StarMage: Here's the next chapter. I hope I didn't keep you all waiting...
I would also like to thank Perfect ARMs for your review. I don't know. We'll see about putting you in the story. Talk to me some how about how you want your character to be, pokemon, techneques, and other stuff. I'll see what I can do after that. Also, Brian's Pikachu could have beaten Ash's sooner. Brian's pokemon can do things your Scyther could only dream of doing or not. We'll see... Also, no techneques can be death moves.
Disclamer: I do not own Pokemon. If I did, I don't think many would watch it 'cause it wouldn't make much sense.
Notes-
'thought' "speak" (author's notes) ~psychic communication~ spell
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Chapter Three- The Battle of Wing City! Win the Wind Crest Ash!
"Can't breath... Chest burning... Need rest..." This was all Ash could say as he slowed to a stop. The sun had set and now a beautiful silver cresent moon was in the star lit sky. It was a little colder than in Kanto, but Ash and Co. were okay.
"How... did you... do this before, Ash?" questioned Misty. Her breath came in sharp gasps and pants.
"I know. Ash, how did you stand this?" asked Brock. He too, was out of breath and dead tired.
"I have no idea... Maybe it was because I didn't have to run five miles in a couple of hours," said Ash. He had managed to catch his breath and could now talk coherently.
"Pi.. ka..." Pikachu colapsed on the ground. He felt as if he had lost ten pounds already. 'The next time I eat,' thought Pikachu, 'I'm going to stuff myself silly. I know Ash feels the same.'
Pikachu was right about that. Everyone just heard Ash's stomach rumble, and did an anime faint. Just as they hit the ground, Brian showed up. His sword was put back in it's scabbard and a bit of a light sweat was on his forehead. He looked at all of them, and saw they were near sleep. After a quick look at his watch, he proceded to wake them up very well.
"WAKE UP! Lightening Flare!!!"
Lightening flashed across the sky and struck the ground with a burst of fire. The loud boom awoke Ash and Co. with a start.
"AAAAHHHH!" "PPPIIIKKKAAA!!!!"
"GET MOVING!!! You have two hours till midnight and we still have to get to Wing City."
Ash, Misty, Brock, and Pikachu colapsed on the ground.
"Thanks for the adrenilin, but no thanks for the running," said Ash.
"Yeah," said Misty, "can't we take a little break. We've been running for hours."
"Besides, how come you're okay? You've barely broken a sweat and aren't even panting."
"That's because gym leaders here have to stay really fit. You can't make it as a gym leader here unless you can run a couple miles, fight some people, win a ton of battles, and still live," said Brian. "Now lets go! You still have only two more miles left. I never knew that people from Kanto were so slow."
"Oh shut up," said Ash as he began to run again.
So they started off again into the night. With Brian at their heels, they seemed to run faster. After a couple of hours, they came to a huge mountain with stairs.
"Well, we're here," commented Brian.
"What! I don't see a city," said Brock.
Brian only pointed to the top of the stairs. There glowed the few lights of a city at midnight. Ash wondered how all those people lived at such a high altitude, but Brian told him it actually wasn't that high.
"Brian, please tell me that you're not going to make us climb those stairs," said Ash.
"You're right, Ash," said Brian. "I'm not going to make you guys climb them."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"I'm going to take you all up! Mass Teleport!"
As Brian extended his hand above them, a golden ball of energy formed in it. It soon spilled over his opened palm and went around all of them in the shape of a sphere. Soon it began to spin, and they disapeared from the ground. A moment later, they reapeared by the Pokemon Center. No one bothered to give them a second glance as they walked past. Misty thought it was because it was so late. Brock thought that they were too busy to notice. Ash just thought that they knew it was a common comidity to be able to teleport. Pikachu didn't think anything. He was too tired.
"Welcome to Wing City! Home of the Wind Gym," said Brian.
Unfortunately, his intro fell on deaf ears as the group was so tired, they were half asleep and didn't hear a word. Brian just sighed and shoved them all into the Pokemon Center. He got them some rooms and put them in each. He, himself, fell asleep in his own room after he had settled everyone else.
***That Morning(7 am!)***
"HEY WAKEY WAKEY!!!"
Brian's words fell on deaf ears again. He fummed a little, then got a little wicked grin on his face.
'This is going to be fun,' Brian thought.
He left the room to ask Nurse Joy if it was okay to cast spells in the Pokemon Center, she agreed. Brian smirked an evil grin(I don't know if that makes sense)and went off to plan his wake up call...
"Ash... Ash... Ash!"
"Hm? What? Brock, Misty, Pikachu what's going on?"
Everyone woke up reluctantly and looked around. The scene was frightning. The entire room had turned into a dark void. The only material things there were the beds that seemed to be floating in free space. The looked towards where the door was and saw a familar back.
"B-Brian? Is that you?"
"Oh... Hi ASH!!!" Brian turned around to reveal a hidious, disgusting, and really really scary face.
"AAAHHHH!!!" "PIKAAAA!!!"
"FOOLED YOU!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
The whole place faded into the room again. Brian's face shimmered and turned into his regular face that was smiling and was in laughter. Brian was laughing so hard, he was rolling around on the floor clutching his sides.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!! You should have seen your faces!! It was priceless! HAHAHAHA!
As a reward for his laughter, Misty hit him on the head with her mallet.
"WHY DID YOU DO THAT!!! I ALMOST HAS A HEART ATTACK!!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!!!!" yelled Misty.
"Yeah!" said Ash. "Are you trying to kill us or something!"
"PIKA!!"
"I must admit, you all were quite loud," said Nurse Joy standing in the doorway.
Everyone but Brian, who was still giggling, looked at Nurse Joy as if she was crazy.
"Okay, come on, everyone to breakfast, then I've got to teach you something Ash before you go to challenge the gym leader." said Brian. He had recovered from his laughing fit apparently and was now back to business while rubbing his head. Misty had left a big mark from her mallot.
Brian went out of the room while all of them got ready to go, then shoved them all out the door.
"What do you have to teach me?! All I need is my katana and the techneque you taught me and I'll be fine!" yelled Ash as Brian was trying to get Ash listen to him as he was about to say something. "Now tell me where the gym is."
Brian only sighed. 'Well, he'll have to learn from his mistakes then.' "The gym is at the top of that mountain there." Brian pointed at the small mountain to the west of the Poke Center.
"All right then! Here we go!" said Ash as he proudly stomped off with Pikachu on his shoulder. Misty and Brock sighed and slowly walked off towards Ash's direction. Brian only nodded his head in a way that notioned that he felt a little sorry for Ash and walked after them.
***Twenty minutes later***
"I'm sorry sir, I can not allow you to enter."
Ash and Co. stood at the entrance to the mountain. There stood a giant gate and also two guards. Each with a long bow, a quiver full of arrows, and a sword. They were obviously being denied entrance to the mountain and gym.
"Well why not?" asked Ash."
"The gym leader is taking a mental health day." replied one of the guards. "Come back tomorrow."
"Well then let us in because we have gym leaders here. I am the gym leader of the Cerulian Gym and Brock here is the gym leader of Pewter Gym in the Indigo League." said Misty
"Although we respect gym leaders of other leagues, we can still not let you in"
"What! I'll have you know that I am Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town. Declared Pokemon Master of Orange, Johto, and Indgo leagues. Now let me into the gym!" demanded Ash.
"Oh, so you are that boy. We are terribly sorry sir, we can still not allow you and or your friends entrance to the gym."
"Is that so?" asked Brian. "Not even another gym leader from here?"
"If you are one gym leader from here, show us your gym leader weapon."
Brian simply drew his sword and made the hilt face the guards. They turned pale and sweaty. When they spoke, they stuttered.
"Oh, s-s-sir! Um, p-p-please accept o-our h-h-humble appologies. W-We had n-n-no idea that you were with this group. P-please do enter. We're s-sure that the gym leader will be m-m-more than happy to recieve you."
"Wonderful!" said Brian. "Thank you very much." Brian bowed to the guards.
The guards quickly opened the gates to let them in and bowed very very low to Brian.
"I'll be sure to tell Josh that you guys are doing your jobs well," said Brian. The guards bowed again muttering their thanks. They never made eye contact with Brian after that, keeping their heads low as he stood there. Ash and Co. stood waiting for him.
"Um, Brian, why did they act like that when they saw your sword?" asked Brock.
"Oh, being gym leader of the Stardust Gym gives you a certian status. You'll know about that later," said Brian as he walked ahead of the group. A strong wind blew past them all. Ash, Misty, Brock, and Pikachu tried to block it from them, but Brian just kept walking. Everyone wondered how he did that. The wind stopped and they continued to walk to a huge set of double doors in a giant building.
