Pokemon: Secrets of the Stars
By Mystical Star
A Kitty-Chan Production
Disclaimer: Mystic does not own Pokemon or any related characters, but she does own Maplewood City (Kudos to her little sis for the name ^_~), The Maplewood Gym, Ray, Aurora, Mari and Marie, Gaven, Rex, Sayori, Seiya, Midori, Severina, Amaya, Misao, Hiroko, and the concept of Makoto. She doesn't mind if you use them, just ask first please!
Author's Note: I forgot to mention that the battle against Ray will be a one Pokemon each battle, I'll fix it sooner or later, but if I save it for later, I'll forget. I will also be skipping from battle to Team Rocket to possibly other people because not only do I not want to write about twelve consecutive battles, you probably don't want to read twelve consecutive battles.
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Part III-Battle
From Chapter Two...
The three walked into a room with fake gysers going off everywhere. In the middle of the room, there was an arena with rocks scattered in it and at the other side of the arena, stood Ray sitting crosslegged.
"Welcome, Ash Ketchum. Aries is the sign of fire, burning brightly in the sky. My Pokemon shall scorch all competition with the power of the Aries star!" Ray declared as he stood. Ash smirked.
"Fire Pokemon, huh?" He mumbled to himself, reaching to his belt for the Pokeball that contianed Totodile. Ray chucked his first Pokemon into battle.
"Charizard, I call on you!"
"Totodile, I choose you!"
On with the story...
"Totodile, use your water gun!" Ash commanded, pointing at the enemy Charizard.
"Charizard, evade it!" Ray demanded. Each Pokemon did as it was told, Totodile shooting water from it's mouth and following Charizard everywhere.
"Ash sure knows what he's doing this time." Misty noticed, watching the fight. Brock nodded. "Togey-priii!" Togepi squirmed in Misty's arms watching it's friend battle.
"Charizard, Dragon Rage!" Ray commanded. The Charizard dove towards Totodile and opened it's jaws wide and began to spurt the fires of Dragon Rage at it's opponent.
"Totodile, Surf attack!" Ash yelled. Totodile raised it's arms and water from the geysers came shooting out and followed the small Pokemon's arm movements and rammed into Charizard. The dragon fell to the ground with a mighty roar.
"Charizard!" Ray stood in awe for a second before recalling his Pokemon. "Good job, old friend, you deserve a rest." He conceited.
"Alright!" Ash lept into the air and ran to his hyper-active Totodile, who was prancing about. Ray walked to where Ash stood. "Very well planned out battle, Ash. You can go ahead, but I promise that the next battle will be harder than this." Ray warned. Ash merely smiled and shook Ray's hand before walking into the next room.
This room looked more like a prarie than anything else. There was grass everywhere and the ceiling was painted like a blue sky. Ash spotted Aurora standing on a tree limb. "Taurus, the sign of Earth, the very planet you stand on, home to all living things, the power to support all life, all of that power belongs to the Earth Pokemon!" She proclaimed leaping from her pearch.
"Three on three Pokemon battle!" Aurora added, grabbing a Pokemon from her belt. Ash smirked. "Fine with me, let's go!" Ash said, also taking a ball from his belt.
Outside Maplewood...
"What?! The Boss wants US in his helicopter?!" Jessie exclaimed, not believing what her commanding officer had just radioed to her. "Roger, every Rocket operative is going to be on the battleground, Boss says he needs ya in the helicopter for communications." The officer said into his radio.
"Over and out," He added, before he turned his radio off. "YES! Finally, a chance to prove ourselves!" Jessie began to sob out of pure joy.
"He's finally recognized our potential!" James cried, his eyes tearing a bit. Meowth's eyes also teared with visions of Persian being tossed out the door of the helicopter and itself in Giovanni's lap being petted. Suddenly, the radio came on again.
"Are you three still there? Hurry up and move out!" The officer yelled.
"Yes sir!!!"
Back to the battle...
Ash's Cyndaquil collapsed on the ground. "Cyndaquil! You did great, time for a rest!" Ash said, recalling his Pokemon. Aurora giggled.
