Chapter Thirty: Call To Power


Ash and Brock have entered the arena for the last round of the Johto League. The winner of this round will receive the title of Johto League Champion and Pokemon Master. They see Gary and Misty start to approach them.

Brock: Hi there, Misty, Gary.

Misty: Hi Brock. Ash, why have you been avoiding me every time I try to contact you?

Ash: I don't need to talk to you anymore. You're no longer a part of my life. Now if you don't mind, I have a pokemon battle to win.

Misty: Why are you being so stubborn about this? It's not like we were actually dating or anything.

Ash: You were always there with me, and then you just deserted me. And for him.

Misty: Gary is turning out to be a better person than you, Ash. He was a great leader in the Digital World, and he doesn't try and kill other trainers' pokemon in battles like you seem to.

Ash: Shut up! I have to go prepare for the battle.

Gary: Hey Ash, good luck.

Ash: You're the one who'll need luck.

Misty: Well Ash, don't forget that he hasn't lost a battle or pokemon yet.

Ash: I'm leaving.
(He picks up Pikachu and walks over to his platform.)

Brock: He's a whole different person now that you left him, Misty. I'm afraid e might actually hurt himself or somebody else.

Misty: He just has to accept that I am not in any kind of relationship with him anymore.

Announcer: THIS IS THE EIGHT ROUND MATCH BETWEEN TRAINERS ASH KETCHUM AND GAY OAK, BOTH OF PALLET TOWN. BOTH TRAINERS COMPETED IN THE INDIGO LEAGUE TWO YEARS AGO. GARY OAK MADE IT ONLY TO THE FOURTH ROUND, WHILE KETCHUM MADE IT TO THE TOP SIXTEEN. GARY OAK IS THE GRANDSON OF THE POKEMON RESEARCHER, PROFESSOR OAK. ASH KETCHUM COMPETED IN THE ORANGE LEAGUE A YEAR AGO AND WAS ABLE TO WIN AND BECOME THE ORANGE LEAGUE CHAMPION. IN THIS ROUND, TRAINERS MAY USE WHATEVER POKEMON AND BATTLE TECHNIQUES THEY WISH. THEY ARE ALLOWED TO SWITCH AT ANY TIME AND THE FIRST TRAINER TO LOSE ALL SIX POKEMON IS THE LOSER.

Referee: Trainers, this match will be a full six-on-six battle with no time limit. Slect your starting pokemon.

Ash: Pikachu, I counting on you to destroy Gary.

Pikachu: Pikachu!
(He jumps onto the field.)

Gary: He's using Pikachu. Umbreon go!
(Umbreon appears on the field.)

Umbreon: Breeee!

Brock: They're both going to use their most trusted pokemon.

Misty: The ones that were assigned to them as partners.

Referee: This match is between Ash Ketchum's Pikachu and Gary Oak's Umbreon. Begi...

(A loud shriek is heard above the stadium.)

Gary: What was that?

(He and the rest of the stadium look up and see Moltres, Articuno, Zapdos, and Ho-oh flying together in the sky.)

Ash: What are they doing here?

Gary: What are those?

Misty: Three of those are the legendary birds, Zapdos, Moltres, and Articuno. I don't know who the rainbow one is.

Ash: The rainbow bird. Pikachu! The bird we saw on our first day of training! What is it?

Pokedex: Ho-oh, the rainbow pokemon. Legends claim this Pokémon flies the world's skies continuously on its magnificent seven-colored wings. It will reveal itself before a pure-hearted trainer by shining its bright rainbow-colored wings.

Ash: Ho-oh.

Gary: What are they doing here?

(The birds start to fire their attacks into the sky and then disappear.)

Ash: Where did they go?

(A voice is heard from far outside the stadiums shouting.)

Voice: Terra Force!

(A large ball of energy tears through the stadium.)

Gary: What the hell was that?

Ash: WarGreymon's attack! I would know that anywhere! Pidgeot, I choose you!
(Pidgeot appears on the field.)

Pidgeot: Pidgeoooo!

Ash: Pidgeot, we've got digimon here.

Gary: Umbreon return! Fearow go!
(Fearow appears on the field.)

Fearow!: Feaaroooooww!

(Both of them get on their bird pokemon and fly to the source of the attack. Misty and Brock run after them.)

Gary: That's it! But, it doesn't look quite like WarGreymon.

(The figure looks like a pinkish WarGreymon that is fat.)

Ash: Examine.

Pokedex: WarGreymonpuff, the DNA evolved form of WarGreymon and Jigglypuff.

Ash: What, another pokemon and digimon together?

Gary: We have to stop it, Ash!

Ash: Right! Charizard go! Snorlax go! Ivysaur go! Wartortle go!