"Okay Ash, now you have to open the door." said Brian as if it was the simplist thing in the world.
"No problem! Uh, just where are the handles?" said Ash as he inspected the doors.
"There are no handles," said Brian. "You have to open them. Otherwise, you are not deemed worthy of challenging the gym leader."
"I can open it! I am worthy of challenging the gym leader! Thunder Katana Staccatto!!"
Brian only sighed as Ash wasted his energy trying to bash the door open with his attack. When Ash was finished, there was not a dent on the door.
"Ash, save your energy. You'll need it for the match. If you want to get in so badly, say this out loud: I can not open the door to this gym! Here and now, I ask for help from someone else!"
Ash gave him a look as if he was crazy. "There is no way I will say that!"
"Say it, or you won't get into the gym." said Brian giving him the death glare. The group was familiar with Brian's death glare by now because he had often used it on them when they were running to make them go faster. Ash sighed in defeat.
"I can not open the door to this gym! Here and now, I ask for help from someone else!" shouted Ash.
As he finished the last word, a strong wind blew up from behind them. It seemed to blow into a window at the top of the building.
"He got your message. Okay, now I can help you." said Brian.
"WHAT! I had to shout that just so you could help me get in! GRRR!"
"Calm yourself Ash," said Brian. "If you had let me teach you this one thing, you would have been able to open the door yourself. As well as the doors to other gyms here."
"Wait," said Misty. "If all the gyms here are somewhat like this, how did Team Rocket get into your gym?"
"I've been leaving the door open," said Brian.
Everyone did an anime faint again. Brian only faced the door and took a stance. His palm facing the door.
"Spirit of the element, hear my cry! Element wind!!"
Winds began to blow very stongly. The weird thing was, everyone could see it. The winds glowed white as they formed and colected infront of Brian's hand. The ball grew bigger and bigger till Brian decided it was enough.
"DISPELL!!"
The ball was launched at the door. Wind flew back from the door from the impact and continued to do so. Slowly, but surely, the doors slowly creaked open. Suddenly, they flew open as the ball of wind disentergated.
"See Ash. If you had let me teach you how to do things like that, things would have gotten a lot easier. I'm going to teach you how to do that after the gym. Now let's go!"
Ash only grumbled as he and everyone else was shoved into the gym.
"JOSH!! JOSH ARE YOU IN HERE!!" shouted Brian in the middle of the hall.
"Don't shout so loud! This place echos." replied someone in the shadows. That person came out to reveal himself to have light brown hair and pale blue eyes. He wore a simple white t-shirt and brown shorts. In his right hand, he held a bow. It was no ordinary bow. It had four curved spikes. Two on each side. The two that were closest to his hand in the middle were the smallest while the other two were a good bit longer.
"Brian! Good to see ya' man! What are you down here for? Who are those guys?" asked Josh.
"I'm Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town! I'm here to challenge you for a crest." demanded Ash completely forgeting Brian's presance infront of him.
"Is that so?" questioned Josh. "Well, you seem to be a good enough opponent, but you will fall to my pokemon. Follow me."
Josh led them to a huge battle arena. All carved of stone, it was very impressive. Many flying type pokemon were carved all over the arena. To cap off the whole place, there was a huge dome, even then, there was a huge hole in it. However, Ash noticed by how it was carved and made, that it was not put there by accident.
"If you want the Wind Crest, you will have to beat me in a two sectioned battle. The first part is a pokemon battle. This will be three on three battle."
"Fine, I accept!"
As he said those words, a referee came out of nowhere.
"Gym battle established! This is a three on three match! No time limit! Let the battle begin! Ready! Go!"
"I will chose first! Go Pidgeot!" shouted Josh. He threw his pokeball high in the air and out poped the bird pokemon.
"Whoa! That Pidgeot is huge! But, if he uses flying pokemon, I'll use electric! Go Pikachu!" Pikachu ran from Ash's side and into the arena.
"How obvious. Electric pokemon may have an advantage to flying types, but I assure you, you will not beat me that easily! Pidgeot! Feather Storm!"
Pidgeot flapped it's wings at a furious pace. Feathers came flying out of its wings at Pikachu. They came out in a gigantic cloud and then came at the ground. Pikachu dodged the first wave. Ash was surprised and shocked though. The feathers were stuck in the ground. The second wave soon came at Pikachu.
"Ah! Pikachu get out of the way! Use Agility and then use Thunder Bolt!"
Pikachu got its tail in gear as it ran as fast as possible to avoid the feathers. When it got under Pidgeot, it charged up and let the electricity fly.
"PPIIKKAACCHHUU!!!!"
The attack hit and Pidgeot was fried, but to Ash's surprise, it was barely damaged. Sure it's feathers were slightly singed, but it was still okay. It hardly looked as if it took any damage.
"I told you I will not be beaten so easily! Pidgeot! Grand Tornado!!!"
"Wha? Pikachu get out of the way!"
Pikachu ran as Pidgeot flapped its wings very rapidly. Soon a small tornado formed. It grew in size and power as Pidgeot flapped further.
"Pikachu! Stop Pidgeot now! Use Thunder on it!"
"PIKA!" Pikachu voiced its compliance as it charged towards Pidgeot, sparks flying. Soon it let it all fly. Ash shouted triumphantly, but stopped when Pidgeot launched the tornado at Pikachu's electricty and sucked it in. Turning it into a lightening tornado!
"Now your Pikachu will feel the wrath of the Grand Tornado!"
There was no escape for Pikachu as the tornado headed closer and closer. Pikachu's eyes widened in fear as the tornado hit. You could hear Pikachu's cries echoing in the arena. Soon, the torando stopped and Pikachu lay on the ground.
"Pikachu! I won't push you, but please get up if you can!"
Pikachu's ears twitched. He lifted his head and got up. Pikachu's brown eyes burned with a passion to win.
"That's it! Let's go Pikachu! Thunder Tail Staccatto!"
"What! That move... Brian must have taught it to you!"
Pikachu charged at a semi-tired Pidgeot. Sparks flying from its cheeks and tail, it came into contact with Pidgeot. Pikachu let out a battle cry as it bashed at Pidgeot endlessly. Pidgeot colapsed in a heap from the attack on the floor.
"Pidgeot is unable to battle. This round goes to the challenger!" declared the referee.
"Yeah! We did it!" declared Ash. "If all his pokemon are like this, we won't have a single problem!"
"I wouldn't celebrate so soon, Ash." warned Brian.
"Why not?!"
"As a fellow gym leader and a bystander, I am not allowed to interfere with the match at hand or give you any information. However, I will tell you that Josh's pokemon are far from what you think them to be."
Ash just looked at him for a moment in thought then turned back to the match at hand.
"So... You've got some training from Brian there. It will help you, but Brian taught you one of his weakest electric attacks. You won't succeed just using that."
"Just choose already!" shouted Ash, eager to finish the fight.
"Go Charazard! Take to the skies!"
"What?!" asked Ash. "Charazard isn't a flying pokemon! It's a fire type!"
"That it is." said Josh. "But as long as the pokemon flies, it belongs to the wind! Charazard! Flare Gust!"
"GAH! Pikachu use Thunder Tail Staccatto again!"
Pikachu geared up and charged at Charazard to land the blow, but Charazard flapped it's mighty wings with it's tail infront. Flames from the tail blew with the wind from Charazard's wings and came at Pikachu. Pikachu had to side step which threw off it's charge. Pikachu's side got a little burnt, but was still okay.
"Pikachu! Try again!"
Pikachu charged on. But Josh and Charazard were ready.
"Pyro Demon!"
"Pyro Demon? What's that?"
Ash soon found out as Charazard spun around rapidly while using Flamethrower. It created a giant fire tunnel that extended through the hole in the arena. Pikachu stopped dead in it's tracks when it found itself charging at a pillar of fire. Soon enough, the fire dissapeared.
"So much for your big attack huh!"
"Are you sure?"
"Huh?"
Josh only pointed upwards where Charazard was. It was flying in circles gathering speed. Soon it decended to the arena, aimed at Pikachu. As it was about to make impact, it unleashed a giant blast of fire at Pikachu and flew up. Pikachu came out not too great and Charazard was still okay.
"Pikachu, hit with Thunder!"
Pikachu let the electricity fly once again.
"Flare Lance!"
The electric attack flew at Charazard who let out a pillar of flame at that. The electricty was diverted.
"NOW PIKACHU! WHILE IT'S GUARD IS DOWN! THUNDER AND THUNDER TAIL STACCATTO!!"