"Great job, Sandslash! Now it's time for a different Pokemon," She said, also recalling Sanslash.
Ash tossed another Pokeball out. "Noctowl, your turn!"
"Come on out, Bellossom!"
"Alright, Noctowl, use your Takedown!" Ash commanded.
"Bellossom, Solar Beam attack!" Aurora countered. As the Noctowl shot at lightning speed towards the Bellossom, Aurora's Pokemon drew in sunlight from the windows of the room to it's petals and then shot them out at the Noctowl. Ash's Pokemon stopped short, feeling not only blinded but drained of energy.
"One more hit like that and Noctowl's done for," Ash muttered to himself. "Noctowl, Confusion!" Ash decided. Immediatly, Ash's Noctowl snapped to attention and it's eyes glowed a bright red that reflected in the Bellossom's eyes. Bellossom began to swagger back and forth until it finally fell to the ground.
"Oh! Bellossom! Return!" Aurora gasped, recalling her grass Pokemon and pulling out her last Pokeball.
"Great job, Noctowl, you deserve a rest," Ash said as Noctowl dissappeared back into it's Pokeball.
"For luck," Aurora whispered to the Pokeball in her hands as she kissed it. "I choose you, Pearl!" Aurora called as she chucked her Pokeball into the ring. A Vaporeon appeared.
"Vaporeon?! Isn't that a water type?" Ash asked. "There's water on the Earth! And Vaporeon is the perfect water Pokemon!" Aurora shrugged and winked at Ash, knowing that she had suprised yet another trainer with her prized Pokemon.
"There's no such thing as a perfect water Pokemon because water has a weakness, Pikachu, you're up!" Ash said as Pikachu lept off his shoulder.
"Pikachu!" The small electric Pokemon declared.
"Pearl, use your Surf!" Aurora commanded. With that, Vaporeon dissolved into a large puddle of water and slammed into Pikachu, covering it in water for a few seconds.
"Pikachu, Thunder!" Ash yelled as loud as he could so Pikachu could hear him under the water. Pikachu let lose with the electricity, nearly frying Pearl the Vaporeon.
"Don't worry, Pearl, I've still got one trick up my sleeve!" Aurora ran towards her Vaporeon, which had gone back to it's original form, and sprayed a Hyper Potion on it. Pear recovered.
"Now, Pearl, Aurora Beam!"
"Pikachu, Thunder!"
The two terrifying attacks hit each other in mid-air, exploding. Pikachu's Thunder attack went through the explosion, slamming into Vaporeon, making it collapse.
"Oh! Pearl!"
"Alright, Pikachu! Onto the next leader!" Ash proclaimed, running up to Pikachu and hugging it.
Mahogany Town, Giovanni's Helicopter
Jessie, James, and Meowth boarded their Boss's helicopter to await orders. "You again?!" The heard, upon entering. The three turned their attention to a blonde girl standing in the corner.
"Domino?" James asked. "Man, the Boss must have been REALLY desperate if he asked you guys to be on the communication's crew!" 009 laughed.
"Oh, yeah? Well what special assignment does he have for you? The front lines?!" Jessie snapped back, viens popping.
"No, actually," Domino responded in a cool and collective manner "I have a top secret mission to tend to, so top secret that I wasn't even aware of it until this morning!" She teased.
"Yeah, well, we didn't find out about ours 'till this morning either, so it must be pretty important!" James decided, puffing out his chest.
"Oh, sure, directing incoming reports is very top secret," Domino laughed histerically. 009's radio cut off her laughing spree.
"This is 009," She said, calming down from all of her laughter. "009, prepare helicopter for the mission, everyone in position! Special Ops. are in positions in Maplewood awaiting orders!" Came Giovanni's voice.
"Yes sir!" Domino said as she turned of her radio.
"Alright you three, into the communications room for you, I'll show you how to work everything. " Domino said, pointing to a small room off the cabin.