Gary: Nidoking! Arcanine! Umbreon!

Both: Attack!

Charizard: RaaaahhhH!
(He is the first to rush into fight WarGreymonpuff. He uses a flamethrower on him. It doesn't do much.)

WarGreymonpuff: Mega Claw!
(Charizard is pushed away. Snorlax, Ivysaur, Wartortle, and Gary's pokemon go after WarGreymonpuff.)

WarGreymonpuff: (singing) Waaaaarrrgreymooonpuuuufff, Wargreymo-o-onpuuuuffff.
(All the pokemon except Pikachu, Pidgeot, and Charizard fall asleep.)

Ash: They're all asleep! It looks like it's up to us!

Pidgeot: Pidgeoooo!

Charizard: Raaaahhh!

Pikachu: Pika!

Ash: Pikachu, use thunderbolt!

Pikachu: PikaCHUUUUU!

WarGreymonpuff: That can't hurt me!
(He uses his shield to block thunderbolt.)

Gary: He's a mega, Ash.

Ash: Go get him, Charizard and Pidgeot!

Pidgeot: Pidgeoooo!

Charizard: Raaaahhh!

(They both fly into the air and start attacking from the sky.)

Ash: I don't know if those two can do it alone.

Pikachu: Pika!
(He jumps onto Ash and grabs the Pokedex and starts pointing at it.)

Ash: What? You want to pokevolve to help them?

Pikachu: Pika!

Ash: I can't let you do that. The last time you did, you want crazy!

Gary: You have to do something!

Ash: I don't need commands from you! I don't want Pikachu to pokevolve again, not that I'm sure he could, but I do have these cards that Bushemon gave us.

Gary: Try using one on Pikachu.

Ash: Okay.

(music starts playing)

POKEMODIFY

Ash: Pokemodify! Plus power activate!



Pikachu: Pikachu!
(He starts glowing with energy.)

Ash: Use zap cannon on it!

Pikachu: Pika pika CHUUU!
(An orb or electricity fires from Pikachu and breaks WarGreymonpuff's shield.)

Ash: Now for more power!

(music starts playing)

POKEMODIFY

Ash: Pokemodify! Light ball activate!


Gary: I think that doubles his electric attacks!

Ash: You stay out of this! Join the attack, Pikachu!

Pikachu: Pika!

Ash: Alright guys, attack from all three sides. Pidgeot use gust! Charizard use fire blast! Pikachu use thunder!

(They position themselves around WarGreymonpuff and use their attacks.)


Charizard: Raaahhh!

Pidgeot: Pigeooo! Idgeot! Igeot! Idgeot!

Pikachu: PikaCHUUUU!

(The attacks hurt WarGreymonpuff badly, but not enough to separate him.)

Ash: Time for more power, Pikachu. Use rain dance!

(The thunder pattern on the Pokedex starts to glow.)

Pikachu: PIKA!
(His eyes start to glow yellow as he sticks his arms into the sky. Storm clouds start to gather around in the sky and a downpour begins on the forest they are in.)

Ash: Now use Thunder!

Pikachu: PIKACHHUUUUU!
(A bolt of lightning shoots from the sky and hits Pikachu, charging him up. Then he jumps onto WarGreymonpuff's head and unleashes his thunder attack.)

Gary: I think that I worked.

(WarGreymonpuff separates into Jigglypuff and WarGreymon.)

Ash: Now what? We still have a WarGreymon to fight!

(Brock and Misty arrive carrying a laptop.)

Gary: You two are here just in time. Digiport open!
(The laptop sucks in the unconscious WarGreymon.)

Misty: What was that?

Gary: WarGreymonpuff.

Brock: Another DNA evolution?

Gary: Yeah.

(A screech is heard in the sky. All four looks up and see a fire bird.)

Ash: Is that Moltres again?

Pokedex: Ebonwumon, the holy bird digimon. He is the Digital god of fire and guards the southern hemisphere of the Digital World.

Gary: What's he doing here?

Misty: I don't know.
(She gets closer to Gary for comfort.)

Brock: There's Moltres!

(Moltres flies into view and starts to attack Ebonwumon.)

Ash: We're going to get a closer look. Pidgeot, Charizard, let's go!
(He and Pikachu jump onto Pidgeot's back and they all fly into the air to get a better view.)

Ash: They're all here.

(They see Zapdos fighting Azulongmon, Ho-oh fighting Baihumon, and Articuno fighting Zhuqiaomon.)

Pikachu: Pika!

Ash: Huh? It's Lugia! Pidgeot, fly over there to Lugia!

Pidgeot: Pidgeooo!

(Lugia sees Ash coming and starts to fly toward him.)