"What! No! Charazard! Turn around quickly!"
Josh's command was a bit late. Pikachu had already come behind Charazard and was electrocuting and bashing the heck out of it.
"PPPIIIKKKAAA!!!" screamed Pikachu as it hit the last blow. Charazard colapsed.
"Round two over. Charazard is unable to fight. Round goes to challeger!"
"Yes! Another victory!" "PIKA!"
Brian only stared at Ash. 'Careful Ash,' he thought. 'No one has yet defeated the next pokemon I know he will use. You are a good trainer, but I doubt you on this one.' Brian concluded his thoughts as Josh pulled out another pokeball from his belt.
"I must congragulate you, Ash." said Josh. "No one has gotten this far as easily as you did. I am fairly impressed. But, you will not win against this last pokemon. Go Dragonite!!!"
All stood in awe as the great pokemon materialized. Josh uttered one command after that. "Show. No. Mercy." Dragonite understood and nodded its head. Ash didn't like the looks of that.
"Dragonite, Wind Shard Storm!!"
"Pikachu, Agility!"
Pikachu ran around the arena, but was still hit by the blast of wind as it came around. It seemed to cause more pain than a usual sharp gust due to the ice shards Ash noticed.
"Pikachu, try to avoid any and all attacks! Then get in there and attack!"
"It's no use! Dragonite, use Master Storm!"
Pikachu ran again, not wanting to experiance the awful pain from this Dragonite's attacks, but got blasted. A huge storm came up and gale force winds banged Pikachu against the walls. When the attack was over, Pikachu was unconcious.
"Pikachu is unable to battle. This round goes to the gym leader!"
"See Ash, I told you Dragonite will not be beaten so easily."
"Whatever! I choose, Muk!"
Ash threw his pokeball, and the awful stench of Muk was all over the arena. Even with the hole in the roof, it was pretty potent.
"Muk, use Sludge attack! Cloud Dragonite's eyes!"
"Not so fast! Dragonite! Use the Wind Vortex!"
Muk threw tons of sludge at Dragonite. It would have hit it right in the eyes if Dragonite had not started spinning at a tremendous pace. It spun so fast, that all that you saw was a tornado that was pure white. Not even the sludge remained there.
"Grr. Muk! Try again!"
"That won't work, Ash." said Josh. "The Wind Vortex will protect Dragonite from even the most powerful of attacks like the Hyper Beam. Although it is a defense move, it still can be used as an attack! Dragonite, charge forward!"
Muk threw as much sludge as possible, but it was no use. Dragonite charged forward and Muk got carried away with the tornado. It was thrown high into the air and fell a great distance. Upon closer inspection, there were swirls in its eyes.
"Muk is unable to battle. Gym leader wins this round."
"Darn it! If I loose, I won't get the crest!" said Ash.
"Not exactly!" yelled Josh from across the arena.
"Why not?"
"Gym battles here a bit different. Instead of counting battles, we count points for how many pokemon you've beaten. You've beaten two of my pokemon. Thus, you have two points. I have two points because I've beaten two of your pokemon. Who ever has the most points at the end of the battle, is the winner. Now choose your pokemon!"
"Alright then! Go Kingler!!"
The giant crab appeard in a flash of red light. Dragonite had stopped spinning and was prepared to fight again.
"I'll take you up on that claim that you can block the Hyper Beam! Kingler! Prepare the Hyper Beam!"
"I accept that challenge! Dragonite! Wind Vortex!"
Kingler opened its claw. Dragonite began to spin. Kingler had begun to collect energy in its claw. Dragonite was up to speed and the tornado was created.
"Kingler! Fire the Hyper Beam!"
"Dragonite! Full speed!"
Kingler fired the Hyper Beam at Dragonite. However it was having a bit of trouble doing so. Dragonite was spinning so fast that strong gusts came from the tornado. When the Hyper Beam hit the tornado, it flashed yellow for a bit, then turned white again.
"Go Dragonite! Attack fusion! Hyper Beam and Wind Vortex!"
"Attack fusion?" questioned Ash.
"When you fuse attacks, you can make even stronger attacks from seperate ones." said Brian. "The combo that Josh is using is very powerful." Ash looked on with a bit more fear in his eyes after that.
Dragonite was headed towards Kingler. The tornado glowed a golden color and crackled with energy.
"Full speed charge!!"
"Kingler, ward it off! use Hydro Pump!"
Kingler let out the blast of water at Dragonite. It seemed not to have any affect as Dragonite continued. Soon, Dragonite made contact. Kingler was swept up like Muk into the tornado and was hit not only by the gust, but the Hyper Beam energy in the tornado. It fell with a loud thud from the sky.
"Kingler is unable to battle. Final round goes to the gym leader!"
"No... I-I lost. At the first gym!" Ash fell to his knees on the floor.
"No need to be sad, Ash." said Josh. "You still have one more part to the battle."
"What's that?"
"Remember, I said that this was a two segmented battle. The pokemon battle was one segement. Now for the next. A battle between you and me up there!" Josh pointed to the ceiling and the hole in the ceiling.
"You expect me to be able to fly?"
"Not exactly. We will ride on our pokemon to fight. All weapons and attacks are pretty much allowed. Your pokemon may help with their own attacks if possible. You may not aim for the opposing pokemon. The first one to fall off the pokemon looses. This battle is worth two points. Should you win this, you will win the crest. If I win, you'll have to come back later and try again."
"But what if I fall off? I'll come plumeting to the ground!"
"Don't worry. You'll see what happens as soon as you get on your pokemon." Josh turned around and threw a pokeball. "Go Aerodactyl!"
"AAAHHH! KEEP IT AWAY!" screamed Ash curling into a ball. (Sorry, if I made Ash too traumatized by an Aerodactyl. I only did it remotely because of that episode where he almost gets eaten by the Aerodactyl.)
"What's wrong? It's just an Aerodactyl?"
"Um, you see, Ash kind of had a somewhat traumatic experiance with an Aerodactyl. It tried to eat him, but didn't succeed because his Charmeleon evolved into Charazard and fought Aerodactyl." said Misty.
"Oh, well he'll have to get over it. This is the pokemon I choose to ride. Don't worry. It listens very well to me. It won't try to eat you, Ash."
Ash looked up and nodded. "Good. Now come on! I'll be waiting up there!" Josh jumped on to his Aerodactyl and flew out through the hole in the ceiling.
"B-But I don't have a flying pokemon I can ride."
"Don't worry. Here you can borrow this." Brian shoved a pokeball into Ash's hands. "It should listen to you. Remember, after this battle, it comes back to me."
Ash only nodded. "Go pokeball!"
In a flash of red light came a Charazard. Charazard bowed a bit so that Ash could get on. Ash got on as best he could without disrupting Charazard's ability to fly. He took out his katana and Charazard took off.
"Have a nice flight!" yelled Brian while waving his hand.
When Ash got into the sky, he was surprised by Josh's Aerodactyl coming up so close.
"AAHH! I thought you said that thing listened to you!" shouted Ash.
Josh giggled a bit. "I told it to get this close so I could tell you what's going to happen. Okay ref! Let out the stuff!"
The referee heard and took out a bottle. He shook out some silver stuff into his hand and threw it out the hole in the ceiling. It grew and expanded to become a large silvery cloud. It covered most of the area. Josh had his Aerodactyl go down towards it. Ash followed suit with Charazard. Ash gasped as Brian got off Aerodactyl and stepped on the the cloud. He was amazed again as Josh was able to walk on the cloud.
"Come on, Ash! It's okay!" said Josh.
"Um, okay..." Ash slowly got off Charazard and stepped on the cloud. "Whoa! Am I dreaming, or is this really happening?"
"You're not dreaming! This is very real. The cloud we're stepping on is made by magic. Should you fall on it, it automaticly fixes itself to make it so your fall will not hurt you."
"Oh..."
"Now let the fight begin!" Josh jumped up on to Aerodactyl and readied his bow. "Get up Ash! We fight now!"
"All right then! Charazard, let's go!" Ash got on Charazard and pulled out his katana again.
"I will make the first move!" Josh fired energy arrows at Ash from his bow. Ash got Charazard to avoid some, and he hit some away himself. He suspected that Josh was going easy on him because he had never battled like this before.
"HIYA!" Ash charged forward with Charazard to attack with his katana. He didn't really want to hurt Josh. Just knock him off or scare him enough to accidentally jump off. No such luck. Josh simply flew higher than him.
