A/N :( Welcome back to the story everyone. Firstly, I would like to make an ANNOUNCEMENT. There is a POLL set up on my profile on whether Bonnie and Clemont should travel with Serena and Ash or not. Personally I would like them to but it's your choice. So please VOTE. I want at least 50 votes before Ash arrives in Kalos which is about 2 or 3 chapters away. Secondly, guys please REVIEW; you know the square box at bottom? Yeah that, I want your feedback and as I am still relatively new here I would appreciate advice, pointers and such. So that's my rant done enjoy the chapter as this is the one where Ash will capture a new Pokemon, one of the only four which he will capture during this story. Smell ya later everyone. THIS CHAPTER IS AWESOME).
Stepping out of the airplane, Ash breathed in the cold air of the Sinnoh region which was so unlike the warm and welcoming air of Kanto, for the first time in over a year. His hand resting on the belt which currently had ten Poke balls he turned his gaze towards his shoulder, finding his partner, Pikachu who had similarly been breathing in the Sinnoh air.
Sinnoh brought back many memories, especially due to it being the region where had his best League performance so far and had been the most enjoyable region in his opinion to date. Two major differences came to his mind as he compared the journey throughout Sinnoh to Unova. He had used his old Pokemon in the League in Sinnoh and had shown a drive which he could confess to himself, he had not shown anywhere else, which had eventually led him to defeat Paul and reach the semi-finals, losing only to the bearer of legendaries, Tobias.
Perhaps it had been due to his travelling companions, here he thought of Dawn who had done his upmost to support him even wearing that cheerleading outfit or due to admittedly better Pokemon such as Infernape who had become from an abused Chimchar to the best fighter he possessed who never seemed to give up. Whatever the reason, he thought with a shake of his head; it was time to live in the present and improve rather than live in the past and repent mistakes. It was with this thought he started to head down the stairs of the airplane with Pikachu clinging his shoulder.
Heading into Alamos Town, Ash could see the Space-Time Towers from where he stood. He still remembered the carnage which had been caused by Dialga and Palkia which had only been lessened by the Pokemon which had saved the town – Darkrai.
At that thought his pace quickened along with his heartbeat as his feet unconsciously started walking towards Godey's Garden which was the place where Darkrai usually was. As he sprinted towards the garden, he had only one goal in mind; to capture Darkrai.
Darkrai would be no doubt be a very valuable addition to his side if he managed to capture it; even if it took all seven Pokemon he had on him to capture him. At this thought he skittered to a stop.
With the strength Darkrai possessed, it would be able to defeat his team albeit it would be close but he had no doubt he would defeat his current team. He had witnessed its strength; after all it had fought both Palkia and Dialga and was no doubt stronger than his own Charizard or even Tobias' Darkrai.
He would have to do this very carefully. He needed his three best Pokemon in order to defeat Darkrai. He had three extra Poke Balls at hand. He could call Charizard and Sceptile in two and capture Darkrai with the spare and he already had Pikachu with him. With this plan in mind he started sprinting towards the Pokemon center.
As soon as he started sprinting Pikachu shocked him lightly and gestured towards his bag he was wearing. Ash was confused evidenced by the frown that marred his features so Pikachu rolled his eyes and after digging through his bag brought out the Xtransceiver. Ash's frown turned into a grin as he appreciatively ran a hand over Pikachu's head while his partner merely smirked a t him.
After bringing Charizard's and Sceptile Poke Balls he threw them in the air and released them. As soon as they were out he started explaining the situation to them.
"Ok, guys I need your help. I have called upon you in addition to Pikachu in order to capture a Pokemon which is extremely strong but with the three of you, being my strongest Pokemon, I have hope we will be able to defeat this Pokemon."
He could see their eyes widen in disbelief that all three would be required to catch a Pokemon and he decided to explain to them properly. After explaining to them about Darkrai, its feats and strength he reprimanded Charizard before it got too overconfident or suggested that it could defeat Darkrai alone.
With the purpose of capturing Darkrai in mind he entered the garden with his Pokemon flanking him.
