Ash's body flashed with a bright light, which was too intense to look at. Everybody closed his eyes. With another outburst, Ash blew up the entire ceiling, and created a new roof. When the light faded away, everybody got on their feet. And they all looked at Ash. Ash had changed. His body was more muscular. A bright yellow aura surrounded him. His hair was no longer black, but yellow, and it stood straight up, waving by his own energy. His eyes were no longer black, but had turned green. "He…he did it. Ash is a Super Saiyan!", Drake mumbled. Misty was speechless, and so was Pikachu. Jessie and Cassidy had released their grip on Adron and Marone, who quickly ran up to Drake. "Brother!!!", they yelled, while running past Ash. Drake hugged them thightly. "I'm so happy to see you, after such a long time…", Drake said, and tears filled his eyes. Ash turned around. "Catch up with the reunion stuff later. I have something to do first.", he said. James stepped forward. The rest of Team Rocket, excluding Giovanni, followed him. Giovanni stepped back. He still couldn't believe what he just saw. Ash turned to James and the rest. His face was full of anger. "You killed my best friend. So I won't let you leave here alive. How want's to go first?", he said. James stepped forward. "Let's go, twerp.", he sneered.
Ash and James charged at eachother. With James now possessed and renewed, he was stronger than ever. Ash is also stronger then he ever was. Exchanging punches and kicks, Ash and James fought with everything they had. Or so it seemed. After a few attacks, the landed. James was tired, but Ash wasn't even sweating yet. "What's the matter, James? Realizing now that I ain't an easy target?", Ash said. "You haven't seen anything yet!", James yelled, and brought out his dark aura. Ash brought out his yellow aura. James pointed his hand forward. "This Dark Ray will finish you off!", he yelled, and launched the ray straight at Ash. He simply deflected it with his right arm, and swung it away. "What?!", James yelled, surprised. "Let me show you how it's done, James!", Ash yelled. He spread his arms, and opened his hands. Two orbs appeared. "Dual Beam!", Ash yelled, and launched first his left beam, and then his right. James dodged one, but got hit by the other. Ash charged at him, and punched him upwards into the air. Ash flew after him, and cupped his hands while pointing them forward. "Let's see how you handle this!", he yelled. "KamehameHAAAAAAA!!!", He yelled, and launched his attack straight at James. James couldn't dodge, and was hit dead on. "AAAAAAAAAARRRGHHHHHH!!!", he screamed. He was completely dissolved into the air. Ash landed back on his feet. "That's one. How's next?", he said.
Jessie and Cassidy stepped forward. "I admit that you are strong, kid. But you're no match for the two of us!", Jessie said. Adron, who was still standing alongside Drake, looked at Ash. "Drake, he almost looks like you! Is he also one of us?", he asked. Drake looked at his brother. "That's a long story, and I'll tell you that later. Hey, what's this around your neck?", Drake said. He pointed at a small collar around Adron's neck. Marone had an identical around her neck as well. "These things surpressed our strength. That's why we couldn't escape, or at least give you a signal. With these things on, we can't use our powers.", Marone explained. Drake grabbed the two collars. "Hold still, this won't take long.", he said, and crushed the locks in his hands. He removed the collars and smashed them under his feet. "Thanks! Now, I'll go help him!", Adron said, and started to run towards Ash. Drake grabbed him. "Are you nuts? He has to finish this by himself. He and Brock were good friends. And this is the least he can do for him.", he said. "Don't worry, borther. I have some tricks up my sleeve as well.", Adron smiled. Then, in a moment, his body glowed, and he transformed into a Super Saiyan. Drake was astounished. "How did you do that?", he said. Everybody looked at the youngster. "Well, it was before we got those collars. It all happened so fast. When they locked us up, they told us that mom and dad were dead. They also said that I would never see you again, ever. Then something snapped, and I transformed. But as soon as I did, I was hit by a tranquilizer dart. When I woke up, I had that collar around my neck, so I couldn't transform anymore. But now I can. And I have a score to settle with them, too!", Adron explained, and walked up to Ash. Drake nodded. He looked at Marone. She looked back, and smiled sadly. "No, I am not. And you know that I never will be. And now, how much I would like to help, I'm to weak to do anything.", she said. She walked over to Misty and Pikachu. "Hey there. Are you friends with that guy over there?", she asked. "Yes, but I'll tell you everything later, okay?", she said. "Okay. I'm sorry about your other friend.", Marone said. Misty bowed her head. "Don't be sorry. Feel sorry for them!", she said, and pointed at Jessie and Cassidy. They had taken their fighting stances. Ash and Adron did the same.