"Grand Tornado!" Josh shot an energy arrow at Ash. It began to spin rapidly(although I'm not sure if anyone can tell if an energy arrow is spinning). Soon, a tornado formed around it. Ash was a bit scared of how the impact would be until he remembered that the pokemon could help you.
"Charazard, incenerate the arrow inside! Use Flamethrower!"
Charazard managed to succeed. Josh only suspected this because it was Brian's Charazard. There was no mistaking it. The way it flew, the fire in its eyes, the power it had. 'Yes, it is Brian's Charazard...'
'What's he waiting for.' thought Ash. "Well then, let's go Charazard! Charge!" Ash headed straight for Josh. "Thunder Katana Staccatto!!"
Josh only noticed as Ash was only a mere three feet away. "I won't be beaten so easily! Especially with Brian's Charazard! Aerodactyl! Hyper Beam!"
"What! NO! Charazard get out of the way!"
Aerodactyl blasted, and Charazard flew up only to see Josh's bow pointed at them.
"Now fall Ash! Grand Tornado!" The arrow flew but before it could cause the tornado, Josh made another comand. "MULTIPLY!!!" Josh extended his hand towards the arrow. It began to split. It did so till hundreds filled the sky and made tornados. All were headed towards Ash.(Yes, he had flown up that high.)
"What is he doing!" yelled Misty.
Everyone down on the ground saw the multiply trick. Brian only smirked.
"Ash has his work cut out for him... Being able to multiply stuff is a usefull talent some people, not many, but all gym leaders here have."
Back in the sky, Ash was worried. "Um, Charazard, can you burn all those?" Charazard nodded no. "I thought so... RUN! Urm.. FLY AWAY!!"
Charazard avoided as best it could, but Ash got cut by most.
"OOOWWWW!!!" A little(emphasis on little) blood trickled down Ash's arms, legs, and one or two on his face.
Even though some hit Ash then dissapeared, many still were in the air and went higher. As the rule says, what goes up must come down, so, naturally, all the arrows came down towards the gym. They flew through the clouds and came heading down through the hole. All still had tornados.
"AAAHHH!! WE'RE GOING TO GET HIT!!!" yelled Misty holdling the staff she had defensively. Brock drew his sword and tightened his grip on it. Brian only drew his sword and pointed it at the hole.
"Sonic Star Cut!!!"
Brian slashed his sword very rapidly. Sparkling energy waves came from the slashes and headed towards the tornados. All were hit and cut in half. The tornados soon dissapeared before they could touch ground.
"There, now no one gets hurt besides Ash right now..."
Evryone looked up to see the fight continue. Ash was drooping a little. He seemed very tired and the cuts he had were not serious. With all this, he still seemed determined to win.
"I... won't loose... won't give in... must win..."
Charazard looked up at the trainer riding it sympatheticly. He was trying hard, but he would have to pull it together if he wanted to win.
"ASH! You're tired. Come back later and challenge me when you're feeling better."
"NO!! NEVER!! I came here to win a crest! And I promise you, I will do so! CHARGE CHARAZARD!!!"
Charazard listened and flew forward at a great speed. Josh readied his bow.
"THUNDER KATANA STACCATTO!!!"
"MASTER STORM!!!"
Josh exended his palm and his eyes glowed a pale blue. Large glowing wind gusts flew at Ash. Ash had pulled out his katana, sparks flying from it. Charazard flew closer as the gusts came closer. Then there was a flash of light in the sky and a person was falling.
"It's over," said Brian. "Ash has won..."
"I... I won... I..." Ash couldn't finish his sentence as he fell to the cloud like Josh did. He landed on it with a soft thud.
***In the trainer hospital half an hour later***
Ash lay in a bed with Brock and Misty watching him. Pikachu was sitting at Ash's side. He had made a full recovery and refused to leave Ash's side. Brian had gone off to check on Josh. Josh had some cuts and was slightly electrocuted, but was okay. Ash was in a bit worse of a condition. He had multiple cuts, suffered extreme exaustion from using so much energy and magic, and had a little blood loss. Luckily, the hospital had Ash's blood type and gave him some blood to make up for what he lost. His arms, legs, and spots on his torso had numerous bandages. He was currently sleeping.
"Uhg..." Ash's eyes and face twitched before opening.
"Ash! You're okay!" yelled Misty. She then smacked him across the face. "DON'T EVER DO THAT AGAIN!!!"
"Take it easy Misty. He's still recovering." said Brock, looking at them from over a book.
"Yeah Misty, the way you slapped me, it seems like you want me to be injured..."
Ash trailed off as Brian and Josh appeared. Josh had bandages here and there and a few burn marks.
"I see you're okay, Ash." said Brian. "But this still means that you have to learn how to open gym doors."
Ash groaned. Josh giggled again(I think I make them giggle too much, but who cares? The gym leaders are FOURTEEN!!).
"Maybe this will be a little incentive..." Josh extended his hand and opened it. Inside was a small pure white wing. At the rounded off part of the wing, there was a light blue gem.
"Here, Ash, the Wind Crest is yours." said Josh smiling.
"Wow!" said Ash as he held the wing in his palm. He then held it inbetween his index finger and thumb, moving the crest this way and that. Amazed at how the light hit it and made it glint.
"Well Ash, I'm sure Misty and Brock are dying to know how you beat Josh..." Brian trailed off.
"Yeah, that's right, Ash, how did you make Josh fall?" questioned Misty.
"Well, uh, it's kind of hard to explain..." said Ash.
"I'll tell you how." said Josh. "The guy charges at my Master Storm attack, then ducks at the last moment and comes from below to attack me. I didn't have any time to defend myself..."
Everyone just stared at Ash except Brian who was staring at Josh with a skeptical look. As if he knew the real truth.
"Not a word..." wispered Josh to Brian. Brian only winked.
"Well Ash, the doctor says that you'll be out in a day! So get all the rest you can because, when you get out, we are so training you to open gym doors..."
Brian trailed off as Ash groaned again.
"I think they better give him more pain killers." wispered Josh.
"Give him anymore and he'll get addicted." wispered back Brian.
***The next day***
"Come on Ash! It's not that hard! You just have to consentrate!"
"Easy for you to say. You make it look and sound too easy."
Ash and Brian were in the Poke Center training room. Brian had managed to make two giant doors similar to gym doors. He was trying to get Ash to consentrate on the spell as that was the only way to call the element to open the door which would only open with that element, but he was too distracted by a thing called hunger.
"Come on! Can't we take a break for lunch?" asked Ash with pleading eyes.
"Well... alright. We'll take a half an hour for a lunch break. Then we go back to doing this. No excuses after. Got it?"
Ash was all too happy to argue. He dashed off to the cafeteria with Brian following more or less slower than Ash.
***five hours later***
"I'm beat... Can we stop now?"
Ash had finally gotten the hang of the spell an hour or two ago after the lunch break. Brian insisted that Ash practice more as the more powerful the element, the more consentration it takes for the spell to work.
"I guess so. You've got the hang of it, but you have to remember to consentrate to make it work. Now get to bed. We're leaving bright and early for the next town."
"Alright... I'm going already so whatever."
Ash left the training hall to get to sleep even though it was only around five. He knew Brian would probably have them run or something so he immedately ran to get to sleep.
'Ash, what am I going to do with you...' thought Brian as he walked out of the training room. He took the end of his braid and took out the tie and began to undo the braid. 'I can only hope for the best for you, Ash. I can't go with you through the whole league...' Brian stopped his thoughts as he came to his room. He closed the door and started getting ready for bed. He then tied it back his hair and washed out what gel was in it. He soon fell asleep an hour later.
***The next morning***
Brian woke up fairly early. It was around four. He packed what he had taken out and left the room, leaving his hair as it was. Brian then walked to Ash's room after brushing his teeth.
"Okay people, time to wake up." said Brian as he opened the door. Everyone looked at him groggily.
"Brian, can you at least wait till the sun is up?" asked Misty.
Brian smiled a little. "No, now get ready and we're leaving."
It took Ash and Co. half an hour to get ready to leave. In the lights of the Poke Center, everyone saw that Brian had pretty much done nothing to his hair. It made him look very different.
"Come on guys. We're leaving for Forest Town now." Brian walked out the door with everyone right behind him.
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StarMage:Well, that's this chapter. Sorry it took so long and is so long. The ending doesn't really make much sense, but it's how I wanted to end this chapter. So review please! In the next chapter, PerfectARMs may show up as a character. So PerfectARMs, if you're reading this, you better contact me soon on your character in this story. In the next chapter, who is this other pokemon master that knows Brian? How did they know each other, and why does Brian get angry everytime he calls him a nickname? Find out soon in the next chapter, The Path to the Forest.
