pikachu by his tail, trapping him in his jaws.
Pikachu shocked it angrily, causing Houndoom to double over in pain. But Houndoom refused to let go of its foe
Cyrus pointed at Houndoom and screamed, "Overheat!"
Houndoom started heating itself up, eventually causing Pikachu to scream in pain before unleashing a massive blast of fire straight at Red's companion.
Pikachu tumbled on the ground, hit with the blast point-blank trying to stand up.
"Houndoom, end him with a crunch!" Cyrus commanded
"Thunder wave!" Red shot back
Just as Houndoom bit down on Pikachu to score the killing blow, Pikachu managed to unleash a light and gentle electric shock straight to his foe, paralyzing him.
Red's Pikachu tumbled over, fainted from the crunch. But Houndoom was crippled now.
Red smiled and recalled his partner, "Thanks, buddy, I appreciate it,"
Red turned his focus to Cyrus, "I'll end this next one in one shot! Let's go, Blastoise!"
Red released the final evolution of Squirtle, landing with a massive thud.
This Blastoise looked meaner than most, gazing at Houndoom as if it were more of a meal and less of a foe.
Even Reukra and Remi looked slightly taken aback by Red's partner.
"Still think Cyrus is in this?" Remi questioned
Reukra shrugged, "Depends how he handles himself,"
Red pointed at Houndoom and shouted, "We'll end this with one shot! Get ready Blastoise!"
"Water types don't scare us! Thunder fang Houndoom, strike him now!"
However, Houndoom didn't move due to his Paralysis
Red took advantage of this and gave his next order, "Blastoise, strike now! Use a hydro cannon!"
Blastoise bent over, locking its twin cannons straight onto Houndoom.
Red snapped his fingers, and two giant jets of water rushed at a paralyzed Houndoom.
Cyrus stared in awe as the two jets of water consumed Houndoom, washing him up on the other side of the throne room.
Houndoom fainted before the jets of water even struck him.
Cyrus sighed and recalled Houndoom.
"Well played, but I guess I'll fight water with water; Gyarados let's go!"
A massive Gyarados landed on the ground and glared at Blastoise who was amused at the prospect of fighting an opponent such as that.
"Gyarados, use rain dance!"
Gyarados started shaking, and the sky began to begin pouring rain despite the fact that they were indoors inside of a massive throne room.
Remi was about to object but Reukra silenced her.
"Don't question it," Reukra said, just as confused as Remi.
The sky opened, and Gyarados thrashed about, and the ground soon began to flood.
Red smiled, "Blastoise, kindly stop this with a dragon pulse!"
Red's Blastoise fired off a purple beam of energy that smashed into Gyarados, causing Cyrus's Pokemon to fall towards the ground.
"Now, follow it up with another one!"
Red's Blastoise did as instructed, knocking Gyarados around with ease.
Cyrus began to look panicked as the water was up to his waist now. The flooding showed no signs of stopping.
Blastoise was reading another blast when Cyrus reached for his keystone, slamming the purple button around his wrist.
Gyarados was coated in purple energy, and Remi, and Reukra stepped back at the sheer energy given out from this mega evolution.
Red saw this and smiled, "So that's how you wanna play it, huh? Well, let's make this a mega battle! Blastoise, let's do this, mega evolve!"
Gyarados and Blastoise both started to glow, surrounded by the familiar glow of mega evolution, and emerged out of the crystal that formed around the both of them in their mega evolved state.
Blastoise's mega cannon stared down Gyarados who had just gained the dark typing. Gyarados thrashed his tail, issuing a challenge to Blastoise that he readily accepted.
"Let me show you our power Cyrus!" Red said, getting caught up in the emotions and heat of the battle
Red smiled and snapped his fingers; Blastoise already knew what he should do and began firing aura spheres machine-gun style at Gyarados. Gyarados tried to dodge them, but to no avail, considering that an aura sphere never misses.
Gyarados was struck with multiple large blasts from the main cannon, as well as a multitude of smaller blasts from the two smaller cannons on his side.
Gyarados flew back, and Blastoise kept up the fire, sending more and more blasts towards his foe, never letting down the gas.
From the outside, it looked like a small army of pokemon were firing aura spheres up at Gyarados, but it was a one Blastoise show, all of his cannons firing full throttle.
Gyarados roared in extreme pain from the attack.
Cyrus cursed to himself, seeing no gain from his efforts to mega evolve his Gyarados.
Red smiled, watching Gyarados topple over in pain; the super effective damage made extremely quick work of his foe. Gyarados fell, creating a large splash and wave in the water. But, the rain finally stopped.
Cyrus watched sadly as his mega Gyarados de-evolved into its usual state and recalled it back to its poke ball sadly without saying a word.
"Well, that's certainly unfortunate," Cyrus said sadly as he recalled his Gyarados and thought up another last ditch strategy that could help save his sinking fortunes.