009 pointed to a button on the control panel. "Whenever you recieve a report from the feild, push this button to send it to the cabin. Outgoing commands will come from the cabin and flash on this screen," Domino explained, pointing to a screen on the control panel with another button under it. "Push this button to send it." She added.
"Hope it's not too complicated, I'm off!" Domino saluted before leaving. Jessie and James sat down at the control panel and put the headsets on, ready for the mission to begin. A message came over the radio,
"Rocket group twenty in position at Pokemon Center"
"They've already started moving in, this really is an all out mission," James said, sending the report to the cabin. "Of course it is, we're using all fifty-five groups in for this, that's all of Team Rocket," Jessie said.
Back to our heroes
"Chikorita, use Solar Beam!" Ash commanded. "Chiko!" The small Pokemon exclaimed, gathering sunlight.
"Ditto, razor leaf!" Mari and Marie said in unison. Ash had passed Aurora's level and onto the Gemini leaders, masters of the Ditto.
Chikorita's Solar Beam vaporized Ditto's razor leaf and rammed sraight into the Ditto, causing it to faint and de-transform.
"Oh no! Poor Ditto!" The Gemini trainers cried, seeing their Pokemon fall.
"Yahoo! We're going to the next leader!" Ash exaulted.
Maplewood Gym Shrine
Hiroko sat in front of the altars at the shrine, praying. The old woman felt something approaching, something dark.
What is this feeling of foreboding I have? Who is coming? Who is coming...
Hiroko heard someone approaching the shrine, she stayed where she was, trying to see if she could recognize the foot pattern. The door opened and something hit Hiroko in the back, sending her falling forward. The object wrapped around her arms and the front of her body.
"What the?" Hiroko asked, examining her restraining device. "There's no getting out of that, old lady. You're coming with us, my Boss has big plans for you." Said a feminine voice. Hiroko turned to see a young girl with blonde hair and a black tulip in her hand. Her shirt proudly bore a red "R", making the elderly lady shudder.
"You again," She growled.
"You're coming with me, that is, unless you want your head to be on a platter for my boss," The woman sneered, putting the black tulip to Hiroko's throat. The stem of the tulip was sharp as a knife.
"I will come," Hiroko conceded.
Back to Ash
Ash, now having defeated Gaven, Sayori, Seiya and Midori, and he and Misty and Brock were just about to challenge Severina when Misao burst into the room.
"Hiroko's in danger!" She screamed, sobbing the whole way. Severina and Amaya followed Misao into the room, more like chased. Midori, who was getting out hyper potions and revives to give to her Sunkern, Venasaur, Raichu, and Jolteon, raised an eyebrow at Misao.
"What? Hiroko was at the shrine, how could she be in danger?" Midori asked. Amaya and Severina stopped running to catch their breath.
"That's what we-tried-to tell her," Amaya said between gasps. "She says-she saw it in-" Severina was cut off.
"I saw it in my visions! A big, red letter came and took Hiroko away from the shrine! After the vision I ran to the shrine, she's not there! She's not in her room, the gym, the training center, ANYWHERE!" Misao sobbed.
"I think we'd better try and find her, come on, get everybody else," Midori said after she revived her Pokemon. Misao was alread five steps ahead, running into the other chambers of the gym rousing the other trainers.
Ash ran up to Amaya, who was about to join her comrades. "Let us help you, we'd be happy to, right Pikachu?" The young trainer asked his Pokemon. "Pika!" It nodded it's head.
"We'll help too!" Misty said with Brock running up behind her. Amaya smiled. "Thanks guys! Come on, follow me, Misao's probably already rallied the troops." She said, motioning to the door.
"What's up with Misao and visions?" Brock asked as the four ran from room to room.
"Misao is psychic. She has visions all of the time that forsee the future. She even predicted that a great trainer's desendant would come to Maplewood." Amaya explained. "When she sees visions like this one we try not to freak out too much because sometimes she does goof up, but sometimes the things she sees get pretty spooky." She added as they burst through the gym doors to the oustide. Ash hadn't realized how long each of his battles had taken, it was six o'clock and getting dark.