I would also like to thank Perfect ARMs for your review. I don't know. We'll see about putting you in the story. Talk to me some how about how you want your character to be, pokemon, techneques, and other stuff. I'll see what I can do after that. Also, Brian's Pikachu could have beaten Ash's sooner. Brian's pokemon can do things your Scyther could only dream of doing or not. We'll see... Also, no techneques can be death moves.
Disclamer: I do not own Pokemon. If I did, I don't think many would watch it 'cause it wouldn't make much sense.
Notes-
'thought' "speak" (author's notes) ~psychic communication~ spell
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Chapter Three- The Battle of Wing City! Win the Wind Crest Ash!
"Can't breath... Chest burning... Need rest..." This was all Ash could say as he slowed to a stop. The sun had set and now a beautiful silver cresent moon was in the star lit sky. It was a little colder than in Kanto, but Ash and Co. were okay.
"How... did you... do this before, Ash?" questioned Misty. Her breath came in sharp gasps and pants.
"I know. Ash, how did you stand this?" asked Brock. He too, was out of breath and dead tired.
"I have no idea... Maybe it was because I didn't have to run five miles in a couple of hours," said Ash. He had managed to catch his breath and could now talk coherently.
"Pi.. ka..." Pikachu colapsed on the ground. He felt as if he had lost ten pounds already. 'The next time I eat,' thought Pikachu, 'I'm going to stuff myself silly. I know Ash feels the same.'
Pikachu was right about that. Everyone just heard Ash's stomach rumble, and did an anime faint. Just as they hit the ground, Brian showed up. His sword was put back in it's scabbard and a bit of a light sweat was on his forehead. He looked at all of them, and saw they were near sleep. After a quick look at his watch, he proceded to wake them up very well.
"WAKE UP! Lightening Flare!!!"
Lightening flashed across the sky and struck the ground with a burst of fire. The loud boom awoke Ash and Co. with a start.
"AAAAHHHH!" "PPPIIIKKKAAA!!!!"
"GET MOVING!!! You have two hours till midnight and we still have to get to Wing City."
Ash, Misty, Brock, and Pikachu colapsed on the ground.
"Thanks for the adrenilin, but no thanks for the running," said Ash.
"Yeah," said Misty, "can't we take a little break. We've been running for hours."
"Besides, how come you're okay? You've barely broken a sweat and aren't even panting."
"That's because gym leaders here have to stay really fit. You can't make it as a gym leader here unless you can run a couple miles, fight some people, win a ton of battles, and still live," said Brian. "Now lets go! You still have only two more miles left. I never knew that people from Kanto were so slow."
"Oh shut up," said Ash as he began to run again.
So they started off again into the night. With Brian at their heels, they seemed to run faster. After a couple of hours, they came to a huge mountain with stairs.
"Well, we're here," commented Brian.
"What! I don't see a city," said Brock.
Brian only pointed to the top of the stairs. There glowed the few lights of a city at midnight. Ash wondered how all those people lived at such a high altitude, but Brian told him it actually wasn't that high.
"Brian, please tell me that you're not going to make us climb those stairs," said Ash.
"You're right, Ash," said Brian. "I'm not going to make you guys climb them."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"I'm going to take you all up! Mass Teleport!"
As Brian extended his hand above them, a golden ball of energy formed in it. It soon spilled over his opened palm and went around all of them in the shape of a sphere. Soon it began to spin, and they disapeared from the ground. A moment later, they reapeared by the Pokemon Center. No one bothered to give them a second glance as they walked past. Misty thought it was because it was so late. Brock thought that they were too busy to notice. Ash just thought that they knew it was a common comidity to be able to teleport. Pikachu didn't think anything. He was too tired.
"Welcome to Wing City! Home of the Wind Gym," said Brian.
Unfortunately, his intro fell on deaf ears as the group was so tired, they were half asleep and didn't hear a word. Brian just sighed and shoved them all into the Pokemon Center. He got them some rooms and put them in each. He, himself, fell asleep in his own room after he had settled everyone else.
***That Morning(7 am!)***
"HEY WAKEY WAKEY!!!"
Brian's words fell on deaf ears again. He fummed a little, then got a little wicked grin on his face.
'This is going to be fun,' Brian thought.
He left the room to ask Nurse Joy if it was okay to cast spells in the Pokemon Center, she agreed. Brian smirked an evil grin(I don't know if that makes sense)and went off to plan his wake up call...
"Ash... Ash... Ash!"
"Hm? What? Brock, Misty, Pikachu what's going on?"
Everyone woke up reluctantly and looked around. The scene was frightning. The entire room had turned into a dark void. The only material things there were the beds that seemed to be floating in free space. The looked towards where the door was and saw a familar back.
"B-Brian? Is that you?"
"Oh... Hi ASH!!!" Brian turned around to reveal a hidious, disgusting, and really really scary face.
"AAAHHHH!!!" "PIKAAAA!!!"
"FOOLED YOU!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
The whole place faded into the room again. Brian's face shimmered and turned into his regular face that was smiling and was in laughter. Brian was laughing so hard, he was rolling around on the floor clutching his sides.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!! You should have seen your faces!! It was priceless! HAHAHAHA!
As a reward for his laughter, Misty hit him on the head with her mallet.
"WHY DID YOU DO THAT!!! I ALMOST HAS A HEART ATTACK!!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!!!!" yelled Misty.
"Yeah!" said Ash. "Are you trying to kill us or something!"
"PIKA!!"
"I must admit, you all were quite loud," said Nurse Joy standing in the doorway.
Everyone but Brian, who was still giggling, looked at Nurse Joy as if she was crazy.
"Okay, come on, everyone to breakfast, then I've got to teach you something Ash before you go to challenge the gym leader." said Brian. He had recovered from his laughing fit apparently and was now back to business while rubbing his head. Misty had left a big mark from her mallot.
Brian went out of the room while all of them got ready to go, then shoved them all out the door.
"What do you have to teach me?! All I need is my katana and the techneque you taught me and I'll be fine!" yelled Ash as Brian was trying to get Ash listen to him as he was about to say something. "Now tell me where the gym is."
Brian only sighed. 'Well, he'll have to learn from his mistakes then.' "The gym is at the top of that mountain there." Brian pointed at the small mountain to the west of the Poke Center.
"All right then! Here we go!" said Ash as he proudly stomped off with Pikachu on his shoulder. Misty and Brock sighed and slowly walked off towards Ash's direction. Brian only nodded his head in a way that notioned that he felt a little sorry for Ash and walked after them.
***Twenty minutes later***
"I'm sorry sir, I can not allow you to enter."
Ash and Co. stood at the entrance to the mountain. There stood a giant gate and also two guards. Each with a long bow, a quiver full of arrows, and a sword. They were obviously being denied entrance to the mountain and gym.
"Well why not?" asked Ash."
"The gym leader is taking a mental health day." replied one of the guards. "Come back tomorrow."
"Well then let us in because we have gym leaders here. I am the gym leader of the Cerulian Gym and Brock here is the gym leader of Pewter Gym in the Indigo League." said Misty
"Although we respect gym leaders of other leagues, we can still not let you in"
"What! I'll have you know that I am Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town. Declared Pokemon Master of Orange, Johto, and Indgo leagues. Now let me into the gym!" demanded Ash.
"Oh, so you are that boy. We are terribly sorry sir, we can still not allow you and or your friends entrance to the gym."
"Is that so?" asked Brian. "Not even another gym leader from here?"
"If you are one gym leader from here, show us your gym leader weapon."
Brian simply drew his sword and made the hilt face the guards. They turned pale and sweaty. When they spoke, they stuttered.
"Oh, s-s-sir! Um, p-p-please accept o-our h-h-humble appologies. W-We had n-n-no idea that you were with this group. P-please do enter. We're s-sure that the gym leader will be m-m-more than happy to recieve you."
"Wonderful!" said Brian. "Thank you very much." Brian bowed to the guards.
The guards quickly opened the gates to let them in and bowed very very low to Brian.
"I'll be sure to tell Josh that you guys are doing your jobs well," said Brian. The guards bowed again muttering their thanks. They never made eye contact with Brian after that, keeping their heads low as he stood there. Ash and Co. stood waiting for him.
"Um, Brian, why did they act like that when they saw your sword?" asked Brock.
"Oh, being gym leader of the Stardust Gym gives you a certian status. You'll know about that later," said Brian as he walked ahead of the group. A strong wind blew past them all. Ash, Misty, Brock, and Pikachu tried to block it from them, but Brian just kept walking. Everyone wondered how he did that. The wind stopped and they continued to walk to a huge set of double doors in a giant building.