Ash: Lugia! What's going on?

Lugia: There is something wrong in the dimensional balances. The worlds have started to come together. The Digital Guardians are trying to invade our world and the Poke' Guardians are doing the same thing. They're fighting for dominance now. You must find Oakemon. Only he can help this world now.

Ash: What about you?

Lugia: I have to try and stop this violence. But, only you and the Poke Destined can stop it for good. Find Oakemon!

Ash: He said that he would be here on the island for the final match. He should still be here. Go back to the stadium, Pidgeot!

Pidgeot: Pidgeoooo!

(They fly back to the stadium. Gary, Misty, and Brock see them in the air and run back to the stadium.)

Ash: There he is!

(They see Oakemon standing outside of the devastated Johto Stadium.)

Ash: Land here.
(Pidgeot and Charizard land next to Oakemon.)

Oakemon: Good Ash, you're here.

Ash: What's going on?! Yo said that you would look out for any other digital disturbances!

Oakemon: This was something that was impossible to predict. Something is starting to pull the dimensions out of sync. That's why Pikachu was able to pokevolve in your air field match. The dimensional defenses are lowered and forces from other dimensions can come here. At first I thought it was just a fluke that your rage had temporarily used your digivice to open a small gate. But now it is clear that it is something much bigger.

(By this time, the others had arrived and are listening to Oakemon.)

Gary: What are we supposed to do?

Oakemon: You have to go back to the Digital World. The source is there somewhere.

Gary: Okay then, I guess we are going back.

Ash: Not me.

(The rest all look at him.)

Brock: What do you mean you're not going?

Ash: Just what it sounds like. I'm not going to work with these two again.

(Misty lays her hand on his arm.)

Misty: Ash, why are you acting like this? It's not like you.

(Ash snaps his arm away.)

Ash: And what makes you think that you know me so completely?

Oakemon: Ash, I don't think that you understand how severe this situation is.

Ash: I understand it, but I don't want to be a part of it.

Gary: Ash, we need to see this through. Do you remember that day that Tai attacked us with Greymon? Well, that one day, it changed our lives. It showed us how badly the Digital World needs us.

Ash: I don't care! I'm fine in this world. Find somebody else.
(He starts to walk away.)

Brock: Come back here, Ash. You can't leave!

Ash: Listen to me, Brock, I'll never ask for permission from you.

Oakemon: Ash, there can be nobody else. You, Brock, and Misty were selected because you personify the guardian birds. You are Zapdos, Brock is Moltres, and Misty is Articuno.

Gary: What about me?

Oakemon: You personify the unifying force that brings these powers together. No one else can replace you four. Only you can protect us.

Ash: I had no idea about that stuff. Why didn't you tell us that earlier?

Oakemon: I never really had the chance to. Whenever we met, we were being attacked. When you returned from the Digital World, I didn't see any need to. The guardians and I all thought that the war was over. But now you can see that more is happening. You four must work together to stop it.

Ash: I get it now. That's why we got together in the first place. We have to be a team.

Oakemon: Good, you understand. Now Ash, are you ready to go back to the digital World?

Ash: Yeah! Let's go, guys! Digiport open!

Oakemon: Before you go, I have something to give you.
(He pulls out three orbs of energy.)

Misty: Those are the treasures that Ash had to protect when we first met Lugia!

Oakemon: That's correct, Misty. These are power cores from the guardian pokemon. Each of them have twelve of them. Moltres, Zapdos, and Articuno have given these to me to give to you three.

Brock: What will they do?

Oakemon: These cores will allow your pokemon to pokevolve to mega, but only in extreme situations. They will allow you to bend dimensional laws. You can now pokevolve in this world, pokevolve further than champion on Earth, and you can pokemodify in any dimension.

Misty: How do we use the power in the cores?

Oakemon: It will be absorbed into your digivices. Just hold them up to the core and the power will be transferred.

(Ash, Misty, and Brock hold their pokedexes up to their cores and the energy is absorbed into the elemental pattern.)

Gary: What about me? Eevee used up all his mega energy that he absorbed form Bushemon.

Oakemon: You have had the capability to mega pokevolve since your trip to Earth. You digivice absorbed the digimentals of light and darkness. Those give Espeon and Umbreon the extra energy that they need to go to Supremeon.

Gary: I had no idea.

Oakemon: There's no more time to waste. You have to go!

Gary: Right. Let's go guys! Digiport open!

(They are absorbed into the Digital World.)


WHAT NEW THREATS WILL THE REUNITED POKE DESTINED FIND IN THE DIGITAL WORLD? FIND OUT IN THE NEXT LEGEND OF THE POKE DESTINED!