"You must be Adron, am I right?", Ash asked, while stared at Jessie and Cassidy. "You got that right, and you are Ash? Nice to meet you, but I wish we met under different circumstances.", Adron replied. Jessie and Cassidy brought out their dark aura. "Boys, you surely wouldn't hurt a lady, would you?", Jessie sneered. Cassidy grinned. "No, but you are hardly ladies, so it doesn't matter!", Ash replied, and he and Adron charged at Jessie and Cassidy. In a few moments, they were fighting, throwing punches and kicks non-stop. It ended in a standoff. "I must admit that you two are strong. But you can never beat us!", Cassidy sneered. Ash looked at Adron. They nodded, and each pointed a hand forward. "You're wrong. You know how we fight. We haven't even warmed up yet, and you are almost worn out!", Ash said, and it was true. The two young Super Saiyans were still fighting fit, but there opponents were almost done for. "You can never beat a true Saiyan.", Adron said, and he and Ash launched a blast together. Distracted by the explosion, Jessie and Cassidy took off into the air. But they were too late to see their opponents attacking them. Jessie and Cassidy got hammered pretty bad. Bruised and wounds all over them, they were almost out. However, they refused to give up, and fired a ray of energy at their enemies. Both Ash and Adron countered with a beam of their own, and the beams collided with eachother. "What? Their attack is as strong as ours!", Jessie yelled. Slowly, their beams lost terrain over the others. "No!! We're done for!", Cassidy yelled. "Adron, let's finish this!", Ash yelled. "You bet!", Adron replied, and both fighters powered up, sending an extra burst of energy through their beams. With a loud explosion, Jessie and Cassidy vanished. Adron and Ash landed at their feet, and glared at Giovanni, who was shocked in terror.
"How can two kids be that strong?", he said. Butch, who had remained silent, stepped forward. "Master, don't worry. I'll finish them off. I am much stronger then the rest, and stronger then them. I'll kill them with my own hands!", he said. "Alright, I'll leave it to you. I'll go to the basement, and finalize our plan!", Giovanni said, and ran off, into an elevator. "Hey, he's getting away!", Adon yelled, and charged after him. Butch blocked his way. "You'll have to get around me first. And I won't lose!", he said, and powered up. His strength was far greater then that of his now dead teammates. His dark aura waved heavily. Adron powered up to his maximum, but due to the fact that he had fought already and he was weak from earlier circumstances, he couldn't maintain that state very long. "Is that all the power you have?", Butch sneered. Then he attacked. Adron got a punch in his stomach, and an uppercut right under his chin. Butch turned around, and kicked him away. Then he turned around to his opponents. Adron bounced on the floor, and returned to normal. Ash ran up to him. "Adron! You alright?!", he said, while he helped him stand up. "Yeah, I'm okay.", he panted. "But he is far stronger then the others. He might be even more powerful than us.", Adron continued. Ash nodded, and glared at Butch. "It's time to let me fight him.", Ash said. "Are you crazy? You could get killed! I will help you!", Adron said. "In your current condition, you won't even last a minute. Now, return to your brother and my friends, and let me handle this.", Ash said. "Oh, alright then.", Adron sighed, and stepped back. Now he could feel the pain in his body. "Just make sure you survive this.", he said. Ash turned his head to him, and to his friends, and smiled. "Don't you worry about me. I'll be alright. You go after Giovanni. I probably need all the room here.", he said. Pikachu, who had been silent during the battles, now suddenly jumped forward to his master, and stood beside him. "Pikachu, get back! I'll fight him alone!", Ash ordered his Pokemon. Pikachu glared at him, and firmly shook his head. "Pika! Chu!", it said. Ash sighed. "Alright. If you insist.", he said. Butch watched them argue. "I hope that you are done talking, I want this fight over with. I'll let your friends go for now. I'm interested in you now.", he said, and cracked his knuckles. Ash and Pikachu looked at eachother, and then looked at Butch. Ash took his fightingstance. "If you want a fight, then so be it.".