"Okay Ash, now you have to open the door." said Brian as if it was the simplist thing in the world.
"No problem! Uh, just where are the handles?" said Ash as he inspected the doors.
"There are no handles," said Brian. "You have to open them. Otherwise, you are not deemed worthy of challenging the gym leader."
"I can open it! I am worthy of challenging the gym leader! Thunder Katana Staccatto!!"
Brian only sighed as Ash wasted his energy trying to bash the door open with his attack. When Ash was finished, there was not a dent on the door.
"Ash, save your energy. You'll need it for the match. If you want to get in so badly, say this out loud: I can not open the door to this gym! Here and now, I ask for help from someone else!"
Ash gave him a look as if he was crazy. "There is no way I will say that!"
"Say it, or you won't get into the gym." said Brian giving him the death glare. The group was familiar with Brian's death glare by now because he had often used it on them when they were running to make them go faster. Ash sighed in defeat.
"I can not open the door to this gym! Here and now, I ask for help from someone else!" shouted Ash.
As he finished the last word, a strong wind blew up from behind them. It seemed to blow into a window at the top of the building.
"He got your message. Okay, now I can help you." said Brian.
"WHAT! I had to shout that just so you could help me get in! GRRR!"
"Calm yourself Ash," said Brian. "If you had let me teach you this one thing, you would have been able to open the door yourself. As well as the doors to other gyms here."
"Wait," said Misty. "If all the gyms here are somewhat like this, how did Team Rocket get into your gym?"
"I've been leaving the door open," said Brian.
Everyone did an anime faint again. Brian only faced the door and took a stance. His palm facing the door.
"Spirit of the element, hear my cry! Element wind!!"
Winds began to blow very stongly. The weird thing was, everyone could see it. The winds glowed white as they formed and colected infront of Brian's hand. The ball grew bigger and bigger till Brian decided it was enough.
"DISPELL!!"
The ball was launched at the door. Wind flew back from the door from the impact and continued to do so. Slowly, but surely, the doors slowly creaked open. Suddenly, they flew open as the ball of wind disentergated.
"See Ash. If you had let me teach you how to do things like that, things would have gotten a lot easier. I'm going to teach you how to do that after the gym. Now let's go!"
Ash only grumbled as he and everyone else was shoved into the gym.
"JOSH!! JOSH ARE YOU IN HERE!!" shouted Brian in the middle of the hall.
"Don't shout so loud! This place echos." replied someone in the shadows. That person came out to reveal himself to have light brown hair and pale blue eyes. He wore a simple white t-shirt and brown shorts. In his right hand, he held a bow. It was no ordinary bow. It had four curved spikes. Two on each side. The two that were closest to his hand in the middle were the smallest while the other two were a good bit longer.
"Brian! Good to see ya' man! What are you down here for? Who are those guys?" asked Josh.
"I'm Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town! I'm here to challenge you for a crest." demanded Ash completely forgeting Brian's presance infront of him.
"Is that so?" questioned Josh. "Well, you seem to be a good enough opponent, but you will fall to my pokemon. Follow me."
Josh led them to a huge battle arena. All carved of stone, it was very impressive. Many flying type pokemon were carved all over the arena. To cap off the whole place, there was a huge dome, even then, there was a huge hole in it. However, Ash noticed by how it was carved and made, that it was not put there by accident.
"If you want the Wind Crest, you will have to beat me in a two sectioned battle. The first part is a pokemon battle. This will be three on three battle."
"Fine, I accept!"
As he said those words, a referee came out of nowhere.
"Gym battle established! This is a three on three match! No time limit! Let the battle begin! Ready! Go!"
"I will chose first! Go Pidgeot!" shouted Josh. He threw his pokeball high in the air and out poped the bird pokemon.
"Whoa! That Pidgeot is huge! But, if he uses flying pokemon, I'll use electric! Go Pikachu!" Pikachu ran from Ash's side and into the arena.
"How obvious. Electric pokemon may have an advantage to flying types, but I assure you, you will not beat me that easily! Pidgeot! Feather Storm!"
Pidgeot flapped it's wings at a furious pace. Feathers came flying out of its wings at Pikachu. They came out in a gigantic cloud and then came at the ground. Pikachu dodged the first wave. Ash was surprised and shocked though. The feathers were stuck in the ground. The second wave soon came at Pikachu.
"Ah! Pikachu get out of the way! Use Agility and then use Thunder Bolt!"
Pikachu got its tail in gear as it ran as fast as possible to avoid the feathers. When it got under Pidgeot, it charged up and let the electricity fly.
"PPIIKKAACCHHUU!!!!"
The attack hit and Pidgeot was fried, but to Ash's surprise, it was barely damaged. Sure it's feathers were slightly singed, but it was still okay. It hardly looked as if it took any damage.
"I told you I will not be beaten so easily! Pidgeot! Grand Tornado!!!"
"Wha? Pikachu get out of the way!"
Pikachu ran as Pidgeot flapped its wings very rapidly. Soon a small tornado formed. It grew in size and power as Pidgeot flapped further.
"Pikachu! Stop Pidgeot now! Use Thunder on it!"
"PIKA!" Pikachu voiced its compliance as it charged towards Pidgeot, sparks flying. Soon it let it all fly. Ash shouted triumphantly, but stopped when Pidgeot launched the tornado at Pikachu's electricty and sucked it in. Turning it into a lightening tornado!
"Now your Pikachu will feel the wrath of the Grand Tornado!"
There was no escape for Pikachu as the tornado headed closer and closer. Pikachu's eyes widened in fear as the tornado hit. You could hear Pikachu's cries echoing in the arena. Soon, the torando stopped and Pikachu lay on the ground.
"Pikachu! I won't push you, but please get up if you can!"
Pikachu's ears twitched. He lifted his head and got up. Pikachu's brown eyes burned with a passion to win.
"That's it! Let's go Pikachu! Thunder Tail Staccatto!"
"What! That move... Brian must have taught it to you!"
Pikachu charged at a semi-tired Pidgeot. Sparks flying from its cheeks and tail, it came into contact with Pidgeot. Pikachu let out a battle cry as it bashed at Pidgeot endlessly. Pidgeot colapsed in a heap from the attack on the floor.
"Pidgeot is unable to battle. This round goes to the challenger!" declared the referee.
"Yeah! We did it!" declared Ash. "If all his pokemon are like this, we won't have a single problem!"
"I wouldn't celebrate so soon, Ash." warned Brian.
"Why not?!"
"As a fellow gym leader and a bystander, I am not allowed to interfere with the match at hand or give you any information. However, I will tell you that Josh's pokemon are far from what you think them to be."
Ash just looked at him for a moment in thought then turned back to the match at hand.
"So... You've got some training from Brian there. It will help you, but Brian taught you one of his weakest electric attacks. You won't succeed just using that."
"Just choose already!" shouted Ash, eager to finish the fight.
"Go Charazard! Take to the skies!"
"What?!" asked Ash. "Charazard isn't a flying pokemon! It's a fire type!"
"That it is." said Josh. "But as long as the pokemon flies, it belongs to the wind! Charazard! Flare Gust!"
"GAH! Pikachu use Thunder Tail Staccatto again!"
Pikachu geared up and charged at Charazard to land the blow, but Charazard flapped it's mighty wings with it's tail infront. Flames from the tail blew with the wind from Charazard's wings and came at Pikachu. Pikachu had to side step which threw off it's charge. Pikachu's side got a little burnt, but was still okay.
"Pikachu! Try again!"
Pikachu charged on. But Josh and Charazard were ready.
"Pyro Demon!"
"Pyro Demon? What's that?"
Ash soon found out as Charazard spun around rapidly while using Flamethrower. It created a giant fire tunnel that extended through the hole in the arena. Pikachu stopped dead in it's tracks when it found itself charging at a pillar of fire. Soon enough, the fire dissapeared.
"So much for your big attack huh!"
"Are you sure?"
"Huh?"
Josh only pointed upwards where Charazard was. It was flying in circles gathering speed. Soon it decended to the arena, aimed at Pikachu. As it was about to make impact, it unleashed a giant blast of fire at Pikachu and flew up. Pikachu came out not too great and Charazard was still okay.
"Pikachu, hit with Thunder!"
Pikachu let the electricity fly once again.
"Flare Lance!"
The electric attack flew at Charazard who let out a pillar of flame at that. The electricty was diverted.
"NOW PIKACHU! WHILE IT'S GUARD IS DOWN! THUNDER AND THUNDER TAIL STACCATTO!!"