He encountered Darkrai after five minutes of searching, where Alice's grandmother had first found him when he was injured. He could see Darkrai's one eye widen in recognition as Ash approached him.
He conversed for a while with Darkrai and exchanged pleasantries along with how they had been doing for the past year but slowly but surely Ash could see its eye drift to his Pokemon both in curiosity and in suspicion just as he finished explaining about the journey he was about to undertake in Kalos.
"Okay, Darkrai, I won't prolong it any longer. Along with being able to see you I am also here in order to battle you and hopefully capture you so that you can help me on my journey. I will only be using these three Pokemon and I know it seems unfair but considering your strength this will be a fair battle."
He could see Darkrai nod in agreement and start to lead him to a clearing away from the garden where the battle would take place. Once they reached the clearing he could see Darkrai beckoning him to start.
He gestured towards Charizard with his hand who let out a roar and flew towards the battlefield.
All was still for a moment until Darkrai started the fight with an Ice Beam.
"Dodge that Charizard and counter with Flamethrower", Ash yelled.
He could see Charizard carrying out the command without difficulty, tucking in his wings to dive to the ground quickly and then shoot a wave of wire to counter the Ice Beam which Darkrai was still sustaining.
After several long seconds he could see that Charizard would not be able to continue his onslaught as long as Darkrai who had not yet shown any signs of being worse for wear in contrast to Charizard who was starting to lose the ferocity of his attack which until seconds ago was matching Darkrai.
"Break off the Flamethrower at the best opportunity and the use Slash"
Charizard, after seconds dove in and elongated his claws and swiped them at Darkrai who responded with Shadow Claw. Ash knew that know he had his chance.
"Use Dragon Claw with your other claw and then follow up with Thunder Punch", Ash hollered.
Charizard responded with a roar, one green scaly claw swiping up at the surprised legendary who tried to parry only to be hit by a barrage of Thunder Punches which threw him across the battlefield where he stabilized and responded with a Double Team along with what seemed like a shower of Dark Pulses.
Ash was in a quandary and he knew that if Charizard was hit by some of those it would leave him open to Dark Void and viola; it would be the end of the battle. Ash could not let it happen because he needed Charizard to further weaken Darkrai before going down and though he did not like it he would have to back out so that no further damage would be sustained to Charizard.
"Use Smokescreen and hide in it, then when the opportunity appears use Dragon Breath and get in close to use Steel Wing and Dragon Tail."
Ash was rather doubtful that Charizard would be able to perform so many moves at the same time but once again his strongest Pokemon proved him wrong.
Whilst Darkrai seemed focused on firing Dark Pulses in the smoke, Charizard used Dragon Breath to distract him, then rushed to him through the smoke and hit him directly with Steel Wing then on the rebound with Dragon Tail. Darkrai staggered a bit but did not go down instead using Shock Wave to damage Charizard and then using Ice Beam.
Charizard could not escape the Shock Wave and the delay caused by it caused him to be hit by Ice Beam on his winger making him unable to fly. As Ash saw Darkrai preparing to launch a combo of Dark Void and Dream Eater, he knew Charizard was going down and it was now or never.
"Charizard use Blast Burn", Ash yelled.
His faithful friend and Pokemon glanced at him and it too seemed to know it was the end of the battle for him. He turned back towards his opponent and brought down its fists towards the ground as it roared so loudly that the very ground seemed to shake as he released his strongest attack. Just before Dream Eater and Dark Void hit him, he saw Darkrai nod towards him in respect and he responded with a nod of his own just before he closed his eyes and a large explosion took place.
A/N: (Alright, I know I should not have left a cliffhanger but what I can do the temptation was too hard to resist. Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter as this one is my biggest one up to date around 1.7K. Let me know what you guys thought of the battle as it is my FIRST battle written by myself. Remember to VOTE for the poll on my profile and PLEASE REVIEW. That's all till next chapter where the battle continues. I wrote this in only 3 hours and took 4 days to upload. I'm sorry LOL).