All of the gym leaders had gathered outside and were discussing what to do. The twins, Mari and Marie, were crying, "Where's Hiroko? We want Hiroko!" Ash, being the Poke-Maniac he was, decided his Pokemon could help.
"I know, let's all use our Pokemon to help find her!" He suggested. The gym leaders all looked at each other and nodded their heads and all threw their Pokeballs to call upon their Pokemon for help.
On the roof
Domino, watching the scene unfold from atop the gym, couldn't believe her luck. She'd get the boy and the Pokemon all in one clean swipe.
"This is 009, all of the leaders have pulled out their Pokemon to search for this old lady, do you want team seven to move into position?" She asked.
"Splendid! Yes, go ahead." Giovanni's voice responded. Domino smiled maniacly over at her prisoner.
"Well, we'll see where these kid's loyalties are." She sneered. Hiroko gritted her teeth in disgust.
Back on the ground
"Looking for something?" A voice called out. Ash remembered hearing that voice somewhere, but he couldn't put his hand on it. He turned in the direction that the voice came, which was to the roof of the gym. There stood Domino, Rocket Agent 009, standing there with Hiroko in a restraining device.
"Let her go!" Aurora shouted at Domino.
"Oh? You want this old hag? Well, you can have her, but I want something in return," 009 sneered.
"What do you want?" Ash gritted his teeth, knowing the price would be high.
"You!" Domino pointed her black tulip right at Ash. The young trainer was stunned for a minute. What did they want with him? What was going to happen? What should he do?
"If you don't come, not only will we take you're precious grandma, we'll steal you're Pokemon!" Domino added, pointing to the fence of the gym's grounds. There were Team Rocket members surrounding it.
Ash turned to Misty. "Misty, I want you to take care of my Pokemon while I'm gone, and if I don't come back-"
"Ash! You can't leave, I...You still haven't paid me back for my bike!" Misty stuttered. "If I don't come back, I want you to send them back to my mom, please?" Ash asked. Misty only nodded, her throat constricting as she held back tears.
Ash knelt down to his Pokemon. "I want you to be good for Misty while I'm gone, do what she says, okay?" He requested as he patted Pikachu on the head and scratched Bulbasaur's chin. His other Pokemon looked up sadly at their master, understanding, but not wanting him to go. Ash turned to his father's Pokemon.
"I'm sorry, Sniper. I wish I could have gotten to know you better." Ash said, patting the Houndoom's head. Sniper whined, licking Ash on the face.
"Be good for Misty," Ash said giving one final hug to all of his Pokemon.
"Ash, we can find another way-" Brock started, "This is the only way I can think of now," Ash interjected. "We can't let you do this, we'll battle her to get Hiroko back," Misao said.
"I want to do this, maybe if I go, they'll leave you guys alone and the Pokemon too," Ash said as he stood and faced Domino. He began to walk towards the gym to offer himself up to Team Rocket and save Hiroko.
"Pika!" Pikachu cried out, running towards Ash. "Pikachu, no," the Pokemon's master said. Pikachu stopped, he'd never heard Ash tell him no before.
"Pikachu, stay with Misty," Ash said as he turned around to reveal his eyes full of hurt. "Pi?" The small electric Pokemon wasn't sure of what to do, his heart said to do one thing, and his master told him to do the other.
"Pikachu, go to Misty for me, please!" Ash said with his emotions showing. Relutcantly, Pikachu walked back to Misty and climbed up her leg and jumped on her shoulder to watch it's master go as he turned around to leave.
"Ash! Wait!" Misty interjected once again, but before she had a chance to say anything more, Domino threw a restraining device at him that wrapped around his body and arms and clasped in front of his chest. 009 pulled Ash up with a cable that was attatched to the restraining device.
"Ash!" Brock gasped. "Ash, no!" came the cries from the gym leaders.
"Ash, I-I...I love you!" Misty finally burst out in sobs. Ash, who had his head down this whole time, finally looked up in suprise.
"Misty,"
"Oh enough of this sentimental mush, here's your old lady back," Domino interjected, pushing Hiroko off the roof.