"What! No! Charazard! Turn around quickly!"
Josh's command was a bit late. Pikachu had already come behind Charazard and was electrocuting and bashing the heck out of it.
"PPPIIIKKKAAA!!!" screamed Pikachu as it hit the last blow. Charazard colapsed.
"Round two over. Charazard is unable to fight. Round goes to challeger!"
"Yes! Another victory!" "PIKA!"
Brian only stared at Ash. 'Careful Ash,' he thought. 'No one has yet defeated the next pokemon I know he will use. You are a good trainer, but I doubt you on this one.' Brian concluded his thoughts as Josh pulled out another pokeball from his belt.
"I must congragulate you, Ash." said Josh. "No one has gotten this far as easily as you did. I am fairly impressed. But, you will not win against this last pokemon. Go Dragonite!!!"
All stood in awe as the great pokemon materialized. Josh uttered one command after that. "Show. No. Mercy." Dragonite understood and nodded its head. Ash didn't like the looks of that.
"Dragonite, Wind Shard Storm!!"
"Pikachu, Agility!"
Pikachu ran around the arena, but was still hit by the blast of wind as it came around. It seemed to cause more pain than a usual sharp gust due to the ice shards Ash noticed.
"Pikachu, try to avoid any and all attacks! Then get in there and attack!"
"It's no use! Dragonite, use Master Storm!"
Pikachu ran again, not wanting to experiance the awful pain from this Dragonite's attacks, but got blasted. A huge storm came up and gale force winds banged Pikachu against the walls. When the attack was over, Pikachu was unconcious.
"Pikachu is unable to battle. This round goes to the gym leader!"
"See Ash, I told you Dragonite will not be beaten so easily."
"Whatever! I choose, Muk!"
Ash threw his pokeball, and the awful stench of Muk was all over the arena. Even with the hole in the roof, it was pretty potent.
"Muk, use Sludge attack! Cloud Dragonite's eyes!"
"Not so fast! Dragonite! Use the Wind Vortex!"
Muk threw tons of sludge at Dragonite. It would have hit it right in the eyes if Dragonite had not started spinning at a tremendous pace. It spun so fast, that all that you saw was a tornado that was pure white. Not even the sludge remained there.
"Grr. Muk! Try again!"
"That won't work, Ash." said Josh. "The Wind Vortex will protect Dragonite from even the most powerful of attacks like the Hyper Beam. Although it is a defense move, it still can be used as an attack! Dragonite, charge forward!"
Muk threw as much sludge as possible, but it was no use. Dragonite charged forward and Muk got carried away with the tornado. It was thrown high into the air and fell a great distance. Upon closer inspection, there were swirls in its eyes.
"Muk is unable to battle. Gym leader wins this round."
"Darn it! If I loose, I won't get the crest!" said Ash.
"Not exactly!" yelled Josh from across the arena.
"Why not?"
"Gym battles here a bit different. Instead of counting battles, we count points for how many pokemon you've beaten. You've beaten two of my pokemon. Thus, you have two points. I have two points because I've beaten two of your pokemon. Who ever has the most points at the end of the battle, is the winner. Now choose your pokemon!"
"Alright then! Go Kingler!!"
The giant crab appeard in a flash of red light. Dragonite had stopped spinning and was prepared to fight again.
"I'll take you up on that claim that you can block the Hyper Beam! Kingler! Prepare the Hyper Beam!"
"I accept that challenge! Dragonite! Wind Vortex!"
Kingler opened its claw. Dragonite began to spin. Kingler had begun to collect energy in its claw. Dragonite was up to speed and the tornado was created.
"Kingler! Fire the Hyper Beam!"
"Dragonite! Full speed!"
Kingler fired the Hyper Beam at Dragonite. However it was having a bit of trouble doing so. Dragonite was spinning so fast that strong gusts came from the tornado. When the Hyper Beam hit the tornado, it flashed yellow for a bit, then turned white again.
"Go Dragonite! Attack fusion! Hyper Beam and Wind Vortex!"
"Attack fusion?" questioned Ash.
"When you fuse attacks, you can make even stronger attacks from seperate ones." said Brian. "The combo that Josh is using is very powerful." Ash looked on with a bit more fear in his eyes after that.
Dragonite was headed towards Kingler. The tornado glowed a golden color and crackled with energy.
"Full speed charge!!"
"Kingler, ward it off! use Hydro Pump!"
Kingler let out the blast of water at Dragonite. It seemed not to have any affect as Dragonite continued. Soon, Dragonite made contact. Kingler was swept up like Muk into the tornado and was hit not only by the gust, but the Hyper Beam energy in the tornado. It fell with a loud thud from the sky.
"Kingler is unable to battle. Final round goes to the gym leader!"
"No... I-I lost. At the first gym!" Ash fell to his knees on the floor.
"No need to be sad, Ash." said Josh. "You still have one more part to the battle."
"What's that?"
"Remember, I said that this was a two segmented battle. The pokemon battle was one segement. Now for the next. A battle between you and me up there!" Josh pointed to the ceiling and the hole in the ceiling.
"You expect me to be able to fly?"
"Not exactly. We will ride on our pokemon to fight. All weapons and attacks are pretty much allowed. Your pokemon may help with their own attacks if possible. You may not aim for the opposing pokemon. The first one to fall off the pokemon looses. This battle is worth two points. Should you win this, you will win the crest. If I win, you'll have to come back later and try again."
"But what if I fall off? I'll come plumeting to the ground!"
"Don't worry. You'll see what happens as soon as you get on your pokemon." Josh turned around and threw a pokeball. "Go Aerodactyl!"
"AAAHHH! KEEP IT AWAY!" screamed Ash curling into a ball. (Sorry, if I made Ash too traumatized by an Aerodactyl. I only did it remotely because of that episode where he almost gets eaten by the Aerodactyl.)
"What's wrong? It's just an Aerodactyl?"
"Um, you see, Ash kind of had a somewhat traumatic experiance with an Aerodactyl. It tried to eat him, but didn't succeed because his Charmeleon evolved into Charazard and fought Aerodactyl." said Misty.
"Oh, well he'll have to get over it. This is the pokemon I choose to ride. Don't worry. It listens very well to me. It won't try to eat you, Ash."
Ash looked up and nodded. "Good. Now come on! I'll be waiting up there!" Josh jumped on to his Aerodactyl and flew out through the hole in the ceiling.
"B-But I don't have a flying pokemon I can ride."
"Don't worry. Here you can borrow this." Brian shoved a pokeball into Ash's hands. "It should listen to you. Remember, after this battle, it comes back to me."
Ash only nodded. "Go pokeball!"
In a flash of red light came a Charazard. Charazard bowed a bit so that Ash could get on. Ash got on as best he could without disrupting Charazard's ability to fly. He took out his katana and Charazard took off.
"Have a nice flight!" yelled Brian while waving his hand.
When Ash got into the sky, he was surprised by Josh's Aerodactyl coming up so close.
"AAHH! I thought you said that thing listened to you!" shouted Ash.
Josh giggled a bit. "I told it to get this close so I could tell you what's going to happen. Okay ref! Let out the stuff!"
The referee heard and took out a bottle. He shook out some silver stuff into his hand and threw it out the hole in the ceiling. It grew and expanded to become a large silvery cloud. It covered most of the area. Josh had his Aerodactyl go down towards it. Ash followed suit with Charazard. Ash gasped as Brian got off Aerodactyl and stepped on the the cloud. He was amazed again as Josh was able to walk on the cloud.
"Come on, Ash! It's okay!" said Josh.
"Um, okay..." Ash slowly got off Charazard and stepped on the cloud. "Whoa! Am I dreaming, or is this really happening?"
"You're not dreaming! This is very real. The cloud we're stepping on is made by magic. Should you fall on it, it automaticly fixes itself to make it so your fall will not hurt you."
"Oh..."
"Now let the fight begin!" Josh jumped up on to Aerodactyl and readied his bow. "Get up Ash! We fight now!"
"All right then! Charazard, let's go!" Ash got on Charazard and pulled out his katana again.
"I will make the first move!" Josh fired energy arrows at Ash from his bow. Ash got Charazard to avoid some, and he hit some away himself. He suspected that Josh was going easy on him because he had never battled like this before.
"HIYA!" Ash charged forward with Charazard to attack with his katana. He didn't really want to hurt Josh. Just knock him off or scare him enough to accidentally jump off. No such luck. Josh simply flew higher than him.
"Grand Tornado!" Josh shot an energy arrow at Ash. It began to spin rapidly(although I'm not sure if anyone can tell if an energy arrow is spinning). Soon, a tornado formed around it. Ash was a bit scared of how the impact would be until he remembered that the pokemon could help you.
