Ages ~

Ash ~ 15

Misty ~ 16

Brock ~ 18

Gary ~ 16

Ritchie ~ 17

Josiah ~ 16

Rosie ~ 6

War and Death

 ~ Part 5; I'm a pokemon professor, not a judge. ~

'I don't know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.'
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Gary cringed. He could hear the mighty roar of the oncoming pokemon, and in response to their roar, everyone around him yelled in response and let out their pokemon. Gary did no different. He readied his pokemon and could only wait as the attack came.

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"EVERYONE, ATTACK!"

The battle started out as fierce as it would be in the climax of a battle. Both Pokemon and humans met head on in a collision of fire, water, psychic, physical, and plant attacks. There were screams and cries everywhere and soon, the blood of many were mixed together.

No one battled any in particular, they just picked someone and attacked. The pokemon were released and few were actually under control and attacking as they directed. Most just attacked at random and any which way. If you got caught in a stray razor leaf, you were out of luck.  There were no rules, no official calls, just win at all costs. The attacks were relentless and seemed to go on for hours, and in reality, it did.

From the very start, the weak trainers were doomed. As they called out their pokemon, stronger ones overtook them and their pokemon. Both sides were evenly matched and both were suffering heavy damage.

Giovanni attacked valiantly and led his team through the battlefront. He and his Persian were a great team. Both attacked together and watched out for one another. Surrounding him was five more of his pokemon, protecting their master at all costs.

Lt. Surge and his Raichu were quite the pair as well. Anyone who got in their way was met with an electric attack like none they had ever faced. Each fell to the ground twitching.

All other's battled as hard as they could. Some fell to their doom, some carried on only to be faced with another challenge. The battle raged on, eventually both sides thinning, but at what cost?

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"Pollywhirl, water gun!"

"Help it Totodile!"

two jets of water formed to blow away a strong Hitmonchan. It fell back a few feet before sliding to a stop. It jumped off from the ground and glared, decided which to attack first.

"Ash," Misty turned to him, fear shown in her eyes, anyone could see that. "Ash, I think we should retreat."

"No!" Ash cried desperately, barely dodging an ember attack."

"Ash, I know our pokemon are strong, but they're getting tired, and so are we!" She ducked from a water gun "They just keep on coming!"

"But – " He was stopped by a razor leaf cutting his skin with their razor sharp edges.

"Ash! If not for us, then for your pokemon!" She dived to the side, barely missing a stray thunderbolt.

Ash's worried eyes scanned the area. Misty was right. His pokemon were tiring. Half of Misty's was already out, Good 'ol Psyduck remained and well as Pollywhirl and Togepi. Out of his pokemon, four were left, and each one looked ready to collapse. Still, they all fought as hard as their bodies would let them. They had to protect their master! The oncoming Johto pokemon still kept coming.

Togepi was tiring quickly. It tried using another metronome, but the Ampharos charged up for a thunderpunch. Misty noticed this. She couldn't let her baby get hurt! So Misty ran in and grabbed her pokemon just as Ampharos attacked. The thunderpunch hit Misty in the side and threw her down where she lay unmoving for a few seconds, Togepi hugged safely in her arms.

"MISTY!" Ash cried out. He ran over to her, dodging attacks as he went. He slid to a stop and dropped to his knees to check on her. "Misty?" He asked quietly. He felt the tears come to his eyes. Why oh why didn't her listen to Misty? He tried to shake Misty awake, but she wouldn't wake up. He felt a fear like he had never felt before. He ducked as another barrage of razor leaves came above his head. Ash gathered Misty in his arms and stood up. Togepi stayed close to its daddy's legs. "We have to retreat!" Ash called out a tad reluctantly.

"PIKA-PI!" Pikachu warned.

Ash turned abruptly to his right and sat the Hitmonchan running at him with all his might ready to throw a comet punch his way. As tired as Pikachu was, the little pokemon gathered as much strength as he could muster and summoned as much electricity as he could. He used his agility leaving a trail of electricity behind him. He leaped up and crashed into Hitmonchan just before the attack could hit his beloved friends and let all his electricity go. As soon as he hit, Pikachu let loose all the electricity he had stored up right into Hitmonchan leaving a bright burst of light forcing everyone near to close their eyes. Ash hunched over to cover Misty as much as he could, while Togepi cowered between Ash's legs.

When Ash opened his eyes he saw both pokemon lying on the ground. Neither pokemon was moving – or breathing for that matter. Ash didn't think about it. "BAYLEEF!"

"Bay!" Bayleef ran over to Ash.

"Carry Pikachu inside, everyone else, we have to go in!"

Bayleef nodded and gently wrapped up the still Pikachu in its vines. Every other pokemon gathered around the humans and ran inside the house. Thankfully, most of the other pokemon and trainers had grown tired of this battle and had moved on to attack others.

Ash placed Misty on the couch as quickly and as gently as he could and raced over to the door to bolt it shut. Then, he returned all the pokemon, with the exception of Pikachu and Togepi, and ran back to the couch to pick up misty. He ran down the basement stairs with Misty still in his arms and Pikachu resting on top of her. He placed them both on a mat, found the supplies Brock had bought them, and tapped up the door just as Brock has instructed them.

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"Houndoom, Flamethrower!" Houndoom open his muzzle and let a long, hot stream of fire flow from its mouth at the intended target.

Josiah nodded with satisfaction and thanked his pokemon. He turned to the girl who was standing next to him. She returned her pokemon and turned to Josiah. "Is that all? I thought there'd be more."

"Me too." Sabrina looked confused. "Maybe we just got lucky."

Josiah wasn't so sure. He looked over to his captain. "What do you think?"

Ritchie looked thoughtful. He opened his mouth answer, but he was suddenly sent flying into a tree. Everyone turned to see an Angry Kadabra struggling to get up, and boy was it angry! It used another psychic attack at an old man in their group who was flung up into the air, then released and came crashing down on the ground never to move again. The remaining four looked on fearfully at the very angry psychic pokemon. 

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"You know I respect you Prof. Oak, but I have to tell you, I'm very disappointed." Lance frowned at the man in front of him.

Prof. Oak shook his head. "IN all honesty, I don't care. I do, but it's not going to change my opinion. Those are real people and pokemon fighting tat war and I will not be a part of something at will get them hurt or killed."

"So you will just let them come in a kill us?"

Prof. Oak sighed and shook his head again. "I don't' believe that they would have attacked on purpose! There could have been peace –"

"We tried that already!"

"Well, maybe you asked the wrong people!"

"Prof. Oak," Lance took a deep breath trying to calm down. "Not everyone is as nice as you think. They don't like us, and they'd rather us die, regardless if we are innocent or not."

Prof. Oak once again sighed and gazed and Lance with tired old eyes. "I realize that, Lance but I will not go killing them like I'm deciding their fates. I'm a pokemon professor. Not a judge."

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okay… kinda short… but oh well. Hope you like ^_^

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