Drake, Marone, Misty and Adron walked past Butch, and entered the elevator. Looking for the last time at the three fighters, the doors closed and the elevator went down. "So, Ash and Pikachu, are you ready?", Butch said. "As ready as we'll ever be.", Ash answered, and Pikachu agreed with him. "You know, Ash, I've kinda hoped that this would happen. Since the time that you ruined our plans, I always wanted to get revenge for that. When our Master invited us to his office, we all knew that there was something behind his sudden change of character. We first thought that we were betrayed, but know we consider this our greatest reward we've ever received.", he told Ash. Ash just smiled. "And what's with the 'R' on your forehead?", he asked. "A mark of our Master's newest creation. And I ain't gonna let you live to see it!", Butch yelled, and raised his power more. "Well, we don't plan on losing either!", Ash yelled, and raised his power too. Pikachu began to sparkle with electricity. The sparks flew around his entire body. "Then, let us begin!", Butch yelled again, and charged at Ash and Pikachu. Pikachu responded quickly, and charged at Butch. Ash was closely behind. Pikachu was the first to attack, by launching an Thunder Wave at Butch. Ash followed up with an uppercut. Butch was thrown back, but he laughed. "Is that all your little rodent can do? I didn't even feel it!", he sneered. "This will take some time. I hope I can finish this fast.", Ash thought. Butch suddenly attacked, and struck Pikachu with his knee. Pikachu bounced on the ground, and smacked into a wall. It tried to get up, but it was over. "Pi…", was all that it could say, before it passed out. "Pesky little Pokemon. No real challenge.", Butch sneered. Ash, seeing his friend down for the count, turned to Butch. "Now it's just you and me. Only one of us will get away here alive.", Ash said, full of anger. "I know that. Let's find out who that one is, shall we?", Butch sneered, not noticing that Ash's power grew. "We shall.", Ash replied.
The elevator went down. "Damn, I hope that Ash can beat him. And this is taking to long, we should already be down.", Adron said. He stared at the numbers on the display above the door, which counted down. "Cool it, bro. Spare your strength. We don't know what we're up against down there.", Drake said, with his arms folded and leaning against a wall. Marone and Misty kept silent. "Misty, I suppose you are a great trainer, aren't you?", Drake asked. "Yeah, I'm good, at least that's what I think. Why'd you ask?", she replied. Drake lowered his arms and stared at the counter above the door. It read '4'. "We'll need all the help we can get, so I'm counting on you to battle as well. I know that your Pokemon are tired, but we have to try. You up for it?", he asked. "Sure. Me and all of my Pokemon are.", she replied. A sudden stop of the elevator made everyone stare at the counter. "-1. Guess we're here.", Adron said, while the door opened. An empty hall greeted them. There were no doors at all, only one on the opposite of them, and it was closed. "Let's go. We don't want to keep our friend waiting.", Drake said, and everyone left the elevator. Slowly and cautiously they walked to the door. It was entirely made of metal, and a codepad was next to it. "Stand aside. It's time to let him know we are here.", Drake said, and took one step back. Everyone else stood behind him. He raised his arm, and opened his hand, pointing it at the door. With a sudden blast, he blew the door out of the way. "There.", Drake said, and all of them stepped inside the room, which was now filled with smoke. "I think you overdid it a little bit, bro.", Adron sneered. Then a voice filled the room. "So, there you are. I guess you wanted me. Come over here, of you still want me.", the voice said. There was no doubt, that was Giovanni. The group walked in the direction of the voice. The smoke was almost gone. "That's far enough. Stop.", Giovanni demanded. The group stopped, and could see him a few feet away, next to a machine which had a tube, filled with some sort of red liquid. "Bro, do you feel that? It's so…dark!", Adron said. Drake didn't say anything. He felt it too, as did Marone. Misty didn't feel anything, but remained silent. She had a bad feeling about all of this, and she somehow knew that she was right. "It's time to show you why you are here.", Giovanni said, while his hand reached for a button.
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What evil plan is Giovanni up to this time? What did the scientists create for him? And can Ash, who has his hands full elsewhere, make it in time to help out? Or will this be his first and last battle as a Super Saiyan? Find out, in the next chapter!