"Hiroko!" Mari and Marie cried.
"Pidgeot! Go!" Amaya commanded her Pidgeot, who had pearched itself on a tree limb. The bird Pokemon flew with all the speed it could and caught Hiroko just before she hit the ground. Domino laughed as she reached into her pocket for a radio.
"Mission complete, requesting pick-up," She said. Almost immediatly, a helicopter appeard overhead and lowered a rope for Domino.
"Au revior! Thanks so much for your buisness!" Domino sneered as she pulled herself and her prisoner up the rope. Ash still gazed at Misty, his eyes tearing.
"I love you too, Misty!" he yelled, knowing before too long it would be too late.
Misty collapsed on the ground in sobs, her gaze still with Ash's eyes, Ash still looking at her. "Pikaaa!" Pikachu cried, tears in his eyes too. All of Ash's Pokemon called out for their master to return. Thousands of images ran through Misty's head of the first day she met Ash, the challenges he faced, the time he battled her in Cerulean's gym, the look on his face everytime he let a Pokemon go. "Come back..." She whispered, reaching up towards the helicopter as if she could reach it.
Finally, Domino pulled herself and Ash up onto the wing of the helicopter and disappeared into it. "ASH!" Misty cried. "Pika-pi-pika!" Pikachu called out along with all of the rest of Ash's Pokemon, even Sniper the Houndoom began to howl. Brock knelt down to comfort Misty as the helicopter flew away.
Suddenly, the Rocket agents that had been standing by lept into action, catching the trainers' Pokemon in restraining devices. "Liars!" Severina screamed, reaching for her Umbreon.
"No! Pikachu!" Misty cried as Ash's beloved Pokemon was swiped away.
"Oh, you'll wished you never did this!" Misao screamed, clenching her fists and shutting her eyes tightly. Suddenly, before her, a small, pink Pokemon appeared, floating in the air.
"Myu!" It said.
"Oh my God, it's a-" Brock gasped.
"Mew! Help the others free!" Misao commanded the floating Pokemon. Mew's eyes glowed a bright blue and used it's psychic powers to disintagrate the restraining devices which held the Pokemon. The Rockets, not ones to be defeated, tossed yet more restrainers wich were also easily disposed of.
"Mew, teleport them away!" The psychic trainer ordered. And with that, the Team Rocket Grunts were sent away. As the Pokemon a trainers were reunited, Misty only looked up into the sky to see the helicopter that took her love away.
"Where'd you get that Mew?!" Brock asked, examining Misao's Pokemon. "It saved me from the fire in the Burnt Tower in Ecruteack, remember me telling you that?" Brock nodded, recalling their first meeting.
"I wish he would not have done that," Hiroko said in a worried tone. "We all are," Aurora said, walking up to the gym's caretaker. "Giovanni is a vengeful soul, I fear the worst for Ash," Hiroko added. Misty sat in the same spot she had been sitting in, looking at the same point in the sky, crying silently. "Ash," She whispered. Gaven looked down at Misty and then up into the sky.
"We need a plan,"
Giovanni's Helicopter...
Domino walked up behind her boss with her prisoner in hand. "Boss, mission accomplished!" She proclaimed proudly.
"Heheh," Giovanni sneered, standing up to look at Ash. "My my, you look just like your father did," He taunted. Ash looked up at the Team Rocket executive with fire in his eyes.
"You..." Ash growled.
"Boss, what do you want me to do with him?" Domino asked. Giovanni chuckled to himself a little. "Leave him to me," He sneered. 009 raised an eyebrow.
"If you don't mind me asking, sir, what are you going to do with him?" The Black Tulip asked. Giovanni chuckled some more.
"Kill him."
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Next Time: Dun, dun, duuuuh! It's the final showdown (between good and evil, that is). Will Ash be a victim to vengeance? Will Misty, Brock and the Gym Leaders save Ash? Will someone else save him? Suprising answers to all these questions and more in the next chapter, so stay tuned...and REVIEW darn it!!!!!