"Charazard, incenerate the arrow inside! Use Flamethrower!"
Charazard managed to succeed. Josh only suspected this because it was Brian's Charazard. There was no mistaking it. The way it flew, the fire in its eyes, the power it had. 'Yes, it is Brian's Charazard...'
'What's he waiting for.' thought Ash. "Well then, let's go Charazard! Charge!" Ash headed straight for Josh. "Thunder Katana Staccatto!!"
Josh only noticed as Ash was only a mere three feet away. "I won't be beaten so easily! Especially with Brian's Charazard! Aerodactyl! Hyper Beam!"
"What! NO! Charazard get out of the way!"
Aerodactyl blasted, and Charazard flew up only to see Josh's bow pointed at them.
"Now fall Ash! Grand Tornado!" The arrow flew but before it could cause the tornado, Josh made another comand. "MULTIPLY!!!" Josh extended his hand towards the arrow. It began to split. It did so till hundreds filled the sky and made tornados. All were headed towards Ash.(Yes, he had flown up that high.)
"What is he doing!" yelled Misty.
Everyone down on the ground saw the multiply trick. Brian only smirked.
"Ash has his work cut out for him... Being able to multiply stuff is a usefull talent some people, not many, but all gym leaders here have."
Back in the sky, Ash was worried. "Um, Charazard, can you burn all those?" Charazard nodded no. "I thought so... RUN! Urm.. FLY AWAY!!"
Charazard avoided as best it could, but Ash got cut by most.
"OOOWWWW!!!" A little(emphasis on little) blood trickled down Ash's arms, legs, and one or two on his face.
Even though some hit Ash then dissapeared, many still were in the air and went higher. As the rule says, what goes up must come down, so, naturally, all the arrows came down towards the gym. They flew through the clouds and came heading down through the hole. All still had tornados.
"AAAHHH!! WE'RE GOING TO GET HIT!!!" yelled Misty holdling the staff she had defensively. Brock drew his sword and tightened his grip on it. Brian only drew his sword and pointed it at the hole.
"Sonic Star Cut!!!"
Brian slashed his sword very rapidly. Sparkling energy waves came from the slashes and headed towards the tornados. All were hit and cut in half. The tornados soon dissapeared before they could touch ground.
"There, now no one gets hurt besides Ash right now..."
Evryone looked up to see the fight continue. Ash was drooping a little. He seemed very tired and the cuts he had were not serious. With all this, he still seemed determined to win.
"I... won't loose... won't give in... must win..."
Charazard looked up at the trainer riding it sympatheticly. He was trying hard, but he would have to pull it together if he wanted to win.
"ASH! You're tired. Come back later and challenge me when you're feeling better."
"NO!! NEVER!! I came here to win a crest! And I promise you, I will do so! CHARGE CHARAZARD!!!"
Charazard listened and flew forward at a great speed. Josh readied his bow.
"THUNDER KATANA STACCATTO!!!"
"MASTER STORM!!!"
Josh exended his palm and his eyes glowed a pale blue. Large glowing wind gusts flew at Ash. Ash had pulled out his katana, sparks flying from it. Charazard flew closer as the gusts came closer. Then there was a flash of light in the sky and a person was falling.
"It's over," said Brian. "Ash has won..."
"I... I won... I..." Ash couldn't finish his sentence as he fell to the cloud like Josh did. He landed on it with a soft thud.
***In the trainer hospital half an hour later***
Ash lay in a bed with Brock and Misty watching him. Pikachu was sitting at Ash's side. He had made a full recovery and refused to leave Ash's side. Brian had gone off to check on Josh. Josh had some cuts and was slightly electrocuted, but was okay. Ash was in a bit worse of a condition. He had multiple cuts, suffered extreme exaustion from using so much energy and magic, and had a little blood loss. Luckily, the hospital had Ash's blood type and gave him some blood to make up for what he lost. His arms, legs, and spots on his torso had numerous bandages. He was currently sleeping.
"Uhg..." Ash's eyes and face twitched before opening.
"Ash! You're okay!" yelled Misty. She then smacked him across the face. "DON'T EVER DO THAT AGAIN!!!"
"Take it easy Misty. He's still recovering." said Brock, looking at them from over a book.
"Yeah Misty, the way you slapped me, it seems like you want me to be injured..."
Ash trailed off as Brian and Josh appeared. Josh had bandages here and there and a few burn marks.
"I see you're okay, Ash." said Brian. "But this still means that you have to learn how to open gym doors."
Ash groaned. Josh giggled again(I think I make them giggle too much, but who cares? The gym leaders are FOURTEEN!!).
"Maybe this will be a little incentive..." Josh extended his hand and opened it. Inside was a small pure white wing. At the rounded off part of the wing, there was a light blue gem.
"Here, Ash, the Wind Crest is yours." said Josh smiling.
"Wow!" said Ash as he held the wing in his palm. He then held it inbetween his index finger and thumb, moving the crest this way and that. Amazed at how the light hit it and made it glint.
"Well Ash, I'm sure Misty and Brock are dying to know how you beat Josh..." Brian trailed off.
"Yeah, that's right, Ash, how did you make Josh fall?" questioned Misty.
"Well, uh, it's kind of hard to explain..." said Ash.
"I'll tell you how." said Josh. "The guy charges at my Master Storm attack, then ducks at the last moment and comes from below to attack me. I didn't have any time to defend myself..."
Everyone just stared at Ash except Brian who was staring at Josh with a skeptical look. As if he knew the real truth.
"Not a word..." wispered Josh to Brian. Brian only winked.
"Well Ash, the doctor says that you'll be out in a day! So get all the rest you can because, when you get out, we are so training you to open gym doors..."
Brian trailed off as Ash groaned again.
"I think they better give him more pain killers." wispered Josh.
"Give him anymore and he'll get addicted." wispered back Brian.
***The next day***
"Come on Ash! It's not that hard! You just have to consentrate!"
"Easy for you to say. You make it look and sound too easy."
Ash and Brian were in the Poke Center training room. Brian had managed to make two giant doors similar to gym doors. He was trying to get Ash to consentrate on the spell as that was the only way to call the element to open the door which would only open with that element, but he was too distracted by a thing called hunger.
"Come on! Can't we take a break for lunch?" asked Ash with pleading eyes.
"Well... alright. We'll take a half an hour for a lunch break. Then we go back to doing this. No excuses after. Got it?"
Ash was all too happy to argue. He dashed off to the cafeteria with Brian following more or less slower than Ash.
***five hours later***
"I'm beat... Can we stop now?"
Ash had finally gotten the hang of the spell an hour or two ago after the lunch break. Brian insisted that Ash practice more as the more powerful the element, the more consentration it takes for the spell to work.
"I guess so. You've got the hang of it, but you have to remember to consentrate to make it work. Now get to bed. We're leaving bright and early for the next town."
"Alright... I'm going already so whatever."
Ash left the training hall to get to sleep even though it was only around five. He knew Brian would probably have them run or something so he immedately ran to get to sleep.
'Ash, what am I going to do with you...' thought Brian as he walked out of the training room. He took the end of his braid and took out the tie and began to undo the braid. 'I can only hope for the best for you, Ash. I can't go with you through the whole league...' Brian stopped his thoughts as he came to his room. He closed the door and started getting ready for bed. He then tied it back his hair and washed out what gel was in it. He soon fell asleep an hour later.
***The next morning***
Brian woke up fairly early. It was around four. He packed what he had taken out and left the room, leaving his hair as it was. Brian then walked to Ash's room after brushing his teeth.
"Okay people, time to wake up." said Brian as he opened the door. Everyone looked at him groggily.
"Brian, can you at least wait till the sun is up?" asked Misty.
Brian smiled a little. "No, now get ready and we're leaving."
It took Ash and Co. half an hour to get ready to leave. In the lights of the Poke Center, everyone saw that Brian had pretty much done nothing to his hair. It made him look very different.
"Come on guys. We're leaving for Forest Town now." Brian walked out the door with everyone right behind him.
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StarMage:Well, that's this chapter. Sorry it took so long and is so long. The ending doesn't really make much sense, but it's how I wanted to end this chapter. So review please! In the next chapter, PerfectARMs may show up as a character. So PerfectARMs, if you're reading this, you better contact me soon on your character in this story. In the next chapter, who is this other pokemon master that knows Brian? How did they know each other, and why does Brian get angry everytime he calls him a nickname? Find out soon in the next chapter, The Path to the Forest.