"Well, don't say that I never warned you," Cyrus said cryptically as he reached for his belt, releasing Palkia who roared loudly at Red.
Cyrus smiled and pointed at Red, "Prepare yourself Red! You may be more powerful than me normally, but you can't defeat a god!"
"Just you wait and see," Red said as he turned his hat around
Palkia roared and sped towards Blastoise who fired a dragon pulse out of all three of his cannons, striking Palkia cleanly in the face.
Palkia shrieked, feeling more angry than harmed from the attack. The god of space responded with a thunderbolt directed straight at Blastoise who was quite displeased.
The thunderbolt struck Blastoise head on, causing Red's loyal starter to flinch slightly and fall back into the water, causing a large splash that soaked Red cleanly.
Red spit water out of his mouth, displeased with the taste of rain dance water.
Red pointed at Palkia and gave his next order, "Dragon pulse full power!"
Blastoise took a minute and released a massive dragon pulse that sped towards Palkia in the air.
Palkia roared and fired a dragon pulse of his own, the two attacks meeting in mid air.
The beam struggle began, with each side vying for dominance and wanting to strike down their opponent.
Palkia roared in anger, desiring to win this struggle.
Red had a sneaky trick up his sleeve, "Blastoise, roll!"
Blastoise let go of his beam instantly, withdrew into his shell and rolled straight under Palkia before launching a dragon pulse under Palkia.
Palkia could hardly comprehend what was going on before a powerful dragon pulse struck Palkia square on the feet.
Palkia cried out in pain, and flew towards the ground where Blastoise was waiting.
Blastoise fired a three pronged dragon pulse from all three of its cannons, and just as Red was about to give another order Cyrus cut him off.
"Blastoise, use-"
"Palkia, use spacial rend!"
The space around Blastoise began to shatter, and what can only be described as the chains of the fabric of reality itself began to wrap around Red's poor Kanto starter.
Blastoise struggled, but to no avail. The chains around him were just far too strong from the strength of the chains of reality.
"Now Palkia, use thunderbolt!" Cyrus shouted loudly, slight anger in his voice due to the heat of the battle. The usually stoic Cyrus seemed very very mad right about now.
Palkia cried out and fired a thunderbolt straight at Blastoise, and then another one, and then another and another.
Blastoise seemed to be on its last legs, and Red recognized this quickly before giving one more order.
"Blastoise, get ready to finish this off! Let's do this, full force hyper beam!"
Blastoise gave an affirmative cry and began to glow, condensing its energy.
"Palkia, finish this off with one more thunderbolt! Full power!" Cyrus ordered
Blastoise kept glowing, and the wicked thunderbolt drew closer.
"Now!" Red commanded
Blastoise freed itself from the chains by firing a black and blue hyper beam that sliced through the chains as if they were paper.
The three beams he fired merged into one singular beam that flew towards Palkia, The beautiful black and blue beam sped towards Palkia and slammed into the god of space.
Time stood still, and Palkia collapsed. Moments later, Blastoise followed.
Both trainers blinked in shock and then recalled their pokemon.
Red started laughing, "You see that! Eat it old man! I took down your so-called god!"
Cyrus screamed in anger and reached for his belt.
"You know what? F!CK THIS!" Cyrus snapped his fingers and Giratina flew down from the ceiling. He had been watching all along
Red smiled and reached for his belt but he started feeling dizzy. He tried again to reach for his belt to release his next pokemon, but before he could press the button, a large void opened at his feet and he began to fall….
"Enjoy the distortion world b!tch," Cyrus muttered
The last thing Red heard was Remi's chirp at Cyrus, "Seems like someone's a sore loser!"
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Meanwhile back at the Timeless HQ…..
Another alarm went off, and May and Lucas rushed off to go and check it.
They came back quite concerned, seeming almost worried sick from the gaze on their faces.
"What's wrong?" Ash asked
May shook her head, "It's Red, his heart monitor went offline! We need to all investigate the throne, something is seriously wrong!"
The alternate Red raised his hand, "Ummm not to sound weird but I sorta just heard a voice in my head telling me to head to wherever the throne is,"
Adult-Ash smiled, "Well…. Guess we have no choice, are you all aware of what the labyrinth of time is?"
The group shook their heads.
"Well to sum it up, basically it's a maze across time and space Arceus created in order to reach the throne, some of the most dangerous and influential moments throughout history and even the future are in the maze. Some other, more sentimental moments are in there designed to keep you trapped or scared. The maze has a mind of its own and each person will have a different experience. It is not easy, and many die inside of the maze, but if you make it to the other side you are worthy," Adult-Ash explained
"So, who's in?" Adult-Ash asked
A moment of silence passed, and suddenly every version of Ash raised their hands.
This would be a fun trip.